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 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 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 […] February 02, 2009By Guest Contributor Students of Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, have organized a choreographed demonstration against the mangalore attacks and the statements that made after that. This walk is on Sunday, 8th Feb, 4 pm onwards. […] February 02, 2009By Guest Contributor Protest against Assault on Women in Mangalore Pub and State Inaction We condemn the brutal assault by members of the Sri Ram Sene on young women in a pub in Mangalore, Karnataka, on Saturday, 24 January 2009. We are shocked by the response of the State administration, police, and political leadership, some of whom have […] January 29, 2009By Guest Contributor We fear for lives of women in this state… is the Government listening? Is there a Government in this State at all? Or is it only a political party whose highest priority is its own regressive right wing agenda, which violates the responsibility of governance? In one of its latest acts of bigotry and intolerance, […] January 24, 2008By Usha B N ‘I BEGAN WORKING when I was ten. I used to look after a child for which I was paid ten rupees a month. Today I am almost forty and I continue to work as a domestic maid. The difference is that my bones ache and I do not have the same energy. This is what […] September 27, 2007By Usha B N KEROSENE, POISON and now, acid — the new weapon against women. Haseena, a 19-year-old girl from a middle class family was attacked with acid in 1999 by her boss because she turned down his marriage proposal and refused to continue working in his office. Two litres of pure sulphuric acid were poured on her. […] September 02, 2007By Usha B N IT WAS ONE OF those rainy days at Yarakana Gadde Poodu, a cluster of houses near BR Hills in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka. One could hope to meet Jalle Siddamma only on such rainy days when she did not go into the forest and nobody came in search of her. I made my way to […] |
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