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INDIA OUTRAGED EVE’S TIMES January 2013 edit-o-real EVE’S TIMES www.evestimesonline.com CEO (Global Operations) : Nischinta The Candle of Hope Editor-in-Chief : Swati Amar Deputy Editor : Namrata Amarnath Associate Editor : Valsala Menon The nation came together to fight and pray for the 23- year old gang rape Head, Graphics & Design : Ashwini Raje .Bhonsle victim of Delhi, a cause that had united the thinking minds among the youth. Editor Art & Culture: Malini Shankar Despite everything, the young girl’s battered body could not fight anymore. Production Executive : B.Sabitha While the spirit yearned to live, the body just gave up. December 29 was a Marketing Coordination: Sivakumar Black Day for India that exposed all that is wrong with the country. Associate Editor, TeenMag: Alexandreena Sneha Radhish I cried. For the nation. As a mother of two daughters, I could understand Social Media Exe: Alexandreena Sneha Radhish the shock, the benumbing fact that one’s little doll for which the Indian Advertising & Mktg: mother gives her everything, is now no more. And for the manner in R.Ravichandran which she was butchered by lecherous barbarians on the prowl in a public Prashant transport. And the fact that she had to go through untold agony and pain, Kirthivasan which finally came to nothing. And the even more shocking reality that Circulation: Jaganathan, James politicians were trying to gain mileage out of this or were trying to ensure Expert Panel: that they remained unscathed by the sorrowful incident. I cried because of Karti Chidambaram all that is wrong about our democracy. The fact that men and women of Padmashri Dr.V.Mohan such depraved character find their way into our houses of representatives Mallika Badrinath just because they are able to buy a packet of biriyani and liquor for the Brinda Jayaraman masses. Dr. Priya Selvaraj Vijaya Chamundeeswari One innocuous winter evening of entertainment ended on such a heinous Usha Subramaniam note for an innocent girl who had to face a brutality unbeknown to the Chitra Mahesh human race. Just because a few discredited mortals decided to have fun not Writer’s Panel: only outraging her modesty, but also brutally attacking her, leaving her to Nischinta (New York) undergo the worst suffering any girl her age can bear. Namrata (Jodhpur) Gayatri T.Rao (Mumbai) The 23-year old stands testimony to the dire straits in which the Indian Chandrika Radhakrishnan (Bengaluru) woman is placed today. As I keep repeating often, the Indian woman is Priyanka Sakhamuru ( Hyderabad) the most exploited today than ever in the history of India. And it has Prof. N.Natarajan been proven true. This brave little girl is just one example as many more Padmini Natarajan skeletons keep tumbling out of the cupboards everyday now. Today even Kanchana Rao a girl child is not spared from the suspiciously universal sexual depravities Kirthi Gita Jayakumar lurking in almost every man. Jinal Patel (Pune) Niranjana Hariharanandan (Pune) To what greater depths can the human character plummet? As the entire Geeta Canpadee (China) world keeps watching, the so called political leaders are leaving their Radha Chandrasekar (Singapore) gender prejudices unmasked before a shocked world. This has always been Kshitij ( London) the root cause of all that is wrong with India. A country that does not Aarti Kamat (Kolkata) respect half its population can never forge ahead in any sphere. How long Anuradha Ganeshan (Bengaluru) can men continue to thrust their warped thinking and distorted behavior G V Ashok Murthy (Bengaluru) on half the population? Rishi Wadhwa, Mumbai Bhagya L. Ayyavoo, Chennai Amidst the solemn gravity around us, even as hundreds of youngsters Jayalakshmi Saroj, New Delhi march silently with candles in their hands, the light from the candles seems to symbolize hope. Somehow, somewhere, there is hope that the youth will Eve’s Times Group realize the need for another struggle for freedom. A struggle for developing Volume 8 Issue 192 for the month of national character…. a struggle for electing responsible leaders…. a need January 2013. Price Rs. 50/- Reg Off : # 18/1 2nd Cross Street to realize all the values that our Constitution stands for. And to emerge Dr.RadhakrishnanNagar, Tiruvanmiyur,Ch 41 out of this darkness of mind to an enlightened world where respect, dignity E Mail: [email protected] and equality are ensured to all citizens. Ph: 91 44 24526739/ 91 44 24521813 Ciao! Printed by K. Elumalai at Sakthi Scanners (P) Ltd., 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 Reproduction in any form is prohibited Eve’s Times Group Swati Amar does not take the responsibility for returning unsolicited publication material.All views expressed in the articles are those of the authors. EVE’S TIMES January 2013 3 Content

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` 50 December 2012 ecember issue of Eve’s as a career today. I request you to Times was simply continue to carry out such interviews EVE’S TIMESYour Voice is our Inspiration amazing- very colourful and features about sportspersons from and beautifully designed. time to time. It will also enable many The articles on art gave parents who insist on studies to have a aD comprehensive coverage of the entire change of heart. Ambika performing scenario. What impressed Kameshwar & Ramesh Annadurai, Chennai RASA me most was the message we got – Padma Shri Gayatri Shankaran’s musical journey that art is not out of the reach of the The New Sound of Music- Pathbreaking Agam differently-abled. In fact, they are more

Genie at your Service- New Year dedicated and are able to give their Fantasies by celebs best. Without eliciting sympathy, they I Dance Breaking Barriers- Despite Everything… Amar Jyoti Delhi are able to bring out the true beauty Therefore I The Undefeatable Trio- How three brave citizens In spite of telling myself that I should Am – Shiamak Davar turned around darkness of performing arts. Articles on RASA as well as Gayatri Shankaran were very not cry, I could not help but shed positive and impactful. The innovative tears as I read the article on ‘The December 2012 and all-encompassing approach to such Undefeatable Trio.’ The stories about useful features is much welcome. the three visually challenged individuals were indeed much inspiring. While Raveendran, Chennai we are still floundering how to handle differently-abled individuals, thanks to our non-inclusive society, they are going about accomplishing a lot in their lives A Gourmet’s Review despite everything. And to think that they harbor more values than people I claim to be a gourmet and keep tasting with all their senses intact and are different dishes whenever possible. I fortunate enough to be comfortable in also like to try my hand at new recipes. monetary terms, it is indeed disquieting I was simply enthralled to read the to see able-bodied individuals ruin their winter recipes and immediately got lives indulging in trivial pleasures. Such Letters to the editor down to trying my culinary skills with individuals of Enable India are the true the help of the recipes given. I was Indians who carry our cultural values amazed at the results I got when I made forward and stand as sterling examples Spanish Hot Chocolate and herbal tea. of Indianness globally. We have a lot to Eve’s Times recipes are very different learn from them. Let the youngsters and interesting. Also coming from chefs, of today who wrench money and they are interesting for youngsters like materials from their parents and waste me who are interested in cooking their most productive years on liquor, international dishes. I was also thrilled mobile, entertainment, sex and other to see the new health column by Mallika trivial pursuits learn a lesson or two Badrinath. I have been a fan of hers for from such progressive minds. years and it is simply wonderful that we will have a regular column from her. Renuka Chandran, Chennai Thank you!

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Living a Dream The article ‘Living a Dream’ in your December issue was quite inspiring. Such interviews with achievers in all fields, especially sports are a must for

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EVE’S TIMES January 2013 7 UPRISING THE RISE OF THE NEW INDIAN

8 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 he death of the 23 year old gang rape victim brought out the deep gender bias and discrimination against women that have been rampant for agesT in India. Despite the so called modern education and developments in several fields, the bias is so deeply entrenched in the social milieu that it reached a climax as the ugly and grisly drama unfolded before the eyes of the shocked citizens of India.

The death of this young girl who put up a brave fight is just one incident as countless such incidents continue to happen everywhere in the country.

The brazen manner in which the crime took place in public seems to bring out the fact that anything can happen to the Indian woman anywhere in the country. Little would the sprightly young girl have realized when she ventured out to see a movie with her friend, that life was about to take a ghastly turn. The hapless girl was raped for over forty minutes by six men in a bus as it was being driven on the busy outer ring road of the capital city of the country.

The girl had bite marks all over the body. Her face was damaged beyond INDIA OUTRAGED recognition and the barbarians had used an iron rod and a broken beer bottle To be truly free, we need to make the CHANGE. to assault her, inflicting grievous injuries The uprising of the New Young Indians is sure to her private parts. Both the girl and “to usher in this CHANGE. The death of the her companion were struck with the young girl will not go in vain.” iron rod, stripped and thrown out of the bus on the busy National Highway 8. Screams and cries for help by the brutalized duo went unheeded for more than an hour as no one stopped to help them. The traumatized young pair lay in the bone-freezing cold in dire straits before someone informed the police about them.

The mutilation of the girl was very deep, permanently damaging her intestines and abdomen. The callousness of such a crime against a young Indian woman made the countries of the world sit up and take notice of the threat to the lives of the Indian women such that even the Secretary General of the United Nations made his displeasure known.

After nearly two weeks of untold pain and suffering, the young girl died, leaving behind a nation of young Indians

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 9 in deep sorrow, not only for the brave live a life of dignity. A major chunk of innumerable injustices that have been girl’s plight, but also for all other young the Indian population is still living in the happening so far across the country. girls in the nation who may not yet be past, obstinately refusing to come out To be truly free, we need to make the safe in their own homeland. of the comfortable mode of chauvinism CHANGE. The uprising of the New created for the benefit of one half of Young Indians is sure to usher in this What is more shocking and sorrowful the population. Despite being educated CHANGE. The death of the young girl is the debate that arose about the and employed, the society expects the will not go in vain. incident and the unabashed politicking women to run the home, take care and mudslinging the political leaders of children, maintain her ‘chastity’ by resorted to, in the guise of trying to not provoking men, and obey their impress the nation’s citizens. In the husbands and parents-in-law at home process, many unsavoury remarks that and bosses in their office. In short, are overt testimony to the deep lying Indian women are expected to live in gender bias were unraveled by some tune with the chauvinistic rules laid public figures, drunken with muscle and down by men centuries ago. In many money power, in the form of their views instances the sad truth is, especially on the incident. Women have been in BPL families, it is the women who asked to wear purdah, stay at home, contribute economically, despite being little girls were asked to stop wearing abused and exploited. They are the skirts and wear salwar comeez instead; ones who take care of their children, some went to the extent of suggesting educate them and run their homes. child marriages for women such that the ‘sexual’ urges of men were satisfied, This ghastly incident has brought to reining in their urges to violate women. light the fact that there is an urgent need to develop national character. It is The most shocking of all is the attitude imperative to outline universal human of the police and some political leaders values of respect, love and compassion towards women who have been and educate our citizenry. By brutally raped. Not only are cases not subjugating one half of the population, registered if at all women came forward let it be known that no country can to make a police complaint, but they are ever move forward. subjected to character assassination, threats and are branded as commercial More importantly, the need to change sex workers. Little does the Indian the political order has now been society realize that even a commercial unmasked before the eyes of India’s sex worker has legal protection against young citizens. How long can we put up rape. For that matter, a woman in with political leaders who have crime marriage can resort to legal help if she records, are seen to publicly assault, is raped within a marriage. insult and hurt women and the poor, or who are seen to support the cause The behavior of the Delhi police of unworthy men and women without toward the peaceful protests by the values? young people is in very bad taste. Water cannons and tear gas were used against The death of the young girl has to be peaceful protestors. Nowhere in any vindicated. As a young nation, a lot is developed country have such incidents happening in our country which seems happened, that too by the police who to be in the midst of a renaissance in are entrusted with the responsibility of terms of the foray of global ways of protecting the nation’s citizens. thinking and living. The fact that the young Indians have come out in the The sad truth is that we have failed open to support this cause and insist to inculcate universal human values on certain changes is heartening. This in our nation as a whole. That is why is just a humble beginning of a change- there is no tug of conscience when a that will be defined by young thinking man tries to ridicule a woman or taunt Indians. As long as young Indians unite her in public. Eve teasing is a common together to think, fight for justice and occurrence. Even young boys resort to raise their voices against the long taunting girls and women. There seems continuing oppression by men and to be no acknowledgement of the fact women of influence, there is hope. that a human being, whether a child, The death of a simple, innocent girl has woman or a differently-abled person, whipped up the slumbering conscience is worthy of respect and deserves to of the so far mute witnesses to the

10 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 ndia’s modesty has been violated and sensitive new Indian is no longer in the most gruesome manner, mute to injustice, ignominy and ATROCITY benumbing young Indians out of indignity. The new young Indian wants their wits and homes, impelling answers, solutions and action. them to fight for a cause that has Ilong since been ignored. Even as we are Even as India is reeling under the impact AT ITS limping into yet another year, mangled, of the daring gang rape of a young girl , hurt and angry, the incident rankles who continues to battle for her life as sensitive minds to seek a solution we go for print, Eve’s Times stands by to a problem that has beset women her and many other young, gullible girls WORST! since time immemorial! Rape and who have had their life torn asunder molestation of women have been going by a few barbaric monsters . on for ages as the apathetic society What can be done to ensure the safety looked elsewhere when the victims’ of women in India? If this is the scenario THE DELHI anguished cries rent the milieu. Women in the capital city of our country, how have been raped not only by hooligans, safe are women elsewhere in the opulent and avaricious fiends, but also country? And what measures can by custodians of law, the police and the be done to prevent such incidents GANG politicians. Not only did the victims from recurring? Is capital punishment suffer in silence, but if any bold woman the solution to put an end to such even decided to take hesitant steps atrocities? RAPE toward seeking legal solace, she was subjected to character assassination or We share with our readers the thoughts Valsala Menon mauled by the police! Such has been about this horrendous incident by the history of rape victims in India. Not a few sensitive and thinking citizens. any longer. A new era is dawning in the Excerpts: bring to you the reactions a history of young India. The intelligent few thinking person who

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 11 Dipannitha Ghosh Biswas, Freelance journalist, Bangalore

I think mere death penalty will not solve the problem. Death penalty can be levied but with a rider attached to it. First, there should be chemical castration and then these men should be imprisoned for fourteen long years and then they should be hanged. We should make them suffer for 14 years before they die. And also the realization that they are going to die on a particular day will make them understand the agony and pain that a woman who has been raped goes through each day of her life.

Joson Manavalan, Senior Advocate, High Court, Ernakulam

Capital punishment for a rapist is for the legislature and the Parliament to decide. I agree that it has been an unfortunate incident and should not have happened in a country where women are revered. It has to be seen as an isolated incident.

Most laws in our country favor women and are one sided. But that doesn’t mean that such an act should be condoned. It’s a brash act that deserves life imprisonment. In several places , consensual sex takes place and when driven to the wall or faced with dire situations, there have been instances when women have taken drastic steps to make the act look “ unfavorable” or if a woman has a vendetta against a certain man with whom she has had consensual sex, she can later call it a “ rape”. We have come across such instances. When a woman fairly or unfairly approaches the court, and a hue and cry is raised, courts always vacillate towards women, favoring them.

In fact, in this unfortunate incident at Delhi, the police and the government should be accused, since the laws were not properly enforced.Even in developed nations, rape is not levied death penalty. What are we striving for? We are striving to create a society of cultured and civilized people, and not a fearful society wherein men will stay off women just because they fear the death penalty. Men should learn to respect women and that’s what we must strive to achieve. People should become more cultured and civilized in the real sense.

Sunitha Krishnan, Clinical Psychologist, Chennai

I am not for death penalty for a rapist. My logic is very simple; if we equate murder and rape, then each rapist would think of silencing his victim forever and we would never get to know the identity of the rapist! But, I am all for physical castration, not the chemical one. You should hurt them the most where they can really feel it! Yes, for all the pleasure they have, they need to feel the pain as well!

Dhanya Narayanan, Social Activist, Action Aid, Chennai

The rape incident that happened in Delhi was an extremely brutal and heinous act. A woman’s vulnerability is exploited, her right to life and personal liberty are denied. This is a crime which is unacceptable. Strong and rigorous action should be taken against the victims immediately. Our laws should be made strict and should be put to practice. Prohibition of sexual harassment should be notified and circulated so that people become aware of the rigorous punishments that can be a strong deterrent.

Jaju Babu, Senior Advocate, High Court, Ernakulam

Rape is a crime against humanity. Apart from the trauma caused to the victim, it affects all parts of the society. Rape of a noble woman of Rome in 509 BC led to over throw of the monarchy and establishment of the Republic. Rape cases have doubled during the last two decades. Delhi gang rape is the most violent crime in recent times. It has broken the silence maintained by Indian youth towards anti rape movement. Ensuring deterrent punishment, enforcement of Rape Shield Laws, educating the youth on the evil, recovery for victims from rape trauma syndrome, etc are areas that require immediate attention. Our country should not be a dangerous place for women, but a safe haven.

12 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 What Price for Women’s Respect? Pratyush, Journalist

t’s easy to understand the because she wore a short skirt, it is not groundswell of protests in Delhi because she was with a male friend, it is not to the shocking incident last because she has a loose character - these week. However, there is a need disgusting assumptions reflect the more to channelize this anger into fundamental malaise in our society. There is somethingI more constructive. I feel the a need to challenge commonly-held views demands for capital punishment for rape on the need for women to conform to a set should be well thought out and cannot “moral” code. And it is crucial that women be an emotional one. More than calls for don’t see themselves as victims - that is the changes in laws, there’s a desperate need first step towards emancipation. After all, to sensitize people - the police, the law there’s no dearth of legal frameworks in enforcement authorities on crimes against our country - however the schism between women. There is a need to move away from laws and attitudes is vast and that needs to our patriarchal understanding of society. be bridged. So, when a woman gets raped, it’s not

Aakshi Kalra, Dentist Yet another case of rape; not new but more heinous. A woman is the one who gives birth to a man. That’s the kind of respect one owes to her. The status of the women seems to be deteriorating now. Women are treated in our country as though they have no respect.

Woman is the one who makes four walls of your house a home. How can one walk over her? I am shocked out of my wits and fail to understand what drives such men to regress to such levels! It’s definitely not women who draw attention; the reality seems to be much graver. We need to wake up (before humanness sleeps forever) as it is the need of the hour. Protests are on but change has to initiate from within! Hopefully such campaigns turn out to be strong deterrents which would reduce the number of such cases in future.

Maitreya Buddha Samantaray, Asia intelligence specialist and Security Analyst, New Delhi There is a greater degree of legitimacy when protesters are demanding for better police, better lawyers, better leadership and above all better systems to address such a national disease. The state should take responsibility as the incident happened in the national capital, which witnesses over 400 rape incidents a year, approximately over one rape case a day and the conviction rate is as low as 26.4 per cent. I am sure, if the accused would have been from the upper strata of the society, the entire machinery would have by now been working towards rescuing them. Fine, but are we willing to take responsibility for the death of the policeman? Justice doesn’t have space for violence and an eye for an eye- a sort of an extreme punishment especially that of death penalty, chemical castration, public hanging, stoned to death as have been demanded in certain quarters will not offer any tangible solution as in most likelihood, it would prompt every rapist to kill his victim in future fearing repercussion. Our typical psyche or attitude needs be changed along with processes, functions and system for any durable solution.

Sayanee Halder, graphic designer, Delhi. Delhi can turn the most hopeful of women (men too) into cynics by the sheer amount of negative connotations associated with it. The constant looking over your shoulder, being on your guard, the distrust - the city is not meant for single women. The city itself functions within its comfort levels and is rather reluctant to embrace a change. Add to its already hostile behavior, a mere request for directions and you’re faced with “Kyun?” Wahan kya khajana hai? Hame bhi leja ...”

Lewd comments, passing remarks, infiltrating gaze are issues of everyday. Even if someone were to genuinely help/ guide you in your hour of need –

a. you’d think twice before taking the advice b. you’d wait for the situation to gravely go wrong

Shivani, Ikea, Delhi Delhi gang rape is proof of the fact that we can stoop to the lowest level possible. Is justice asleep? Following the Delhi rape, because it happened in a particular way and it happened in Delhi, it grabbed people’s attention. Fact of the matter is: violence of all sorts, people are getting away with it. Sexual violence itself…How many incidents have we seen in the last one year or so – Guwahati, Bangalore – and those are the ones which are very extreme. Impunity, which is at the heart of many of the issues, is that people think they can do things and get away with it.

Inputs from Kirthi Gita Jayakumar and Valsala Menon

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 13 daughters go out of home and when I feel disgusted after hearing about they come late at night, I get very such things. For me, this is a third worried. I keep calling them all the time. grade crime. I also believe that there Delhi Gang Rape- I ask them to take our driver and not should be a norm that if a rapist goes go with any stranger. So my advice to all to jail, he should be beaten till death.” the children of this country, especially “I think Indian society needs to be Bollywood girls, is don’t take it lightly and just walk ‘dabang’ (bold) in their approach. I out. Anything can happen to anybody,” recently read news where a girl was said the actress being molested and people standing Reacts nearby were making videos on their Rishi Wadhwa Actress Kangana Ranaut wants phones. This is not the real India and the authorities to provide secure I don’t think such incidents can ever India is traumatized and angered by the environment to women. “We are happen in front of my eyes,” he added. savage gang rape and torture of the praying for her (the rape victim who is 23-year-old Delhi girl, who has been critical in hospital). I hope she makes fighting for her life at a hospital in Delhi. it because she has the right to live a Shocked over the atrocious and normal life. We are going to support unforgivable crime, the septuagenarian The young girl, a paramedical her in every possible way.” Amitabh Bachchan expressed his student was brutally raped by at anger over twitter, “Wanted to say so least six men when she and her “I was traumatized... I was afraid and much of the day but so disturbed by the male friend boarded a private bus, the incident has possibly left a life- gang rape case in Delhi...atrocious and used for ferrying school children, in long impact when I knew about the unforgivable,” the 70-year-old tweeted. south Delhi after watching a movie. details of the incident. I don’t think The shocking incident, which has anything could be the same again. Like “When you speak on an issue they say, resulted in widespread street protests any other common person, we are you only speak but do nothing... when across the country, has had its impact in giving 50 percent of our income to the you do not speak on issue they say Mumbai as well. Bollywood celebrities government and expecting them to you never speak. The fear of system, of have expressed grief and anger over protect us. People do expect answers order, of conduct guided by justice, is the brutal gang rape of a student in the and they (politicians) are answerable to fast disappearing. Is this the freedom national capital that has shocked the us,” added a traumatized Kangana. that our elders fought for?” he added. nation. Big B says that if goddesses are worshiped Jaya Bachchan questioned if the in India, how can we treat girls so badly? A horrified Shabana Azmi says, government had made any public “Durga, Kali, Lakshmi are goddesses... “What we really need to do is to use apology to the victim’s family. “First we pay homage to them, respect them. this shocking incident as a wake-up call of all, whatever happened? Did the Women need to be respected, and to demand fast-track courts, speedy government send any condolence to given the pride of place. On this public justice, and a process of investigation the family? I’m basically an artist and platform I dare not even attempt to that is firm; there has to be the certainty I’m very, very disturbed by it. What is mention the details of the rape case... of punishment for the accused. going to happen to her? Everybody even an animal would not behave so,” will forget the incident eventually, but he wrote. Actress Soha Ali Khan who is shocked she will remember it for the rest of and taken aback by this inhumane act her life. It will be a scar. It’s a terrible says, “I can’t imagine what the victim mental torture. How are you going to and her family are going through… my repay her for this? Every day, women heart bleeds for her and I hope that she are getting raped by their fathers, survives and that she fights and goes on their brothers, their uncles and it’s to live a wonderful life. I am just praying a shame. We are bringing in bills for for her well being at the moment.” certain sections of the society which are deprived. What about women who Music Composer A.R. Rahman bring you into this world? Where felt doomsday had arrived when is their protection?” such a merciless act took place in the national capital. “It is doomsday Condemning the gang rape because somebody has done of the 23-year-old girl in such a big harm to humanity. It is the capital, Bollywood star disrespect to humanity. If you don’t Salman Khan said that the fix it now, it is shame for the nation.” rapists should be hanged. “In my view, there should A concerned mother of two girls, be a death sentence for Hema Malini feels girls should not all rapists. Such things take their security lightly. “When my have no role in our life.

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Priyanka Chopra @priyankachopra

May god bless us with strength, resilience, and faith. Saying a lil prayer... For every one in pain

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“Laaton ke bhoot Batoon se Nahin Mante” All laws in India can only be enforced if the punitive measures for breaking them are swift and severe.

Ranjit Barot @RanjitBarot

Calls for sensitizing police on dealing with rape victims - is showing basic humanity really a skill that can be taught? barkha dutt @BDUTT

Think an emotionally over wrought nation can only pray that our brave heart is at peace under a small star and carry on the battle she began. For starts, can we banish “eve teasing” from our lexicon? It’s a feeble, archaic, nausea inducing, silly euphemism for sexual abuse

Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep

Brave heart cremated; may her soul rest in peace. She has gone to sleep, awakened a nation

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TWEET beat

Madhuri Dixit-Nene@MadhuriDixit1

Throughout my career, I have done roles which dealt with society’s treatment of women . Now is the time to stand up for what we believe is right!

MD’sPuurrffecctFan@Mad4MadhuriNene@madhuridixit1

If rape victim can be sent to Singapore for better treatment, why can’t the rapists be sent to Saudi for better punishment?

Madhuri Dixit-Nene @MadhuriDixit1 Now is the time for the politicians and the people to come together on the key issue of women’s welfare and work together to effect a change. Last I looked, we are a democracy! We, as a people, dictate policy. The politicians are our mouthpieces and should echo our thoughts.

Madhuri Dixit-Nene @MadhuriDixit1 We must band together as a society to protect against such horrible, senseless acts. To the would be perpetrator, never forget you had a mother, perhaps a sister, perhaps a wife. Show respect to all.Man’s inhumanity to man is chronicled daily. We alone can better ourselves

gaurav kapur @gauravkapur

Sex education in schools, Sensitize police to deal with women related crimes and effective judiciary that puts fear in a potential lawbreaker.

SHILPA SHETTY @TheShilpaShetty

Damini, a brave heart is gone but her loss should never be forgotten. This atrocity is despicable n calls for immediate reforms by the Govt! There should be a moral code for Cops & politicians for sexist remarks when they make victims look like culprits! Must have female cops to take FIRs

khushbusundar @khushsundar

Illiteracy, alcoholism, drug influence cannot be the reason of crime for the perpetrators. Even well-educated rape. Rape is in the mind.

barkha dutt @BDUTT Ex-President Patil now holding forth on rape, but rape convicts among those she “pardoned” without any explanation to the people. In your prayers today don’t forget the girl in Patiala driven to suicide after being raped. The Delhi brave heart is Every Woman’s fight

Shobhaa De ‏@DeShobhaa

Justice is blind. Our parliamentarians are deaf and dumb in addition.

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Do Indian Women Lack Humour? Jayalakshmi Saroj

Do Indian women lack a sense of humour? What’s your take on Indian women’s ability to laugh and make other’s laugh? Here’s what a few from Delhi seem to think-

Adarsh Vinay, Football Journalist, New Delhi

No, I do not think Indian women lack humour. There are times when they don’t have the freedom to express their opinion which prevents them from being humorous. But they don’t lack in humour!

Aartii Sharma, Entrepreneur, New Delhi

No, women are the best humour creators. Not only do they enjoy a good joke on others but they also have the ability to laugh at themselves. Bharti [the stand-up comedian] is one of the best examples; she makes her audience speechless.

Sujata M Kapila, Healer, Noida

Indian women lack humour because traditionally, they were, and still are the butt of any joke. And moreover, every other person is emotionally related, so no jokes on anyone. Humour is taken very personally and as an insult.

Deepmala Pandey, Translator, New Delhi

Yes, they lack humour because the environment of Indian families is really bad. Women shoulder so many responsibilities, yet there is no appreciation.

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 21 Inspired by Seniors took the art of making us laugh in her stride. With the proliferation of the TV ccomplished comedy I WANNA actor Paintal of Rafoo Chakkar MAKE THE (1975-actedwith Rishi Kapoor) fame has been WORLD aroundA in the field of movies from the LAUGH early 1970s. Born as Kawarjit Paintal into a Sikh family, he is currently teaching Gayatri T Rao acting besides working in movies and Channels, she has taken to the idiot box the small screen. as well with panache and also entertains Chote Mian Subhanallah! Paintal says that humor is a means of us on the small screen. She feels that, Famous more as Gangubai from her act motivating people and making them while the genres of movies remain the of the same name in one of the comedy happy. He adds, “We also help them same, trends keep changing. reality shows, Saloni Daini studies in standard V. Her claim to fame is being not understand the tragedies and insecurities Currently TV has seen a proliferation only the youngest stand-up comedian, of life with a different perspective and of comedy shows like Comedy Circus, in a way, we make them better human The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, beings.” etc. Some of these comedy shows have For him, having fun is very important been around for some time, but the in life. He says, “It means laughing. No percentage of female participation has one can deny that laughter is the best increased only recently. Guddi opines, medicine.” “Bharati and Saloni have been there from the beginning. Anybody, who is but also having acted in comedy flicks Talking about his favorites in his chosen good will stay.” like No Problem in 2010. Having taken a field, Paintal becomes diplomatic. He In a few movies based on comedy sabbatical from making people laugh, she we see the heroine essaying a comedy is planning to return full-fledged Reality role such as Kareena in Golmaal Shows, once her sister completes her th Returns (2008). She says, “Our films are 10 standard. predominantly male or hero-oriented. Being associated with comedy shows Even the script is written with the male like Chote Miyan Bade Miyan and Comedy characters in mind.” Circus ka Mahasangram, Saloni has been finds inspiration from quite a few seniors Late Tun Tun and late Manorama trained by the writers and coordinators and colleagues in his field. He insists, (Bollywood) and Manorama of of the shows she has participated in. She “I would like to say that all the good Kollywood have definitely been some also informs us that she was helped by comedians have been my inspiration. comedy artistes to reckon with. Their her onscreen partner Rajiv Thakur. Om Prakashji, Mahmood Bhaijaan, presence was always felt even in serious She is famous as Gangubai, the typically and Kishoreda (Kishore Kumar) have or romantic movies. However, today the hilarious Maharashtrian woman inspired me a lot.” delineation between a comedy character character she played in one of the and other characters is obscure. If the “All of them have inspired me because comedy serials. She also recalls having scripts demand the hero and heroine they had a good sense of timing and received a lot of applause and praises can themselves do comedy. Action unique individuality as far as comedy from the judges for an act about the movies usually have no requirement for was concerned. I have also learnt a lot TV camera. She says, “It was about the comedy sequences.” from people like (late) Mukri Sahab, performances of actors from the time great performers like Keshtoda (late Male comedy artistes like Johnny Lever, of Raj Kapoor to today’s actors. I had Keshto Mukherjee) and Asrani Sahab. I Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav and others performed different characters played have learnt something from each one of still appear in prominent roles, while by the actors, while Rajiv became the them.” female artistes don’t get a good deal. camera. He had taught me how to She reasons “Yeah, it again depends on perform every character.” Requirement of Comedians the script and the writers. They consider Many people are fascinated by the their work done once they incorporate is Trend-specific onscreen antics of this little girl. They male comedy characters. So they don’t Be it a romantic, action or comedy flick are surprised that she is such a bundle create roles for female comedy artistes. Guddi Maruti was almost always around of talent at such a young age. With the In the movies back then, there used to as mostly the heroine’s obese side-kick. generation next giving some footage to be specific male and female characters Remember Sanam Teri Kasam (1982), female comedy artistes, she has a lot for the comedy track. The current trend Jigarwala (1991) and Dulhe Raja (1998) of scope to make it big in her chosen is to only have a male comedian. With and a plethora of other movies through field. Often it has been seen that such the hero and the heroine themselves which she made people laugh? talented children disappear into oblivion doing the comedy track, the female once they grow up. It is hoped that this Tahira, which is Guddi’s real name, comedian is dispensed with.” would not be so in Saloni’s case. Till then it is a wait and watch for us. 24 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 every minute of being there. What aspects, do you think are ommunication is easy important for an RJ? when you are facing “It’s a nice feeling to be able to talk the person, or talking to people and to know that they are “We need to be careful about not to a group. But getting listening to every word that I speak. repeating words. The more creative the audience‘s attention I can express myself in myriad ways, you can be, the better, and it is very throughC just the use of your voice, and put forward news and current events, important to present your stuff in making them interested in tuning in to provide information to my listeners creative and innovative ways. your station every day, is not an easy in a very creative manner; that’s what task. But Ophelia is one of the most gives me immense pleasure,” says Any anecdotes that you remember from your sessions? Something you successful RJ’s at Big FM and continues Ophelia, “It is very interesting to be able to entertain the public using just have spoken, say, a punch dialogue? to rule the roost. Taking a little time off my voice to reach out to them, as the from her hectic schedule, she spared a situation warrants, I even come up Recently, during the talks regarding few moments for Eves Times. Listening with quick and witty repartees. And Cauvery waters, I said we will be lucky to her was a pleasure and it left us with I know when I need to stop, even if they give our Chief Minister a glass no doubt as to why she continues to though I don’t get to see my listeners, of water to drink, during the talks. be witty, humorous and fascinating to I am able to know when to stop Lol! And for the Olympic Association her listeners. gabbing,” she discloses. ban, I said” Yarumilladha tea kadaikku tea atharanga.” Here’s Ophelia in her own words….. Ophelia goes on air from 7 AM to 11 AM every day, on Big Vanakkam. About Dhoni during the recently “After my Masters in Mass concluded cricket matches, “Spin Communication from MOP Vaishnav “Of course, the entire duration of my vilayadha theriyadhavangalukku spin College, Chennai in 2003, I was looking schedule is interspersed with songs, kathukuduthathe nanga than, (it is we around to do something creative with around nine to ten songs are played at who taught others to spin) and now they my life. At around the same time, I got intervals. “ are doing extremely well.” About FDI,” to know that a new radio station was Thoongumbothu support panranga, ana about to be launched – the Big FM Ophelia opines that she has her hands thoongi elumbina resist panranga. (The and auditions were going on for RJ’s. full searching for concepts regularly. ” government is supporting FDI while I applied and to my absolute delight, Current affairs, ways to present news sleeping, and resisting it while awake). I got qualified in each round, and was in a different way, movie previews, selected! I had landed a job with a talk of the town, everything needs to Ophelia’s unique wit and humor prestigious newspaper but I decided to be at my fingertips, and it takes a lot continues to stand her in good stead. risk being an RJ.” of effort. Sometimes we are asked Great going lady….. to handle controversial topics and “Immediately after the rounds of opinion polls”. auditions, we were sent to MICA in Ahmedabad for one and a half months What makes Ophelia click among of training and further rounds of the audience? auditions. It was very competitive and there were many candidates from “I put it down to my unique talking the entire nation; I am very proud of style. In fact, I talk in a very simple way. the fact that I kept getting selected in The manner in which I speak Tamil is each round and finally made it! I really very funny, I use a bit of Chennai slang enjoyed our brief stay at MICA and too, to make it funny and to reach it was a huge learning experience for out to my listeners. Modulation of the me,” smiles Ophelia. voice also plays a very important role since it is only through the use of our Ophelia has been an RJ for Big FM voice are we RJ’s able to paint the for more than six years and she loves right picture in the minds of people. “

ATHUMOR ITS BEST Valsala Menon

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 25 makes sense since none of us followed Funny normal 9-5 jobs.” Rajneesh’s brother, who “makes movies in Mumbai”, is none other than the writer-actor-director Rajat Kapoor, Side Up who has appeared in critically acclaimed Jayalakshmi Saroj films such as Bheja Fry, Mixed Doubles, Dil Chahta Hai and, more recently, 10ml Love. A celebrity in his own right, Rajneesh is modest and down to Stand-up comedy is an art that is earth. Armed with his boy-next-door perfected on stage and goof-ups are smile, he charms his way through our part of the package. It also involves questions. bringing “sad” moments to the fore and turning them around to reveal hidden Your work life before you decided “glad” moments, feels Rajneesh Kapoor. that comedy was “it”.

“I make comic strips. So the idea was to make people smile, but when In a cosy diner at a high-end mall in live comedy came to India, I jumped Delhi, the sound of tinkling glasses because live humour gives back a lot mingles with the murmur of chilled-out more to a performer than a comic strip evening banter. Soft music plays in the ever can.” background. There is a palpable sense of restless anticipation in the air amid the soothing ambience. Who inspired you to foray into comedy?

It isn’t long before the host takes “Nobody inspires. But you like other centre stage to introduce the star of artists. As a kid I always liked comics the evening. Not that Rajneesh Kapoor of Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) needs any introduction. An acclaimed and Charles Schulz (Peanuts). I also stand-up comedian, he is also the admired Charlie Chaplin and Dave creator of Rezi Vastav, a comic strip that Barry [humorist author].” runs in a host of newspapers including Midday, Telegraph and HT Brunch online.

Background and training, if any?

Stand-up comedy is still at a relatively “None. In stand up comedy, you learn nascent stage in India, but Rajneesh isn’t on stage. The only way is to write, jump new to the scene. A well-known face up on stage and learn by bombing.” in the Delhi-Mumbai humour circuit, he is received with roaring applause throughout the country (and abroad), and the audience is always left asking for more. MUMBO JUMBO

Comedy, as a way of life, may seem a bit out of bounds for those of us who find ourselves juggling with stressful situations every day – be it jobs, bringing up babies or driving on congested roads (we’ve had enough of that one!), but not so for Rajneesh, who was blessed with cool parents “who surrounded us with music, movies and books. Somehow, looking back it all

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34 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 rekha. But at the same time, we would like our kids to be on par with the kids in this country while being comfortable to show ‘Desi ya Videsi’ their peers their own Indian culture,” says Tanuja. Her younger daughter moved out of Life in greener pastures India when she was very young, and does Priyanka Sakhamuru and P. Pranay not remember or relate to anything Indian. NRI tag has always had perception to understand how the locals Her elder one though, lived in India for a a glamourous appeal live and gives you the mind set to be able while, and still remembers her ‘Indian-ness’, to it. We Indians are to adapt. This, in turn, teaches you to adapt thus adding to her dilemma. in any situation, anywhere in the world, and Theknown to settle in almost any part of the Fortunately for Savitha, her sons are world and quickly adapt to its culture. But is look forward to new experiences,” is her it as easy as it sounds? Eve’s Times spoke to prompt reply. Her daughter Sarmishta, a a few ‘desis’ to find out what it’s really like management student in Toronto, Canada living overseas. feels that actually living abroad allows you to see how different people are at a On living abroad micro level, and how similar they are at a macro level. In her opinion, one also gets Elementary school teacher Savitha Agarwal exposure to the local food, entertainment, moved to Bangkok in 1989 and still resides language, social norms, etc. there. Back then interacting with people was a nightmare because of the language comfortable with both cultures. “They do barrier. But like everyone, she picked up On celebrating festivals not crib if they have to face inconveniences certain essential words and phrases from when they visit India. They don’t mind her hired help. To improve her vocabulary Next comes the question of carrying out sleeping on the mattress,” Savitha says she even hired a tutor. She can now manage Indian traditions. Sarmishta says she visits proudly. to speak passable Thai. But the culture was quite easy to adjust to because of the Do they teach their firangifriends Bollywood similarities in Asian culture. “Even the food dancing? Says Tanuja, “My local friends have is hot and spicy. In the beginning it was this weird impression (propagated by some quite difficult since even vegetarian food articles) that Bollywood dancing is holding had fish and eggs. Now there are many up the lampshade and petting the dog and Indian restaurants, so it’s easy,” she adds. In try to imitate that ‘step’. I’ve been trying to the matter of blending in, Savitha believes teach them the ‘dhak-dhak’ step.” Sarmishta that no matter how Indians try to dress up on the other hand is busy teaching her like the locals, they invariably stand out in a ethnic Indian events. “It is for new students buddies to turn the door knob and the light crowd. “There is a stark difference between who have come from India, I give them bulb! Indians and the Thais. We are an aggressive advice on how to blend into Canadian lot, whereas the Thai people are polite and culture. I watch Bollywood movies, I keep On night life soft spoken. Though they have crazy traffic in touch with my friends from India and I “In Bangkok, parties begin at 6 in the jams, people don’t lose their cool,” she says eat Indian food!” rattles off this 23-year evening and dinner is served promptly at with a smile. old. Her mother recently attended an office party. “Many came dressed in their 6.30. The entertainment begins after that. Tanuja Rao who is a Chartered Accountant country’s traditional clothes. It was quite Now when I come to India, I start getting in Canada says that the country is an colourful and lovely. We try and celebrate hungry by this time,” says Savitha. Says our own festivals with our group from Tanuja about the parties in Toronto, “They India. We love to dress up and go for these begin at 10 pm and end at 3 or 4 or even 5 occasions,” she adds. am. Though comfort is the thumb rule, all of us are veering slowly towards the way the Savitha says that in Bangkok, Indian festivals locals dress.” Her daughters enjoy quite an are celebrated on a grand scale. “The Indian active party life and of course have a curfew. community here is quite large. Sindhis, Gujratis, Marwaris, Sikhs and others reside here and the whole lot go all out during On Nostalgia amalgamation of various cultures as it is Holi, Navratri (we love to play Dandiya) According to Savitha, life is very a land of immigrants. “We can find people and Diwali.” comfortable in Thailand for an expat. She literally from all parts of the world, and they says she prefers living in Bangkok, because

are quite comfortable in their own skin. On following Indian culture it’s her home now and of course the better They usually don’t try to ‘adapt’. That makes Rao, a mother of two daughters, says it is quality of life. “I can’t stay more than 15 us comfortable too, and the environment quite difficult to incorporate ‘Indian-ness’ days in India,” she says sheepishly. Tanuja ‘our own’,” she says. She believes that living into their lives. “I don’t consciously try to on the other hand does not miss anything abroad broadens the mind to a large extent. incorporate any “Indian-ness” into their about living in India. “I chat quite frequently lives, except listening to my Indian songs, with my family. However I missed attending Is it the same as visiting a place, we ask. doing my pujas once in a while, speaking in my niece’s wedding because I don’t live in “Visiting a place and staying there for a few Telugu with them etc. We are so conscious India!” she adds with regret. Sarmishta days does not really give you the depth of of our own “Indian values” and are worried too misses out on many family events like insight into the local cultures. But, living in that the kids will step out of that lakshman weddings. “I really wish I could have been a place for a length of time gives you the there for them, I miss my family and friends who I grew up with,” she says.

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 35 A GLOBAL MOTHER-IN-LAW Chandrika Radhakrishnan

“My Happiness grows in direct proportion to acceptance, and in inverse proportion to expectation,” says Michael J Fox.

hat a delightful thought…not many of us feel that acceptance; tolerance and Wforgiveness are life altering lessons. The fact of the matter is most of our lives are filled with strife, unhappiness and discontentment.

Saroja Viswanathan is a lady filled with poise, dressed in style and one who embraces change with élan. I versatile man who exposed me and my would like to borrow her face book siblings to good reading (Shakespeare update to quote, “Is there any other and Shaw were his favorites). He was a septuagenarian as lucky as I am ? God, Gandhian and instilled strict discipline keep me this way!” for which I am thankful to him till today. I feel indeed proud that she is my I was thrilled with the opportunity to relative and she is someone I would go to college and tried my best to prove love to emulate. The rest of this article that I do deserve it. I was married when is in her ‘own’ words as I knew that I I was 19 an age which was considered could not improve on perfection. too old for marriage back then. My B.Sc results were declared on the Saroja’s narration about her family: day of my marriage and thankfully I got a first rank in the university and My family background this made the day all the more special. I was raised in a conservative family where girls have to be home by 6 in My husband was a very interesting Skin color is a result of the the evening, could not step out by person with eclectic interests. He was themselves without a male member a chartered accountant and a lawyer weather of a place and it is only of the family escorting her. The only by qualifications and worked as Senior ‘skin-deep’. Within all of us is a exception was going to school with a Marketing Executive in some of the large group of girl friends! business houses of that time. He was an lovable character and I never active RSS/Jan Sangh ( as BJP was called had any problem in loving and I was the first girl to go to college those days ) member and a great patriot. amongst all my cousins, thanks to my His career took us all over India, cherishing my son-in-law and older brother. I was the first woman from Calcutta to Lucknow; from daughter-in-law the same way in our family to drive a car which was Delhi to Bombay. My children and I thanks to my, ‘a generation ahead’ had exposure to different languages as I love my Indian son in-law or husband ! My father was a brilliant and and people, all of us could speak my own children. “

36 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 hey have left their motherland possible.” US because my engineer husband was and settled abroad at least for planning to set up a company. Neither of some time. But NRIs are still He currently lives in Mississauga (greater us had any idea about living here this long. Indians at heart. However, given Toronto area), Ontario, Canada, with his We decided to shift to the US since my the foreign ambiance, it often family and works as a Project Manager husband had plans to set up a company becomesT difficult for them to maintain for an IT consulting services company there with his friends; we were going to their complete Indianness like they that specializes in the Healthcare be there for as long as it took to get the would do back home. However, Indians Industry. company established, and then we were in India already have a composite and planning to return so that he could On the other hand, Anuradha Warier cosmopolitan make-up. Therefore, for head the Indian operations. It didn’t hails from Kerala, but was brought up them living elsewhere does not amount work out, and circumstances forced us in Chennai and Bangalore. She returned to a bad experience. It is interesting to to stay longer than we planned.” to Kerala for college and went to work note how they still get involved in Indian in Mumbai. Anuradha is a graduate in music and dance in some way, while Nag had decided very early, when he was English Literature and initially worked celebrating our festivals, traditionally. in 12th standard that he would work as a primary school teacher, then as The two people spoken to say that their there. This was when his older brother accounts executive in a garment export family and lifestyle are no different from had left for the US. Nag recollects, “I firm and then finally as a journalist in what it would have been if they had certainly wanted to get out of India but Mumbai. She eventually married her been living back home, in India. Though landing in the US just happened due to childhood friend and sweetheart. Then parenting could become a difficult job, my brother’s help. When I started my she started freelancing while her older with external influence and cultural career I had a chance to go to Germany son was still very young. Anuradha now conflicts, they all want the best for their or Malaysia but I preferred to wait since I lives with her family in Massachusetts, children. wanted to go to the US. But now I live in USA and works as a Media Consultant. Canada. My Indian company sponsored Having been born, raised and spent his my H1visa to the US.” first 24 years of life in the hot city of Call of the Foreign Land Chennai, Nagarajan Gopalakrishnan Anuradha came to the US in ’98, Difference in Lifestyles and (he had to shorten his name to Nag supposedly for a year and a half. She and Cultures so that the people abroad would be her family did not have plans of settling able to pronounce his name) speaks a there. At this point she quotes Lennon, Living in India, we may feel that the multitude of languages. He introduces “As Lennon said, life is what happens life in the US is different. Nag finds himself, “I did my Bachelor’s in Physics while you are busy making other plans.” differences in certain areas. He says, from Madras University. Without an Further she clarifies, “I came to the “In some areas, things are fine, but in engineering background, no matter how good you are, big IT companies don’t hire you. Sounds ridiculous to me - Bill Gates or Steve Jobs as a student would never make it to an Indian IT company even today. I finally reached the US in 1999 and after a year of hard struggle and persistence I got myself Phir Bhi Dil Hai well established in the US. I lived there for almost 11 years before moving to Canada. Waiting for GC exasperated I and I embraced Canada instead. Yet the US is still a country I fondly cherish in Hindustani Gayatri T Rao my memories as lots of milestones are linked to US including my daughter’s birth.”

He adds, “On the personal front, my wife, Deepa and I met at work through common friends in India. We met at the work place and decided to make the rest of the journey of our life together. Eventually she landed in US in the same New York City where I worked too. Later we got married with the consent of our parents. She is originally from Kerala, and I had to convince my parents that she is the right one for me. Deepa too is very career oriented and I am happy to help her in whatever ways

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 39 Pro Bono

Breaking Bonds Kirthi Gita Jayakumar

slowly burgeoning that the decision should have been who are married to NRIs. As the law trend of cross-border pronounced by a Court of competent stands, it applies in equal significance to The marriages has also jurisdiction; that it should have been those within and without the country. sparked off a rather unfortunate trend given on the merits of the case; that the But there are several issues that can – cross-border divorces. Statistically, proceedings were not founded on an cause difficulties. A lot hinges on how 225 women from metros get married incorrect view of International Law or the decree of the court protects the to NRIs every year. Out of this, almost a refusal to recognise law of India; that interests of both sides. In this respect, 25 are either deserted by husbands the proceedings were fair and both arriving at divorce on the grounds or want to end their marriage due to parties were heard, that the decision of mutual consent and drawing up reasons of deception or hiding facts. was not obtained by fraud, and that the an agreement built on equitable What does one do in such situations? decision does not breach any law in compromise will benefit both parties. Where does one go should they force in India. wish for a divorce? It is significant to understand, as an NRI, the legal Divorce in general can be obtained implications of cross-border marriages, on the grounds of adultery, cruelty, and the where’s and when’s of filing for desertion for two years, conversion in divorce. religion, unsoundness of mind of either spouse, either spouse is suffering from What laws apply? venereal disease and/or Leprosy and either spouse has renounced the world Put very simply, the law governing the not heard for 7 years. marriage of the couple will govern the divorce of the couple. If both the spouses are Indians and have been married under the Hindu Marriage Supporting Interests Act, 1955, they can seek divorce In reality, there are not many laws under the many grounds provided for that protect the interests of Indians under the act, from an Indian Court. Accordingly, other religion driven legal provisions exist for those belonging to other streams of faith. Christians have the Christian Marriage Act, 1889, and Parsees have the Parsee Marriage Act, 1939, and Muslim Law is purely personal law of the religion. In the event that there happens to be an inter- religious marriage, the Special Marriage Act comes into operation.

However, if the couple resides in any foreign country, then they can seek divorce under the country’s divorce laws related to foreign marriages. Once the decree is passed therein, the parties can bring the decree to an Indian Court for enforcement. The Indian legal system will recognize the divorce only if it is in consonance with certain principles as outlined under the Civil Procedure Code, which are,

46 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 When one family builds a wall, two families benefit from it. – Anonymous

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Dodging Life’s Curveballs with a Smile

hen was the last time you threw your head back and laughed your head off? If you’re searching the annals of memory to find an episode, well, I have something you should know. This is especially for all of you who sit before the computer screen with a grumpy expression and a negative attitude: but type LOL on the social network, looking terribly grouchy while doing it.

Pause for a moment and consider this: Everyone has problems. For you, it may Wbe about studying for a math test, and your teacher might be the bane of your existence. For your friend, it might be about convincing her parents to get her a cell-phone. For someone else, it could be about making a huge decision of which college to go to, and which one to say no to. And yet, for each of us, our microcosm is so preoccupied with what we think is a mountain, but someone else thinks, is only just a molehill. If it were easy to solve a problem by just grumbling about it, if it were simple enough to solve a problem by whining and crying and complaining, we could all be master solvers. But none of it can, so why make a big deal out of it, right?

On the contrary, if you spend lesser time and energy on multiplying the negatives, but focused instead on the positives, you can gain so much more. Let’s say you have a math test coming up in a week’s time. You know it isn’t a part of the syllabus you like, and you believe it won’t get into your head. So you begin berating. On Monday, you think you have enough time. On Tuesday, you hate the subject so you don’t want to begin. There’s still time. On Wednesday, you look at your book and want to throw it away, which you do. On Thursday, you are scared, because there are only a few days left. So you begin panicking. On Friday, you are on a panic inferno. The whole weekend, you complain, you sit with your books with a negative mind set telling you that you cannot do it. On Monday, you take the test. And you’re not happy with how you did, at all.

But what if you chose to look at it with a little prudence, and a little laughter in your life? If on the first Monday, you laughed your fears away and befriended your textbook, studied a little, and tried to understand your formulae, wouldn’t it have been better? Always remember that life throws you curveballs: that is life’s duty. YOU have a duty to take those curveballs and smash them back with style, or at least dodge those curveballs when you can’t take them; which is done best, only, with a positive attitude. Don’t approach anything with a frown – because that only multiplies the difficulty and the obstinacy of the obstacle. Smile forth, let out a laugh, and you can do wonders. Kirthi Gita Jayakumar

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Spas are the latest hotspot for people in the city Kajal Jaiswal treatment done in a spa and they don’t around eight girls who work at Orchid and mind spending for it. A growing demand for they are specially trained by body therapist spas in the city has resulted in a number of from Bangkok. When asked about the them opening up. speciality of Orchid, Ayesha says, “Rates are our speciality. We offer the best rates than spa culture has gripped “Initially there were only working women any other spa in the city.” the south Indians and who would come to us but now everyone this is evident by the from housewives to college students come Around five years ago the city never growingThe number of spas in the city to us regularly,” says Ayesha the owner of witnessed a spa other than ayurvedic Orchid Foot Spa, Alsa Mall, Chennai. “It is massage centres but today there are a The practise of “massage” originated more not only women but even men take out dozen of well-known spas that have come than five thousand – years – ago in ancient time from their busy schedule to get a up. “The spas in the city have excellent Mesopotamia and China but today it is foot, head, or a body massage done,” she customer response,” says Sowndarya, finding favour with more and more people, added. Orchid specializes in foot massage, the owner of La Grande Spa, Egmore. thanks to enormous health and beauty as they feel foot is the only part of the “Acupuncture + massage are equal to benefits it offers. A conservative and body which has points that are connected reflexology and this is what our customers tradition bound city like Chennai today has to all the organs. They think acupuncture is want,” she added. a lot of people who love to get a massage a way, in which one feels relaxed. There are The other spas well-known among the city crowd are Kenko Foot Reflexology and Wellness Spa (Express Avenue) who specialize in fish spa and exfoliation therapy that help stimulate blood circulation and natural exfoliation of dead skin, Sowkhya Ayurvedic Centre, Nugambakkam, an ayurvedic spa and treatment centre dedicated to providing authentic ayurvedic solutions and treatments, Naturals Spa and Salon (Adyar) – the spa treatment provided by them include natural scrub and aromatherapy oil. They also provide body radiant treatment. Influence Spa (Wallace Garden Road) offer massage, signature therapies, facial, wraps, scrub and express therapies.

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Hello Priya, you make a decision is your husband. So confide in him and seek his views You have indeed got yourself quite before arriving at a decision. If the idea For a problem. I personally feel that the is to be comfortable it seems to me toughest situations are the ones that your mother’s house should be the we have at one’s home involving the last place that you should go to. Since Your ones whom we love most, because, your mother has made her choice to although the people we are dealing be divorced and remarried I suppose with are our own, the risk of hurting she has to forgo the exclusive right Eyes somebody or the other is ever present; that she has over you as a daughter and and who wants to hurt one’s family, all that comes along with it. She needs right? to be more understanding of your Only predicament and be supportive rather Dear friend, I know that this must than be adamant. Since going to father’s be really tough on you, especially in house is not much of a choice, I feel you the condition that you are in. What I should stay back at your in-laws house mean is that this is the time that you and let your mother know that your need to be and should be pampered decision is based on a logic that your all day long, every day of the beautiful mother in-law is in a better position to journey of motherhood. You deserve look after you under the circumstances it as a would-be mother. The situation than her since you are not comfortable you are in is not exactly ideal for you. in your mother’s house. I am sure your You’re at an emotional low to add to husband will be proud of you and will the demands of a tricky situation that Alexandreena Sneha Radhish ensure that you are comfortable. requires careful decision making. All these things aside, however, you need Tough times require tough decisions. to think logically and unfortunately in One needs to be strong and assess ’m torn between the devil and the situations involving close relations logic the situation with a level head and take deep blue sea and have no idea doesn’t necessarily help. Right now appropriate decision not allowing our how to deal with my situation. your comfort and your feelings should emotions get the better of us. Although be your first priority. Therefore, I think the decision should be entirely your It’s been almost two years you should be clear on what you want own, I hope I have been of some help into my marriage and I’m also I and what is good for you and your child. to you in letting you see a dispassionate seven months pregnant. According perspective. to traditions I should spend the last Traditions are built on requirements few months of my term at my home and circumstances. As far as I can see I wish you all the best. (maternal home). However there has the tradition of being with one’s family been a series of events within the towards the end of the term was two years of marriage which are now probably meant to ease the problems causing problems in my marital home that a lady faces at that point in as well as maternal home. Soon after time being near one’s mother. Being I got married, my parents received emotionally sensitive it is better to their divorce and not so long ago my be near someone who understands mother has got remarried and the you better i.e. one’s mother than near problems soon followed. According someone who is not so close. Earlier to customs and traditions I should be times when communication over long in my maternal home but because of distances was a problem one would the second marriage, my in-laws are have had to be in one’s maternal home not comfortable with me going there. to seek emotional solace. Today the My father stays close to my marital situation is different. Mobile phones, home and he isn’t taking the idea of my SKYPE and video chats have reduced mother being remarried very well and distances and faster travel by air has therefore even he isn’t comfortable reduced time to be one’s near and dear with me going there. If I don’t go home, ones. So don’t let traditions that were I won’t only be breaking the tradition based on archaic foundations dictate but also my mother’s heart. No one has your life especially at this time. even stopped to think what I may be feeling about all this. How do I address Now, coming to your problem, I everyone and take a decision without understand from your letter that your hurting anyone? husband and in-laws are sympathetic to your precarious condition. I feel that at Priya this point the only person who can help

62 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 Entrepreneur of the month

Life’s an Adventure Jayalakshmi Saroj

Stepping into her father’s shoes was not an easy task but she rose to the occasion when Destiny had different plans in store. The journey so far wasn’t a cakewalk, but Divya Keshav loves new challenges and learns from them every day.

eet Divya Keshav, owner of Krishna Printernational, which provides customised labelling solutions to medium- Mand large-scale companies in different industry verticals. A certified tarot reader and a postgraduate degree holder in management, the lady (a native of Ludhiana) left a plush job in the country’s largest B2B marketplace about four years ago. Her mission: To save her father’s company from closure and breathe new life into it by turning it into a modern-day enterprise. “Careful planning and timely Her younger sister holds a prestigious implementation are keys position in a reputed media and entertainment company and her to a successful business. As mother is a home-maker. Speaking of an entrepreneur, it is very her parents, Divya fondly says, “I am whatever my parents have made me. important to have an objective They have guided me all along, lending view of your decisions.” unconditional support and have always encouraged me to follow my dreams.”

64 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 t is not easy to be a successful sportswoman in a country that’s a long way to becoming a sporting nation. A decade into her career and still going strong, Sania Mirza looks to tread an unfamiliar path this New Year. The 2-time Grand Slam champion Iunravels her plans in an exclusive interview to Eves Times.

It is a huge task to produce top-100 tennis players from India but I am determined to do that in the next 5 or 10 years - Sania Mirza

Excerpts from the interview:

You have completed ten years on tournaments since turning a professional in 2003, how much has Sania Mirza changed as a player and as a person?

I’ve obviously matured as a person and as a player with time. That’s what experience is all about. In 2003 if someone had predicted I would still be around, competing amongst the best in the world after a decade, I would never have believed that person. Of course, winning 12 medals for my country at the Asian Games, Commonwealth and Afro-Asian Games during the course of my career is something that I had not even dreamed about while I was growing up! So, I’m obviously happy with the way things have gone in my career despite several injuries and surgeries.

At the beginning of your career, did you ever imagine that you Q would in fact become a greater force in doubles than singles?

I was a force to reckon with in singles until 2011 and only started focusing purely on doubles since the beginning of this year. I may be a greater force in doubles today but that is only because I don’t play singles any more after my third surgery.

Career-best ranking in doubles, another Grand Slam title Q - How do you rate 2012?

I am happy with the way my career shaped up in 2012. Being ranked 7 in the world and winning the French Open apart from 2 other WTA titles this year is something I can be proud of.

Tennis has been your life for nearly 20 years now. Also, it’s been a decade into your career and India is still searching Q for the next Sania! Despite a number of academies in the country, the hunt has so far not been fruitful. Do you see SANIA-TIZING Bhagya Ayyavoo

66 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 KEEPING UP WITH NEIGHBOURS

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 69 THY NEIGHBORS Sailaja Jeevan

etting to have good left out in the porch of the house that about that, I said to myself. I bid her neighbors is pure luck children of young age resided there. goodbye and walked towards a nearby and being a good one is Nobody was seen outside, and as I housing colony where there were a lot also equally neared the gate, I heard someone of individual villas, some of which were calling out to me,”Hey, there, did you occupied and some yet to be. The next Gimportant. I can without come to person I spoke to was Theresiamma, any doubt state that I have had an old lady, yet strong and healthy for excellent support from my immediate see Suja? She just left for school and her age and still bristling with abundant neighbors’ at all times. I cannot think of will be back only in the evening with energy to run the household on her my childhood days without thinking of her kids”. own. those wonderful people who make me smile whenever I think of the splendid I smiled at the lady and walked towards She was staying in her son’s house, days I got to spend with them. Good her and introduced myself. She told alone, with just a maid and a driver cum and friendly neighbors can be an me “Suja is my daughter’s friend. She is watchman to answer to her every beck extended family too. more of a daughter to me than being and call. just my daughter’s bosom friend.” Thinking back to those lovely days, I She seemed pleasant and friendly felt curious to know whether people I realized that I was speaking to Mrs. enough but not overly so, and definitely these days too still value and love their Mathen who is very fond of making not the type to invite strangers into neighbors. I decided to start from a cakes and was in fact in the process her house for a friendly chat over a hot nearby village, not exactly a village of starting another round of baking cup of coffee. Moreover, she said she but now a budding-town, Vadavucode, when I saw her. She invited me in had loads of work to be done before located just a few kilometers away and I had the glorious and delectable the start of the holiday season. from Kochi. The socio-economic scene experience of tasting her freshly baked there is very different from that of the cake, reminding me of Christmas. Mrs. I gathered from the folks around, that city of Kochi and so there would of Mathen had already baked Suja’s share, in spite of her innate sternness of course be a lot of difference in the kind she said and I could visualize the glow demeanor, she happened to be a very of interaction among people residing in the eyes of Suja’s kids when they see loving neighbor who never failed to there. Once I reached there, I just the cake, lovingly baked and wrapped by dutifully distribute chips and bottles walked around to a newly constructed their neighbor granny. Good neighbors, of wine to all her neighbors during house, home to a family with little kids. oh! Christmas.

I could make out from the small bicycles Great neighbors do exist, no doubt Moreover, kids of the locality, when

70 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 Co ok n Makar Smile Easy Sankranti Re c i pe s Special Rishi Wadhwa

he harvest festival, Makar Sankranti is celebrated in different ways by different states. We bring to you how Tthe festival is celebrated in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Tamil Nadu along with a special festive fare from each state.

Makar Sankranti in Maharashtra

It is more than 5000 years that the festival is being celebrated in Maharashtra. Makar Sankranti, a Sanskrit word means the Transmigration of sun into Capricorn. There is custom of exchanging (Gur) jaggery sweets on Makar Sankranti, as the first crop of sugarcane is harvested on this day.

Maharashtrians prefer black clothes on Makar Sankranti as they consider black sesame as very auspicious. On this particular day Til Gul (Sesame-Jaggery sweet) is prepared and exchanged.

We get the exclusive recipe of Til Gur Roti prepared on Makar Sankranti by Chef Jodha Ram Maharaj, Corporate Maharaj, Khandani Rajdhani.

Co ok n Til gur ki roti Smile Easy Re c i pe s Jaggery has high iron content as it is prepared in iron utensils. In these rotis, jaggery combines with another iron- rich ingredient til.

74 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 75 Salt ‘n’ Pepperkorner Is it true that rose petals are good Whenever I bake cakes of late, for the skin? Are there any skin instead of fluffing up, they collapse. remedies using rose petals that can What could be the reason? - Aruna be easily made at home?-Aneta Manimaran. Pillai, Chennai If the moisture content in the cake mix Rose petals have lots of health benefits. is more, it sinks. Frequent opening of Try using this quick and easy to make the oven door in between also causes home remedy for shiny, feel-young the cake to collapse. Even if the power skin. Take fresh, pink rose petals from goes off in between baking too, the Photo Credit : Chammu : Credit Photo forty to fifty roses. Wash them and cake will sink. The temperature needs spread them out on a cloth. Allow to be maintained steadily while baking; to dry in shade. Take a container, add otherwise the cake will tend to collapse. Mallika Badrinath powdered sugar candy, and place rose petals on top of it. Continue layering I want to prepare a soup without The name “Mallika Badrinath” is familiar to thus alternatively until the container is using any oil. Can you give me a most homemakers in South India. Till 1988 full. Now close the container using a recipe for that? , she too was a homemaker ; now she is transparent cloth, and keep this in the Cut two onions; add two flakes of an internationally acknowledged culinary sun every day for two hours. Continue garlic and a small piece of ginger. Take doing so for ten to fifteen days. Each expert, with an eager audience latching on two tomatoes, and one or two carrots day, before placing the container in the to every word she has to say about food and half a beetroot. Chop everything sun, remove the cloth, take a dry spoon and cooking in her television shows. Her roughly. Put them all in a vessel, add and stir the contents thoroughly. Then water and pressure cook it for two books are sold like hot cakes across the tie the cloth back and place it in the whistles. Allow to cool, and juice it in a world. She is a symbol of women achievers sun. mixer; add sugar, (a pinch), salt to taste, of India. Hers is a success story that has After 15 days of doing this, open the a teaspoon of pepper and heat gently been an inspiration to many women. container and add pure honey to the on low flame. If you want to thicken it, rose and candy mix. Stir thoroughly. If add little corn flour to water, add to you like, add some chopped nuts to it. the soup and heat on gentle flame. This concoction will remain without spoiling for over a year. Take one teaspoon of this lovely rose mix early in the morning and watch your skin Make your kitchen experience exciting glow! using Mallika Badrinath’s wise counsel. Mallika has recipes for everyone; even bachelors and children can turn out a delectable meal using her guidance. So go ahead with your kitchen queries and prepare healthy, tasty meals with the help of the Cuisine Queen of South India.

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I have a major problem with important’ time matrix that would help procrastination. However much you prioritize. “Do I feel overwhelmed I write down my goals or even with the task, because I believe I am not pen down a time table for each well equipped or it is too huge a job?”- day, most things get left undone. I In that case, break the task into smaller desperately need to be able to stick segments and make a beginning. As you to my priorities. But I am never able proceed you will start acquiring the to stay on course. Can you please necessary skills. “Am I a perfectionist?”- help me to stay focused and get If you are, you will have starting trouble! rid of the habit of procrastination? You will postpone the task until you I tend to procrastinate heavily. have gathered everything. You would Please help me to be able to stick to enthusiastically start Google searching my priorities and achieve my goals. various relevant sites, culling out the Eve’s Times is happy to announce that videos from You Tube and end up Family Therapist and Parent-Teacher Priya Krishnaswamy, Chennai getting diverted into some other topic, educator Brinda Jayaraman will answer least being aware of it! You will not only any query you want to ask relating to Don’t worry my friend-this is a feel miserable about having wasted a family and interpersonal interactions. Send universal problem! An analysis of why chunk of time, but also lose interest in your questions to [email protected] you procrastinate will probably throw in the job! Make a genuine effort to or to our office directly. some light on how to avoid it. You usually procrastinate doing tasks in start. The task will unfold beautifully which you are not interested or that and it would be exciting to see yourself are mind boggling. On a daily basis, accomplishing it! you would be performing two types of activities-jobs that you love to do (‘L’ jobs) and jobs which you don’t like, but you have to do (‘H’ jobs). It is these ‘H’ jobs that get postponed to the last minute; you are yourself disgusted with the eleventh hour performance!

An irrefutable truth is that procrastination does more damages to your self esteem than to the quality of the last minute turn over! William Jus’ James, a famous Psychologist of yester years, expressed this fact beautifully, “Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin; there is nothing so fatiguing Ask as an uncompleted task.” Brian Tracy, a contemporary motivational speaker, suggests that we “eat the frog” (‘H’ job) first, so that we get rid of the Brinda nagging feeling and are stress free. The very thought about the pleasure to be experienced after accomplishment of the task, should be the motivating factor to commence the task!

Ask yourself some questions: “Is it an unpleasant task?” There is a problem with your attitude; discourage the thought, “I don’t like this job” and tell yourself, ‘I’m going to love doing this job.” You’ll be surprised that this would change your attitude! “Am I disorganized?”-If it is a fact, get organized with the help of ‘urgent/

78 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 oiter used to be very Snack on almonds and walnuts much prevalent in those which too are excellent for lowering days, and finally the cholesterol. Government and health and medical department Any cooking oil, whether it be vegetable had collaborated together in conducting oils or olive oil or coconut oil, keep Glow of Gextensive research and came out with your daily use to just 4 table spoons . an idea to provide low cost iodine to Eggs are supposed to be high in people; as a result, iodized salt was Good Health cholesterol, but it is any day safer to Mallika Badrinath made available. Here are some ideas for take an egg a day than using vanaspathi proper utilization of iodized salt. or dalda in dishes, since the latter When adding iodized salt to dishes, are not healthy at all and have high reduce the quantity drastically. This is cholesterol content. because, on reheating the dishes for Use healthy helpings of fish, carrot, later use, the salty taste becomes even avocados, Brussels sprouts, ladies finger more prominent. In order to get full and broccoli in your diet. Oranges, benefit of iodized salt, make sure to add apricots and mangoes to a certain salt to the dishes only after they have extent are good for countering been cooked. cholesterol levels.

Also, do not keep iodized salt in open Cereals like oats, maize , ragi and millets containers. Iodine gets oxidized when too are excellent. kept uncovered and the full benefits of salt will be lost. Never leave packets of iodized salt open, as soon as you open the packet of salt, make sure to transfer it to a container with a lid.

Even while cooking on the microwave oven, add very little salt to the dishes. Try not to reheat the dishes several times.

In order to counter high cholesterol, here is an excellent homemade remedy. Remember to add three to four pods of garlic and half an onion each day to your daily diet. This is because both garlic and onion have blood thinning properties. It’s vital to include a lot of soluble fibers too in your diet. As far as possible, try to avoid animal fats. Oats, fenugreek and all ingredients that have a jelling or gumming effect are good for countering cholesterol. Legumes with skin are good too. Whole green peas, and channas cooked with skin contain soluble fibers that are excellent for Iodised Salt reducing cholesterol and diabetes.

Never make the mistake of taking date syrup mixed in milk. It’s just not advisable. But several ads promote taking date syrup mixed in milk, which is just not healthy.

Here’s some good news for coffee lovers! Filtered coffee is good for

lowering cholesterol and you can even Chammu Photo Credit: have two cups of filtered coffee a day! Mallika Badrinath

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LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE BODY Vijayachamundeeswari

oving, giving and caring are So let us learn to embrace our fellow the entire capacity of the lungs. The taking a beating by smirking, beings into a single unit and increase deeper your inhalation the more your grabbing and hoarding our strength and joy multi fold. chest expands making room for the air resulting in a grizzly grumpy to enter with its stock of oxygen. From state of affairs rather than a Imagine all that I said above as a here begins the cycle of energy giving glad and groovy one. Why did I say this? conversation happening inside our and purification. The air that enters the IL could have just dusted my hands off own body among the different muscles, lungs goes through a whole lot of cells and turned the other way! No I cannot joints, tendons and ligaments, blood and vessels before it reaches the blood do that ……. If I love, it is because I love vessels and organs and all the rest where the exchange of gases takes place. it when somebody showers the same of the tissues and cells. Take time to The heart and the lungs work as a pair, on me. I give because I have received read the above again and sit back for ticking and breathing together, to keep with joy and would like to do the same. a moment allowing your thoughts to us alive and in good health. You have an The care that has brought me this far take a form of peaceful co existence. entire society working in unison here. makes me reach out to do the same. If you have heaved a deep sigh half my Each has a different job to do, there is We all live in a society which is a group battle is won for it is this very breath no job gradation here and a block in a of human beings and to think you can that we need to work on if you need to small blood vessel can bring the entire live like an island or feel like a rock is take the path of wellbeing. system to a halt. But…… a calamity in our neighborhood surprisingly is sheer abnormality and an impossibility. Breathe right and breathe fully using

80 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 XIN NIAN KUAI LE - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Geeta Canpadee

hinese New Year is the most important of all the festivals in China. Though many a cities still The colour red is very tend to celebrate X-Mas and New Year on Jan important in Chinese culture as st “ 1 , owing to western influence, the actual New Year to every citizen begins on the new moon it symbolizes wealth, fortune, of the first month according to the Chinese lunar calendar. abundance and prosperity.” CThe date changes every year but lasts for 15 days. This time it

82 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 decorated by artist Paolo Veronese and the interiors are filled with wonderful Magical Venice…. frescoes and canvases which cover most of the ceiling and walls making it The land of gondolas and more... truly individual. Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a splendid building with large, white marble columns on the façade. The here are some places street in the city’. Traveling along the interior of the building is absolutely that have a magical ring historic canal is a great way to see breathtaking. The Campo dei Santi to them. Venice in Italy some of the city’s most spectacular and Giovanni e Paolo is a square that is full is one such place. It is extravagant architecture. of many popular attractions of Venice. a captivating city that It contains many wonderful sights. It Tattracts thousands of tourists from all The city is also known for its number features an imposing sculpture which over the world. It is filled with splendid of churches and exquisite buildings. The stands in the square. One of the most palaces and numerous churches that Basilica di Santa Maria is one of the precious Christian relics, the body of are replete with Renaissance art in the most important church in Venice and St Mark was recovered by a miracle form of frescoes, sculptures, paintings its architecture is a rare combination and buried beneath the Basilica di San and mosaics. of plain brickwork and fine detail. Marco. This church is a jewel in the The church has a striking interior and Venetian crown and a symbol of the The tourism sector in Venice is doing contains many high quality pieces of power and wealth that Venice had once good business and the city boasts of artwork. attained. a number of tourist attractions. The first of these is the Canal Grande. It is Next comes the Chiesa di San The Palazzo Ducale is a beautiful, a wonderful stretch of water and it is Sebastiano or Church of St.Sebastian. Gothic- style palace that was a th often referred to as ‘the most beautiful This church was built in the 16 century, showcase of architecture, craftsmanship

84 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 Events

On the occasion of its bi-decennial year class 8 and 12 the significance of saving, celebrations, MOP Vaishnav College for the various products available in the MOP Event for Women is celebrating womanhood. markets to invest and the importance of However, this celebration is a tad investments. The workshop was highly different. The important component beneficial. At the end of the workshop, in the celebration is the process of 100% said that they will make a conscious Women empowering and being empowered in attempt to save money. Payal Chhabria the bargain. The third and the most innovative Over the years, M.O.P Vaishnav College attempt by the students was to organize for Women has built a reputation of a street play for the women at Badrikarai being socially conscious and proactive Housing Board. A wonderful show was in dealing with issues that affect the put up on the several hurdles women community. In this bi-decennial year, the from financially backward families face College has taken up a unique initiative to and how they should deal with them. The make a difference in the lives of women. streets were flocked with people and As a part of the initiative, the School of they not only thoroughly enjoyed it but Communication and Media Studies had also wanted to incorporate the teachings planned an exciting campaign titled ‘Me & in their own lives from that very moment. You: Let’s make a difference.’ It was the Close to 50 women were educated and brainchild of Dr.K.Nirmala Prasad. The empowered on the issue. series of campaigns focused on five core areas: education, health, finance, physical The fourth and the biggest event was held and psychological wellness. Thousands in their own college premises; a seminar of college girls, school girls, housewives and interactive session by Sindhu Menon, and working women from different Certified Financial Planner, The Financial socio-economic groups across Chennai Planning and Services Board of India. She city were the targets for the campaign. snared the attention of the audience Women achievers and celebrities were that comprised of students from MOP roped in to support the campaign. Vaishnav College for Women and other city-based colleges through her Finance is of course a sensitive issue. informative talk. She spoke on various An issue that not many want to open money making strategies. She showed up about nor are they open to listen them the way to become millionaires to. Their main focus was to break any through simple saving techniques. The barriers of thought and word, and bring session was very informative and instilled women together uniting them through in the audience the importance of the process of empowering and being savings and investments. empowered. The campaign was a mish- mash of a lot of fun, tons of knowledge The fifth and the last event lined up was and a feel good factor. a radio call-in show with an eminent personality, Bharathi Bhaskar on Radio To begin with and to get a feel about One. The show encouraged callers to ask how women from different backgrounds financial queries. handle finances, a documentary was made by the team that outlines and highlights They also conducted two events the issues that women face in handling exclusively for students of their own their money and their strengths in institution. The first was a best saving understanding the nuances of savings and scheme idea contest that made students investments. The students have gone one think about smart and effective saving step ahead by incorporating their own schemes and drop in their ideas. The film-making and editing skills and crafting best idea was awarded. The second was a film that touches the core of a woman’s a Treasure Hunt game that blended fun life and will perhaps be remembered for with information. a long time. The campaign does not really end with Moving on, to promote and impart any particular event but is a continuous financial literacy amongst school journey of women lending a helping hand students, they conducted workshops at to other women and walking through the three prominent schools of the city - C journey of life. SI Bain School, Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School and Our Ladies Matriculation Higher Secondary School. The workshop targeted about 200 students and taught young girls between

EVE’S TIMES January 2013 91 What’s New in the Market?

howcasing the bright hues of its Spring Summer 2013 collection in association with Le Pain Quotidian

Colored denims are a large part of the GAS SS’13 collection, starting from classic grey denims and exploring new Sdirections. The basis of the entire range is experimentation with all the shades of indigo.

Women’s collection: Strong, feminine and up to date, the GAS woman chooses an innovative, wearable style in fresh, brilliant colors, like homage to spring. For her summers spend on the seashore and in glamorous beach clubs, GAS women choose liquid, smudgy dyes of yellow, pink, green and light blue -that color flowing, sensual tops, blouses and overalls or unexpectedly mixed with fluo touches on photographic prints and organic, natural graphic elements on oversize t-shirts. This fresh and summery look is completed by hot pants and mini-skirts in destroyed white denim, fluo hot pants and jeggings and two-tone or flowery print reversible jeggings.

Latest launches by GAS The premium luxury Italian denim wear brand Rishi Wadhwa

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Men’s collection: GAS’ metropolitan summer features dusty, neutral shades of gray and light blue and pastel colors like coral, peach and aqua green. Vintage treated yet sophisticated jackets, informal shirts, unevenly-dyed t-shirts and chino are the CALIFORNIAN DANDY must haves.

GAS showcases the bright hues of its Spring Summer 2013 collection

In association with Le Pain Quotidian (LPQ)

Mumbai, December 5’2012: GAS – the international premium luxury denim wear brand showcased its new range of Spring Summer ‘13 collection, inspired from the classics, in association with the famous Belgian artisanal boulangerie kitchen Le Pain Quotidian in Mumbai.

GAS Spring Summer 2013 collection is an incredible array of bright colors giving homage to spring and bringing alive the brand’s new look that is both casual and dressy.

Colored denims are a large part of the GAS SS’13 collection, starting from classic grey denims and exploring new directions. Denim fabrics colored inside and grey outside as a result of intense washes for the women’s range and lighter ones for the men’s, create chiaroscuro effects and unusual color nuances that go from acid green to teal, mauve and wisteria blue.

The new collection mainly consists of medium to medium light shades treated with sandpapering and light washes to give a “raw used” look that is fluid and pleasing to the touch, or heavier but still discreet and sophisticated treatments with darns and mends that use tone on tone yarns, patches, color spots and dirtying.

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Add style to your travel with a stylish range of Handbags, Sling-bags, Backpacks, Duffels, and Laptop Bags and Luggage launches ~ by Rishi WadhwaMTV, the leading youth brand in partnership with Verage Travel Gear announced the launch of ‘MTV Travel Gear & Bags’. The range includes stylish Handbags, Sling-bags, Backpacks, & Bags Duffels, Laptop Bags, and Fashion Bags & Luggage. The collection exudes unique MTV oomph featuring, trendy colours, striking graphics, unique prints coupled with functionality & durability. The price range starts from Rs. 999 to Rs. 7999 and will be available across India in all multi brand stores.

Inspired by urbane and contemporary art, the collection has graphic prints which resonate with the likes of today’s youth. It is created keeping in mind the diverse tastes and radiates a spectrum of loud, bright tones to more sober ones. Furthermore, each variant has a unique mix of style and functionality, making it a “must have” in your collection. The range has a robust line up of 25 SKUs with 2 colour options. Created to suit every aspect of one’s travel needs, from the super cool backpacks and laptop bags for work, to the duffels for the gym sessions, the bags are made with the best quality fabric and bright colours like green, orange, red, blue, etc. The collection also has the classic blacks and beiges for the less flashy lot.

Adding to the bags is a set of trolley suitcases that are designed in bold and solid colours like the electrifying red, the cool blue and the vibrant purple, available in 3 sizes – small, medium and large. The strength and durability paired with ease of use make them just the perfect travel companion - be it just an overnight trip for work or a long leisure holiday!

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‘Ghana Singh Be True’ launches “The Princess Bride Collection” Uniquely crafted pieces For The Modern Bride Rishi Wadhwa

The significance of jewelry made and owned in India extends beyond the realm of personal adornment to encompass social customs and craft practices as well as stylistic and technical developments. Based on our family heritage, and our life history, we choose the best way to project ourselves through our appearance. Whether we choose to wear commercial designs or original pieces, our taste in jewelry tells others a little bit about ourselves. From the most beautiful diamonds at ‘Ghana Singh Be True’ to the macaroni necklaces we made in elementary school, our existence is often accessorized by the jewelry we wear.

Wedding jewelry specialist Ghana Singh Be True (GBT) has unveiled an awe-inspiring ‘The Princess Bride Collection’ for fulfilling the innate needs of Indian brides, who are constantly seeking to balance tradition with modernism, indulgence with elegance, and style with sophistication. This wedding season, Indian brides can strike a perfect balance and get themselves adorned in an elegant blend of both modern as well as traditional outlook for the most special occasion in their life with Ghana Singh Be True’s scintillating ‘The Princess Bride Collection’.

Inspired from their unique range of diamond jewelry, GBT recreates the mystery and brilliance of one of its most exotic creations. The new and exclusive store will offer for the first time diamond necklaces in 18k gold and they comprise of fusion jewelry pieces, where they have used fancy diamonds, yellow diamonds, rose cuts, uncut diamonds and rare coffee diamonds to make each jewel a masterpiece to own. The diamond jewelry has an aura of its own and it will make you dazzle on your “ big day” to compliment the look perfectly.

Wedding specialist ‘GBT’ has always understood the specific needs of brides and delivered the best possible collections time and again to build a concrete reputation in bridal wear. Diamond sets in terms of design superiority and production creates possibilities and reflects the deep rooted aspirations of Indian brides.

96 EVE’S TIMES January 2013 Simply Irresistible Chocolate, a king maker of rich, delicious chocolates La and pastries has brought out a new menu for foodies in the city. a tangy taste of Mexico mixed with some spices of Italy, the restaurant has re-launched itself; promising their cafe and could be a new hang out spot customers flavours they have never for youngsters . tried before. Some of their most sort after traditional Mexican dishes include Visit La chocolate and give your taste tacos, tortillas, enchiladas, quesadillas buds an overwhelming experience that and Mexican pizza. The Italian spinach will last you for a lifetime and walnut penne pasta, cheese filled pasta, pasta with chip and orklay are the various varieties of pasta offered. You could also design your pizza toppings La Chocolate and enjoy the slice of pizza your way. No 5 Casa Major Road, La chocolate cafe has a cosy ambience keeping you away from the cities huzz Madras Egmore, India 600 0080 and buzz; making them one of the finest Ph:044 4214 8183 cafe’s in the city.

Located on casa major road, this pure vegetarian restaurant also offers a platter of chocolates. Chocolates bring smiles on our faces; mend broken hearts in a jiffy, fix a distorted mood and what more, they come with health benefits too. La chocolate Patisserie has fabulous range of chocolates, a perfect blend with three most unique flavours of milk, dark and white chocolate.

Be it pastries, custards, cakes or cookies, anyone with a sweet tooth can enjoy the delight. Chocolate and mint fudge cake, fig and honey cake , Mississippi fudge chocolate cake , zebra cake and many more exotic combination are offered here. Inaugurated on 20th December 2012 , this is a promising

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