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A publication of
Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA)
www.asiapeace.org & www.indiapakistanpeace.org
Editor: Pritam K. Rohila, PhD pritam@open.org
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Volume XI, No. 5, May 15, 2007, Next Issue June15,
2007
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
*Happy
Mothers Day, Pritam K. Rohila, Ph. D.
CONFERENCES
*August
12-15, Pune, India: CONFERENCE ON YOUTH & DEMOCRACY
CONTESTS & PRIZES
*Peace
Around the World
*Guru
Nanak Interfaith Prize
EDUCATION &
TRAINING
*Strengthening Today’s
Leaders to Build
*Transcend
Peace University summer courses
PROJECTS
*Secular
Perspectives & Secular Action Network’s e-newsletter
*Peace Museum:
RESOURCES
*
A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
NEWS
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EDITORIAL
*Happy Mothers Day,
Pritam K. Rohila, Ph. D.
Dear Mothers, you have
nourished us with their blood and milk, we salute you. We are indebted to you
for the love and care with which you raised us. We are grateful to you for the
wise counsel with which you guided us through many crises.
We regret that at the
times of your need, we have not always been able there for you. Now the least
we can do is to tell you that we love you.
Happy Mothers Day to
all of you. Vande Matram!
CONFERENCES
*August 12-15, Pune, India: SOUTH ASIAN CONFERENCE ON YOUTH &
DEMOCRACY. As India and Pakistan completes the celebration of sixty years of
independence on 15th August, Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA)
in association with like-minded organisations intend to organize a 3-day international conference on Youth
& Democracy in South
Asia. The objective of this program is to bring
together, young people, youth activists and academicians from different walks
of life and deliberate on concerns and issues of democracy in the context of
young people. More info from: www.cydaindia.org
, cyda@vsnl.com
, or CYDA
#4, Vasanttara, Above Udhyam Vikas Sahkari Bank, Next to Surya Hotel, Off Ghole Road, Pune 411004, Phone
020 - 25533168
CONTESTS & PRIZES
*Peace
Around the World is the theme of Lions Club
International’s peace poster contest for students who will be age 11, 12, or 13
on November 15. More
information available from your nearest Lions Club.
The
winner artist will receive an engraved plaque and a cash prize of $2,500 at a
special award ceremony on Lions Day at the United Nations headquarters. The
international grand prize winner, along with the sponsoring club president and
two family members, will receive a trip to New York for the award ceremony.
Each
of the 23 merit award winners will receive a cash award of $500 and a
certificate of achievement.
*Guru
Nanak Interfaith Prize New York’s Hofstra University invites nominations for the $50,000 Guru Nanak
Interfaith Prize to be awarded, in 2008, to a person or organization for
promoting constructive dialogue between communities of different faiths.
Nominations
should provide a two-page letter describing the nominee and nominee’s interfaith
work and should be submitted before July 1 electronically at www.hofstra.edu/gurunanak, by email at
GuruNanakPrize@hofstra.edu or in writing to Dean Bernard J. Firestone, Hofstra College of liberal Arts and Sciences, 200A Heger Hall, 115 Hofstra
University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1115..
EDUCATION & TRAINING
*July 1, 2007 is the deadline for application for admission to the
January 2008 session of Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program –
Strengthening Today’s Leaders to Build Peace to be held in Bangkok, Thailand.
This is a professional
development program through which up to 30 participants embark on three months
of intensive study. More info from Jenn Weidman, Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program Specialist, at
jenn.weidman@rotary.org
or
847-866-3374 and http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/rpcsp/index.html.
*July
9-August 27: TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY will offer the following online
courses this summer.
- Conflict Care and
Reconciliation, by Prof. S.P. Udayakumar;
- Gender and Militarism,
by Prof. Gal Harmat;
- Peace Journalism,
by Prof. Jake Lynch;
- Non-violent Tools and
Philosophy, by Prof. Jorgen Johansen;
- Peace Zones,
by Prof. Christophe Barbey;
- Peace and Literature,
by Prof. Marisa Antonaya;
- Dialogue, Negotiation
and Mediation, by Prof. S.P. Udayakumar;
- Non-violent Political
Institutions, by Prof. Christophe
Barbey.
July 2, 2007 is the deadline for applications.. Each online course costs 150 Euros for participants
coming from non-OECD member states, and 300 Euros for residents of OECD member
countries.
More
info and application form are available at http://www.transcend.org/tpu and from. Should you have any questions,
comments or suggestions do not hesitate to contact us at tpu@transcend.org
PROJECTS
*To counter the rise of
communal politics and to promote secular democracy in India, the All India Secular Forum bring
out two newsletters:
a.
A one-page brief published every fortnight as a part of
Secular Perspectives edited by Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer.
b.
Secular Action Network’s e-newsletter, published every
and distributed through different channels, including
http://www.pluralindia.com/secularActions.php?id=138)
In order to broaden the
reach of these newsletters, a monthly print edition will be started around
August 2007, in English as well as Hindi, Its
subscription is Rs. 60 a year.
Interested individuals
are requested to support this initiative by
1.
Sending for publication in the newsletter reports of your activities in English
to
ram.puniyani@gmail.com and in Hindi to L.S. Hardenia 45 Bangle Bhopal.
2. Enlisting people to subscribe to it at Rs 60 per
year.
3. Becoming a Donor Member at Rs. 1000, which will entitle
you to send the
newsletter to 10 addresses every two years
4.
Becoming a Life member at Rs 500 per person.
All the DDs/ Cheques should be drawn in
favor of Center for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai and posted to
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism
602 & 603, Silver Star, Behind BEST Bus Depo,
Santacruz (E), Mumbai:- 400 055.
E-mail: csss@mtnl.net.in
<csss%40mtnl.net.in>
Website: www.csss-isla.com
Tel. 91-22-26149668, 26102089
Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer
has kindly agreed to take care of the accounts and assume its administrative
responsibility.
*Peace Museum:
Saad Gadit, a final year student
of Architecture at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi has taken up, as his
research topic, designing of a Museum devoted to peace between India and Pakistan. He plans to play
with natural light, using different strategies to highlight peace and
happiness. In this respect he is looking for help me in developing a design
brief and about the artifacts which can be exhibited in the museum. If you can
help him, please contact him directly at gadit_saad@hotmail.com
RESOURCES
*Beyond
the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
offers practical advice for caregivers of children, in three age groups: the
preschool years (ages 2-5), the elementary and preteen years (ages 6-12) and
the teen years (ages 13-17) to nurture appreciation of human differences. The
guide uses varied and fine examples from so many families in the United States, and the wisdom of the experts, and concludes
with specific tips, according to Dr. Kerby T. Alvy, the founder and executive director of the Ceneter for the Improvement of Child Caring in Studio City, California.
The
guide is available for free online at www.tolerance.org/parents
NEWS
*Move to
declare Siachen peace zone
DAWN
| Tuesday, May 08,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=386061&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*Pak MNAs describe India tour fruitful
DAILY
TIMES | Tuesday, May 08,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=386096&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*South
Asia film festival opening today MIADHU NEWS |Tuesday,
May
08,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=386137&category=Frontend&Country=MALDIVES
*Non-Muslim students in Lucknow
pursue Islamic studies, S Ubaidur Rahman, Khabrein http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=479&Itemid=1
*Pak bid to save Indian soundtracks THE
STATESMAN | Monday, May 07,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385705&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Delhi briefed about Sri Lanka situation HINDUSTAN
TIMES | May 07,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385730&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*'Open 7 new
crossing points along LoC', Rediff.com, May 06, 2007 17:52 IST http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/06loc.htm
*Nepal's peace
process on track: UN THE
HIMALAYAN TIMES | May 06,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385420&category=Frontend&Country=Nepal
*Book promotes South Asian union DAILY
TIMES |Saturday, May 05,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385316&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Bangladesh army chief to visit New Delhi NEW AGE |Saturday,
May
05,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385240&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*'Geelani must contribute to end violence in
J&K', Rediff.com, May 3, 2007
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/03jk.htm
*Musharraf ended training camps: Qayyum THE NEWS |
Friday,
May 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385067&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Pak
allows wheat export to India DAILY
TIMES | Friday, May 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385038&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*India for more
people-to-people contact DAILY
TIMES | Friday, May 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384932&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Pak-Afghan grand jirga agreed DAILY
TIMES | Friday, May 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384946&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India to lift barriers on Bangla
cement DAILY STAR | Friday, May
04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384970&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Bangladesh seeks power from India, Nepal BANGLADESH NEWS |,
May
04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384975&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Pak, Bangladesh enjoy deep ties: Aziz ONLINE NEWS |
Friday,
May 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385008&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India supports reforms in Bangladesh DAILY STAR |
Friday,
May 04,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=385014&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Qayyum, Azad grope ways to
improve ties TRIBUNE INDIA |
May
02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384493&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Working group
wants AFSPA revoked in J&K Hindustan Times | May 02,2007
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384452&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA
*Nicholson’s
K-report official document DAILY
TIMES | Wednesday, May 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384482&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indo-Pak talks
on Sir Creek on 17th HINDU
| Wednesday, May 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384433&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*India, Pak closing in on IPI deal DAILY
TIMES | Wednesday, May 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384479&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Karzai talks: Pak team to visit Kabul DAWN |.
Wednesday,
May 02,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384558&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Kashmiri leaders for militants' amnesty NEW
KERALA |Tuesday, May 01,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384150&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*First fibre link between India, Pakistan DAILY TIMES |
Tuesday,
May 01,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384153&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Karzai,
Musharraf agree to build trust THE NEWS |
Tuesday,
May 01,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384145&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*Bangladesh agrees to tri-nation gas pipe HINDUSTAN
TIMES | May 01,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384217&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India to aid war-hit Sri Lankans RxPG
NEWS |, Tuesday May 01,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384327&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India: Working group for more openings on LoC Daily Excelsior |
April
30,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383996&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA
*Force can't
destabilize India: Qayyum
KASHMIR IMAGES |
Monday,
April 30,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384081&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India condemns suicide attack in NWFP DAILY
TIMES | Monday, April 30,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383910&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Pakistan: Mushahid leaves for India today THE NEWS |
Monday,
April 30,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=384007&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
The three Presidents: Pervez Musharraf, Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Hamid Karzai hold hands at Cankaya
Palace Sunday
*Musharraf,
Karzai agree to fight terror GEO |
Monday,
April 30,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383905&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*India seeking trans-railway corridor ZEE
NEWS | Monday, April 30,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383937&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Kashmir: Leaders
across LoC for workable solution DAILY
TIMES | April 28,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383358&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Pakistan: Don't harass your wife! THE NEWS |
Saturday,
April 28,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383335&category=Frontend&Country=PAKISTAN
*Pak-Afghan
talks aim to reduce bickering ALERTNET.ORG | April 28,2007
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383495&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India assures
liberal visas to Pak team TRIBUNE INDIA Friday, April 27,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=383015&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*Kashmir
could be resolved early: Pak DAILY
TIMES | Thursday, April 26,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382774&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*Proposals energise
PMs J&K round table Asian
Age | Thursday, April 26,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382801&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA
*Mirwaiz signals breakthrough INDIAN EXPRESS |Thursday,
April
26,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382871&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indian
English for Afghan army TELEGRAPH
INDIA | Thursday, April 26,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382832&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Rendezvous with Narendra Sharma in Lahore DAILY
TIMES | April 25,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382519&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Acting Pak President hosts dinner for Indian MPs DAILY
TIMES | April 25,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382608&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indian PM unveils his vision on Kashmir Asian
Age |Wednesday, April 25,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382478&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA
*Pak-Maldives
joint commission to meet THE NEWS |
Wednesday,
April 25,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382460&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*The 3rd J&K
round-table, Rediff.com,
April 24, 2007 http://specials.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/24sd1.htm
*Musharraf happy with Indo-Pak dialogue,
PTI, April 24, 2007 15:41 IST
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/24indpak.htm
*Exchanges to
help solve issues: Shujaat
DAILY TIMES Tuesday, April 24,2007
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382212&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India, Pak to share passenger details INDIAN EXPRESS |
Tuesday,
April 24,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382190&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*2nd round of Pak-Afghan jirga
on May 3 DAILY TIMES |
Tuesday,
April 24,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382216&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*7-Saarc
states to make energy road map DAILY
TIMES | Tuesday, April 24,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382282&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India to announce more Kashmir CBMs DAILY
TIMES | Monday, April 23,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381899&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*Indian fair:
Pak stall attracts visitors THE NEWS |
Monday,
April 23,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381987&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indian tea
delegation visits Pakistan THE
STATESMAN | Monday, April 23,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381994&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Fazl for improved ties with neighbours NATION |
Monday,
April 23,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=382065&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Science seal
on Muslim history The
Telegraph | Monday, April 23,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381984&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA
*Mufti for
early Kashmir solution DAILY
TIMES | Saturday, April 21,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381354&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indo-Pak
festival: Ajoka steals show
DAILY
TIMES | Saturday, April 21,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381335&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indian envoy meets Maoist minister KANTIPUR ONLINE |
Saturday,
April 21,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381430&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Experts discuss South
Asia terrorism THE NEWS | Saturday, April 21,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381368&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Pak-Afghan talks
in Turkey on 29th DAILY
TIMES | Saturday, April 21,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381475&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Thimpu
to host talks on free trade Peace
JOURNALISM | Saturday, April 21,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381519&category=Frontend&Country=BHUTAN
*Pak, India near Kashmir accord: Kasuri
NATION
|Friday, April 20,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381150&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*In J&K,
orchards get 'demilitarized' Indian Express |
Friday,
April 20,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=381073&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA
*Roundtable best platform to solve
Kashmir issue: Sayeed, Rediff.com, April 19, http://inwww.rediff.com/newshound/last24.html?urlL=last24-slice.html&urlR=http%3A//inwww.rediff.com/newshound/showtophush.htm%3Frediffid%3Dhttp%3A//www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp%3Faid%3D366697%26sid%3DREG
*Indo-Pak people want
peace: Ex-Pak envoy Daily
TIMES |Thursday, April 19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380741&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Sikhs visit Data Gunj Bukhsh shrine DAILY TIMES |Thursday,
April
19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380862&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Rally
against Talibanisation in 3 Pak cities DAILY
TIMES | Thursday, April 19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380834&category=Frontend&Country=PAKISTAN
*Joint TV
programs to blend South Asians SOUTH ASIA.ONEWORLD |
April 19, http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380904&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Indian
aid for Nepal schools GORKHAPATRA |Thursday,
April
19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380733&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*BD, Nepal discuss trade GORKHAPATRA |Thursday,
April
19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380728&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Male to host press
freedom conference MIADHU NEWS |Thursday,
April
19,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380808&category=Frontend&Country=MALDIVES
*Indo-Pak
theatre festival begins DAILY
TIMES | Wednesday, April 18,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380587&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*No worry over
East borders: Musharraf DAILY
TIMES | Wednesday, April 18,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380523&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*India: Rally in Ahmedabad
for communal harmony, The Hindu, February 3, 2007
*India warms up to new Dhaka TELEGRAPH
| Wednesday, April 18,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=380476&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
*Wagha: Pak could allow cement to India DAILY
TIMES | Sunday, April 15,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=379734&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Saarc
talks on services sector soon DAWN |
Sunday,
April 15,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=379852&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*SAARC Car Rally completion marked HaVEERU
| Sunday, April 15,2007 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=379762&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
*Muslim reunited with his Sikh family, The Hindu, April 13, 2007 http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/13/stories/2007041313000100.htm