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The Principal, Staff and Students of St Mary's school are honored to have alumni of the school, Ms. Shamim Modi, (1982 batch) to deliver the Fifth Sara Mathew Memorial Lecture on Saturday, the 24th July, 2010, at 09.30 a.m. at the school premises. It would give us great pleasure if you would join us for the simple ceremony consisting of prayer, songs and lecture in the morning.
Ms. Shamim Modi, the well known social and political activist of the Shramik Adivasi Sangathan in Harda, Madhya Pradesh and Asstt. Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai did her graduation from Jesus & Mary College, Delhi, post-graduation from Lady Shriram College, Delhi, M.Phil from TISS Mumbai and L.L.B. from Bhopal University. The Vice President of Samajwadi Jan Parishad, MP, she has contested two Assembly elections and a Parliament election. Shamim Modi was a member of the Tribal Subgroup of the Planning Commission of India that was involved in preparing the 11 th Five Year Plan. She has been a trustee with renowned social worker Medha Patkar and late Baba Amte in the Jan Sahyog Trust.
In protest against Shamim's arrest on 10 February, 2009, (for her involvement in the struggle of the Saw Mill workers and the hammals (kulies) who were and are denied their minimal legal entitlements all the labor unions belonging to Harda, Khirkiya, Timarni, Sirali and Rhatgaon Krishi Upaj Mandi in Harda district, Railway Mal Godam union, Warehouse union, Sawmill union belonging to 60 saw mills in the Harda city went on a day's strike on 12th February and took out a big rally at Harda. From 13th onwards, the saw mill union went on indefinite strike and started a sit-in at Harda demanding implementation of labor laws and opposing Shamim's arrest.
Programme:
1. School Song
2. Welcome Address
3. Prayer
4. Hymn - In His Time
5. Bible Reading
6. Song: Imagine
7. Readings from the Bhagvad Gita
8. Song: Tu Zinda Hai To Zindagi Ki Jeet Par Yakin Kar
9. Fifth Sara Mathew Memorial Lecture - Ms. Shamim Modi
10. Hymn - Abide With Me
11. Vote of Thanks
12. National Anthem
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