The black clouds loom low in Karnataka today, while I just worked and wondered.Here’s some more from that disjuncture.Documentation of ‘Why am I so blasé?’ from a long two years ago

Yeh Sufed ribbon hai. 

mahez isko pehenna aapki samasyaaon ka hal nahin hai.

Isse aapko aur mujhe do vakt ki roti nahin milegi.

rehne ko jaga, peene ko paani, badan dhakne ke liye kapde…

Do you have faith in the White ribbon?

Feminist advocate, blogger and activist Anasuya Sengupta, in an essay called ‘Fundamentalisms of the Progressive‘ wrote,

‘One of our campaigns was to wear a white ribbon for peace (the White Ribbon Campaign for Peace, India) – we used it both as a symbol and as a talking point, to begin conversations about violence of all kinds, including what we call ‘communalism’ in India (the rousing of hatred against particular communities). Initially, some of our friends scoffed at us, and wondered what an insignificant white ribbon could do, to change attitudes and animosities.

But the interesting thing was that there were so many people – both young and not so young – who were unable to be political in the same way as they saw ‘activists’; they felt this meant standing at street corners with banners, or going on rallies, or shouting slogans against the government. They found this too ‘political’ (in their understanding of the term), and yet they were deeply disturbed at the kinds of violence being perpetrated in the name of religion.

So for these people, wearing a ribbon was the beginning of a series of conversations they had with others, which began other processes of change, at least in terms of breaking the silence around violence.

And because it was something everyone could do – and have conversations at whatever level of politics and ideology each was comfortable with – it wasn’t intimidating in any way, and yet gave a sense of belonging to a community against violence, and speaking up for peace.’

Do you believe in pluralism and justice?

Are you Secular, liberal, free thinking?

Do you believe that all religion has in its essence ways of leading a soulful, integrated and fulfilled life?

Do you believe that religious extremism has done us no good?

Say No to religious bigotry.

Wear a White Ribbon today.

Labels features this month in the NewMediaFest 2007,

as part of the Java Museum’s Shows on net.art.

Curated by Wilfred Agricola De Cologne this is a show that you must see, called

a+b =ba? [art+blog=blogart?]

ENTER a+b=ba[art+blog=blogart?]

And this way for entire NewMediaFest 2007.

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{labels is an arts and social entrepreneurial project located primarily on on the internet and realised with various groups .We seek to create empowering narratives of identity in collaboration with people who wish to explore and release themselves from an oppressive strand in their past, through a process that will be played out in life and in art.

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Awards!!

Nominate a blog for the Brass crescent Awards, given by alt.muslim and the City of Brass.

And received with thanks from Alo is this one.

and I need to pass it on, so,

Zainab Bawa

Chelby Diagle

Ok, the list is bound to grow. So hold on.