#750

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:24 am
Subject: Talk by Gandhian Activist Himanshu Kumar : Friday June 10th 6:30 PM at Room #121 David Lawrence Hall

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Hi everybody,�

�The AID speaker series kicks off on Friday, June 10th with a talk by the eminent Gandhian activist Himanshu Kumar.�

�Himanshu Kumar has been working for the last 17 years with the tribals in the Indian State of Chattisgarh

and has been in the news in the past year trying to save the lives of the tribals caught up in the violence�

between the Maoists and the Indian State. He will share with us his unique perspective on the triangular war

between the Maoists, the Indian State and the Tribals. The talk is free and open for all.

Please join us today for his talk at 6:30 PM at the David Lawrence Hall, University of Pittsburgh.�

AID Pittsburgh speaker series�

�

Triangular war between the State, the Naxals, and the Adivasis

�

What:�Talk by Himanshu Kumar - "Triangular war between the State, the Naxals, and the Adivasis"

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Where: �David Lawrence Hall 121

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When: � Friday, June 10, 2011 at 6.30 pm

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Himanshu Kumar, a Gandhian human rights activist from Meerut, has been�working in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh for the past 17 years, in the midst of an old triangular war between the State, the Naxals, and the Adivasis split from within by the infamous government-sponsored Salwa Judum. He is also the prime mover of Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (VCA), an organization that has been serving as a nerve-connection between Adivasis and an indifferent State. As the state-sponsored conflict flared up in Chhattisgarh, Himanshu Kumar was propelled into saving the very lives of the people. Caught between state terror and the violence being waged in the name of the people, Dantewada and other parts have been marred by murders, rapes, arson, torching of villages, abductions, detentions and other brutalities. Himanshu Kumar, VCA and a few others have been instrumental in bringing to light the brutalities unfolding in the hinterlands and boondocks of Chhattisgarh.

�

Himanshu Kumar addressing Tehelka conclave (Sample video of his Talk):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAs7sDH-OlA

�

Who is Himanshu Kumar (A brief introduction):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9bdwZfLEyM

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#751

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:00 am
Subject: Reminder: Talk by Praful Chandel

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Reminder : This talk is Today at 6.30pm.. Hope to see you all there !

Talk by PRAFUL CHANDEL �

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What:�"Perspectives on Rural Healthcare in Central India"

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Where:�David Lawrence Hall, room to be announced soon

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When: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 6.30pm

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Praful Chandel is a senior village coordinator at JSS, an NGO that has been at the forefront of tackling healthcare issues in the remote adivasi villages of Chhattisgarh in central India. JSS is a voluntary, non-profit, registered society of health professionals running a low-cost, effective, health program providing both preventive and curative services for the past 10 years to people from the tribal and rural areas of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh through a community health program and a rural health centre which includes a hospital.

�

Flyers for the two talks are attached

To View flyer online : http://aidpittsburgh.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/talk-by-himanshu-kumar/
(For slow internet connections the flyer sizes are big)

For more information about the speakers: http://conference.aidindia.org/?q=node/16

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#752

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:37 am
Subject: ACTION Alert: Call or Fax Odisha officials to stop violence against the people and destroying their farms

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Please forward widely! Please report all action you take here: Google Spreadsheet under the right category.

Dear Friends,

Recent development in Dhinkia and Gobindpur areas in Odisha is extremely disturbing. The armed intimidation and threat of violence displayed by the Odisha police in an effort to acquire land for South Korean Steel company POSCO in Jagatsinghpur is a shame on our democracy. �Thousands of residents of Dhinkia and Gobindpur, including several hundred children, have been peacefully lying on the ground in the searing heat to protect their homes, lands and livelihoods as the police continues to destroy the betel vines. We have seen similar incidents in Singur and Nandigram before which ended up taking lives of several innocent farmers, small land-owners and landless laborers dependent on the local farms for their livelihood. This is an instance of institutional corruption against the people.

We have to act immediately to stop the imminent violence and lend our support to peaceful protest by residents Dhinkia and Gobindpur. Please do all [or at least one of the below action].

1. Call the following people and ask them to withdraw the police force immediately:

1. Sonia Gandhi: (91)11-23014161,�(91)11-23012656

2. Naveen Patnaik: (91)674-2531100, (91)674-2531500 �

3. Superintendent of Police, Debadutta Singh. (91)94370-94678

4. Jagdish Tytler, Odisha congress party in-charge,�(91)9811044164 [come out against the land acquisition forcefully].

Also, email: soniagandhi@..., cmo@..., manmohan@..., dmjsp@..., tytler@...

2. Send SMS to SP & Collector to stop using force against people.�(91)94370-94678 &�(91)94370-38401. Sample: "Don't use force or violence against residents Dhinkia and Gobindpur. There are women and children in the area and we are extremely concerned for everyone's safety".

3.�Sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/posco/petition.html

4. Send a fax: Sonia Gandhi: (91)1123018651, Odisha CM: (91)6742535100, Governor: (91)6742536582, Collector: (91)6724220299 or reply to me with your signature [name and city/country] and I will send a fax in your name.

Please act immediately and show your solidarity with the people's movement.

In Solidairty,

AID Volunteers

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Committee Reports

Iron and Steal: The Posco-India Story

Meena Gupta Committee Report

Ashish Kothari Committee Report

News Reports

IBN Live,�10 June 2011. ��POSCO: �Orissa government sends forces to acquire land�
Business Standard,�3 June 2011. �Anti-Posco Brigade forms Human Barricade to Stall Posco Land Acquisition
The Hindu,�21 October 2010. ��POSCO paid for study on POSCO�

Video Reports

Newsxlive Video�11 June 2011. ��POSCO Agitation intensifies, 2000 villagers blockade police�

NDTV Video��11 June 2011. �Posco Agitation Intensifies, Women and Kids at Forefront.�

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#753

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:27 am
Subject: AID-wide email: POSCO: Land Acquisition To Resume On Friday

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Dear all,

Just to follow-up on the Action Alert of a couple of days back. After a four-day break for a local festival, a thousand-strong police force under the orders of the Govt. of Orissa is set to resume land acquisition for the POSCO project in the villages of Dhinkia and Gobindpur from Friday (17th June). Reports are that the police intend to first destroy the betel-vines that the people cultivate, and then to forcibly displace the people themselves from their lands. Dhinkia and Gobindpur account for about two-thirds of the land required for the POSCO project.

Remember that this is a project that would rob almost 120 villages, and a fishing community of around 20,000 of their livelihoods for little or no compensation. Remember that two government-appointed committees independently found that the clearances granted to the project were illegal, in violation of both environmental and Forest Rights law; there are two legal cases pending in the Orissa High court, and a criminal complaint against the District Collector. Remember that over 70% of the villagers of Dhinkia and Gobindpur signed gram sabha resolutions against the project, imposing not just democratic pressure, but legal obligations on the government that it never met.

It's profoundly disturbing that it comes to this- the bodies of 2000 unarmed men, women and children lying in the scorching sand to defend what their democratically-elected government has refused to; their right to their land.

In the last week or so, the issue has gained that critical amount of media coverage when sustained public pressure could make a difference. None of the actions mentioned below will take more than 15 minutes of your time, but could be crucial in building public pressure in the run-up to Friday:

1. Call the following people and ask them to withdraw the police force immediately:

1. Sonia Gandhi: (91)11-23014161,�(91)11-23012656

2. Naveen Patnaik: (91)674-2531100, (91)674-2531500 �

3. Superintendent of Police, Debadutta Singh. (91)94370-94678

4. Jagdish Tytler, Odisha congress party in-charge,�(91)9811044164 [come out against the land acquisition forcefully].

Also, email: soniagandhi@..., cmo@..., manmohan@..., dmjsp@..., tytler@...

2. Send an SMS to SP & Collector to stop using force against people.�(91)94370-94678 &�(91)94370-38401. Sample: "Don't use force or violence against residents Dhinkia and Gobindpur. There are women and children in the area and we are extremely concerned for everyone's safety".

3.�Sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/posco/petition.html

4. Send a fax:
Sonia Gandhi: (91)1123018651, Odisha CM: (91)6742535100, Governor:
(91)6742536582, Collector: (91)6724220299 or reply to Somu Kumar (somukumar@...) with your signature [name and city/country] and he will send a fax in your name.

Do forward this to your respective chapters, and any other mailing lists you can think of.

In solidarity,

Parvathy Prem
Volunteer, AID Austin

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#754

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:52 pm
Subject: AID Meeting-this Monday 7:00 PM GSPH commons, Parran Hall, 130 De Soto Street

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Hi everyone,
AID-Pittsburgh will hold its next�meeting�on�Monday�(June20th) at 7:00
PM at�"GSPH Community Commons",�

which is the first floor lounge of Parran Hall, University of Pittsburgh.

The address is:

Parran Hall

130 De Soto Street�

Pittsburgh, PA-15261.

A map of the campus can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/6hfztgl�(google maps)

Agenda:

1. Collaboration with Amnesty International on the violence in Chattisgarh

Thanks

AID-Pittsburgh

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#755

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:13 pm
Subject: Sunday AID Meeting

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Hi everybody,

AID Pittsburgh will meet this week on Sunday, June 26th at 11:30AM -1:30PM

�instead of our usual monday meeting.

Please mark your weekend calender!!
The meeting will take place at Panera Bread in Oakland.
We will send an email with the full agenda tomorrow.

For volunteers whose weekday schedule clashes with our meeting times,
this is an excellent opportunity to come to an AID meeting.

Thanks
AID-Pittsburgh

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#756

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:45 pm
Subject: AID Meeting- this Sunday 11:30 AM at Panera Bread 3800 Forbes Avenue

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Hi everyone,

AID Pittsburgh will hold its next meeting�on�Sunday�(June 26th) at 11:30 AM at�Panera Bread in Oakland.

For those members whose weekday schedules clash with our Monday meeting times, this will

be a great�opportunity�to join us for a weekend meeting.

So, come over for a nice Sunday brunch at Panera.�

The address is:

�3800 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA-15213

http://tinyurl.com/6fyec7a

Agenda:

1. Project proposal for supporting children of Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Khammam, AP.

Thanks

AID-Pittsburgh

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#757

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Sun Jul 3, 2011 5:25 am
Subject: No AID Meeting this Monday

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Hi everybody,

AID Pittsburgh will not have a meeting this week.

Thanks

AID-Pittsburgh

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#758

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Fri Jul 8, 2011 2:19 pm
Subject: July 11th- Meeting with Amnesty Pittsburgh at First Unitarian Church

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Dear All,�

Coming Monday instead of having a regular AID meeting we would like to urge you to come to the Amnesty Pittsburgh monthly meeting.

We will join their meeting at 7pm at the First Unitarian Church, located at the corner of Ellsworth and Morewood Avenue.

One of the agenda items for this meeting is to a write a letter specifically for the Chhattisgarh -Salwa Judum issue , hence we would like to encourage all to come.

Best Regards

AID Pittsburgh

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#759

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Fri Jul 8, 2011 2:26 pm
Subject: CRY Festival in the park - July 17th, 2011

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Hi everyone

CRY Pittsburgh is having their annual Festival in the park again this year. Please do try and attend ( see below for more details).

Regards

Reety

p.s. Also if you can help with putting some of these flyers around your office, workplace, labs, etc .. please do so.. Thanks !

�

CRY AMERICA FESTIVAL IN THE PARK 2011

CRY America Pittsburgh presents its seventh annual Festival in the Park � a festival of food, music and movies � Sunday July 17, Flagstaff Hill, Schenley Park, Oakland.� The Festival in the Park is organized with a simple idea in mind - to bring together people in and around Pittsburgh to support the cause of restoring basic rights to underprivileged children in India and the U.S. Join us in the festivities with your family and friends!

Festival in the Park 2011 features:

�� Live performances by Akshay Hari (Popular Bollywood Songs), Samir Chatterjee (Tabla), Shankar Krish (Violin), Steel City Bhangra (Indian Folk Dance), Mike Tamburo (Light Classical Music), Chris Neils (Solo Guitar), Tanush & Group, Adarsh Menon.

�� Authentic Indian Food including Chicken Tikka Masala, Veg Korma, Samosas, and more! Food provided by: India Palace, Tamarind, Namaste India, Coriander, Billu�s, Udipi Caf�.

�� Side activities and booths including Indian Jewelry, Henna, Face Painting, Balloon Artist, Games.

�� Despicable Me� starring Steve Carell

When: Sunday, July 17, 4 p.m. onwards

Where: Flagstaff Hill, Schenley Park, Across from Phipps Conservatory in Oakland, Pittsburgh 15213

Why: Funds from the festival will go towards supporting child rights projects of CRY America in India and the US.

Visit our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/CRYPgh and RSVP to receive a $2 coupon!

For more information contact us: crypittsburgh@... OR @ 412-229-7CRY

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On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Reety Arora <reety.arora@...> wrote:

Hi Tejas

One more volunteer that replied is

Debamitra Das - anytime slot - debamitradas@...

Also I was wondering .. we had a table last year but decided not to have one this year ( just incase you were planning on it).

Also if possible and if you have arrangements for a projector, etc.. would it be possible for us to maybe screen an introductory video of AID ?

Let us know

Thanks

See you on 17th July.

Regards

Reety

p.s. Please send me your official publicity email and flyer and I will send it across on our email list.

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#760

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:15 am
Subject: Fwd: July 11th- Meeting with Amnesty Pittsburgh at First Unitarian Church

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Just a reminder

This is today !

Please do try and attend .

Thanks�

Regards

Reety

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From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Subject: July 11th- Meeting with Amnesty Pittsburgh at First Unitarian Church
To: aid-pittsburgh@yahoogroups.com

Dear All,�

Coming Monday instead of having a regular AID meeting we would like to urge you to come to the Amnesty Pittsburgh monthly meeting.

We will join their meeting at 7pm at the First Unitarian Church, located at the corner of Ellsworth and Morewood Avenue.

One of the agenda items for this meeting is to a write a letter specifically for the Chhattisgarh -Salwa Judum issue , hence we would like to encourage all to come.

Best Regards

AID Pittsburgh

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#761

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:13 am
Subject: AID Meeting-this Monday 7:00 PM Einstein Bagels, Benedum Hall

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Hi everyone,

AID-Pittsburgh will hold its next meeting on Monday (July 18th) at
7:00 PM at the Einstein Bagels on the lower level of Benedum Hall,
University of Pittsburgh.
A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-118-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/2cwb3un  (google maps)

Agenda:
1. Collaboration of AID and Congressman's office for Independence day
celebration
2. Finalizing a room for meetings
3. New Secretary for AID
4. AID Calenders
5. Independence day event- organization and volunteer needed who can take
lead

Thanks
AID-Pittsburgh

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#762

From: harshal <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:04 pm
Subject: India Day event: Aug 15th

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Flyer for the annual India Day event is attached.

Indian Nationality Room Committee

University of Pittsburgh invites you to celebrate

INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

Date: August 14, 2011

Venue: Cathedral of Learning, Oakland

Time: 12:00 – 3:00 PM

Join us for parade and flag hoisting followed by entertainment, food, and festivities

Admission: FREE

For additional information, visit ANKUR@IGSA Facebook page

Or Call: (412)@341@4948, (412)@828@2911

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#763

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:49 am
Subject: AID Meeting-this Monday 7:00 PM Einstein Bagels, Benedum Hall

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Hi everyone,

AID-Pittsburgh will hold its next meeting on Monday (July 25th) at
7:00 PM at the Einstein Bagels on the lower level of Benedum Hall,
University of Pittsburgh.
A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-118-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/2cwb3un  (google maps)

Agenda:
1. Run for India 2012 discussion
2.  Volunteer for co-treasurer
3. Discussion on the plan of action for a new project proposal by
Mandra Lion's (Purulia, WB)

and last but not the least! there will be food!! All the more reason
to come over to the meeting.

Thanks
AID-Pittsburgh

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#764

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Mon Aug 1, 2011 1:33 pm
Subject: AID Meeting this Monday at 7p.m. at Einstein Bagels

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Hi everyone,
This week's AID Meeting will be held on Monday (Aug 1st) at 7:00 PM at the
Einstein Bagels on the lower level of Benedum Hall, University of
Pittsburgh.
A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-118-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/2cwb3un (google maps)

Agenda:
1) Bhopali movie screening
2) Indian Independence day event planning

Regards,
AID-Pittsburgh

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#765

From: Amrita Balachandran <amrita_balachandran@...>
Date: Tue Aug 9, 2011 5:42 am
Subject: Fence Painting: Celebrate India's 64th Independence Day!

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Dear Friends,

The volunteers of AID Pittsburgh invite you and members of your organization to join us in our annual Fence Painting event, as we usher in another great year of Indian Independence!

Please join us in painting the CMU Fence in the colors of the Indian flag, at the stroke of midnight on August 15th!

Where: CMU Fence, Forbes Avenue, Carnegie Mellon University - Main Campus [in front of Hunt Library - #13 on this Map]

When: Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 11.45 pm

For more information, please contact : aidpittsburgh@... or visit http://pittsburgh.aidindia.org [Flyer Attached]

Thank you!

~AID Pittsburgh

About AID: Association for India's Development (AID) is a volunteer movement promoting sustainable, equitable and just development. AID supports grassroots organizations in India and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as agriculture, energy, education, health, livelihoods, natural resources including land and water, women's empowerment and social justice.

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#766

From: Sourav Chatterjee <souravc83@...>
Date: Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:51 pm
Subject: Chattisgarh Article in NEWPEOPLE - August Issue

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Dear All,
Thank you for supporting the Himanshu Kumar talk in Pittsburgh. All
your support is invaluable to us.
Below you can find the�article�in the August issue of Newpeople- The
newspaper published by the Thomas Merton Centre. � (that takes up
activism related issues in Pittsburgh area).
The NewPeople is the peace and justice newspaper of Pittsburgh and the
Tri-State area and fills the voids left by the mainstream by providing
a media outlet reflecting the reality of progressive, alternative
politics locally, nationally and globally.

http://issuu.com/thomasmertoncenter/docs/newpeople-july-2011
Go to page 6 for the article

Thanks
AID-Pittsburgh

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#767

From: harshal <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:58 pm
Subject: Cultural performance by a group of visually challenged dancers from Samarthanam

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All are invited to this event. Kindly spread the word around.

Sri Venkateswara Temple of Pittsburgh

Presents an afternoon of

Cultural performances (Indian classical, folk and/or contemporary)

Samarthanam Sunadha

Join us to witness Samarthanam’s group of young visually challenged dancers transform their

disABILITY into ABILITY

Sunday August 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Your presence and encouragement is greatly appreciated

Admission is Free and open to public

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qitw64JR24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDEokBLr_Zk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFWs0nxH42I

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#768

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:55 am
Subject: CSH this Thursday 25th August at 7pm

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Hi everyone

This week's CSH will be held on Thursday (Aug 25th) at 7:00 PM at the
Einstein Bagels on the lower level of Benedum Hall, University of
Pittsburgh.
A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-118-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/2cwb3un (google maps)

Agenda:

1. Goat recovery project- Smita

2.Unmesh project� discussion and coordinator call in (Jayashree and Somesh)- Krishna and Tarun

3. Updates on Kopa kunjam campaign- Krishna

Regards,
Debamitra
�AID Pittsburgh

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#769

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Thu Sep 1, 2011 5:27 pm
Subject: Fwd: [aid-members] AID CSH on Thrusday 1st Sept at 7pm in WPU Room 310

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Date: Sep 1, 2011 9:29 AM
Subject: [aid-members] AID CSH on Thrusday 1st Sept at 7pm in WPU Room 310
To: "aid-members" <aid-members@yahoogroups.com>

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Dear all,

This week's CSH will be a working CSH. We will be working on budgeting, website, RFI2012 and other issues. Please bring in your laptops and some paper and pencil and be prepared to sit and work for 1.5-2hrs. We will be having our meeting in William Pitt Union Room 310.

Agenda:

1) Unmesh project voting -Krishna
2) Work on website, budgeting and RFI

A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-005-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/4d7547w (google maps)

Thanks

Regards
Debamitra

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#770

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Thu Sep 8, 2011 3:17 am
Subject: AID CSH this Thrusday 8th September at 7pm in WPU Room 538

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Dear all,

This week's CSH will be held on Thursday Sept 8th at 7 pm in William Pitt Union Room 538.

Agenda:

1) AID India internship -Nisha
2) Bharat Patel Saathiship update -Tarun

A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-005-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/4d7547w (google maps)

Thanks

Regards
Debamitra

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#771

From: harshal <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:30 pm
Subject: Fw: AID receives Times of India Social Impact Award for "Global Contribution to India"

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AID receives the Times of India Social Impact award. Thanks for supporting us.

From: Naga AID <Naga_AID@...>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 3:36 PM
Subject: AID receives Times of India Social Impact Award for "Global Contribution to India"

AID receives Times of India Social Impact Award for "Global Contribution to India"

Dear Donor,

Association for India's Development (AID) has been selected for the Times of India Social Impact Awards, in the special jury category of Global Contribution to India. Congratulations to all AID friends, well-wishers, collaborators and supporters like you, for all your passion and commitment. To so many people and groups on the ground who do so much more, thank you for your guidance and showing us the way. To all our donors and supporters who have contributed magnanimously, thank you for believing and encouraging us with your support.

It is a recognition of AID's sustained involvement in a wide range of social causes, with the selection not based on application but by the suo moto choice of the jury of eminent people. We are glad that the profile of AID for the award portrays the breadth and depth of the efforts of AID and its partners in India, covering both nirman and sangharsh - the constructive work for sustainable development and the struggle for people's rights and systemic change. This is captured particularly well in these two lines:

"From helping organic farmers in the Sunderbans, to teaching underprivileged kids in Tamil Nadu, from encouraging citizens to file RTIs to funding NGOs that fight corruption, from waste management in Bangalore to offering flood relief in Murshidabad, it is involved in diverse activities."

"In the close reading of unfolding contemporary struggles, whether for land, water or livelihood, or in powerful statements against atrocities, AID has emerged as a strong civil society voice, expressed in a plethora of small movements and campaigns in various parts of the country."

We would like to think that the recognition is for the kind of work described above; hundreds of organizations and movements are doing this work and the selection of AID is simply as a representation of this work. We hope that this recognition gives more strength to our efforts, more energy to our supporters, and most importantly helps in amplifying the voice of the people struggling for their livelihood and rights. We are also aware that any recognition also places additional responsibility to live up to higher expectations, and we seek your increased involvement to make that possible!

Please become a Sustaining Donor today by signing up for a monthly pledge, so we can continue our efforts towards a better India.

In Solidarity,

AID Volunteers

Announcement of the Awards:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/TOI-Social-Impact-Awards-They-make-India-a-better-place/articleshow/10047158.cms

Profile of AID for the award:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/For-this-NGO-all-roads-lead-to-India/articleshow/10048632.cms

For this NGO, all roads lead to India

TNN | Sep 20, 2011, 06.56AM IST

NEW DELHI: 'Dil hai Hindustani' is a phrase that best sums up Association for India's Development's vast network of workers and volunteers for whom all roads lead to India. The much-needed funds are raised abroad but channeled to a staggering sweep of projects within the country. From helping organic farmers in the Sunderbans, to teaching underprivileged kids in Tamil Nadu, from encouraging citizens to file RTIs to funding NGOs that fight corruption, from waste management in Bangalore to offering flood relief in Murshidabad, it is involved in diverse activities.

AID is also at the forefront campaigning to free Binayak Sen, protesting against Dow Chemicals and calling for a debate on BT Brinjal. Among many others, Arvind Kejriwal's NGO Parivartan was supported by AID in 2008 to pursue the RTI campaign. The jury voted for AID because they "do very good work" as Jairam Ramesh said and because "they encourage young people to get involved," according to Nandan Nilekani.

"Working with AID was an eye-opener," says activist Souparna Lahiri. A resistance campaign expert involved in multiple small movements, Lahiri says AID volunteers are deeply involved and "willing to understand where they are putting their time and money and learn from it" . "For instance, during the forests rights movement, they were in constant touch with me, on the whys and why-nots of the issue, the problems and challenges," says Lahiri, an AID associate since 2006. "As a result, I developed clarity on the impact of my work as well, whether things could be done in a different way and so on," he adds.

Going by the reach that the low-profile fundraiser has managed since its inception in 1991 in the US, AID is an idea warmly embraced by its donors and recipients. With 36 chapters in the US, and about 10 supporting ones within India (set up by volunteers who have returned), AID is wholly a chapter-led organization. This essentially means that each chapter, whether in a city in the US or the one in Australia, raises funds for projects the chapter chooses, routing the donations through a number of core AID funds.

It interestingly has a Jeevansathi fund which is meant to serve committed persons who chuck plush jobs and cushy lives to throw themselves into the task of nationbuilding back in India. AID's group of 'saathis' and 'jeevansathis' is the network's foot soldiers fully engaged in social work who lend their expertise to grassroots projects.

In the close reading of unfolding contemporary struggles, whether for land, water or livelihood, or in powerful statements against atrocities, AID has emerged as a strong civil society voice, expressed in a plethora of small movements and campaigns in various parts of the country.

It has had its share of stardust too. AID legend has it that director Ashutosh Gowariker visited Bilgaon, a tribal village in the Narmada valley where AID supported a power generation project, while scripting for Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Swades. He spent time with AID's Aravinda Pillalamarri and its founder Ravi Kuchimanchi, who were closely involved with the Bilgaon project.

The network is quick to set up specific disaster funds such as Cyclone Aila Relief Fund or Bihar Floods Relief Work or most recently sending relief after the Murshidabad floods in West Bengal. The approach to nation building, "based on compassion and integrity", say the organizers, has a multiplier effect. AID has spread its donor network across 48 cities in the US, Canada, Australia and India and supports projects in 18 states.

Thank you for supporting AID!

Your support to AID is quintessential to our efforts in reaching out to millions of under-served people in India. Please continue your support. Become a sustaining donor by pledging automatic monthly contribution.

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From: "harshalmaha" <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:33 pm
Subject: AID receives TOI Social Impact Award for "Global Contribution to India"

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AID receives the Times of India Social Impact award. Thanks for supporting us.

From: Naga AID <Naga_AID@...>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 3:36 PM
Subject: AID receives Times of India Social Impact Award for "Global Contribution to India"

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Dear Donor,

Please become a Sustaining Donor today by signing up for a monthly pledge, so we can continue our efforts towards a better India.

In Solidarity,

AID Volunteers

Announcement of the Awards:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/TOI-Social-Impact-Awards-They-make-India-a-better-place/articleshow/10047158.cms

Profile of AID for the award:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/For-this-NGO-all-roads-lead-to-India/articleshow/10048632.cms

For this NGO, all roads lead to India

TNN | Sep 20, 2011, 06.56AM IST

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From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:49 pm
Subject: Talk by Gandhian Researcher Dr. Uma Majumdar : Sunday October 2nd 3:00 PM at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

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Dear Aid-Members,�

The AID speaker series was successful this past summer with Gandhian activist Himanshu Kumar.

To mark the birthday of Gandhi on Oct 2 there will be a talk by Dr. Uma Majumdar, a Gandhian researcher and published author based in Atlanta, GA.

Please join us for this talk at 3:00 PM at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh.�

�

Gandhi's legacy of 'Satyagraha" in the Modern World

�

What:�Talk by Dr. Uma Majumdar

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Where:� Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

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When: � Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 3.00 pm

Flyer: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/images/gandhiday2011flyer.png

Thanks
On behalf of Aid-Pittsburgh

Krishna

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Krishna
Doctoral candidate, CNUP, CNBC
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

E-mail: krg28@...

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#774

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Mon Oct 3, 2011 10:53 pm
Subject: Transitioning to Google Groups- PLease accept INVITE soon

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Dear All

We are transitioning this yahoogroup to a googlegroup.

The name and address of the google group is AID Pittsburgh and�aid-pittsburgh@googlegroups.com.

I send all of you an invite for this group. But I think for most it went into your spam folders.

Kindly look through your spam folders and accept the invite or find the group on googlegroups and subscribe to it.

Alternately you can send me an email and I can send you another invite.

Thanks

Please email me if you have any questions.

Regards

Reety

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#775

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Thu Oct 6, 2011 4:54 pm
Subject: Fwd: [aid-members] CSH this Thursday Oct 6th at 7pm in WPU Room 538

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From: "debamitra das" <debamitradas@...>
Date: Oct 5, 2011 11:42 PM
Subject: [aid-members] CSH this Thursday Oct 6th at 7pm in WPU Room 538
To: "aid-members" <aid-members@yahoogroups.com>

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Dear all,

This week's CSH will be held on Thursday Oct 6th at 7 pm in William Pitt Union Room 538.

Agenda:

Solar lamps and potential laptops for JSS -Reety

A map of the campus can be found here:
http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-005-map.html
and
http://tinyurl.com/4d7547w (google maps)

Thanks

Regards
Debamitra

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#776

From: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Date: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:33 pm
Subject: Dr. Vandana Shiva: Novemember 3rd

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From: Kunal Ghosh <kghoshcmu@...>
Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Subject: Dr. Vandana Shiva: Novemember 3rd
To: Reety Arora <reety.arora@...>
Cc: Harshal Mahajan <harshal.mahajan@...>, Kunal Ghosh <kunalghosh@...>, Kunal Ghosh at Google Mail <kghoshcmu@...>

Dear Reety,

�

You may wish to distribute this to the�AID d-list.

Take care.

�

kunal

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From: M Shernell Smith <mssmith@...>
Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Dr. Vandana Shiva: Novemember 3rd

Hi All:

Please feel free to invite your students and department to the conversation.� We hope that we will have a diversity of campus members in attendance.� I have attached a copy of the poster with the information about the event.

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Carnegie Mellon University presents:

A Conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva

Thursday, November 3, 2011

12:30-1:30 pm

University Center, Connan Room

Light refreshments will be served.

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Sponsored by the Center for History & Policy, the Office of the Vice Provost for Education, Student Affairs, and the Steinbrenner Institute

An internationally acclaimed eco-feminist, physicist, and philosopher, Dr. Shiva is well known for her work establishing the rights of Mother Earth in partnership with the United Nations.

Dr. Vandana Shiva, named one of the seven most-influential women in the world by Forbes magazine in 2010, has focused on biotechnology and the patenting of life-forms. A frequent target of her criticism has been the multi-national corporation Monsanto, who has created its own brand of seeds, genetically modified to tolerate the pesticide Roundup, also a Monsanto product, allowing farmers to spray their fields to kill the weeds while leaving the crop unharmed. Today, �Roundup Ready� crops account for about 90 percent of the soybeans and 70 percent of the corn and cotton grown in the United States. But farmers sprayed so much Roundup that �superweeds�, able to resist the pesticide, quickly evolved. Shiva has been quoted as saying "instead of rewarding them [Monsanto] with a patent, they should be punished for polluting our food chain."

In the late 1980s, Dr. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology which concentrates on the biotech and patenting issues, and in 1991 she founded Navdanya, a national movement in India to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seeds.

In the words of writer David Kemker, Dr. Shiva is now "focused on preventing imperialism over life itself." "I don't want to live in a world where five giant companies control our health and our food," Dr. Shiva said. Her work has resulted in the conservation of more than 2000 varieties of rice in India.

For Dr. Shiva, ecology and feminism are "inseparable" because, among other reasons, "women are the custodians of biodiversity, the providers of food security...the conservers of the cultural diversity of food traditions." She also promotes a vision of Earth Democracy and sees the mission of the organizations she has founded to be "protecting the earth, defending our ecological and cultural heritage, and strengthening livelihood and food security."

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M. Shernell Smith

Carnegie Mellon University

412.268.2075

412.268.1174 (fax)

�Save a Tree� � Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Kunal Ghosh

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Assistant Head for Undergraduate Affairs

Physics Department

Carnegie Mellon University

7303 Wean Hall

5000 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Tel.: 412-268-3413

Fax: 412-681-0648

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From: harshal <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:22 pm
Subject: Nov. 30th: Inauguration of Gandhiji's portrait in CMU University Center

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All are invited to the Inauguration of Gandhiji's portrait in CMU University Center. The event will take tomorrow 12:30pm.

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM, poorvi goradia <poorvitg@...> wrote:

Hi!
My name is Poorvi Goradia and I am a freshman representative for CMU OM. We have been working with the University Center and CMU to put up a portrait of Gandhiji in the UC basement. On behalf of OM, I would like to invite you to a ceremony that we will be holding on Wednesday, November 30th, at 12:30pm, at the location of the portrait in the UC Basement Lounge (near package pickup). The ceremony will honor Gandhiji and the impact that his ideals have on India and the world.

We hope to see you at the ceremony!

Regards,
Poorvi Goradia

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#778

From: harshal <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:50 pm
Subject: Bollywood on Ice is next week

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All are invited to attend this event. Bring along your friends and family

harshal

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From: Amitabh Bhattacharya <bhattach@...>
To: aid-members-pitt@googlegroups.com; aid-pittsburgh@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:00 PM
Subject: [AID-members-pitt] Please support Bollywood on Ice

Hello All,

I wanted to remind everyone that the AID fundraiser 'Bollywood on Ice' (http://tinyurl.com/boi2012 is next week, on wednesday, Jan 25th. We'll have an open ice-skate session at Schenley park skating rink, with DJ'd Bollywood music at the background from 7-9 pm. Dinner (from 7-11 pm) is included in the ticket.

Since this is the first time we are holding the event, we need a lot of help with publicity and ticket sales. Here are some of the ways you can help:

Come to the event : Give volunteers a boost in morale -- buy tickets in advance, online, at http://tinyurl.com/boi2012tickets. This will also help us estimate the amount of food we need to order.

Spread the word : Tell friends/family/colleagues about this event. This is an event that will appeal a large range of audience, especially kids.

Put up a flyer: Put up a flyer (attached) at your office, and in your neighborhood.

Hope to see you all at the event !

regards

Amitabh

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#779

From: harshal <harshalmaha@...>
Date: Mon Feb 6, 2012 1:49 am
Subject: Fw: [AID-members-pitt] Fwd: Parivarthan - IGSA's new initiative

harshalmaha

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From: Amitabh Bhattacharya <bhattach@...>
To: aid-members-pitt@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:55 PM
Subject: [AID-members-pitt] Fwd: Parivarthan - IGSA's new initiative

Hello all,

IGSA is organizing an interesting event, where they'll present a documentary, as well as highlight a cause. They'll be highlighting eureka child next week, so we should definitely support the effort.

regards

Amitabh

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Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Parivarthan - IGSA's new initiative
To: Krishna Subramanian <krg28@...>, Amitabh Bhattacharya <bhattach@...>

Subject: Parivarthan - IGSA's new initiative

What: Parivathan - IGSA's new initiative
When: 7.00pm, Friday, February 10, 2012
Where: Porter Hall 100, Carnegie Mellon University
RSVP: parivarthan.igsa@...
Poster: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/igsa/Downloads/parivarthan.pdf

The event is free and snacks will be served.

IGSA presents Parivarthan, a new initiative that provides you with the
opportunity to watch contemporary and topical documentaries from India
and around the world, while learning about a cause that deserves your
volunteer support and goodwill.

We will start on Feb 10th with the screening of the first part of “The
Story of India”, a much acclaimed BBC and PBS documentary that traces
the 10000 year history of India from the beginning of civilization to
the different spiritual traditions that originated in India to the
various rulers of India all the way to the modern times.

The cause we will showcase for our first meeting is Eureka Child
(http://www.eurekachild.org/), a school education initiative from AID
(Association for India Development). Eureka has been supplementing
Govt schools in over 1000 villages, with evening classes that employ
fun and innovative learning methods. These classes are taught by
educated youth from the same village, providing employment
opportunities for the local community.

The goal of Parivarthan is to form a group of interested people, with
an inclination for educating and entertaining ourselves with topical
documentaries from around the world, while learning about social
causes and initiatives that we can spread the word about.

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--
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Pittsburgh,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Pittsburgh, PA
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