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| Organisation Name |
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anhad
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| Abbreviation acronym |
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ANHAD |
| Organisation Address |
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4, WINDSOR PLACE
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NEW DELHI
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| Country/Region |
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India |
| if others |
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| Telephone1 |
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91#11 23327366 |
| TeleFax |
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# |
| Organisation Email |
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anhad.delhi@gmail.com
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| Organisation URL |
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www.anhadindia.org
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| Language For Receive Information |
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| Is your organization in accordance with the World Social Forum
Charter of Principles |
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yes
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| Brief description of your organisation |
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ANHAD was formed in the first week of March 2003. ANHAD is neither a structured and highly resourced organisation nor a centralised movement capable of large-scale popular mobilisation. It, however, tries to combine the elements of both by collaborating with existing organisations and movements in different areas of social, cultural and political concerns, the latter opens up for secular mobilisation the space hitherto uncolonised by communalism.
ANHAD undertakes grass root level activities, with the support and collaboration of the existing organisations wherever possible and if not, by initiating work on its own through volunteers. The emphasis is on constructive and continuous activity, which would create and sustain secular and democratic consciousness.
ANHAD means without limits. We envisage it as an inclusive institution in which every one who stands for democracy, secularism, justice and peace can participate.
Apart from its direct work on secular education, cultural action for pluralism, secularism and democracy, and youth activism, ANHAD sees a major role for itself in building continuous civil society pressure for public policy and law for secular democracy and social justice. In order to stimulate intellectual debate surrounding issues that shape communal mindset, ANHAD organizes regular seminars and conventions.
ANHAD is a Delhi based organisation but it works all over India as well as in the Diaspora.
ANHAD is a registered trust and has six trustees.
K N Panikkar: Historian and Social Commentator, Founding Trustee
Harsh Mander: Activist and Writer, Founding Trustee
Shubha Mudgal: Musician, Singer, Trustee
Kamla Bhasin: Activist and Writer, Trustee
Saeed Akhtar Mirza: Film Maker and Writer, Trustee
Shabanm Hashmi: Social and Political Activist, Founding and Managing Trustee
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| Main ongoing projects or activities of the organisation |
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Anhad workS mainly at the following levels:
1. Organising intensive training camps, specially for youth, activists, grassroot workers, urban students. The main aim of these camps is to sensitise the participants around the issues related to communalism
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| Which WSF or continental social forum (or surrounding place)
your organisation participated in ? |
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WSF 2004 – Mumbai;Other Social Forum(describe);; |
| Other social forums (describe) |
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Gujarat Social Forum |
| Does your organisation participate in international network
or other organisations which one? |
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not so far |
| Type of Organisation |
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Campaign
Grassroots
Social centre or squat
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Broad field of activity
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Democracy and politics
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| Scale of organisation |
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National |
| LINK |
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1)Mutual
invitation
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yes |
2)Organise
common activities during the WSF events |
| (This means that your organization would be available
to) |
| a)Merge two intended activities
in to one activity |
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yes
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| b) Articulating your activity
with other activities in a consecutive manner (enchaining) or simultaneously
(physically in contiguous spaces) making possible some live exchanges. This
could be done either in the same event location or “virtually”,
with communication technology using the same time window in more than one
location In WSF2006, such "window activities" with partners being
in two different events and communicating electronically between Caracas,
Bamako and Karachi will have a prominent role to give unity to the polycentric
event. |
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no
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| c)Organise your activity under
a common title for a set of activities |
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no
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| 3. Meeting |
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yes |
| If you wish, express briefly your questions, intentions or
suggestions about how to link activities |
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