In the aftermath of the attack on the women in the pub in Mangalore, there have been some blog posts and articles protesting against the “secular” media’s characterisation of the Ram Sene as a Hindu Taliban, and of what happened as the “Talibanisation” of India. According to one blogger, the “liberal left” have gone into [...]
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Left, Right, Centre, Pseudo-Secular: The Mangalore Pub Incident
Posted in Desi Pundit, Human Rights, India, Media, Men, News, Pet Peeves, Politics, Religion, Women, tagged Big Media, Mangalore, Men, Muthalik, Ram Sene, Women, Yeduryappa on February 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Gaza Appeal
Posted in News, Politics, Refugees, TV, UK, tagged BBC, DEC Appeal, Gaza, Israel, Sky on January 30, 2009 | Comments Off
There has been a huge row in the UK over the BBC and Sky’s decision not to screen a joint appeal by various charities such as Oxfam, Save the Children etc for donations for Gaza. The BBC said it had to remain “impartial” and therefore could not screen the appeal. For the charities, this [...]

