It's kicking off in Kerala

Primitives !

Good old anthropological term !

They ought to just go with the flow.

Bleeding disgrace in this day and age.

You can see how the ban would be a red rag to these ladies.

Troublesome period ahead.

Shame

I was in Kerala in Oct, had a great holiday. people seemed friendly when i was there.

You were a tampon salesman though !

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Carries a large briefcase of sanitary products.

Bowler hat.

Been trying to start an Ocado shop for the first time.....gawddddddd !

mouse muldoon .

Under the banner of so called "women's rights" you can upset the Hindus, that's fine. However, certain other religions remain strangely untouchable in this regard.

I thought they did like to upset the other religions in India?

Which other religions did you mean?

Some religions are beyond criticism from certain quarters, no matter how appalling their treatment of women is to the rest of us.

It's this disparity that signals a hidden agenda.

In other words what I'm trying to say is, the feminist movement, along with others appear to have been hijacked for nefarious purposes.

Do the Indian authorities crack down heavily on the islamophobes?

They're cracking down on this Hindu sect, that's for sure. Islam is being left alone as far as I'm aware.

I don't know if 'Islamophobia' has been coined for propaganda purposes in India as of yet. Obviously it has in the UK.

What a crazy mixed up world we live in.

I was surprised when I was there on hols that it's mainly Governed by the Communist Party of India. It's a great place, between monsoons, for a holiday and I found the people easy to get along with.

I think this issue has been brewing for some time now. They want women to be allowed but the 'heads' in charge of the religion don't allow. These two women just protested to that. That's how religions are. Not everything has to make sense.

Regarding mouse's comments about crackdown on Islamophobia in India, I don't think that happens there. In fact, they have a politicial party by the name of Sena, or Shiv Sena, something like that, that openly threatens to kill muslims(usually near the elections or when low on popularity).

By population, India has the second largest muslim population in the world after Indonesia. They need to be careful how they go about their business either for or against the muslims. Doesn't take long for people to take the law in their own hands in that part of the world. My guess is most of the times hatred against muslims is promoted to win people's votes. I don't see any usefulness of the rulers protecting muslims in India to promote an agenda, like they do in Europe. Europe doesn't have to risk mass riots or people protesting or taking the law in their own hands, as everyone is tied to the system and is almost powerless. In India, public reaction can be an issue.

Kerala port has some significance regarding the arrival of British in India(but I cna't recall what exactly). I planned a marketing plan for a perfume company and one of the perfumes was named Malabar, which is how I learnt a lot about Kerala. Never visited though.