Posts tagged India
Holi
Mar 4th
Last Monday (March 1st), people in India and other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colours. A welcoming of Spring, Holi is celebrated as the triumph of good over evil. Hindu devotees and others enthusiastically drop their inhibitions, and chase each other in temples and through the streets, playfully splashing colourful paint, powder and water on each other. People also attend bonfires to commemorate the story of Prahlada, a Hindu figure and devout follower of Lord Vishnu who prevailed over his father and the demoness Holika with the power of his devotion. The Big Picture collected a handful of images from this year’s Festival.
Periodical Political Post *40
Dec 2nd
- Homophobic hate crime reports rise by 11% in the United States
- Voters in India now allowed ‘third gender’ option
- Change we can believe in: Abuse in secret US prison in Afghanistan
- So much for the Peace Nobel Prize: Obama refuses to ban landmines
- Catholic church covered up child sex abuse over more than three decades
- UK gets new internet law, citizen can be sentenced without court proceedings
- EU shares bank transfer data with US, privacy groups not amused
- Turkey wants universal email surveillance from birth
- German president refuses to sign censorship law for now
- UK schools vet parents for christmas festivities, they might be pedos
- UK cops spending millions gathering useless intelligence on peaceful protestors
- Police officer who used taser on 10 year old girl finally fired
- Video game features gay sex scene (between a man and an elf)
Periodical Political Post *34
Sep 5th
- Indian government tipped to allow gay sex ruling, decriminalizing homosexuality
- State of Washington to hold referendum on new gay rights laws
- New Bill would give US president power to shut down internet for all Americans
- Lawless surveillance, warrantless rationales – Obama’s continuation of Bush policies
- DNA data bases useless? Scientists learn to fabricate DNA evidence
- How the UK government lies about number of file sharers with fantasy calculating
- Sweden seeks way out of selfish capitalism with negative interest rate for banks
- Umfragen zu Gewalt gegen Schwule manipuliert um Stimmung gegen Ausländer zu machen
- Unzensierte Nach-Wahl-Pläne der CDU aufgetaucht: Kein Mindestlohn und höhere Steuern
- FDP verhindert BND-Untersuchungsausschuss & klagt nur gegen Netztzensur wenn sie nicht gewählt werden
- CDU traut nicht mal den eigenen Parteimitgliedern, liest heimlich vertrauliche Mails mit
- Bundeswehr fordert Luftschlag gegen dutzende Zivilisten an, aber das ist natürlich eine Friedensmission…
- Nur gegen Kinderpornos? Österreich sperrt Website eines kritischen Journalisten
- Contentmafia mahnt jetzt schon der Wiederverkauf legal erworbener CDs ab
- Air France verbietet Männern neben allein reisenden Kindern zu sitzen
Periodical Political Post *29
Jul 3rd
- India overturns 150 years old colonial law, allows same-gender sex
- Opinion poll shows 61% of Brits support full gay marriage rights
- After drug decriminalization: Drug related deaths & HIV cases drop
- UK government bans former anti-terror chief’s tell-all book
- Canadian government : You have no expectation of privacy on the Internet
- Bayern öffnet Standesämter für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe
- 40 Jahre nach Stonewall: Berliner Polizei durchsucht Schwulenbar beim CSD
- Europarat will Deutsche Netzzensur für ganz Europa empfehlen
- Westdeutschland hat seine eigene Stasi-Vergangenheit
- GEMA will Gebühren für Konzerte um 600% (!) erhöhen
