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Gandhi Begins Fast in Protest of Caste Separation

Date:
Sep 16 1932

On September 16, 1932, in his cell at Yerwada Jail in Pune, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste. A leader in the Indian campaign for…

Dialogue

Practitioner:
Xiao Lu

Date:
Sep 16 1932

The China Project: – An Artist in her Gun in 1989: Xiao Lu’s Accidental Revolt: It was February 5, 1989, and the opening day of the China Avant-Garde exhibition at Beijing’s National Art Museum was a madhouse. Performance artists had…

Demonstealer Fights For a Better India Through Death Metal

Practitioner:
Demonstealer

Date:
Sep 16 1932

The Propaganda Machine is a battle cry delivered in the language of extreme metal. On Sahil Makhija’s fourth solo album as Demonstealer, he takes aim at the right-wing politicians, racist nationalists, disinformation artists, and religious extremists who manipulate and exploit…

STITCHING TOGETHER: GARMENT WORKERS IN SOLIDARITY

Practitioner:
Magnum Foundation, Taslima Akhter

Date:
Sep 16 1932

On April 24, 2013, more than 1,000 lives were taken in the Rana Plaza Collapse. While history remembers this tragic event as the deadliest garment factory accident, activist and photographer Taslima Akhter reveals a story of dreams crushed by structural…

As the Taliban Curbs Women’s Rights, Advocates Demand Action

Practitioner:
2022., Afghan women walk along a road in Kandahar, on July 29

Date:
Sep 16 1932

In December – as many around the globe were preparing for the holidays – Sama, a former attorney, remained hunkered down in her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, trying to comprehend how her world had changed. The Taliban had just released…

The Climate Fast

Practitioner:
Sonam Wangchuk

Date:
Sep 16 1932

New Delhi: With his ‘climate fast’ entering its fourth day at Khardungla pass (18,000 ft) at -40 °C, Sonam Wangchuk — the renowned engineer, educationist and reformer from Ladakh took to Twitter, urging the people of India to join him…

Transforming Mental Health and Feminism through Art

Practitioner:
Sravy Attaluri

Date:
Sep 16 1932

She seeks to utilize her feminist art to spread awareness on mental health issues. Sravy is a nomad in her own right, and throughout her experiences in Asia she has noticed that there are stimas surrounding women’s autonomy and how…

Hatsune Miku

Practitioner:
Crypton Future Media and its official moe anthropomorph

Date:
Sep 16 1932

Miku is a Japanese virtual idol. She is 16 years old. Miku is created in 2007 and has been heavily promoted since 2008 and was originally aimed at professional musicians. On September 12, 2007, Amazon.co.jp reported sales of Hatsune Miku…

Demonstrators hold “flower strikes” across the restive country

Practitioner:
Demonstrators in Myanmar

Date:
Sep 16 1932

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have marched, observed “flower strikes” and sought alternative ways to communicate after most users were cut off from the internet, undaunted by the bloody suppression of protests during the past two months. The authorities,…

THE SAHMAT COLLECTIVE: ART AND ACTIVISM IN INDIA SINCE 1989

Practitioner:
a photographer, and founding member of Sahmat., and Ram Rahman, independent curator, Smart Museum Associate Curator for Contemporary Art, The Sahmat Collective is co-curated by Jessica Moss

Date:
Sep 16 1932

In 1989, playwright, actor, and activist Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked by political thugs while performing a street play outside of Delhi. His death led to the founding of Sahmat, an influential artist collective that has taken a consistent stance…