Protest Politics @ Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, India

Activists in movements/andolans/campaigns from all over India protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to demand their rights and condemn illegalities/injustices on issues of gender, caste, race, sexuality, disability, communalism and human rights. Mainstream media ignores most such protests. This is an attempt to document few such dharnas/sit-ins/candle light marches/vigils/rallies/effigy-burning/fasts/gherao of Parliament and police action viz arrest/lathi-charge/teargas/firing at protesters.

Monday, 31 March 2014

Campus Front of India

Photographs taken on 31 March, 2014

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Masked Protest 2

Photographs taken on 27 March, 2014

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Protest by AIIMS nurses for an independent enquiry into the suicide of a nurse

Photographs taken on 26 March, 2014

Sunday, 23 March 2014

Open Mike: Is cheering for Pakistan in an Indo-Pak cricket match an act of sedition?

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/457270/open-mike-is-cheering-for-pakistan-in-an-indopak-cricket-match-an-act-of-sedition.html

Friday, 21 March 2014

Raju demands justice against police atrocities on 21 March, 2014 at Jantar Mantar

Photograph taken on 21 March, 2014

Monday, 17 March 2014

Masked Protest 1

A lone protest by a young Kashmiri male on 16 & 17 March, 2014 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi against the killing of Farhat Ahmad Dar, an 18 year old boy, by police forces in Naidkhai, Bandipora District, Kashmir on Friday, 14 March, 2014. For two days the protester - a courageous man with conviction - stood all alone with a poster in his hand under the direct heat of the scorching afternoon sun.

Monday, 3 March 2014

Rashtriya Ulema Council

Photograph of protest march organised by RUC on 3 March, 2014