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Shoot against gender violence

This photography contest entreats you to stand up against gender violence with positive pictures of individuals, community or organisations effecting change.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

This is a photo contest aimed at gender violence awareness. And it asks you to not stand by, but stand up.

SPAN’s ‘Don’t Stand By! Combat Gender Violence’ photography contest is open to all Indians aged between 16 and 30 years. The contest invites positive images of people or institutions combating gender violence, through the efforts by an individual, community or an organisation to effect change and give dignity to women.

Up for grabs as prizes are iPad Air, iPad Mini, Nikon Coolpix L830, and SPAN hampers for entries with the most likes, the most creative quotient, the most faithful to the theme, and which scores the highest on originality. The contest closes on December 1, 2014.

For a list of rules, visit this page.

 

(Picture courtesy southasiainstitute.harvard.edu)

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This just in: Samsung Galaxy Note 4

The new Samsung Android smartphone launches in India at Rs 58,300, and will be available for sale later this week.
by Manik Kakra | @Manik_K on Twitter

Note 4_Samsung has launched its new Galaxy Note 4 in India. The series, popular for its bigger screens and stylus use, has been among the most popular crop of Android smartphones out there.

The Note 4 features a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440) Super AMOLED making it the first Samsung smartphone with a Quad HD screen to be available in India. Equipped with the S-Pen, the phone, for the Indian market, is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SoC (2.7 GHz quad-core Krait 450 Processor, Adreno 420 GPU) along with 3 GB of RAM. Running on Android 4.4.4 wth TouchWiz on top, the phone comes with 32 GB of on-board storage, which is expandable up to 128 GB via a microSD card. There is a 3,220 mAh battery unit that is user-replaceable.

On the back, there is a 16 MP (Fast AF) camera (with an LED flash) that can shoot ultra HD videos and OIS capabilities; while the front has a 3.7 MP camera that can take full HD videos. Connectivity-wise, this Note sports Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) with A2DP, Infrared port, 3G, 4G (LTE), NFC, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, microUSB 2.0 (with MHL 3.0), and DLNA.

The phone comes in blossom pink, bronze gold, charcoal black, and frost white colour options, and has been priced at Rs 58,300, to be available starting later this week.

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Clarion launches its Android-based car stereo system

Launched at a price at Rs 55,990, aims to provide infotainment inside your car and is based on Android 2.3.7.
by Manik Kakra | @Manik_K on Twitter

Clarion, one of the popular car audio companies, has launched the AX1 in the Indian market. This car stereo system is based on Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread, and is aimed at infotainment inside your car.

Clarion AX1The system has a 6-inch (800 x 480) LCD capacitive touchscreen (mouth) that supports multi-touch. Under the hood, there is an 800 MHz processor along with 1 GB of RAM. Supporting external and internal microphone support, you can view its contents on another supported device or use it for viewing the other device’s content after paring them together. It can be paired with an Android device, iPhone or iPod or a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone. The device is equipped with Bluetooth, WiFi, miroSD card slot and 6-channel RCA output.

The Japanese company says the device has been tested for ESD tests, transportation, and is certified for in-car use. You can use theAX1 for navigation through the pre-loaded Navteq and iGo apps. They can be updated via downloading latest maps and data on the microSD card inserted in the device.

Users will also get access to a lot of Bollywood as well as international content on Infogo. The AX1 comes in Black colour and is available from Supreme Audiotronics for Rs 55,990.

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Watch: Films by Satyajit Ray

Today and tomorrow, two Ray classics will be screened at the Max Mueller Bhavan. Don’t miss these films for anything.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

This evening and tomorrow, spend your time wisely – revisit Satyajit Ray’s iconic classics Charulata and Mahanagar. Max Mueller Bhavan is screening both these films in the evening hours.  (See directions and timings below).

Charulata is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore ‘Nastanirh’ (The broken nest), Satyajit Ray’s exquisite story of a woman’s artistic and romantic yearning takes place in late 19th century, pre-independence India, in the gracious home of a liberal-minded, workaholic newspaper editor and his lonely wife, Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee). When her husband’s poet cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both creatively inspired and dangerously drawn to him. Charulata is a work of subtle textures, a delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice. The film was shown at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival and is considered one of Ray’s finest works.

MahanagarMahanagar (in pic on left) is based on Calcutta in the mid 1950s. The film opens with a vignette of a lower middle-class family. Based on a novel by Narbenda Nath Mitra, Satyajit Ray takes a rare foray into social satire with 1963’s The Big City. Anil Chaterjee stars as the typically subjugated wife of an Indian bank official. When the banker loses his job, he orders Anil to find work to make ends meet. The wife subsequently runs the household finances so brilliantly that soon she is in the driver’s seat, in direct opposition to long-established Indian matrimonial custom. This film was seen by some critics as a subtle plea for improving the status of Indian womanhood.

Both films will screen at Bibliothek, Max Mueller Bhavan, Kala Ghoda, at 6.30 pm. Charulata will screen on Friday, October 10 and Mahanagar on Saturday, October 11. Entry is free.

(Pictures courtesy www.livemint.com, ibnlive.com)

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This lit fest celebrates ‘Indianness’ in literature

‘Litomania’ will feature writers like Amish Tripathi and Ashwin Sanghi, among 50 best-selling authors; look out for debates, discussions and workshops.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Think WhyNot Group (TYN) has announced the launch of a unique lit fest – ‘Litomania – The October lit fest’. This lit fest claims its USP in its focus on “Indianness” of literature.

The fest will celebrate the renaissance of Indian writing with the presence of 50 top authors on one platform. It is selectively focussed only on best-selling Indian literature, to reflect the theme ‘What India is reading’.

Sangram Surve, CEO, Think WhyNot Group and Festival Director, Litomania says, “We have ensured that the fest features the top 20 per cent of authors that contribute to 80 per cent of the revenues in the Indian publishing industry. The fest will be an annual property and continue to bring readers and top authors together.”

The Advisory Board for the fest includes popular bestselling Indian writers, Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi and Ravi Subramanian and industry stalwart Sivaraman Balakrishnan.

The organisers decided to hold a literature fest along these lines because “there is no litfest dedicated purely to popular Indian writing. Indian authors have done exceedingly well in recent years. Indian readers have taken a fancy for Indian writing. The festival will provide a platform for readers to discover what motivates their favourite authors to write. The litfest will aim at nurturing reading, ideas and dialogue and will showcase the range and diversity of Indian literature,” says Sangram.  

At the fest, one can expect interactions with top Indian authors through genre-specific discussions, book launches, master classes, workshops and entertainment. The weekend will be interesting for children as well, with specialised workshops like ‘Publishing for Kids’ and a ‘Wildlife workshop’ to be organised, among others.

The Master Classes will be held on the themes ‘How to write a book and publish it’ by Ravi Subramanian, ‘Turning a book into a movie’ by publicist Caleb Franklin, ‘Bloody Good Luck’ by Ashwin Sanghi, ‘Supermarketwala’ by Retail doyen, Damodar Mall, a session by international trainer Priya Kumar, talk on the ‘The Journey Home’ by Radhanath Swami, session on ‘Beyond Pink’ with Sangeeta Mall and Meghna Pant, session with Prakash Iyer on ‘Unleashing the leader within’ and many more.

There will also be a culinary panel, a mythology panel, a thriller panel, a romance panel, a humour panel, a politics panel and a management panel, all featuring noted authors in those genres.

The Litomania fest will be held at We School, from October 10 to 12. 

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Masterchef Australia’s Sarah Todd is coming to Mumbai

One of the most popular contestants on this year’s edition of Masterchef Australia will visit Bandra on October 14. Register now.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

She is young, talented and extremely pretty. Besides, she featured in one of the most popular shows on Indian TV, Masterchef Australia. Sarah Todd is visiting Mumbai next week, and she will share cooking tips with a lucky few who wish to meet her.

The meetup will be held at Godrej Nature’s Basket, in association with Tourism Australia on October 14, 2014 at 4 pm. The model and chef will exhibit her formidable cooking skills live by whipping up some unique dishes using popular Australian ingredients.

Entry to the event is by registration only. Call 26425050 /26421122 to register for the event.

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