Bell Bajao’s Dude of the Day: Matt Damon
At Breakthrough, we love celebrities that use their fame and fortune to draw attention to humanitarian issues. We think that everyone has a role to play, and those who can use their celebrity to draw attention to human rights issues are our favorite kinds of celebrities. Today, the Bell Bajao blog is launching a new [...]
I rung the bell!
Things happen and when we change the way they happen, miracles occur.. Everyone can recall an incident where they wished they would have “acted” and not been mere bystanders. We all can think of fights, argument s where we wanted to support some decision or where weu wanted to help a complete stranger. And yet, [...]
Don’t be willing to adjust
Domestic violence rages in India even today because society allows it to A day before she died, Supriya Sharma called up her mother and said, “I fear for my life.“ It was the last time ould ever speak to her. Supriya had been married to Chandra Vibhash Sahu, a surgeon at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay [...]
Last Call : Mom I fear for my life
Doctor murders wife in Delhi, drives 1000km to dump body in Ganga This is the Times of India Headline today. Another headline says Last call : I fear for my life This is not the first time a woman is brutally murdered by an abusive husband. This is not the first time that parents of [...]
Don’t Call Me, ‘Eve’
As the Delhi run of the video van comes to a close, in which the Bell Bajao campaign addressed street sexual harassment among other forms of grave violence against women, Eesha Pandit looks at just how widespread and harmful the “mere” act of “eve teasing” is.
In the Name of Love…STOP!
Relationships have always been a li’l puzzling for me. And I know when it comes to love, all of us are pretty unsure about how to define it or draw boundaries in it. But like everything else, how we define love is largely determined by the socially accepted norms and trends of our generation, class, [...]
When it happened to me…
No, today was not the first time I was ever insulted by a man in public. It was the first time though I ever bumped someone’s car unintentionally and unfortunately in the last five years that I’ve been driving on the angry male dominated Delhi roads, the first time when someone made me feel sorry [...]
No, but really, #whatareyoulookingat ?
Having grown up in New York, I’ve always been a big fan of subway systems and metros. In fact, I’ve been taking the New York City subway by myself since I was just twelve years old, mainly because I like the independence of it. There’s something great about being able to get yourself around on [...]
The Scar Faced Girl
Redefining romance, this blogger writes about the traumatic past of his girlfriend who was incidentally an intern in the New Delhi office of Breakthrough. There’s no better example than in this long story that support system is all you need to get through the trauma of abuse.
We exist. Therefore, we share.
This week was Social Media Day, celebrating the evolution of internet most significantly brought about by the revolutionary changes that social media has made in our personal and professional lives. We asked our fans on Facebook & Twitter to share stories of how social media has made a difference in their lives and in particular [...]
