Pink (Chaddi) Is My New Obsession

A lot going on in the title huh? Well let me break it down into parts.

I recently read about the Sri Ram Sene wing and their attack on women in a pub in Mangalore. This was on 31st January. I didn't see it on TV but the online newspaper were full of Pramod Muthalik's drivel on how its okay to beat up women if they are harming the culture. Here are two videos to show what really happened.

The second video is in Hindi and doesn't have subtitles. But here is a gist.

Whoever's done it (assault these women), has done a good thing. Right now what's happening in our society, where women go to the pub and do "wrong" things, I disagree with these activities and feel what the demonstators have done is right. Taking such a small incident you want to blame the BJP Government.

Here is another thought that came into play by one of my favorite actors's Rahul Bose. Again, let me make the man speak for himself.

Hence the begining of the Pink Chaddi Campaign to read more click here.

What I like about this is how the power of media is in our hands. In your hands, in my hands. I can, through blogging, social networking, bring about change. We can as intelligent informed citized act as a unified civil group to make change. 

The Consortium of Pub-going,Loose and Forward Women facebook group has 22,296 members. Both men and women united against goondaism and bullying by the Saffron army.

I also signed up for Valentine's day Pub Bharo action. I will raise a drink to Muthalik and his collection of Pink Chaddis.

Here's to you Ram Sena, hope someday, we can sit together in a pub and toast to our Democratic country. (with the following song playing in the background ;) )