Anhad Needs Your Support

ANHAD means without limits. It is an inclusive institution in which every one who stands for democracy, secularism, justice and peace can participate.

ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy) was formed in the first week of March 2003 in response to the Gujarat communal carnage of 2002. ANHAD was conceived less as an organization and more as a platform and a very loose movement, which is absolutely action oriented.

ANHAD is neither a structured and highly resourced organization nor a centralized movement capable of large-scale popular mobilization. It, however, tries to combine the elements of both by collaborating with existing organizations and movements and by undertaking local level activities. The emphasis is on constructive and continuous activity, which would create and sustain secular and democratic consciousness.

ANHAD has worked during the past five years mainly at the following levels:

1. Organizing intensive training camps, especially for youth, activists, grassroot workers, urban students. The main aim of these camps is to sensitize the participants around the issues related to communalism, to counter prejudices, to plan actions and strategies for building an atmosphere of peace, equality and justice. It is a slow process and the result cannot be quantified.

2. Anhad produces campaign material for disseminating secular and democratic values. We have produced video documentary lectures, exhibitions, posters, audio CDs, books, different leaflets and so on.

3. Anhad actively celebrates the secular, multi -layered cultural traditions of India, emphasizing that all creative endeavor upholds the values of secularism and pluralism.

4. ANHAD works as a strong pressure group and is constantly intervening in policy making, organizing media campaign, releasing statements, sending fact finding committees and organizing tribunals, sending memorandums, organizing protests, demonstrations, peace walks and so on.

5. Anhad organizes regular seminars, workshops, conventions related to socio-political issues.

6. Anhad also does tremendous amount of community work by supporting the education of children from the marginalized sections, we run computer and vocational training centers and women empowerment centers.

PRESENT FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN

Though we are able to raise substantial funds for our community work, it is always a challenge to keep raising funds for contesting the ideology of hate. It is most of the time not convenient for a donor to support contentious issues. In the present conditions when there is a recognizable change in the general tenor of public discourse and unlike in the past, it is informed more by the communal than by secular ethos, it is becoming more and more difficult to keep the flame alive.

Anhad is launching this fund raising campaign to specifically raise funds to propagate democratic and secular values in the society and to combat hatred.

You can donate to us by check/ demand draft :Anhad, 23, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001, tel-23070722/ 23070740/ e-mail: anhad.delhi@gmail.com

You can alternatively buy a Photograph by Sahir Raza (available at Anhad) by contributing an amount from Rs. 2000 to Rs. 5000. Sahir Raza has donated 50 of his photographs to Anhad for this Fund raising Campaign. 100% of the Money collected through the sale of his photographs will go to Anhad.

Sahir Raza is doing masters in Film Direction from EICAR: http://www.eicar.fr/

http://www.eicar-international.com/

Review of his work: http://tinyurl.com/2ttect