289:'s house quickly went viral on YouTube and has received over 60,000 views so far. In this speech, she laid out a kind of manifesto of the movement, one that represented a major break from the securitised, protectionist standpoint which was rife at that time and articulated women's freedom as the main demand. In this speech, she argued against the prevalent commonsense that death penalty was the solution to rape. She pointed out that the conviction rates for rape in India are extremely low and, therefore, methods such as chemical castration and death penalty can't act as deterrents. She made a strong case for arguing on the basis of women's "unqualified freedom", "freedom without fear". Her views on death penalty have been influential in shaping the discourse around rape in the aftermath of the post 16 December anti-rape protests. The demand for "
326:âMy friends on the Indian Left⌠could never reconcile to the fact that the peoples of USSR and especially its colonized Republics, chose not to retain the Soviet Union and that Gorbachev at the end of the day respected that choice instead of âimposing socialism by bayonetsâ on people who had rejected it,⌠It is not enough to discuss the Stalin regime, USSR, or China as failed socialisms but as some of the worldâs worst authoritarianisms that serve as a model for authoritarian regimes everywhere.â
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while addressing a street meeting. Kavita
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Krishnan reiterate her statement: "Death penalty is not a deterrent to rape," and how women's fearless freedom should be protected at all costs. This review by Aishwarya Bhuta talks a little bit about how the style of how this book was written; says the writing style is simple, and it
305:âThese trolls ⌠they are going after me regularly, routinely, for my skin color, for my looks, telling me Iâm not worth raping, what kind of torture and rape I should be subjected to, telling me what kind of men I should be sleeping with ⌠and on and on and on, more and more.â
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and how that acknowledgement came as a "rude reality check" for her. This reality check made Vir think of how women's lives in India are surveilled in the name of safety, and it makes her question, What can we do to dismantle this deeply patriarchal society and the system?
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who was also a student at JNU and a member of AISA. Fondly remembered as Chandu by the students of JNU even today, Chandrashekhar was murdered along with fellow CPI(ML) leader Shyam
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was done by Women's Web, a popular Indian blogpost which celebrates women's voices. Author
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She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2014.
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