Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Pink Chaddi Campaign...

Its so good to see this campaign by The Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women being mentioned all around. It sure has worked. :)
Initially like many others even I thought it was a little over the top.

But this post by Indyeah is an answer to all our questions. Afterall its a symbol. A colour considered feminine.... she compares it to choodis or bangles...She says "....When in rural India women send a man a bunch of 'choodis'(bangles)to a man they detest,it is a symbolic protest.They are aware that bangles are not docile or feminine,they know that they, the women have strength unlike any man....and yet they send the choodis to the man to make him feel humiliated to make him feel inferior.Chudiyaan ,they symbolize the ultimate humiliation for a man in India and question his err...manhood....He is as good as called an impotent.That is the message sent by rural women."

Read this article on Times of India: Mangalore Mayor serves legal notice to Renuka Chowdhury

What Ms. Chowdhury was so absolutely right!!
WTF.... Ram sena has been given the "RIGHT" to trample over all the rights of All WOMEN. And the only political leader who has the guts (or shouldi say B***s which others lack) to criticise is being served a legal notice. This is the most ridiculous thing.

Also read this article -Girl commits suicide after alleged humiliation.
And I am surprised that no case has been booked against the Sangh parivar activists. Rather have not read any news that.
You know till a few months back i was living in world of wonderland, thinking thatwomen have come a long way. But I see all this and ask" Have We? " or are we going backwards in time..
How many more such battles do we have to fight. And all on our own. Feels like the words "Law & Order" have completely lost their meaning in the hands of politicians.

Wish that there were Special courts for handling cases involving politicans and a specific timeline within which the verdict shall be given. Afterall its our tax money right.

6 comments:

Indyeah said...

lol!N! Love the pinkie pink theme here!!sets my girly heart all aflutter!:D

yes,I also had a problem with it in the beginning but then I thought why not?:)whats the harm?

no acse has been booked...yes..makes one almost lose hope...

But then when I see so many of us here I smile and think we are gonna make it((hugs)))

and you know what? we will..:)
thanks for all that you shared here:)

Anonymous said...

You pinkfied your blog N! :):)

Me too. I was not too comfy with Pink chaddi or the logo but when I saw hypocrisy around I had to choose side. I went with my heart and soul.

N said...

Hey Indyeah, yup in the spirit of pinkhood :)
Yes we will make it :) keep us posted (HUGS)

N said...

yes Solilo - Pinkified the blog in the spirit of Pinkhood that the Indian Sisterhood shares :)

Loved ur depiction of muthalik !

Indian Home Maker said...

What a hopeless situation and today a boy threw acid on the faces of three college girls in MP...

N said...

@IHM: It sure is hopeless.. Sometimes it looks like we are living in place where jungle law operates.. What has become of the largest democracy in the world !