February 28, 2009By Anindita Sengupta THE ATTACKS have not stopped. I have received at least three emails about attacks on women in Bangalore for wearing jeans / drinking / being free individuals. One victim has blogged about the horrific incident: And as soon as they turn around in protest, the car doors are flung open, and a stream of […] February 26, 2009By Amrita Rajan
Pity the female villain. Male villains can look forward to world domination, tons of moolah and all the power they can handle; females, on the other hand, spend all their time scheming to sabotage various weddings when they’re not forcing their daughters-in-law to mop floors while dressed in rags or nagging […] February 20, 2009By Aparna Singh THE HADEES he had read yesterday talked about how it was Shaitan who always tried to corrupt us. If we escaped his attempts, we would surely go to Heaven. In Heaven, rivers of milk and honey flow, thousands of Houri women serve the men and make them happy. As she remembered this, she wondered, […] February 17, 2009By Anindita Sengupta IT’S BEEN AMUSING to see the uproar around the Pink Chaddi Campaign over the last few days, with some of the ‘finest journalistic minds in the country’ pitching in with their opinions. This piece, ironically called ‘What Lies Beneath’, by Sagarika Ghose in Hindustan Times was particularly baffling, shallow as a frying pan and about […] February 16, 2009By Guest Contributor Noted feminist Sumi Krishna weighs in one the Mangalore pub attacks. How should we in the women’s movement understand and respond to the cluster of assaults by the Rama Sene, Bajrang Dal and other fundamentalists; the targeting of minorities and their places of worship; the harassment and molestation of women of all classes in […] February 15, 2009By Guest Contributor Editor’s Note: Please leave your name and location / affiliation in the comment space if you want to be added to the signatories and we will collect them and send them to Sumi Krishna, the coordinator. JOINT STATEMENT ON THE BARBARIC ASSAULT IN MANGALORE Bangalore: 9 p.m., 29 January 2009 We, […] February 12, 2009By Guest Contributor DEFEND THE RIGHT TO LOVE Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009 Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm Location: Mahatma Gandhi Statue on MG Road at 12 o’clock. We will walk through MG road and Brigade road […] February 12, 2009By Guest Contributor 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 […] February 09, 2009By Anindita Sengupta IT’S COOL. It’s cheeky. It’s clever. I’m talking about the Pink Chaddi Campaign. Women all over the country are gathering pink chaddis and sending them to Muthalik as a Valentine’s Day present. The plan is to strike disgust in the teensy little non-heart of our chief moral guardian — and to loudly assert the fact […] February 05, 2009By Guest Contributor By Anuradha Prasad When I first heard about the Mangalore pub incident, I was not surprised. Ever since the BJP came into power, as glad as I was to see the Gowdas go, I felt some apprehension. ‘Moral policing’ and communal conflicts always seem to ride on BJP power. However, it was later, when I […] |
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