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All Stories for Bindu Ammini
After Sabarimala entry, Kanaka Durga finds house locked, forced to take refuge at One Stop Centre
• 7 years agoKanaka Durga, an employee of the Civil Supplies Department, had scripted history along with Bindu, a college lecturer and CPI(M) ML activist, on 2 January by offering prayers at the Ayyappa shrine
Kanaka Durga seeks refuge in shelter home: Family of woman who entered Sabarimala disowns her days after attack by mum-in-law
Fp Staff • 7 years agoKanaka Durga had been undergoing treatment at the Calicut medical college after allegedly being attacked by her mother-in-law and now her brother and husband have declared that she won't be allowed to enter their houses.
Kerala's list of 51 women who entered Sabarimala features Chennai men, auto driver; Hindu groups say govt 'fabricated' names to promote atheism
Tkdevasia • 7 years agoRahul Easwar claimed they found 20 women above 50 when they cross-checked the list, while several others mentioned in the list did not visit Sabarimala at all.
Sabarimala row: Kerala government gives SC a list of 51 women who entered shrine since ban was lifted
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Kerala government submitted a list to the Supreme Court containing the names of as many as 51 women between the ages of 10 and 50 who have allegedly entered the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala since the Supreme Court verdict lifted the ban on the entry of women of menstruating age into the shrine.
Supreme Court tells Kerala govt to provide 'adequate security' to two women who entered Sabarimala
Fp Staff • 7 years agoSenior Advocate Indira Jaisingh submitted that Bindu Ammini and Kanaka Durga were living under constant fear after their trip to Sabarimala, and they needed police protection and security from the agitated mob who protest their temple entry.
Sabarimala row: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea of two women seeking 24x7 security after they entered temple
• 7 years agoThe petition in the Supreme Court seeks 24x7 security for the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and also to deal with protesters indulging in acts of violence, physical and/or verbal on social media or otherwise against them in accordance with the law.
From Sabarimala protests to the nun rape case, Kerala society’s attitude towards women reflects a dichotomy
Gita Aravamudan • 7 years agoWhat is that hidden misogyny in this society which continues to allow such complex Lakshman rekhas to be drawn around women? And the answer is not simple. Because Kerala society itself is so complex and its social history is unlike any other.
Sabarimala row: Mother-in-law's attack on Kanaka Durga shows how orthodoxy is still ingrained among Kerala Hindus
Tkdevasia • 7 years agoKanaka Durga, who returned to her husband’s house at Angadipuram in Malappuram district on Tuesday (15 January), was reportedly hit on her head by her mother-in-law.
Kanakadurga, one of two women who entered Sabarimala, attacked by mother-in-law; 39-year-old admitted in Kerala hospital with head injury
Fp Staff • 7 years agoKanakadurga, along with Bindu Ammini, had entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on 2 January after a landmark verdict by the Supreme Court made it possible for women between 10 and 50 years to enter the shrine.
Sabarimala review pleas in SC unlikely to be heard on 22 Jan; CJI says Justice Indu Malhotra's medical leave reason for delay
Fp Staff • 7 years agoChief Justice of India Ranjana Gogoi said the hearing of the Sabarimala review petitions in the Supreme Court may be delayed as Justice Indu Malhotra is on medical leave.