[2607] in peace2
Thur, 7/3 Indian peace activists
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Voelker)
Wed Jul 2 11:34:46 2003
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Please come; the timing is "suboptimal" and the organizers fear low
attendance due to July 4rth. Martin
forwarded on behalf of A. Sur
mailto:asur@mit.edu
The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia &
The South Asia Forum at MIT
invite you to a panel on
From Gujarat to Iraq: India in the New World Order
with
Praful Bidwai and Fr. Cedric Prakash
on
Thur, July 3, 2003 at 7PM in MIT Bldg. 4-231
(enter Mass Ave, walk down "Infinite Corridor"; bldg 4 is off to the right.)
About the speakers:
Praful Bidwai
Transnational Institute Fellow and former senior editor of The Times
of India, Praful Bidwai is one of the most widely read journalists in
India. He is a regular columnist for several leading newspapers and
journals in India. He is a fellow of the Centre for Contemporary
Studies, Nehru Museum and Library and an associate editor of Security
Dialogue, published by PRIO, Oslo. He is also a member of the
International Network of Engineers and Scientists against
Proliferation (INESAP) and co-founder of the Movement in India for
Nuclear Disarmament (MIND) and South Asians Against Nukes. His latest
book, co-written by Achin Vanaik, is New Nukes: India, Pakistan and
Global Nuclear Disarmament (Interlink 1999).
Fr. Cedric Prakash
Fr.Cedric Prakash, a Jesuit Priest, has committed himself to the
service of faith and promotion of human rights, communal harmony,
justice and peace, since the last 30 years. Presently, Fr.Prakash is
the Director of "Prashant" - a Centre for human rights, justice and
peace, and is the Coordinator of the Province Office for Integral
Social Development (POISD) - an organization dedicated to coordinate
developmental, justice and peace works of the Society of Jesus in
Gujarat, India. He is also the Director of the Justice and Peace
Commission of the Baroda Diocese and the Secretary for Social
Communications for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI)
for 14 Dioceses of the Western Region of India. He serves as a
liaison for the Local Capacities for Peace Project out of Harvard
University and is the Spokesperson of the United Christian Forum for
Human Rights (Gujarat). Fr. Prakash was the Director of St. Xavier’s
Social Service Society, (SXSSS) - an organization involved in the
slums of Ahmedabad, and in the rural areas of Gujarat State. He is
the founder of SHANTI - an initiative to promote communal harmony,
justice and peace. He has been awarded: • The Kabir Puraskar - for
promotion of Communal Peace and Harmony by the President of India in
1995. • The Anubhai Chimanlal Nagarika Puraskar - for his
contribution to the city of Ahmedabad by the Mayor of Ahmedabad in
1996 • Man of the Year Award by St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai in 1972
