Projects tagged "India"

SORT

Practitioner:

Consortium of Pub-going, Loose, and Forward Women

Date:

Feb 2 2015

In late January 2009, a group of 40 members of right-wing Hindu group Sri Ram Sena attacked women and men in a pub in the Indian city of Mangalore. They were upset with the women for engaging in behavior they found immoral, claiming that the girls were disrepecting traditional Indian values. Video footage of the event spread across Youtube in India, sparking outrage among many at the attack on innocent women.

Kodaikanal Won't video: All you need to know about the Unilever mercury dumping case

Practitioner:

Chennai artist Sofia Ashraf

Date:

Jul 30 2015

The Kodaikanal Won't video by Chennai artist Sofia Ashraf, asking Unilver to 'clean up their mess' in connection with the Kodaikanal mercury dumping, has gone viral with over 783,533 views at the time of writing this, in just over two days. It has been shared on social media by prominent personalities such as Nandita Das, Varun Grover, Vishal Dadlani and was even praised by Nicki Minaj, on whose song Anaconda, the rap is based on.

In Search of Dignity and Justice

Practitioner:

Sudharak Olwe

Date:

Oct 1 2013

In Search of Dignity and Justice

Kiss of Love

Practitioner:

Kiss of Love

Date:

Oct 25 2014

The Kiss of Love campaign in India is a non violent protest against moral policing. It started out as a Facebook page but gained momentum across India when a mob of conservative, right-wing party members attacked and demolished a coffee shop in Kozhikode, Kerala. Their grounds to do so was public display of affection by couples inside the coffee shop, which they saw as immoral activity.

Abused Goddesses

Practitioner:

Save The Children India, Taproot India

Date:

Feb 1 2010

The bruised and beaten faces of these beautiful Hindu goddesses have an important point to make -- that despite the reverence for women that is a part of Hinduism, India's most populous religion, the country has become extremely unsafe for its female citizens.

Sambhaji Bhagat: Voice of Dissent

Practitioner:

Sambhaji Bhagat

Date:

Apr 23 1975

The Voice of Dissent “I am not here to entertain you; I am here to disturb you. Those who are here for entertainment, I request them, please go.” It’s unusual, if not rare, for a live performer to begin by saying that to the audience. The compact of patronage that’s implicit is what Sambhaji Bhagat smashes right at the onset of his performance. For him, this art is a quest for the truth that will liberate the people he represents.

ipaidabribe.com

Practitioner:

Janaagraha

Date:

Jun 5 2007

ipaidabribe.com is an online tool that allows the users to report when they pay bribes, are asked to pay and refuse, and when they find an honest officer. They have a well designed site with apps for mobile phones, and although it started in India it has now grown and you can select multiple countries on different continents.

Meet to Sleep

Practitioner:

Blank Noise

Date:

Nov 2 2014

Meet To Sleep, a campaign started by Blank Noise, asks citizens from all across India to come to different public spaces like parks, and sleep there in order to take back free spaces without being afraid for their safety. The first meet was organised in November, 2014, in Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park. And since then there have been eleven meets across various cities including Jaipur, Pune, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

Global Citizen Festival Expands to India

Practitioner:

Global Citizen Tickets Initiative

Date:

Sep 12 2016

Jay Z, Coldplay and the Bollywood star Aamir Khan will join forces in India this fall as the Global Citizen Festival expands internationally.

Gandhi Begins Fast in Protest of Caste Separation

Practitioner:

Mahatma Gandhi

Date:

Sep 16 1932

On September 16, 1932, in his cell at Yerwada Jail in Pune, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste.