The confusion about the DV Act is about to be settled. A Petition has already been filed in Delhi High Court.
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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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A year ago My maid is an illiterate woman from Bihar, Muslim by religion, but with relatively fair IQ for her being and upbringing. She is single-handed bringing up her 5 kids and taken steps to ensure no more babies all by herself. In response to her act, the husband went absconding for good 2 [...]
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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
9 20 PM : I stepped into the balcony to call the cat inside and heard the distinct thump of fists landing on somebody’s back. Dimly visible in the shadows, on a bench, was the back of a white shirt and a hazy figure. I had heard similar sounds around 7 30- 8 PM. I [...]
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Dr. Mitu Khurana refused to abort her twin daughters when she was falsely tricked into a sex determination test by Dr.Kamal Khurana, her husband and also a doctor himself. Mitu’s story of struggle began here. Her staunch refusal to abort her children led her husband to eventually throw her out of their house. At other [...]
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A friend asked this morning, “Do these things happen in present times also?” Having lived so far in a well-cultured and open-minded family in a metropolitan, isolated background, he had no idea about what happens in a house the very next street to his. And having studied and then worked out of his home for [...]
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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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The impact of the Bell Bajao campaign is surely larger than we thought. The three TV spots created by Ogilvy & Mather featuring campaign ambassador popular actor Boman Irani has not only reached 132 million people through television, radio and press in India they have also had unprecedented impact across the Globe. Inspired by our [...]
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