Incidentally,these innumerable links generating every day , related to outrageous patterns of women's oppression in entire rural India question the credibility of theorizing them by certain quarters *only *on the basis of caste and holding that FEMINIST - QUEER politics is *biased* (against dalits), and that they are *not* relevant to this country. (Venu)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:34 AM, SUNDARA BABU <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Venugopalan K M <[email protected]> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Naked parade of women ...Is this becoming our national passtime ? > > > > > > Pregnant UP woman beaten up, paraded naked > http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/pregnant-woman-beaten-paraded-naked-889 > > November 23rd, 2009 > IANS <http://www.deccanchronicle.com/viewmore/1207> > > > > A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her naked through a > village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to encroachment on her land, > police said on Monday. > > The incident took place on Sunday evening at Karnawala village in Bijnor > district, about 400 km from Lucknow. > > Of the four people who were primarily behind the incident, two have been > arrested, police said. > > "In the incident, the woman suffered a miscarriage. She is undergoing > treatment at a hospital," police inspector Rajesh Kumar Gautam told > reporters. > > According to police, some residents of the village wanted to occupy a plot > that belonged to the 25-year-old woman's husband. They started to set up a > makeshift establishment on the plot on Sunday. > > When the woman, who was alone at home, protested, the encroachers barged > into her residence. They hit her with wooden sticks, dragged her by the hair > and stripped her, police added. > "Efforts are on to nab the other villagers involved in the incident," said > Guatam. > > --------------------- > > Son caught with girl, mother paraded naked > July 9th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS - > > > Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) A 50-year-old woman was assaulted and paraded > naked through an Uttar Pradesh village because her son was caught with a > girl, police said Thursday. Five members of the girl's family caught the > woman by her hair and forced her to walk naked through the village in > Aligarh district's Padiawali village, about 300 km from here. > > Although the incident took place Monday, police registered a case only > Thursday. A police inspector has been suspended for the delay. > > Describing the events leading up to the incident, Superintendent of Police > Hridesh Kumar (rural) told IANS over phone: "The boy and the girl were > spotted together in the village fields by some locals. They informed the > girl's father, who along with his four sons started beating him with wooden > sticks." > > When the mother intervened to try and rescue her son, they turned on her, > he added. > > All the five suspects are absconding. > > Read more: > > http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/son-caught-with-girl-mother-paraded-naked_100215489.html#ixzz0Xk19tR2F > > ----------- > > > Dalit woman paraded half-naked in Uttar PradeshJune 25th, 2009 - 2:55 pm > ICT by IANS [image: Tell a > Friend]<http://www.freetellafriend.com/tell/?option=manual&u=4395>- > > Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Five people allegedly thrashed a 40-year-old Dalit > woman, chopped her hair and then paraded her half-naked through an Uttar > Pradesh village alleging that her husband was involved in a theft, police > said Thursday. > "The incident took place Wednesday in Sirsia village of Kushinagar district > where a group of locals ill-treated Barfi Devi alleging that her husband was > involved in a theft," police Inspector Om Prakash Chauhan told IANS by > phone. > > "A group of five villagers first tied Devi to a cot and beat her black and > blue. Later, the villagers cut her hair and forced her to parade half-naked > in different localities of the village," Chauhan said. Kushinagar is about > 300 km from state capital Lucknow. > > A case has been registered against the five villagers, he added. > > "While we arrested two men involved in the incident, the other three are > absconding," said Chauhan. > > Read more: > > http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/dalit-woman-paraded-half-naked-in-uttar-pradesh_100209316.html#ixzz0Xk1wRP7l > > ------------- > > Five women stripped, paraded naked in JharkhandOctober 19th, 2009 - 11:18 > am ICT by IANS - > > Ranchi, Oct 19 (IANS) Five women were stripped and paraded naked in Deoghar > district of Jharkhand after being charged of witchcraft, police said Monday. > Five women, including three widows, were forcibly brought to a field Sunday > in Patharghatia village in Deoghar, about 350 km from state capital Ranchi. > They were stripped and paraded naked and two of them were forced to eat > excreta, police said. > > "Sushila Kumahrin, Sagiran Beebi, Hafijan Beebi, Sujan Beebi and Gulnar > Beebi were tortured to accept that they were witches and practise black > magic. The incident took place at the instruction of a witch doctor. The > witch doctor said that these women were practising black magic and were > causing problems in the village," a police officer told IANS. > > The women were rescued when local government officials and police reached > the spot. However, the perpetrators managed to escape. > > According to reports, hundreds of people witnessed the incident. > > "We have lodged an FIR (First Information Report) against 11 people, > including six women. We will soon arrest the perpetrators," the officer > added. > > Majority of perpetrators were Muslims and four of the five victims belonged > to the same community. > > In Jharkhand, women are subjected to different forms of torture after being > branded witches. There are instances when women have been paraded naked, > forced to eat human excreta and even killed. > > According to official data, more than 700 people, majority of them women, > were killed after being branded witches. The witch doctors manage to escape > as people fear black magic if they are named. > > > http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/five-women-stripped-paraded-naked-in-jharkhand_100262389.html > > ------------- > > http://www.indiatime.com/2008/09/24/stripped-and-paraded-naked-in-india/ > > > 1. *September 2006, Maharashtra* > Surekha and Priyanka > Bhotmange<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7616281.stm>, > mother and daughter from Khairlanji were stripped and paraded naked in > public by a mob of 20 men, angry at the women for having given testimony in > a previous case. The mob later assaulted and murdered both. > > 2. *January 2006, Punjab* > Darsho, a woman from Jalandhar was stripped and paraded > naked<http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060106/jal.htm#1>by her neighbors > with whom she had had an altercation about constructing a > fence between the properties. > > 3. *April 2008, Jharkhand* > Kalawati, a widow from Ranwatand village, was stripped and paraded > naked<http://www.indiatime.com/2008/04/05/a-witch-hunt-and-then-a-woman-paraded-naked/>for > having visited the temple of Kali and putting a red dot on her forehead. > Before the parade, the town people put a garland of shoes around her neck. > > 4. *March 2006, Maharashtra* > A 30-year old woman from Chausala village was stripped, beaten and paraded > naked<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=79698&d=24&m=3&y=2006>in > public. > > 5. *September 2005, Orissa* > Six women from Bhubanpati village were stripped and paraded > naked<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4277624.stm>, > because their husbands refused to wash the feet of a bridegroom and his > guests. > > 6. *September 2002, Uttar Pradesh* > A woman from Pratapgarh, was stripped and paraded > naked<http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=14998>by the > police and the town tehsildar, angry at her having lodged a complaint > in a land dispute case. > > 7. *June 2006, Madhya Pradesh* > Indira Kushwaha, herself head of the Mahoikala villagewas stripped and > paraded naked <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5160846.stm>, when > she refused to fund some of the government allotted money to a local family. > > > 8. *June 2006, Madhya Pradesh* > Shyama Tomar, head of a local village council was stripped in > public<http://www.indiatime.com/2008/09/24/stripped-and-paraded-naked-in-india/>when > she shut off illegal water connection to a hotel facility. > > 9. *September 2008, Bihar* > Bharati Devi, of Kishanganj village, was stripped and paraded naked in > public<http://dashrabihar.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/dalit-woman-paraded-half-naked-over-land-dispute-in-bihar/>for > not giving up her claim on a piece of land. The local police chief has > told the press that the woman's story is `bullshit and concocted'. He > admitted however, that she had been `physically tortured and tormented'. > > 10. *December 2006, Bihar* > Besra Devi, a 55-year old woman from Balua Basant village, was stripped > and paraded naked<http://www.despardes.com/in/newsbriefs/2006/200612.html>as > a punishment for having stolen a few bananas. > > 11. *July 2001, Karnataka* > Yerramma of Vanenur village, was stripped and paraded > naked<http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/28/stories/01280006.htm>by a local > mob, over suspicions of having helped a local teenager elope with > another boy. > > 12. *May 2005, Bihar* > Nirmala Devi, 40, of Purnia village, was stripped, beaten and paraded > naked <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1100383.cms> for > having refused to continue doing household chores for her employer. > > 13. *January 2008, Andhra Pradesh* > Hemli, 28, of Jalli Tanda village, was stripped and paraded > naked<http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/India/10181684.html>by a mob of 200 > who later threw chilli powder on her naked body. The mob > suspected her of having killed her husband with the help of her lover. > > I can go on and cite a dozen more of these just from recent years. The > perpetrators of Khairlanji got death sentences only because they murdered > the women after the insults and the torture. I bet most of the perpetrators > in most of those other cases got away scot-free. > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > The copyrights of the articles are with the respective authors and > publishers mentioned.The articles are brought to you as private > communication for personal reference ,evaluation and study. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ACTIVISM NEWS NETWORK" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<activism-news-network%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/activism-news-network?hl=en. > -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. 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