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Welcome address delivered by J John (Executive Director, CEC)
Occasion: Public Lecture - Ambedkar and the Meanings of Labour in Contemporary India
Date: 4 April 2009
Let me begin by welcoming all the distinguished guests who have assembled here to be with CEC to mark its silver jubilee celebration. We value our associations and collaborations with you, and look forward to its continuation in a most meaningful way.
The synopsis of Aaenkh, the drama that will be staged today, invokes us to protect our eyes so that we can dream, and make the dream a vision. In 1983, Centre for Education and Communication (CEC) was formed by a group of visionaries, who eagerly safeguarded not only their right to dream but also the eyes of others, so that all could dream.
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Release of Music Video "Yei Kaisi Aazadi Hai" |
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Speech delivered by Mr. J. John, Executive Director (CEC)
on the Occasion of the Release of the Music Video "Yei Kaisi Aazadi hai"
ISKON Convention Centre, Juhu, Mumbai
21 October 2008
Recently, two names caught the attention of the media and the public at large. Kalavati, as brought to the notice of the Parliament by Rahul Gandhi, a mother of five girls and two sons, from Jalka village in Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, threatened to end her life if she does not get her land and money back. Her husband Parshuram ended life on Dec 23, 2005 unable to pay back the mounting debt. The other name is Joe the Plumber, who became an international celebrity after he confronted US Presidential candidate Barak Obama with questions on tax policy. Kalavati Bandurkar, a farmer, was worried about the ways to feed her children. Joe Wurzelbacher, an unlicensed plumber from Holland, Ohio, not worried about the day's bread and butter, may be because of an assured social security system, was bothered about his prospects of acquiring a plumbing firm.
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