I am glad about your passion in thinking and turning your consideration into valid action for the betterment of the social order. What really makes an impression on me is your positive intrusion in enabling people to have access to the justice system. In my outlook this sort of service is rarely seen from the legal fraternities and that is why I believe you as one of the most excellent social servants in this country. I am also very much amazed with your anxiety for the care, protection and healing of physical and mental health of young men in a right based approach, which would surely be a positive determinant to the nation building process. When Govt has been deciding on for privatisation of health services and in the progression of shifting the responsibility, your search for exploring a legal framework for entitling right of people to health as legal right deserves a special honour.
I will just sent my best regards to you... I was in CLAP for a month in 2005 together with 3 other students. I know that you are a man there inspire alot of people all over the world... keep on doing the good job.
i wish you the best of luck. and sent you my best greetings. Malene from Denmark, silkeborghøjskole 2005/2006
Congratulation for your dynamism in thinking and translating your thought into real action for the betterment of society. What really impresses me is your positive intervention in enabling people to have access to the justice system. In my opinion this type of service is rarely seen from the legal fraternities and that is why I consider you as one of the best social servants in this country. I am also very much impressed with your concern for the care, protection and treatment of physical and mental health of young men in a right-based approach, which would surely be a positive determinant to the nation building process. When government has been opting for privatisation of health services and in the process of shifting the reasponsibility, your search for exploring a legal framework for entitling right of people to health as legal right deserves a special accolade.
Having worked last summer with you and your wonderful organization, it is no surprise that you have taken on the incredibly important task of legal intervention for young men at risk. By using all the legal options and involving the extended family (parents and community), you have laid the foundation for making a very real difference for these young men and therefore for the country itself. Congratulations.
Pat Jacobson
As a grassroot activist, a fellow of National Foundation for India I would like to congratulate you for your initiative to have a legal framework for Health Issues. Now that health services are being privatised, a legal framework can strengthen the Right to Health.
Congratulation for your good works in pursuit of establishing the rights of young man at risk in India. It is a good idea that the primary stakeholders of the society i.e. parents, family, community should be empowered for claiming their ownership in the process of implementation of laws having positive bearing on young man at risk. Putting health right in your legal intervention agenda seems to be a challenging task, as the related laws has so far failed in changing the quality of life of young man. Hope you will overcome this challenge. As a women activist, I am very much concern over the care, protection and treatment of the adolescent girls at risk who very often are far away from access to support and services sponsored by State. Does your intervention adopt special strategy to address the rights of adolescent girls? Sincerely hope that your enterprise pays special respect to the rights of adolescent girls at risk. I once again congratulate you and yours lawyers team for undertaking this noble work in India.
Congratulation for your good works in pursuit of establishing the rights of young man at risk in India. It is a good idea that the primary stakeholders of the society i.e. parents, family, community should be empowered for claiming their ownership in the process of implementation of laws having positive bearing on young man at risk. Putting health right in your legal intervention agenda seems to be a challenging task, as the related laws has so far failed in changing the quality of life of young man. Hope you will overcome this challenge. As a women activist, I am very much concern over the care, protection and treatment of the adolescent girls at risk who very often are far away from access to support and services sponsored by State. Does your intervention adopt special strategy to address the rights of adolescent girls? Sincerely hope that your enterprise pays special respect to the rights of adolescent girls at risk. I once again congratulate you and yours lawyers team for undertaking this noble work in India.
This is a good idea to have a legal framework for young man at risk. But as a Researcher, it is my understanding that most of the legislations for social change do not work in India. So how do you plan to get the legislations on young man at risk, implemented? Of course, internalization of these legislations in the societal order can be used as an innovative method but we should be more careful of this because the general understanding of the society has been that implementation of laws is the sole responsibility of the State. This thought ignores the role of the society in promoting the legislative intent of the laws. Therefore, there is a need to reform this understanding of the people, which must find a place in the social reform agenda. Apart from focusing on legal support to parents, families and communities, your legal intervention strategy should emphasize on social reform through internalization of legislations relating to young man at risk.
This is a good idea to have a legal framework for young man at risk. But as a Researcher, it is my understanding that most of the legislations for social change do not work in India. So how do you plan to get the legislations on young man at risk, implemented? Of course, internalization of these legislations in the societal order can be used as an innovative method but we should be more careful of this because the general understanding of the society has been that implementation of laws is the sole responsibility of the State. This thought ignores the role of the society in promoting the legislative intent of the laws. Therefore, there is a need to reform this understanding of the people, which must find a place in the social reform agenda. Apart from focusing on legal support to parents, families and communities, your legal intervention strategy should emphasize on social reform through internalization of legislations relating to young man at risk.
Mr. Bikash,
Congratulation for your several innovative initiatives to provide surveillance to the youth in our country. Surveillance is as important to a Nation’s security so it is also important for the best interest of the youth of a Nation. You are trying to protect the youth from exploitation and injustice through an umbrella of legal frame work.
As you are a research scholar on the subject and you are not talking superficially but you are experiencing your initiatives in the field lab at the grass root level.
Also your initiatives are not taken in isolation but you have tried to associate all the stakeholders including the state machineries. This shows that you are also playing the role of a facilitator.
You are providing voices to the youth by which they can realize their right to be heard.
More particularly your initiatives to provide identity to a youth through birth registration it helps youth to realise its several rights in their life including health rights.
Above all your initiatives are very much helpful for the youths to realise their rights guaranteed under several international conventions and National laws.
Once again I wish you and your team members all the best and hope you will get unconditional support from all corners who are interested for the best interest of youths in the world.
I enjoyed reading your entry. It is clear that this is your passion and POSITIVELY something that is much needed. You are TRULY adding value to your community and helping your young men navigate the legal systems. For this, congratulations and continue to make a difference,
Your legal intervention formula for protecting the rights of youths seems to be very interesting. Youths living in indigenous and dalit communities are at the lowest ladder of existing legal framework and other state-sponsored interventions. The consequence is risking the rights of youth belonging to indigenous and dalit communities. Law based advocacy and capacity building of primary stakeholders of community can be considered as a well thought of intervention by your activists-lawyers for protecting and promoting the youth and adolescent rights in a Right Based Approach. As the legal framework seldom addresses youth and adolescent rights, your idea of developing an advocacy tool out of the present intervention for seeking changes in the existing legal framework is contextually relevant. Your advocacy effort for development of a Legal Framework for the entire country in order to protect the youth from all forms of discrimination, injustice and exploitation is an excellent dictum.
Hi Bikash, Let me congratulate you and your team of lawyer-activists for such commendable effort for securing the rights of youth through community vigilance. There are so many innovative as well as inevitable approaches seen in your initiative which attract my attention and best wishes for your team. The first and foremost thing is that it derives its strength from the laws and follows a right-based approach which is best suited to a country like India where there is no dearth of laws but what is lacking is that they never translated into action. The second thing which inspires me is that you take preventive measures for youth by involving parents, family and the community at large to take a pro-active role to assert the right of such vulnerable group. I think this bottom-up approach with community empowerment and participation is what makes your initiative unique and useful. Further such preventive measures with focus on health and education right of youth makes them fit to realise their potentials and dream in the later part of their life. Another point must be mentioned here that it seems to me you undertake both action and advocacy effort at the field level which bound to have considerable impact on the entire system attached to it. I’m inclined to know how you engage Govt. officials or system in your effort. Because I think they are most powerful players and have enough potential to influence your programme. At the end I again share by faith and confidence in your approach. With all the best wishes for you, your team and the organisation you belong. Ramakanta Satapathy. India.
It's really an unique endeavour for securing rights of the youth in a right based approach. The most important aspect of such intervention is that the community is mobilised to play its due role. And I think that's very essential for any society to be vigilant and protect the rights of its constituents. Thanks to the effort of Mr. Bikash who could sucessfully engaged lawyer-activist in this gigantic task. The Legal intervention strategy as used by Bikash and his organisation seem fascinating and it need to be replicated and shared worldwide. I think this becomes successful endeavour because it is based on previous experience of implementing In Defence of Child project. It seems it has been systematically planned and executed in a professional manner with a strong monitoring mechanism in place.
Kudos to Bikash and his team! Hope they shall keep focusing on care and protection of youth who in turn shall build a better tomorrow for future generation.
Hello Bikash, It's neat to see an entry that addresses the legalities that pertain to youth at risk. Could you share a story that describes the impact that you're having on families and the lives of at-risk youth? Thanks.
Dana Frasz
Changemakers
Before I share successful endeavor, let me reiterate that my organization CLAP mostly focuses on Mass Mobilization for internalization of law where individuals, families and communities claim ownership in implementation of Public Interest Laws. So success of our work needs to be viewed from amount of mobilization. One such mass movement is discussed below:
9th Oct. Orissa Bandh: The CLAP declared a Bandh call on 9th Oct. 2007 for internalisation of legislative provisions of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act towards abolition of child labour system. The word “Bandh” means to stay off from day-to-day life. During the Bandh Call CLAP expected from the society to undertake some constructive works to abolish child labour system through internalization of reformist legislation in societal order. To observe the Day, the CLAP invited people of Orissa, Civil Society Groups, NGOs, etc. to take time off their day-to-day work to contemplate constructive actions, like Public March, Demonstrations, Picketing, to dedicate entire day at every individual level to eradicate Child Labour System. 200000 people voluntarily participated in various constructive activities in the Bandh. It could be organised across State through our Legal Network with 930 Civil Society Groups.
This mass mobilisation often results in change in present situations at individual and household level. Following case study narrates one such successful story:
Health Right of Young Men at Risk Asserted: CLAP Lawyers came across a number of young men suffering from different vision related problems due to engagement in bidi (indigenous Cigar) rolling and weaving sectors in Badamba Block. As the present legal framework of India does not directly addresses health right of young men, it started negotiating with JPM Rotary Eye Hospital to conduct Free Eye Check-up Camps. 21 nos. of free eye check –up camps could be organised for treatment of 1000 young men by Eye Specialists. On the basis of our learning now we have started an advocacy drive to provide health insurance to people who work at health risk sector.
Dear Bikashji,
I am glad about your passion in thinking and turning your consideration into valid action for the betterment of the social order. What really makes an impression on me is your positive intrusion in enabling people to have access to the justice system. In my outlook this sort of service is rarely seen from the legal fraternities and that is why I believe you as one of the most excellent social servants in this country. I am also very much amazed with your anxiety for the care, protection and healing of physical and mental health of young men in a right based approach, which would surely be a positive determinant to the nation building process. When Govt has been deciding on for privatisation of health services and in the progression of shifting the responsibility, your search for exploring a legal framework for entitling right of people to health as legal right deserves a special honour.
Wish you an enormous success of your thought.
With best regards.
Alok Moharana, India
I will just sent my best regards to you... I was in CLAP for a month in 2005 together with 3 other students. I know that you are a man there inspire alot of people all over the world... keep on doing the good job.
i wish you the best of luck. and sent you my best greetings. Malene from Denmark, silkeborghøjskole 2005/2006
Dear Bikash,
Congratulation for your dynamism in thinking and translating your thought into real action for the betterment of society. What really impresses me is your positive intervention in enabling people to have access to the justice system. In my opinion this type of service is rarely seen from the legal fraternities and that is why I consider you as one of the best social servants in this country. I am also very much impressed with your concern for the care, protection and treatment of physical and mental health of young men in a right-based approach, which would surely be a positive determinant to the nation building process. When government has been opting for privatisation of health services and in the process of shifting the reasponsibility, your search for exploring a legal framework for entitling right of people to health as legal right deserves a special accolade.
I wish a great success of your vision.
Pramoda Kishore Acharya, India
Hi Bikash:
Having worked last summer with you and your wonderful organization, it is no surprise that you have taken on the incredibly important task of legal intervention for young men at risk. By using all the legal options and involving the extended family (parents and community), you have laid the foundation for making a very real difference for these young men and therefore for the country itself. Congratulations.
Pat Jacobson
Dear Bikash,
As a grassroot activist, a fellow of National Foundation for India I would like to congratulate you for your initiative to have a legal framework for Health Issues. Now that health services are being privatised, a legal framework can strengthen the Right to Health.
Thanking you,
Bhakta Bhai.
Hi Bikash,
Congratulation for your good works in pursuit of establishing the rights of young man at risk in India. It is a good idea that the primary stakeholders of the society i.e. parents, family, community should be empowered for claiming their ownership in the process of implementation of laws having positive bearing on young man at risk. Putting health right in your legal intervention agenda seems to be a challenging task, as the related laws has so far failed in changing the quality of life of young man. Hope you will overcome this challenge. As a women activist, I am very much concern over the care, protection and treatment of the adolescent girls at risk who very often are far away from access to support and services sponsored by State. Does your intervention adopt special strategy to address the rights of adolescent girls? Sincerely hope that your enterprise pays special respect to the rights of adolescent girls at risk. I once again congratulate you and yours lawyers team for undertaking this noble work in India.
Have a good luck.
Pravati Nayak,
Lawyer,
India.
Hi Bikash,
Congratulation for your good works in pursuit of establishing the rights of young man at risk in India. It is a good idea that the primary stakeholders of the society i.e. parents, family, community should be empowered for claiming their ownership in the process of implementation of laws having positive bearing on young man at risk. Putting health right in your legal intervention agenda seems to be a challenging task, as the related laws has so far failed in changing the quality of life of young man. Hope you will overcome this challenge. As a women activist, I am very much concern over the care, protection and treatment of the adolescent girls at risk who very often are far away from access to support and services sponsored by State. Does your intervention adopt special strategy to address the rights of adolescent girls? Sincerely hope that your enterprise pays special respect to the rights of adolescent girls at risk. I once again congratulate you and yours lawyers team for undertaking this noble work in India.
Have a good luck.
Pravati Nayak,
Lawyer,
India.
Dear Bikash,
This is a good idea to have a legal framework for young man at risk. But as a Researcher, it is my understanding that most of the legislations for social change do not work in India. So how do you plan to get the legislations on young man at risk, implemented? Of course, internalization of these legislations in the societal order can be used as an innovative method but we should be more careful of this because the general understanding of the society has been that implementation of laws is the sole responsibility of the State. This thought ignores the role of the society in promoting the legislative intent of the laws. Therefore, there is a need to reform this understanding of the people, which must find a place in the social reform agenda. Apart from focusing on legal support to parents, families and communities, your legal intervention strategy should emphasize on social reform through internalization of legislations relating to young man at risk.
Wishing your venture a great success.
Krupasindhu Nayak.
Social Scientist,
India.
Dear Bikash,
This is a good idea to have a legal framework for young man at risk. But as a Researcher, it is my understanding that most of the legislations for social change do not work in India. So how do you plan to get the legislations on young man at risk, implemented? Of course, internalization of these legislations in the societal order can be used as an innovative method but we should be more careful of this because the general understanding of the society has been that implementation of laws is the sole responsibility of the State. This thought ignores the role of the society in promoting the legislative intent of the laws. Therefore, there is a need to reform this understanding of the people, which must find a place in the social reform agenda. Apart from focusing on legal support to parents, families and communities, your legal intervention strategy should emphasize on social reform through internalization of legislations relating to young man at risk.
Wishing your venture a great success.
Krupasindhu Nayak.
Social Scientist,
India.
Mr. Bikash,
Congratulation for your several innovative initiatives to provide surveillance to the youth in our country. Surveillance is as important to a Nation’s security so it is also important for the best interest of the youth of a Nation. You are trying to protect the youth from exploitation and injustice through an umbrella of legal frame work.
As you are a research scholar on the subject and you are not talking superficially but you are experiencing your initiatives in the field lab at the grass root level.
Also your initiatives are not taken in isolation but you have tried to associate all the stakeholders including the state machineries. This shows that you are also playing the role of a facilitator.
You are providing voices to the youth by which they can realize their right to be heard.
More particularly your initiatives to provide identity to a youth through birth registration it helps youth to realise its several rights in their life including health rights.
Above all your initiatives are very much helpful for the youths to realise their rights guaranteed under several international conventions and National laws.
Once again I wish you and your team members all the best and hope you will get unconditional support from all corners who are interested for the best interest of youths in the world.
SHAIKH QURAISH
E-mail:-quraishsqshaikh@yahoo.com
31.1.08
Great job, Bikash!
I enjoyed reading your entry. It is clear that this is your passion and POSITIVELY something that is much needed. You are TRULY adding value to your community and helping your young men navigate the legal systems. For this, congratulations and continue to make a difference,
In Peace
Mary Brown
Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc.
Hi Bikash,
Your legal intervention formula for protecting the rights of youths seems to be very interesting. Youths living in indigenous and dalit communities are at the lowest ladder of existing legal framework and other state-sponsored interventions. The consequence is risking the rights of youth belonging to indigenous and dalit communities. Law based advocacy and capacity building of primary stakeholders of community can be considered as a well thought of intervention by your activists-lawyers for protecting and promoting the youth and adolescent rights in a Right Based Approach. As the legal framework seldom addresses youth and adolescent rights, your idea of developing an advocacy tool out of the present intervention for seeking changes in the existing legal framework is contextually relevant. Your advocacy effort for development of a Legal Framework for the entire country in order to protect the youth from all forms of discrimination, injustice and exploitation is an excellent dictum.
Wishing your valuable Endeavor a Great Success.
With Kind Regards,
Ramesh Kumar Mandal,
INDIA.
Hi Bikash, Let me congratulate you and your team of lawyer-activists for such commendable effort for securing the rights of youth through community vigilance. There are so many innovative as well as inevitable approaches seen in your initiative which attract my attention and best wishes for your team. The first and foremost thing is that it derives its strength from the laws and follows a right-based approach which is best suited to a country like India where there is no dearth of laws but what is lacking is that they never translated into action. The second thing which inspires me is that you take preventive measures for youth by involving parents, family and the community at large to take a pro-active role to assert the right of such vulnerable group. I think this bottom-up approach with community empowerment and participation is what makes your initiative unique and useful. Further such preventive measures with focus on health and education right of youth makes them fit to realise their potentials and dream in the later part of their life. Another point must be mentioned here that it seems to me you undertake both action and advocacy effort at the field level which bound to have considerable impact on the entire system attached to it. I’m inclined to know how you engage Govt. officials or system in your effort. Because I think they are most powerful players and have enough potential to influence your programme. At the end I again share by faith and confidence in your approach. With all the best wishes for you, your team and the organisation you belong. Ramakanta Satapathy. India.
It's really an unique endeavour for securing rights of the youth in a right based approach. The most important aspect of such intervention is that the community is mobilised to play its due role. And I think that's very essential for any society to be vigilant and protect the rights of its constituents. Thanks to the effort of Mr. Bikash who could sucessfully engaged lawyer-activist in this gigantic task. The Legal intervention strategy as used by Bikash and his organisation seem fascinating and it need to be replicated and shared worldwide. I think this becomes successful endeavour because it is based on previous experience of implementing In Defence of Child project. It seems it has been systematically planned and executed in a professional manner with a strong monitoring mechanism in place.
Kudos to Bikash and his team! Hope they shall keep focusing on care and protection of youth who in turn shall build a better tomorrow for future generation.
Purusottam Sahoo, India.
Hello Bikash, It's neat to see an entry that addresses the legalities that pertain to youth at risk. Could you share a story that describes the impact that you're having on families and the lives of at-risk youth? Thanks.
Dana Frasz
Changemakers
Dear Dana,
Before I share successful endeavor, let me reiterate that my organization CLAP mostly focuses on Mass Mobilization for internalization of law where individuals, families and communities claim ownership in implementation of Public Interest Laws. So success of our work needs to be viewed from amount of mobilization. One such mass movement is discussed below:
9th Oct. Orissa Bandh: The CLAP declared a Bandh call on 9th Oct. 2007 for internalisation of legislative provisions of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act towards abolition of child labour system. The word “Bandh” means to stay off from day-to-day life. During the Bandh Call CLAP expected from the society to undertake some constructive works to abolish child labour system through internalization of reformist legislation in societal order. To observe the Day, the CLAP invited people of Orissa, Civil Society Groups, NGOs, etc. to take time off their day-to-day work to contemplate constructive actions, like Public March, Demonstrations, Picketing, to dedicate entire day at every individual level to eradicate Child Labour System. 200000 people voluntarily participated in various constructive activities in the Bandh. It could be organised across State through our Legal Network with 930 Civil Society Groups.
This mass mobilisation often results in change in present situations at individual and household level. Following case study narrates one such successful story:
Health Right of Young Men at Risk Asserted: CLAP Lawyers came across a number of young men suffering from different vision related problems due to engagement in bidi (indigenous Cigar) rolling and weaving sectors in Badamba Block. As the present legal framework of India does not directly addresses health right of young men, it started negotiating with JPM Rotary Eye Hospital to conduct Free Eye Check-up Camps. 21 nos. of free eye check –up camps could be organised for treatment of 1000 young men by Eye Specialists. On the basis of our learning now we have started an advocacy drive to provide health insurance to people who work at health risk sector.
Bikash Das.