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When it comes to violence against women and people's reaction to situations we have seen that in most cases people are silent witnesses. That's why we need campaigns like Bell Bajao (=Ring the Doorbell) which encourages people to get and do something when they witness domestic violence in their neighbourhood. But what about the situations when it's not happening behind closed door? What would you

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It's 25th November! The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign has begun and a lot is happening in websphere! Here are somethings that I have done today: Signed a petition asking the European Nations to sit up and take note of FGM... here. Read a wonderful news here about a female condom with razor-sharp teeth! Read more about this amazing weapon against rape. These should be

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Today I suddenly remembered the days when we used to send paper Diwali Greeting Cards to everyone. It suddenly seems like those were distant ages! And it wasn't more than, maybe, ten years ago! It was a whole process, sending those cards to send all your near & dear (and far & not-so-dear) ones "Season's Greetings" and "Wishes For a Happy And Prosperous Diwali", or simply "Shubh Deepavali"! It

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Do a Google search for Jayyous and you will find all about this Palestinian village. It's one of those villages which is now divided by a wall built by the Israeli government. While Israel calls this a 'security wall', the International Court of Justice has declared it illegal years ago.  Google will also tell you how the people of Jayyous are suffering, how the land is suffering. 

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Remember Bibi Ayesha, the young Afghan woman whose nose was cut by the Taliban? She got her nose back, and is looking as beautiful as ever! It was the TIME magazine that brought world's attention towards Ayesha and now, after being flow into the USA, getting a prosthetic nose and being honoured with Enduring Heart Award, Ayesha is all set to live a new life. I just hope she is not lost after

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As I struggle to cope with my new environments... here's some one who tells me to be strong - Aisha, a shy 18-year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by a Taliban commander to have her nose and ears cut off for fleeing her abusive in-laws. Aisha posed for the picture and says she wants the world to see the effect a Taliban resurgence would have on the women of Afghanistan, many of whom

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It was almost a year back when we at WFAC, started our journey with A Safe World for Women - a campaign aimed towards making the UN and the nations across the world sit up and realize that NOW is the time to take their women seriously... NOW is the time to show responsibility towards women and children and NOW is the time for the world to come together and demand strong action, not just empty

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Davos: Charitable enterprises can learn from business - Times OnlineI came to know Julia after my association with Women For A Change Foundation. And then I was introduced to the horror called FGM (Female Genital Mutation). Julia is passionately working towards creating awareness about FGM. She is in Davos right now, at the World Economic Forum, after winning the YouTube Davos Debates video

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justice for ruchika - Gender-neutral law...Continuing with its measures to make the country's legal system women-friendly, the government is set to amend the "gender- biased" laws. It wants to send out an effective message after the Ruchik...read more...

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With that promise to be back I disappeared!The Worldwide Moment, apparently, was quite successful. 1,283 Photos were submitted from 62 countries. There were some really beautiful images and some that I found plain silly. You can view them all here.As for me, I couldn't get a camera. The Moment guys wrote me that they were trying some camera companies to donate some low-end cameras but guess that

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This is called irony! My camera (nothing fancy; just your very regular Nicon Coolpix) has conked off and here I am, finding one photography event after another. Time to buy a real good camera? But where is the money, honey!Anyways, here is something I would love to be a part of. So many people clicking for a single aim, at a single moment, across the world!On 9th September, at 09:09 (+9 GMT)

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Another photo contest opportunity – The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT invites amateur and professional photographers from around the world to enter its second Annual Photo Contest.This year’s theme is Women's Entrepreneurship: Empowerment through Innovation. The contest is open to all photographers globally, and in addition aims to spotlight photographers from India,

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I was just doing some 'roaming around' the web world and found that deadline is fast approaching for UNESCO's photo competition. Here are the details:Through 31 July 2009Host / Sponsor: UNESCO Bangkok and UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Bangkok along with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)

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Read this news in today's Mumbai Mirror, according to which "Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines has the dubious distinction of having the maximum cases of pilots found under the influence of alcohol before take-off." Hope they were, at least loyal, to their big boss - Vijay Mallya and his Kingfisher beer!And hope they are not like this pilot:

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An inspiring quote always makes the day, but then there are some quotes that completely stump you with their stupidity. Like this one from the 'renowned' Bollywood 'actor', Shakti Kapoor.While everyone is opening up to live-in relations and everyone is giving their own reasons on this 'sensitive' (at least in India) issue of marriage Vs. live-in, in comes the great Shakti Kapoor with his pearls

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Here's the only entry I could submit at Trazzler. It's a travel website with a difference for sure. Instead of the regular sections that most of the travel websites have, this offers ideas that emphasize on one particular aspect of a place. So there's an idea of Savoring Royal Simplicity in Chiang Rai, Thailand and then there is another idea of Bat-Watching in the Rillito River!And so, here is my

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Internet is a truly amazing medium. You never know when you'll meet some wonderful people and how you'll land up on a page that will show you some remarkable efforts by people.I stumbled upon this petition today.As another international Women's Day approaches it brings us face to face with a horrific truth. 50 million women are missing from India. They would have been here if they were not killed

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The other day I was working on the lyrics copy of this song for myPOPKORN and wondered who the actress is. Tried searching on net, but couldn't find the name. Anyone knows?

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It's been long since I blogged last. I have been busy; with work and home and this wonderful online community called Women for a Change! I had joined another ning community long back after a friend invited me there. Then one day, just out of curiosity, I was exploring ning, when I saw this page. Something pulled me there, not sure what. And I joined, just like you join orkut, facebook and other

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A quick note, about Children's Day on MyPopkorn.Following the tradition, we have a cute new logo :)Dig into the site.. there's a lot for kids.

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It may be about America, but a greener and cleaner America is essential to solve the problem. WE is working hard, trying to motivate the US citizens:It's not just urging to do something, but also telling them How To Do That Something.Thankfully Obama, too, seems to have some plan in hand.He may be highlighting on jobs and taxes, but the bottom line is, it's all about green jobs, renewable energy

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If you thought that was all (see my previous two posts), well, it wasn't :)Here the rest of Diwali logo gang:And this one was for Dussera (Isn't that the cutest Ravan :D)Here's how MyPopkorn celebrated Ganpati FestivalAnd before you accuse us of being saffron, here's how we wished Eid MubarakAnd Trick-o-treated as wellIn all this fun, we made sure to salute our nation on Independence DayAnd

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Well well well... MyPopkorn logo has surprise even during Diwali. Today, when I checked the site, I've got a twinkling kandeelThe other day it was this lovely diya Wonder what will be there tomorrow?HAPPY DIWALI!!

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I'm a bit late on this post. MyPopkorn is out with a smart new look. There were a major initial glitch - videos were taking eternity to load on machine with not so great connection speed. That has been smoothed out finally.I love the popping popcorn while the video loads.And do keep an eye of the logo that keeps changing with the festive times. We had a dandiya dancer for Navratria lovely

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And here is another New Year Destination that I found interesting, especially if you want to do something different and yet not completely get away from the party and the glitz scene of New Year Eve....(Psst- I wrote this piece for someone, but things didn't work out, so I'm posting it here rather than letting it waste on my machine)Mt. Abu, Rajasthan Why There: After Madonna brought in her New

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While Browsing for some 'off-beat' new year ideas, I came to know that Vishnupur (or Bishnupur in W. Bengal) hosts a cultural fest during the last week of December. Sounded like a perfect place for a Quiet New Year Destinations. Though it sounded "too boring to spend new year there" for some, here is what I feel about bringing in the New year in Vishnupur... Why There: Begin your new year at a

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I always appreciated youtube, but today, suddenly, I'm loving it.I was editing yet another episode synopsis of Kumkum. Thought of Juhi Parmar and then remembered Shaheen. It was Juhi's second serial (first one came 3 days before, if I remember right). I had written dialogues; screenplay & direction was by my husband. It was his first directorial venture, and last for TV.So there was this sudden

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Read about this just yesterday. This guy has done something truly unique and amazing. He's Dan Walsh and he has taken our dear fat hungry self-centered cat out of the comic strips. Yes, he takes a strip a day, the same Garfield strips created by Jim Davis, and literally erases away Garfield and his thought bubbles.What is left now, is just Jon Arbuckle and whatever he talks to Garfield (to

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It looks much much better, the new colors, the new logo, the completely new look. SMSGupshup is definitely a mature product now, much neater and much more aesthetic. A truly professional venture now, not the type that it seemed earlier with its funny looking group of gupshup guys on top of the page.Another thing to be proud of about my old employers is that it's a partner with UNMC. I still have

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Discovered a new thing with MS word just now! If you want to delete a complete word from your document; instead of highlighting it and deleting, or deleting a letter a time, simply place the cursor at the beginning of the word and press Ctrl+Del and it will delete the whole word.If you want to delete just an end part of the word, such as after typing Transmisslbe instead of Transmissible you

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It was announced last week by our CEO, and it has happened today! Lalu Prasad Yadav, Union Railways Minister has started blogging... on our very own mypopkorn! Economic Times broke the news and people are already out there, posting comments.In his very first blogpost Laluji talks about the Gujjar agitation for reservations. It's a blog on a very serious note right now, not the kind we would

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