[5][6] Besharmi Morcha Bangalore, coordinated to coincide with similar events in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong on 4 December 2011, was cancelled by police after they received objections.
[7] A police spokesperson said that groups opposing Besharmi Morcha had "threatened to hold a 'violent protest'".
[8] Dhillan Mowli, one of the organisers, reported that she had been told that the event was "not part of Indian culture".
"[9] Christie Thompson, writing for Ms Magazine, observed "...women aren’t marching for the right to walk down the street dressed in barely-there clothes, as critics suggest.
[12] Besharmi Morcha was chosen as the name in India to address its diverse cultural aspects and languages.