RESTORING DEMOCRACY IN GUJARAT
Dear friends,
I shifted to Gujarat for a period of eight months in March, 2007 with the aim of mounting various campaigns for restoring democracy in Gujarat. In January, 2007 , Manan ( a young anhad activist based in gujarat) and I travelled across Gujarat meeting hundreds of organisations and individuals requesting them to be part of a resistance movement . The reaction which I clearly saw on people's faces was :Are you mad? What has always given me the strength to fight against the forces of hatred is a visual from the film 'the dark times' by Gauhar Raza, where at the peak of fascism someone had the courage to put a big cross on a bench where it was written in German, No jews allowed. The person who must have put a cross on that was not doing it because he or she was confident of defeating Hitler but because even in dark times a resistance must be put up.
Anhad as the first step defying the unofficial ban announced and screened Parzania at an open public screening on April 23, 2004 ( 450 youth and others).
Anhad has trained three cultural troupes . ANHAD YOUTH KARWAN (THREE KARWANS) WILL TRAVELS ACROSS GUJARAT
EXHIBITIONS, INTERACTIONS, DEBATES, DISCUSSIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, STREET PLAYS, SONGS
JUNE 4, 2007 TO AUGUST 31, 2007
TRAVEL PLAN GROUP -A
JUNE
DAYS
DISTRICTS
4 - 20 KACHH
21 - 30 BANASKANTHA
JULY
DAYS
1 - 10 PATAN
11 - 20 MEHSANA
21 - 30 SABARKANTHA
AUGUST
DAYS
1 - 10 ANAND
11 - 20 KHEDA
21 - 30 AHMEDABAD
TRAVEL PLAN GROUP - B
JUNE
DAYS
DISTRICTS
1 - 10 DANGS
11 - 20 VALSAD
21 - 30 NAVSARI
JULY
DAYS
1 - 10 SURAT
11 - 20 BHARUCH
21 - 30 NARMADA
AUGUST
DAYS
1 - 10 BARODA
11 - 20 DAHOD
21 - 30 PANCHMAHAL
TRAVEL PLAN GROUP - C
JUNE
DAYS
DISTRICTS
1 - 10 BHAVNAGAR
11 - 20 AMRELI
21 - 30 JUNAGADH
JULY
DAYS
1 - 10 PORBANDAR
11 - 20 JAMNAGAR
21 - 30 RAJKOT
AUGUST
DAYS
1 - 10 SURENDRANAGAR
11 - 20 GANDHINAGAR
21-30 AHMEDABAD
YOUNG STUDENTS/ ACTIVISTS WHO WANT TO GIVE TIME TO WORK AT ANHAD OFFICE AT AHMEDABAD.. LOGISTICS, ORGANISATION, RUNNING AROUND, CREATING CONCEPTS, DESIGNING, RESEARCH, WRITING AND MORE. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK ALMOST ROUND THE CLOCK IF THE NEED BE, CAN EAT ORDINARY FOOD, CAN SLEEP ON THE FLOOR AS WE HAVE NO BEDS IN THE OFFICE AND ARE NOT FUSSY ARE WELCOME. ALL WORK IS 100% VOLUNTARY
ACTIVISTS (ONLY EXPERIENCED) ARE WELCOME TO TRAVEL WITH KARWANS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.
WE NEED FUNDS TO SUPPORT THIS AND MORE WORK PLANNED OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TOWARDS RESTORING DEMOCRACY IN GUJARAT.
SHABNAM HASHMI
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