Inking or ink throwing is the act of throwing
ink
Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill. Thicker ...
at people, or cars. It has been used as a form of political protest in India.
Notable incidents
Main incidents include inking at Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal (followed by chilli powder attack) in 2016 and Swaraj Abhiyan party founder and former Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav in 2014. In 2015, Indian activist
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Sudheendra Kulkarni is an Indian politician and columnist.
Education
Kulkarni was educated at Jadhavji Anandji High School in Athani, a town in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India. He went on to study metallurgical engineering at the Indian ...
was hit by an ink attack by India's far-right
Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...
party members in a protest at former Pakistani foreign minister
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (Urdu: خورشيد محمود قصورى; born 18 June 1941), is a Pakistani politician and writer who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan between November 2002 until November 2007. He is the Senior Ad ...
's ''
Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove'' book launch.
In 2018, black ink was thrown onto the face of Pakistan's Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Khawaja Asif
Khawaja Muhammad Asif (; born 9 August 1949) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the Defence Minister of Pakistan since April 2022, He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, he was a m ...
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See also
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Acid throwing
An acid attack, also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, tortu ...
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Egging
Egging is the act of throwing eggs at people or property. The eggs are usually raw, but can be hard-boiled or rotten.
The egging of politicians is a well-known form of protest, and egging cars or houses can be done as a form of vandalism, with ...
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Milkshaking
Milkshaking is the act of throwing milkshakes and other drinks at targets as a means of political protest in a manner similar to egging or pieing. The target of a milkshaking is splashed or splattered with a milkshake that is thrown from a cup ...
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Pieing
Pieing or a pie attack is the act of throwing a pie at a person. In pieing, the goal is usually to humiliate the victim while avoiding actual injury. For this reason the pie is traditionally of the cream pie, cream variety without a top crust, an ...
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Shoe-throwing
Shoe-throwing, or shoeing, showing the sole of one's shoe or using shoes to insult are forms of protest in many parts of the world. Shoe-throwing as an insult dates back to ancient times, being mentioned in verse 8 of Psalm 60 and the similar ...
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Toilet papering
Toilet papering (also called TP-ing, house wrapping, yard rolling, or simply rolling) is the act of covering an object, such as a tree, house, or another structure with toilet paper. This is typically done by throwing numerous toilet paper rolls ...
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Zelyonka attack
A Zelyonka attack is a form of protest, provocation or violent assault, defined as the act of throwing a solution of brilliant green ''zelyonka'' (russian: зелёнка; Ukrainian: зеленка), a triarylmethane antiseptic dye, on the body ...
References
Culture jamming techniques
Protest tactics
Activism by type
Inks
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