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Pavel Krisevich is an imprisoned Russian performance artist and activist whose provocative works challenge the Russian President Vladimir Putin and address issues such as censorship, human rights abuses and political repression. The 24-year-old was sentenced to five years in prison last year for staging a mock suicide on Red Square in which he fired blanks into his head after reading a manifesto condemning political repression. Krisevich continues to create art in prison, using his own blood, coffee, toothpaste and paint scraped from cell walls to draw on scraps of prison bedsheets. The scenes in his drawings reflect the bleak reality of his surroundings. Courtsey:  themoscowtimes.com

Martin Luther King Jr.  16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in ...

X and Y are a couple in love. They have both attained marriageable age. X is a Muslim boy and Y is a Hindu girl and both of them do not want to change their religion. So can they marry? Obviously, they can marry, thanks to the Special Marriage Act of 1954 (SMA). The very objective of SMA is to provide a special form of marriage which can be taken advantage of by any person in India and irrespective of the faith which either party to the marriage may profess.  However, X and Y, faced some threats from family members and thus could not appear before the Marriage Officer. They knocked the door of the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking police protection.  The issue before the Court should have been whether the petitioners deserve to be provided with a police protection to exercise their right to marry. But strangely, the Court got obsessed with the issue whether the marriage of a Muslim boy with a Hindu girl is a valid marriage or not? The court noted that, as per Mahomedan law, th...

This painting of a young woman breastfeeding an old man in a prison cell was sold for Euros 30 million. The painting may look perverse but the story behind is from historical records. The poor man was sentenced to "death by starvation" for stealing a loaf of bread during the reign of Louis XIV in France. The woman was his only daughter and the only visitor to his cell. She was allowed to visit him daily but was frisked thoroughly such that no food was taken in. When after 4 months the man still survived with no weight loss, the authorities were perplexed and started spying on her in the cell and to their utter astonishment found her to breastfeed her father to the fullest sharing her baby's milk. The judges then realizing the compassion and love of the woman for her father, pardoned the father and set him free. This piece of history brings into focus how deep is a woman's compassion in our daily lives that men often tend to overlook.

          Courtesy: LeadIndiaLaw 1. Reduced interim maintenance. (SC), Hbl J. R. M. Lodha, order on 20-07-2010, Appeal No. 5660 of 2010, Arising SLP (C) No. 6736 of 2007, Neeta Rakesh Jain Vs Rakesh Jeetmal Jain. Citation No. AIR 2010 SC 3540; (2010) 12 SCC 242; 2010 (7) JT I 76 (SC). 2. Wife is not entitled to maintenance who deserted her husband. (Supreme Court), Bench Hbl JJ. S. Ahmed & D. Wadhwa, order on 02-03-200, AIR 2000 SC 952, 2000(2) ALD Cri 15, 2000Cr. LJ 1498, Rohtash Singh Vs Smt. Ramendrei & Ors. Citation No. (2000) 3 SCC 180; JT 2000 (2) SC 553. 3. Maintenance not granted as it is proved that wife wants to reside separately. No maintenance to deserting wife. (HC Chhattisgarh), Hbl J., L. C. Bhadoo, order on 15 -02-2004, Crl. Revision No. 544/2003, Shiv Kumar Yadav Vs Santoshi Yadav. 4. Husband can get PF details of wife. (CIC, Delhi), Decision No. 1816/ IC (A) 2008, F No. CIC/MA/A/2007/00583, Prof M.M. Ansari, order on 10 Jan 2008. 5. Wif...

A KALIGHAT painting, which developed in 19th century Bengal, depicts a Bengali babu with a concubine. THE story begins like this. Dr Bilkis Rahman read the autobiography of noted author Mir Mosharraf Hossain and discovered a very happy life with his wife Bibi Kulsum. But when she examined the personal diary of Kulsum, she found a different picture. Kulsum described her mental predicaments due to her husband’s extramarital relationships and his lack of respect for her. This prompted Rahman to undertake a research study and find out the actual conditions of women in 19th century Bengal, compiling her findings in the book Unish Shatake Banglay Naripurush Shamparka. Undivided Bengal comprised today’s Bangladesh and the Indian province of West Bengal in the 19th century and was under British rule. Hindus and Muslims represented a large majority of the population. At the beginning of the 19th century, religion played a vital role in determining the nature of relationships. Religious rules fa...