Thursday, September 14, 2006

Satyagraha of a different nature

In what is being called a "strike of crossed legs", supported by the Pereira mayor's office, the wives and girlfriends of gang members have said they will not have sex with their partners until they vow to give up violence.

Read more about this novel form of peaceful resistance on Mathaba News Network

I am not sure if the hardened criminals can be lured into submission by the denial of sex but it would be interesting to see which of the two basic human instincts --- sex and violence --- wins this battle.

2 comments:

Cogito said...

Interestingly the same theme/act was used by the famous south Indian director K.Balachander in his award winning telugu movie Rudra Veena two decades ago.There it was used by wives trying to reform drunkard husbands.

Unfortunately , this solution would fail in situations where the economic affluence of the subject would lead him to other places where sex can be procured for money.

Anonymous said...

If I were to use your words, in logon ne SAX nahi macha di!

Cheers!