November 05, 2012

A Short Enraged Note on Consent and Coercion

“And so we decided not to go to CASH since we’d all been drinking”, the 23 year old concluded her story about why she and some friends were not taking a case of sexual harassment by a classmate to her University’s Committee Against Sexual Harassment (CASH).

Thank you Government of Maharashtra! This is what happens […]

April 20, 2009

PUCL-K Report: Cultural Policing in Dakshin Kannada

THE PEOPLE’S Union for Civil Liberties, Karnataka (PUCL-K), has put together a very comprehensive report on Cultural Policing in Dakshin Kannada. The fact-finding team (which included our contributor Usha BN) traveled to Mangalore and conducted extensive interviews with key groups, activists, academics and the police. The report provides interesting background information on Dakshin Kannada […]

February 12, 2009

Fri and Sat: Protests in Delhi

AISA and AIPWA organised protest on Valentine’s day in Delhi. Say NO to the ‘Morality Police’!

On February 13, on the eve of VALENTINE’S DAY

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April 21, 2008

Operation Park: Moral Policing Disguised as ‘Empowerment’

GIVEN ALL THE advantages of having the National Commission for Women (NCW) and the State Commissions for Women (SCW), what can one make of a news story such as ‘Operation Park’? The SCW Orissa, with cameramen and police in tow, went to a city park in Bhubaneshwar and descended on the boys and girls sitting […]

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