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eai ing of ;h{ Shah Coihmissio n I ovember 14, the Cohnmissio ea d the harrowing ta!0s of tw rincejsjs y�t<>; we^e j^rresjte uriog the fcmergency amid rick of ^sh^trie* shame" fr6 the audience.
ri Gayatri tkivi arid i%e ibfiri ata of GU-alior, Mrt. Vija; ,aji Scindia, arrived at the veni f {he commission thff� we cheers'Vforl them from adrtiil rsJ young abd old, and aut
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tetbihed tht ^ndUi^tis:"*;, were _r ^ here Was<;<:om|>Iele acfc of sanitakion. Theiire wa^ io �uHrting watpr And tl)e bebjple hcte used tq"eas* theiflsefves |n hcf open dn
ere wjere lunatics too.
6rry for tjhem- On� woman wbs always stark nakec and was covered i only with flies/ Another Was iq the habit o nwUeringlaU day long and threy vbricks at everyojne. Twice tli� bricks missed m*,'* she added: :
Replyink to a cjubstion by Justio Shan,^ sne ,said' that she wai
treated as j the begij food was roti couli
C'* iclass'prisoner ii ling. ;the l4CM clas simply inedible." Th( not be eaten and tl
prisoners it as fuel
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failjng health, sht applied Mr a parole after the ja 1 doctors had advised her hospita|-isaition/ !>he wa$ later lodged I
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considerdd her jarrest an act <jf goliticaJ; ycndett|a, Mrs. Gayatft Devi sajdt she had*'every reason to ^elieii that.i,. Certairly, th charge$ Jtvelledia^aiiist her wetje :delibetaii. Sfce was ill an/ inattiye;iri the [days preceedin the jpTodaiiiatioii of emergency.
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She was released on parole en health "fltoundsi after about s
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she was gettingii$ed to tne stink. Her narration J)tovoked laughter in, the.audienV
Mrs. Vijaya riaje complained of "untold hardships'* to her family members during the numerous raids .at her houses in Gwalior, Delhi and Putae. Often only young female members of the family were present in the house. The raiding partie's did not wait for key to be Ideated and instead .broke open safes and almirahs
International Youth Centra
By
ly Lipovenko
CANADIAN INDIA TIMES � Page 5
School hoards see eedto fight
The foil Commission Trustees of Youth Centre Centre was re Delhi Adminii
swing day the heard from the the International as to how the juisitioned by the tration ostensibly
Toronto, Nov. 29: (M chairmen of Metro's schpbl boards agreed yesterday that educational programs to com* racism must be, provided stuqents and teachers.
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^acting to recommendatioj contained in Walter Pitman s rejfcrt on racism, they w< diviled on his assertion that: genera} unwillingness exists pub ic and secondary schools adirit that racism is a problem
*l strongly disagree with that]
for "anti-natiohal activities'* and allotted to AJ1 India Congress Committee (AfcC) for conducting a'Seminar anfl for use by thej, Youth Congress under the leader-] ship of Sanjay JC -indhi.
The former Lt. Governor of Delhi,, Kishari Chand, told the Commission tftat he had ordered the requisition)* ^ of the Centre in April/May �l9'-5 ;during the emergency onf the instructions of the then Priine Minister^ Mts. Indira GandM. /the building remained in Ihe Custody of the , A1CC till Marih Ip77.
The Centre \ ras not even given
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Doujglas Barr, chairman of tj Toronto Board of Education, sal "We've been dealing with it fot a lon[ time/ You can't $ay tflat it our <th6 Toronto) systi re a step ahead of most school ds in Canada in dealing wfth
He said that Toronto educate rs recognise that racism exists aid thai it is now a matter of*
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it in a preventive, w ay befire it gets out of hand/*
Patricia Collie, chairman
of
the rent for i provisions of t
s use as. per the law under which
-Scarborough's board ,bf education, said she is "unaware of anyone in ,t>e Scarborough system, at the staff level, saying that we have racism in our ,school$/* Although she said she has! heard * "students making sonic comments about it/*
the requisition was ordered, the director, of tHe centre told the commission Kishan Chand was cornered by me Commission to admit that tht reason given for the requisition]were false and that Uter the buildin was handed
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Mts. Cojlie admitted that "a of people^ know it (racism) is but! are afraid to deal with because they aren't how/'
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[Referring ^ to Mr. PitmaA's recpmmendations that school Is develop multicultural and
munity education programs, Mrs. Collie said that the proposals. *'Sound valid and I would support it/*
Mr. Barr, pointed .otit that Toronto has -set up a race relations committee to get input from the community on the problem. He said that as early as the 1979-80 school year, courses on racism could be taught as part Of social science studies in elementary and secondary. schools.
Daniel leckie, chairman of the Toronto board's race -relations .and multicultural committee, supports the recommendation of a program of community education� emphasizing racial harmony, fosr parents and children* .But he pointed out that the board "does not have the money for this venture/'
Dr. John McCarthy, chairman of the East York Board of Education, voiced a similar concern. He said he .agreed that in-service programs are required for teaching staff to cope with racism when it arises* but stressed that the board cannot expect taxpayers to pick up the tab. (
"Somebody has to come up with the money/* he said.
He noted, that the East York t?oartf has not been made aware of any racial incidents in its schools, "apart from two or three minor things, such as selection of supplementary reading text books.."
A" spokesman for the education ministry said it will offer teachers two courses on racism next summer. One of the courses will be available/in Metro,
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astava was known as "San dhifs man). i � * � ay inhumanity no limits, worse.'* n ' � to man seems to know And officials are \
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over to, the],Delhi Tourism Development {Corporation and Jater to the ADCCJ
The Coitimilsion was also told JIQW V.C, Shujfla, Who was at that time Minister for Defence Production in Mrsl Gandhi's cabinet, made attemph to: change the trustees of thd Centfe with a view
luring cross examination of witnesses it was also brought out how the Delhi Admin istratijpn �$ep to be run by Naveen Chawpa, Private Secretary to . the tt. Governor (he was also allegedly clo$e to Sanjay Gandhi) and that thet real Governor was the Lieutenant of the Governor.
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irlier, before^ the Commissi adjiumed on November 4, j it heabrd the heart-rending $toryjof ten junior officers of the Government and their wives. Tlhe officers were detained for nine months because they anno)|ed Sanjay Gandhi. j
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According to the case before tlhe
Commission; the officers checked ana detained a consignment] of garments being exported by (he mother-in-law of Sanjay Ga 'Mrs. Amteshwar Anand. Indid ently the name of the export fipn wai ''Indira International."
te wjves and relatives of officers knocked >t all doors authority but to no avail. Fina
of them met Sanjay Gan
to install men the Centre co activities of tf
f his choice so that ild be used for the e Youth Congress.
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In yet nother case the Commission was told how $ comparativelynunior IAS Officer, U.S. SrivastaU, w^as appointed Chairman of Ihe Delhi Transport Corporation after short-circuitinfc all establishefl norm$ and procedures becaufe he was "adjudged siiijtable fcr the postM by the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Gandhi. (Puling emergency Mr,
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Jhi be
whfa remarked: they need to taught a lesson.
,lrs* Walia, wife of a textile ihsfaector, whil^ deposing before thej Commission her experience duiing the emergency after the arrest of her husband, br6ke down and wept on the witness stand. Chocked with emotion She asked for a glass of water to drink and many among the audience and from the press gallery co not help wiping their tears i hiding their emotion.
; Jdstice Shaw remarked: *
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He said it was shocking that things like this could have happened in the country and that officials callously refused to give the harried' families any. information .about the whereabouts of their husbands.
Justice Shaw told the wives: "If my sympathies could help you. they are there/'
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Mrs. Rangarajan, wife of another official jdetained, said that respectable women in this country should neverr again undergo this experience. The polke came in the middle of the night and took her khusband away without giving any reasons. In the court, which she visited for the first time in her life* she saw her husband in handcuffs and she fainted,
Mrs. Ghose, ariother wife who suffered, sand **I shudder even to think of the period when my husband was in detention/1 Neighbours; ostracised her completely thinking that he must have committed some grave crime. Het minor children were* unable to comprehend what was happening.
Almost at) officers detained said they asked for transfer from Delhi after they,were reinstated since they wanted to get rid of the social stigma attached to their families because of^their arrests.
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