2. Need
• Minorities and weaker sections are routinely
discriminated against
• State sides with upper castes and empowered
• Judicial redressal of aberrations illusory
• Judicial and administrative bias aggravates it
• Civil society, pluralism, inclusiveness,
secularism all take a hit.
Does anyone doubt that there is a dire
need for an organization to change this?
3. Why
• Speeches, detention, discrimination, effect
• Jaisingh sings, you cannot, you are below par
• The bail denial joke, the single case versus
umpteen cases case, the judiciary that wags …
its tongue to suggest… blinkages
• Who has to be engaged… to engage with
Justice
• Why we are not questioning every atrocity
4. WHAT IS THE FUTURE BRINGING ?
The future is bringing you thrills, action and an
India you cannot imagine in your wildest dreams.
No one trains intensely without an intent to use
the training acquired. When you train with
weapons, you intend to use weapons.
What training you acquire and with what
weapons tells the world what your intentions are.
A picture is worth a thousand words
13. One, with the law, is a majority.
Redefining majority* in secular terminology
Redefining nationalism* + constitutionalism*
in journalism terminology
Giving all three* expressions acceptability
Other secular groups are mere spectators
If the law is to work, we must work the law
The only legitimate acceptable support can
come from strong, formidable legal capability
14. Benefits
• Organization is not as susceptible to being
targeted as an individual crusader would be
• Higher public and media credibility of an
organization
• Inclusive structure for anyone who needs help
• Representative of larger sections of society
• Participative ownership realizable from
subscriptions on a monthly basis
• Organization acquires momentum of its own
We take benefits to be self-evident
15. Structure
• NGO type Trust for an inclusive, fair country
• 3 advocates supervised by a senior advocate
• Office staff to support the exercise
• Computing equipment and subscriptions
including to electronic magazines and books
• Data collection, compiling, storage and
retrieval mechanisms, safe from e-theft
Which legal structure will give the best leverage?
18. Deliverables
• Track media reports and book contents
• Take proactive/preemptive action to protect
the interests of the weaker sections
• Monitor legislations and welfare schemes of
Government and implementation mechanisms
• Fighting cases supportive of Rule of Law
• Create evaluation and alternative policy team
Annual Report to be shared
One win will justify the investment
19. Investment
• Rs.5 lakhs per month / Rs.60 lakhs per annum
• Not inclusive of court costs and other such
expenses
• Must create a Contingency Fund in addition
• Eventual aim is to create a structure that is
self supporting as well as acquires a
momentum of its own, also attracting funding
Value of investment is directly
proportional to expected benefit
20. The future awaits... your reply.
If you recognize a real need for what is being
spoken of in this meeting, you need to act.
The most cataclysmic events in history were
not things that accompanied a bang or a roar
– they were a silent thought, a quietly formed
determination to stand up and be counted, to
make a difference.
The law needs to be used to redress wrongs.
21. The underprivileged have been
receiving a message. They await a
response from those who can
show them the way : show those
who abuse the law and challenge
national self respect, that hijacking
secular space will no longer be
countenanced. carries a solid legal
as well as an electoral price tag.
22. Hindustan Hamara
We need to reclaim our destiny, our heritage
of Constitutional rights, our rightful place in
the country, in governance, in decision
making, in affirmative action, in equality
before the law…
The word – spoken or written – has no worth
or meaning… till it is translated into action.
The time for action cannot forever remain in
doubt. Every day lost is a setback.
