Manthan With Babu Gogineni On Blasphemy Laws: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR MANTHAN WITH BABU GOGINENI...

Manthan, a forum for public discourse, is organising a dialogue with Babu Gogineni on the topic of "The Sacred and The Profane: Living and Dying with Blasphemy Laws", on 6 December 2012, at the Saptaparni, Road Number 8, Banjara Hills at 6:00pm.

Babu Gogineni:

11 years as a language and behavioural training professional

16 years as Director of the International Humanist & Ethical Union (IHEU)

Regular TV commentator

Weekly op-ed columnist for PostNoon Newspaper

B.Sc. (Microbiology); PG Diploma (International Trade); MA (Human Rights)

Invited by the UN as an expert in education to its Madrid Conference on Education, by the National University of Mexico to deliver its Annual Spring Lecture on Human Values, Culture and Globalization, Babu Gogineni's career spans organisation development, people empowerment, social activism and public communication. He has worked in cultural, commercial and not-for-profit organisations.

Babu Gogineni is an internationalist with diverse interests. His newspaper column THE HUMAN ANGLE which deals with a wide range of issues can be accessed at www.postnoon.com Recent articles have been on The Death Penalty, The Vodafone Tax Case, The Problem of the Rupee, Charles Taylor's Crimes, The Right to Education, Disappearing Languages, The Sleep of Reason, Planet Venus, The Caste System, President Sarkozy etc.

Babu Gogineni is proficient in English, French, Hindi and Telugu. His German is now rusty but by virtue of working with colleagues in those countries, he has survival comprehension of Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish.

Manthan is a forum to promote learning, debate and public discussion in all spheres of knowledge and in matters of public concern. The goal is to encourage learning and public discourse on a variety of issues. Manthan conducts periodic meetings for members, in which highly knowledgeable people in various fields are invited to speak and have a dialogue with the audience. Membership to Manthan is free. For more details, please write to info@manthanindia.com.

The interactive session is open to all. Please contact 6636-0000 for further details.