Bring home a friend

Dogs are believed to be man's best friend. They would never betray you or make you cry like most of your human friends might do. All that these voiceless creatures need is love! And I feel there's no other special way to help them and let them be a part of your family! 


In India the number of stray puppies and dogs is in millions. Most of them are either born stray or abandoned by the owners unwilling to take their responsibility. Some people think that stray animals are responsible for making the environment dirty to live and cause various diseases which encourage activities like dog-killing programmes to take place.

But thanks to hundreds  of NGO's such as Friendicoes and PFA(People For Animals) working for the well being and protection of strays. But we too as humans ought to come forward and help them by actually adopting the stray puppies and provide them a better life :) 


The adoption procedure for a puppy or dog requires as much care as the adoption of a child. It can be done from an NGO, animal welfare shelter or even from your neighborhood if u find a helpless puppy who you feel urgently needs a home. Let’s help out these beautiful creatures who can't speak for themselves! Be humane to the strays.


Ritika Bisht

The Unkindest Cut!

What punishment do you want to give to a Rapist? Either a 7-year long jail term or an extreme punishment of Castration!  With the incidents of rape increasing day by day in our country, is this 7 year jail term is sufficient or should we support the suggestion of Justice Kamini Lau for an alternative punishment castration of rapists?

A Thomson Reuters Foundation global poll reveals a shocking fact that India is the fourth most dangerous place in the world for women and the main reasons for such low scoring were female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking. It is an irony for a country where first person of the country  is a woman, President Pratibha Patil. More over four major states in India, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal are ruled by women chief ministers J Jayalalitha, Mayawati, Sheila Dikshit and Mamata Banerjee respectively. In addition to this, the ruling congress chief (Sonia Gandhi) and the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha (Sushma Swaraj) are also women.

Justice Lau expressed her dismay over the absence of a law allowing courts to punish rapists and molesters with castration. Castration of Rapist is an idea that has been stirring the conscience of lawmakers and upsetting human rights activists around the world. The comments of Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau while awarding a 10-year prison term to Dinesh Yadav, who had repeatedly raped his 15-year-old stepdaughter shouldn’t be ignored.

Surabhi Raut

Blackberry Vs Android- The War is On

RIM with Blackberry and Google with Android are two of the leading smart phone providers. In some ways, there seems to be a battle going on between these two. Meanwhile, Blackberry has a strong lead in the business sector, Google has entered this battle with its Android OS.

Starting out as a business device, the Blackberry brand appeals to a large consumer audience. Blackberry has the best email platform and is a runaway leader in smart phone.

Android is the latest OS but it isn’t as refined as the Blackberry OS. Blackberry is ‘business centric’ whereas Android is more ‘app centric’.

Facing competition from smart phone makers like Samsung and Nokia, Blackberry-maker has planned out aggressive aim for increasing its footprint all over the India, besides launching new devices and latest Operation System 10. The Blackberry maker has a presence in almost all the cities in the country now and is keen to tap the growing demand for smart phones here.

The Android is a user friendly, multitasking and easily customizable device whereas Blackberry is an unbeatable email platform. Blackberry devices are for someone who uses a lot of email and relies more on a QWERTY keyboard, though Blackberry has its touch screen segment also. Its simple navigation, synchronized calendars and lesser applications attract many users. In contrast, Android is primarily developed for touch screen interfaces. Android is for someone who does not rely much on mails and prefers a personalized phone that offers a bunch of applications.

Many people don’t consider Blackberry as a smart phone because it’s little sophisticated whereas Android phones are easy to use. In Android, there’s an app for almost every situation.  Proud owners of BlackBerry devices are always up to date when it comes to messaging.  BlackBerry easily integrates push email technology in a breeze, allowing you to instantly receive messages as soon as they start showing up in your inbox. Blackberry app store lacked decent amount of applications and it failed to attract developers with its poor interfaced leading to its demise.

The OS 10 of blackberry is now available. The new operating system could be RIM’s answer to other OS’ like Windows Phone, Android, iOS and Samsung’s Bada. BlackBerry devices continue to be popular, especially the BlackBerry Messenger service. The broad areas of focus in blackberry phones are innovation, building brand association, effective go to market channels and customer satisfaction.

Therefore those who want a secure and manageable smart phone device should look at getting a Blackberry, the winner of our Android vs. BlackBerry comparison because me too is a Blackberry user.

The power of positive thinking

Have you ever thought about the fact that there is never a moment when you are not thinking—that whatever happens in this world begins with a thought? Here are five simple steps to help you manage your thoughts and achieve success and happiness in life.

Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits into the mind thoughts, words and images that are conductive to growth, expansion and success. It is a mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. Whatever the mind expects, it finds.

Not everyone accepts or believes in positive thinking. Some consider the subject as just nonsense, and others scoff at people who believe and accept it. Among the people who accept it, not many know how to use it effectively to get results. Yet, it seems that many are becoming attracted to this subject, as evidenced by the many books, lectures and courses about it. This is a subject that is gaining popularity.

It is quite common to hear people say: "Think positive!", to someone who feels down and worried. Most people do not take these words seriously, as they do not know what they really mean, or do not consider them as useful and effective. How many people do you know, who stop to think what the power of positive thinking means?

Let's Imagine
BJ(MC) 2nd Year on
Cartoon Network.

When you will enter in BJ(MC) 2nd year

your heart will smile and say

All Cartoon characters filled in which

what a funky class is this.

The class is dramatic stage

where students attachment is like that of maize

with full of happiness & emotional moments,

the class is a box, filled with enjoyments.

The gist of class is very smile.

It will surely make your giggle.

Starting from I am, the Shooter,

To Gaatum, the gossip monger

From Neha Rajan to artist

To Pallavi, the educationist.

Divya & Swati have a lots of confusions,

but they know all their solutions.

Mayuri and Chitranshu are good friends,

Shamyata Biswal and Surbhi are crazy about new trends.

Kunal and Ashish are best in photography,

Diwanker and Lakshey are lover of cricket.

Sanchita and Nisha Rawat are very hard working,

Spark to become Media Professionals, Waris Khan is lurking.

Deepak is calm and quiet,

Pratham Gera is always ready to fight.

Simrita and Komal cracks time to time,

Khyati works as an enzyme.

But still

All the teachers love them a lot.

From them they still sing lots.

When you will enter in BJ(MC) 2nd year

your heart will smile and say

All Cartoon characters filled in which

what a funky class is this.

Sitting Ducks of India

On August 15 this year, she tweeted: “Happy Independence Day. “Proud to be an Indian.” The next day, she was found dead in her own car. She was Shehla Masood, a prominent Right to Information activist and Anna Hazare’s supporter. She was shot at point blank range in broad daylight outside her residence just after she asked for protection from the respective police department. Still it’s been months that CBI took over the case but they are not in a position to catch root of the crime.

On 5 November 2011, Nadeem Saiyed of Ahmadabad was brutally killed after being stabbed twenty five times. He filed about 40 RTIs with the Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) between 2006 and 2009, asking questions on illegal cow slaughter and beef trade in the state. In July a Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa who was fighting against illegal mining, which includes several politicians, was killed near the Gujarat High Court by unidentified men. Ahmedabad police official said that some unidentified men on a motorcycle fired at Jethwa.

At least 13 RTI activists are killed since 2011, apparently in revengeful attacks. RTI activists, labelled as sitting ducks in India, have paid the ultimate price for asking persistent and uncomfortable queries to higher authorities. Most of RTI activists have been murdered while some have faced serious physical attacks, exploitation under false charges to suppress their voices and some have also experienced social banishment.

RTI activists are not necessarily part of any organisation or group. They often act alone, moved by outrage against corruption and other illegal activities. The activists are extremely vulnerable as they live in the same areas as the corrupt public authorities, political leaders and mafia who do not want information about their illegal activities to be disclosed. It’s freaking sad that the activists come to the media attention only when killed, maimed or battling for life.

Neha Nathani

Uttar Pradesh elections – some challenges facing Akhilesh Yadav

In the 1984 elections, after the sudden death by assassination of Indira Gandhi, her son became the new Prime Minister and in the polls soon after, he got an astounding number of parliamentary seats giving him a huge majority – with 411 MP’s out of a total possible of 543, this was a huge mandate that he got. However, due to some misguided policies and some wrong steps (opening the locks of the Ram Janambhoomi, the Muslim Personal Law Bill, the huge controversy over the Bofors deal and a group of advisors who did nothing but mis-manage his relations with the country and the media). By the time of the 1989 elections, the support for Rajiv Gandhi and the Congress significantly declined to 197 seats.
The above example just shows that just because a party gets a huge number of seats in a particular election does not mean that this honeymoon will carry over into the next election. In fact, closer home in Uttar Pradesh, the performance of BSP in the 2007 election and then in the recent elections shows how fickle public support can be. Now, with the Samajwadi Party making a huge win in the elections, and then nominating Akhilesh Yadav to be the Chief Minister, the SP can set the ground for continuing this winning way in the future, or crash and burn in the next few years.