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` 50 February 2013 Your Voice is our Inspiration Bollywood Celebs Love Stories Live in Relationships Under Indian Law Duece Gen next’s opinion on relationships today Soaring High A compendium of Information for those interested in studying Varied abroad Orientations- What’s normal about being different? Khanna Sutra What is the recipe for Vikas Khanna’s success? Valentine Recipes EVE’S TIMES February 2013 edit-o-real EVE’S TIMES www.evestimesonline.com Creating a Value Based Society CEO (Global Operations) : Nischinta Editor-in-Chief : Swati Amar Deputy Editor : Namrata Amarnath India is now ready to welcome Wal-Mart, Tesco and Star Bucks. What Associate Editor : Valsala Menon better news for young Indians? And the seniors too; their numbers will Head, Graphics & Design : Ashwini Raje .Bhonsle soon be swelling to gargantuan proportions down the years even as we Editor Art & Culture: Malini Shankar transform from a nation of 70 percent youngsters to 70 percent seniors in Production Executive : B.Sabitha about four decades from now. Large sections of the population, especially Marketing Coordination: Sivakumar the young are ready for importing western cultures, in its entirety, in a big Editor, TeenMag: Kirthi Gita Jayakumar way despite the fact that it has not proven good even for its own country. Social Media Exe & Assoc Editor, TeenMag The ‘I, me, myself,’ culture is now here to stay. And the upshot of it too. Alexandreena Sneha Radhish Advertising & Mktg: Retail chains and BPOs (read call centres) have made inroads into our R.Ravichandran society for a decade now providing financial independence to a huge Prashant number of youngsters, especially girls who are school drop outs or have Kirthivasan mustered enough courage to wade through school leaving. Young girls Circulation: Jaganathan, James have come to realize the benefits of financial independence and would Expert Panel: like to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Karti Chidambaram Padmashri Dr.V.Mohan This said, there is a large section of the Indian population, more in the Mallika Badrinath rural areas so to say, that is conveniently holding on to the chauvinistic Brinda Jayaraman tradition and gender superiority tenaciously , if only for the benefits that Dr. Priya Selvaraj they have been amassing for centuries now. Raw animal power and primal Vijaya Chamundeeswari instinct of man have always subjugated the frail Indian woman, however Usha Subramaniam qualified, intelligent and contributing she has been. In a society where Chitra Mahesh all whims and fancies of a man have been met by women folk and every nuance of her behavior has been subjected to the control of unqualified Writer’s Panel: and undeserving men, the sudden implications of cultural change portend Nischinta (New York) Namrata (Jodhpur) dangers. Gayatri T.Rao (Mumbai) If women go out, earn their monies and live the way they want, who will Chandrika Radhakrishnan (Bengaluru) cater to the needs of men? Timely food, children well looked after, house Priyanka Sakhamuru ( Hyderabad) well kept, large sections of male workforce working sporadically but living Prof. N.Natarajan off their wives for their food, alcohol and sex? The result is for all to see. Padmini Natarajan Kanchana Rao Skeletons are tumbling out every day as reams of newsprint are spurning Kirthi Gita Jayakumar out horror rape stories across the country. How India has been treating Jinal Patel (Pune) its women is now out in the open, for the entire world to see. Niranjana Hariharanandan (Pune) Geeta Canpadee (China) The Indian woman has seen it all……Life snuffed out before the girl child Radha Chandrasekar (Singapore) can even see the light of day, middlemen cheating on hapless women who Kshitij ( London) are renting out their wombs or selling their kidneys for the benefit of Aarti Kamat (Kolkata) their children and families, fathers raping daughters (which seems to be a Anuradha Ganeshan (Bengaluru) regular feature now), girls sold by relatives, beaten, abused by alcoholic G V Ashok Murthy (Bengaluru) fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, honour killings, khaap panchayats Rishi Wadhwa, Mumbai doling out anti women justice, girls deprived of education, food, basic Bhagya L. Ayyavoo, Chennai necessities of life, overworked, with every shred of respect and dignity Jayalakshmi Saroj, New Delhi denuded…… Eve’s Times Group Volume 7 Issue 6 for the month of The time has come for us to reinvent our values based on respect for February 2013. Price Rs. 50/- human life and dignity. If we don’t do this now, we are going to face more Reg Off : # 18/1 2nd Cross Street difficult days ahead. The weak will continue to be subjugated by the Dr.RadhakrishnanNagar, Tiruvanmiyur,Ch 41 physically, economically, politically and socially strong. So where are the E Mail: [email protected] messiahs? Ph: 91 44 24526739/ 91 44 24521813 Printed by K. Elumalai at Sakthi Scanners (P) Ltd., Ciao! No 7 Dams Road, Chindadripet, Ch 600 002 Published by Smt. Kamala Balachandran On behalf of Eve’s Times Group. Editor-in-Chief Lata Amarnath.All rights reserved Swati Amar Reproduction in any form is prohibited Eve’s Times Group does not take the responsibility for returning unsolicited publication material.All views expressed in the articles are those of the authors. EVE’S TIMES February 2013 3 Content SOARING HIGH CREATING GLOBAL EDUCATION- VICE CHANCELLOR DR. SALUNKHE SPEAKS OUT. 25| 29| STUDYING IN GREEN PASTURES- All you wanted to know about studying abroad 33| UNDERGRADUATION ABROAD 40| UK POST GRADUATION LOVE TO LOVE 43| E- LEARNING YOU 45| CHANGING PERCEPTIONS- Feature stories on all facets of love 8| Shubha Krishnan on her experience in pursuing her Masters abroad 9| LOVE TRIUMPHS 47| SAFE AND SOUND IN AN BOLLYWOOD CELEBS SPEAK OUT ALIEN LAND- Tips for women studying abroad on accommodation REGULARS 11| LOVE ACTUALLY What love actually means to gen next. 621 Jus’ Ask Brinda TEEN MAG 631 Salt n Pepper Korner 12| LONG DISTANCE 541 Desperation day 641 Health File- Vote for Oats RELATIONSHIPS 551 Jest for Laughs How viable are they? 781 Health and Fitness 561 Canteen banter 801 Exotic destinations- Greece 13| TEEN RELATIONSHIPS 571 Graffiti What can go wrong? 841 Art Nook- living alive 611 For your eyes only 851 Citizens’ Voice 14| VARIED ORIENTATIONS- POTPOURRI Interviews with people born with 861 Events and Product varied orientations 691 Recipes of frozen yoghurt Launches 17| LOVE, DATING AND 721 Khanna sutra- Vikas Khanna Cover pix: Gurmeet and Debina WISDOM 741 Helping hands- Rajinder Coordinated: Gayatri T Rao A critical analysis. 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