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Indian Women Fight Extremism With Underwear

Journalist wages campaign in response to group that beats women

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2009 2:55 PM CDT
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(Newser) – A group of Indian women is fighting back against Hindu fundamentalism with an unlikely weapon: pink underwear, the Times of London reports. The “Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women,” a protest group, has encouraged women to send their pink underwear to the leader of the Sri Ram Sena, a fundamentalist group known for beatings of women in pubs or out alone.

Nisha Susan, a 29-year-old journalist, started the “Consortium” as a Facebook group, which now boasts 60,000 members. The name is tongue-in-cheek, Susan explains, “a way of embracing the slur. The three girls who were attacked last month all had the support of friends, family and community,” but not the government or police, who often turn a blind eye.

Veiled Muslim school girls walk past a movie poster in Bangalore, India.
Veiled Muslim school girls walk past a movie poster in Bangalore, India.   (AP Photo)
A group of Indian women are using pink underwear to protest what one government minister sees as the Talibanisation of the country by fundamentalist Hindu groups.
A group of Indian women are using pink underwear to protest what one government minister sees as the "Talibanisation" of the country by fundamentalist Hindu groups.   (Shutterstock)
A graphic from the Facebook group of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women endorses the 'Pink Chaddi' campaign.
A graphic from the Facebook group of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women endorses the 'Pink Chaddi' campaign.   (Facebook)
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northeast
Mar 26, 2009 7:11 AM CDT
...as opposed to everywhere else in the world, where men and woman clearly do not share 99.99% of their genetic structure with Neanderthals.
Caps
Mar 26, 2009 2:41 AM CDT
Sure hope they washed their undes before sending them.
Assassin
Mar 25, 2009 9:52 AM CDT
Remember this is a part of the world where it is obvious that many of the men are directly related by DNA to Neanderthal Cavemen.

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