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Call for Action: PBS documentary -- false propaganda

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:12:24 +0000

> >

> > PBS documentary examines Hindu fundamentalism

> > - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -

> > Soul of a Nation

> >

> > Thurs., Sept. 19 at 9 P.M. ET

> >

> >

> > http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about/film10.html

> >

> > "The bloody conflict between Hindus and Muslims in

> > North

> > Western India is at the forefront of a struggle for

> > India's

> > identity, led by an increasingly powerful Hindu

> > fundamentalist movement whose goal is to turn India

> > into a

> > Hindu nation. Over the last three months, some 2,000

> > Muslims

> > have been killed in the Province of Gujarat, and

> > more

> > than 100,000 Muslims have been forced to flee to

> > refugee

> > camps. Mean while extremist Hindu private schools

> > are

> > spreading rapidly across India. Will India, home to

> > more

> > than a billion people, continue to be the

> > multi-ethnic,

> > religiously diverse, secular, and tolerant society

> > that

> > Gujarat's Mahatma Gandhi attempted to create? Or

> > will

> > the

> > nation be split -- by a Hindu fundamentalist

> > movement

> > hoping

> > to rise to power by fanning the winds of religious

> > extremism?"

> >

> > It is very important that all Hindus rise in one

> > voice

> >

> > against this blatant propaganda against Hindus and

> > Bharat,

> > which of late has become a pattern. There are a few

> > things

> > that you can do.

> >

> > (1) Write/e-mail/fax to the PBS objecting screening

> > of

> > this

> > biased and concocted documentary, which is the

> > height

> > of

> > irresponsible journalism.

> > Contact details:

> > Stephen Segaller

> > Director,

> > News & Pubic Affairs Programming

> > Tel: 212 560 8282

> > Fax: 212 560 8279

> > Email: segaller (AT) thirteen (DOT) org

> >

> > (2) Call the PBS station before the documentary is

> > aired and

> > register your protest against it.

> > (3) Circulate the protest letter amongst your

> > community

> > members and have them send it individually or as a

> > petition

> > to the PBS. Post this letter on email groups you

> > belong to

> > and email it to your contacts worldwide.

> > (4) Take this letter to your temple(s) and other

> > organizations and ask the management to circulate

> > amongst

> > devotees. Remember, this is a direct assault on all

> > Hindus,

> > irrespective of their political or organizational

> > belief and

> > if left unchallenged, it could have serious

> > consequences for

> > all the Hindus.

> > (5) Watch the show and then right after it, call

> > your

> > local

> > PBS station to register your protest and asking for

> > equal

> > time for opposing viewpoint.

> > (6) Have your organization and temples write a

> > letter

> > on

> > their letterhead to the sponsors of this documentary

> >

> > apprising them of the facts and asking them to

> > withdraw the

> > sponsorship or face a possible boycott of their

> > products by

> > one billion strong Hindu community around the globe.

> > (7) When PBS station in your area has a fund raising

> >

> > telethon, and they do it quite frequently, call them

> > up and

> > tell them that you have decided not to contribute

> > this

> > year

> > because of their biased and untruthful documentary

> > on

> > India.

> >

> > If thousands of letters and emails are mailed to PBS

> > and

> > their phone lines are jammed before and after the

> > program by

> > protest calls, it will have a major impact.

> >

> > We will send you the points for telephone call in

> > next

> > few

> > days.

> >

> > Thank you.

> >

> > Brotherly Yours,

> >

> > Gaurang G. Vaishnav

> > General Secretary

> > VHP (World Hindu Council of America)

> > 732-603-7740

> >

> >

> >

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