This letter is posted on behalf of the Consortium of Pubgoing Loose and Forward Women, courtesy of P.R. Chaudhuri. You can use this letter as it is written or make any alterations you see fit - or send your own letter. The important thing is to communicate your protest and your outrage. The addresses to which the following letters/emails may be sent are appended below. When sending thse emails, PLEASE send a copy to mahilabharati@yahoo.com - this is Chaudhuri's email address. The copy will enable the Consortium to keep a record of how many emails were sent. Thank you!
Dear Sir,
In the last week women in the cities of Bangalore and Mangalore have faced physical attacks by gangs of strangers. These women , without the slightest provocation - unless exercising your rights as a free citizen of India by travelling, driving a car, or walking on the street as all of us have the right to do - can be counted as a provocation - were threatened, intimidated, cursed, and beaten. Some of them will be traumatized for life ; others will be afraid to walk the streets of their own cities again. These attacks are nothing less than a dastardly attempt to circumscribe the freedom of movement of women.
We are a group of concerned citizens, male and female, old and young, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian, from all walks of life, who have gathered to express our outrage and to register our strong protest that such goons are allowed to disrupt the lives of ordinary citizens with impunity. We ask that you restore to us our right to walk our own cities free of fear and the threat of assault. We ask that you bring these miscreants to justice and return to us the confidence in our lawmakers which should be our birthright. For this is not just a "women's issue," when one woman is attacked, we are all diminished; we all have our rights as citizens eroded along with her.
We, the people, ask you for justice and for protection. We hope and trust that you will not fail us.
Sincerely,
Addresses follow:
Dr. VS Acharya
Home Minister - Karnataka State
Room no. 315 & 315 A
Vidhan Soudha
Bangalore 560001
Tel: 080 22252536
vsacharya@gmail.com
P. Chidambaram
Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block
Central Secretariat
New Delhi - 110 001
Phone: 23092011, 23092161
websitemhaweb@nic.in
Dr. Ajai Kumar Singh
DG & IGP
Karnataka State Police Headquarters
Nrupathunga Road
Bangalore
Tel: 080 22211803, 22942999
police@ksp.gov.in
When sending thse emails, PLEASE send a copy to mahilabharati@yahoo.com - this is Chaudhuri's email address.
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Linking to your blog post from mine (http://cynicalindian.blogspot.com). Hope you don't mind.
Thnaks, Anand. My unknown corner of the blogosphere can always do with more traffic as I labour towards the "Great Cosmopolitan Novel". I'd much appreciate it if you could take the time to read some of my other posts as well. They can always do with a visual stroking. It appears to cheer them up.
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