This is tragic, violent, and boundlessly abhorrent. It is high time that the Judiciary and the GOI take stock of the situation linked with the continuance of the nonsensical piece of criminal legislation ,ie; IPC Sec 377, in the statute book. But how comfortably many of the decent folks of our time get along with a cultural/moral discourse circling around a desi/videsi concept of sexuality is to be reckoned as well. This is indeed, a contributory factor to the tragedy. Sadly, in our day to day lives quite a lot of us not only do nothing to stop this kind of direct or indirect violence afflicted on who are not conforming, knowingly or unknowingly ,we may even be giving support to the umpteen self-congratulating ways through which the hetero normativity is reproduced.
On Jun 27, 5:07 pm, "Muraleedharan Tharayil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Youth and Student immolate themselves* > > A youth, running a barber shop and his friend, a student, have been > discovered dead due to burns in a rented house. > > Sivanarayanan (32), from Perumbilavu in Trichur, presently residing near > Ajantha Theatre in Pandikkudi, Mattanchery (Kochi) and Deepak (17), son of > Srikesh, R.G. Pai Road, are the deceased and their badly charred bodies were > spotted in a room of the rented house Sivanarayanan had been occupying. The > incident seems to have taken place at around 3 am on Thursday (26th). Both > the bodies have been completely burnt. Police recovered a petrol can from > the precincts. Police assumes that the two, who were intimate friends, had > committed suicide together. > > Deepak's family had been objecting to his relationship with Sivanarayanan. As > a result, Deepak had even attempted to run away from his house a few days > back, says the police. > > On Wendesday, Deepak had been watching TV till 12 at night and must have > sneaked out after that to go to Sivanarayanan's house. Police added that he > had even created a human shape on his bed with a pillow and covered it with > a blanket to avert the suspicion of his family, before leaving the house. > > The police come to the conclusion that the trauma caused by his family's > discovery of his unnatural relationship with Sivanarayanan must be the > reason for his suicide. Sivanarayanan, who came from Perumbilavu to Kochi a > few years back, had been running thee Barber shops in the city. > > (Mathrubhumi, 27th June 2008) > > -- > Dr. Muraleedharan Tharayil > Trichur, Kerala > India 680 013 > > news.pdf > 249KDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
