Here are links two relevant news reports. The points made by Kavita are of course undoubtedly valid and the whole event must evoke strong protests from the democratic rights organisations.
Sukla http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/25/stories/2010022562372200.htm <http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/25/stories/2010022562372200.htm> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Homosexuality-is-an-uncontrollable-feeling--like-poetry-/584519 On 25 February 2010 23:37, Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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