posted in India by prempanicker During his 2014 campaign, Modi exhorted people to ‘Remember Nirbhaya when you go to vote’ 3871 DAYS ago today, a 22-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped in a Delhi bus by six savages. Contemporary events led me to revisit my journals, and my memory, from that time. And some events stand out, even after the… Read More Remembering Nirbhaya: July 23, 2012
Shatrughan Sinha: अगर ताली कप्तान को तो गाली भी कप्तान को Ajit Anjum: जवाब देने से भागते मोदी Punya Prasun Bajpai: Modi’s Big Mistake: कांग्रेस के नाम पर अपनी ही पोल खोल दी मोदी ने ! ********************************************************** The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror. By Ullekh N.P. Gujarat riots documentary: BBC’s motives are less clear… Read More Shatrughan Sinha: अगर ताली कप्तान को तो गाली भी कप्तान को / Ajit Anjum: जवाब देने से भागते मोदी / Punya Prasun Bajpai: Modi’s Big Mistake: कांग्रेस के नाम पर अपनी ही पोल खोल दी मोदी ने
For a state that has imposed curfews, internet restrictions, and heavy militarisation, the violence has curiously not even shown signs of declining. Source: The Wire Deepanshu Mohan After a harrowing video of two Kuki women being paraded naked in Manipur’s Kangkopi went viral on social media platforms, state functionaries, local politicians, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were all… Read More Why Does Our Government Need a Graphic Depiction of Violence Against Women to Act?
Pratap Bhanu Mehta It took a horrific video to get the Supreme Court to intervene, the Prime Minister to break his silence through a grudging and mendacious reaction full of whataboutery, and the nation to express its shame at the events in Manipur. But these reactions do not wash off the taint of vile moral callousness, the indifference… Read More Manipur and our self-serving morality
Punya Prasun Bajpai Twitter : https://twitter.com/ppbajpai Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ppbajpai.off… Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/prasunbajpa… *************************************************** Rape FIR gathered dust for 62 days as high-level meetings went on The women were stripped and paraded on May 4 in the valley district of Thoubal, and a police complaint was filed by the husband of one of the victims on… Read More Manipur Report & Modi : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में खुलेगी मणिपुर फाइल ? / Rape FIR gathered dust for 62 days as high-level meetings went on
The Telegraph’ newspaper ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his silence after 79 days of riots in Manipur. The mockery featured an image of a crying crocodile on the entrance web page with the caption that it took 79 days for ache and disgrace to penetrate its 56-inch physique. In Manipur, from May 3,… Read More 79 days to drill 56 inches; The Telegraph mocks Modi’s ‘crocodile’ tears
Opposition women leaders slammed the Union minister for sharing the video on Twitter, however, not taking quick action even as the incident reportedly took place two months ago and a case in this regard was lodged last month. After the Opposition parties on Thursday slammed the Centre’s silence on Manipur and questioned the Bharatiya Janata… Read More Opposition women leaders slam Smriti Irani over Manipur incident, demand CM’s resignation / ‘Deeply disturbing’: SC takes suo motu cognisance of purported Manipur video
By Sanjib Kr Baruah/Imphal And Churachandpur It is 3pm and the sun is blazing down. The lush green plains and paddy fields readied for sowing are in the shade of the mountains. A smartly dressed Rameshwar Basnet, 48, wearing sunglasses, staggers out from a hutment, seemingly quite drunk. Almost zombie-like, he asks: “Daju (elder brother in Nepali),… Read More Why the situation in Manipur is a nightmare for India
Iranian authorities have announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, as “morality police” returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The morality police had largely pulled back after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain… Read More Iran’s ‘morality police’ resume patrols 10 months after nationwide protests
By Nectar Gan, CNN A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad daylight that was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, has sparked outrage – and reignited a debate among young people about the pitfalls of marriage. The killing in the eastern province of Shandong… Read More Shocking cases of domestic violence are leading young Chinese to question marriage
After the truth-shower 