I started out with the intention of linking to both sides: blogs that oppose reservations and those which support them. Less than two pages of Google Blog Search results yielded these reactions:
Jasdeep feels reservations won’t undo the damage done by a poor public education system:
Revolutionary changes needs to be done in Education system, But [...]
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Mandal lives!
Published by April 11th, 2008 in Caste, Human Rights, India, Justice, Policy, Politics, Prejudice, Society and public space. 6 CommentsIndic Twitter
Published by April 6th, 2008 in Blogging, Community, Personal, Society and public space. 1 CommentThe joys of Twitter are many. As Kiruba Shankar finds out,
Another reason why I like Twitter because its a place where I can write down things that I think are too frivolous for a blog post. “Crap! The crow just shat on me!”.
Sometimes, it can be a place for me to type my thoughts down [...]
Pazz researches quite a bit on the different kinds of people traveling on the Mumbai locals:
‘Saath me ladeej hai’ Species: This species is extremely paranoid when it comes to the well being of their female-kind. So much so that they make them travel with them in the ‘general’ compartment instead of the ladies dabbas.
Heh… wonder [...]
The Shaming of Scarlett Keeling
Published by March 26th, 2008 in Feminism, Government, Human Rights, Justice, Media, Patriarchy, Women, public space and sexuality. 17 CommentsIf the killing was brutal, the reactions that followed haven’t been kind either- Sharanya condemns those who are condemning the victim:
In other words, the condemning of the murdered girl, her family, her friends, their lifestyles and their choices is a typical misogynist response – the wicked woman gets her dues. And this time, there are [...]
‘Saala ek machhar aadmi ko hijra bana deta hai’
Published by March 23rd, 2008 in Art, Books, Democracy, Feminism, Government, Human Rights, Literature, Patriarchy, Personal, Politics, Religion, Secularism, South Asia and public space. 2 CommentsThat line from a Nana Patekar film, says, Aman Kumar, captures his ‘rage and frustration’ over the Taslima Nasreen episode:
So has mine! Sadly, I no longer consider India a secular country after watching and analyzing the political developments in last 15-20 years. Right from Shah Bano case to Babri demolition, and from Gujrat massacre to [...]
A central park for Panjim
Published by March 12th, 2008 in Activism, Community, Environment and public space. 0 CommentsMumbaiwallah draws attention to a campaign towards a park in Panjim.
Goans have long cherished their green heritage. But with the way things are going, it won’t be long before the hills are covered with buildings, open spaces turn into corporate parks, old houses are demolished to make way for a multi-storeyed car park. What will [...]
Blank Noise
Published by February 18th, 2008 in Activism, Cinema, Community, Culture, Feminism, Human Rights, India, Justice, Patriarchy, Prejudice, Society, Spotlight Series, Women, public space and sexuality. 8 Comments[ This is Essay # !6 in our Spotlight Series. Click here for the archives.]
Blank Noise
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Jasmeen Patheja
How have you felt every time you ignored a stranger’s eyes stripping you naked?
How often have you been a mute witness or spectator to street sexual violence?
How often have you whistled, passed remarks, leched, intimidated a female stranger, just [...]
The Gulabi Gang
Published by February 16th, 2008 in Activism, Feminism, Government, Justice, Patriarchy, Women and public space. 0 CommentsI keep reading about this gang on a lot of blogs, but never on an Indian blog. Why do so many outsiders find the Gulabi gang so fascinating? This post by SocProf might provide some answers:
This gang resembles the groups of Sicilian women trying to fight back against the Mafia because no one else will. [...]
Statement of Protest
Published by February 16th, 2008 in Human Rights, Justice, Patriarchy, Society, Women and public space. 0 CommentsFound this Statement of Protest at Arpita’s Tangled Up In Blues:
Justice S.R.Nayak, Chairperson- State Human Rights Commission, delivered his opinion on the Mumbai New Year molestation case on the occasion of speaking on “Human Rights and Lawyers Role”. He expressly mentioned that “Yes, Men are bad“, “But who asked them (the women) to venture [...]
Touchy Indians Inc
Published by February 8th, 2008 in Activism, Culture, Democracy, Humour, Media, Politics, Prejudice, Women and public space. 0 CommentsKajal Iyer describes one busy day in a modern day Indian journalist’s life: in the morning, she has to meet Naare Nath, head of Touchy Indians Inc which holds ‘copyright, trademark, IPR and every other documentation’ on the naara Halla Bol.
‘If we didn’t raise our voice frequently, our Indian culture and ethos would have ceased [...]
‘Rape is the fastest growing crime in the country’
Published by January 16th, 2008 in Culture, Government, Justice, Society, Women and public space. 6 CommentsJhoomur Bose reacts to that news:
Congratulations People! The way things are going, soon we all will know at least three women who have been raped. I am not counting the 2-month-old babies because they usually die after they have been raped. Like the two-and-a-half-years old INFANT who had her throat slit by her neighbour, of [...]
Mumbai is safe
Published by January 4th, 2008 in Government, Human Rights, Humour, Women and public space. 2 CommentsBombay Addict brings to your kind notice a Maharashtra government notification declaring Mumbai ’safe for women’…subject to certain conditions, of course:
(1) The word “safe” means “free from molestation”. The term “molestation” is restricted only to actual, proven, physical contact (”PC”) between men and women in the city of Bombay/Mumbai. Examples of PC include groping, [...]
How serious are you about the other 364 days?
Published by December 19th, 2007 in Community, Government, Health, Policy, Politics and public space. 0 CommentsMumbai’s Mayor, Dr. Shubha Raul, made an appeal recently for a Car-Free Day in Mumbai- Bombay Addict has some tough questions for her:
“Insufficient public transport” is not anything new to Mumbaikars. We deal with it everyday because we know the authorities aren’t interested in doing anything about our problems. A few days back, we even [...]
A new identity for the Roma
Published by December 19th, 2007 in History, Human Rights, India, Indiaspora, Language, Prejudice, Racism, South Asia and public space. 0 CommentsAlin Dostofei is working on the presentation of a new, modern identity for the Roma to challenge a long history of ‘public abnormalization’:
The local population was not very keen to accept the existence of the Romani culture, implicitly of a multicultural society. Its focus was on assimilation, coming with “explanations” for the differences, like those [...]
Charter of Dalit Human Rights
Published by November 9th, 2007 in Caste, Culture, Dalit, Democracy, Development, Economy, Education, Environment, Globalisation, Government, Human Rights, India, Justice, Policy, Poverty, Prejudice, Racism, Religion, Society, Women and public space. 1 CommentHeidi links to the newly evolved Charter of Dalit Human Rights- it’s a break from conventions in many ways:
Whereas, Dalits in India are the people of Mother Earth, people from a labouring community, people who believe and live a sustainable life and people who belong to and are rooted to the community. [...]
We demand:
A global [...]
Why should we move on, Mr.Dasgupta?
Published by October 30th, 2007 in Appeal, Culture, Democracy, Development, Government, Human Rights, India, Justice, Language, Media, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Secularism, Society, Women and public space. 1 CommentWhat do you call someone who says- Clinton has outgrown Lewinsky therefore Gujarat has outgrown the pogrom? A ‘half-crazed killer’ or a ‘braggart’?
In a hardhitting post, Amrit asks all the apologists for the BJP in the media- Why should we move on?
The problem with the right-wing media in India is that it is always trying [...]
The Face of the Scoundrel
Published by October 28th, 2007 in Culture, Democracy, Economy, Human Rights, India, Justice, Media, Personal, Prejudice, Religion, Secularism, Society, Women and public space. 1 CommentSeveral bloggers continue to speak for those whose voices were silenced. Some would like to drown even that- silence, what Jo calls in one of the posts I linked to earlier, the louder silence from the graves. Mirza Faisal accuses them of seeking the refuge of the scoundrel. At this moment, as I write this [...]
Mazha Pune-scape.
Published by October 20th, 2007 in Art, Culture, Democracy, Society and public space. 0 CommentsVaartaphalak Photos is a project that tries to locate and study Vaartaphalaks or Street Sign boards in the city of Pune.
This one is at Kumthekar road, Sadashivpeth. And the chronicler translates for us:
‘this is a typical space as defined by a vartaphalak. this message was written a [...]
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