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 Continue reading
Filed under: Culture, Love, Politics | Tagged: Karnataka, Mangalore pub attacks, protest, valentine's day, violence | 2 Comments »
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. Continue reading
Filed under: Culture, Politics, Violence Against women | Tagged: Karnataka, Mangalore pub attacks, protest, violence | 1 Comment »
THAT VIOLENCE against women rarely grabs any attention except for in the presence of gruesomeness, sensationalism, drama and tragedy is already known. But more disturbing by far than the fact that the murder of a teenage tourist in Goa last month has been making headlines precisely due to its cocktail of all the above elements is the level of moral sanctimony that accompanies the media coverage, the ensuing debates, and even what are ostensibly the responses of those who knew Scarlett Keeling and her family. Continue reading
Filed under: Morality, Motherhood, Rape, Sex and Sexuality, Violence Against women | Tagged: assault, crime, drugs, goa, Media, Morality, murder, Rape, scarlett keeling, sensationalism, sex, sexuality, tourism, violence, Violence Against women, women | 40 Comments »
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