Change Pune launched

Terrible things have happened in Mumbai recently and I am sure you are as badly upset about this as we are. Perhaps some of us are feeling helpless and dejected... maybe even feeling defeated. That's natural but, you will agree, it is not constructive. It does not help matters in any way. We need to do something positive..
Here's your chance to do something proactive about this situation. We know that what has brought us to this sad pass is the Malaise of Corruption. There is a massive public demand for Accountability and Transparency from our Political Representatives and from the Bureaucrats..
This is a significant moment for all of us Indians to Harness this Energy and these Emotions constructively. However, before we demand more of our Politicians and Administrators, we need to first BE THE CHANGE we wish to see. There are many ways of doing this..
For a start, join us at EMPRESS GARDENS on DECEMBER 27th 2008 at 5:00pm to take the following Pledge:-
I WILL BE THE CHANGE I WISH TO SEE. I AM AN INDIAN.
I WILL NOT ENCOURAGE CORRUPTION. I AM AN INDIAN.
IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO EXERCISE MY VOTE. I AM AN INDIAN..
Enough of candlelit vigils and silent rallies of solidarity. Let us take back some actionable points. Representatives will talk on Citizens Participation and how we can Empower Ourselves. There will also be a brief talk on Citizens Rights and Voter Registration..
So do come and bring your like minded friends along..
All the best..
Satish Khot
For more information, email: changepune@gmail.com; nsccpune@gmail.com
VENUE: EMPRESS GARDENS
TIME : 5 PM TO 6.15 PM SHARP
DATE : SATURDAY 27/12/08
This initiative is happening at a National level at Bangalore - Mumbai - Delhi - Pune - Hyderabad - Ahmedabad and many other cities. Let's make it a success in our own Pune.

Pune Citizens' March for Unity and Peace

The time has come for us 'Punekars' to together vow to keep TERROR at bay. It is we the 'Common men and women' who will be ultimately instrumental in tackling this monster. Being vigil and alert, preventing spread of rumours, helping the police to help us better by abiding to the laws, standing up against corruption, are the little things that go a long way in making the city peaceful.

With this initiative, Youth To Youth, Radio Mirchi & Rotract Club Poona South along with other youth organizations, announced a "Citizens' March for Unity and Peace" on 5th December.

The march began at 6 pm, starting from the symbolic statue of 'The Common Man', Symbiosis Vishwabhavan, and culminates at The University of Pune. The educationists related to these leading institutions addressed the citizens. Thousands of the city's youth participated in this march and also took this opportunity to pay homage to slain heroes of the Mumbai terror-attack - on the 10th Day of their demise.

Black dress code was observed.

Youth form the energetic soul of the city – This half of the city's population needs to unite in a strong manner and reinstate Pune's spirit to take this challenge head on! We hope to take this platform to come together and march towards a safer and peaceful Pune.


Mudra Shirvaikar Ajit Kerure
President, Youth to Youth President, Rotract Club of Poona South
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Hurrah! it is a great citizens' victory!!!!

It was a great day of December 1 - the last day for filing objections for the Baner-Balewadi DP!

At the last count, 70,000 odd citizens filed in their objections and snubbed the state government's conspiracy to destroy Pune!

It was indeed a hectic day since morning as all the GPM activists were collecting the last lot of objections,

The Intelligent Pune office was poured with visitors and courier men delivering hundreds and hundreds of objections.

Intelligent Pune recd/collected around 10,000 objections through the day. We had to make three trips to the deputy director's office as we collected all that came till the close of the office working hours (giving half an hour space to reach the office)

Satish Khot on the last day collected another 5,000 objections, Aneeta Benninger - 1,000 objections, Ameya Jagtap around 10,000 objections, all those who played a major role in this were the Yugpath members - firebrand youngsters - all between 16 and 17 years who themselves were not eligible to give in their objections but collected around 27,000 objections; Satish Khot's National Society for Clean Cities (NSCC) collected closed to 17,000 objections, CEE and Janwani collected over 5,000 objections. Ameya Jagtap's uth-to-uth collected around 10,000 objections. We cannot leave out hundreds of invidviduals who collected from 5 to 500 objections and sent it to our office. We visited so many public gardens and got great response. Vinod Bodhankar and Narendra Chugh were kind enough to give us a maruti van to go from one place to another. Besides, we received 110 objections by the email which also have been submitted,


Vinita Deshmukh
Editor, Intelligent Pune

PUCL’s public meeting on the issue of Regionalism

Politics currently played out in Maharashtra under the garb of regionalism is being hotly discussed and debated throughout the country. Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) organised a public meeting to understand and discuss different aspect of the nature and repercussions of politics of regionalism.
Subject : 'Regional imbalance, Problems and Democracy'
Speakers : Sunitee S.R., Prof. Suhas Palshikar and Dr. Ramesh Awasthi
Chairperson: Dr. Kumar Saptarshi
Venue: Rajwade hall, Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, Next to Bharat Natya Mandir, Sadashiv peth, Pune 30
Date : 11th November, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 5.45 pm

Anwar Rajan,Secretary, PUCL, Maharashtra
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