Seminar on Religious Viuolence a Threat to Democracy

On Monday , 13th October at 6 pm, over 300 secular persons from all religions gathered at the Assembly Hall, Azam Campus, Pune College, Camp Pune for a SEMINAR titled Religious Violence: Threat to Democracy. Among the Main Speakers were, Ram Puniyani (Retd. Prof, IIT-Mumbai, awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 2007), Irfan Engineer (Director, Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Mumbai), Dolphy Desouza (President, Bombay Catholic Sabha), and Parnab Mukherjee (United Nations Fellow for Human Rights and North-East).

An open session followed. The seminar was held in the wake of attacks on Christian tribals in Orrisa, churches in Mangalore and Kerala during the last one month by Hindu fundamentalist organizations.