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Want a better Mumbai? You have a week to do it

Volunteer for a Better India’s Mumbai week starts from tomorrow. Railway station cleanups, traffic management, and medical camps seek participation.

Starting tomorrow, you can quit cribbing about the deteriorating state of the city and actually do something about it. The Volunteer for a Better India initiative is starting its Mumbai week tomorrow onwards, and you can volunteer to clean up railway stations, learn and help in traffic management, participate in patriotic hour, or help at medical camps in slums. This is a social initiative by the Art of Living Foundation.

“Between February 10 and 20, several activities around the city will be initiated,” the organisers say. “A diversified choice is given to people, so that they can easily participate in the activities of their interest.”

If you want to participate, you can choose from these activities:

Western Railway clean up 

Sr.No

 Station Date

Time

 Contact

1

 Goregaon 16-02-2013

9am-11am

 Mamta- 9867697989

2

 Kandivali 19-02-2013

9am-11am

 Rakhee-9967661920

3

 Borivali 17-02-2013

9am-11am

 Satish -9987031401

 4

 Bandra 19-02-2013

9am-11am

 Vinita -981906408

5

 Dadar 17-02-2013

6am-9am

 Shibani-98212028854

6

 Andheri 16-02-2013

9am-12pm

  Tejas-9867323388

Central Railway cleanup

Sr.No

 Station Name

Clean Up Date

 Clean up Time Contact

1

 Ulhasnagar

18/02/13

 8am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

2

 Dombivili & Mulund

17/02/2013

 8am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

3

 Thane

16/02/13

 8am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

4

 Ghatkopar

16/02/13

 8.30am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

5

 Dadar

19/02/13

 8am-10am Akshata -7738383930

Patriotic Hour

Patriotic songs, music and skits will be performed to revive the love for the country. During this hour, awareness campaigns for Railway safety rules will also be launched.

Sr.No

 Station Name Date Time Contact

1

 Goregaon 18-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

2

 Kandivali 21-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

3

 Borivali 20-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

4

 Mira Road 19-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

5

 Bandra  19-02-2013  5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

6

 Dadar 19-02-2013 6pm-8pm  Shibani-98212028854

7

 Andheri 18-02-2013 6.30-8.30pm  Tejas-9867323388

Medical camps in slums

To be held at Bhagat Singh Nagar, Goregaon (west) and in Motilal Nagar, Goregaon (west), on February 17, contact Sukeerti on 9987688005.

(Picture courtesy fusionview.co.uk) 

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Help out on V-Day: ‘Love’ this NGO

City-based Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA) hopes to win $5,000 Fetzer Institute prize in online contest for global NGOs.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

It’s the day to show some love! And while you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day, you might consider showing some love to a city-based NGO, which could stand a chance to win $5,000 if it receives enough ‘Love’ .

The NGO Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA) has entered an online competition run by the US-based Fetzer Institute on its website www.tellusworld.org, which invites voluntary organisations to share their stories on how they are promoting love and forgiveness in the communities they work for. MAVA, it may be known, is an organisation that works to fight violence against girls and women in India by involving men in their efforts.

Said Harish Sadani (in pic), Honorary Secretary of MAVA, “We hope we receive enough votes on the site. The organisers have liked our story and the concept behind our NGO.” Voting begins from today – all you have to do is hit the ‘Love’ button on this link. You can also peruse other entries and vote for the ones you like. You can vote only once per entry.

(Picture courtesy changemakers.org)

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Rise. Stop violence against women

One Billion Rising exhorts the city to raise a voice and fight for the women who are assaulted and raped.

We’re sure you have elaborate plans for Valentine’s Day, but this year, if you could take the time and head to the Bandra amphitheatre at 5.45 pm, you could help towards making a significant difference to women and society.

For, the One Billion Rising – an initiative by Change.org to end violence against women globally – will take place on V-Day, kickstarting a dialogue between society and helping to end, slowly but surely, this grim statistic: globally, one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. That’s a staggering one billion women across the globe.

Change.org says, “On February 14th, 2013, we are inviting one billion women and those who love them to walk out, DANCE, RISE UP, AND DEMAND an end to this violence. One Billion Rising is a promise that we will rise up with women and men worldwide to say, ‘Enough! The violence ends now.’ This day has been marked as ‘the global day of action’.

All you have to do is dance in solidarity for women worldwide.

Sitar player and actor Anoushka Shankar has endorsed the event and shot a promotional video for the movement.

 

You can sign the petition for One Billion Rising here. More to the point, be there at the event on Valentine’s Day.

The Metrognome supports ‘One Billion Rising’ and has signed the pledge. We urge you, if you are reading this, and regardless of where you are placed geographically, to sign the petition and help further the cause.

(Picture courtesy photo.net)

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Skits for self defence…

…at Bhaidas Hall today, as the Mumbai Police continue its sensitisation programmes to curb increasing numbers of crimes against women.

Girl students from across the city are expected to attend a sensitisation programme organised by the Mumbai Police, to raise awareness about increasing crimes against women in the ciyt, as also how can defend themselves in times of an assault. The programme takes place today at Juhu’s Bhaidas Hall and will be a four-hour programme which will also see attendance from members of several Women Vigilance Cells in the city.

Interestingly, three skits are to be performed at the programme, organised by students of Mithibai College, police officers and by professional stage artists under the direction of renowned theatre veteran Makrand Deshpande.

Additionally, Bollywood actors Shabana Azmi and Rani Mukerji are expected to address the audience, as also State Home Minister RR Patil, Mumbai University Vice Chancellor Dr Rajan Velukar, and Mumbai Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh.

(Picture used for representational purpose only) 

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Fastest runner first!

Talent hunt to identify fastest youngster in the Under-12, 14 and -16 age groups was held in the city today. PT Usha judged the event.

The finale of ‘Speedstar’, a first-of-its-kind talent hunt to identify the fastest running sensation in India, was held at Ghatkopar today. The enterprise is the brainchild of KOOH Sports’, under the aegis of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). A total of 76 finalists were selected to participate from amongst 12 cities in the country in three age categories –  Under 12, 14 and 16 – in a 100 meter sprint.

Six participants were adjudged the winners by legendary sprint queen PT Usha. (See names of winners below)

The finale was held at the Ghatkopar-based KJ Somaiya Sports Complex. The contest had been spread over a period of two months, with nationwide participation from around 800 schools and over 10,000 children.

The six winners of the grand finale will now head for a week-long intensive training in Australia (courtesy Griffith University), the official academy partner. Under the guidance of Sharon Hannan (the noted Australian athletics coach who trained Sally Pearson, gold medallist at the London Olympics, 2012), the winners will have an opportunity to gather insights of the professional athletic circuit.

“Initiatives like these will go a long way in cultivating the next generation of athletes in India. I am extremely delighted to be associated with this initiative and being instrumental in creating awareness on the importance of athletics to young Indians,” PT  Usha said during the event.

Adille Sumariwalla, President, AFI said, “The Speedstar initiative is indeed a commendable programme and it is heartening to see the private participation in the sector. We are confident that India will get the much-needed thrust at the grass roots level to create a pool of athletes while generating an attitudinal shift to pursue sports as a career.”

Winners:

Under 12: Girls – Shabnam Naik, New Delhi; Boys – Nilesh Batre, Mumbai

Under 14: Girls – Siddhi Hiray, Pune; Boys – P Siva (Hyderabad)

Under 16: Girls – Anita Das (Kolkata); Boys – MS Arun (Chennai)

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Rekha Bharadwaj and ‘Mehrooni’

We thank Sapna Bhavnani for sending us this video of Rekha Bharadwaj in truly sublime form. Listen, and be spellbound.

(Featured image courtesy avmax.in. Picture is a file image.)

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