Point of View and Sanhita held a day-long meeting entitled “Gender, Sexuality and the Internet: A Workshop” at Kolkata on February 22, 2014. It was the third meeting of the second phase of the EroTICs India project; the first being held in Mumbai and the next in New Delhi. Topics such as online pornography, women […]
Decoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – II
This is the third in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014. While the publication and transmission of online pornography is already an offence in India, two 2013 petitions — one filed in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Supreme Court — […]
Porn Consumption and Privacy: A Legal Perspective
Does viewing porn in a private space morally harm the viewer? Which private acts may or may not be criminalised? This is the second in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014. Through talks, presentations and discussions, the meeting explored the links between […]
Porn and Violence: Navigating the Grey Areas
This is the first in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014. Through talks, presentations and discussions, the meeting explored the links between pornography, gender, sexuality and the freedom of speech.
Decoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – I
If we accept that nothing is wrong with sexual arousal, what is wrong in reading a text or watching a cartoon, online porn, or using a powder to create sexual arousal? This is the fourth in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Connect Your Rights!” meeting held in Mumbai in November 2013. The […]