The Video Van arrives in Mumbai !! Amid huge expectations and loads of anticipation,the video van arrived in Mumbai yesterday after weeks of anxiety and stress! Urvashi and I did 99 rounds of the Police Station in 3 days..from Traffic Police to the Commissioner of Mumbai… Charlie’s Angels left no stone unturned! ( Ojasvi included too ) [...]
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You have already seen the Bell Bajao Cause Ambassador Boman Irani’s call to action. The second in our series of celebrity champion voices is the veteran lyricist and script, dialog and story writer from Bollywood, Mr. Javed Akhtar. When asked about domestic violence, he starts out by hitting hard at the very terminology of this [...]
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Pyar ke rang..Bell Bajao style! A rock act set in a sleepy town…”what in the world are you talking about?”…Not for Bell Bajao and Swarathma though..We rocked Puttur and how !! The band arrived in Puttur with our Karnataka manager (talk of hospitality!) at 7am on 13th..and headed for a bungalow Breakthrough had organised..The tempo [...]
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“Bell Bajao started off as a campaign against domestic violence. It has now become a movement, a movement that works. When it comes to your turn, do not hesitate, go and Ring the Bell” – Boman Irani
Bell Bajao is back, with a moving quote from Campaign Ambassador, Boman Irani; 3 brand new even more powerful Public Service Announcements, a brand new initiative called the Bell bajao Champion Voices, a Video Van and live performances by Swarathma
Sarita took the Breakthrough training in Nov’09. Before the training she had never heard of domestic violence or gender issue. She knew that women get beaten up but didn’t know how to articulate that as a rights violation and didn’t know what to do about it. After the training she felt empowered. One of the [...]
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4.35 pm – Ms. Vani took the stage again for the final session and sought insights from the participants. A couple of them aired their opinions and said the event was a great learning experience. Before the session came to an end, there was a group song on Sthree Shakti with very good lyrics. I [...]
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One of our rights advocates, Kaamini rang the bell. Kaamini lives in a slum near the Shivaji Nagar area of Bangalore, India. She along with the help of few more girls, all of who have atteded a breakthrough leadership training, took action against a man who used to always get drunk and create nuisance in [...]
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