Human Rights Education workshop at Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Ayurvedic College
25 & 26 January 2012
@Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Ayurvedic College, Kolkata, West Bengal (Kushdanga Town, 24 Parganas District).
Facilitator: Prof. Asit Basu (RamaKrishna Mission, Kolkata).
32 participants (26 male, 6 female; 24 Hindu, 6 Muslim, 2 Sikh)
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Human Rights Education seminar in Kottayam
21 – 22 January 2012
@ BCM College, Kottayam city, Kerala,
Facilitators: Dr. Ashok Alex Philip and Prof. T.K. Jyothiraj
74 participants (55 female, 19 male; 31 Hindu, 23 Muslim, 21 Christian)
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Huma Rights Education training at Vizag
@Chaitanya Postgraduate college, MBA students, training by Mr. Prakash Rao
10 & 11 February 2012
A picnic in Pakistan
Human Rights Day 2011, Hindupur
Report on Human Rights Day 2011 in Hindupur
Organised by the IARF-RFYN young adults’ network in Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, India
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International Young Adult Program, Chennai, 2009
September 11th to 13th, 2009
@ Dhyana Ashram, Chennai
The Role of Young Adults in Human Rights and Duties (PDF, illustrated, 12 pages)
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Dr. Dhalla in Munich, 2011
“Bound to Live Together: Faiths & Cultures in Dialogue”, Munich, Sept 11-13, 2011
IARF’s Dr. Dhalla lights the Lamp of Peace on behalf of the Zoroastrian community worldwide
On 11 September 2011, a commemoration ceremony was held in the open for the victims who perished in the tragedy of 9/11 in New York. This was held in Marshallplatz in the afternoon in the presence of His Excellency, Christian Wulff, President of the Federal Republic of Germany. IARF’s Dr. Homi Dhalla was invited as sole Zoroastrian representative, with religious leaders from various parts of the world representing various traditions participating. Besides this, there were prominent political personalities and a few Heads of State. Images of 9/11 were projected on a large screen and brief condolence messages were exchanged with New York. This was followed by the opening ceremony where the initial speech was delivered by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. On this occasion, thematic remarks were made by Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea and Danilo Turk, President of the Republic of Slovenia.
On September 12, a Plenary Session was held when the keynote speech was delivered by Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. This was followed by brief remarks by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich.
A number of sessions were held on September 12-13, dealing with peace, religious freedom, human rights, globalization, immigration, Jewish-Christian dialogue etc. Dr. Dhalla participated in the panel focusing on “Religions in Asia: The Challenge of Modernity”. He presented a paper entitled “How religions in Asia are working towards social transformation”. This session was chaired by Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai. A question-answer session followed the presentation of these papers.
Panel: “How religions in Asia are working towards social transformation”.
On September 13, the delegates were taken to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial site where a brief prayer meeting was held. Thereafter, the representatives of the various religious traditions were provided separate locations to recite prayers and perform a simple ceremony. After playing a monajat, Dr. Dhalla recited a very brief talk on the Zoroastrian religion followed by the performance of the Kusti ritual. Thereafter, he recited certain prayers on ‘Peace’ from the Zoroastrian scriptures, also furnishing a simple translation. He also answered a number of questions from the audience.
This was followed by a peace procession leading to the Marienplatz where thousands had gathered for the closing ceremony. The representatives were seated on a podium. Being the concluding session, a few speeches were delivered. Dr. Dhalla was asked to light the Lamp of Peace on behalf of the Zoroastrian community worldwide.
Chennai inter-collegiate competition “Communal Harmony”, 2011
“We have celebrated International Human Rights Day on 10th December, 2011 at Shri Krishnaswamy College for women, Anna Nagar, Chennai by conducting Inter Collegiate competition under the Topic ” Communal Harmony”.
Different colleges were participated. As a coordinator, I requested & invited Director P.V. Prasath, Cine Director (Best Film Kadalil Vizhunthen) (Song Nakka mukka) & Mr. Kalaivanan Director, Kalai Trust for Judges Panel for neutral judgment. They have attended in time and program started after presidential Address of Dr. Thomas Mathew, Chairman, South Asia Coordinating Council, Kerala & Former International President, IARF.
The entire college was enjoyed the competition with other College students. Judges declared that the Ethiraj College for women (autonomous) Chennai got the First Place under the leader ship of Ms.Hemalatha, PG Student of Human Rights & duties Department of Ethiraj College & young adult of IARF, Chennai, Shri Krishnaswamy college for women got the II place and Bhakthavatchalam College for women, chennai got the III place. The out standing award given to Ms. Dhivya Bharathi, BCA II year, Krishnaswamy College for women. The celebration was started at 10.00am and ended at 05.00pm (IST)…”
– Krishnan Ramchandran, IARF-SACC Human Rights Education facilitator
Human Rights Day 2011 at Visakhapatnam
At Visakhapatnam Public Library, 10th December 2011
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HRE workshop in Mysore
27-28 June 2011, @Vidhyavardhaka Pre-University, Mysore.
132 participants. Mr H P Sandesh, Principal District Session judge, inaugurated…
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