Following a year of scams, cheats and swindles which have come to light after robbing several lakhs of crores from the country, the year 2011 has been marked by some very definitive protests and struggles that are aimed at ending our politicians’ unjust control upon the citizens of India. [Read more...]
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Eve-Teasing refers to the public sexual harassment or molestation of women by men. You may not have heard of the term, but I’m sure you have seen it being done. It brings me a lot of grief to accept the fact that the malpractice of eve-teasing has become common in our beloved city, Udaipur.
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Before committing suicide, a teenage boy killed his girl friend; a female student was beheaded in front of her classmates by a man who was disappointed by a rejection from the girl, mutilated bodies of lovers found near railway track. These are some very common news we come across every day. [Read more...]
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Perhaps there was no source of media except print and radio in pre-freedom era of India. Notably, newspapers in those days termed as the key source to set India free from 200 years of colonial rule.
Now, not all but most of the newspapers are commercialized or either being nurtured by political parties, same with some big news channels and other electronic media. [Read more...]
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The sudden burning waves in the month of March have terrified everybody, today the temperature in Udaipur was above 30 degrees. This is just a small beep of danger siren pointing directly towards still to come “harshest summer” of May-June which we cannot imagine. [Read more...]
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Children’s Day is celebrated on the Birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as a tribute to his fondness for children. The Day reminds us, our commitment towards welfare of children and education so they can lead their life as dreamed by Chacha Nehru.
Government plans to educate children from poor financial back ground. Apart from education and vocational training, special schools provides nutritious meals, health care & monthly stipend. But the fact is what we see from our eyes, children working on tea stalls, restaurants, automobile workshops and many other places. [Read more...]
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Health specialists from all over the globe have gathered in Delhi for a conference related to UN’s Launch of Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health on Millennium Development Goal Summit. Launched in September 2010, this summit draws fund of more than $40 Billion for saving the lives of 16 million women and children.
The meeting- Pledges to Action is hosted by India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The dictum is how to reduce infant mortality rate in India which was 50 per 1000 live births in 2009.
To step forward in this regard, first facility based newborn care unit in Rajasthan was established with the support of UNICEF in Tonk district in 2008, there are 34 such newborn care units working in North-Western state of India, today. [Read more...]
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A villager migrates to the city for earning bread for his family and lives in the city for months to do so. But, when this hard working chap who helps in developing the city asks for his basic needs he is many times denied for it. When he asks for shelter he is denied as he do not have a reference in the city, when he needs a SIM card he is denied as he do not have an address proof for the city. He is exploited by the local administration, police, and also by his employer.
To help such migrant laborers Rajeev Khandelwal and Krishnavtar Sharma founded Aajeevika Bureau, a Non-Profit Public Service Organization. [Read more...]
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Faith holds life with an unsaid intuition and drives human emotions to surpass worldly boundaries. In sway of unseen power something inside us guards our esteem faith in the Almighty. But can faith lead us to a contradictory state? Which faith can be judged right or wrong when modified with altered conscious? These questions etched my mind when I came to know about a group which was protesting yesterday evening at Fatehsagar Paal against images of Gods and Goddesses on various products in market like Shankar Chaap, Om Chaap, Ganesh Chaap etc. They took signatures of local people as an affirmation in this movement which will get into action after filing case in Jodhpur High Court. They had various arguments stating their rightfulness on this issue. [Read more...]
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Today I am not writing on how much importance lakes keep in life of Udaipurites, everybody knows it, infact feels it. Example of our ecstatic joy surpassed recently after monsoons and with it again began questions, counter replies, discussions, concerns, a lot was spoken and written but what actually happened was an eerie bug in my mind. This bug got somewhat relaxed yesterday when I attended discussion meet organized by Lake Conservation Committee. [Read more...]
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