“The talented 18-year-old has been out of the national team for a long while due to a prolonged back injury, but is now ready to shoulder the responsibility as vice captain of the Indian junior hockey team for the upcoming 7th Junior Women’s World Cup beginning in Monchengladbach, Germany from July 27.”
Dr Sharmila Rege, sociologist and author, was a scholar whose books Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Writing Gender: Reading Dalit Women’s Testimonios, and Against the Madness of Manu: B.R Ambedkar’s Writings on Brahmanical Patriarchy broadened the feminist debate in India towards critical engagement with questions of caste.
She was also a deeply loved and respected figure amongst her community of peers and students.
“As chair of the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre at the University of Pune, Dr. Rege shaped young minds and, according to her students and colleagues, lived life as if she had no aim other than to study and help others study.”
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The Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust seeks to promote excellence in journalism in India by raising public consciousness and giving annual awards for achievement in the field. In addition to the Prem Bhatia Award for journalism (Rs. 1.5 Lakh) there are 2 scholarships each valued at Rs. 75,000.00.
There is also an annual award of Rs.1,00,000.00 to a journalist for the best reporting on Environmental or Development issues.
Shalini Singh, deputy editor of The Hindu and a former assistant editor with The Times of India, who did stellar reporting on the 2G spectrum and coal allocation scams afflicting the UPA government, has bagged the Prem Bhatia award for political reporting for 2013.
S. Nihal Singh, chairman of the four-member jury that decided on the award, said:
“We were impressed with Shalini Singh’s meticulousness in pursuing a story to its logical conclusion, which is not a quality to be found in many reporters. The whole idea of the award is to recognise journalists who show great promise, and Ms. Singh’s work on the 2G scam, Coalgate and her information-gathering skills made her a fit candidate.”
The award is named after Prem Bhatia, the former editor-in-chief of The Tribune, Chandigarh, who did spells at The Statesman, The Times of India and The Indian Express.
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“Marriage is the bad cop who keeps us on our toes. Love is the good cop who announces the tea break”
A lovely deconstruction of this Desi Grrlz own marriage that reminded me of my parents and how we grew up around them listening to arguments which today are clear indications of how they were letting their love for each other carry them through the evolution of their personalities. Apologies to Mom and Dad for not getting what it was all about, and being grumpy and dismissive.
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Salute the Sister who was not able to stay inert and watch an 8 year old be prostituted by her mother – meet Sonal Kapoor and her Delhi-based NGO Prosahan.
This young lady is creating a lot of positive change to the people of this nation and the world.
“One day while still working on the shoot Kapoor saw Julie heading towards her mother, barely able to walk. It was at that moment that Kapoor decided she would help Julie and other at-risk girls who live in Delhi’s slums who are often victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse, are forced to work in brothels, or are victims of drug abuse.”
24-year-old Sonal Kapoor of Delhi was not able to stay blinkered to the suffering around her – so she made it her mission to change what she was encountering, and she did it using ‘art, photography, digital stories, and design’.
If you scroll down to the comments you will see the writer’s note that Julie was 8 years old at the time.
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“People Tree is a design studio cum store that was founded by NID graduate Gurpreet Sidhu and two other associates. Over a span of almost 25 years, this unique initiative has taken firm root in the soil of creativity, has remained true to its core values of cultivating environment-friendly designs with a purpose, based on the principles of fair trade, and providing a meeting ground for artists, artisans, activists and designers.”
via Gurpreet Sidhu – Pioneer of ethical design & fair trade in India | WEBO Power.
A fascinating account of the life of the late math-genius Shakuntala Devi, fondly known as the Human Computer. One instance of her enhanced thinking was demonstrated on June 18, 1980, where she was asked to multiply two 13-digit numbers 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 picked at random by the Computer Department of Imperial College, London. She correctly answered 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 in 28 seconds. This event is mentioned in the 1995 Guinness Book of Records.
Sorry, but as a fan of Investigative Crime Dramas these ads are nowhere near a joke they’re clearly from the mind of a potential sadist. This person should be sent for psychological profiling. Gil Grissom would be worried, as would the entire team of Criminal Minds.
“One of the ads shows Berlusconi, charged in Italy with paying for sex with a minor, sitting in the front seat of a Ford Figo hatchback flashing a victory sign, with a trio of half-dressed women bound and gagged in the trunk.
Another featured a caricature of celebrity Paris Hilton in the driver’s seat, and three women resembling the Kardashian sisters bound in the trunk with the tagline “Leave your worries behind with Figo’s extra large boot”.”
via Advertising agency sacks employees after sexist Ford ads in India | NDTV.com.
I kind of disagree with SendGrid CEO Jim Franklin that “Publicly shaming the offenders – and bystanders – was not the appropriate way to handle the situation.”
via Female techie fired after tweeting about sexual comments | Firstpost.
Well, it has to be re-iterated otherwise it’s challenged or judged. Frankly there’s not much left to do or say about the fact that women feel desire to and men just have to stop going to pieces about that.
It’s a matter of bringing every one on the same page – man and woman – eliminating the shame and fear of ‘what will people think or say’. People who ‘think and say’ stuff about other people well we know what they’re all about – empty in their own lives they sputter on about how they believe other people should live.
“Acknowledging sexual desire in Indian women”
via Good Indian Women, Sex & Hindi Cinema | Women’s Web: Online Community For Indian Women.
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