Interview with HIV patient, SMS banned in Kashmir

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merinews Power to People   News     |     Interviews     |     Photos     |     Videos     |     Local Search My life started the day I got HIV: A candid interview of a sex worker with HIV Shrabani Mukherjee Getting late to the office, cribbing about bad living conditions, and bitching about an intolerant roommate, often makes us miss the point that we are fortunate as life can dish out worse situations. Talking to Geeta Turbhe, a sex worker and a HIV positive patient, this citizen journalist got some perspective back in her life. I hope you get the same from this interview. What actually happens at ISKCON - the Temple Of God? Nisha Mehta ISKCON devotees are strict followers of Lord Krishna and devote time towards chanting and well being of their own souls and those of others. At least that is what the outside world knows, but since I choose ISKCON guest house to stay at while I am in Bombay (now Mumbai), I got to know the real story. Read on. What is your number? Find out your lucky number Nisha Mehta The date of birth of any individual will help us understand his personality, karma and events that could become an integral part of his life. Every number resonates with a planet and is assigned a color that relates with it. Muslims should adopt modern Indian culture Manu Sharma The Urdu media should showcase other religious and non-religious programs depicting Urdu culture where men and women freely wear modern dresses. They should showcase how Muslims can become part of true modernistic India by adopting a modernistic approach. Narendra Modi's manifesto made Gujjus monarch Brigadier CHITRANJAN SAWANT,VSM Narendra Modi has been the chief minister of the rich state of Gujarat for almost a decade and a half now. He is most likely to be a tough campaigner; his friends support him; his foes are unable to browbeat him. It would be known by 20 December what the final tally would be. Forget video calling, even SMSes are banned in Kashmir Irfan Raina Normally cellular operators decide which services they should provide to subscribers and which they shouldn't. But that is true for the world, not for Kashmir valley. It is an irony that here government, not the operators, decides which services should be provided and which ones should be denied to subscribers. Twitter makes people revisit their gone by school days Shrabani Mukherjee School is a place that is close to everyone's heart and memories are the only things we have of those days. Thus when Twitter started trending school memories, people couldn't help but delve in the past. An interview with Amol Redij, author of 'Silent Moments of Melancholy' Dr Shamenaz 'Silent Moments of Melancholy' is debut book of poetry collection of Amol Redij, a budding poet in the field of Indian English Literature. In a candid interview with Dr Shamenaz, assistant professor, Department of Humanities, AIET, Allahabad, Redij speaks about his passion for poetry. Palestinian vote a lesson for India's foreign policy Ananya.s.guha India should take a lesson or two from the recent development on Palestinian issue and take categorical stands on issues affecting world polity, which militates against humanism. If India's interventionist strategies in the then East Pakistan were because of human considerations, then the same thinking should go into all matters which may brutalize societies and countries all over the world. The mirage of Bengal reunification Indranil Sarkar A good thing to look forward to from a national point of view (because clearly there isn't a Bengal point of view to look at anymore) would be increased co-operation with the smaller and less problematic neighbour and buy loyalty by enhanced economic aid and forced allegiance to India's foreign policy, China style. Mid-day meals still a distant dream for schools Irfan Quraishi The mid-day meal facility remains a distant dream for most of the schools in south Kashmir's Shopian district despite the fact that state government receives huge sums of money under this central-government sponsored scheme. Audiences can't wait for Farhan Akhtar's 'Bhag Milkha Bhag' Pakhi Hussain After Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Farhan Akhtar has again come up with a unique performance by playing a flying Sikh in 'Bhag Milkha Bhag'. The trailer has raised the curiosity level among the audiences, even though the film is scheduled to release in July next year. Citizen Columnists Men's rights activists boycott Aamir Khan's movie Talaash Virag This article describes why men's rights activists chose to boycott 'male hater and anti-husband' Bollywood actor Aamir Khan's movie Talaash and also all his future movies. Gurgaon needs more women cops As per Gurgaon police data till March 2012, the Gurgaon district has 459 sanctioned posts, but only 374 are filled. According to 2011 figures Gurgaon had a population of 1,514,085 of which male and female were 817,274 and 696,811 respectively. So just 459 women cops per almost 7 lakh women is extremely low per person woman to women proportion. Gurgaon needs more women police personnel on the ground due to rising crime against women, and the fact that some women among the sanctioned force go on leave for child care, etc., which leads to a dip in the total women's workforce At least, the planned posts should be filled. Women should also be involved in desk jobs such as criminal profiling and case investigations. Go to merinews.com follow us on twitterlike us on facebook follow us on youtube To ensure delivery to your inbox, add team.merinews@merinewsline.com to your address book. Unsubscribe: This is an auto-mailer. Please do not reply to this mail. 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