BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-2@populareducation.in DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250605T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250605T201500 DTSTAMP:20250604T114810Z URL:https://populareducation.in/events/wo-kaun-hai-jo-nizam-e-hasti-chala- raha-hai-anil-chaudhary-memorial-meet/ SUMMARY:“Wo Kaun Hai Jo Nizam-e-Hasti Chala Raha Hai” Anil Chaudhary Me morial Meet DESCRIPTION:“Wo Kaun Hai Jo Nizam-e-Hasti Chala Raha Hai”\nAnil Chaudha ry Memorial Meet\n5 June 2025 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan\, New Delhi \nThe life of Shri Anil Chaudhary - one of the founders of PEACE\, a guar dian and educator to hundreds of social activists\, and a motivational for ce behind many social organisations\, alliances\, and networks - was a rem arkable mix of his internal depth and external expanse. His persona and th ought guided and motivated this society for over four decades before he pa ssed away on April 14th 2025.\nIn the last five years\, even as acute ill ness restricted his physical movement\, Anil ji remained deeply and active ly engaged with socio-political developments throughout the world. He regu larly shared his thoughts\, reflections\, and analysis with friends. Espec ially after COVID\, he keenly observed the fast changing socio-political l andscape and often discussed his insights\, articulated his findings and d ebated upon them with colleagues and close friends. Whatever he wrote and shared remains publicly unpublished and undiscussed\, yet it is available for deliberation in tit-bits.\nWe have tried to sort and compile some of h is random reflections and renderings\, as we believe that they would serve as a valuable key and an ideological compass to our public action and soc ial work. It is now imperative to publicly discuss those concerns. At the same time\, we also feel the need to remember Anil Chaudhary’s life and times. Both these tasks remain pending after his death.\nTherefore to hono ur his memory\, PEACE\, INSAF\, CNDP\, PCSDS\, CAAJ\, Bhoomi Bachao Andola n\, Nation for Farmers\, and other like-minded initiatives linked to Anil Chaudhary have joined hands to organise a memorial meeting on June 5th\, 2 025. This day also happens to be his 75th birthday. We have named this eve nt: “Wo Kaun Hai Jo Nizam-e-Hasti Chala Raha Hai” which means\, “w ho is managing the order of life”. This title is inspired by a powerful couplet from a Sufi qawwali that Anil ji often posed as a political ques tion\, asking us to reflect on the structures and processes of power in ou r times.\nThis meeting is not just a tribute to Anil Chaudhary from the so cial and development sector\, but it also provides space and opportunity t o revisit and engage with the questions he constantly raised and alternati ves he pushed us to imagine.\nThe day-long event will feature two sessions based on concerns that Anil Chaudhary expressed deeply in his recent conv ersations. The first session will focus on the question of “experiential learning”\, and the second on the question of “alternatives” to cap italist development.\nIn the evening\, Anil Chaudhary’s long-time friend and classmate P. Sainath — a veteran journalist and chronicler of rural India — will deliver the 1st Anil Chaudhary Memorial Lecture. This lec ture will now be held annually and focus on important contemporary issues. The topic of the first lecture in the series concerns “increasing inequ ality” in access and control of fast depleting natural resources\, with a special focus on water.\nWe would deeply value your presence and partici pation in this memorial meet.\nPROGRAMME\n5 June 2025 (Thursday)\, Harkish an Singh Surjit Bhawan\, New Delhi\n\n\n\n\nDate &\; Time\nThemes\nSpea kers\n\n\n05th June\, 2025\n\n\n9.00 AM -9:30 AM\nRegistration\nVinod/Mah ipal\n\n\n9:30AM- 9:45 AM\nWelcome Address\nJitendra Chahar\n\n\n9:45AM- 1 0:30 AM\nTribute to Anil Chaudhary\nAanchal Kapur/Richa Singh/Ranjana Saxe na and others\n\n\n10:30 AM to 10:45 AM\nBackground Note on the Program Ti tle based on the reflections of Anil Chaudhary\nAbhishek Srivastava\n\n\n1 0:45 AM to 11.00 AM\nTea Break\n\n\n \;\n\nSession 1\n\n \;\n\n11. 00 AM-01:30 PM\n\n \;\nThe Question of Experiential Learning\n\n \n\n Chair: Aanchal Kapur (KRITI)\n\n \n\nIntroductory Note (Read by Abhishe k after calling Chair and speakers on stage\, then handing over moderation to the Chair)\n1.       Kalyani Menon Sen (WSS)\n\n2.        Shivani Nag (Faculty\, Ambedkar University)\n\n3.       Archana & amp\;Purnima (Nirantar)\n\n4.       Amit (Aadharshila Learning Cent re)\n\n5.       Richa Pandey (ex-PEACE)\n\n6.       At least three participants from organisations who received training\n\n\n1:30 PM: 2:30 PM\nLunch\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nSession 2\n\n02:30 P M-05:30 PM\nThe Question of Alternatives\n\nChair: Ashok Chaudhary (Adivas i Ekta Parishad)\n\nIntroductory Note (Read by Abhishek after calling Cha ir and speakers on stage)\n\nVideo Massage from Radha Bhatt\n1.        Dinesh Abrol (Nation for Farmers)\n\n2.       Jaya Mehta &\; Vineet Tiwari (Joshi Adhikari Institute of Social Studies)\n\n3.        Richa Singh (Sangatin Mazdoor Kisan Sangathan)\n\n4.       Ka lyan Anand (Lok Shakti Abhiyan)\n\n5.       Keshkali (Dalit Adivasi Jan Sangathan)\n\n\n05:30 PM-0600 PM\nTea Break\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n \n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n06:00 PM-08:00 PM\nWelcome A ddress\nDr. Sunilam (Organising Committee\, Anil Chaudhary Memorial)\n\n\n Release of the book on Anil Chaudhary\n\n“Nepathya ka Nayak – Shikshav id Anil Chaudhary ka Jeevan\, Vichar aur Sansar”\n\n(Moderator – Dr. S unilam)\nRanjana Saxena\, P. Sainath\, Richa Singh\, Prof. Achin Vanaik &a mp\; Dr. Sunilam\n\n\nAnnouncement of Anil Chaudhary Research Fellowship b y a PEACE Board Member Balaji Pandey\n\n(Moderator – Shweta)\n\n \;\ n\nIntroduction of Fellowship Program (Abhishek) and handing over moderat ion to Dr. Sunilam\nAanchal Kapur &\; Balaji Pandey\n\n\nAnil Chaudhary Memorial Lecture\n\nThe Colour of Water : Increasing Inequality and\na Fa st Vanishing Natural Resource\nP. Sainath\, Senior Journalist\n\n\n08:00 P M to 08:10 PM\n\n \;\nVote of Thanks\nProf. Achin Vanaik (Organising C ommittee\, Anil Chaudhary Memorial)\n\n\n\n \;\nWe hope you will consi der joining us for this important day — to reflect on Anil Chaudhary’s life and work\, and to take forward the ideas and values he stood for.\nP lease note:\n\n\n You are requested to send a confirmation of your presen ce along with the names of colleagues from your organisation participating in the program to peaceactdelhi@gmail.com. This will help us in making a rrangements.\n For any information related to the program or any other in formation\, you can contact Jitendra Chahar (9999046291).\n\nWith thanks\, \nOn behalf of the Organising Committee\,\nAnil Chaudhary Memorial\nRicha Singh (Sitapur)\nGhanshyam (Ranchi)\nP. 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