People,
We’ve all felt strongly about the issue. So now, it’s time to show up and be counted. Especially, if you are in Chennai.
With incidents of moral policing and attacks on freedom of speech and expression on the rise, there is a need to create awareness among the general public about the fundamental rights of provided by the constitution.
The civil society is getting increasingly polarised. There are those who believe that there is a need to regulate what people wear, what they talk and what they do in people. And there are those who believe that freedom is the quintessential trait of any democracy.
Till these differences are bridged, incidents of policing, infringement on civil rights and invasion of privacy will continue. The idea of a forum for a saner Chennai is to build bridges between the two extremes.
This campaign for saner Chennai convened by Dr.Vijay Nagaswami and Advocate P.V.S. Giridhar looks at involving different segments of the society to play an active role in celebrating freedom of speech and expression.
The first in the series will be a panel discussion to be held in association with Unwind Centre. Panelists Dr.Vijay Nagaswami, advocate Giridhar, theatre personality Mangai and activist Dr. Kanimozhi will discuss the impact of moral policing on the civil society and interact with the youth to formulate an action plan for the celebration of freedom.
The panel discussion will be held on November 18, Friday, at 8 p.m., as a part of this week’s Live 1o1 series at the Unwind Centre, Nelson Manickam Road.
There will also be a band from MCC jamming on the theme of freedom.
Donor Passes in aid of the Acts of Mercy projects of Unwind Centre are priced at Rs.50.
For more details, email sanerchennai@yahoo.com.
MADRAS INK. 
great blog, I am a regular now. One sore note though, the music is a bit irritating, Can you take it down
hey sudhish, i’ve been wanting to attend atleast one. missed the first few meetings. till what time will it go on? cos, how muchever we discuss about all this freedom stuff in a , still we cant come that late, unless accompanied by men. 😦 and i do wanna come.
narayan:
i’ll surely look into it. i totally forgot that the music is around cuz i view my blog without the speakers on.
meanwhile, there’s a player at the bottom of the blog to turn it off.
incognito:
it shd be done by 9 or 9.30 max. the show starts by 7.
gr8 gng ppl! for once, i am sad tht i am nt in chennai!
best wishes…
k.will try to be there with Pre
Sudhish music has come to a point of slight irritation da look into it.
Actually been wanting to send a mail to check if you have written any piece on this issue of Kushboo & now Suhasini – on the official front. I wonder if any media gets to support them at all or to atleast get their point of view. I checked the official website but could not find any.
machee…bring the player up(I mean from the footer to the top)..and people you can stop it even if you click the stop on internet explorer or firefox (near the refresh button)…video really killed the radio star sudhish :))..na appovae sonen…
Hope the discussion does not not turn like the LOC issue…freedom without borders, trying to achieve that suder…really appriciate what you are doing…next time I come to India hope I can wear shorts and go to my old engineering college :)..me does that here 🙂