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TIMELINE OF BHIMA RECORD VIRTUAL TURNOUT MARKS ABOUT THIS Have playgrounds become KOREGAONISSUE... CASE CYBER MEET ON BHIMA KOREGAON CASE NOBELNeha Solanki laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz Team Spice Enquirer She questioned how the law allows wider polity. l Decembersaid 31,development 2017: Elgaar is Parish about- just regular groundsthem to be held in jail in spite of no Relatives now? of those arrested came ad heldtransforming to protest the the desecration lives of ore than 400 people evidence being produced, adding, up to speak movingly about their of the shrinepeople, that not commemorated just transform - logged in last Saturday “We can no longer be quiet and wait concerns for the health of their rel- Dalit icon,ing Govindeconomies. Gaikwad. In this And edi - to attend a virtual public for law to bring justice. We must atives in jail. Jenny Rowena, part- for Dalittion assertion of SPICE Enquirer, M l audit of the Bhima-Koregaon case come out and speak against this oth- ner to the latest arrest, Professor January 1, 2018: Thousands William Paul we’re exploring develop- of rioting and violence and dating erwise we will not be able to save Babu, spoke of the fear and frus- gather at Bhima Koregaon to ment across a variety of from earlylaygrounds 2018. What in Mumbai was even have our Constitution.” tration of not being able to speak to commemorate the martyrdom of more remarkable is that a simulta- “The Supreme Court Mihir Desai, also a Supreme him. She was literally allowed only Maharsectors Regiment from soldiers. infrastructure Skirmish always been threatened in to food. neous presencetheir existenceon Facebook by Livebeing Court lawyer warned that this bid a five-minute phone call, in which occurs between Hindutva groups and the High Court drew nearlysubjected 7,000 peopleto illegal for anuses to silence people through oppres- nothing could be said before it was and Dalits in which one person In For Bandra, it’s still eventPor being that lastillegally more thanconverted two hours. into a are allowing these sion affected not just 20 people but cut off. was killed. spaceOrganised for commercial by the People’s or private Union use. Image Credits: Reuters the law of the country. He added The daughter of Professor Vara- l June 6,Go 2018: Underground Pune Police (Pg arrests 2) and forThis Civil is happening Liberties despite (PUCL) the gardenand things to happen and that the government would like the vara Rao spoke about her father’s activistsDenotified Surendra Gadling,but still Sudhir called conducteddepartment by of Lara BMC, Jesani, which PUCL manag - case to have “international rami- Dhawale,‘criminal’ Rona Wilson, (Pg 3), Shoma we look Sen member,es all grounds senior (gardens, advocate recreational and civ- if you speak against fications” in order to impress the and Maheshat human Raut. cost Unlawful of infrastruc Activi-- ilgrounds, rights activists, playgrounds) the event in Mumbai, had a ties (Prevention)ture development Act invoked. and mod- the court then they l Who’sstating Who that ofplaygrounds prominent lawyers,are meant THE BK12 Augusternization. 28, 2018: OurCivil storiesLiberties From socialto be playgrounds.activists and relatives of the speak of contempt.” activistSlums Gautum to InstagramNavlakha, 82-year- Walls BK 12,In Novemberreferring to 2017,the 12 the people BMC Rutu Kadam old poet(Pg and 4) academicianand Don’t Look, Prof VarKa- whopassed have an been interim arrested policy, in the casewhich Prashant Bhushan avara Rao,mathipura activists is ChangingArun Ferreira (Pg soallows far. citizen groups, non-govern- Supreme Court lawyer 1. Sudhir Dhawale: actor & and Vernon7) explore Gonsalves, how someand trade areas mentThey organizations include andintellectuals, private orga - publisher of bi-Marathi “Legal violence union activistof Mumbai Sudha are Bhardwaj getting a amongnizations them to anmaintain 82-year-old playgrounds, poet, Maoists and plotting to kill the magazine and also founder arrestedmuch-needed for alleged involvement revamp. in academicsrecreation and grounds civil rights and gardens activists. for Prime Minister. The arrests were of organisation, Republican crushes people.” the Bhima Koregaon case. One of them is Sudha Bhardwaj, carried out in June 2018, followed Panthers. l Homes of two others: Anand Tel- a contractual period of 11 months, Development doesn’t herself an office bearer of PUCL. by further arrests two months later 2. Vernon Gonsalves: academic tumbde and Stan Swamy raided. as long as they adhere to the BMC’s Mihir Desai need to be just physical or (Seerules, box includingfor complete non-discrimina list) - on August 28. The last arrest, that of and writer l UAPA invoked again. The charges against them in- Professor Hany Babu of Delhi Uni- 3. Hany Babu: Professor in mental condition and their concern l Augustvisual. 29, 2018: In To Prominent be (passively) histo- tory access to all citizens, without or Not To be (actively) on cludecharging that anythey money. made inflammatory versity, was made on August 9 this Delhi University about his health when they learned rian Romila Thapar and four others Pg 7, we explore the cur- speechesWhile at there the Elgarare 318 Parishad playgrounds (see year. All the arrested have been kept 4. Rona Wilson: public rela- he had been infected with Covid 19 file petition in Supreme Court Box)in the held city, at a the select Shaniwarwada few are often Fort sub - in Slumjail, childrenwith bail playing applications a game beof -cricket intions their secretary,neighborhood Committee ground, after returningin jail. It homewas only from after their concertedschool. againstrent arrests. debate on euthanasia in Pune on December 31, 2017, fol- ing rejected time and again. Many for the Release of Political l and in We’re young. We’re ject to illegal activities, particularly tend to use open spaces like play- a calendar year, the BMC allowseffort that the authorities moved September 2, 2018: October 24, lowing which there was violence among the BK 12 are senior citizens Prisoners “Sometimes, based on the PuneDepressed. police granted Help! exten(Pg 8),- being taken over by some individu- grounds, either because they want events to be held only on 45 dayshim to hospital in Mumbai untill he 2018: at Bhima Koregaon the next day with ailments that place them at risk 5. poet, teacher, sion ofwe another look at90 the days strides by Special being als or a group to be used commer- to host events to build their “reputa- Varavaraout of 365. Rao: stabilised.requirements He is back ofin the jail public, now. we when there was a huge gathering to of Coronavirus infection. and writer. (see Box for others) Court. made in tackling depres- cially. The policy comes in the midst tion”, or use it to store some goods "Only permissible events are giv- lease out reserved playgrounds commemorate the battle that took The meeting sought to throw 6. American l Bombay High Court quashes the of a move by the BMC to reclaim like a warehouse. Sudhaen permission, Bharadwaj: as per the circular. Those in the audience included sion. place there 200 years ago. light on the legal developments in citizen, civil rights and trade to public representatives like an special court order. its open spaces, which were in the The Garden Department of the Whenever cases arise of playProf- Binayak Sen, convicted of se- Those arrested have also been the case as well as on the inhuman union activist lSC stays Bombay HC order upon custody of private organizations, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpo- grounds being misused, we firstdition NGO,and conspiracy Nagarsevak by orthe MLA. Rai- How- In this issue, we also charged with acting on behalf of treatment being meted out to the 7. An Indian inadequate merits. Places all five following Chief Minister Devendra ration (BMC), leases out grounds Anandleave it Teltumbde: to the lessees to settle thepur Sessions court in 2007, upheld explore how some things 12. Speaker after speaker rose to scholar, writer, management ever, we only lease 45 days out of under house arrests. Appoints SIT. Fadnavis’ orders of January 2016 to based on official requests of the pub- issue. Unless the grounds are byin the Chhattisgarh High Court, haven’t changed like the point out that so far, no evidence professor. l Arun Ferreira, do so. lic. Sunil Rathod, Deputy Superin- the ownership of the BMC, we dobut freed on baila calendar by the Supreme year.” Octoberstory 27, 2018:of Mumbai’s very had been produced by the police, 8. Activist Vernon Gonsalves and Sudha Bha- While these directives are sought tendent of Gardens, K – East Ward, Gautamnot interfere Navlakha: in anyone’s affairs.”Court in 2009. His appeal againstSunil Rathod, BEST restaurant (Pg 2) or the CBI and the NIA acting in the for civil liberties, democracy, radwaj taken into police custody. to be implemented, specific cases said, “Grounds may have a reserva- While the authorities give theirconviction Deputy is still Superintendent pending! Mean of Gardens,- our Summer ‘IT’ List (Pg case. What had been produced was journalist. l Pune police are also emerging of such abuse or tion as a PG (playground), but some- opinion of playgrounds, the oneswhile, he continues to practiceK-East as Ward November11) for15, the2018: best things to do fabricated, it was stated. 9. Professor, a pediatrician, write and gather in- files Chargesheet (5000+ pages) power. From 2015, cases of illegal times, based on the requirements of Shomawho actually Sen: are the true users of this summer. Supreme Court lawyer Vrinda member, Committee for the l Varavara Rao conversion of playgrounds into ei- the public, we lease out the grounds. these grounds, the children andternational awards for his work as November 17, 2018: Grover spoke of personal freedoms Protection of Democratic selves in their free time. taken into judicial custody. Pune ther dumping grounds, wedding To use the ground, we get a request youth, have a clear stand. Thea civil rights activist. and the history of Bhima Korega- Rights As Aakash Xaxa, an advertising Police successfullyEnjoy! seek extension “Wordsspaces, parking like space ‘anti-na or any oth- - from the public, via public represen- playgrounds serve as an essential on, crushing dissent and the use of 10. worker for professional and an active football of judicialThe custody. Editors er commercial or private use, have tatives like an NGO, Nagarsevak or platformMahesh toRaut: develop one's sporting “My father and my allegations of being anti-national tribal and rural development player, resident of Andheri, says,l BJP emerged.tional’ start becom- MLA. They have to fill a circular, skills. It also serves as a place for October- November 2019: to carry out oppression by the gov- 11. Criminal mother“Due to cases are of my playgrounds role being loses Maharashtra state elections. Some headlines ; BMC tells given by the Mahanagarpalika. In childrenArun Ferreira: and youth to enjoy them- ing normal words.” ernment. lawyer, civil rights activists illegally taken for weddings or be- Maha Vikas Aghadi Government Grand Hyatt to hand over open models.” tively skilled for extra-curricular ac- space to be used as playground The law, she said was being “used 12. Surendra Gadling: Human ing used as dumping grounds, there promises to revisit the case. Vrinda Grover as an instrument of fear to silence rights lawyer is aSagar reduction Gonsalves, in open spaces. Thesel Februarytivities. 14, Football 2020: Bhima and cricket Ko- camps (2015), Illegal construction on plot etc. are conducted on a monthly ba- reservedSupreme for Courtplayground lawyer (2017), dissent and political expression”. sonopen of accused spaces Vernon limit Gonsalvesthe opportunities regaon case now handed to NIA for school kids and the youth to play, (Nationalsis on playgrounds Investigation by someAgency) of the Bandra Residents Fight to Reclaim renowned sporting teams or groups, Playground (2017), Commercial use relax after a tiring day and also de- which directly reports to the BJP was held at Shanivarwada Fort in duringvelop the their commemorative sporting skills.” cel- ledwith central a view government. to either recruit Maha a few or of Kalina playground 'illegal': BMC give a basic ground training to the (2018). Pune to mark the 200th anniver- ebrationFor of thethe underprivileged,Bhima Koregaon open State government alleges that no A GLIMPSE OF HISTORY sary of the victory of the Dalits. battle.spaces Violence are where erupted their at entire Bhi- child- consultationdeserving kids.was sought.Hence the need to While cases of the grounds be- Image Credits: Google Sherine Raj who had upper-caste domina- The event had a power-packed ma Koregaonhood is based. when someRight groupsafter school, l Aprilensure 2020: easy Plea access for interim to these relief precious ing illegally taken over are brought spaces. out in theand open, Sulekha the major Sharma issue that tion, and the British ‘Mahar’ attendance of tribal activists, carryingkids saffronrun onto flagsthe field entered to playthe with extension by Gautum Navlakha regiment comprised primarily of many Left-wing activists, and the scene.their One friends. person, With identified the playgrounds and AnandThe future Teltumbde of playgrounds declined as a underlies them, with particular re- whole is one debatable topic that gard tohima the entitiesKoregaon and is individualsa small Dalit soldiers. The Dalit-dominat- Dalit community to celebrate as 28-year-oldand open spaces Rahul beingFatangale illegally tak- by the SC amidst coronavirus pan- village in the Pune district ed British troops defeated the this day. An estimated 35,000 fromen Nanded, over, the was lives killed of thoseand living in demic.constantly Arrested will by have NIA. variable opin- involved, is not easily understood. ions. But it’s up to those individuals Politicalof Maharashtraleaders, government with a or- Peshwa army. Therefore, Bhima arrived to mark the day. many“chawls” others wereor makeshift injured. The houses isl July 16, 2020: Activist Varavara Rao Bstrong Dalit-nationalist historical Koregaon has become a symbol The Pune Police say that the Oppositionthreatened. parties Apart andfrom Left-wing playing on testswho positive are responsible for COVID for while maintaining in ganizations, private or commercial connection. A battle was fought in Maharashtra for celebrating speeches made at the Elgar Par- activistsa regular blamed basis, the children Hindutva and youth custody.the grounds, in this case the BMC, to builders, powerful landowners etc, have a clear stand on whether play- allhere have on a January hand in 1, the1818, problem be- of Dalit pride. ishad conclave on December 31 outfitsoften and depend the ruling upon BJP being for the trained l August 9, 2020: DU Professor Hany tween the forces of the Peshwa An Elgar Parishad conclave triggered violence the next day violence.in a particular sport by specialized Babugrounds arrested should by NIA. be kept as they are, how to get ahead in space-starved or reserved as a maidan. Mumbai. All these “parties” often Kids practising at a cricket camp held on a ground in Vile Parle on Sunday groups, in order to make them proac-