Tibet Festival - 2014

murali772 - 5-JUL-2014

Salaam Jabalpur

rs - 6-FEB-2013

This film, `Salaam Jabalpur'  - is about the demolision of several temples, mosques, churches etc. which were obstructive. What is remarkable is that it was done with the cooperation and help of the people involved - without any force or violence. What hope of this happening in our ciry ?

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRn0wre6VJY]

Its quite remarkable.

Dec-16 as Nirbhaya/ Damini (rather, the actual name) Raakhee day

murali772 - 2-JAN-2013

The Delhi gang-rape case has brought to the fore the need for fast-tracking of not just the courts, but all of the following:

1) Professionalisation of preparation and maintenance of voters' lists:

You could be jailed if you comment on this post

silkboard - 25-NOV-2012

Well, its possible. You could go to jail if your comment is not in compliance with the dreaded IT Act.  If you have been watching the news lately, you know what this means. Here is the Information technology act of 2000, amended in 2008, in full, sourced from a government site (Meghalaya police site!).

Animal sacrifice in the open

murali772 - 2-OCT-2012

I am reproducing below, relevant extracts of mail exchanges on the subject in "OneBengaluru Google-group" (there is an unwritten code in the group that such involved discussions should not be encouraged, and that it is meant largely for exchanging information - well, I guess, that's where PRAJA comes in):

Where is the line?

Ravi_D - 31-JUL-2009

Today's Hindu reports of a "Student arrested for ‘posting objectionable’ text on President".

Walk for your freedom, rally for your rights

murali772 - 11-FEB-2009

COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY

WALK  FOR   YOUR   FREEDOM....   RALLY   FOR  YOUR   RIGHTS...

Join Hands Against Moral Policing and Attacks On Women

Rithesh - 11-FEB-2009

[Posting on behalf of Dr. Rajeev Gowda]. There is tremendous anger, disgust and fear about the actions of the "moral police." We have witnessed attacks on women and threats to our choices as citizens of free India. To enable people all over Bengaluru (and elsewhere) to express their feelings in a Gandhian way, we are conducting a series of simultaneous peace protests.

Once in a while ...

silkboard - 4-AUG-2008

Once in a while, in the midst of all the raves and rants here, we should appreciate the spirit of freedom we have in our country. I read this "Facebook activists in Egypt" and imagined things.

Earlier in the year, a group of young Egyptians used Facebook to organize support for a strike by textile workers on April 6. To put it mildly, Egypt's authoritarian government did not welcome this extension of civil society into cyberspace.

Did You Know this? Tilak -Swaraj is my Birth Right and I will have it

belgaumblog - 19-JUL-2008

Did You Know this?

“Swaraj is my Birth Right and I will have it”