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10 things you did'nt know about Children's day

The world celebrates their children on 20th of November but India wishes its children a happy children's day on 14th of November On an average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. . . (or more) A 3 year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a gathering! ! ! His love for innocent...

Chotu Chaiwala (A short film) by Akshat Drama Group

Chotu Chaiwala goes on air Chotu Chaiwala is a story which ventures deep into education & human perspective. The country promises each & every citizen to provide education as the most basic right, a fundamental right. A right which a child has since birth, which he can claim, but the question is, from whom? A small child who has a dream, of books, of papers, of education finds a piece...

Right to Dream vs Right to make it Real

CHOTU CHAIWALA SYNOPSISChotu Chaiwala is a story which ventures deep into education & human perspective. The country promises each & every citizen to provide education as the most basic right, a fundamental right. A right which a child has since birth, which he can claim, but the question...

Dreams make you bitchy

When I dream, I am a bitch. I am constantly jealous of other people.  When I start working on the dream, I am a nag. I keep pestering everyone about why the deuce am I doing something I saw in a dream & can remember only faint whispers of it. A month later, If I am still working on it....

69th Independence Day: Amazing facts to know about Independent India!

India has a long history to tell about itself since independent till now. On the occasion of India's 69th Independence Day, here are some interesting and unknown facts related to India and independence. 1. National flag was hoisted first on August 7, 1906 at the Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta. The flag was composed of horizontal strips of red, yellow and green. The red strip at the top had eight...

ABCD 2 Anybody can dream

ABCD 2 - The entire movie provoked taunts from my mouth but the climax, the climax only provoked tears... Tears to follow my dream, Tears to get up, go out of the cinema hall & instead of updating my Facebook to "watching ABCD 2", update my Dream to the version of reality. Even if the reality...

Mahalla Assi is a childhood dream

When I was young, I had no scruples in picking up the laddo(sweet) kept for god & eating it.If ever I got scolded ( rarely because "aweee... cute child antics"), I simply asked why & my mom would give me an answer. As a child, we are not afraid to ask. As an adult, WE ARE Life is a game full...

When you feel out of sync.. Laugh out LOUD

I began my day at 6 am today. A very unusual achievement for a lazy bum. If this was not enough, instead of walking to the loo with closed eyes, I put on music and started exercising! Some sort of magical phase I suppose. . .hmm While searching for warm up exercises on google, none of them mentioned...

Antonym Of Patriarchy - Factories Act, 1948

Deepak, a poor labourer was smoking and chatting with his fellow mate during break at the factory where he worked. "What do I do Hasan Ji? My wife died last month leaving behind chutki, my 6 month old." So? women die all the time. get a new wife. No, I can bring up my daughter alone, even if I AM a majdoor. I will educate her someday. But you work round the clock. Where will u leave the child?...

Can someone translate EQUITY

Today while viewing the videos of the play, my friend cum editor asked, "what are the Hindi & Gujarati translations of the word "EQUITY"? I replied, "It is an abstract term, but you can write Justice". http://youtu.be/Q7UPzbACA70 The video we created (link above) is based on one simple TRUTH Every...

P is a part of people's prejudice

YOU DISCRIMINATE 18/1/2015: seva cafe- time 7:30 pm New faces were introducing there talent on stage when the atmosphere changed. . . Fun was replaced with Fear Fear... for me I got a tight resounding slap from my fiance. . . in front of everyone The suffocating silence was broken by some theatre...

What is Culture? Everything Is Untouchable

Girl: Mom I am going out with friends for a movie. Mom: What? Have you seen the time? Its 8:00 pm. . .Go back to your room Boy: Mom I am going out with friends for a movie. Bye son.  Mom: The scene above look similar yet belong to vastly different planets.-      ...