Hundreds March in AISA-AIPWA’s Rally From Vivekananda Statue (DU) to Kamla Nagar Called in Defense and Celebration of ‘Love in Our Times’!
Students, Teachers, Activists and Intellectuals March to Uphold
the Right to Freedom and Dignity!!
Public Meeting Tomorrow (Feb 15) From 12.30 pm At Vivekananda Statue!!
Hundreds of students, teachers, intellectuals and activists marched on the streets of Delhi today from Vivekananda statue (DU) to Kamla Nagar in defense of the right of each individual to make independent decisions on love and marriage. This march was organised by the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA). “The past few years have seen a resurgence of attacks by fascist and patriarchal forces on the rights of women to make choices regarding their lives – the shameful attack on women in a pub in Mangalore by goons belonging to the Sri Ram Sene, the regular attacks by the Shiv Sena on couples celebrating Valentine’s Day, or the patently illegal diktats by ‘khaap panchayats’ dictating whom one can marry and whom one cannot are examples.”, said Rajrani, vice president, AISA DU.
Today’s rally therefore was to reassert the importance of love in our times. “As a political act this is all the more important when we consider the increased spate of attacks by fundamentalist forces on women.”, said Sunny, General Secretary, AISA DU. “These groups seeks to curtail and control women’s agency, and they reinforce their hidebound diktats in the name of upholding ‘Indian culture’. This is the case, whether we think of the stereotyped portrayal of male and female roles in consumer culture, in the horrific judgments of khaap panchayats, or even the recent declarations made by the courts of the land on upholding a woman’s ‘virtue’ and ‘chastity’,”, said Sucheta, General Secretary, AISA, JNU Unit.
AISA-AIPWA is also organising a public meeting on the theme tomorrow (15th Feb): the list of speakers includes poets Anamika and Noor Zaheer; Pankaj Bisht, editor of Samyantar and a noted writer; Arvind Jain, Supreme Court lawyer; and Rukmini Bhaiya Nair, poet and academic from IIT Delhi. The meeting will start at 12.30 pm at the Vivekananda Statue, Arts Faculty, Delhi University.
red salute to our comrades at DU
Looking forward to the public meeting tomorrow! Contributions from students in the form of poems, songs, posters etc are welcome!
It’s good to see that our comrades are fast enough in keeping us informed of ongoing struggles. I would request you to give a deatailed reporting of aisa’s national conference on the website as soon as possible. Lal Salaam!
Its gud tht AISA raises issues tht r really affecting the evryday lives of common people. The day isn’t far when our voice will be heard thruout d world. Lal Salaam
the website looks good. in solidarity.
Du ke sathiyon ko badhai ki unhone is tarah ke muddon ko bhi uthaya hai….halanki yeh ek vivadit issue bhi hai ki hum humesha dakshinpanthi hathkande ka hi uttar dete rahte hain…..hume apni nitiyon ko aage karna hoga….!!!