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Dear
Ms Rina Mukherjee,
I
almost cried after reading your description of
what happened with you at
The Statesman. (Your version was sourced from
drikindianews@yahoo.co.uk. And it was routed to
me via my colleagues at Outlook, Delhi, where
Ishan Joshi worked prior to joining Statesman.)
I
sent out your email to some 100-odd people in
my address book and have suggested that they send
a protest letter to The Statesman top brass. I
am sharing with you my letter, which I sent to
Irani, Ravindra Kumar and
Ishan Joshi, and also sent this as a model protest
letter to everyone in my address book.
I
appreciate the fact that you have decided to take
your struggle to the last and this is to assure
you that you have my support and that of scores
of others.
Wishing
you the very best
S.
Anand, Outlook, Chennai
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Dear
all,
As
a follow-up to the earlier mail on sexual harassment
at The Statesman, please send a letter protesting
the harassment of Rina Mukherjee by Ishan Joshi
to the following email id-s.
Ravindra
Kumar, ravindra@thestatesman.net,
ravindrakumar@thestatesman.net
C.R. Irani, Editor in Chief, cri@thestatesman.net
CC it to: Ishan Joshi, News Coordinator: ishan@thestatesman.net,
calnews@thestatesman.net
Suggested format of letter:
Dear
Mr Ravindra Kumar and C.R. Irani
I
was deeply disturbed to read about the sexual
harassment of Rina Mukherjee at The Statesman
by News Coordinator Ishan Joshi. It is most unfortunate,
regrettable and ridiculous that Ms. Mukherjee
should have been forced to leave, while actually
the perpetrator of the crime, Mr Joshi, was allowed
to continue. What this effectively means is that
Mr Joshi has been encouraged by the management
to feel free to continue with similar sexual harassment
at the workplace. The Statesman editorial office
is clearly not a safe place for women to work
as long as Mr Joshi is on the prowl.
As
a concerned citizen and a mediaperson, I therefore
request you to forthwith terminate the services
of Mr Joshi and reinstate Ms Rina Mukherjee as
a 'senior reporter' after tendering an apology
to her. As the oldest English langauge newspaper
in the country, I hope you would be concerned
about the example you are setting.
Sincerely
S. Anand
Principal Correspondent
Outlook Newsmagazine
Chennai, July 25 2003
For
more info about the case please click:
http://www.nwmindia.org/About_us/Centres/bengal/letterto_statesman.htm
This site lists Ms Mukherjee's letter to The Statesman,
The Statesman's reply and other correspondence
related to the case.
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