Summary of the Seminar on Privacy, Talk by Lord Desai and Photography Exhibition

[Kanan Dhru]

Dear All,

We are writing to you with the following announcements:

1. On Saturday, 26th March 2011, RFGI organised a national seminar on discussing concerns and challenges to privacy in India in partnership with Privacy India and IDRC. The seminar was able to generate an extremely fruitful and important dialogue on the topic of privacy in India. As privacy continues to be a growing concern for individuals, nations, and the international community, it is critical that India understands and addresses the questions, challenges, and implications that violations of privacy pose. Please find attached the event summary and the pictures of the event for your kind reference. The next discussion will be taking place in Hyderabad on April 9th, and will focus on human rights and privacy. 

2. On Friday, 1^st April 2011, Lord Meghnad Desai will be delivering a talk on ‘Does India need a Revolution to clean its Politics?’ at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. As you must be aware, Lord Desai is an internationally-acclaimed Economist and Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics. 

 

The unprecedented uprising in several countries of the middle-east has changed the face of democracy in the world, forever. Thousands of citizens of these countries began taking to the streets to protest poverty, rampant unemployment, government corruption, autocratic governance and brought the decades old dictatorial regimes to an end. Primarily driven by the new generation, the protesters used new-age tools to organize themselves and demanded political and social reforms. 

These demonstrations sent a clear signal that people are waking up to freedom, equality and good governance. It also sent a strong message that the governments across the world cannot take their power and position for granted. India, today is faced with multitude of problems from rising prices to corruption, from unemployment to poverty. A revolution in another part of the globe has triggered a thought whether the time has come for Indians to start asking for transparency and accountability in governance through a revolution as well, and if so, what is the nature of changes or revolution required? 

Please find attached the invitation of the talk with this email. We would be delighted to have you all at the talk. For RSVP, please call Mr. Jainil Shah on +91 97235 16282 or confirm your participation on http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142135229186140

3) We also invite you to RFGI's first ever national photography exhibition, 'Sparkle-in Snaps' on 1st April 2011 from 4:00 PM onwards at AMA. The theme of the exhibition was 'Hope' and we have received some extremely moving, inspiring and even soul-stirring entries. We are really looking forward to putting forward the exhibition! You are all cordially invited for the same. 

With Regards,

Team RFGI

Note: AMA is situated next to ATIRA, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Opposite IIMA.