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Press Release - International Men's Day 2014

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What was India Doing during Delhi's brutal Event

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WHAT WAS INDIA DOING THAT TIME? 16th December 2012 it was when suddenly my cellphone woke me up at late at night. A close friend called me saying, "OPEN the TV Channel, see what is happening in India." I opened the TV Channel thinking, there was another Latur Earthquake or a Attack on Parliament (National Issues) or likes for which I was asked to look what is happening in INDIA ? All News channels were flashing news of a Brutal Incident of a merciless beating of a boy and a girl along with brutal rape of the girl with him. I starting pondering and noticing on what happens after this "CRIME". So the way News Headlines changed: AT NIGHT > Boy and Girl brutally beaten by miscreants in moving bus 2 Hours > Girl sexually assaulted by group of miscreants in moving bus 4 Hours > Girl Raped in Moving Bus by Gang 6 Hours > Girl Gang Raped in Delhi. Is Delhi Safe? 8 Hours > Girl brutally Gang Raped in Delhi So, as these headli...

Am I an Activist / MRA

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AM I AN MRA / ACTIVIST? MRA, a term which sounded so cool. A term I was hearing from everyone the first time I visited the Weekly Meetings. A term which is seriously becoming the First Names of people while their own names become middle names. MRA ...... Mmmmmmm Rrrrrrrrr Aaaaaaaaa ........ just sounds so WOW!! Flowing in the river of feeling MRA, many of us used MRA in front of our display names. But then, while I was thinking of using it in front of my own name, I spoke to a senior (one of the Founders) on Who is an MRA? A simple answer I got, remember the "Bournville" chocolate ad on TV? I said, "Yes". He said, "You dont buy and MRA, you earn it". That very moment, for me, MRA became an Adjective, a property, a character and NOT JUST A PROPER NOUN, the way my first name is. Then, I realized that in a rat race of being known as an MRA, being called as an MRA, lot of us followed each other and used th...