Dear Friend,

The carnage in Gujrat has shaken the entire country. Despite the
claims of the state government and the center, the situation is still
not normal over there. Even though the Election Commission has
castigated the state government, the BJP led communalists are gunning
for quick elections.
A meeting of writers, artists, cultural activist has been called to
discuss these issues. We request you to actively participate in the
discussions.
With regards
Mahashweta Devi, Rajmohan Gandhi, Shubha Mudgal, Harsh Mander, Kunwar
Narayan, Nemi Chandra Jain, Ustad Asad Ali Khan, Wasifuddin Dagar,
Namwar Singh, Jatin Das, Prerana Shrimali, Ashok Vajpeyi, K.
Satchidanandan, Rajendra Yadav, Kamleshwar, Keki Daruwala, Shamim
Hanfi, Ramgopal Bajaj, Urvashi Butalia, K. Bikram Singh, Vivan
Sundaram, Rekha Awasti, Ali Javed, Kumkum Sanghari, Ashok Lal, Samsul
Islam, Geetanjali Shri, Antara Dev Sen, Jaya Iyer, Sehjo Singh,
Maitryee Pushpa, Gopichand Narang, Pankaj Singh, Prayag Shukla,
Suresh Sharma, Kedarnath Singh, Anamika, Manager Pandey, Leela
Samson, Mahip Singh, Nirmala Jain, Krishan Kumar, Anupam Mishra,
Rajiv Vohra, Vishnu Khare, Vishnu Nagar, Arbind Gaur, Alok Dhanwa,
Mukesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Sheba Imam, Kailash Vajpeyi, Apoorvanand,
Prabhat Ranjan, Arjun Dev, Shahid Anwar, Bajrang Bihari Tiwari, Vimal
Kumar, Bharti Narayan, Malini Chatterjee, Neelima Sharma, Ibbar
Ravvi, Ganga Prasad Vimal, Nirupma Datt, Devi Prasad Misra, Ranjit
Saha, Unni, Ashok Maheshwari, Pradip Kumar, Geeta Kapur, Parthiv
Shah, Asghar Wazahat, Prabhat Ranjan.
Date: 29th August, 2002 Place: Rajendra Prasad Bhawan, Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya Marg (Near ITO), New Delhi-110001
Time: 5:30 p.m.
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