From: pjn+@cs.cmu.edu (P J Narayanan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Letter to the PMs, media
Summary: 184 signatures
Date: 16 Dec 92 21:08:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.BzDEpt.Lpq.1
Followup-To: soc.culture.indian
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

The letter that is going to the PMs and later to the subcontinental
press back home and here is enclosed here.

We are happy to report that the letter will bear (electronic) signatures
of 184 people. 131 signed as Indians, 16 as Pakistanis and 31 as
Bangladeshis. The rest left the citizenship column blank.
143 of the co-signatories reside in the USA, 36 in Canada, 2 in
Switzerland, and 1 each in Singapore, Japan and Sweden.

Thanks once again to everyone who responded. I think we need to
foster more sub-continental efforts towards allaying each other's
fears and to work towards common goals of economic and social
uplifment of those countries.

PJN
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P.S. :- Those of you who responded but don't find their names in
	the list, please contact me. We can fix the omissions before
	sending it to the media.

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						December 16, 1992

Shri P.V.Narasimha Rao	Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif   Begum Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister		Prime Minister		     Prime Minister
Republic of India	Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ppl's Rep of Bangladesh
South Block		rime Minister's Secretariat  Sugandha (PM's Scrtrt)
New Delhi, 110 011	Constitutional Avenue	     Ramna
INDIA 			Islamabad, 45000	     Dhaka -- 1000
			PAKISTAN		     BANGLADESH

Respected Prime Ministers,

We, the citizens and well-wishers of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan,
jointly wish to convey our deep shock at the recent turn of events
following the destruction of the 16th century mosque in Ayodhya
against the orders of the Supreme Court of India. We are, in
particular, greatly distressed by the tragic loss of innumerable
innocent lives in the aftermath of the event in all three countries,
and by retaliatory acts including the destruction of Hindu temples
outside India. We fear that this Ayodhya incident, and the ripple
effects it has caused, may have set a dangerous precedent; we ask
that such an event never be allowed to happen in the future. We
condemn the inability and lack of determination of the respective
governments to avert the tragedy.

Current news media and eye-witness accounts of casualties
in the riots are, indeed, unsettling. While acknowledging the
difficult and dangerous task being performed by security forces
in the containment of riots, we regret that preservation of human
life has often been a secondary consideration in the process.
What we also find alarming is that security forces, at times,
have become ruthless and partisan in quelling rioters belonging
to minority communities, thus furthering the cause of those who
feed upon destructive communal passions.

We deplore the various extremist groups involved in inculcating
and spreading hatred amongst Hindus and Muslims. Such groups
desecrate our most cherished cultural traditions, conveniently
forgetting the history of religious tolerance and peaceful
co-existence of different communities in the Sub-Continent.
In pursuing their political ends, these extremists use
diversionary, divisive and selfish agendas instead of
providing viable alternatives in working constructively
towards alleviating the many hardships plaguing our societies.

It is still not too late for us to forgive our collective errors
of the past and usher in a new era of peace, cooperation and
prosperity in the region. We sincerely appeal to the various
fighting groups to restrain themselves from indulging in further
violence. We ask our respective governments to punish the
perpetrators of these heinous crimes, to take the necessary
steps to restore peace and order in the region to ensure that
the lives of all citizens, and especially the minorities, are
protected everywhere. Above all, we earnestly ask that the three
governments, in recognition of our common cultural heritage,
spare no effort in launching a massive re-education campaign
to fight ignorance and prejudice.

We implore our peoples to rise above religious and other
differences and march towards enlightenment and understanding
at the dawn of a new century so that we can bequeath its promise
to our successive generations.

		Sincerely,


  1  Waheed A Abbasi		(Pakistan)	Gainesville, USA
  2  Arun Achyuthan		(India)		Waterloo, Canada
  3  Vikram Adve		(India)		Madison, USA
  4  Pankaj Agrawal		(India)		East Lansing, USA
  5  Famin Ahmed		(Bangladesh/USA) Washington DC, USA
  6  Nawaz Ahmed		(Pakistan)	Chicago, USA
  7  Jawad Ali					Chico, USA
  8  Sunil Arya			(India)		College Park, USA
  9  Ahmad Azeem		(Pakistan)	Miami, USA
 10  Khaled Aziz		(Bangladesh)	Rochester, USA
 11  Chairul Bahri				Baton Rouge, USA
 12  Satyen Baindur				Baltimore, USA
 13  M. K. Balasubramanya	(India)		Northfield, USA
 14  Ajai Banerji		(India)		Vancouver, Canada
 15  Sumeet Bawa		(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 16  Raghu R Bhat		(India)		Pittsburgh, USA
 17  Sanjiv K Bhatia		(India)		St. Louis, USA
 18  Gira Bhatt			(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 19  Bhaskar Bhattacharya	(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 20  Binay Bhattacharya		(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 21  Dipen Bhattacharya		(Bangladesh)	Riverside, USA
 22  Thiru Bollam		(India)		Houston, USA
 23  Srinivas Budaraju		(India)		Madison, USA
 24  Chaitali Chakrabarti	(India)		Mesa, USA
 25  Mitali Chakrabarti		(India)		Lebanon, USA
 26  Surajit Chakravarti	(India)		Columbus, USA
 27  Sharmila Chakravarty	(India)		Maryland, USA
 28  B. Chandrasekaran				Columbus, USA
 29  Vivek Aslam Chibber	(India)		Madison, USA
 30  Avinash Chopde		(India)		Boston, USA
 31  Iftekhar Choudhury		(Bangladesh)	College Station, USA
 32  Aref Chowdhury		(Bangladesh)	Stony Brook, USA
 33  Mahmood Chowdhury		(Bangladesh)	Victoria, Canada
 34  Cecil Christie		(India)		Santa Clara, USA
 35  Shuvra Das			(India)		Johnstown, USA
 36  Abhijit Datta		(India)		College Station, USA
 37  Sreela Datta		(India)		Ames, USA
 38  Anirban De			(India)		Troy, USA
 39  Alak Deb			(Bangladesh)	San Jose, USA
 40  Nishit Dey			(India)		Urbana, USA
 41  Sujit Dey			(India)		Princeton, USA
 42  Bawa S Dhillon		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 43  Harminder Dhillon		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 44  Ajay Divakaran		(India)		Troy, USA
 45  Vijay D Fafat		(India)		Los Angeles, California, USA
 46  Seema Gadkari		(India)		Madison, USA
 47  Arindam Ghosh		(India)		Houston, USA
 48  James Goel			(India)		Ajax, Canada
 49  Mohan Goel			(India)		Ajax, Canada
 50  Partha P Goswami		(India)		Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
 51  Shekhar Govind		(India)		Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
 52  Vasudha Govindan		(India)		St. Louis, USA
 53  M. V. Rajeev Gowda		(India)		Norman, USA
 54  Gurpreet Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 55  Harbant S Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 56  Jasbir S Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 57  Joginder S Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 58  Manvir S Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 59  Navjot Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 60  Paramjit S Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 61  Ranjit K Grewal		(India)		Toronto, Canada
 62  Kamal K Gupta		(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 63  Neeraj K Gupta		(India)		Columbus, USA
 64  Ranabir Gupta		(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 65  Sandeep Gupta		(India)		College Park, USA
 66  Sanjay K Gupta		(India)		Burnaby, Canada
 67  Sarbari Gupta		(India)		College Park, USA
 68  Supratic Gupta		(India)		Nagoya, Japan
 69  Mirza Hameed		(Pakistan)	London, Canada
 70  Anisul Haq			(Bangladesh)	Potsdam, USA
 71  Ziaul Haq			(Pakistan)	Chicago, USA
 72  Md. Zakirul Haque		(Bangladesh)	Lincoln, USA
 73  Masum Z Hasan		(Bangladesh)	Toronto, Canada
 74  Jahangir Hashmi		(Pakistan)	Santa Clara, USA
 75  Masum Z Hassan		(Bangladesh)	Toronto, Canada
 76  Moazzem Hossain		(Bangladesh)	Kalamazoo, USA
 77  Razak Hossain		(Bangladesh)	Rochester, USA
 78  Shaheedul Huq		(Bangladesh)	Fredericton, Canada
 79  Aamir Husain		(Pakistan)	Burnaby, USA
 80  Syed Irfan Hyder		(Pakistan)	Austin, USA
 81  Mirza Mohammad Ilyas	(Pakistan)	Geneva, Switzerland
 82  Atri Indiresan		(India)		Ann Arbor, USA
 83  Faizul Islam		(Bangladesh)	College Station, USA
 84  Vinit Jain			(India)		College Park, USA
 85  D. N. Jayasimha		(India)		Columbus, USA
 86  Pritipal Singh Juneja	(India)		Burnaby, USA
 87  Subbarao Kambhampati	(India)		Tempe, USA
 88  Anil Kapoor		(India)		Allentown, USA
 89  Neeran Karnik		(India)		Minneapolis, USA
 90  Vijay Kashyap		(India)		Waterloo, Canada
 91  Monica Katiyar		(India)		Urbana, USA
 92  Amrit Kaur			(India)		Toronto, Canada
 93  Zunaid Kazi		(Bangladesh)	Newark, USA
 94  Abbas M Kazmi		(Pakistan)	Gainesville, USA
 95  Husain M Kazmi		(Pakistan)	Gainesville, USA
 96  Md. Khalequzzaman		(Bangladesh)	Newark, USA
 97  Javed A. Khan		(India)		Ames, USA
 98  Tanvir Khan		(Bangladesh)	St. Olaf, USA
 99  Rajiv S Khanna		(India)		Washington DC, USA
100  Bhumip Khasnabish		(Bangladesh)	Ottawa, Canada
101  Ramesh Krishnamurthy	(India)		Burnaby, Canada
102  Ramesh Krishnamurthy	(India)		Hillsboro, USA
103  Sridhar Krishnaswamy	(India)		Evanston, USA
104  Shikha Laloraya		(India)		Madison, USA
105  Kavita Mahajan		(India)		Ames, USA
106  Ashfaqe Uddin Mahmud	(Bangladesh)	Worcester, USA
107  Mehdi Asif Mahmud		(Bangladesh)	New Haven, USA
108  Masroor Malik		(Pakistan)	Lincoln, USA
109  Nadeem Ahmad Malik		(Pakistan)	Zurich, Switzerland
110  Reddy Mallidi		(India)		Alameda, USA
111  Halimul Mannan		(Bangladesh)	Indiana, PA, USA
112  Mushfeque Manzur		(Bangladesh)	Los Angeles, USA
113  Mary Mathai		(India)		Princeton, USA
114  M. A. Matin		(Bangladesh)	Uppsala, Sweden
115  Anand Medepalli		(India)		Dallas, USA
116  Omez S Mesina		(India)		College Station, USA
117  Ali Ahmad Minai		(Pakistan)	Charlottesville, USA
118  Mandar M Mirashi		(India)		Oklahoma City, USA
119  Mila Mitra			(India)		Greenbelt, USA
120  Pinaki Mitra		(India)		Burnaby, USA
121  Naeem Mohaiemen		(Bangladesh)	Oberlin, USA
122  Kamrul Murshed		(Bangladesh)	Santa Clara, USA
123  Pavaman Murthy		(India)		Chicago, USA
124  Vikram Nagaraj		(India)		Redmond, WA, USA
125  C. M. Naim			(India)		Chicago, USA
126  P. J. Narayanan		(India)		Pittsburgh, USA
127  Madhura Nirkhe		(India)		Boca Raton, USA
128  Vivek Nirkhe		(India)		Boca Raton, USA
129  Srinivas Palavajjhala	(India)		St. Louis, USA
130  Shyamala Parameswaran	(India)		Chicago, USA
131  Rajesh Patel		(India)		Madison, USA
132  Gauri Pavate		(India)		Urbana, USA
133  Parinaz Pooladi-Darvish			Burnaby, Canada
134  Narayan Sriranga Raja	(India)		Honolulu, USA
135  Kamala Rajamani		(India)		College Park, USA
136  Rajendran Rajan		(India)		Madison, USA
137  Jyotsna Ramachandran	(India)		Greenbelt, USA
138  Sridhar Ramachandran	(India)		Greenbelt, USA
139  K. V. Bapa Rao		(India)		Los Angeles, USA
140  Velcheru Narayana Rao	(India)		Madison, USA
141  Rama Ratnam		(India)		Urbana, USA
142  Arya Raychaudhuri		(India)		Burnaby, USA
143  Md. Ishfaqur Raza		(Bangladesh)	Rolla, USA
144  Rabindra K Roy		(India)		Princeton, USA
145  Satwindar Singh Sadhal	(India)		Los Angeles, USA
146  Sarita Sahay		(India)		Allentown, USA
147  Manas Saksena		(India)		College Park, USA
148  Dheeraj Sanghi		(India)		College Park, USA
149  Milind Saraph		(India)		South Bend, USA
150  Sudeep Sarkar		(India)		Columbus, USA
151  Sharfi Sarker		(Bangladesh)	Boston, USA
152  Wasif Sattar		(Bangladesh)	Somerset, USA
153  Dinesh K Sawal		(India)		Ann Arbor, USA
154  Sanjit Sengupta		(India)		College Park, USA
155  Neelam Sethi		(India)		Berkeley, USA
156  Saad Shafqat		(Pakistan)	Durham, USA
157  Mikail Shams		(Bangladesh)	College Park, USA
158  Rajeev Sharma		(India)		College Park, USA
159  Shamik Das Sharma		(India)		College Park, USA
160  Naveed Sherwani		(Pakistan)	Kalamazoo, USA
161  Atsi Sheth			(India)		Illinois, USA
162  Madhu Singh		(India)		Burnaby, USA
163  Sirat Singh		(India)		Toronto, Canada
164  M. R. Sridhar		(India)		Waterloo, Canada
165  Chukka Srinivas		(India)		Schenectady, USA
166  Krishnakumar Srinivasan	(India)		Atlanta, USA
167  N. Sriram			(India)		Singapore
168  Deepak Srivastava		(India)		University Park, USA
169  Kannan Subramanian		(India)		Fort Collins, USA
170  Shankar Subramanian	(India)		Berkeley, USA
171  Jawahar Tembulkar		(India)		Boston, USA
172  Aniruddha Thakar		(India)		Columbus, USA
173  Harsh Thaker		(India)		New Haven, USA
174  Umesh Thakkar		(India)		Columbus, USA
175  V. C. Tirumalai		(India)		Madison, USA
176  Vishwanath Tirupattur	(India)		Urbana-Champaign, USA
177  Syed S Towheed		(Bangladesh)	Virginia, USA
178  Arun Tyamagundalu		(India)		Arlington, USA
179  Venugopal Varma		(India)		College Park, USA
180  Ramesh Venkat		(India)		Halifax, Canada
181  Sridhar Venkataraman	(India)		Tempe, USA
182  Balaji Venkateswaran	(India)		San Jose, USA
183  Kuros Yalpani				Burnaby, Canada
184  Surjan S Zirvi		(India)		Toronto, Canada
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