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February 10, 2009

'Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women’

You GO, girls!!!

...“Valentine’s Day is definitely not Indian Culture and we will not allow celebration of that day in any form.”

India's Minister for Women, Renuka Chowdhury, has called the Mangalore attack and other actions by the Sri Ram Sena a symptom of the "Talibanization" of India. The Sri Ram Sena, like the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, often takes justice into its own hands and prosecutes people according to its own cultural and religious beliefs.

“It is regressive and patriarchal like nothing else we’ve seen in a long time,” says Isha Manchanda, one of four young Indian women who have banded together to fight back — with pink panties.






They've got MY vote!!

Posted by tree hugging sister at February 10, 2009 07:57 PM

Comments

So "chaddi" is Indian-English for "panties"?

I think that's a cool idea. I pretty much loathe valentine's day (or at least the US incarnation, which seems to more be "people without a lover should go jump off a bridge 'cos they're harshing the buzz of those who have one" day), but I'd never presume to want the day banned for reasons of "morality."

Posted by: ricki at February 11, 2009 08:13 AM

Methinks that other colors would do as well, as long as they send panties. But I'm funny that way.

Posted by: JeffS at February 11, 2009 09:16 AM