January 15, 2007 at 11:23 am All of India (or at least, the sizable part of it that enjoys feeling put upon) is in an uproar over this video depicting a man who looks like Mahatma Gandhi doing a pole dance/strip tease. The Indian government for airing the clip. The USA-produced video is native to YouTube; the TV stations say they aired it in order to share their outrage with the rest of the continent.
( for the pointer.)
According to the article, the aired YouTube clip depicts Gandhi dancing with loose women and brandishing an AK-47 at the audience. Neither of those elements are in this video.
I did some more searching and discovered that the article was inaccurate: it s actually referring to two different videos, with the gun-toting, titty-loving Man of Nonviolence appearing in this much funnier blaxploitation-style clip for Gandhi II.
Whether the videos are funny or not is irrelevant in a society that values freedom of speech. Sadly, freedom of speech is the last thing on some people s minds.
Consider this gem from user :
We will kill you if we find you anywhere.Advice for you cover your face or don t show your face to any indian or get slapped right there.You fool.
You are just a son of bitch.
Right. Because Gandhi was all about killing people who made fun of him.
Fuck ahimsa! If you want a contrary view, though, look no further than user :
Good job buddy!!
This Gandhi was a big time pervert and bastard who divided our country and gave us worst nightmare called Pakistan . He does not command any respect and he was shot for a cause. Bravo!
!
Wonder why the world is going to Hell in a hand basket? Look no further than the existence of people who would kill over the message of nonviolent resistance.
I m sure someone from India will ask, How would you like it if someone made fun of Jesus Christ that way?! Please, sucka.
In my country, making fun of Jesus Christ is a long-standing comedic tradition!
As far as I know, no one threatened to kill Seth McFarlane over this. Not only did we not kill him, we gave the dude a prime time spot on Fox.
America - what a country! July 26, 2006 at 11:47 pm Mamacita s BlogHer problems, sadly, .
KristyK that requires entheogens for optimal viewing.
Chag at Cynical Dad has nothing to say, . It s sad, really.
In non-blog news, , choosing instead to focus on improving its educational system rather than outfitting every kid with a $100 hand-cranked pseudo-PC.
Wise idea - or foolish maneuver?
September 22, 2005 at 7:51 pm Akku Yadav terrorized the women of the Indian slum of Kasturba Nagar for years, raping some of them repeatedly and ordering others gang-raped. When some of these women overcame the shame and went to police, the officers told them that it was their fault for being loose .
Nadav finally surrendered to police to escape the boiling anger of other residents. When it became clear that he was going to be released on bail, the women of Kasturba Nagar .
At 3pm on August 13 2004, Akku Yadav was lynched by a mob of around 200 women from Kasturba Nagar.
It took them 15 minutes to hack to death the man they say raped them with impunity for more than a decade. Chilli powder was thrown in his face and stones hurled. As he flailed and fought, one of his alleged victims hacked off his penis with a vegetable knife.
A further 70 stab wounds were left on his body. The incident was made all the more extraordinary by its setting. Yadav was murdered not in the dark alleys of the slum, but on the shiny white marble floor of Nagpur district court.
And even THAT was too good for him.
Pandagon s post above doesn t reprint the most interesting part of the Guardian article, which captures exactly how the murder unfolded:
On the day of Yadav s hearing, 200 women came to the court armed with vegetable knives and chilli powder. As he walked in, Yadav spotted one of the women he had raped.
He called her a prostitute and threatened to repeat the crime against her. The police laughed. She took off her sandal and began to hit him, shouting, We can t both live on this Earth together.
It s you or me.
It was a rallying cry to an incensed mob. Soon, he was being attacked on all sides.
Knives were drawn and the two terrified officers guarding him ran away. Within 15 minutes, Yadav was dead on the courthouse floor. But his death has not brought the women peace.
Five were immediately arrested, then released following a demonstration across the city. Now every woman living in the slum has claimed responsibility for the murder. They say no one person can take the blame: they have told the police to arrest them all.
The right thing to happen now would be for the Indian central government to pardon the women of the viillage, particularly the scapegoated Usha Narayane, and to arrest the corrupt cops who were in Yadav s pocket. Oh, and actually abolishing the caste system, instead of just saying it s abolished and turning your back when people rape and murder their fellow human beings? Yeah, that d be a nice touch too.
September 19, 2005 at 11:54 am I m trying to better familiarize myself with Bollywood music. If anyone can point me to a good guide or a good set of artists/compilations, please do.
Also, if anyone knows where I can get my hands on Jaan Pehechaan Ho by Mohammed Rafi, which is on the Ghost World soundtrack, let me know.
News RSS