Top 10 student protests in India

Presented by:
MD. ATAULLAH
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HMACHAL PRADESH
Dept. Os Social Work

1. Jadavpur University
protests.
2. Bandh
3. Anti-reservation protest.
4. Jal satyagraha
5. Kiss of love
6. Zero Rupee Note
7. Occupy Protest
8. Pink Chaddi Campaign
9. 1 Billion Rising
10. Religious Intolerance
1. Congress Boys' for Shirtless
Protest Against Speaker
2. Topless Ukraine 'rebels‘
3. Save Silent Vally
4. Sanitary napkin protest
5. Price Rise Protest
6. Gulabi Gang
7. FTII Student Protest
8. Hunger Strike
9. Indian Channel Protest
10. Pothole Protest

Goals
 An unbiased, transparent, fast investigation of
the allegation with appropriate legal committee
according to vishakha guidelines.
 Resignation of the Vice Chancellor.
Status Current {Casualties}
• Injuries 40 ,Arrested 37
Hokkolorob Movement
Date 3 Septe14 – present 20
Location
Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Bengaluru and
Chennai, India
Causes
 Laxity in the investigation of
an alleged case of molestation
on campus
 Police brutality on unarmed
students taking part in a non-
violent sit in demonstration

 The protests have been marked with a strong cultural flavour: students have been
singing, dancing and arranging diverse cultural manifestations throughout the days
while the protests ensue. The protests have a large oeuvre of posters, graffiti, poems,
songs, slogans, street plays and performances dotting the University campus and the
streets of Kolkata.
On August 28, a female second year student at Jadavpur University was dragged into
the Old Boys‘ Hostel on campus and molested, and her male friend beaten up, by 10
residents of the hostel.
A number of students then staged demonstrations demanding that the accused ICC
committee members be replaced, as well as forming an "external committee",
effectively the Local Complaint Committee(LCC) recommended by the Sexual
Harassment Act, and demanding increased security for students within the campus.

Bandh, originally a Hindi word meaning "closed", is a form of
protest used by political activists in South Asian countries
such as India and Nepal.

 A Bharat bandh is a call for a bandh across India, and a bandh can also be called for
an individual state or municipality.
 Often, the community or political party declaring a bandh expects the general
public to stay in at home and not report to work. Most affected are shopkeepers
who are expected to keep their shops closed, as well as public transport operators
of buses and cabs who are expected to stay off the road and not carry passengers.
 A bandh is a powerful means of civil disobedience. Because of the huge impact of a
bandh on the local community, it is a much feared tool of protest.
 Burglary, forced closures, arson attacks, stoning, and clashes between the bandh
organizers and the police are common during the period of closure
 The Supreme Court of India opposed against any sort of hooliganism in the name of
'bandh' in 1998, but political parties still organize them. In 2004, the Supreme
Court of India fined two political parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv
Sena, for organizing a bandh in Mumbai as a protest against bomb blasts in the city.

• The protests began from 26 April 2006 with medical students
protesting in New Delhi against the government's proposal, where
students were lathi-charged and water cannons and tear gas was
fired on the students.
• Another such protest was carried out by medical students in New
Delhi on 13 May 2006 where students were again lathi-charged and
detained for few hours. Medical students held a protest in Mumbai
on 14 May 2006, where students were lathi-charged, despite the
protest being banned by the Bombay High Court.
• The government took measures to counter the protesting doctors by
serving them with suspension letters and asking them to vacate the
hostels to make way for newly recruited doctors.
• most places the protesters remained defiant despite ESMA. Most
forward caste students across India took to the streets, boycotting
classes.

• In Delhi, a human chain rally was organized on 20 May by the students of IIT
Delhi with the support of PanIIT, the IIT alumni organisation, to protest the
OBC reservation. Nearly 150 students of New Delhi's 5 Medical Colleges
went on a 'relay' hunger strike in AIIMS which lasted for about a month.
• A resolution signed by 2,500 IIT Roorkee students expressing their
opposition to the OBC reservation, was sent to the then President Abdul
Kalam, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the then Chief
Justice of India Y. K. Sabharwal and the Election Commission of India’.
• A peaceful protest march was then organised by them on 23 May.[10] Many
anti reservation protestors now began to group under the aegis of Youth for
Equality.
• On 10 April 2008, the Supreme Court upheld the law for the provision of
27% quota for candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes in IITs,
NITs, IIMs, AIIMS and other premier educational institutions.

Jal satyagraha
Sep 10, 2012 (UP)

 In Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa area, 51 people stayed immersed in water for the
14th day on Friday in what's being called a 'jal satyagraha'. The protestors are
demanding compensation and rehabilitation for villagers whose homes will be
submerged under water after the state government's order of opening all the gates
of the Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh
 The protestors, members of the 'Narmada Bachao Andolan', say the government's
decision to increase the water level of the Omkareshwar on the Narmada without
rehabilitating people living in low lying villages is a violation of a Supreme Court
order, which says villagers must be rehabilitated at least six months before such a
move is implemented.
 "Till the time water level comes down to 189 and as per court orders, we get the 5
acre land. And labourers get Rs. 2.5 lakh. Till that time even if we die, we will sit
here," said one of the 51 protestors at Madhya Pradesh's Ghogal village, who have
been sitting in water for the past 13 days.
 Despite the deteriorating health of the protestors, the government has so far
offered no medical help. No one from the local administration has visited the spot
of the protest.
 The water of the Omkareshwar dam has already risen to 190.5 meters and its
effects can been seen in Ghogal, Kaamankheda and 28 other villages, where crops
have been damaged.

• The Kiss of love campaign has gained momentum all over the India. The movement
is a non-violence against moral policing that started out as a Facebook page.
• It was when a mob of attackers demolished a coffee shop in North Kerala’s
Kozhikode city on the ground of condemning “alleged immoral activity” of public
display of affection by few couples, that triggered the birth of a movement which
soon spread across metropolitan cities
• The facebook page called asked the youth across Kerala to participate in a protest
against moral policing on November 2 at marine drive kochi
• The campaign has received opposition from various right wing religious and
political groups including the shiv sena, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Vishwa Hindu
Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Ernakulam wing of kerala student union .
• Standing for “Indian culture”, Hindu sena members said they are not against pyaar
but kissing in public, which is like “walking around naked”.
• The movement is against moral policing carried out by various organisation in the
name of protecting Indian culture from western influence.
• The non-violent has been carried out in cities like kohl, national capital Delhi and
Kolkata till now.

• A zero rupee note is a type of novel and innovative money issued in
India as a means of helping to fight systemic political corruption.
• The notes are "paid" in protest by angry citizens to government
functionaries who solicit bribes in return for services which are
supposed to be free.
• The zero rupee note is the mascot or primary campaign tool of a
nongovernmental organization known as 5th Pillar which has, since
their inception in 2007, distributed over 2.5 million notes as of
August 2014.
• The front of the ZRN has "I PROMISE TO NEITHER ACCEPT NOR GIVE
BRIBE" printed on the front bottom center.
• ZRN proves to be a simple, strong and effective "Nonviolent weapon
of Noncooperation“ giving voice to the "voiceless" and power to the
"powerless". Thousands of success stories out of the 2.5 million
distributed Zero Rupee Notes have been recorded.

 This concept for use in the fight
against corruption has recently been
adopted from 5th Pillar to few other
nations suffering from endemic
government bribery problems
including Yemen, Ghana.
 Zero rupee notes have been issued
in five of the 22 scheduled languages
of India: Tamil, Hindi, Kannada,
Malayalam, and Telugu.
 The 2005 Transparency International
India study was the largest study of
the Indian bribery problem ever
undertaken, with 14,405
respondents from 20 states
contributing.
 Satindar Mohan Bhagat, an
Indian expatriate who is a physics
professor at the University of
Maryland and the director of
Association for India's
Development, Inc. USA, is
credited with originating the
concept of the zero rupee note in
2001.
 5th Pillar began the campaign
in the spring of 2007 with a first
printing of 25,000 notes that
were distributed in the Indian city
of Chennai.
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Occupy movement
(17 September 2011)

• The Occupy movement is the international branch of the Occupy Wall Street
movement that protests against social primary goal being to make the economic
and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly
distributed.ial and economic inequality around the world.
• The first Occupy protest to receive widespread attention was Occupy Wall Street in
New York City's Zuccotti Park, which began on 17 September 2011.
• By 9 October, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 951 cities
across 82 countries, and over 600 communities in the United States.
• In 2009 and 2010, students across the University of California occupied campus
buildings in protest against budget cuts, tuition hikes, and staff cutbacks that had
resulted from the Great Recession of 2008. According to Dissent Magazine, "It was
in the context of the California student movement that the slogan 'Occupy
Everything, Demand Nothing' first emerged.”
• The phrase "The 99%" is a political slogan used by participants in the Occupy
movement. It was originally launched as a Tumblr blog page in late August 2011. It
refers to the concentration of wealth among the top 1% of income earners
compared to the other 99 percent, the top 1 percent of income earners nearly
tripled after tax income over the last thirty years according to a Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) report.

 According to Bloomberg Businessweek, protesters wanted more and better jobs,
more equal distribution of income, bank reform, and a reduction of the influence of
corporations on politics.
 Activists have used web technologies and social media like IRC, Facebook, Twitter,
and Meetup to coordinate Events, Indymedia helped the movement with
communications, saying there had been conference calls on Skype with participants
from up to 80 locations.
 The occupy movement began with a commitment to nonviolence. Frequent
references were made to the writings of nonviolent theorist Dr. Gene Sharp whose
work was reported to have influenced nonviolent struggle movements in Serbia
and the Arab Spring.
 On 17 September 2011, 1,000 protesters gathered in downtown Manhattan
walking up and down Wall Street. About 100 to 200 people stayed overnight in
Zucotti Park, two blocks north of Wall Street. By 19 September, seven people had
been arrested.
 Government documents released in December 2012 pursuant to Freedom of
Information Act requests by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund reveal FBI
monitoring of what became known as the Occupy movement since at least August
2011, a month before the protests began.

Pink Chaddi Campaign
6 February 2009 )

 After widespread outrage over his speech, the Bangalore
and Mangalore police stepped up protection in public
places and local hangouts, despite which there was an
attack by the Sri Ram Sena on five women in a pub in
Mangalore. Two women patrons were hospitalised in a
critical condition. Of 40 perpetrators, only three have
been arrested so far.
 In the midst of the tension, a protest was started by a
group of young women, called the "Pink Chaddi"
campaign, where they urged a peaceful protest
(described as Gandhian in the press to all of India, by
sending pink underwear ("Chaddi" in Hindi) to Muthalik's
office on Valentine's Day.
 The Pink Chaddi Campaign received widespread media
coverage, and the Facebook group saw numbers of
members growing exponentially in the following days. A
few reports were also critical of the campaign accusing it
of trivialising an important issue like attack on women.
 A counter campaign calling itself "The Pink Condom
Campaign" was started by some unknown activists a few
days before Valentine's Day.
 On 6 February 2009 in an
incident of moral policing a group
of men who claimed to belong to
Sri Ram Sena attacked a group of
women in Mangalore, India. Later
that month, Muthalik announced
an action plan to target couples
found dating on 14 February,
Valentine's Day.
 The Pink Chaddi Campaign (or
Pink Underwear Campaign) is a
nonviolent protest movement
launched by Consortium of
PubGoing, Loose and Forward
Women in February 2009.

 As an additional precaution, Muthalik and 140 others of the Sri Ram
Sena were held in preventive custody on Valentine's Eve.
 There was also political reaction to the campaign as supporters of RSS
objected to use of pictures of RSS members on the campaign blog.
RSS had criticised the Mangalore attack and favoured ban on the Sri
Ram Sena. The blog owner removed the pictures of RSS members
following this objection.
 Shortly after the campaign took off, the campaign's Facebook group
began to be attacked by internet trolls. This has not stopped the
group using Facebook as a positive social media tool to engage
marginalised communities.
 On 9 Feb 2009, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that "Sri Ram
Sene is a threat to the country. The Centre is watching its activities
with great concern”.

 1 in 3 women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her
lifetime. That’s one billion women and girls. Every february through
march 8th, thousands of risings take place in hundreds of countries
across the world and within local communities – to show the world
what one billion looks like and shine a light on the rampant impunity
and injustice that survivors of various forms of violence face.
 People around the world rise through dance to express rage against
injustices, and the power of global solidarity and collective action.
They dance to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that
together, violence can be defeated. They rise to show a
determination to create a new kind of consciousness – one where
violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable.
 Dance is one of the most powerful forces on the earth and we have
only just begun to tap into where it can take us. The struggle of
humanity is the struggle to return to our bodies.

Religious intolerance
 Novelist joins Bollywood figures and
others in handing back awards, with
many criticising Modi government for
not condemning violence.
 Novelist Arundhati Roy has become the
latest literary figure to return a top
Indian national award in protest
against the growing violence and
“horrific murders” by rightwing groups
in India.
 Roy and two dozen Bollywood figures
have added their voices to those of
artists, scientists and historians in
expressing alarm at a series of violent
incidents and attacks on intellectuals,

 The writer, famous for her Booker prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things,
said she was returning her 1989 National Award for Best Screenplay in protest
against the growing culture of fear and censorship fostered by the government,
who encouraged the “lynching, shooting, burning and mass murder of fellow
human beings”.
 In a sharply worded editorial in the Indian Express, Roy wrote that millions of
people from minorities – including Muslims, Christians and members of low-caste
or tribal communities – were “being forced to live in terror, unsure of when and
from where the assault will come”.
 Over the past two months, more than 40 novelists, essayists, playwrights and
poets have now given back awards from the country’s most prestigious literary
institution, the Sahitya Akademi. In particular, they have criticised the institution
for not condemning the killings of secular activists.
 The two incidents that have most angered India’s intellectuals and creative's were
the murder of Malleshappa Kalburgi, an award-winning scholar whose frequent
criticism of what he saw as superstition and false beliefs had angered Hindu
extremists, and the lynching of a Muslim labourer in September, who was
believed to have eaten beef. Among India’s majority Hindu population, cows are
considered to be sacred.

Congress Boys' for Shirtless Protest Against Speaker
(AUGUST 3)

 NEW DELHI: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday criticised
the Congress over its youth activists' conduct during a protest against Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, questioning their value system.
 Boys from the Congress took off their shirts and protested against the speaker. Lok
Sabha Speaker is parliament's pride. Is this the respect the Congress has for
women? Is this what Rahul Gandhi preaches to the Congress?" Irani said on Friday.
 "Is this their (Congress) culture? What message are they giving," she asked.
Members of the Youth Congress on Thursday staged a protest against Mahajan for
suspending 25 Congress MPs on August 3 by taking off their shirts.
 Members of the Youth Congress on Thursday staged a protest against Mahajan for
suspending 25 Congress MPs on August 3 by taking off their shirts. She also
slammed the Congress for questioning the Naga peace accord, and opposing the
Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill.
 "The Naga peace accord has gone down the pages of history. The Congress wants
to deny it...“ she said."The GST will usher in an economic revolution. Why are they
opposing it?" the union minister added. Smriti Irani said that "people of the
country will not forgive those blocking parliament to stall growth."

Topless Ukraine 'rebels‘
in trouble for protest over India sex
industry visa crackdown (19 February 2012)
• For the first time, members of Ukrainian protest group Femen face a
criminal case, though not for stripping in public for women's cause.
• Anonymous activists of the feminist group face a criminal case in a court
in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for their topless protest on the balcony of
Indian ambassador Rajiv K. Chander's residence on January 18, during
which they tore down the Indian Tricolour.
• The activists were protesting against India's alleged visa crackdown
against women from some former Soviet states. The government has
reportedly asked the country's diplomatic missions in Ukraine, Russia,
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to tighten the overview of visa applications by
women aged 1840 in an attempt to curb the inflow of sex workers to India.

 About 40,000 tourists from Central
Asia republics and more than 70,000
from Russia visit India every year. A
large number of women from some of
the Central Asian republics travel to
India to work as prostitutes.
 The Femen protesters, baring their
breasts even in subzero temperatures,
climbed the balcony of the
ambassador's residence with placards
bearing slogans such as 'Ukraine is not
a bordello', 'We are not prostitutes',
'Delhi, close your brothels' and 'We
demand apologies'.

Sanitary napkin protest
(Jamia Milia Islamia, JNU, Mar 29, 2015)

 Jamia Milia Islamia's unique protest against sexism and patriarchy with slogans
written on sanitary napkins found an echo on the Jadavpur University campus days
after Jamia authorities show caused four students for the act.
 A section of JU students, who have formed a new group called Periods, took the
same route on Friday, spreading feminist messages written on sanitary napkins all
over the campus. The message says: "Girls are raped not because they are girls but
because we live in a patriarchal society.“
 The protest came days after a postgraduate student lodged a molestation
complaint with the JU authorities and police. "We adopted this movement to raise
gender sensitization on the campus and stop the girl who was molested from being
blamed," said Arumita Mitra, a student of JU.
 The "pads against patriarchy" campaign sprung a surprise and shock among few.
However, Arumita has no qualms. "In the event of a molestation or rape, we usually
blame the victim. It is always her fault. The movement is to stop victimblaming
immediately. This form of movement was chosen to strike the conventional
thought regarding period or menstruation, which is a very natural process for a girl
or a woman and it is not a taboo for which she should hide the sanitary napkins,"
added Arumita.

• There was mixed reaction to the protest. "The authorities have not intervened as
yet. There were several such messages written on around 200 sanitary napkins.
There is a lack of gender sensitization on our own campus," a student of English
honours added.
• This is annoying and shows the students in poor light. Though a section of
students has started the movement, it is not a popular decision," said an
engineering student. He added, "Let the committee submit the report on
molestation and then one should initiate such kind of protest.“
• JU proVC Ashish Verma said, "There is always space for freedom of expression
but students should also know where to draw the line."

 Delhi Congress Protests Against Price Rise Outside Arvind Kejriwal's
Residence Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 30, 2015
• Delhi Congress workers today staged a protest outside Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal's house over the rise in prices of onion and other essential commodities.
 Bhubaneswar: Congress Protests Price Rise, Blames Narendra Modi
and Naveen Patnaik Bhubaneshwar News | Saturday July 12, 2014
• The Opposition Congress today staged a sit-in in front of the Raj Bhawan in
Bhubaneswar to protest against price rise.
 Delhi Congress to Protest Rail Fare Hike Outside Parliament on
Monday India News | Saturday July 5, 2014
• The Delhi Congress today said it will protest outside Parliament on Monday - the
first day of the budget session - demanding a rollback in the recent rail fare hike
and to protest against the BJP-led central government's "failure" to curb the
soaring price rise of essential commodities and consumable items.
 MNS sells onions in protest against price rise India News |August 11,2013
• As the onion prices are soaring, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS workers
today sold the vegetable in some areas of the city at a lower rate.

 In Jamshedpur, buy tyres, get onions free Wednesday August 14, 2013
• Onions are being provided free with the purchase of car and truck tyres by a tyre
seller in Jamshedpur to protest against the rise in the price of the edible bulb.
 BJP's women activists protest against price rise outside Congress
office in Delhi Saturday July 13, 2013
• Over a 100 women activists of the BJP's women wing gathered outside the ruling
Congress' office today to protest against steep price rise.
 Bharat bandh stops India, Mumbai worst-hit Tuesday July 6, 2010
• The Bharat bandh called by the Opposition to protest against rising prices has put
the country on hold. Transport has been hit across states. States ruled by the NDA
and the Left are the most affected.But Mumbai, ruled by the Congress, is also one
of the worst hit with normal life disrupted. Security is tight in the city.The BJP-led
National Democr...
 Kolkata: Violent protests over price rise Monday November 30, 2009
• BJP workers have gone on a rampage in Kolkata and the suburbs. A bus has been
burnt near Howrah bridge, while more vehicles were also damaged in the violence

 The Gulabi gang (from Hindi गुलाबी gulabī, "pink") is a group of Indian women
activists. The group first appeared in Bunbeing founded by Nitya nasa and earlier
commanded by Sampat Pal Devi, as a response to widespread domestic abuse and
other violence against women. The group has been reported to have spread and
since 2010, is now active across North India.
 The Gulabi gang is not an actual gang, but rather a team of women working
towards justice for oppressed and abused women. The women wear uniform pink
saris symbolizing strength, and carry around bamboo sticks that can be used as
weapons if needed. Most of the women are from a poor background and are of the
lowest caste, the Dalit.
 There is no discrimination based on gender because the gang not only focuses on
male jurisdiction over women, but also on human rights and male oppression.
 Al Jazeera reported that the group have an estimated 400,000 members as of 2014;
the Hindustan Times put the figure at 270,000.
 The Gulabi Gang earned the Kelvinator 11th GR8! Women Award, an award offered
by the Indian Television Academy. They also earned the Godfrey Phillips Bravery
Award for social bravery, offered in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi
 On 2 March 2014, Sampat Pal Devi was relieved of her role at the head of the
Gulabi Gang amidst allegations of financial impropriety and putting her personal
interests before those of the group[

FTII Students' Protest
16 JUNE 2015

 Disallowed from Goa Festival, FTII Students Hold 'Rebel' Film
Festival Goa | Wednesday November 25, 2015
• The agitating FTII students started their 'rebel' film festival on Tuesday, featuring
films made by the current and past students of the film institute, in protest against
the exclusion of their films from the ongoing International Film Festival of India
(IFFI).
 Goa Chief Minister Questions FTII Students' Protest at Film Fest
• Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today questioned protests by FTII students
at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), and said "students could not protest
as a matter of right".
 FTII Student Arrested, Protesters Detained Near Film Fest Venue in
Goa Sunday November 22, 2015
• In separate incidents, Goa police today arrested an FTII student at the venue of the
ongoing International Film Festival of India and detained a group of about hundred
people who were protesting outside over the death of a local activist.
 FTII Students Call Off Strike, Say Protests Will Continue
• Students of top film institute FTII today called off their 139-day-old strike over the
appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman.

Hunger strike
2 November 2000
 Born 14 march 1972
Kongpal, imphal, manipur, india
 Nationality indian
 Ethnicity meitei
 Occupation civil rights
activist, political activist, poet
 Known for hunger strike
against armed forces (special
powers) act
 Parent(s) irom c nanda(father)
Irom ongbi sakhi (mother)

• Irom Sharmila Chanu, also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, went on a hunger
strike on November 4, 2000 in an effort to have the Government of India withdraw
the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) from Manipur and other
parts of India.
• On 2 November 2000, she began a hunger strike which is still ongoing. Having
refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she has been called "the world's
longest hunger striker“.
• on 2 November 2000, in Malom, ten civilians were shot and killed while waiting at
a bus stop. The incident, known as the "Malom Massacre” was allegedly committed
by Assam Rifles . The victims included Leisangbam Ibetombi, a 62yearold woman,
and 18yearold Sinam Chandramani, a 1988 National Bravery Award winner.
• According to official figures, 25,000 people have been killed in Manipur alone, since
this Act came into force, in 1980.
• Sharmila, who was 28 at the time of Malom Massacre, began to fast in protest. Her
primary demand to the Indian government has been the repeal of the Armed
Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). She began her fast in Malom on 5 November,
and vowed not to eat, drink, comb her hair or look in a mirror until AFSPA was
repealed.
• By 2004, Sharmila had become an "icon of public resistance.” Following her
procedural release on 2 October 2006 Irom Sharmila Chanu went to Raj Ghat, New
Delhi, which she said was "to pay floral tribute to my ideal, Mahatma Gandhi."

India channel protests rape
documentary ban with blank
screen (March 8)
India's Daughter
Directed by Leslee Udwin
Produced by Leslee Udwin
Written by Leslee Udwin
Based on 2012 Delhi gang rape
Release dates 4March 2015
Running time 58 min 18 sec
Country United Kingdom
Language English, Hindi

 An Indian news network ran a blank screen for an hour in protest at a controversial
government ban on airing a documentary about the savage gang rape of a Delhi
student.
 NDTV broadcast a blank screen with only a flickering lamp in the background for an
hour from 9pm to 10pm on Sunday, when it was due to have shown the
documentary, “India’s Daughter”, to mark International Women’s Day.
 On 5 March, YouTube block the video in India, but the BBC broadcast the film on
the evening of 4 March.(United Kingdom).
 A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Delhi High Court to lift the stay order on
the broadcast of the documentary. The petitioners claimed the ban violated
freedom of expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution.
 On 12 March 2015, the Court said the ban cannot be lifted as the appeals of the
convicts are under trial in the Supreme Court of India. However, it forwarded the
case the case to the bench of the Chief Justice.

• Bangalore, which is supposed to be
India's IT capital, is infamous for the
potholed roads and conditions get
worse with the monsoon showers,
risking the lives of commuters.
• What do you do if you find a full-
grown 'crocodile' in the middle of a
busy city road? Most would scream
out in terror, naturally. And that's
what happened on Thursday on
Sulthanpalya Main Road in north
Bangalore that took the motorists and
locals by surprise.
• Bangalore, which is supposed to be
India's IT capital, is infamous for the
potholed roads and conditions get
worse with the monsoon showers,
risking the lives of commuters.
Despite repeated complaints, the
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
(BBMP) has been unable to improve
the road conditions of the so-called
world-class city.
• Frustrated by the failure of the BBMP
to repair a giant pothole and a broken
water pipe in the middle of the main
road, a city-based artist, Baadal
Nanjundaswamy, planted a 20 kg
life-sized crocodile in the 12-feet-long
pothole and painted the pothole
green. Bangalore has reportedly over
2,000 potholes in 422 of its main
roads.

Reasons why we should bother to protest
We are still a democracy and every citizen has a right to
express their views in a peaceful manner.
As you glance through the news today, you'd find people from
all over the world protesting on a variety of issues ranging
from unemployment to the latest government austerity
measures, to the
way banks are run and to an offensive film.
It is not just happening in so-called "less" democratic countries
but more so in countries that cherish democracy.
Democracy is not just about casting our votes at the ballot box.
It is about us engaging the political process on an ongoing
basis through dialogue with lawmakers and government
servants, lobbying
or petitioning for change in a certain policy, and even protests.
Some issues need multi-pronged approach when the authorities
are unresponsive.

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