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Dear Friends
Greetings! Given below on the link you would find an interview with
Professor Emeritus Richard A. Falk. In this interview he talks about the
apprehensions on danger of democracy being sacrificed in the name of
digital India campaign.

Given below you would also find a full text along with name of signatories
to the appeal made by leading US academics to the Silicon Valley
Enterprises on their proposed dealing/s and businesses in India as part of
digital India campaign.

It must become an imperative to guard Democracy, Constitution, Human Rights
& Dignity, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity along with Due Diligence and
Accountability.

Do read it and circulate in your circle/network

With Regards and In Solidarity
Umakant, Ph.D
New Delhi

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Interview
*“The Future Of India As A Democratic Country Is At Risk” *
Pranay Sharma Interviews Richard A. Falk
Outlook Magazine, September 14, 2015
http://www.outlookindia.com/article/the-future-of-india-as-a-democratic-country-is-at-risk/295251

*Professor emeritus of law at Princeton University, Richard A. Falk, on why
he’s a signatory to the petition against Modi. *

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*Leading US academics urge Silicon Valley to be cautious in dealing with
Modi government*
Scroll.in August 29, 2015
http://scroll.in/article/751959/full-text-leading-us-academics-criticise-uncritical-fanfare-ahead-of-modis-silicon-valley-trip

*Digital India initiative ignores key questions about the collection of
personal information and the near-certainty that such systems will be used
to enhance surveillance, says statement.*

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to visit Silicon Valley to promote
his Digital India initiative late in September, leading South Asian experts
at US universities on Thursday issued a statement urging information firms
to be cautious of doing business with a government that has "on several
occasions already, demonstrated its disregard for human rights and civil
liberties, as well as the autonomy of educational and cultural
institutions".

The signatories include Columbia University's Akeel Bilgrami, Stanford
University's Thomas Blom Hansen and the University of Chicago's Wendy
Doniger.

*Here is the full text of their statement.*

As faculty who engage South Asia in our research and teaching, we write to
express our concerns about the uncritical fanfare being generated over
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley to promote 'Digital
India' on September 27, 2015.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley highlights the role
of a country that has contributed much to the growth and development of
Silicon Valley industries, and builds on this legacy in extending American
business collaboration and partnerships with India. However Indian
entrepreneurial success also brings with it key responsibilities and
obligations with regard to the forms of e-governance envisioned by 'Digital
India'.

We are concerned that the project’s potential for increased transparency in
bureaucratic dealings with people is threatened by its lack of safeguards
about privacy of information, and thus its potential for abuse. As it
stands, 'Digital India' seems to ignore key questions raised in India by
critics concerned about the collection of personal information and the near
certainty that such digital systems will be used to enhance surveillance
and repress the constitutionally-protected rights of citizens. These issues
are being discussed energetically in public in India and abroad. Those who
live and work in Silicon Valley have a particular responsibility to demand
that the government of India factor these critical concerns into its
planning for digital futures.

We acknowledge that Narendra Modi, as Prime Minister of a country that has
contributed much to the growth and development of Silicon Valley
industries, has the right to visit the United States, and to seek American
business collaboration and partnerships with India. However, as educators
who pay particular attention to history, we remind Mr. Modi’s audiences of
the powerful reasons for him being denied the right to enter the U.S. from
2005-2014, for there is still an active case in Indian courts that
questions his role in the Gujarat violence of 2002 when 1,000 died. Modi’s
first year in office as the Prime Minister of India includes
well-publicized episodes of censorship and harassment of those critical of
his policies, bans and restrictions on NGOs leading to a constriction of
the space of civic engagement, ongoing violations of religious freedom, and
a steady impingement on the independence of the judiciary.

Under Mr Modi’s tenure as Prime Minister, academic freedom is also at risk:
foreign scholars have been denied entry to India to attend international
conferences, there has been interference with the governance of top Indian
universities and academic institutions such as the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, the Indian Institutes of Technology and Nalanda
University; as well as underqualified or incompetent key appointments made
to the Indian Council of Historical Research, the Film and Television
Institute of India, and the National Book Trust. A proposed bill to bring
the Indian Institutes of Management under direct control of government is
also worrisome. These alarming trends require that we, as educators, remain
vigilant not only about modes of e-governance in India but about the
political future of the country.

We urge those who lead Silicon Valley technology enterprises to be mindful
of not violating their own codes of corporate responsibility when
conducting business with a government which has, on several occasions
already, demonstrated its disregard for human rights and civil liberties,
as well as the autonomy of educational and cultural institutions.

1.     Meena Alexander, Distinguished Professor of English, Hunter College
and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
2.     Arjun Appadurai, Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and
Communication, New York University
3.     Anjali Arondekar, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, UC Santa
Cruz
4.     Fredrick Asher, Professor of Art History and South Asian Studies,
University of Minnesota
5.     Paola Bacchetta, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies
University of California, Berkeley
6.     Sarada Balagopalan, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies,
Rutgers University, Camden
7.     Radhika Balakrishnan, Prof of Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers
University
8.     Shahzad Bashir, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University
9.     Manu Bhagavan, Professor of History and Human Rights, Hunter College
and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York
10.         Mona Bhan Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
DePauw University
11.         Srimati Basu, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies,
University of Kentucky
12.         Prashant Bharadwaj, Associate Professor of Economics,
University of California, San Diego
13.         Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, Faculty Fellow, Barrett Honors
College, Arizona State University
14.         Nandini Bhattacharya, Professor of English, Texas A &M
University, College- Station
15.         Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor of South Asian History,
Purdue University
16.         Amit R. Baishya, Assistant Professor of English, University of
Oklahoma
17.         Akeel Bilgrami, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and
Director, South Asian Institute, Columbia University
18.         Purnima Bose, Associate Professor, English and International
Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington
19.         Christopher Candland, Associate Professor of Political Science,
Wellesley College
20.         Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor, Gallatin School, &
Department of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
21.         Shefali Chandra, Associate Professor of South Asian History
Washington University, St. Louis
22.         S. Charusheela, Associate Professor, School of
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
23.         Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian
Studies, Columbia University
24.         Indrani Chatterjee Professor of History and South Asian
Studies, University of Texas, Austin
25.         Swati Chattopadhyay Professor History of Art and Architecture,
University of California, Santa Barbara
26.         Marty Chen, School of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and
Affiliated Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design
27.         Rohit Chopra, Associate Professor of Communication, Santa Clara
University
28.         Elora Chowdhury Associate Professor & Chair, Women’s and Gender
Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston
29.         E. Valentine Daniel, Professor of Anthropology, Colombia
University
30.         Monisha Das Gupta, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and
Women’s Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
31.         Jigna Desai, Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies,
University of Minnesota
32.         Pawan Dhingra, Professor of Sociology, Tufts University
33.         Wendy Doniger, Professor of the History of Religions,
University of Chicago
34.         Richard Falk, Professor of International Law Emeritus,
Princeton University
35.         Bishnupriya Ghosh, Professor of English University of
California, Santa Barbara
36.         Huma Ahmed-Ghosh, Professor and Chair of Women’s Studies, San
Diego State University
37.         Durba Ghosh, Associate Professor of History, Cornell University
38.         Sumanth Gopinath, Associate Professor of Music Theory, School
of Music, University of Minnesota
39.         Nitin Govil, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Studies,
University of Southern California
40.         Paul Greenough, Professor of History and Community and
Behavioral Health and Director, South Asian Studies Program, University of
Iowa
41.         Inderpal Grewal, Professor of South Asian Studies, Yale
University
42.         Sumit Guha, Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor of
History, University of Texas, Austin
43.         Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology and Director of
the Center for South Asia, Stanford University
44.         Syed Akbar Hyder, Associate Professor of South Asian Studies,
University of Texas, Austin
45.         Nalini Iyer, Professor of English, Seattle University
46.         Priya Jaikumar, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media
Studies, University of Southern California
47.         Pranav Jani, Associate Professor of English, Ohio State
University
48.         Sheila Jasanoff, Professor of Science and Technology Studies,
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
49.         Arun W. Jones, Associate Professor, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University
50.         May Joseph, Professor of Social Science, Pratt Institute
51.         Priya Joshi, Associate Professor of English and Associate
Director, Center for the Humanities, Temple University
52.         Sampath Kannan, Henry Salvatore Professor of Computer and
Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
53.         Suvir Kaul, A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English, University of
Pennsylvania
54.         Waqas Khwaja, Professor of English, Agnes Scott College
55.         Naveeda Khan, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Johns
Hopkins University
56.         Nyla Ali Khan, Visiting Professor of Women’s Studies,
University of Oklahoma, Norman
57.         Satish Kolluri, Associate Professor of Communications, Pace
University
58.         Ruby Lal, Professor of Middle East and South Asian Studies,
Emory University
59.         Sarah Lamb, Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Division
of Social Sciences, Brandeis University; Co-Chair of South Asian Studies
60.         Karen Leonard, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, University
of California, Irvine
61.         David Lelyveld, Professor of History, Emeritus, William
Paterson University
62.         Jinee Lokaneeta, Associate Professor of Political Science and
International Relations, Drew University
63.         Ania Loomba, Catherine Bryson Professor of English, University
of Pennsylvania
64.         David Ludden, Professor of History, New York University
65.         Ritty Lukose, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Gender and
Sexuality Studies, and South Asian Studies, the Gallatin School, New York
University
66.         Sudhir Mahadevan Assistant Professor of Film Studies,
Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media, University of Washington, Seattle
67.         Tayyab Mahmud, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Global
Justice Seattle University School of Law
68.         Sunaina Maira, Professor of Asian American Studies, University
of California, Davis
69.         Bakirathi Mani, Associate Professor of English Literature,
Swarthmore College
70.         Rebecca J. Manring, Associate Professor of India Studies and
Religious Studies Indiana University-Bloomington
71.         Monika Mehta, Associate Professor, Department of English,
Binghamton University
72.         Jisha Menon, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
Studies, Stanford University
73.         Kalyani Devaki Menon, Associate Professor of Religious Studies,
DePaul University
74.         Sally Engle Merry, Silver Professor of Anthropology, New York
University
75.         Raza Mir, Professor of Management, Cotsakos College of
Business, William Paterson University
76.         Deepti Misri, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies
University of Colorado, Boulder
77.         Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Chair and Distinguished Professor of
Women’s & Gender Studies, and Dean’s Professor of Humanities, Syracuse
University
78.         Satya P. Mohanty, Professor of English, Cornell University
79.         Megan Moodie, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University
of California, Santa Cruz
80.         Projit B. Mukharji, Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in
Interdisciplinary Studies, History & Sociology of Science, University of
Pennsylvania
81.         Madhavi Murty, Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies,
University of California, Santa Cruz
82.         Vijaya Nagarajan, Associate Professor of Theology & Religious
Studies, Program in Environmental Studies, University of San Francisco
83.         Gyanendra Pandey, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of
History, Emory University
84.         Carla Petievich, Visiting Professor of South Asian Studies,
University of Texas, Austin
85.         Sheldon Pollock, Professor of South Asian Studies, Columbia
University
86.         Kavita Philip, Associate Professor of History, University of
California, Irvine
87.         Vijay Prashad, George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian
History, Trinity College
88.         Jasbir K. Puar, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender
Studies, Rutgers University
89.         Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor of Law and Development,
Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
90.         R. Radhakrishnan, Chancellor’s Professor of English and
Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
91.         Gloria Raheja, Professor of Anthropology, University of
Minnesota
92.         Junaid Rana, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies,
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
93.         Anupama Rao, Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College
94.         Velcheru Narayana Rao, Distinguished Visiting Professor of
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University
95.         Kasturi Ray, Associate Professor of Women and Gender
Studies/Co-Director, South Asian Studies, San Francisco State University
96.         M.V. Ramana, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton
University
97.         Sumathi Ramaswamy, Professor of History, Duke University
98.         Chandan Reddy, Associate Professor of English, University of
Washington, Seattle
99.         Gayatri Reddy, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies,
University of Illinois, Chicago
100.    Parama Roy, Professor of English, University of California, Davis
101.    Sharmila Rudrappa, Associate Professor of Sociology, University    of
Texas at Austin
102.    G.S. Sahota, Assistant Professor of Literature, University of
California, Santa Cruz
103.    Yasmin Saikia, Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies & Professor
of History, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State
University
104.    Arun Saldanha, Associate Professor of Geography, Environment and
Society University of Minnesota
105.    Juned Shaikh, Assistant Professor of History, University of
California, Santa Cruz
106.    Nitasha Tamar Sharma, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of
Teaching Excellence and Associate Professor of African American Studies and
Asian American Studies, Northwestern University
107.    Elora Shehabuddin, Associate Professor of Humanities and Political
Science, Rice University
108.    Bhaskar Sarkar, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies,
University of California, Santa Barbara
109.    Priya Satia, Associate Professor of History, Stanford University
110.    Aradhana Sharma, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Wesleyan
University
111.    Snehal Shinghavi, Associate Professor of English and South Asian
Studies, University of Texas, Austin
112.    Ajay Skaria, Professor of History, University of Minnesota
113.    Shalini Shankar, Chair and Associate Professor of Asian American
Studies, Northwestern University
114.    S. Shankar, Professor of English, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
115.    Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English, Ohio
University
116.    Mytheli Sreenivas, Associate Professor of History and Women’s,
Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University
117.    Rajini Srikanth, Professor, English, University of Massachusetts
Boston
118.    Nidhi Srinivas, Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, The
New School
119.    Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian
Studies, Harvard University
120.    Banu Subramaniam, Professor, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
121.    Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
University of Chicago
122.    Raja Swamy, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of
Tennessee
123.    Tariq Thachil, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale
University
124.    Ashwini Tambe, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, University
of Maryland, College-Park
125.    Vamsi Vakulabharanam, Associate Professor of Economics, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst
126.    Jyotnsa Vaid, Professor of Psychology, Texas A&M University
127.    Sylvia Vatuk, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, University of
Illinois, Chicago
128.    Kamala Visweswaran, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of
California, San Diego
129.    Kalindi Vora, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of
California, San Diego
130.    Bonnie Zare, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, University of
Wyoming

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