Sunday, September 21, 2014

Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

Dear Dr. Upadhyaya

Now that you have used the right code word HINDUSTANI so we can speak freely.

What are all the people asking for Hindi accepting ?
That (Dev)Nagari script and and some standardised committee drafted Hindi in which there is no culture or history shall become India's national language.

Are we fools to throw out all the common / shared culture of Upper India because Hindus and Muslim couldn't live in peace 150 years ago ?

Are we to still fight over whether Kayasthi "kaithi" should be used or Brahmin Babhani scripts for this so-called "Hindi".

Is this not really about "jobs" in a dog - eat  - dog world, in the same way that Baboo Kehav Chandra Sen mischievously misguided Swamiji Dayandand Saraswati to demand Hindi instead of Sanskrit in Punjab only so that more unemployed and useless Bengali Baboos (short form of Baboon)  would get sarkari naukri in Lahore  ? Is this not what all the "Madrasis" want for English in New Delhi ?

My point is simple - there can be only 1 language for India - HINDUSTANI - the common lingua-franca wherever Hindustanis are to be found.

In conclusion for all my Hindu / Hindi compatriots I would like to offer a personal  story to expand on Shanti Bhushanji's anecdotes of France.

In early 1980's I and my brother were backpacking across Europe for about 3 months. After 1-1/2 months wandering in the Teutonic nations (Denmark, Germany Austria, Switz etc) we reached Paris, France for Bastille Day where in the evening there was this unbelievable (for then)  light and fireworks display with lasers set to music by Jean Michell Jarre. Next to us were 2 Hindu Sri Lankans -young Tamil boys our age, who were illegally in France for work after escaping from Germany (4 months on the run there)  They knew no Hindi or English, we knew no Sinhalese or Tamil, so we ended up speaking to each other in GERMAN which all of us could very easily learn in a month.

Heil Arvind.
(Love the AAP's new "Red Look" - but more of that later)

Sarbajit

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Ashok Kumar Upadhyay <akluphd@gmail.com> wrote:
hindi is language of most of the hindustanis. we should not see it as imposition. however, there should definitely not be compulsion to speak, read and write in hindi. this should definitely be as per once liking in local/regional/national language.
 
Dr.AK Upadhyay  

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:41 AM, captainjohann <bjsamuhanand@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
The very fact so many responses coming  to this topic shows the inherent  feelings of those who comment.When a nation does not learn from history it is condemned to rrepeat it. How URDU was the unifying factor for Pakistan in 1947 but became a dividing factor during the Bangladesh war in 1971 as it was being imposed. People of India even in Hindi speaking areas just do not accept the Sankritised Hindi being imposed in the guise of patriotism and English domination. The  Brahmins of Tamilnadu who due to their knowledge of Sanskrit introduced "JHa, Sah, etc etc" in Tamil during 19th century as these sounds existed in Tamil but not the scripts and so make the language easy to write. But that does not mean Sanskrit is mother of all South Indian languages. It is not. Seperatism can be kindled by these silly vote gathering methods which may get some votes in some states ( a mirage as has shown in recent elections) but can be divisive. Politicians must  govern efficiently first and then do the divisive poltics later.
 
"Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"
Captain Johann samuhanand,  BANGALORE  INDIA
91 80  42023252   
 


On Sunday, 21 September 2014 7:08 AM, Madhav Nalapat <mdnalapat@gmail.com> wrote:


Tell that to Rajnath Singh

From: sanjay
Sent: Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:05
Subject: RE: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

hindi vs non hindi - wow - are we in the 1950s again- or is this forum being run by people who had their youth then? - LOL


Sanjay Sarup 
MS Orth, DNB Orth, MCh Orth (UK), FRCS(Glasgow, UK)
Director - Pediatric Orthopedics & Spine Surgery
Artemis Healthcare


From: mgr_rajan@hotmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:26:16 +0530
Subject: RE: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

It is human psychology to resist anything that is imposed, while we go after, paying through our nose, to do things we like, like learning  fro e.g., Russian to work under a a Russian boss or marry a Russian lady. That is the subtle difference. Democracy is about the majority opinion, but minorities too need attention.

From: shantibhush@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:35:48 +0530
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

Well said.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:10 AM, "colarun.joshi@gmail.com" <colarun.joshi@gmail.com> wrote:

God when are we going to grow up. I am willing to learn russian french etc by paying through my nose and feel proud about it. But get a constipation whrn asked to accept Hindi for functionality. Mera Bharat Mahan


Sent from Samsung Mobile


-------- Original message --------
From: Ramakrishnan N
Date:15/09/2014 21:45 (GMT+05:30)
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

I fully share your views

On Monday, September 15, 2014, Venkatraman Ns <nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com> wrote:
 
To
 
India Against Corruption
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                   IMPOSITION  OF  HINDI  ON  NON  HINDI  SPEAKING  STATES
 
It is surprising that those in charge of policy making in NDA  government do not understand the intensity of the anger and frustration  amongst the people in the non Hindi states due to the subtle attempts of Modi government to gradually impose Hindi. 
The genuine fear of the people in the non Hindi speaking states is that they would be reduced to second class citizens in the country  if Hindi would be imposed , as those speaking Hindi will get distinct advantage over the non Hindi speaking people at the national level.
Mr. Naredndra Modi does not seem to be aware of the  intense and popular anti Hindi agitation in non Hindi speaking states particularly in Tamil Nadu, when Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister.  Schools and colleges had to remain closed for around three months in Tamil Nadu due to anti Hindi  protest by the students. Finally, Mr. Shastri had to give an assurance that Hindi would not be made national language so long as non Hindi speaking people would not want it. The situation has not much changed as far as the imposition of Hindi is concerned.
Today, India has enough problems and there is no feelings of difference in the country on  language issue. Mr. Narendra Modi  should not create new issues by trying to impose Hindi.
Even today, many people in non Hindi speaking states , particularly in Tamil Nadu , feel like aliens as they do not understand Mr. Modi speaking Hindi everywhere without any translators. When he spoke in Hindi to the school children on Teacher's Day , lakhs of school students in non Hindi speaking states felt left out and wondered  as to whether the Prime Minister belong to  Hindi knowing people only.
 
N.S.Venkataraman
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[IAC#RG] Fwd: Re: IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

Disgusting. The hidden agendas of this government is unfolding one after the other. They will do any thing to satisfy the requirement of HINDI belt,  RSS & business lobby and divide the country further as North and South and many other fractions.  In the name of development we voted them to power sacrificing the humanitarian rule of earlier govt who had at least some principles and an approach of considering all Indians as Indians. 


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-------- Original message --------
From: captainjohann
Date:21/09/2014 09:41 (GMT+05:30)
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

The very fact so many responses coming  to this topic shows the inherent  feelings of those who comment.When a nation does not learn from history it is condemned to rrepeat it. How URDU was the unifying factor for Pakistan in 1947 but became a dividing factor during the Bangladesh war in 1971 as it was being imposed. People of India even in Hindi speaking areas just do not accept the Sankritised Hindi being imposed in the guise of patriotism and English domination. The  Brahmins of Tamilnadu who due to their knowledge of Sanskrit introduced "JHa, Sah, etc etc" in Tamil during 19th century as these sounds existed in Tamil but not the scripts and so make the language easy to write. But that does not mean Sanskrit is mother of all South Indian languages. It is not. Seperatism can be kindled by these silly vote gathering methods which may get some votes in some states ( a mirage as has shown in recent elections) but can be divisive. Politicians must  govern efficiently first and then do the divisive poltics later.
 
"Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"
Captain Johann samuhanand,  BANGALORE  INDIA
91 80  42023252   
 


On Sunday, 21 September 2014 7:08 AM, Madhav Nalapat <mdnalapat@gmail.com> wrote:


Tell that to Rajnath Singh

From: sanjay
Sent: Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:05
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Reply To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: RE: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

hindi vs non hindi - wow - are we in the 1950s again- or is this forum being run by people who had their youth then? - LOL


Sanjay Sarup 
MS Orth, DNB Orth, MCh Orth (UK), FRCS(Glasgow, UK)
Director - Pediatric Orthopedics & Spine Surgery
Artemis Healthcare


From: mgr_rajan@hotmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:26:16 +0530
Subject: RE: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

It is human psychology to resist anything that is imposed, while we go after, paying through our nose, to do things we like, like learning  fro e.g., Russian to work under a a Russian boss or marry a Russian lady. That is the subtle difference. Democracy is about the majority opinion, but minorities too need attention.

From: shantibhush@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:35:48 +0530
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

Well said.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:10 AM, "colarun.joshi@gmail.com" <colarun.joshi@gmail.com> wrote:

God when are we going to grow up. I am willing to learn russian french etc by paying through my nose and feel proud about it. But get a constipation whrn asked to accept Hindi for functionality. Mera Bharat Mahan


Sent from Samsung Mobile


-------- Original message --------
From: Ramakrishnan N
Date:15/09/2014 21:45 (GMT+05:30)
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

I fully share your views

On Monday, September 15, 2014, Venkatraman Ns <nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com> wrote:
 
To
 
India Against Corruption
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                   IMPOSITION  OF  HINDI  ON  NON  HINDI  SPEAKING  STATES
 
It is surprising that those in charge of policy making in NDA  government do not understand the intensity of the anger and frustration  amongst the people in the non Hindi states due to the subtle attempts of Modi government to gradually impose Hindi. 
The genuine fear of the people in the non Hindi speaking states is that they would be reduced to second class citizens in the country  if Hindi would be imposed , as those speaking Hindi will get distinct advantage over the non Hindi speaking people at the national level.
Mr. Naredndra Modi does not seem to be aware of the  intense and popular anti Hindi agitation in non Hindi speaking states particularly in Tamil Nadu, when Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister.  Schools and colleges had to remain closed for around three months in Tamil Nadu due to anti Hindi  protest by the students. Finally, Mr. Shastri had to give an assurance that Hindi would not be made national language so long as non Hindi speaking people would not want it. The situation has not much changed as far as the imposition of Hindi is concerned.
Today, India has enough problems and there is no feelings of difference in the country on  language issue. Mr. Narendra Modi  should not create new issues by trying to impose Hindi.
Even today, many people in non Hindi speaking states , particularly in Tamil Nadu , feel like aliens as they do not understand Mr. Modi speaking Hindi everywhere without any translators. When he spoke in Hindi to the school children on Teacher's Day , lakhs of school students in non Hindi speaking states felt left out and wondered  as to whether the Prime Minister belong to  Hindi knowing people only.
 
N.S.Venkataraman
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Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

hindi is language of most of the hindustanis. we should not see it as imposition. however, there should definitely not be compulsion to speak, read and write in hindi. this should definitely be as per once liking in local/regional/national language.
 
Dr.AK Upadhyay  

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:41 AM, captainjohann <bjsamuhanand@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
The very fact so many responses coming  to this topic shows the inherent  feelings of those who comment.When a nation does not learn from history it is condemned to rrepeat it. How URDU was the unifying factor for Pakistan in 1947 but became a dividing factor during the Bangladesh war in 1971 as it was being imposed. People of India even in Hindi speaking areas just do not accept the Sankritised Hindi being imposed in the guise of patriotism and English domination. The  Brahmins of Tamilnadu who due to their knowledge of Sanskrit introduced "JHa, Sah, etc etc" in Tamil during 19th century as these sounds existed in Tamil but not the scripts and so make the language easy to write. But that does not mean Sanskrit is mother of all South Indian languages. It is not. Seperatism can be kindled by these silly vote gathering methods which may get some votes in some states ( a mirage as has shown in recent elections) but can be divisive. Politicians must  govern efficiently first and then do the divisive poltics later.
 
"Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"
Captain Johann samuhanand,  BANGALORE  INDIA
91 80  42023252   
 


On Sunday, 21 September 2014 7:08 AM, Madhav Nalapat <mdnalapat@gmail.com> wrote:


Tell that to Rajnath Singh

From: sanjay
Sent: Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:05
Subject: RE: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

hindi vs non hindi - wow - are we in the 1950s again- or is this forum being run by people who had their youth then? - LOL


Sanjay Sarup 
MS Orth, DNB Orth, MCh Orth (UK), FRCS(Glasgow, UK)
Director - Pediatric Orthopedics & Spine Surgery
Artemis Healthcare


From: mgr_rajan@hotmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:26:16 +0530
Subject: RE: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

It is human psychology to resist anything that is imposed, while we go after, paying through our nose, to do things we like, like learning  fro e.g., Russian to work under a a Russian boss or marry a Russian lady. That is the subtle difference. Democracy is about the majority opinion, but minorities too need attention.

From: shantibhush@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:35:48 +0530
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

Well said.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:10 AM, "colarun.joshi@gmail.com" <colarun.joshi@gmail.com> wrote:

God when are we going to grow up. I am willing to learn russian french etc by paying through my nose and feel proud about it. But get a constipation whrn asked to accept Hindi for functionality. Mera Bharat Mahan


Sent from Samsung Mobile


-------- Original message --------
From: Ramakrishnan N
Date:15/09/2014 21:45 (GMT+05:30)
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES

I fully share your views

On Monday, September 15, 2014, Venkatraman Ns <nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com> wrote:
 
To
 
India Against Corruption
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                   IMPOSITION  OF  HINDI  ON  NON  HINDI  SPEAKING  STATES
 
It is surprising that those in charge of policy making in NDA  government do not understand the intensity of the anger and frustration  amongst the people in the non Hindi states due to the subtle attempts of Modi government to gradually impose Hindi. 
The genuine fear of the people in the non Hindi speaking states is that they would be reduced to second class citizens in the country  if Hindi would be imposed , as those speaking Hindi will get distinct advantage over the non Hindi speaking people at the national level.
Mr. Naredndra Modi does not seem to be aware of the  intense and popular anti Hindi agitation in non Hindi speaking states particularly in Tamil Nadu, when Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister.  Schools and colleges had to remain closed for around three months in Tamil Nadu due to anti Hindi  protest by the students. Finally, Mr. Shastri had to give an assurance that Hindi would not be made national language so long as non Hindi speaking people would not want it. The situation has not much changed as far as the imposition of Hindi is concerned.
Today, India has enough problems and there is no feelings of difference in the country on  language issue. Mr. Narendra Modi  should not create new issues by trying to impose Hindi.
Even today, many people in non Hindi speaking states , particularly in Tamil Nadu , feel like aliens as they do not understand Mr. Modi speaking Hindi everywhere without any translators. When he spoke in Hindi to the school children on Teacher's Day , lakhs of school students in non Hindi speaking states felt left out and wondered  as to whether the Prime Minister belong to  Hindi knowing people only.
 
N.S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice For The Deprived


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Re: [IAC#RG] Assignment in Law

Surely, Mr Prabhu.

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On 21-Sep-2014, at 8:15, "Udhe Prabhu" <udayprabhu@activist.com> wrote:

 
Dear Shri Purobi Ghosh Mohan-ji;
 
Sincere thanks for your Offer to support NGOs / Consumers in and around Mumbai;
 
Shall definitely circulate the same if you so permit and may be our Followers / Members could contact you then;
 
​Best of Luck in your beautiful endeavours;
 
Thanking you in anticipation;
 
All Ways at your Services;
 
Ln;UdayPrabhu - 093 222 666 17 // 0902 999 55 86
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Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 6:09 PM
From: "Purobi Ghosh Mohan" <cgsi09@gmail.com>
To: "iac@lists.riseup.net" <iac@lists.riseup.net>
Cc: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net, "Sarbajit Roy" <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
Subject: [IAC#RG] Assignment in Law
 
Dear Sarbajit,
 
You are aware that I have completed my LLB this year. This is apart from the MBA degree which I hold from a reputed Management Institute.
 
I am interested in working with a Law firm in Mumbai and/or service NGOs in and around Mumbai.
 
My areas of interest primarily are -
 
(a) Intellectual Property Rights
 
(b) Consumer Protection
 
If required, I may offer my services on pro bono basis as well.
 
If any IAC member has any proposition on an assignment in an area given above, I would be glad to consider it.
 
My email id is cgsi09@gmail.com
 
Regards
 
Purobi Ghosh Mohan
 
 
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[IAC#RG] Fwd: Meeting of RTI activists at Chennai



 To
 
India Against Corruption
 
 
 
 

                                                                                R T I  ACT  NOT  IN  LETTER  AND  SPIRIT                                                                                                             

 

Nandini Voice For the Deprived, a Chennai based NGO , organised a meeting to discuss the issues relating to Right To Information Act on 21st September  at Youth Hostel, Adyar, Chennai.

The meeting was attended by several RTI activists and general public.

The objective of the meeting is to provide a forum to  RTI activists to express their views on the implementation of the RTI Act.

After in depth discussions for over three hours, the views expressed during the meeting are given below .

 

 

Not implemented in letter and spirit :

·         While  departments do provide response to RTI queries, the overall view is that the RTI Act,in  most cases , are  not being implemented in letter and spirit by the government departments and the original expectations of the common man about the RTI Act have not been met.

Time stipulation not followed :

·         Several instances were cited to highlight the fact that thirty days stipulation to provide reply to RTI letters are not met and there have been number of instances ,where RTI letters have not  even been acknowledged  at all and ignored.

Appeals sent to Information Commissioners are often  treated in lukewarm manner and require repeated reminders for the papers to move. Sometimes, the letters sent by Information Commissioners to the Appellate authorities of the government departments are themselves ignored.

·         One can  take up the issues if RTI replies are not given adequately. But, what can the person do if the queries would not be acknowledged at all in spite of repeated reminders?

·          No proper system has been developed to ensure that the RTI letters would be handled within the stipulated time which is one of the reasons for inordinate delay.

Lack of transparent procedures for appointing Information Commissioners & PIO

·         There are no stipulated and transparent procedures  such as qualification and background for appointment of Public Information Officers in the government departments. For example, in a technically oriented organisation such as Health Department , a technically qualified person can serve better as Public Information Officer since he can understand the intricacies of the issues better. Further, Public Information Officers are given the function only as additional job apart from their other duties.

·         There are also no set procedures for appointment of Information Commissioners and sometimes such appointed Information Commissioners have unrelated background which affect their efficiency in performance.

Personal security threat to RTI activists :

·         Some  RTI activists have faced personal security threat , since the content of the RTI letter are leaked out to the affected parties by the government departments. This has deterred several persons from filing RTI applications.

Evasive reply:

·         In some cases, by way of RTI reply ,the government department  refer simply to some website links without explaining appropriate details. This not only creates problem for those who are not trained in the use of computers but also amount to inadequate and evasive replies. The department should answer the query as per the Act instead of giving such evasive replies.

Cover under classified information :

·         Sometimes, the departments simply refuse to provide information , stating that  it is a matter of classified information , whereas the classified information is not well defined.

 

Any information that is not considered classified for providing information to Parliament or Legislative assemblies should also be made known to the public under RTI Act.

Lack of support from Consumers Court :

·         In case one would not get proper replies for the RTI queries from the concerned departments and Information Commissioners would also not act, one cannot approach the Consumers Court,  since in several cases the consumer courts have refused to entertain such applications.

  RTI Activism has become a full time job :

·         In the normal course, if rules and regulations were to be followed by the government as per the RTI Act, one should get reply to RTI queries without hassles. But, this is not the case.

 

An RTI activist often has to fight hard to get response for the queries and repeatedly follow up with the departments. One even require advise of legal professional to get replies for RTI queries .A busy individual with his own activities may not be able to devote the required time and efforts to get the replies in the present conditions.

 

Reflection on the quality of governance :

    ·         While the rules and regulations of the RTI  Act are, by and large ,well drafted, the problem arises in the quality of implementation and level of commitment of the top bureaucrats to implement the Act adequately.

    ·         The inability of the government to successfully  implement the  RTI Act is the reflection on the quality of governance at the central and state level.

 

 

N.S.Venkataraman

Nandini Voice For The Deprived

                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Re: [IAC#RG] Assignment in Law

Why don't you approach LAwyers Collective or Majlis in Mumbai?  HRLN , too, would be glad to have you on.
 
Dr Rina Mukherji
 
Kolkata

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Purobi Ghosh Mohan <cgsi09@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sarbajit,

You are aware that I have completed my LLB this year. This is apart from the MBA degree which I hold from a reputed Management Institute.

I am interested in working with a Law firm in Mumbai and/or service NGOs in and around Mumbai.

My areas of interest primarily are -

(a) Intellectual Property Rights

(b) Consumer Protection

If required, I may offer my services on pro bono basis as well.

If any IAC member has any proposition on an assignment in an area given above, I would be glad to consider it.

My email id is cgsi09@gmail.com

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Re: [IAC#RG] Assignment in Law

Dear Purobi,
I am based in Pune and it would have been good to have you to work with us.
Anyways, I have been recently appointed as an special public prosecutor in one of the Rape cases in Mumbai.
If you can help us in that case and assist in research that will be helpful. Till the time you are in search of some good engagement lets try to work together to give justice to the victim of rape.
I will be at the Sessions Court No. 39 tomorrow for the same case.  The District and Sessions Court building is near High Court Bombay......near KalaGhoda. So lets meet.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Purobi Ghosh Mohan <cgsi09@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sarbajit,

You are aware that I have completed my LLB this year. This is apart from the MBA degree which I hold from a reputed Management Institute.

I am interested in working with a Law firm in Mumbai and/or service NGOs in and around Mumbai.

My areas of interest primarily are -

(a) Intellectual Property Rights

(b) Consumer Protection

If required, I may offer my services on pro bono basis as well.

If any IAC member has any proposition on an assignment in an area given above, I would be glad to consider it.

My email id is cgsi09@gmail.com

Regards

Purobi Ghosh Mohan


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