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India - Pakistan
People's
Peace March, 2005
New
Delhi to Multan - Mar 23 thru May 11
Through six weeks, Indians and Pakistanis from all walks of life will
march together for peace, starting at New Delhi, India and ending in
Multan, Pakistan. The march hopes to provide a unique opportunity for
people-to-people contact, for people to inter-mingle, reflect on, and
negate the destructive
tendencies of distrust, hatred, and enmity, and spread the message of
peace and harmony. The march is a grassroots initiative for peace and
friendship, coordinated by the Indian and Pakistani chapters of the
Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), in
association with a broad array of supporting organizations. A core
marching team of about 100 Pakistanis and Indians will lead the march,
to be joined by thousands of people at different villages, towns and
cities enroute.
[photograph courtesy of Niranjan Parikh,
who is participating in the march]
We at Friends of South Asia stand in solidarity with
the peace march,
and share the renewed hope for lasting peace in the region. FOSA is
considering various ways to build momentum around the march, and hopes
to mobilize the South Asian diaspora in the SF Bay Area for solidarity
events in parallel with the march. Stay tuned and watch this space for
updates.
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Ind-Pak Peace Solidarity March in San Francisco
Sunday May 15,
1pm
Join us for a ~3 mile
march starting at Mission St/16th St BART [map]
and ending at Gadar Memorial Hall in Japantown [map].
(download
html flyer)
Join us to:
- Show solidarity with the participants
in the India-Pakistan Peace March, who are marching across the
subcontinent with the goals of establishing people-to-people
contact, negating
the tendencies of distrust, hatred and enmity, and spreading the
message of peace and harmony
- Express our indignation at the denial
of visas by the Indian and Pakistani governments - to Pakistanis
who wanted to join the march in India, and to Indian marchers who
wanted to join the march in
Pakistan
- Protest the imperialist tendencies of
the US as currently exemplified in the efforts to manipulate South
Asian
regional politics by pushing for arms purchases by India and Pakistan
Save the date! Come
one, come all!
Note:
Pakistan American Alliance(PAA) was added as a co-sponsor in the last
few days leading to the event. However, due to some concerns about the
beliefs espoused by PAA, based on information on their website, PAA has
been withdrawn as a co-sponsor (on 05/29/05), and a clarification has
been sought from them. Read FOSA's
statement on the issue.
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UPDATES
Goodwill
Statement to the marchers from Friends of South Asia
Day
1: The marchers embark
New Delhi, March 23rd: The Peace March from Delhi to Multan
started off today from the tombs
of Sufi poets and thinkers Amir Khusro and Nizamuddin Aulia.. (more..
via TheSouthAsian.org)
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