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POSTED BY Buzz
ON Nov 30, 2012 AT 03:04 IST
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Edited At: Nov 30, 2012 03:04 IST
In what they called a protest against Sec 66A of the IT Act, AnonOpsIndia (@opindia_revenge) today defaced information and broadcasting minister Kapil Sibal's website
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POSTED BY Buzz
ON Nov 30, 2012 AT 03:04 IST, Edited At: Nov 30, 2012 03:04 IST
POSTED BY Sundeep
ON Nov 19, 2012 AT 23:56 IST
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Edited At: Nov 19, 2012 23:56 IST
This is the (unedited) full-text of the status update by Shaheen Dhada which was 'liked' by her friend Renu Srinivasan on Facebook:
"With all respect, every day, thousands of people die, but still the world moves on. Just due to one politician died a natural death, everyone just goes bonkers. They should know, we are resilient by force, not by choice. When was the last time, did anyone showed some respect or even a two-minute silence for Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Azad, Sukhdev or any of the people because of whom we are free-living Indians? Respect is earned, given, and definitely not forced. Today, Mumbai shuts down due to fear, not due to respect."
As the press reports summed up:
Though the girl withdrew her comment and apologised, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle’s orthopaedic clinic at Palghar.
Getting the statement withdrawn or an apology under intimidation was clearly not enough for the brave Sainiks of the Sena as they went ahead and lodged a complaint with the police. It is instructive that the police, instead of taking action against the mob, wanted 14 days' custody for the young girls, not even straightaway releasing them on bail as provided under law.
Consider this: the police commissioner has confirmed that no action has been taken against those who attacked the clinic of Shaheen Dhada's uncle’s orthopaedic clinic at Palghar.
And just to put matters in perspective, let's remember that the state's chief minister yesterday chose to "honour the sentiments of Mumbaikars" by according a state funeral -- taking the body draped in the Tricolour in a procession on a gun-carriage with full police bandobast, besides a 21-gun salute ahead of the funeral -- to someone about whom the Sri Krishna report had stated:
From 8th January 1993 at least there is no doubt that the Shiv Sena and Shiv Sainiks took the lead in organizing attacks on Muslims and their properties under the guidance of several leaders of the Shiv Sena from the level of Shakha Pramukh to the Shiv Sena Pramukh Bal Thackeray who, like a veteran General, commanded his loyal Shiv Sainiks to retaliate by organised attacks against Muslims.
For more inconvenient truths about the one honoured with a state funeral, here's a random compendium.
The message from the ruling establishment about those it chooses to honour and protect and those it chooses to penalise could not be clearer.
Also read:
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POSTED BY Sundeep
ON Nov 19, 2012 AT 23:56 IST, Edited At: Nov 19, 2012 23:56 IST
POSTED BY Buzz
ON May 06, 2012 AT 22:16 IST
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Edited At: May 06, 2012 22:16 IST
And now the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena, whose president Tajinder Pal Singh had violently assaulted advocate Prashant Bhushan last year, but has been active on Twiitter and Facebook with virulent outpourings, has now threatened to create a controversy over a song from Dibakar Banerjee's eagerly awaited forthcoming film, Shanghai:
On Thursday, May 3, @tajinderbagga tweeted:
We are giving open warning to Shanghai Directer to remove Bharat Mata Ki Jai Song from his Movie Shanghai.otherwise Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena ban/stop the movie in whole nation in Prashant Bhushan way. We strongly condemn the Lines
Bharat Mata ki jai
Sone ki Chidiya, DENGU,MALERIA
GUD HAI,GOBAR HAI
Bharat Mata Ki jai
And he's not stopped tweeting about it since. Watch this space as yet another controversy is sought to be created.
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ON May 06, 2012 AT 22:16 IST, Edited At: May 06, 2012 22:16 IST
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ON Feb 18, 2012 AT 16:38 IST
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POSTED BY Buzz
ON Feb 18, 2012 AT 16:38 IST, Edited At: Feb 18, 2012 16:38 IST
POSTED BY Buzz
ON Feb 01, 2012 AT 23:29 IST
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Edited At: Feb 02, 2012 03:29 IST
In a throwback to the Salman Rushdie row in Jaipur, the official release of the seventh part of controversial author Taslima Nasreen's book Nirbasan (Exile) at the Kolkata Book Fair was cancelled today following protests by religious fundamentalists.
But People's Book Society (PBS), the publishers of the book, remained unfazed and ignored the protests and went ahead with the launch near its stall outside the official venue, earlier fixed by the Publishers and Booksellers' Guild, the Fair organisers.
Read on here
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ON Feb 01, 2012 AT 23:29 IST, Edited At: Feb 02, 2012 03:29 IST
POSTED BY Sundeep
ON Jan 31, 2012 AT 23:43 IST
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First, ABVP goons managed to prevent Sanjay Kak's documentary Jashn-e-Azadi from being screened at Pune's Symbiosis University — ironically known for its communications department. And then, today, the seminar that was proposed to be held instead, ‘Speaking about Kashmir ’, where the blocked documentary's maker Sanjay Kak was to speak, was also "postponed".
While the muscle-flexing by the BJP's student wing and Panun Kashmir was blatant, the university authorities now claim that they have not cravenly caved in to the ABVP fatwa -- they now cite, just as the organisers of JLF did, the fear of violence and the advice of Police of the ‘secular’ Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra , and claim that the seminar has only been "postponed" and not cancelled.
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ON Jan 31, 2012 AT 23:43 IST, Edited At: Jan 31, 2012 23:43 IST
POSTED BY Buzz
ON Jan 29, 2012 AT 18:59 IST
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Edited At: Jan 29, 2012 18:59 IST
Amruta Byatnal reports in the Hindu
Symbiosis University has cancelled the screening of documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak's Jashn-e-Azadi on Kashmir, after the right-wing student organisation, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), raised objections to its ‘separatist' nature. The film was supposed to be screened at a three-day national seminar called ‘Voices of Kashmir' at the Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, organised in association with the University Grants Commission (UGC) on February 3, 4 and 5.
The organisation now wants the entire seminar cancelled, ABVP Pune unit Secretary Shailendra Dalvi told The Hindu on Saturday evening. “The content of the seminar, like the film, is anti-India, and against the Indian Army. We will not stand for anything that divides the country. Symbiosis has agreed to cancel the film screening, and we are giving them three days' time to think about the event, too,” Mr. Dalvi stated.
Read on at the Hindu: In Jaipur replay, university bows to ABVP film fatwa
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ON Jan 29, 2012 AT 18:59 IST, Edited At: Jan 29, 2012 18:59 IST
POSTED BY Buzz
ON Jan 25, 2012 AT 20:39 IST
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Edited At: Jan 25, 2012 20:39 IST
At the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), Amitava Kumar had read small passages from The Satanic Verses, along with Hari Kunzru, as a mark of protest against Salman Rushdie not being allowed to participate. Following which, he was advised to leave the festival. He shares a series of tweets that he says he, like Gibreel Farishta in the banned book, dreamed he had written:
I had to leave India to be safe. A realization filled with surpassing loss. #JLF
But did I need to leave India to be brave? The truth was that I was afraid. #JLF
As in countless films, when the man pleads with his killer, “I have small children.” #JLF
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I read from “The Satanic Verses” because it was, in that time and place, a bold and imaginative act. #JLF
If I were honest, that would be the only claim I submit to the Indian authorities in my defense. #JLF
Read the full piece at NYT's IndiaInk
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ON Jan 25, 2012 AT 20:39 IST, Edited At: Jan 25, 2012 20:39 IST
POSTED BY Sundeep
ON Jan 24, 2012 AT 23:55 IST
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This will come as no newsflash to anyone who followed the story. Let's not put too fine a point on it: there was craven capitulation at Jaipur. Again.
After much plucking of flower petals about "will he-won't he" attend, the organisers finally pushed forward Rampratap Singh Diggi, owner of the Diggi palace, where the Jaipur Literary Festival was being held, to make an announcement:
“I have taken a decision not to allow the video link to take place on the advice of the Rajasthan police. There are lots of people who are averse to this video link. They are threatening violence. This is unfortunate. This is to safeguard you, my family, my children …”
Some of the immediate reactions are best reproduced from Twitter:
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ON Jan 24, 2012 AT 23:55 IST, Edited At: Jan 25, 2012 03:55 IST
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ON Jan 23, 2012 AT 23:59 IST
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After the Fab Four (before they became the Fab Five) read out passages from the Satanic Verses on Jan 21 in protest against the way Salman Rushdie had been prevented from participating in Jaipur Lit Fest, the organisers had come up with the following statement:
This press release is being issued on behalf of the organizers of the Jaipur Literature Festival. It has come to their attention that certain delegates acted in a manner during their sessions today which were without the prior knowledge or consent of the organizers. Any views expressed or actions taken by these delegates are in no manner endorsed by the Jaipur Literature Festival. Any comments made by the delegates reflect their personal, individual views and are not endorsed by the Festival or attributable to its organizers or anyone acting on their behalf. The Festival organizers are fully committed to ensuring compliance of all prevailing laws and will continue to offer their fullest cooperation to prevent any legal violation of any kind. Any action by any delegate or anyone else involved with the Festival that in any manner falls foul of the law will not be tolerated and all necessary, consequential action will be taken. Our endeavor has always been to provide a platform to foster an exchange of ideas and the love of literature, strictly within the four corners of the law. We remain committed to this objective.
It was received with widespread consternation and many wondered about who could been responsible for something so craven.
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POSTED BY Sundeep
ON Jan 23, 2012 AT 23:59 IST, Edited At: Jan 24, 2012 06:12 IST
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