lawrence and others : while all these issues you mention have been
discussed when the sunday bazar was shut down and then brutally pruned, we
have decided to jump into the fire and begin with a protest. i am not sure
an on-site protest is someting many people on this list may wish to
participate in, (given the arguments about fighting it through the courts
which should not, in my opinion, be done wihtout the kabaris saying yes
and actively participating in it) but the dharan is what many of the
kabaris want to start with. you are all welcome to join. the invite letter
is as below.
bharati
***************
Oppose MCD?s Decision to Close Down Sunday
Book Bazaar
You might be
aware that the MCD has decided to close down the historic Sunday Book
Bazaar at Daryaganj in Delhi.
The book bazaar has existed for over four
decades. It is a paradise for book lovers all over Delhi and beyond as a
mind-boggling variety of rare books is usually available in this market at
very affordable prices. It?s a cliché to say that books one can?t find
anywhere else would be available in Daryaganj Sunday Bazaar. For many
students this is the only place from where they can afford to purchase a
book. From students to artists to designers to theorists to activists-
Daryaganj is the favourate place to be on a Sunday. This is the reason why
this bazaar has occupied an important place in the collective psyche of
book lovers in Delhi for generations.
The decision of the MCD to close down the book
bazaar has come as a rude shock since this bazaar is an integral part of
Delhi?s culture and heritage. Harit Recyclers Association (HRA), a
registered organization of small junk dealers, many of whom have been
associated with the Sunday Book Bazaar, has decided to oppose this
decision. Chintan-HRA have joined hands to hold a ?Dharna? outside
the MCD office on July 7th as a first step.
We request all of you to come out in open
against the arbitrary decision by the MCD. We request the members
associated with Sajha Manch and other organisations and individuals to
fully support and participate in Dharna.
For more information, please contact Shashi
Bhushan Pandit of Chintan-HRA ?9350271397 or quick mail at hra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, you can also snail mail
at
12-Jangpura
Market, Near Eros Cinema, New Delhi-110014.
Date of Dharna: 07 July 05
Venue: Town Hall, MCD
Office
Near Chandani Chowk
Time:
11:00 a.m
> Hi all
>
>
> Just to follow up on Ravi's suggestions, I am thinking aloud on the
kinds
> of
> strategies that one may think of. One of
the usual strategies, if one
> sees
> past judicial
strategies when it comes to asserting rights of street
> hawkers/
vendors has been a right to life and right to trade argument. And
> again apart from a few 'sympathetic' sweet nothings, the SC has
generally
> rejected these fundamental rights arguments.
>
>
> It however be interesting in terms of a
campaign to argue, apart form a
> livelihood argument, an
argument of a violation of freedom of speech and
> _expression_.
Since the SC has held in favour of right to information, it
>
would be useful to start thinking of the question of infrastructures of
> information in addition to the question of access. This can
also be
> pursuasive given that a large number of the book
sellers sell basic text
> books. While the question of the link
between infrastructure and freedom
> of
> speech has
thus far been used only by large media players (the Indian
>
express case argued that costs of news print can affect freedom of
> speech),
> how do we start using these arguments to speak
of infrastructures for
> common people?
>
>
> I am also interested in looking at the connections between these
urban
> cleansing programs and the question of the emerging
regimes of
> information, such as copyright. I am not sure if
there is a linkage that
> is
> being made here , or any
pressure that is asserted by say, the Indian Boo
> Publishers
Association, because a few years ago I was in a meeting
>
organised by the IBPA and one of the things that they were advocating was
> stringent action against street book sellers.
>
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6/28/05 3:08 PM, "Ravi Agarwal"
wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I will be happy to participate and / or help in
taking this forward. We
>> should consider a range of options,
including legal remedies, media,
>> street
>>
protest, letters to mcd...but first we must also we should ask the
>> street
>> book sellers what their view on this
is.....
>>
>> ravi
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
From: "shivam"
>> To:
"Anand Vivek Taneja"
>>
Cc: "Reader List" ;
>>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 25,
2005 4:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] sunday book market
faces closure.
>>
>>
>> They did the
same in Mumbai recently. What, just what, is wrong with
>>
these guys? Sarkari monsters who work at the "municiopal
corporation"
>> seem especially berserk. "Municipal
corporation(s)" have special teams
>> to withdraw the
menace of cows and rabid dogs from the city. These
>> teams
are equipped with a huge van and nets and what not. I suggest
>> establishing a paralell municipal corporation (with maoist help
from
>> nepal, if you please) and putting our cattle-catching
team after these
>> sarkari monsters.
>>
>> May I float a conspiracy theory? Has the MCD been requested,
>> pressurised, bribed by Daryaganj's publishers and
booksellers into
>> doing this?
>>
>>
sv
>>
>>
>> On 6/25/05, Anand Vivek
Taneja wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Woke up to the horrifying news in
this morning's Hindustan Times that
>>
>>
>> www.shivamvij.com
>>
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