Sparking change through radio Lady, you should know, insist a group of creative college girls who have caught the attention of women slum dwellers in Chennai with their innovative programming on a FM community
radio. Hema Vijay tunes in
Painting a palette of emotions Artist Nimi Ravindranath has been invited to Israel to participate in a Holocaust
memorial event. She tells Rashmi Rao the experience of portraying pain on canvas
To the summit D B N Murthy is impressed by
mountaineer and social worker Malika Verdis zest for life and passion for work
ELSEWHERE... Scandal brewing as it was suggested that some family recipes ascribed to Cindy McCain on the website of her husband, Republican presidential nominee John McCain, may have been lifted from a popular food website. Which raises questions, not so much about plagiarism, but why potential presidential wives are expected to prove their cookery credentials.
The college team that runs the M O P radio station regularly invites participation from women living in the nearby slum areas. Girija, 45, who lives in a slum in Nungambakkam is a regular participant and partner in creating some of these programmes.
Many candidates have made it a habit to change parties just to contest elections. Should people of Karnataka reject the party-hoppers lock, stock and barrel? DH had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Not surprisingly, most readers called the turncoats as a sign of decadence in democracy and ideology, and that they should be written off with the bullets of the ballot. Voting for stable, honest and ideal-driven candidates, requires maturity on the voters’ part, said some.
There were a handful who felt that it was okay to be search for “greener pastures” to seek gain and sure enough, hop and jump.
