I came across your blog after reading abt it in the Hindu. Its a great initiative to curb eve teasing and I'm fully in support of it. But what I feel is ur targetting the wrong set of people. It's mostly the unemployed and lower end of the society that resort to street harrassment, the so called "machas".
If you look at the bigger picture, with the rapid westernisation of urban India and people from villages moving into bigger cities, these people have never seen this side of society and their lifestyles. So they will continue to stare atleast until and when the huge digital divide that exists in India is bridged. The day will come when women will not hafta wear salwar kameez on the beaches here.
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e v e - t e a s i n g ?
Blank - that which is not allowed meaning, form or articulation. Noise - that which heightens, builds itself.
'Eve Teasing' in India is considered a joke or prank. Blank Noise is a public and participatory arts project that seeks to explore street dynamics and recognize 'eve teasing' as street sexual harassment or violence.
Blank Noise is a public and participatory arts project begun in August 2003 with a small group of 9 participants. Conceived as a personal reaction to street sexual harassment, the project has grown through workshops and local volunteers to a five-city, hundred-plus volunteer project that seeks to address street sexual violence through dialogue made possible as a result of sustained public interventions.
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ReplyDeleteI came across your blog after reading abt it in the Hindu. Its a great initiative to curb eve teasing and I'm fully in support of it. But what I feel is ur targetting the wrong set of people. It's mostly the unemployed and lower end of the society that resort to street harrassment, the so called "machas".
If you look at the bigger picture, with the rapid westernisation of urban India and people from villages moving into bigger cities, these people have never seen this side of society and their lifestyles. So they will continue to stare atleast until and when the huge digital divide that exists in India is bridged. The day will come when women will not hafta wear salwar kameez on the beaches here.
I agree..
ReplyDeleteThis is why i again reiterate and say this to you gals
Act and not react
you can use an online shout box to express ur self'
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ReplyDeletei dont think i have targetted any one type of category yet. which category do you think im targetting?
yes the so call " macchas" are commonly associated with street sexual harassment and that's a stereotype.
the non machas type, in cars, formal clothng are also as much part of the act.
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