Newsletter January 2005

CED NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2005

Here's wishing you a joyous & prosperous new year! The is the year's first newsletter starting with ....

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OUR NEW YEAR OFFER
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CED is offering an extra 6 months of free membership for those who renew their membership by 15^th February 2005. This is an opportunity you don't want to miss!

FEBRUARY AT CEDBAN
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Film Screenings
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War crimes at the highest levels of the US government, political murder mystery, the famous Nontgomery bus boycott , social disparities in contemporary Mexico are the themes we bring to you in February..

Friday, 11th Feb: 3.00 pm
The trials of Henry Kissinger: 80 min, English
Character: 125 min, Dutch with English Sub Titles

Saturday,12th Feb: 3.00 pm
The Long Walk home: 95 min, English
Y Tu Mama Tambien (mexican): 101 min, Spanish with English sub titles

For details call 25353397

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DISCUSSION
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A new E- group - to promote dialogue between Human Rights Activists & Media Professionals ) is being formed. We would like you to get involved and actively participate in the process. Please become a member of the group by sending an email to hrm-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can also a the second planning meeting to be held CED, Bangalore on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 2p.m (2pm to 5pm).

MISS TISS?

Ex- TISSians as well as other social work graduates are getting together at CED

on FRIDAY, January 28, 2005, at 4.30 - 6.30 pm
We will discuss ideas and experience to reflect upon the role and relevance of trained social workers in situations like the Tsunami

Call 25353397

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OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIP
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Special Offer to SOCIAL WORK GRADUATES passing out this year

CED extends its OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIP to SOCIAL WORK Students graduating this year. The Scholarship is offered to students who will to take a break to study and documents work of NGOs or People Movements before deciding to join them. Under the scholarship, fresh graduates will spend three months at CED Bangalore in Documentation and Study as well as visit three NGOs or Organisations and document their work.

The Scholarship is for three months from May 2005 to July 2005. The Scholarship provides an total honorarium of Rs. 18,000/-. Plus support for simple boarding and lodging while on tour to the NGOs and surface travel expenses on actuals.

For more details click here

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Undergraduate students who have used CED’s research facilities for their various assignments and projects, during the academic year 2004-5, are invited to submit their final product, for the Best Assignments Scholarship. Ten assignments will be selected based on their quality in terms of social relevance and analysis. The 10 best assignments will be awarded a scholarships which will carry:

Free membership at CED for the next three years
Rebate on all photocopying and computer reference use charges at CED made by the student concerned during the academic year 2004-2005
Expenses of upto Rs. 5000/ incurred during a visit to any Peoples Movement or NGO in India.
Citation and publication of assignment in CED’s DOCPRINTS.

The last date for the submission of assignments is 28th February 2005

For further details contact Jacintha at jacintha@doccentre.net

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EDUCATION PROJECT
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We are presently preparing Dossiers on the 93rd Amendment- Fundamental Right to Education and on the National Curriculum Frameworkand NCERT. These will be soon put up as docswebs. The next dossiers in line are on Alternatives in Education and The Status of Government Schools. If there are any books or reports you would like to suggest on these topics or if you would like to contribute in anyway to this documentation effort, please contact Tanvi (tanvi@doccentre.net)

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GOVINDPUR IV
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As most NGOs are involved in post Tsunami work, Govindpur IV has been postponed to 5th December 2005. The discussion and debate is on.. Join in if you are looking for a detailed in depth discussion on major issues facing the NGO sector today. register in the website: http://www.govindpur.com/

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In Support Of
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EK ALAG MAUSAM, feature film on the life & condition of HIV/AIDS patients in India by long time activist film maker K P Sasi is being released in various theatres in Mumbai, Chennai and Cochin. We wish the film all success and ask you to see the film on its release.. and . .. For further information about the film, please check the following website:
http://www.visualsearch.org/ekalagmausam.htm or write to: K.P. Sasi @ sasi36@rediffmail.com

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New publications from CED
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Reproduced for public debate & education DOCPRINTS on
The Discovery of Poverty By Wolfgang Sachs
The Political Culture of Fascism By Jairus Banaji
Price: Rs.10/- per copy. Discounts for bulk purchase for training programmes

DEVELOPMENT DIGEST DD08 -- is in the press..

It features

1. Time will tell
The Optimism of Uncertainity by Howard Zinn
`The Struggle for more Freedom
Justice is always an uphilll Task
N. Ram interviews Noam Chomsky

2. Global Economics
Time Banking Conference
September 14, 2004 by Sean Gonsalves

3. Bite Back! The Return of the Co-operative
The Story So Far by New Internationalist

4. Alternatives to Economic Globalisation:
A Better World Is Possible, 2nd Edition
The International Forum on Globalisation reviews….

5. Refining Politics
Globalisation and New Politics
Of Micro-Movements by D L Sheth

6. Tongue-in-Cheek
Tower of Gabble by P. Sainath

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New Additions in the Library
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1. South Asian Masculinities: context of change, sites of continuity ed. by Radhika Chopra, Caroline Osella and others, KALI, 2004

2. Civil Society and Democracy: a reader ed. by Carolyn Elliot, OUP, 2003

3. The Sociology of Gender: a brief introduction by Laura Kramer, RAWAT, 2004

4. The Juvenile Justice System in India: from Welfare to Rights by Ved Kumari, OUP, 2004

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BOOKSTORE
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1. Development at Gunpoint, 36 mts: A Documentary film on the social and environmental impact of bauxite mining in Kashipur and the subsequent struggle of the adivasis in the region. Rs. 250/-

2. The source of life for sale, 70 mts: A documentary on the pimpact of privatisation of water bodies in India and the subsequent struggles of the local people. Rs.250/-

3. Civic Engagement for Better Public Governance: A guide to good practices from India ed. by Manjunath Sadashiva and Suresh Balakrishnan, PAC, Bangalore, Rs.150/-

4. Gandhi's Challenge to Modern Science by Sunil Sahasrabudhey, Other India Press, Goa, Rs.90/-

5. The Hindu Social System and Human Rights of Dalits by Sukhadeo Thorat, Critical Quest, Rs.20/-

6. Dalit-Subaltern Emergence in Religio-Cultural Subjectivity: Iyothee Thassar and Emancipatory Buddhism by G. Aloysius Rs.20/-

Please check this link for full list in the Bookstore this month.