Updated On: 13 September, 2018 08:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
'Baatein Aman Ki' campaign to start conversations on peace, harmony and social justice

(From left) Anjali Monteiro, Lata Bhise Sonawane, Shabnam Hashmi, Varsha Vidya Vilas and Joycia Thorat at the conference. Pic/Bipin Kokate
Giving the 'there is no space for dissent in the current Narendra Modi govt, regime' narrative a feminist twist, a clutch of women's and civil society organisations have come together to hold a pan-India campaign — 'Baatein Aman Ki' (peace conversations). This hopes to galvanise women and men across the nation to propagate peace, harmony, love and safeguard constitutional values. The campaign will see women on a pan-India journey to spread the message of peace, harmony, tolerance and to fight back against what the organisers call, "targeted attacks on the Constitutional rights of women in India."
Creating awareness
There will be five vans of approximately 25 women each moving across the nation (five routes have been chalked out), including Kandhal (Himachal), Kerala and Kashmir. Women will distribute posters and leaflets upping awareness about shrinking dissent space and attacks on rights. Over 500 programmes will be held in 200 cities, towns and villages where these vans will go, telling the public to think about the surge in violence in society.