The ‘One Small Love – Bangalore for Mangalore’ concert on February 14, a red-letter day made infamous by Hallmark cards and various killjoy extremist groups, will bring together musicians Konarak Reddy, Ravi Kulur, Alwyn Fernandes, Gerard Machado, Karan Joseph, Gaurav Vaz and Swarathma along with Thermal And A Quarter. . . . → Read More: One Small Love – drawing the line
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Not to be outdone by the rave publicity that the Sri Rama Sene is hogging, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP, has imposed a ban on women wearing burqas at a college in rural Karnataka. Now, what are we to make of this? Western dresses are sacrilegious. Burqas offend Indian culture. Perhaps the sari, a garment that exposes ample midriff, ought to be made the official garment for all college-going women. . . . → Read More: Now, even burqas are against Indian culture?! On the subject of the attacks on women in Bangalore, Shri Advani is laconic. On his blog, he says just this much: “I have read in newspapers reports about some hoodlums attacking girls in . . . → Read More: Yes, Prime Ministerial candidate? With every incident of so-called Islamic terrorism, we point the finger randomly at LeT, or HuJi or SIMI or whatever. Our speculation has built the brands of these outfits, whoever they are. In much the same way, the last month or so has been a product launch for the Sri Rama Sene. And if the BJP assumes power again the next time round, whose back will it ride on? Note that it will have plenty of right-wing options to choose from. That we have a fascist government in Karnataka is no longer just conjecture. It’s the history that we are writing with our apathy. . . . → Read More: It's not over yet, Shri Yeddyurappa Take a look around – in Bangalore and Karnataka, honest and law-abiding citizens fear the police while goons and their politician bosses live in infuriating impunity. I wonder what our illustrious Police Commissioner, credited with cleaning up crime (despite a recent string of unsolved murders and sundry other atrocities on innocent citizens), has to say about the inaction of his police force. Were they following his orders? Or do they report to someone else in a higher place, perhaps un-uniformed? If people think twice about complaining to the police for fear of retribution or inaction, what does that say about the police force? If the Pink Chaddi Campaign was a beginning, this incident goes to show that it is not merely the chaddis or the chaddi-less that we have to fight. There’s a long embittering battle ahead. But our biggest challenge will be to keep up the tempo of this seemingly eternal protest. . . . → Read More: Moral cop-outs – who's to blame? |
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