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Friday 4 April 2014
The Willing Journey of a Misguided Girl- who was raped 67 times by 37 men in 40 days
Saturday 29 March 2014
Victimas of Acid Attack-' Laxmi' Isnt she pretty
This beautiful girl was only 15/16 when one of her friend;s brother threw acid on her at busy hour in a bus stop. Dont ask the question why... the answer is well known. She refused to accept his love proposal. Love well off course he was allegedly a 32 yrs matured man... proposing a teenager. She is completely disfigured. Her life was shattered but momentarily... unlike other victims of these gruesome heinous crime she didnt lose hope...she is a born fighter. It took seven long years to get the justice. She started a tireless campaign against usage of acid for violence. Finally the apex court intervenes and directed the union government to regulate the sale of acid.
The first Lady of the US of A Mrs Michelle Obama on her recent visit to India felicitated Laxmi for her courage and determination. She also won the International Women of Courage Award for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India.
By the way this is how she looks without make up
This is her page in FB https://www.facebook.com/Laxmi.SAA ... do like her and support her.
Friday 28 March 2014
Beware of your Copassenger in Metro he/she may be a Pickpocket
Read an amazing article about pick pockets in Kolkata Metro... I guess we all have some preconceived notions about the pickpockets.. i.e. they all look more or less like Nawajuddin Siddiqui in Munna Bhai MBBS ...lol
But the fact is altogether different.
- Firstly them dont operate alone but always in a group of not less than four.
- Secondly they dress well and speak fluent English (ignore the grammatical mistakes).
- Thirdly they carry Laptop (or the empty bag) just to give you the impression of being a student or a hot shot techie.
- Fourthly they carry smart phone with a ear phone. You think they are listening to music with occasional grooving but actually he is simply listening to instructions from his partners.
By the way the gang of four mostly targets middle aged men, who stands before the ladies seats and exhibits their costly smart phones in order to impress the girls.... ROFL :P
If anything ever happens to you in Kolkata Metro or any other Metros dont forget to lodge a complaint. People hardly lodge complaints and it simply boosts their(pick pockets) morals.
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Female Infanticide the worst Epidemic so far...
India and China... two most populous countries... two arch rivals.... two super powers of the so called third world...every year countless money has been spent in the defense sector to confront each other but deep down both the countries are fatally affected by an epidemic.... no its not AIDS.... not even cancer... its female foeticide and female infanticide. Enough has been written about the foeticide and decreasing sex ratio of India. But the picture is equally serious in China too.
The tradition of killing female infants is very old in China may be thousands of year old. Various travelogue of christian Missionaries have confirmed this. There is Chinese word called Ni nu... which means drowning girls. Babies are simply drowned in most cases by their mothers. If the woman hesitates to do so she is forced to do so by her husband, in laws even by her parents... the baby is drowned in the sink full of blood and water.... if the mother fails to do this heinous crime the mid wives would do it. The baby is immersed in water and is being hold forcefully until she stopes moving..... nightmarish isn't it. D.E. Mungello had written a book on this in 2008 called " Drowning Girls of China". Frankly speaking I don't have the guts to read it........ I'm too terrified.
By the way there are/ were other technics too... like starvation ....like putting pressure in the appropriate places so that the infant suffocates to death, mostly performed by the mid wives.... technics like exposing the baby to elements.. by placing it in a basket and by hanging the basket from a tree.... the baby shouts but nobody pays attention not even the passerby.. eventually the baby starves to death... though I doubt whether its practiced any more (source Google and Wikipedia).
In order to restrain the high growth of population the Chinese Government declared the famous/ infamous " One Couple One Child Policy" on 25th September 1980... it only added fuel to the fire... the aftermath was nothing but a genocide... watching the dreaded sex ratio the Government finally amended the policy in 1984 by allowing those couple who have a female first borne to have another issue. This was practically of very little help.
In the Twenty First century the Chinese Government set up few baby hatches... a baby hatch is a place where unwilling couple may abandon their child that too anonimously. They are to drop the baby in a basket and ring a bell. After ten minutes the trained medical staff of that hatch come out and pick the baby up. Abandoned babies receives proper care and medical attention. Currently there are around 25 such hatches. It will be 75 within a few years.An article in the Times of India caught my eyes couple of days ago.. it says that the such an hatch was shut down by the authorities. Because 262 babies were dumped within a few weeks. The hatch was opened in the end of January 2014 by the way.
Scary or what??????????
Monday 17 March 2014
Kangna the New Queen of Bollywood
This film Queen has apparently set all social networking sites in fire.... received accolades from all most all film critic through out the country. Released on the eve of Women's day along with multi starer Gulab Gang... it was not even a dark horse... no body counted on it... their is no super star in this film except Lady Amir Khan..oopse Kangna Ranaut.... but she wasn't a super star... not even a star of Madhuri's stature.... still its an instant hit.... Kanghna was better than the best... though its an author backed role still she is fantabulous...... intact each and every single character was portrayed so beautifully.... I was awestruck. The story is very simple the extraordinary journey of an ordinary behenji type woman. A middle class typical good girl Rani... she followed every rule by heart.... obeyed every single thing said by her parents. She is in a long term relationship with a guy Vijay and they are about to get married. She is going through the happiest phase of her life.... suddenly her fiancée calls off the wedding.. Rani had accumulated every single penny for her honeymoon in Paris and in Amsterdam...
After the mishap she decides to go to her honeymoon alone....... here begins that journey that ultimately changes her to a superlative degree..... do watch it. Rather its a must watch. One last thing Lisa Hayden and the guy who played Vijay was fab ....
Sunday 16 March 2014
Happy birth day to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and a big salute to Mr K. Unnikrishnan..... like father like son
Major Unnikrishnana born on 15th March 1977... an only child.. his father was an retired ISRO officer. What a brave man he is... like father like son I must say. After Major Unnikrishanan's death whole nation mourned for him and for other martyrs.... his funeral was over crowded but sadly not a single representative of the Kerala Government attended the rituals.... few days back after much hue and cry in the media, the then Chief Minister of Kerala V. S. Achuthanandan went to meet the parents of the slain Major. Sandeep's father K. Unnikrishnan was so angry that he asked them to leave. He even threatened to commit suicide if any politician from Kerala entered his home. He said, "No dog would enter my house".Later, V. S. Achuthanandan told media that had it not been for Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, not even a dog would have visited his parents' house.
This again invited harsh criticism from the media and public.But, Achuthanandan stated that he would not apologize to the Major's family.
But finally he said or rather had to say that he respects the slain Major's family.
“Do not come up, I will handle them”, were the last words of Major Unnikrishnan to his men as he was hit by bullets. He was awarded with Ashok Chakra, the highest peace time gallantry award of India on 26.01.2009
A big salute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishanan and to his father Sir K Unnikrishnan.... what a man.
Mr. K. Unnikrishnan, speaking to the press reporters at his residence
Saturday 15 March 2014
Holi at Vrindaban
Here are few photograph of these poor women playing Holi and enjoying themselves. A great initiative by The Times Of India. Loved to see them smile... Im kinda overwhelmed. We all have parents/in laws. some of them are very old but the very idea of abandoning them .... is quite scary.... worse than a nightmare..... .May God showers them with love and warmth.Photo Courtesy The Times of Inda