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Wednesday, December 29, 1999

Posted by: Awaaz / 12/29/1999 09:06:58 PM
IN DEFENCE OF OUR DREAMS – a highly recommended and important anti-communal resource for students, activists, teachers and youth



Please see below for details of this important resource, which is available in the UK

To purchase, send a cheque for £35 made payable to “Awaaz – South Asia Watch” to:
Awaaz – South Asia Watch
c/o 14 Featherstone Road
Middlesex UB2 5AA
UK
e-mail: contact@awaazsaw.org







IN DEFENCE OF OUR DREAMS



ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy) works on issues related to communalism in India. We have recently produced a package of 15 docu-lectures, 4 documentary films and one audio CD to cover almost every issue around the theme of communalism.



This is an excellent resource to educate and sensitise activists, political workers, students and youth about the dangers of communalism.

The package, titled In Defence of Our Dreams, contains the following:



Legacy of the Freedom Movement by Prof. Mridula Mukherjee
Secularism as a Constitutional Right by Mihir Desai
History of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh by Pralay Kanungo
Civil Society and State: Lessons from Gujarat by Harsh Mander
Caste, Dalits and Fascism by Prof. SK Thorat
Gender – Issues, Movement & Interrelation with Communal Politics by Nivedita Menon
The Urgency to Resist Fascist Forces by Prof. Bipin Chandra
Media: an Arena for Struggle by Rajdeep Sardesai
Communalisation of Education and History by Rizwan Qaisar
Is Ayodhya Just a Physical Site? by Dr. K.M. Shrimali
Cultural Roots of Communalism by K.N. Panikkar
Facts & Myths by Ram Punyani
Formation of Indian Identity by Sohail Hashmi
Gujarat before and after Carnage by Digant Oza
Communalism, Nationalist Chauvinism & India – Pakistan Hostility by Praful Bidwai



The package also contains 4 documentaries:


Final Solution – a documentary on Gujarat by Rakesh Sharma

In Dark Times by Gauhar Raza

Evil Stalks the Land by Gauhar Raza
Unheard Voices by Saeed Mirza


It also contains an audio CD of movement songs



Lectures covering various aspects of communalism delivered by eminent intellectuals were converted into lively documentaries of about 25-minute duration by Gauhar Raza.



A few experts, creative artists and individuals who aspire for a secular, democratic and harmonious Indian society dreamt of the present project.



‘In Defence of Our Dreams’ is available for Rs 1000 + Rs 50 (courier charges per set). In case you want to buy it kindly send demand drafts to:

Anhad, 4, Windsor Place, New Delhi-110001,
tel-23327367/ 66
e-mail: anhad_delhi@yahoo.co.in



In the UK send a cheque for £35 made payable to “Awaaz – South Asia Watch”

Awaaz – South Asia Watch
c/o 14 Featherstone Road
Middlesex UB2 5AA
UK
e-mail: contact@awaazsaw.org



In the USA/ Canada please send $45 payable to Singh Foundation

Singh (Secular India National Growth and Harmony) Foundation
50, West 97 Street, # 15t
New York 10025 e-mail: rr6@columbia.edu





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