भेदभाव
November 3, 2016
Even as ‘facts’ come in flying thick and fast in this ‘developing story’, as a film-maker I cannot but help analyze the script/ screenplay/ dialogues offered so far by the cops, the Chief Minister and assorted BJP spokespersons on TV.
Firstly, let me acquaint you with a basic premise: Cinema works on the basis of “willing suspension of disbelief”....
November 2, 2016
ABP News
On a video released by the Congress, the son of an Army veteran who committed suicide in the capital alleges that he and his family were "abused and thrashed" by the police when they tried to meet Rahul Gandhi.
NDTV reported these 10 latest developments:
The video has shots from inside a police station and several cops are seen pulling the ex-serviceman's son,...
November 2, 2016
Admitting that it’s his party’s policy to differentiate on the basis or religion, Assam minister and convenor of the BJP’s North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asked the people to choose their enemy between “1-1.5 lakh people or the 55 lakh people?”, according to an Indian Express report.
Himanta Biswa Sarma ...
November 1, 2016
November 3, 2016
2-6 pm
Speaker's Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
speakers
ALI JAVED- PWA
ANNIE RAJA-NFIW
ARIF MOHD KHAN- POLITICIAN, SOCIAL ACTIVIST
FARIDA KHAN-PEHCHAN
GAUHAR RAZA-SCIENTIST, FILMMAKER, POET
JAVED NAQVI- JOURNALIST
KAVITA KRISHNAN- CPI( ML), AIPWA
MAIMOONA MOLLAH-AIDWA
OVAIS SULTAN KHAN-ANHAD
RAZA HAIDER-SIKSHA
S IRFAN HABIB-...
November 1, 2016
Just when you thought sexism was a thing of the past, revelations about Donald Trump bragging about groping women hit the news. Yet only 13%of female Republicans think he should stop campaigning for the presidency. While women generally favour his Democratic rival Hilary Clinton, 49% of them rate her unfavourably. Despite her life-long commitment to public service, she is...
October 31, 2016
Despite stringent laws and awareness campaigns, as many as 910 cases of rape have been reported in Kerala in the first six months of this year, giving an indication of continuing atrocities against women in the state.
A total of 7,909 cases of crimes against women were reported across the state upto July, according to state police’s crime statistics.
Of them, 2332 were cases of...
October 31, 2016
The Quranic injunction providing the option to a divorced couple to reunite has been trivialised in ulema-sanctioned common practice to the extent that it is extremely degrading and humiliating to women, defies all standards of human decency.
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Religious and social customs in almost all societies and in all walks of life were constructed by males to give them greater...
October 30, 2016
Naroda patiya case: Babu Bajrangi gets 7 day-bail, 14th time since conviction
The Vacation Bench of Justice B N Karia partly allowed Bajrangi’s bail plea by giving him seven days relief from jail against 30 days which he had sought.
Babubhai Patel alias Babu Bajrangi, Courtsey: The Indian Express
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday, October 27, three days ago, granted...
October 30, 2016
मध्य प्रदेश से दलित उत्पीड़न की सबसे चिंताजनक खबरें आ रही हैं। राज्य के सतना जिले में पुलिस के थर्ड डिग्री के कारण एक दलित की मौत हो जाने का मामला सामने आया है। मृतक के परिजन अब दोषी पुलिसकर्मियों पर कार्रवाई की मांग कर रहे हैं। दरअसल जमीनी विवाद में एक वृद्ध की हत्या कर दी गई थी। इस पर पुलिस ने रामनगर थाना क्षेत्र के हाहुर गांव निवासी मृतक वृद्ध (गणेश साकेत) के पड़ोसी और उसकी पत्नी को शक के आधार...
October 30, 2016
Iran requires women to wear hijabs in the shooting range and in public places.
Shooter Heena Sidhu has pulled out of the 9th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships scheduled to be held in December in Tehran stating that she did not like the dress code for women at the event, The Times of India reported.
"Forcing tourists or foreign guests to wear a hijab is not a...