disciplinary action has been initiated - he has been suspended and served a show cause notice to explain what can be seen in the video tapes (i.e, it seems, him having sex with a man). and no action or show cause against those who did the taping!
On 25 February 2010 23:07, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > The case can perhaps be viewed in two ways. > > One, as a persecution of a homosexual/gay by predominantly heterosexual > order. > Two, as a case of invasion of privacy. > Apparently it is both. > And thereby a case of assault on basic human rights - but perhaps more by > the "civil society" than by the "political society" or "state". > To my understanding, there is no "legal case", or even "disciplinary > action", initiated. (That would have had understandably stood on very weak > grounds, in view of the Delhi High Court ruling.) > But it's the social pressure which is too intimidating and overwhelming. > > So that calls for a strategy to fight from within the pores of the "civil > society" against dominant values coercing all aberrants, or > "minorities" to fall in line with the "majority" values/norms. > Here the aberrant happens to be a gay man. > > So it's essentially a case of denial of "minority" rights (of homosexuals) > by the "society", and that too through invasion of "privacy". > > From the point of view of democratic rights, it has got to be > stoutly fought back. > > Sukla > > > From: Kavita Krishnan <kavitakrish73@ > gmail.com<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: 25 February 2010 12:16 > Subject: Justice for Professor Siras > To: > > Withdraw suspension of Professor Siras > > Punish those responsible for violating his privacy > > The suspension of Professor Shrinivas Ramachandra Siras of AMU based > on video-tapes of his private life that constitute a violation of his > privacy constitute a serious violation of the fundamental rights of > Professor Siras. Profesor Siras has clearly been harassed for being > gay. > > In the first place, being homosexual is no longer illegal in India. > The Delhi HC verdict last year decriminalising homosexuality by > amending Section 377 said, “Moral indignation, howsoever strong, is > not a valid basis for overriding individual’s fundamental rights of > dignity and privacy. In our scheme of things, constitutional morality > must outweigh the argument of public morality.” The custodians of > 'public morality' in India disapprove of many things: not only > homosexuality, or pre-marital sex, but also marriage in defiance of > caste diktats, women wearing jeans, Hindu women marrying Muslim men… > the list is endless. Such moral police cannot be allowed to prevail > over the fundamental constitutional rights that all citizens enjoy. > > In a democracy, we cannot allow a person to be deprived of his job on > grounds that he (or she) has affronted 'morality' or 'culture.' > People's personal sexual orientation or private life and relationships > cannot be the basis to throw anyone out of a job. > > And finally, to install secret cameras in someone's bedroom and film > his or her intimate life is an act of sexual violence, and must be > investigated and punished. > > We join academics, students and gay rights groups in demanding justice > for Professor Siras. > > Kavita Krishnan, > > for All India Progressive Women's Association, (AIPWA) > > -- > "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting > all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. When a > society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace and > leads it back to war.” > -- Maria Julia Hernandez > > > www.otherindia.org > www.binayaksen.net > www.phm-india.org > www.phmovement.org > www.ifhhro.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MIHRE" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <mihre%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mihre?hl=en. > > > > -- > Peace Is Doable > > > > -- > Peace Is Doable > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an 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.
