enforcement of rule of law

Dear friends,
You are invited to attend the collective meeting of various citizens' groups, NGOs, Community Based Organisations, Social groups etc. to demand the Rule of Law from our Government.

The details are :--
Anniversary Meeting on May 3 – "Enforce the Rule of Law!"
A network of citizen groups that comes together to raise a voice that no politics can ignore. This is now required and is planned at:
St. Xavier's College Hall, Mahapalika Marg (halfway between VT and Metro) at 5.00 pm on Saturday, May 3, 2008

"Enforce the Rule of Law!" is the theme. Failure to do this by various authorities causes nearly all of our city's troubles, from violation of land use regulations and poor civic services, to disappearing open spaces and deteriorating law and order. Politics and their nexus with vested interests are increasingly responsible. The Rule of Law is our only defence.
Citizens, mobilized systematically, become the "numbers" that add force to the Legislative and Executive powers, the Judiciary and the Fourth Estate. On May 3, we will continue to fashion a Fifth Estate of all citizen organizations to tackle issues that affect us all and to press for political reform.

The program on May 3 involves brief addresses by leaders of our partner organizations including Mr. Julio Ribeiro and Dr. Sheilu Sreenivasan, The keynote address will be delivered by Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud. AGNI's Vice Chairman and Managing Trustee, Mr. D. M. Sukthankar will preside. We are considering continuing a "Pledge" program that began in Andheri on Sunday, April 6, 2008. Over 500 citizens at a Rally pledged to vote for persons who stood for the Rule of Law.

Please try to mobilise your associates and partners, all the organizations with whom you are in touch (residents' organizations, NGOs, parishes, clubs etc) to request them to attend on May 3 at St Xavier's.

Co-hosted by:
AGNI, Association for Democratic Reforms, Awaaz Foundation, Bombay Catholic Sabha, CitiSpace, Dignity Foundation, F- North Ward Citizens' Federation, H/West Federation, Juhu Citizens' Welfare Group, Khar Residents' Association, Lok Satta Movement, MITRA (Movement against Intimidation, Threat and Violence against Activists), Mohalla Committee Movement Trust, NAGAR, PRAJA and Public Concern for Governance Trust.

horn ok please...

It's all your's for a while to share ...
Just how many years begin with new year in a year ...
All we have seconds, minutes,hours, days and months ...
And still very few moments we prefer to share...
When colors are bright and flags right ...
And we keep them changing hands and shoulders to move on...
The new people have found a fresh identity in those fest and feasts...
Quietly forgetting they send us songs of communal harmony...
And synchronized culture...
and still we love to celebrate them with the 'others' at bay...
We have so much love for the stones and fabrics with colors...
We hoist and fly...
And just hesitate to look at those tri- colors and...t
he straps in them torn in communal hate and killer instincts
with no sign of shame on our national face...
and human appeal...
How we meet and share those happy new years on internet
years after years with words and lines...
like we meet on the high ways...
those paint peeled sos signs of warning...
Horn...OK....please...

-- Pradeep Deshpande (Socio-Eco-Political Writer)