Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Claiming Delhi's streets to 'break the cage' for women...

Just as night falls, about 60 young women and men begin marching through some of Delhi university's premier colleges.

Many are carrying posters, they shout slogans, halt outside women's hostels, recite poems and break out into impromptu dances.

"We don't need no false protection, you can't cage half the nation," they sing.

One young man plays a drum hanging around his neck, while a woman wearing a red sari gives a lively speech.

At regular intervals, the participants - Delhi university students past and present - whistle and clap in approval or chant "shame, shame".

The issue that has brought all these men and women out on to the streets is what is called the "curfew hour" in women's hostels - the deadline by which residents must return to their rooms. Full story...

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