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The Sexual Harassment Battle in SRFTI #2: ‘Heartbreaking’ – Kunjila

 From Kunjila’s Blog Sunday is my favourite food day because the mess gives chole bature. I love it. While gobbling it up on 13th December, Sunday, the president of our general body handed me over Times of India and pointed to an article in the front page. It was about the suspension of three professors of the institute following complaints of sexual harassment. In my … Continue reading The Sexual Harassment Battle in SRFTI #2: ‘Heartbreaking’ – Kunjila

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The Feminist

Christmas 2015: Friends and Foes. The Sexual Harassment Battle Continues

From Kunjila’s blog: Hello again. I have uploaded this video to just say that i am. It is sad that even in this digital age when i am trying to express myself using online media with which i am comfortable, i am being asked things like ‘how do people know it’s you who is talking?’. Well, it is me who is talking. [P.S. Today one … Continue reading Christmas 2015: Friends and Foes. The Sexual Harassment Battle Continues

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Christmas Eve in SRFTI 2015- Kunjila

Thursday, 24 December 2015 Christmas Eve: Police I am coming out as one of the complainants in the sexual harassment battle at SRFTI (Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute), Kolkata. My name is Kunjila. It is my online handle and i have been using it for over four years now. People may know who i am, but that’s the name i am going to use … Continue reading Christmas Eve in SRFTI 2015- Kunjila

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News, The Feminist

Editors Guild Condemns ABVP Threats to Siddharth Vardarajan

  New Delhi: In a statement issued on Saturday, the Editors Guild of India strongly condemned “the blatant acts of intimidation and threats to Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor of The Wire, by student members of the ABVP in Allahabad University that forced the police to intervene to escort him to safety.” Varadarajan had been invited to deliver a public lecture on ‘Loktantra, media aur abhivyakti ki … Continue reading Editors Guild Condemns ABVP Threats to Siddharth Vardarajan

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Opinion, The Feminist

Answer my questions on Rohith, says Sanjiv Bhatt to PM Modi

      Will Modi Kaka or Smriti Kaki answer these questions? The Nation wants to know their ‘Man Ki Baat’. 1. If the persecution and subsequent suicide of Rohit is not a Dalit Discrimination issue, what is it? A simple law and order problem? Is that how the government is looking at it? 2. If it was a simple law and order issue, then … Continue reading Answer my questions on Rohith, says Sanjiv Bhatt to PM Modi

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Conversation- Mrinalini Sarabhai

In classical Indian dance, Mrinalini Sarabhai is internationally recognized as a dancer and choreographer whose reputation for innovation is unmatched. She began her training at an early age in forms of Bharata Natyam. She trained in Java and the United States, studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Sarabhai founded Darpana, an academy of dance, drama and music, in Ahmedabad in 1948. She … Continue reading Conversation- Mrinalini Sarabhai

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Dance of Eternity- Mrinalini Sarabhai

As I listened to many voices and share with them the grave concern about the future of humankind, I feel we all have become prisoners of our own creations, especially our technologies. I am perhaps somewhat of an outsider in this respect, as one who rejected the formality of education as taught in our westernized colleges and instead searched deeply for my own roots, my … Continue reading Dance of Eternity- Mrinalini Sarabhai

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Mrinalini Sarabhai leaves for her eternal dance

“My mother Mrinalini Sarabhai has just left for her eternal dance” – Mallika Sarabhai Ahmedabad, Jan 21 Legendary danseuse and Padma Bhushan awardee Mrinalini Sarabhai, 97, passed away this morning in hospital due to old age related complications. Mrinalini (born 11 May 1918 – Died 21 January 2016 ) was a celebrated Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She is the founder director of the Darpana Academy … Continue reading Mrinalini Sarabhai leaves for her eternal dance

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Nazeer Akbarabadi – People’s Poet || A Tribute

Published on Nov 10, 2015 Nazeer Akbarabadi (Urdu: نظیر اکبر آبادی‎ – Naẓīr Akbar Ābādī) (real name “Wali Muhammad”) (1735–1830) was an 18th-century Indian poet known as “Father of Nazm”, who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under nom de plume (takhallus) “Nazeer”. He used simple, everyday language in his poems, which made them popular in the masses. It is said that Nazeer’s poetic treasure consisted … Continue reading Nazeer Akbarabadi – People’s Poet || A Tribute

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