'Pink Panty' Women Target Extremist Right Wing Indian Leader

[LoZoccolo]

Women throughout the world — 13,000 at latest count — will be sending Pramod Mutalik a pair of pink panties for Valentine's Day. But these undies won't make his heart go pitty-pat.

Mutalik is the leader of Sri Ram Sena (Lord Ram’s Army) — an extreme right-wing organization in India that purports to be the “custodians of Indian Culture.”

Members of Mutalik's group are suspected of being behind a widely publicized incident last month in which a group of men brutally attacked women in a bar in the southern city of Mangalore — beating them, and kicking them when they fell to the ground. Mutalik was arrested in the attack, but he was released on bail.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490690,00.html

[sakabatou]

1. Excellent protest!

[derby378]

2. Hope they've got some pink AK47s in reserve

You know, for when the Pink Chaddi Campaign goes bust and Lord Ram's thugs decide to retaliate.

That said, good on the panty brigade for trying to have the last laugh.

[Chulanowa]

3. Which Indian culture are they custodians of?

Seriously, I make fun of the absurd phrase "western culture" - the diversity in "the west" makes the moniker utterly meaningless. But really... "Indian culture" is an even more absurd phrase. It's like saying "African Culture" or "Native American culture" - there is simply no single possible base of reference there! India's about as diverse and multicultured as a single functional nation can be.

As for the protest... Well, I have to admit, it seems a little silly to me, but where i'm from, giving a guy your panties just isn't how to convey a "fuck you and go to hell, you asshole" message.

Well. Clean panties.