sábado, 17 de agosto de 2019

India: Perto de 300 escritores e activistas culturais responden á situación na Cachemira: "Isto é unha burla da democracia" (inglés)

Over 200 writers and cultural activists respond to the Kashmir situation: “This is a mockery of democracy”

August 16, 2019
 
Courtesy Scroll: A Kashmiri woman wipes her tears while listening to a story of a Kashmiri man at a function in New Delhi where compatriots gathered to observe Eid. | Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters  

By revoking the special status of Jammu & Kashmir and splitting it up into two union territories, the central government has made a mockery of democracy. It has violated the solemn promises made to the state of Jammu & Kashmir by the Union of India during the accession of the state in 1947.  
The abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the breakup of the state has been executed unilaterally, clandestinely and coercively. The people — across religious, cultural, ethnic and ideological segments — have not been consulted. Indeed, the unprecedented security and information clampdown in the state since 5th August 2019 is proof of the government’s fear of popular discontent and democratic dissent.  
We, Indians who are writers, artists, media persons and cultural activists, condemn the undemocratic and unconstitutional moves of the government in Jammu & Kashmir. We condemn the government’s division of people and territories from above, subverting the very basis of our constitutional federalism. We condemn the state of siege imposed on the people of a state already suffering for many long years.  
We demand that the state of siege in Jammu & Kashmir be lifted, and all basic freedoms — including those of free expression, communication and media freedoms — be restored with immediate effect. We demand the restoration of Article 370, and the restoration of the state of Jammu & Kashmir. We declare our solidarity with the Kashmiri people, and call on all our fellow citizens to resist this authoritarian challenge to the freedom and autonomy of Jammu & Kashmir. 
Read the statement in Hindi here.
 
For the Indian Writers Forum
1A Mangai86Karthik Venkatesh171Shastri Ramachandaran
2Abhay Maurya87Karthika Nair172Shaswati Mazumdar
3Abhinava Bhattacharya88Kavery Nambisan173Sheba Chhachhi
4Achin Vanaik89Kiran Nagarkar174Shoma A Chatterji
5Ajay Kamalakaran90Leena Manimekalai 175Shyam B Menon
6Ajitha GS91M A Baby176Shyama Dasgupta
7Akeel Bilgrami92Madhu Bhaduri177Simar Puneet
8Ali Javed93Madhusree Dutta178Skye Arundhati Thomas
9Alok Rai94Makarand Sathe179Sohail Hashmi
10Amandeep Sandhu95Mangad Rathnakaran180Sonia Jabbar
11Ami Sanyal96Mangalesh Dabral181Srilata K
12Amit Bhaduri97Manishi Jani182Subhash Gatade
13Amit Chaudhuri98Manoj Kulkarni183Sudhanva Deshpande
14Amitav Ghosh99Maria Couto184Sudhir Chandra
15Ammu Joseph100Martin Macwan185Tejal Kanitkar
16Anand Swaroop Verma101Maya Palit186TM Krishna
17Anand Teltumbde102Maya Pandit187Uday Narkar
18Ananya Parikh103Meena Kandasamy188Unni R
19Ananya Vajpeyi104Megha Pansare189Vaasanthi Sundaram
20Ania Loomba105Moloyashree Hashmi190Valay Singh
21Anitha Thampi106Mridula Koshy191Venita Coelho
22Apoorvanand107Mukul Kesavan192Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
23Aritry Das108Murli Manohar Prasad Singh193Vibha Maurya
24Arundhati Dhuru109N P Chandrasekharan194Vijay Prashad
25Arundhati Ghosh110N P Chekkutty195Vijaya Venkataraman
26Arvind Krishna Mehrotra111N P Hafiz Mohamad196Vikas Narayan Rai
27Asad Zaidi112Naina Dayal197Vineet Tiwari
28Ashok Vajpeyi113Nalin Ranjan Singh198Vishnu Nagar
29Ashokan Charuvil114Namita Singh199Vishwanath Tripathi
30Ashutosh Kumar115Nandini Sundar200Vivan Sundaram
31Atamjit Singh116Nandita Narain201Vivek Narayanan
32Ayesha Kidwai117Nayantara Sahgal202Zahoor Sidiqui
33B R P Bhaskar118Neelan Premji203Zoya Hasan
34Badri Raina119Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay204Ajai Singh
35Bali Singh120Neeraj Malik205Usa Rai
36Bama121Nikhil Narkar206Kiran Singh
37Bezwada Wilson122Nilanjana Roy207Shobha Singh
38Bhasha Singh123Nirupama Dutt208Shreemoyee Moitra
39Bina Sarkar Ellias124Nityanand Tiwari209Sahej Rahal
40C P Aboobacker125Nupur Asher210Krishnan Unni P
41C S Chandrika126Orijit Sen211Indu Chandrasekhar
42Chaman Lal127P N Gopikrishnan212Vidya Rao
43Chanchal Chauhan128P Sainath213Natasha Ginwala
44Chandrakant Patil129Pamela Philipose214Pallavi Paul
45Civic Chandran130Pankaj Bisht215Anuradha Kapur
46Dalip Kaur Tiwana131Perumal Murugan216Urmilesh
47Damodar Mauzo132Prabhat Patnaik217 Abhishek Majumdar
48Danish Husain133Prabodh Parikh218S Vijayaraghavan
49Debaditya Bhattacharya134Parvathi Ramanathan219Senjuti Mukherjee
50Dileep Chavan135Rahman Abbas220Mallika Sarabhai
51Dilip Borkar136Rahul Roy221Leela Jacinto
52Divya Bharathi137Rajendra Chenni222Saba Hasan
53E V Ramakrishnan138Rajendra Rajan223Merlin Moli
54Ebbar Rabbi139Rajendra Sharma224Rayees Ahemed
55G Arunima140Rajesh Joshi225Gita Jayaraj
56G N Devy141Rajesh Saklani226Svati Joshi
57G P Ramachandran142Rajib Ray227Mohsin Alam Bhatt
58Gauhar Raza143Ram Prakash Tripathi228Rachita Taneja
59Geeta Kapur144Ram Rahman229Tishani Joshi
60Geetanjali Shree145Raosaheb Kasbe230Madhusudhanan
61Githa Hariharan146Rekha Awasthi231Promona Sengupta
62Gopi Krishnan147Ritu Menon232Tanvi Mishra
63Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar148Rosalyn D'mello233Trina Chatterjee
64Hariyash Rai149Rukmini Bhaya Nair234Sanjana Sarkar
65Harsh Mander150S Raghunandana235Somdev Thakur
66Hirala Rajasthani151Saba Dewan236Sukaina Husain
67Huchangi Prasad152Sadanand Menon237Prama
68Indira Jaising153Sahiram238Arijita Das
69Ishrat Syed154Saleem Peeradina239Aritra Chakraborti
70J Devika155Salil Chaturvedi240Aashish Sahoo
71J V Pawar156Salim Yusufji241Ustab Nath
72Javed Malick157Sambhaji Bhagat242Jayant Manchanda
73Jawari Mal Parakh158Samik Bandyopadhyay243Savita Singh
74Jeet Thayil159Sandeep Pandey

75Jenifer Areng Datta160Sanjay Bohidar

76Jerry Pinto161Sanjay Joshi

77K G Shankara Pillai162Sanjay Rajoura

78K N Panikkar163Sanjeev Kaushal

79K Neela164Sanjeev Kumar

80K P Ramanunni165Sara Joseph

81K R Meera166Sara Rai

82K Satchidanandan167Sethumadhavan

83Kalpana Swaminathan168Shabnam Hashmi

84Kanti Mohan169Sharankumar Limbale

85Kanupriya Sharma170Shashi Deshpande

 

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