Just a Few More Words

If there were enough words to express it,
We would not have been writing,
If there were enough words,
We would not have been painting,
If there were enough words
We would not have been dancing,
If there were enough words
We would not have been performing.
If there were enough words,
Could we have been eating the menu at TaChaoba's Pork Paradise?









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 Event next week

Image and text from Khublei

Saturday, 3 August 2013, 16:00 IST
@ Indian Social Institute Main Auditorium (Ground Floor)
10, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

PERFORMANCE: Irom Sharmila’s Poetry by Maya Rao, Actor, Dancer, Educationist
Inder Salim, Performance Artist

OUR STORIES: Seven Families and their stories of loss and grieving

PANEL DISCUSSION: Extrajudicial killings and AFSPA in Manipur and other states in India
Moderated by: Urvashi Butalia, Feminist, Publisher, Writer
Speakers: Mukul Sinha, Advocate, Gujarat High Court, Satyabrata Pal, Member- National Human Rights Commission, Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate - Supreme Court of India.

READING: “Curfewed Night” by Basharat Peer, Author & Journalist

MUSIC: Imphal Talkies (Akhu Chingangbam, the front man and songwriter of the band will perform ‘songs of protests - unplugged)

BACKGROUND: Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association Manipur (EEVFAM) filed a petition in the Supreme Court to investigate 1,528 cases of extrajudicial killings. Supreme Court by its order dated 4 January, 2013 appointed a three member commission, headed by Justice (retd.) Santosh Hegde, with a direction to make a thorough inquiry in six of the 1,582 petitioned cases. The commission carried out its proceedings in Imphal and New Delhi, where it heard and cross examined the testimonies of victims, witnesses, Assam Rifles and Manipur Police. The SC appointed commission submitted its report, a copy of which is now available.

Jointly Organised & Supported by: All India Students’ Association (AISA), Aman Biradari, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association Manipur (EEVFAM), Human Rights Alert (HRA), Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), Indian Social Institute (ISI), Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association (JTSA), Just Peace Foundation (JPF), KHUBLEI, Manipur Students Association Delhi, Manipur Research Forum Delhi, North East Forum for International Solidarity, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), Save Sharmila Campaign, United NGO Mission Manipur (UNMM), Zubaan.


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