Lasantha Manilal Wickramatunge was a prominent Sri Lankan journalist and former editor-in-chief of the The Sunday Leader. Wickramatunge was assassinated on 8 January, 2009, while driving to work in Dehiwela, just outside Colombo. His killing has been widely condemned by the media and viewed as an assault against press freedom. The government is being held [...]
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Lasantha Wickramatunge & press freedom
Posted in Career listings, I protest, tagged assassinated, Colombo, Lasantha Manilal Wickramatunge, press freedom, Sri Lankan journalists, The Sunday Leader on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Women’s freedom, not ‘pub culture,’ is their target…
Posted in feminism, I protest, tagged Bajrang Dal, BJP, feminism, Mangalore pub incident, pub culture, Sangh Parivar outfits, Sri Ram Sene, Sri Ram Sene Chief PV Muthalik, State Women's Commission, women boozing, Women's freedom, women's rights on February 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Around 40 goons of the ‘Sri Ram Sene’ entered a pub, assaulted people there, dragged women by the hair, molesting them and lifting up their blouses and skirts. They claimed to be righteous defenders of ‘Indian morality,’ incensed by ‘women boozing’ and ‘pub culture.’ Since these scenes came to people’s notice through national TV, there [...]
Buy Handmade!
Posted in I protest, tagged buy handmade, Consumer Product Safety Inspection Act, CPSIA, Environmentalist, save handmade, soft toys on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(I felt good when I made this poster myself with Adobe Photoshop) My favourite blogger Jenny B Harris from Allsorts says: ************ When congress passed the CPSIA (the Consumer Product Safety Inspection Act) in August 2008, they were intending to protect companies from selling harmful products. All products intended for children under 12 years old [...]
Psychos on Amazon!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, I protest, tagged domestic violence on January 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I was shocked to check this link posted at TW Domestic violence is a problem in the US as much as it is in India. But you will only find religious fundamentalists having the unmitigated gall to defend it! And not only defend it but actually write a justification and call it “romance?” Ugh! I [...]
AIDS campaign on the blogosphere
Posted in I protest, tagged AIDS campaign, BlogCatalog, blogosphere, HIV/AIDS, National Institute on Drug Abuse on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi, I am a member of BlogCatalog, and since they are conducting a campaign for World AIDS Day, its only fair if I post our campaign objectives: Blog Catalog says: “This December 1st, 2008, BlogCatalog members are joining with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [...]
Fight the mental burqa
Posted in I protest, tagged Punkassblog, White washed feminists on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In publicity of WWF & Punkassblog * * * * *
Health costs & a survey
Posted in I protest, tagged government hospitals, health insurance, healthcare, private hospitals, WHO on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Mr Sundarajan, journalist, lawyer and social activist, forwarded a mail to me. He, along with like-minded individuals, is conducting a survey at http://www.formspring.com/forms/?372271-BKxF9iR0bt I have shortened the mail on exorbitant health costs that he sent me, here. He says: Currently, India has only one hospital bed for every thousand people as against the WHO recommendation of one [...]
The fake ‘Dr’ brigade
Posted in I protest, tagged A P J Abdul Kalam, Akshaya Kumar, Dr J Jayalalithaa, Dr Karunanidhi, Dr MGR, Elaiyathalapathi Vijay, Joyce Meyer, K Balachander & Sivaji Ganesan, Manorama, Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, Ratan Tata, Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Hassan, Viswanath Anand on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These days every other Tom, Dick and Hari has got a honorary doctorate because he has loads and loads of cash; because he’s engaged in manufacturing illicit arrack; because he’s part of a political dynasty; or because he’s trying to be a cine superstar. Joyce Meyer – American multi-millionaire preacher gets honourary doctorate from millionaire [...]
Crazy females
Posted in I protest, tagged angh Parivar, anti-feminist, biblical woman, feminism, Monstrous Regiment of Women, Prairie Muffin, pro-homeschooling, pro-housewives, pro-patriarchy, RSS, Sangh Parivar, SUCI, Vision Forum, Visionary Daughters on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have always thought women who worshipped their husbands as demi-gods and devoted themselves slavishly to his whims and fancies were plain crazy and did it out of sheer ignorance. Through the World Wide Web, now I’m finding that these crazy females have grouped together and have many communities in support of the noble maniliness [...]
