4 commentsTHE 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 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 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 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 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 We Condemn Mangalore Pub Attack And Moral Policing Peace Procession MG Road to Vidhan Soudha 7th February 2009 10 AM to 12 PM “Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead […] |
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