Announcing our 2nd Annual SAHAS Short Film Competition!

by | Nov 25, 2018 | Dhanak, Forced Marriage, Honour Crimes, Honour Killing, Inter-caste Marriage, Interfaith Marriage, No Forced Marriage, Policy, Right to Choose, Special Marriage Act

We are gearing up for SAHAS 2019!

Urging all creative minds who wish to make a positive impact/create social awareness, to participate in our 2nd annual short film competition! Read carefully below for guidelines and details. Let us know if you have any questions.

Please share this with friends, colleges, and schools. We are happy to provide A3 hard copies on request.

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S A H A S 2018

by | Jan 14, 2018 | #InterfaithMarriage, #RightToChoose, #SAHAS2018, #Special MarriageAct, Dhanak, Hindu Muslim, Honour Crimes, Honour Killing, Interfaith Marriage, Right to Choose, SAHAS

Please join us to –
C E L E B R A T E—–L O V E!

#MeriZindagiMeraFaisla
#MyLifeMyChoice

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S  A  H  A  S  (Strengthening Alliances for Humanity and Secularism)
Let’s –
Celebrate Our Diversity!
Embrace Our Differences!
Humanise Our Society!

Program Highlights:
* Street Theatre
* Solidarity Walk
* Photo Booth
* Remembering the Victims of Hate
* Panel Discussion: Breaking the Myth of Love Jihad
* Felication of Interfaith/Inter-caste Couples
* Release of Samvaad and Sahas Books
* Pledge for Humanity

Hindu Women, Muslim Men: Love Jihad and Conversions – By Prof. Charu Gupta, University of Delhi

by | Dec 4, 2017 | #CHAYAN, #InterfaithMarriage, #RightToChoose, #Special MarriageAct, Dhanak, Forced Marriage, Hindu Muslim, Interfaith Marriage, No Forced Marriage, Right to Choose, Special Marriage Act

The fake claim by the Hindu right that there is a “Love Jihad”organisation which is forcing Hindu women to convert to Islam through false expressions of love is similar to a campaign in the 1920s in north India against alleged “abductions”. Whether 1920 or 2009, Hindu patriarchal notions appear deeply entrenched in such campaigns: images of passive victimised Hindu women at the hands of inscrutable Muslims abound, and any possibility of women exercising their legitimate right to love and their right to choice is ignored.

Click on the link to read the history of #LoveJihad —

Hindu Women Muslim Men Love Jihad

Interfaith Marriages and Negotiated Spaces – An article by Shweta Verma and Neelam Sukhramani

by | Nov 1, 2017 | #InterfaithMarriage, #RightToChoose, #Special MarriageAct, Dhanak, Hindu Muslim, Interfaith Marriage, Right to Choose

A discourse on interfaith marriages in India at present involves diverse narratives ranging from opposition and resistance to acceptance. These alliances deserve greater focus in terms of their uniqueness, challenges as well as everyday negotiations that form part of their lives. Based on narratives of respondents from Dhanak, an organisation of inter-caste and interfaith couples, this article presents some domains of their lives and spaces being negotiated by them within their families. These domains include the issue of conversion, protecting identity, celebration of diversity and socialization of children, perceptions of themselves
vis-à-vis other families and parental outlook towards the alliance.

Click here to read the entire article: Interfaith Marriages and Negotiated Spaces