Even today baby girl born is india is considered as a burden. Thanks to the dowry system and heavy expenses occured in girls marriage. This problem will continue atleast in lower class people until the dowry system is totally abolished.
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A rickshaw puller dumped his two daughters - aged three and one - at a railway station in Orissa after he fathered a son, police said Monday.
The two girls Mamuni and Chummuni were left to fend for themselves, but were recovered by railway police officials.
"We recovered these two kids from the railway station very early in the morning Sunday. We were very surprised to see two kids crying at the railway station. We searched for their parents but no one claimed them. Later we found out that these kids had been left by their father at the railway station," said Gopinath Sira, officer in charge of railway police at Khurdha station, about 20 km from here.
Later the police handed over the kids to a local NGO. The NGO tried to locate the parents all through Sunday but failed.
The parents are from Mangalajodi village in Puri district of Orissa.
According to police, the father Tapan Guru brought the children to the station and slept with them at the platform before abandoning them.
"What we have gathered from the kids and others who were on duty at the station is that the father brought these kids with him to the railway station on Saturday night. He slept with them at the station. After the kids slept, he left and took away the gold locket the younger one was wearing," said Hochimin Sastry, secretary of Padmashree, a local NGO.
"We have also got to know that the father abandoned the children after the birth of a son. They had a son a month back. Since then the parents have been fighting with each other. On Saturday too the parents fought with each other before the father decided to abandon the children. The strange thing is that the mother pressurised the father to abandon the children," Sastry said.
After locating the parents and counselling them, the NGO plans to hand over the children to them.
"We have sent some people to their village. We have decided to hand over these children to the parents but only after extended counselling. Though we have an orphanage, their parents place is best for them. Since they have little means to bring up these girls, we will also try to help by arranging some money for them," Sastry added.
Source: www.newkerala.com, Oct 12, 2009
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
TED India Talks: Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge
Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.
About Kiran Sethi
The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an initiative to make our cities more child-friendly.
Kiran Bir Sethi's early training as a designer is clear in her work as an educator -- she looks beyond what exists, to ask, "could we do this a better way?" In 2001, she founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, designing the primary school's curriculum (and its building) from the ground up. Based around six "Beacons of Learning," the school's lesson plan focuses on creating curious, competent future citizens. The school now enrolls almost 300 children and has franchised its curriculum widely.
Sethi's latest project, inspired by dialogue with the children of Riverside, is called AProCh -- which stands for "A Protagonist in every Child." Fighting the stereotype of modern kids as rude and delinquent, AProCh looks for ways to engage Ahmedabad's children in modern city life, and to revamp our cities to make room for kids to learn, both actively and by example.
"It is possible to organize cities to teach usefulness, social responsibility, ecological skill, the values of good work, and the higher possibilities of adulthood."
-aproch.org
Here is the Video:
About Kiran Sethi
The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an initiative to make our cities more child-friendly.
Kiran Bir Sethi's early training as a designer is clear in her work as an educator -- she looks beyond what exists, to ask, "could we do this a better way?" In 2001, she founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, designing the primary school's curriculum (and its building) from the ground up. Based around six "Beacons of Learning," the school's lesson plan focuses on creating curious, competent future citizens. The school now enrolls almost 300 children and has franchised its curriculum widely.
Sethi's latest project, inspired by dialogue with the children of Riverside, is called AProCh -- which stands for "A Protagonist in every Child." Fighting the stereotype of modern kids as rude and delinquent, AProCh looks for ways to engage Ahmedabad's children in modern city life, and to revamp our cities to make room for kids to learn, both actively and by example.
"It is possible to organize cities to teach usefulness, social responsibility, ecological skill, the values of good work, and the higher possibilities of adulthood."
-aproch.org
Here is the Video:
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Child worker in lucknow beaten for four hours
For four hours, he was whipped with a leather belt. Then the eight-year-old's employer rubbed salt into the child's wounds.
This was Mohit's punishment after 700 rupees went missing from his boss' juice stand in Lucknow. When people in the neighbourhood saw Mohit lying injured on the road, they grabbed his employer and handed him to the police.
The employer, Raju, has been arrested and faces up to seven years in prison if he is convicted for criminal intimidation. That is what Mohit hopes for. "I want the police to punish him so that he never repeats this kind of behaviour with any other boy."
Employing children as workers in dhabas and stalls like Raju's is illegal. Raju has also been charged with violating child labour laws. The police have no explanation for why Mohit was not spotted working at the stall and rescued much earlier.
Mohit arrived in Lucknow seven months ago with a friend from his village of Baharaich in North Eastern Uttar Pradesh. He was hired immediately by Raju to peel fruit at his stall. Mohit was allowed to sleep at the juice stall.
The police plan to send Mohit home, but Mohit aspires to a more normal childhood after his traumatic experience. "I want to study ... if possible in Lucknow," he requests.
Here is the video:
Source: NDTV.com, December 24, 2009
This was Mohit's punishment after 700 rupees went missing from his boss' juice stand in Lucknow. When people in the neighbourhood saw Mohit lying injured on the road, they grabbed his employer and handed him to the police.
The employer, Raju, has been arrested and faces up to seven years in prison if he is convicted for criminal intimidation. That is what Mohit hopes for. "I want the police to punish him so that he never repeats this kind of behaviour with any other boy."
Employing children as workers in dhabas and stalls like Raju's is illegal. Raju has also been charged with violating child labour laws. The police have no explanation for why Mohit was not spotted working at the stall and rescued much earlier.
Mohit arrived in Lucknow seven months ago with a friend from his village of Baharaich in North Eastern Uttar Pradesh. He was hired immediately by Raju to peel fruit at his stall. Mohit was allowed to sleep at the juice stall.
The police plan to send Mohit home, but Mohit aspires to a more normal childhood after his traumatic experience. "I want to study ... if possible in Lucknow," he requests.
Here is the video:
Source: NDTV.com, December 24, 2009
Monday, January 25, 2010
Boy applies for birth certificate, gets one for death
How do you feel when you get death certificate when you are still alive. And that too when you dont have any records of your birth. A boy in thiruvanantapuram applied for a birth certificate since he did not have one. But he got a death certificate instead. This is one more case of height of negligency of government officials in India.
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In a bizarre case, a 13-year-old boy who applied for birth certificate has been given one for death by the city corporation here.
Civic authorities said the bungle was a clerical error and steps have been taken to issue the corrected certificate.
A sixth standard student, K Muhammad, recently applied for a birth certificate from a government hospital in the city where he was born in 1997, family said.
When he received the document, Muhammad and his family members were shocked to see the form, in which the vital details were given, stated he died the day he was born.
Asked about the goof up, a senior corporation official said it was the result of a 'clerical oversight' as the section dealing with the birth and death registration was overburdened with applications.
'On an average we receive 3000 applications a day for various purposes including birth and death certificates. Recently there was a spurt in requests for birth certificates since it was required for issuing Unique ID cards by schools,' the official said.
However, remedial steps would be taken on a priority basis, he added.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 21st January 2010
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In a bizarre case, a 13-year-old boy who applied for birth certificate has been given one for death by the city corporation here.
Civic authorities said the bungle was a clerical error and steps have been taken to issue the corrected certificate.
A sixth standard student, K Muhammad, recently applied for a birth certificate from a government hospital in the city where he was born in 1997, family said.
When he received the document, Muhammad and his family members were shocked to see the form, in which the vital details were given, stated he died the day he was born.
Asked about the goof up, a senior corporation official said it was the result of a 'clerical oversight' as the section dealing with the birth and death registration was overburdened with applications.
'On an average we receive 3000 applications a day for various purposes including birth and death certificates. Recently there was a spurt in requests for birth certificates since it was required for issuing Unique ID cards by schools,' the official said.
However, remedial steps would be taken on a priority basis, he added.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 21st January 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Man cuts off his tongue in front of god to have son
One more case of superstition. How can you give a birth to a child when you cut off your tongue and give it to god. Has the god asked you to do this. We have to blame the people or the priest who suggest such thing to the illiterate people of rural India.
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A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be 'blessed with a son', police said Tuesday.
Mukesh Kumar, 28, a resident of Banthari village in Banda district, some 200 km from Lucknow, cut off his tongue late Monday evening with a razor blade at the Mahesh temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in the same village, officials added.
Kumar, who was rushed to a private hospital by other devotees, is out of danger but the doctors said he might have major speech problems later, senior inspector R.P. Mishra told reporters in Banda.
Kumar was childless after more than four years of marriage, he said.
"An ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, an angry Kumar left his house following a tiff with his wife for not being able to conceive. Kumar went to the temple, where he offered his tongue to the deity," said Mishra.
Source: www.newkerala.com, Jan 12 2010
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A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be 'blessed with a son', police said Tuesday.
Mukesh Kumar, 28, a resident of Banthari village in Banda district, some 200 km from Lucknow, cut off his tongue late Monday evening with a razor blade at the Mahesh temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in the same village, officials added.
Kumar, who was rushed to a private hospital by other devotees, is out of danger but the doctors said he might have major speech problems later, senior inspector R.P. Mishra told reporters in Banda.
Kumar was childless after more than four years of marriage, he said.
"An ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, an angry Kumar left his house following a tiff with his wife for not being able to conceive. Kumar went to the temple, where he offered his tongue to the deity," said Mishra.
Source: www.newkerala.com, Jan 12 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
TED India Talks: Shashi Tharoor - Why India is becoming the "soft" power
India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to share its culture with the world through food, music, technology, Bollywood. He argues that in the long run it's not the size of the army that matters as much as a country's ability to influence the world's hearts and minds.
About Shashi Tharoor
Author and activist Shashi Tharoor is a member of Parliament and the Indian minister of state for external affairs.
In May 2009, Shashi Tharoor was elected to Parliament, representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. As a minister for external affairs, he's charged with helping India engage with the world -- taking meetings around the globe, and ensuring that Indian citizens know how their country is connecting with the rapidly internationalizing world. (His mission also includes improving the operation of local passport offices.)
Before entering politics, Tharoor spent almost three decades with the UN as a refugee worker and peace-keeper, working as a senior adviser to the Secretary-General. Meanwhile, he maintained a parallel career as a writer, producing three novels, a biography of Nehru and several collections of essays on literature and global affairs (plus hundreds of articles for magazines and journals). He was the UN Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information under Kofi Annan, and was India's candidate in 2006 for the post of Secretary-General. He left the UN in 2007.
"Mr. Tharoor has brought a breath of fresh air into the Indian political scene."
goodnewz.in
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About Shashi Tharoor
Author and activist Shashi Tharoor is a member of Parliament and the Indian minister of state for external affairs.
In May 2009, Shashi Tharoor was elected to Parliament, representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. As a minister for external affairs, he's charged with helping India engage with the world -- taking meetings around the globe, and ensuring that Indian citizens know how their country is connecting with the rapidly internationalizing world. (His mission also includes improving the operation of local passport offices.)
Before entering politics, Tharoor spent almost three decades with the UN as a refugee worker and peace-keeper, working as a senior adviser to the Secretary-General. Meanwhile, he maintained a parallel career as a writer, producing three novels, a biography of Nehru and several collections of essays on literature and global affairs (plus hundreds of articles for magazines and journals). He was the UN Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information under Kofi Annan, and was India's candidate in 2006 for the post of Secretary-General. He left the UN in 2007.
"Mr. Tharoor has brought a breath of fresh air into the Indian political scene."
goodnewz.in
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Villagers build own railway station
A small village can show the government its duty. Frustrated over not having a railway station and endless request to the government for doing so, the people of tajnagar near gurgaon spent their own money and build a railway station so that they can commute easily. This is like a slap on the face of government.
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For 25 years, residents of Tajnagar village near Gurgaon lobbied for a railway station in their village. When their demand was not met, the villagers decided to take matters in their own hands — they pooled in Rs 21 lakh and built a railway station on their own.
On Tuesday, the result of their efforts — perhaps the first railway station in the country on which the Railways didn’t have to spend a single penny — will start operations.
"We have hired a vehicle to spread the message that the station is getting functional. It’s no less than a festival for us and we are organizing a puja at the station. All passengers will get prasad," said an elated villager, adding that the station will benefit people from other villagers as well.
It all started about two years back, when the panchayat passed a resolution saying that since the Railways was not able to build a station for them, they would do it themselves. And with their own money. Soon, an 11-member ‘gram seva samiti’ was constituted and it started collecting money from villagers.
"Most of the 3,000-plus people living in the village are agriculturists. But such was the burning desire to have a station in the village, everybody contributed according to their capacity. Ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 75,000 they donated money for the station and we started construction in January, 2008," said Ranjeet Singh, former village sarpanch.
“There are a large number of people in the village who need to go to Gurgaon, Delhi and Rewari. There are students who go to colleges. Till now we had to either go to Hailimandi or Patli to catch a train. Both stations are 6km away from Tajnagar. We thought that when the railway line passes through the village, we should have a station here. We have been raising the demand since 1982, but the Railways told us that they do not have funds. So, finally we decided to craft our own destiny," said Hukum Chand, a member of the committee.
The villagers then asked the Railways if it would agree to stop a few trains at the station if they constructed a station with their own resources. To their surprise, the Railways agreed to make seven passenger trains (in both directions) halt at the station if it was built according to its specifications.
"The Railways decided to make it a halt station because a number of people would benefit from it. Financially too, the idea looked viable," said Anant Swaroop, Northern Railways spokesperson. He added that a station master and ticket collector had been appointed.
The station, which took one year for completion, has two platforms. It has a kachcha platform, water and electricity, and a ticket counter. It would be inaugurated by Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh. Villagers said as a skeleton station was ready now, they need the Railways’ help to make a concrete platform, a waiting room and an overhead shed.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 05 Jan 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
A man wakes up after being declared dead
This is as careless as it gets. How can doctors be so careless. Such doctors should be stripped off from their medical degrees. Being a doctor how could you not know that whether a person is alive or dead.
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A man who had been declared dead woke up when doctors began to conduct his post-mortem examination in Jajpur district of Orissa, a media report said Monday.
Manas Deo was critically injured after a vehicle hit him Dec 25 near Baragadia village in Jajpur, Oriya daily Sambad quoted Manas's wife Tiki Deo as saying.
Police brought him to a local hospital where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
"It was a surprise for the hospital staff and family members after Manas woke up when the doctors began his autopsy," the report said.
Manas is now undergoing treatment at a hospital at Cuttack, 26 km from here. His condition is improving and he will get well in a fortnight, the newspaper added.
Source: www.prokerala.com, Jan 4 2009
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A man who had been declared dead woke up when doctors began to conduct his post-mortem examination in Jajpur district of Orissa, a media report said Monday.
Manas Deo was critically injured after a vehicle hit him Dec 25 near Baragadia village in Jajpur, Oriya daily Sambad quoted Manas's wife Tiki Deo as saying.
Police brought him to a local hospital where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
"It was a surprise for the hospital staff and family members after Manas woke up when the doctors began his autopsy," the report said.
Manas is now undergoing treatment at a hospital at Cuttack, 26 km from here. His condition is improving and he will get well in a fortnight, the newspaper added.
Source: www.prokerala.com, Jan 4 2009
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Scissors taken out from man's stomach after two years
Recently watched a bollywood movie 'Kambakhth Ishq' where the doctor leaves a watch inside the hero's stomach during operation. I wondered what a silly concept to make a movie out of it. But something similar has really happened to a person in Raipur,India. Maybe the filmakers knew this story..
How can the surgeons be so careless.Just cannot understand.
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A small pair of scissors left in a 60-year-old farmer's stomach two years ago during an operation, leaving him in chronic pain, has finally been removed by doctors.
The latest surgery took three long hours and was conducted late Friday at a government hospital in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, about 40 km from here, senior surgeon D.C. Jain told IANS.
Jain said the patient, Dhruv Verma, a farmer from Bemetara village in Durg district. The scissors were apparently left behind by a private doctor in December 2007. "The patient is doing well and he is likely to be discharged within a week," Jain said over telephone. "The patient had been in unbearable pain for the last two years."
He said the scissors were stuck with the small intestine and it was a "risky operation" that was successful. Verma alleged that a doctor at a nursing home in Durg left the pair of medical scissors in his stomach during an appendix operation two years ago.
"After the operation I suffered severe and chronic stomach pain. The Nursing Home refused to pay attention, describing it as 'nothing major'," Verma said. "An X-ray recently confirmed the presence of the scissors in my stomach. Finally the Durg district hospital doctors helped me out," he added.
--IANS
Source: www.newkerala.com, 02 Jan 2010
How can the surgeons be so careless.Just cannot understand.
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A small pair of scissors left in a 60-year-old farmer's stomach two years ago during an operation, leaving him in chronic pain, has finally been removed by doctors.
The latest surgery took three long hours and was conducted late Friday at a government hospital in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, about 40 km from here, senior surgeon D.C. Jain told IANS.
Jain said the patient, Dhruv Verma, a farmer from Bemetara village in Durg district. The scissors were apparently left behind by a private doctor in December 2007. "The patient is doing well and he is likely to be discharged within a week," Jain said over telephone. "The patient had been in unbearable pain for the last two years."
He said the scissors were stuck with the small intestine and it was a "risky operation" that was successful. Verma alleged that a doctor at a nursing home in Durg left the pair of medical scissors in his stomach during an appendix operation two years ago.
"After the operation I suffered severe and chronic stomach pain. The Nursing Home refused to pay attention, describing it as 'nothing major'," Verma said. "An X-ray recently confirmed the presence of the scissors in my stomach. Finally the Durg district hospital doctors helped me out," he added.
--IANS
Source: www.newkerala.com, 02 Jan 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
TED India Talks: Shaffi Mather- A new way to fight corruption
Shaffi Mather explains why he left his first career to become a social entrepreneur, providing life-saving transportation with his company 1298 for Ambulance. Now, he has a new idea and plans to begin a company to fight the booming business of corruption in public service, eliminating it one bribe at a time.
About Shaffi Mather:
Shaffi Mather is the founder of 1298 for Ambulance, Education Access for All, and co-promoter of Moksha-Yug Access. He was a successful young entrepreneur, who brought a family-run real estate business to the forefront of the local market before moving on to take major positions at two of India’s largest communication corporations -- Essel Group and Reliance Industries. However, after a perilous ride to the hospital with his mother he was forced to confront India’s need for a dependable ambulance service. He left his career at Reliance and founded 1298 for Ambulance, a for-profit service with a sliding scale payment system that has revolutionized medical transport in Mumbai and Kerala.
Today, Mather is also a co-founder of Moksha-Yug Access, a microfinance instiution that operates in rural India, and The Education Initiative, which is involved in e-learning and in creating schools across India. In addition, Mather is a lawyer focusing on litigation in public interest -- battling for transparency in governance and use of public funds, human rights, civil rights and primacy of constitution. He is a TEDIndia Fellow.
Here is the Video:
About Shaffi Mather:
Shaffi Mather is the founder of 1298 for Ambulance, Education Access for All, and co-promoter of Moksha-Yug Access. He was a successful young entrepreneur, who brought a family-run real estate business to the forefront of the local market before moving on to take major positions at two of India’s largest communication corporations -- Essel Group and Reliance Industries. However, after a perilous ride to the hospital with his mother he was forced to confront India’s need for a dependable ambulance service. He left his career at Reliance and founded 1298 for Ambulance, a for-profit service with a sliding scale payment system that has revolutionized medical transport in Mumbai and Kerala.
Today, Mather is also a co-founder of Moksha-Yug Access, a microfinance instiution that operates in rural India, and The Education Initiative, which is involved in e-learning and in creating schools across India. In addition, Mather is a lawyer focusing on litigation in public interest -- battling for transparency in governance and use of public funds, human rights, civil rights and primacy of constitution. He is a TEDIndia Fellow.
Here is the Video:
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