It would take an enquiry to establish who did it - but the Univ has shown no interest in ordering the enquiry since it has treated the homosexuality as a crime, not the act of filming someone's private life! The UNiv is treating Prof Siras as the guilty party - not as a victim.
On 25 February 2010 23:27, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > Are those who taped have been identified as University staff? > > Sukla > > > On 25 February 2010 23:22, Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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. 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