Youth For Equality - Pondicherry - Photos

Posters

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Posters

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Bike rally

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Candle-light protest

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A video of the candle light protest

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A view of the circle of candle light taken from the top of Lister Annexe. You cannot see the students and residents but you can see the light they hold, as they disperse from the circle formation to fix the candles on a square platform. Anti-reservation protest.

Signature Campaign

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Human chain

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Candle light protest

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Lady Doctors From JIPMER holding placards during the protest

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JIPMER students and residents on a peaceful protest

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JIPMER joins the Anti Reservation Protest

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This is to inform all of you that the JIPMER Resident Doctors Association [JRDA] along with the JIPMER Students Association [JSA] is going on a two day strike commencing on the 30th of this month. This involves suspension of all hospital services involving the residents, including those involved in the running of the ICUs and the EMS. This is in protest against the proposed hike in reservations for entry into higher education and also to condemn the police atrocities committed against our brethren.For those who are still unaware of what exactly has happened elsewhere, here are a few eye – openers.- Since the announcement of the proposed hike on April 26th protests have been going on in various forms throughout the nation.- In a series of shocking incidents medicos from various institutes were brutalized by a seemingly callous police force. This happened on the 12th and 13th of May in Delhi and Mumbai and on the 19th of May in Patna.- These incidents have acted as the initial sparks that have now mushroomed into a wildfire consuming many other states.- Currently thousands of medicos in Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa, Karnataka and many other states are actively involved in voicing their grievances in one form or the other. This protest has now transcended the medical profession involving lawyers and in some instances the trade associations.- The government has responded by proposing an increase in the number of seats in all the concerned institutes. Though logistically difficult, this reaction brings out an indisputable fact.Clearly the agitation has managed to push the government to achieve what it has failed to do for years – invest more in medical education, this being a significant policy change.

“They use lathis and tear gas, they dare to threaten our futureWhat they forget: gloves and steths alone don’t comprise our armature.Together in harmony we shall let our voices flySo much so they’ll realize, it is best to let sleeping lions lie.”