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Security, rights and civil liberties for women

The US Consulate General, Mumbai, is hosting a panel discussion by women working in security, this evening at Mumbai Central.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Women’s safety, security and the safeguarding of their fundamental rights are all being frequently discussed all over the world currently, given the fact that several incidents that go against these rights are taking place globally.

The US Consulate General, Mumbai, is shining a spotlight on these issues this evening with a panel discussion on ‘Women security in India: Understanding your legal and civil rights’. The talk is being hosted as part of the month-long Women’s History Month being celebrated in the United States, and will be facilitated by writer and activist Aarefa Johari.

Panelists for the talk include Tiffany Williams, acclaimed human trafficking and labour rights specialist for the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Audrey D’Mello, Programme Director at Majlis, Insia Dariwala, writer, director and child sexual abuse activist, and Shalini Sharma, police inspector with the Mumbai Police.

Be there early to get a seat, and RSVP your presence to MumbaiPublicAffairs@state.gov with your name, contact details and name of your company or education institution.

The talk will be held YMCA International House and Programme Centre, 18, YMCA Road, Mumbai Central, from 5 pm to 7 pm.

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World Snooker Championships kick off in Mumbai today

The event was formally inaugurated by Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, will be held at Hotel Grand Hyatt today and tomorrow.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Lovers of snooker, rejoice! The Indian Open Snooker Championships, a World Ranking event, kick off in Mumbai today.

The event was formally inaugurated yesterday by State of Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, who also played the opening shot. The event is to be held over two days – March 10 and 11, 2015 – at Hotel Grand Hyatt. Over 50 national and international snooker players, including Indian great Pankaj Advani, will participate in the prestigious event.

Advani was also part of the inauguration team yesterday, which comprised of Jason Ferguson, Chairman, WPBSA, and Capt PVK Mohan, President, Billiards and Snooker Federation of India.

(Picture courtesy Raj Bhavan, Mumbai)

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‘Please welcome…Jerry Seinfeld!’

Noted comedian Jerry Seinfeld comes to Mumbai for the first time in March 2015, tickets will be sold tomorrow onward.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

It’s a great time to be a comedy enthusiast in Mumbai. Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld is making his maiden trip to Mumbai in March 2015 with two shows at the NSCI, Worli.

Incidentally, the same venue was where the infamous AIB Roast took place in December last year.

Seinfeld is a name almost synonymous with comedy. Over the last few decades, it is a name that has reached unsurpassed heights of global popularity. And this March, fans in India will have a long-awaited opportunity to experience his work live.

Jerry Seinfeld The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedian will perform two live shows next month on March 14 and 15 at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, NSCI. These shows mark Jerry Seinfeld’s first ever performances in Asia. Seinfeld said “I have always been fascinated by India and its culture.  I have great respect for its people and their way of life.  It is a great honour for me to be invited to come there and make fun of it in person.”

He joins the line-up of the already underway Stage42 festival, which showcases some of India and the world’s most celebrated artists and experiences in comedy, music, theatre and food. “For many of us, our introduction to comedy was Seinfeld. He’s a comedian whose influence is impossible to understate, and it’s a matter of immense pride that we will be bringing this global icon to India for the first time,” says Arjun Ravi, Co-Founder , NH7.in

The festival will take place in seven cities – Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune – between February and March 2015. The comedy lineup of the festival includes the Russell Peters Almost Famous World Tour, a tour by critically-acclaimed comic Bill Burr, and Pretentious Nights featuring the guys behind the popular YouTube series Pretentious Movie Reviews.

Tickets to the Jerry Seinfeld shows go on sale at noon on February 13, and are priced at Rs 7,500. Tickets will be available for sale on Insider.in.

Apart from the multiple award winning TV show Seinfeld, Seinfeld has also starred in, written and produced movies (Comedian, Bee Movie), directed and produced a Broadway hit (Colin Quinn Long Story Short), and even wrote a best-selling book (Seinlanguage) and a children’s book (Halloween). His latest project is the critically-acclaimed web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, seen exclusively on Crackle and comediandsincarsgettingcoffee.com, which has garnered more than 10 million views, and which the New York Times describes as “impressively complex and artful” and Variety calls “a game changer.” He lives in New York City with his wife and three children. He remains active as a stand-up comedy performer, touring the country extensively.

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Participate: Flamingos and children’s creative competitions

BNHS, in association with the Mumbai Port Trust, is organising children’s creative competitions in three categories to celebrate Flamingo Festival.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Mumbai is truly blessed to annually host beautiful flamingos every year, and making the occasion even more special is this festival.

BNHS, in association with Mumbai Port Trust, is organising three Children’s Competitions in the categories of Painting, Poetry and Slogan Writing. Winners will be felicitated at the time of the annual BNHS Flamingo Festival that will be held on February 28, 2015.

The competitions are open to children residing in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region only. These are the details and rules:

BNHS Children’s Competitions – Flamingo

Categories: Painting, Poetry Writing, Slogan Writing

Language: English, Marathi or Hindi

Age Group: Students of 5th to 8th standards

Eligibility: Those students residing in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Vasai-Virar, Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli, Ambernath, Badlapur, Ulhasnagar, Khopoli, Matheran, Karjat, Uran, Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Pen, Alibaug)

Last Date: Entries should reach BNHS before February 21, 2015 by post, courier or hand delivery

Rules:

– Paintings, Poetry and Slogans should be original

– Each participant can send entries in one or more categories

– Each participant can send only one entry per category

– Paintings should be sent on A3 size white drawing paper

– Poetry and Slogans can be sent on any white paper

– Do not send entries on glossy or laminated paper

– Do not stick anything on the paper

– All entries of one participant in different categories can be sent in a single envelope

– For Painting, any medium such as poster colours, colour pencils, crayons, etc can be used – Computer graphics will not be accepted

– Teachers can collate all entries of their students and send together

– Participants should write their name, age, standard, residence/school address, email, contact number and teacher’s name in pencil on the rear side of the paper

– Three winners will be selected from each category and prizes will be given on the occasion of BNHS Flamingo Festival (Sewri Jetty, Mumbai) on 28th February 2015

– Kindly note that no entries will be returned to participants

Interested? Ask your child to participate in the competitions and send entries to BNHS, Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, opposite Lion Gate, Fort, Mumbai – 400001. Contact number: 022-22821811 (Monday to Friday).
(Picture courtesy Siddhesh Surve)
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School children paint to spread cancer awareness

Wockhardt Hospitals organised a ‘Cancer Awareness Day’ on its south Mumbai premises with an intra school drawing competition inviting Mumbai students.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Wockhardt Hospitals, South Mumbai, yesterday organised ‘Cancer Awareness Day’ with an intra-school drawing competition on its premises. The event invited students from different city-based schools to participate in large numbers and was aimed at debunking the myths and fear about cancer and to spread a ray of hope amongst the survivors.

Explained Zahabiya Khorakiwala, Managing Director, Wockhardt Hospitals,“We set the event theme as ‘Life wins – fight against cancer’, and children in the age-group of 8 to 12 years responded enthusiastically by turning out intriguing and colorful sketches on their drawing sheets. It was such a wonderful experience for both the school children and the Hospital, since children undergoing cancer treatment also participated in the event. We found that the children who had participated in this competition had given a thought and conceptualised with research and read about it.” She added that it is possible that children might not be interested in the subject it it remains restricted to textbooks.

Talking about the Hospital’s preventive and curative program against the cancer, Dr Boman Dabhar,  Medical Oncologist at Wockhardt Hospitals said, “It was an overwhelming experience to witness a huge gathering of students and their schools supporting the noble cause of creating awareness about cancer. As children are the future of the nation, such initiatives create an immense impact amongst the population at large.” He added that cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide today, with an estimated 13 million new cases diagnosed every year. “Numbers are rising and, compared with figures at the start of the new millennium, are expected to double by 2020, and triple by 2030. Yet, according to the WHO, up to one in three cancers can be prevented through diet and lifestyle changes” said Dr Dabhar.

The drawing competition was followed by a street play, ‘Suresh ki Kahaani’ by Ameya Mahajan and his team. Subsequently, a corporate film was played for doctors, school principals and teachers on coping with cancer. Students were awarded for their best drawings and trophies were given as a token of appreciation to the participating schools. Similarly, the principals and teachers of each school were felicitated by the Hospital and were handed out the participating certificates for their respective schools.

Schools participating in the event included St Mary’s High School – ICSE, Regina Pacis, St Lady Engineer High School, NMT English Medium High School, Balmohan Vidya Mandir, KMS Shirodkar High School – CBSC, KMS Shirodkar High School, Sharadashram Vidya Mandir High School, Cankid High School, and Banerjee School.

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Seniors rock the stage at Umang 2015

Our social initiatives partner Silver Inning Foundation and Rotary Club, Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College host awesome seniors talent show.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Who says senior citizens are just supposed to put their feet up and watch the world go by?

The Metrognome’s social initiatives partner, Silver Inning Foundation put up a breathtaking senior citizens talent show, Umang 2015, at Birla Matoshree Sabhagriha, recently to a packed house and some extremely talented acts. The show’s partners included Rotary Club of Mumbai, Nariman Point, Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College.

UmangUmang is a unique stage talent show for senior citizens over 55 years of age. This year, the event was included under the Umang Rotary District 3140 Service week.

Said Sailesh Mishra, Founder President of Silver Inning Foundation, “As there are not enough opportunities for the elderly to show their talent, the main purpose of this programme is to provide a platform for them. This is not a competition between the elderly, but a forum to encourage them to demonstrate their hidden talent. We are the pioneers in the country to annually organise this unique talent show for seniors since 2008. Every senior citizen is invited to participate without affiliation to any organisation, community, class, or caste.”

Over time, the fast pace of our lives and changing traditions have dampened the spirits of senior citizens by suggesting that they can no longer contribute to society and benefit from being active. “But we don’t accept this reasoning for our elderly parents, friends, or neighbours. We can help them maximise their health and vitality by keeping them active and involved in the world around them,” Sailesh says.

Vipul Shah of Rotary Club of Mumbai, Nariman Point said, “It was magical to see vibrant and evergreen seniors performing in as many as 27 acts. They were agedUmang from  55 years to 81 years, and they sang, danced, enacted social plays, performed music. The saying ‘Bachpan after pachhpan’ is apt for such a show.”

Siddharth Jaiswal, President, Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College said, “It was one of the biggest-ever talent shows of senior citizens all over Maharashtra. Seniors wait for this event every year. The hall was packed with 1,000 elders in the audience, as also young volunteers from the Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College, TISS, Sophia College and Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work.”

The show saw participation from 126 seniors and 20 senior citizens organisations. The associate partners for the show were Dignity Foundation, FESCOM Mumbai, HelpAge India, Harmony for Silvers Foundation, 1298 Senior Citizens Helpline, A1 Snehanjali, The Metrognome and Palliative Care Department, Bhaktivedanta Hospital. The show was co-hosted by Rotary Club of Bombay Pier.

(Pictures courtesy Aaji Care)

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