Poet Vasant Dattatray Gurjar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurjar>, who is facing obscenity charges in a trial in a Latur <http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.40053,76.563492&spn=0.1,0.1&q=18.40053,76.563492%20(Latur)&t=h> court over his poem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry> "Gandhi Mala Bhetla"(Gandhi met me), has dismissed any possibility of his tendering an apology.
The nearly thousand-word poem, last published in a banking industry magazine in 1994, revolves around the poet's imaginary encounters with the Mahatma at temples, churches, mosques, at an Osho <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagwan_Shree_Rajneesh> ashram, at the Kremlin <http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.7516666667,37.6177777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=55.7516666667,37.6177777778%20(Moscow%20Kremlin)&t=h>and even Mumbai <http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.975,72.8258333333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=18.975,72.8258333333%20(Mumbai)&t=h> 's red light area <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-light_district> among others. 1984 poem "Gandhi Mala Bhetla" "(Gandhi met me), charged with obscenity #FOE <http://www.kractivist.org/1984-poem-gandhi-mala-bhetla-gandhi-met-me-charged-with-obscenity-foe-wtfnews/> -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist Hey folks, coined this term " Kracktivism ", check out my blog *http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/ <http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/>* Blog for girl child- http://fassmumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for Kashmir -http://kashmirsolidaritymumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for KKM defence Committee- http://kabirkalamanch.wordpress.com https://twitter.com/#!/Kracktivist https://www.facebook.com/kamayani *I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal....... Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
