Centre for Education and Documentation, Bangalore, March 2005 Newsletter

NEWS FROM CEDBAN: MARCH 2005

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Bookfair
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We have just finished with the Annual Bookfair, those of you who could not make it can still make up. Most of this material is otherwise unavailable in conventional bookstores and has been got through personalised selection and sourcing. The books cover subject categories from Development and social change, Human Rights, Gender, Communication, Education et all.

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Mumbai Library in Bangalore
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Since our centre in Mumbai is under structural repairs, around 4000 Books from CED-Mumbai have been moved to Bangalore. The most popular section Z91(Novels) are here, the entire Media section aslo is here. Members can browse and borrow.

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bye colaba... see you in a while
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Staff from CED Mumbai will be working out of Joseph Cardijn Technical Institute at Parel, due to structural repairs at Suleman Chambers, Colaba

Address:: Joseph Cardijn Technical School, Khashaba Jadhav Marg, ( near Hind Mata, St. Paul’s Church), Naigaum, Dadar, Mumbai 400014 .
Contact Jacintha: 9819036976, 9324315284

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Outreach Scholarship
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CED invites applications from the graduating students of Social Work Colleges, who on graduating this year wish to spend three months in Documentation, Study and Reflection. Under the scholarship, you will visit three NGOs or Peoples’ Organisation and document their work as well as spend two months at CED doing secondary documentation work.

The Scholarship is for three months from May 2005 to July 2005. The Scholarship provides an honorarium of Rs. 18,000/-. Plus support for simple boarding and lodging while on tour to the NGOs and surface travel expenses on actuals.

For more details click here

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Dossiers and Docswebs
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Education

A dossier and docsweb on Fundamental Right to Education and Free and Compulsory Education is the latest addition to our website. Containing articles from a range of magazines, journals and books, it seeks to provide the researcher with an overview and highlights the various viewpoints and debates to the issue.

Legal Rights

Preparations for the monthly dossier on Law and Rights is underway. The dossiers will be dealing issues such as:
- Human Rights Discourse, perspectives
- Economic Rights, Work, Land Livelihood
- Community Rights, Common Lands, Access to Resources
- Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression, Police
- Discrimination: Minorities, Dalits, Tribals, Women
- Participation, Panchayats, Public Interest
- Legal Aid, Advocacy, Representation

Available on subscription of Rs. 4000/- per annum. Please write to us for the first FREE copy.

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Spread the Word Around
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Helping you network

CED has always been a hub for activists and NGOs. We would like to take our reciprocal relationship further by providing a space for you on our newsletter which will serve as an electronic bulletin board for activists and NGOs. If you need volunteers at a rally, want to announce a lecture you are holding or get some information across... get in touch with us and we'll have your request reach a large number of socially concerned individuals. The same will be announced on our website too. Email Veena for further details.

Gift-a-membership

What could be a greater gift than knowledge? CED introduces the Gift-a-membership scheme. Present your friends and relatives, a one year membership to CED. Contact Anitha to purchase a voucher.

Human Rights & Media

PLANNING MEETINGS of a group of activists promoting dialogue between Human Rights Activists & Media Professionals to be held in May 2005 in Bangalore are on. To join the e-group, send an e-mail to hrm-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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Films
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We have a good number of films which you could add to your collection of documentaries. Films by Anand Patwardhan, K.P.Sasi, Rakesh Sharma, Suma Josson are with us. Send an email to Veena if you would like to have copies of any of these films.

1. Many People, many desires by T.Jayashree
2. PAPA 2 by Gopal Menon
3. Final Solution by Rakesh Sharma
4. Ayodhya to Varnasi: Prayers for Peace by Suma Josson
5. Gujarat: A Laboratory by Suma Josson
6. Source of Life for Sale by K.P.Sasi
7. Living in Fear by K.P.Sasi
8. Development at Gunpoint by K.P.Sasi
9. The Wings of Kookarebellur by K.P.Sasi
10. Voices from a Disaster by K.P.Sasi
11. A Valley refuses to Die by K.P.Sasi
12. Ilayum Mullum (Part I and Part II) by K.P.Sasi
13. We who make History by K.P.Sasi
14. A Campaign Begins by K.P.Sasi
15. Father, Son & Holy War by Anand Patwardhan (Hindi & English)
16. Narmada Diary by Anand Patwardhan (Hindi & English)
17. War & Peace by Anand Patwardhan (Hindi & English)
18. Bombay, Our City by Anand Patwardhan (Hindi & English)

We also invite documentary film makers to show films at CED.