Midnight’s Revelers | Sepia Mutiny

If I were in Baghdad by the Bay next month, I would go to this very cool event:

Narika presents our fourth annual Midnight Masquerade, a benefit event supporting our domestic violence helpline for South Asian women. Enjoy a festive evening of dancing, enchantment and celebration. Featuring music by Dhamaal, dance party, silent auction, tarot card reading, henna designs, palm reading and cash bar (non alcoholic options available).

Here’s more on Narika:

Narika was founded in 1992 to address the problem of domestic violence in the South Asian community. Embracing the notion of women’s empowerment, Narika set out to address the unmet needs of abused South Asian women by providing advocacy, support, information, and referrals within a culturally sensitive model. We serve women who trace their origins to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and diasporic communities such as Fiji and the Caribbean.

If, by some ridonkulous confluence of fortune and destiny I am in SF, catch me in the wee eye pee:

VIP tickets include standard ticket, private event from 7-8 p.m. with appetizers, drinks live music and two free drinks after 8 p.m.

Time after ~~time~~ er, date:

Friday, Oct. 21, 2005
7:00 PM – 11:55 PM

Cinderella, in a mad rush to not pumpkin, will leave her glass slipper outside:

Dog Patch Studios
991 Tennessee Street
San Francisco, CA 94107-3013

Click the picture to purchase your tickets. I’m sure they won’t last long– any event with a Dhamaal soundtrack attracts hordes of people with good taste in music.

4 thoughts on “Midnight’s Revelers”

omigod.. abuse in our community… !!! can it be? apologies for being facetious – just carried over from another thread. On related note – heard call for women volunteers for the on commn radio – look this up if interested

South Asian WomenÂ’s Centre If you are a South Asian woman speaking Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, Sinhalese, Marathi, Punjabi, or Bengali, make a significant contribution to a womanÂ’s life. The following volunteer opportunities are available: As a Mentor Volunteer: You can be a mentor and support women facing domestic violence As a Participant: Get connected to resources, coping skills, and ways to reach out to new people within your community

ya. it’s my business. i live here.

I’ve been many a time– this is consistently a great party for a great cause.

I just saw a segment on Sky News about these women’s self-defense groups in Delhi, how they’re becoming really popular as a result of a lack of police support over rape, and because Delhi is the “rape capital of India” and women are taking to the streets to protest. It showed all these aunties in a padded dance studio learning how to take their dupattas and drape them over the attacker’s neck, pull down and then knee them in the face. It was awesome. 🙂 It finished with an entire stadium full of track-suited women (still with chunnis) doing full-on martial arts stances with chants.

Apparently, Delhi has sunk to such low levels that the hottest entertainment is Pornography with real rape scenes.. Apparently, for migrant labourers from Bihar/UP, this is staple chai-time fare.

Always wondered, why is Delhi like that? No other city in India is so bad when it comes to eve-teasing, rape(one every 12 hours), murder of women etc. A thorough psychological analysis of the male population of Delhi is needed to weed this out.

M. Nam

dhaavak on September 25, 2005 at 11:53 pm said:

omigod.. abuse in our community… !!! can it be? apologies for being facetious – just carried over from another thread. On related note – heard call for women volunteers for the on commn radio – look this up if interested

South Asian WomenÂ’s Centre If you are a South Asian woman speaking Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, Sinhalese, Marathi, Punjabi, or Bengali, make a significant contribution to a womanÂ’s life. The following volunteer opportunities are available: As a Mentor Volunteer: You can be a mentor and support women facing domestic violence As a Participant: Get connected to resources, coping skills, and ways to reach out to new people within your community

ya. it’s my business. i live here.
Manish Vij on September 26, 2005 at 1:04 am said:

I’ve been many a time– this is consistently a great party for a great cause.
hiiii-yah! on September 26, 2005 at 4:11 am said:

I just saw a segment on Sky News about these women’s self-defense groups in Delhi, how they’re becoming really popular as a result of a lack of police support over rape, and because Delhi is the “rape capital of India” and women are taking to the streets to protest. It showed all these aunties in a padded dance studio learning how to take their dupattas and drape them over the attacker’s neck, pull down and then knee them in the face. It was awesome. 🙂 It finished with an entire stadium full of track-suited women (still with chunnis) doing full-on martial arts stances with chants.
MoorNam on September 26, 2005 at 9:46 am said:

Apparently, Delhi has sunk to such low levels that the hottest entertainment is Pornography with real rape scenes.. Apparently, for migrant labourers from Bihar/UP, this is staple chai-time fare.

Always wondered, why is Delhi like that? No other city in India is so bad when it comes to eve-teasing, rape(one every 12 hours), murder of women etc. A thorough psychological analysis of the male population of Delhi is needed to weed this out.

M. Nam