It’s time to ‘Wake Up India’!
By now, you have probably heard the names Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes, the two young men who were brutally killed in Mumbai for standing up against a group of “eve-teasers.” On October 20, after sharing an evening with Keenan’s girlfriend and two other girl friends, a group of men descended in attack against the [...]
Women: the weaker sex, as they call it!
Here’s another day in office. After checking my Outlook mails, I opened the Times of India site, as I always did. We, the slaves of technology, hardly get time to grab a newspaper and even skim through it. So we surrender ourselves to the internet, for a daily update on what’s happening around the world. [...]
Breakthrough presents ”Mahila Hakkina Mela”
Along with Aware Trust, Breakthrough launches a Naari Adaalath for fast tracking cases on Domestic Violence Breakthrough’s Bell Bajao! Campaign against domestic violence will take a step ahead with the formation of a Naari Adaalath in Tumkur on the 13th of May, 2011. This initiative came in partnership with Aware Trust.The daylong “Mahila Hakkina Mela” [...]
Flashing Yellow @ Flash Mob #2
100 rupees for the t-shirt that you have to wear to be a part of it? Hmmm….okay. Please Mend the Gap came about as a result of anger from a fateful incident in the Delhi Metro and frustration in general with the problem of safety, discrimination and inequality that women in Delhi have to live [...]
The Crime of Ignorance/Neglect
MSC STUDENTS SUICIDE Engineer denies marital discord Mumbai: An engineer from Andheri, arrested for abetting his wifes suicide, told police officials on Friday that there were no problems in their marriage. Liyakat Sayyed (32),the accused,was employed with a private firm in Chakala while his wife,Kadambari Bhosale,was doing her MSc. Kadambari hanged herself from a ceiling [...]
"Humans' Day" ?
This blogger shares how ‘Women’s Day’ should slowly and gradually morph into ‘Humans’ day’ while giving due recognition to all women for their contributions but not forgetting their value as ‘humans’ first.
The hand that rocks the cradle…
Nail gripping creative piece on what a child goes through when his parents fight, written by a blogger post watching one of the Bell Bajao! ad campaigns
Bell Bajao! Video Van Launch in Smt. Sheila Dixit's residence in New Delhi
Hear the voices of the angels a.k.a the panelists from the Delhi Video Van launch and all those who came out in support.
Who am I?
It was 13th Feb 1999, I could not sleep the whole night, kept turning from one side to other in the bed. Early morning the labor pain became unbearable, my mother in law admitted me to the nearest hospital. After number of internal examinations, medicines and injections I was put under the knife. When I [...]
"Marital Bliss"
A medical doctor shares his painful account of treating the physical and emotional bruises of a domestic violence victim.
