[WSMDiscuss] [social-movements] India in movement…., Publishing in movement…, Freedoms in movement… : Open Letter to the Board Members of the Sameeksha Trust
Jayati Ghosh
jayatijnu at gmail.com
Mon Jul 24 19:38:44 CEST 2017
The full text and complete list of signatories are available here and
attached.
https://scroll.in/latest/844821/full-text-in-an-open-letter-155-noted-scholars-express-dismay-over-actions-of-trust-that-runs-epw
There have been many requests since then, from others who wish to sign so
we are exploring the possibility of making this an online petition.
On 24 July 2017 at 20:12, JS CACIM <jai.sen at cacim.net> wrote:
> Monday, July 24, 2017
>
> [For those who signed and/or are interested, here in follow up to my
> original post is the final version of the text of the Statement on the
> circumstances that have led to the abrupt recent resignation of Paranjoy
> Guha Thakurta from the role of Editor of the *Economic & Political Weekly*,
> and that is being sent as an Open Letter to the Board Members of the
> Sameeksha Trust, which publishes the *Economic & Political Weekly*, and
> where it will also appear in several prominent journals in India including
> The Wire, Scroll, and The Hindu.
>
> JS
>
> [Two small clarifications : One, I have learned since doing my original
> post that this Open Letter / Statement was perhaps initiated by Jayati
> Ghosh of IDEAs (International Development Economics Associates). Thanks
> for doing this, Jayati.
>
> [And two, for those who happen to notice the affiliation following my name
> in this list, ‘World Social Forum’… : Well, this is not the tag I suggested
> for myself, and I feel slightly awkward about what is showing since I have
> never actually ‘represented’ the WSF (other than very briefly, as the
> Co-Convenor of WSF India (not the WSF as a whole), back in early 2002 and
> have never claimed this; but I accept that it is a fact that I have had a
> long affair with the World Social Forum, and I can only assume that the
> organisers wanted a hook to identify me with, and so… I’ve asked the
> organisers if they can still correct this, but if it's too late then I
> guess the world, and the WSF, will be able to live with this !
>
> att
> EPW Statement final x mary john 240717
>
> *Open Letter to the Board Members of the Sameeksha Trust*
>
>
>
> As long-standing well-wishers and members of the intellectual community
> served by the EPW, we are appalled and dismayed by the recent events
> leading to the abrupt resignation of the Editor, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
>
>
>
> We are distressed that the Board of the Sameeksha Trust has insisted that
> the Editor retract an article published in the journal, and is preparing to
> introduce new norms for the Board-Editor relationship and appoint a
> co-editor. It is obvious that, taken together, these actions (mentioned by
> the Editor in interviews to the press and not denied in the statement
> issued by the Trust) would force any self-respecting editor to resign. By
> failing to distinguish between internal issues of procedural propriety in
> Board-Editor relationship from the much larger question of the EPW’s public
> reputation for integrity, the Board of the Sameeksha Trust has dealt a
> strong blow to the journal’s credibility.
>
>
>
> Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s professional reputation has been primarily that
> of an investigative journalist of several decades standing. His well-known
> past exposés have delved into the malpractices of large corporations and
> the frequent complicity of state institutions in such corrupt practices.
> That such journalism could provoke retaliation by those investigated may be
> expected. These facts must have been known to the Board of Trustees of the
> Sameeksha Trust when they appointed Guha Thakurta as Editor just 15 months
> earlier. It is one thing to wonder if the Editor may have erred in
> initiating legal action on behalf of the Trust without first consulting its
> Board, and quite another to withdraw an already published article from the
> journal. If the Board believes the article to be mistaken in its facts, it
> must issue a public apology and retraction. If it is only concerned that
> due deference was not shown to the Board, it must publicly stand by the
> article. By forcing the Editor’s resignation without clarifying its stand
> on the substance of the article, the Board has diminished the institution
> that it is mandated to nurture.
>
>
>
> The fact that a legal notice was sent to the Editor and the publishers
> (Sameeksha Trust) of EPW, for an ongoing investigation on the tweaking of
> rules that have benefited the Adani Group, is not surprising. Legal notices
> have unfortunately become the standard means used to intimidate and
> suppress investigative journalism. When they translate into court cases
> that can extend over years, they obviously add to costs and further
> harassment of honest journalists. However, as long as all the published
> material can be adequately substantiated and verified, there is little
> reason to fear an adverse result from the judicial process. But publishers
> MUST stand behind and back their editors on this if the journals are to
> maintain their independence and credibility.
>
>
>
> India is currently living through a dark period in which there are real
> concerns about freedom and independence of intellectual expression, both
> for academics and journalists, with significant corporate takeover of major
> media houses and increasing instances of overt and covert intimidation of
> independent thinking and debate. In this context, reports of what appears
> to be a capitulation by the Board of Trustees of Sameeksha Trust –
> removing the “offending” article from the EPW website and trying to impose
> humiliating terms on the Editor – are alarming. The EPW has a long and
> distinguished tradition of promoting independent and critical thinking that
> is vital in a democracy. We expect the current Trustees to be mindful of
> our inherited legacy that they hold in trust on behalf of us as scholars,
> analysts and activists in India and abroad, who have contributed to EPW
> over long decades. They need to take immediate steps to restore the
> prestige and credibility of the journal and the Sameeksha Trust. This
> letter is therefore also asking the Trust, which is in the nature of a body
> accountable to a larger public, to create channels of communication between
> the Trust and the EPW community so as to strengthen the autonomy and
> integrity of EPW.
>
>
>
>
>
> 1. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Emeritus Professor, Institute of
> Development Studies, Kolkata
>
> 2. Akeel Bilgrami, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of
> Philosophy, Columbia University
>
> 3. Jayati Ghosh, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
>
> 4. Mary E. John, Professor, CWDS, New Delhi
>
> 5. Sushil Khanna, Professor, IIM, Kolkata
>
> 6. T. M. Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister, Government of
> Kerala
>
> 7. Bina Agarwal, Professor, University of Manchester
>
> 8. Ramchandra Guha, Bengaluru
>
> 9. Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University
>
> 10. Noam Chomsky, MIT
>
> 11. C. P.Chandrasekhar, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
>
> 12. Sunil Khilnani, Professor, King’s College London
>
> 13. Susie Tharu, Emeritus, English and Foreign Languages
> University
>
> 14. T. Jayaraman, Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
> Mumbai
>
> 15. Sashi Kumar, Chairman, Media Development Foundation, Chennai
>
> 16. R. Ramakumar, Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
> Mumbai
>
> 17. Vikas Rawal, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
>
> 18. Alicia Puyana Mutis, Flacso, Mexico City
>
> 19. Anis Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney
>
> 20. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Malaysia
>
> 21. Yılmaz Akyüz, Chief Economist, South Centre (Former
> Director, UNCTAD.)
>
> 22. Zoya Hasan, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University
>
> 23. M.V. Ramana, Professor, University of British Columbia,
> Canada
>
> 24. Geeta Kapur, Art scholar, Delhi
>
> 25. Vivan Sundaram, Artist, Delhi
>
> 26. Chandra Dutt, Director, Centre of Science and Technology
> For Rural Development, Kerala
>
> 27. Laxmi Murthy, Bangalore
>
> 28. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Professor Emeritus, JNU
>
> 29. Satish Deshpande, Professor, Delhi University
>
> 30. Uma Chakravarti, retired historian, Delhi University
>
> 31. Tejaswini Niranjana, Professor, Lingnan University, Hongkong
>
> 32. V. Geetha, Independent scholar, Chennai.
>
> 33. Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Independent researcher, Bangalore
>
> 34. Nandini Sundar, Professor, University of Delhi.
>
> 35. J Devika, Centre for Development Studies, Kerala
>
> 36. Padmini Swaminathan, retired Professor, Tata Institute of
> Social Sciences, Hyderabad
>
> 37. Patrick Bond, Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South
> Africa
>
> 38. Prem Chowdhry, Historian
>
> 39. Nivedita Menon, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
> Delhi
>
> 40. Itty Abraham, National University of Singapore
>
> 41. Aditya Nigam, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing
> Societies
>
> 42. R. Nagaraj, IGIDR
>
> 43. Partha Ray, IIM Calcutta
>
> 44. S. Parasuraman, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
>
> 45. Anand Chakravarti, Retired Professor, University of Delhi
>
> 46. Abhijit Sen, Retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru
> University, New Delhi
>
> 47. Jeemol Unni, University of Ahmedabad
>
> 48. Abhijit Banerjee, Professor, MIT
>
> 49. Himanshu, Associate Professor, JNU
>
> 50. Mritunjoy Mohanty, Professor, IIM, Kolkata
>
> 51. Sunanda Sen, retired Professor, JNU
>
> 52. Praveen Jha, Professor, JNU
>
> 53. Dhruva Narayan, Centre for Social Development
>
> 54. Manoranjan Mohanty, retired Professor, Delhi University
>
> 55. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth
>
> 56. N. Krishnaji, retired, Centre for Development Studies
>
> 57. Yılmaz Akyüz, Chief Economist, South Centre (Former
> Director, UNCTAD.)
>
> 58. Mohammad Konneh,
>
> 59. Paris Yeros, Professor, Federal University, Brazil
>
> 60. Elontero Prada, Professor, Sao Paolo University, Brazil
>
> 61. Meyer Brownstone, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
>
> 62. Radhika Singha, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
>
> 63. Laurence Cox, National University of Ireland and Fondation
> des Sciences des Hommes Paris
>
> 64. Dia Dacosta, University of Alberta
>
> 65. Seth Sandrowsky, Sacramento, California
>
> 66. Jai Sen, World Social Forum,
>
> 67. Kannan Srinivasan, New York
>
> 68. Pradip Kumar Datta, JNU
>
> 69. Nirmalangshu Mukherji
>
> 70. Avinesh Kumar Gupta, World Forum of Economists
>
> 71. Sudeshna Banerji, Jadavpur University
>
> 72. Kuttappan Vijayachandran, Industrial Research Services
>
> 73. Samuel H Daniel, Independent researcher USA
>
> 74. Radhika Desai, Professor, University College, Manitoba
>
> 75. M. Vijayabaskar, Professor, Madras Institute of Development
> Studies
>
> 76. SK Godwin, SK, IIM Kolkata
>
> 77. Mani Kumar, Independent researcher.
>
> 78. Sudip Chaudhuri, Professor IIM Kolkata
>
> 79. Venkatesh Athreya, Prof (retd) Bharathidasan University
>
> 80. Anamitra Roychowdhury, JNU
>
> 81. Dipa Sinha, B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi
>
> 82. Kunibert Raffer, Prof (retd), University of Vienna
>
> 83. Rajender Singh Negi
>
> 84. Sumit Mazumdar, Institute of Public Health, Kalyani
>
> 85. Avinash Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
>
> 86. Ashwini Deshpande, Professor, Delhi School of Economics
>
> 87. K. Srivatsan, Anveshi Research Centre Hyderabad
>
> 88. Veena Shatrugna, retired, National Institute of Nutrition
> Hyderabad
>
> 89. Ashok Chowdhury, All India Union of Forest Working People
>
> 90. Matt Meyer, International Peace Research Association
>
> 91. Aabid Firdausi, Kerala University
>
> 92. A R Vasavi, Independent Reseacher Bangalore
>
> 93. Gopi Kanta Ghosh, Independent researcher.
>
> 94. Radha D’Souza, University of Westminster
>
> 95. E.A.S Sarma, I.A.S. Retd., Hyderabad
>
> 96. Lawrence Shute, Prof Emeritus, California State Polytechnic
> University
>
> 97. Sumit Sarkar, retired Professor, University of Delhi
>
> 98. Tanika Sarkar, retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru
> University, New Delhi
>
> 99. Gita Chadha, University of Mumbai
>
> 100. Lata Mani, Bangalore
>
> 101. Anandhi S., MIDS Chennai
>
> 102. K. Ramakrishnan, Chennai
>
> 103. Sunil Mani, Director, CDS Trivandrum
>
> 104. Carol Upadhya, NIAS Bangalore
>
> 105. Sanjay Srivastava, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi
>
> 106. Janaki Abraham, Delhi School of Economics
>
> 107. Oishik Sirkar, Jindal Law University, Sonepat
>
> 108. Balwinder Singh Tiwana, Punjabi University
>
> 109. Mandira Sarma, JNU
>
> 110. Jesim Pais, Society for Social and Economic Research
>
> 111. Rajni Palriwala, University of Delhi
>
> 112. Rama Melkote, retired Professor, Osmania University
>
> 113. Uma M Bhrugabanda, EFLU Hyderabad
>
> 114. Joseph M.T., University of Mumbai
>
> 115. M.S. Bhatt, retired Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
>
> 116. Malancha Chakrabarty, Associate Fellow Observer Research
> Foundation
>
> 117. Dr Sakuntala Narasimhan, Independent scholar
>
> 118. Abdi Seido, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Dire
> Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
>
> 119. Dr. Kushankur Dey, Xavier University Bhubaneswar
>
> 120. Shambhu Ghatak, Associate Fellow, Inclusive Media for Change
>
> 121. Swati Pillai, Watershed Organisation Trust Pune
>
> 122. Pushpendra, Professor Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna
>
> 123. Ravi K. Tripathi, Université Pairs XIII - Sorbonne Paris
>
> 124. Mandeep Kaur, Dyal Singh College.
>
> 125. Anis Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney and Co-editor,
> Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
>
> 126. Venkatesh Athreya, Professor of Economics (Retired),
> Bharathidasan University
>
> 127. Sunanda Sen, Former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Universty, New
> Delhi
>
> 128. Arindam Sen, Editor, Liberation, Kolkata
>
> 129. Nayanjyoti, Research Scholar, Delhi University
>
> 130. Avnesh Kumar Gupta, Hon. Secretary General, World Forum for
> Economists
>
> 131. Andrew Cornford, Geneva Finance Observatory.
>
> 132. S.V.Narayanan, Independent Analyst
>
> 133. Amar Yumnam, Professor, Manipur University, India.
>
> 134. Rohit Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru University
>
> 135. J. George, (Rtd) Independent Researcher, DELHI.
>
> 136. Kalyan Shankar Ray, Bhubaneswar
>
> 137. Bindu Oberoi, Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University
>
> 138. Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda, EFL University
>
> 139. R. Srivatsan,
>
> 140. Abid Firdausi MS, University of Kerala
>
> 141. Navnita Behera, IRIIS
>
> 142. Anupam Mitra
>
> 143. Surajit C Mukhopadhyay, Seacom Skills University
>
> 144. Eleuterio Prado, Professor, São Paulo University, Brazil
>
> 145. Mustafa Ozer, Anadolu University, Turkey
>
> 146. Vishal Sarin, LP University
>
> 147. Shipra Nigam, Research Scholar
>
> 148. Vipin Negi, University of Delhi
>
> 149. Rosa Abraham, Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru
>
> 150. N. Mani, Erode College, Kerala
>
> 151. Hemant Adlakha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
>
> 152. Collins Mtika, Director - Centre for Investigative Journalism –
> Malawi
>
> 153. Ranjini Mazumdar, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
> Delhi
>
> 154. Suneetha Achyuta, Coordinator, Anveshi Research Centre for
> Women's Studies
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2017, at 5:57 PM, JS CACIM <jai.sen at cacim.net> wrote:
>
> Friday, July 21, 2017
>
> *India in movement…., Publishing in movement…, Freedoms in movement… *
>
> [Back to the future… Yet one more instance of the clamping down on
> intellectual and political space in India, in this case prssure on *Economic
> & Political Weekly*, one of the beacons of free and critical thinking in
> India – and in its field, perhaps also across much of the world –, and in
> this case with the pressure apparently coming from the Adani Group, who
> (surprise, surprise) are the industrialists closest to the present
> government.
>
> [Though there is still a lot of spunky journalism in the country, there is
> no question from the relentless series of attacks this year (as I have
> posted on before this, on universities, on the publishing world, and so on)
> that the institutions of free – and left - thinking in India are being hit
> one by one, and the situation is getting darker by the month… As the
> Statement says,
>
> “India is currently living through a dark period in which there are real
> concerns about media freedom and independence, with significant corporate
> takeover of major media houses (both print and other) and increasing
> instances of overt and covert intimidation of independent media.”
>
> [*Please consider signing the Statement*. I have :
>
> Appeal for endorsements :
>
> *Threat to India’s valuable periodical Economic & Political Weekly*
>
> Mary E John and others
>
> NB : As below, send your endorsements to *maryejohn1 at gmail.com
> <maryejohn1 at gmail.com> *
>
> Congratulations on your principled stand Paranjoy; thanks for
> initiating this Appeal, Mary – perhaps along with others such as Jayati, I
> understand -; and thanks for posting this internationally, Patrick.
>
> In solidarity
>
> Jai
>
> fwd
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Patrick Bond <pbond at mail.ngo.za>
> *Subject: **[Debate-List] (Fwd) threat to India's valuable periodical
> Economic & Political Weekly*
> *Date: *July 21, 2017 at 6:30:25 AM EDT
> *To: *DEBATE <debate-list at fahamu.org>, "progeconnetwork at googlegroups.com"
> <progeconnetwork at googlegroups.com>, PEN-L <pen-l at mail.csuchico.edu>
> *Reply-To: *pbond at mail.ngo.za
>
>
> (This comes from close allies at International Development Economics
> Associates. Please sign if you are concerned. I am.)
>
>
>
> * Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) *
> ------------------------------
> As long standing members of the intellectual community served by the EPW,
> we are appalled and dismayed by the recent events leading to the abrupt
> resignation of the Editor, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. We are distressed that
> the Board of the Sameeksha Trust has insisted that the Editor retract
> articles published in the journal, and is preparing to introduce new norms
> for the Board-Editor relationship and appoint a co-editor. It is obvious
> that, taken together, these actions (mentioned by the Editor in interviews
> to the press and not denied in the statement issued by the Trust) would
> force any self-respecting editor to resign. By failing to distinguish
> between internal issues of procedural propriety in Board-Editor
> relationship from the much larger question of the EPW’s public reputation
> for integrity, the Board of the Sameeksha Trust has dealt a mortal blow to
> the journal’s credibility. We can now only fear for the future of the EPW.
>
> Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s professional reputation has been primarily that
> of an investigative journalist of several decades standing. His well-known
> past exposes have delved into the malpractices of large corporations and
> the complicity of state institutions in such corrupt practices. That such
> journalism could provoke retaliation by those investigated is hardly
> surprising. These facts must have been known to the Board of Trustees of
> the Sameeksha Trust when they appointed Guha Thakurta as Editor just 15
> months earlier.
>
> The fact that a legal notice was sent to the Editor and the publishers
> (Sameeksha Trust) of EPW, for an ongoing investigation on the tweaking of
> rules that have benefited the Adani Group, is therefore not surprising.
> Legal notices have unfortunately become the standard means used to
> intimidate and suppress investigative journalism. When they translate into
> court cases that can extend for many years, they obviously add to costs and
> further harassment of honest and courageous journalists. However, as long
> as all the published material can be adequately substantiated and verified,
> there is little reason to fear an adverse result from the judicial process.
> But publishers MUST stand behind and back their editors on this if the
> media are to maintain even a shred of independence and credibility.
>
> It is one thing to wonder if the Editor may have erred in initiating legal
> action on behalf of the Trust without first consulting its Board, and quite
> another to withdraw an already published article from the journal. If the
> Board believes the article to be mistaken in its facts, it must issue a
> public apology and retraction. If it is only concerned that due deference
> was not shown to the Board, it must publicly stand by the article while
> initiating action against the Editor. By forcing the Editor’s resignation
> without clarifying its stand on the substance of the article, the Board has
> diminished the institution that it is mandated to nurture.
>
> India is currently living through a dark period in which there are real
> concerns about media freedom and independence, with significant corporate
> takeover of major media houses (both print and other) and increasing
> instances of overt and covert intimidation of independent media. In this
> context, reports of what appears to be a capitulation by the Board of
> Trustees of Sameeksha Trust – removing the “offending” articles from the
> EPW website and trying to impose humiliating terms on the Editor – are
> alarming. The EPW has a long and distinguished tradition of encouraging
> independent and critical thinking that is vital in a democracy. We hope
> that current Trustees will be mindful of their inherited legacy that is
> enriched by the contributions of scholars, analysts and activists in India
> and abroad, and will take immediate steps to restore the prestige and
> credibility of the journal and the Sameeksha Trust.
>
> *If you endorse this statement, please email maryejohn1 at gmail.com
> <maryejohn1 at gmail.com> ….. with your name and affiliation.*
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
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>
> *&*
>
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> *Recent publications :*
>
> Jai Sen, ed, 2016 – *The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us
> Move ?* (forthcoming in 2017 from New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA :
> PM Press), *ADVANCE PREFINAL ONLINE MOVEMENT EDITION @ www.cacim.net
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>
> Jai Sen, ed, 2013 – *The Movements of Movements : Struggles for Other
> Worlds*, Part I*.* Prefinal version of Volume 4 Part I in the *Challenging
> Empires* series. New Delhi : OpenWord. *Prefinal version 1.0 available
> @ http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/the_movements_of_movements/
> <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/the_movements_of_movements/>*
>
> *FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS :*
>
> Jai Sen, ed, 2017a – *The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us
> Move ?*. Volume 4 in the *Challenging Empires* series (New Delhi :
> OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press). *Available for pre-order at PM
> Press <http://www.pmpress.org/>*
>
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> Dance*. Volume 5 in the *Challenging Empires* series (New Delhi :
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