Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 07:43:25 -0500 (EST) From: "cyberdiva (aka Radhika Gajjala)" <radhik-AT-bgnet.bgsu.edu> Subject: IV Intl. Conf. on Dowry & Bride-Burning in India (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:41:58 +0100 From: Enrica Garzilli <garzilli-AT-shore.net> To: spoon-announcements-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Subject: IV Intl. Conf. on Dowry & Bride-Burning in India Sponsored jointly by Harvard University (Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies) and International Society Against Dowry and Bride-Burning in India, Inc. (ISADABBI), the "Fourth International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning in India" will be held at Harvard University on December 5, 1998. Place: Boylston Hall, Harvard University Date: December 5, 1998 Time of Registration: 9:00 AM Registration Fee (includes lunch, donated by "Bombay Club", Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts): $5.00 for students, $15.00 for others. Inauguration by Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Minister of Social Welfare and Empowerment, Government of India. Conference Participants: Dr. Michael Witzel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Mrs. Vimi Verma, Sudbury, MA, USA Mr. Himendra Thakur, International Society Against Dowry & Bride-Burning in India, Inc., USA Dr. Arvind Sharma, McGill University, Canada (Tentative) Dr. Bishakha Sen, College of Business Administration, Orlando, FL, USA Dr. Vijayendra Rao, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Dr. Bisraam Rambilass, Durban University, South Africa Dr. Sarla Patel, Shrewsbury, MA, USA Dr. Werner Menski, London University, UK Dr. Mahesh Mehta, Viswa Hindu Parishad, USA Dr. Julia Leslie, London University, UK (Tentative) Attorney Rani Jethmalani, New Delhi, India (Health permitting) Dr. Enrica Garzilli, Perugia University, Italy Attorney Manjaree Chowdhary, New Delhi, India Ambassador Naresh Chandra, Washington DC, USA (Tentative) Dr. Purushottama Bilimoria, Melbourne University, Australia Mr. Satya Agarwala, Rochester, NY, USA For details, please contact: Dr. Michael Witzel Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts <witzel-AT-fas.harvard.edu> Telephone: USA-617-496-2990 Ms Carol Spitzer Department Administrator Sanskrit and Indian Studies Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Telephone: USA-617-495-3295 The Conference offers a privilege of meeting the new leadership of the Government of India. With the full support of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Mrs. Maneka Gandhi has created history in her Ministry of Social Welfare and Empowerment. Just in six months since assuming office in March 1998, she has implemented 37 centrally sponsored schemes, upgraded the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, and successfully launched World's largest program for rehabilitation of the disabled with a Rupees 440 million national project called the "Bridge Course". We are very sincerely hoping that with her golden touch, we will be able to implement the plans and programs to save the lives of the dowry victims in India. The tragedy of dowry and bride-burning in India is as enormous as that of the land-mines which has horrified the world. It is now estimated that about 25,000 brides are killed or disabled every year in India over dowry disputes, which exceed the estimated 21,000 civilians killed or disabled in land-mine accidents every year all over the world. Moreover, land-mine accidents are NOT culpable homicides. Bride-burning is a culpable homicide, perpetrated by intimate members of the victims marital family, who do not display any sense of guilt. To understand, and to draw world attention to the problem, the "First International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning" was held at Harvard Law School in 1995. In this Conference, a "Six Point Program to Eradicate Dowry and Bride-Burning in India" was adopted, which was further revised at the "Second" and the "Third International Conference" held at Harvard and London University in 1996 and 1997, respectively. One of the major goals of the forthcoming "Fourth International Conference" will be to discuss and finalize the "Six Point Program" and make plans to launch the "Program" in India next year. PRE-CONFERENCE PANEL DISCUSSIONS: A series of "Pre-Conference Panel Discussions" are planned to be held on November 8, November 22 and November 29, 1998, at 12:30 PM each day, at Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, 2 Divinity Avenue (Rooms 213 & 214), Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss the "Six Point Program". Panel Discussion on November 15, 1998 will be held in Worcester, Massachusetts. For time & location, please contact Mr. Himendra Thakur at <hthakur-AT-shore.net> or at telephone USA-978-546-7354 on or before November 10, 1998. Panel Discussions on the "Six Point Program", "Legal Approach" and "Economic Approach" will be held on December 4, 1998 at Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, at 6:30 PM. There are no registration fee for Panel Discussions. However, it will be helpful if you contact Mr. Himendra Thakur at <hthakur-AT-shore.net> or at telephone USA-978-546-7354, at least five days before the date of the panel discussion. For a copy of the revised draft of the "Six Point Program to Eradicate Dowry and Bride-Burning in India", or for any other information about the Conference, please contact Mr. Himendra Thakur at <hthakur-AT-shore.net> or at telephone USA-978-546-7354. *******************************************************************-- Dr. Enrica Garzilli University of Perugia (ITALY) Istituto di Linguistica Piazza Morlacchi, 11 06123 Perugia Tel./Fax: +39-75-585 3755 (office) Editor-in-Chief, Intl. Journ. of Tantric Studies, Journal of S. Asia Women Studies htpp://www.asiatica.org/ *****************************************************************
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