Category Archives: III – Activities/Events
My TEDxITMU talk – Have we survived the rape and violence?
TEDxITMU I was recently invited as a speaker at TEDxITMU, the TEDx event at the Institute of Technology and Management University, Gurgaon. I shared the stage with a range of very interesting speakers like, Actor Vipin Sharma (of Taare Zameen Par fame), Delhi FM station Hit 95′s popular RJ Suroshree Dasgupta, Jazz musician duo Adil […]
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneur – Cohort 17 the BIMTECH, Greater Noida batch
A very rigorous week of study just concluded at the BIMTECH campus, Greater Noida where 35 of us women entrepreneur were attending the 1st module of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 women scholarship. 10,000 Women is a 5 year initiative by Goldman Sachs, the leading global bank, to provide “business and management education to underserved female entrepreneurs in developing and emerging […]
Lucky to live the day India lifted Cricket Worldcup 2011 and when India Gate remained elusive
It was an end of en era, a historical moment when Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifted that cricket world cup on 2nd April 2011, 28 years after Kapil Dev first lifted it in 1983. I am lucky to have lived this day, lucky to be a part of this euphoria, and also lucky to have lived […]
Delhi to Puri – My backpacking trip to take Social Media Baithak to the participants of Bring Your Own Film Festival
If you didn’t get the whole picture from the title of the post, then you should read the event announcement on Samyukta Media website. I prefer not to repeat all about it here. I wanted to go to Puri, to attend the BYOFF for the last 5 years, ever since Swagat told me about it. […]
Gift economy – Why it cannot work with Indian mentality (In response to an Open Magazine article)
Gift economy – Why it cannot work with Indian mentality (In response to an Open Magazine article). Please share your thoughts and opinions as they will help me in figuring out how to price the services Samyukta Media offers.
TED India: Personal coverage – Fellows Dinner
The start I started at 4 am in the morning from home to airport, reached Infosys campus in Mysore at 4 pm. There was a special TED desk set up at Bangalore Airport. I mean that’s just how big TED is, dedicated desk at an international airport. From Bangalore they had arranged for frequent shuttle […]
TED India fellowship and a Breakthrough
You wait for a whole month to tell the world about something you achieved, then on the D-day you login to your twitter account and see that there are about 50 odd congratulations sent your way for achieving that, even before you could announce it. You achieved something the world was looking out for. That […]
Rakhi Ka Swayamvar: Final episode Live blogged: Congratulations Rakhi and Elesh
I am watching the final episode of Rakhi Ka Swayamvar. Blogging it live and also tweeting. At the end of it I would mention why I loved this only reality show so much. As of now just the live reporting via tv of Rakhi Ka Swayamvar. (Read in reverse order from 11 to 1 and […]
Welcome Mishkah: Perhaps India’s first twitter baby :D
Meet Ahana aka Mishkah, the baby girl who came to this world this morning at 8.20 am who would call twitter rock stars @snigdha and @lighttripper as mom and dad, and @sanjukta as Sexy Maasi :P She is a very special child for many reason, one of them being her birth was perhaps the first […]
R.I.P Michael Jackson, you were God sent: The Memorial
They believe in every few ages every time the affairs of the world goes haywire God pays a visit to earth, its the same God who just comes in various different avatars. He came and wrote holy books, The Geeta, The Bible The Quran. But not every time will he write holy books will […]
Bangalore Queer Pride March’09: A Report
Did anybody see a rainbow today on Bangalore sky? I did as we drove back from Town Hall, the place where the Bangalore Queer Pride Parade concluded and I thought how very symbolic. Queer people in Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai and Bhubaneswar today celebrated their ‘being’ under a rainbow colored flag. Gays, lesbians, kothis, hijras, intersexs, […]
Queer Pride India 2009: Celebrations in all major cities
‘Greetings from the land of the Sinful Kamasutra’ said Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil while opening the Euro pride 2008 at Stockholm. (Video) But who is he? He was one of the few Indians to be invited to the Oprah Winfrey show, was one of the candidates for Time Magazine’s World Top 100 Most influential People […]
Human beings: the funny creatures that we are
Let me tell you about how I find it so funny when we human beings go out on a jungle safari. It’s one ridiculous activity I tell you. I have been to quite a few of them myself and trust me I am not particularly proud. We go to Jim Corbett National Park in hopes […]
Live Blog: My reaction to Filmfare awards ceremony 2009
8th March 7.45 pm Happy woman’s day to all my readers. A male friend said this day is to be wished only to woman. I said no, you can wish it to men too, its like independence day. Wanted to write a post on W-Day but was outside most of the time so couldn’t. I […]
Live Blog:The Gandhi Auction, Vijay Mallya saved nation’s father from going to foreign hands
Blogging this as I watch this story closely on CNN IBN: *Satire alert* – 12 am – This whole Gandhi Auction issue is such a ridiculous waste of national time and resources. We are such losers. Much like the screen Gandhi of Lage Raho Munnabhai, Gandhiji’s soul must have woken up with a startle with […]
An appeal to all you wonderful women in Bangalore: Join the Free Hug Campaign this Valentine’s day
A few of us on Twitter and Blogaloreans list were discussing about what we can do about this Ram Sene issue and an idea struck us, in order to challenge the various threats from Mr. Muthalik and Ram Sene what we should do is dare him. He threatened us against celebrating valentines day, we want […]
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