tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66619462493240514032024-02-07T04:29:26.372-08:00M.a.D... Mak3 @ DiFF3ReNC3...This campaign is a call to action, to fight the indifference plaguing our society...M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-4533350540504405892008-09-15T02:14:00.000-07:002008-09-15T02:44:29.588-07:00Definitely not a Last Word...<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MaD</span> Campaign came to a close weeks ago. Make a Difference! Did we really? Over a 100 positive <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">feedbacks</span> and still counting... I'd like to believe we did.<br /><br />Change is a strange thing. It cannot be forced. It just happens. We made an effort to drive home a message. A message that we start with ourselves... Nothing big, small things like throwing waste in it's rightful place, helping accident victims, not to stand for corruption, not to encourage public smoking... Small things.<br /><br />A lot of feedback said we should carry on with this campaign. I think not. Because I'd like to believe our campaign has matured into something a more. A movement, that begins with you. When you start to believe in all those small things I mentioned, our little campaign would have gained another believer.<br /><br />And as a believer, hopefully you will inspire others. And other's others. And that my friends is a movement at infancy. As people grow, so does the movement. So bear in mind, that you are the heart and soul of our movement.<br /><br />People are capable of outstanding acts of courage and compassion. And that's why we chose to believe in your ability to 'Make a Difference'.<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><br /></span><br /></span></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-47537205113478162902008-08-28T00:15:00.000-07:002008-08-28T00:17:38.373-07:00FliCKR goes MaD... Get Pics Online....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OSFSZsyRZyJ7fzdWb3s6NJETKWHAvNfq6NuL0_5DrYba9FUznWITp8LOYBmLuAlKhpRBqBKT0u7_WI78uRsRoLfsPCnQt4UPZNzexb1N8OKyuUvrbXZk6uBwPatlB4zeAMNXjWtd5u_4/s1600-h/flickr.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OSFSZsyRZyJ7fzdWb3s6NJETKWHAvNfq6NuL0_5DrYba9FUznWITp8LOYBmLuAlKhpRBqBKT0u7_WI78uRsRoLfsPCnQt4UPZNzexb1N8OKyuUvrbXZk6uBwPatlB4zeAMNXjWtd5u_4/s320/flickr.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239464092972535922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mad Campaign Pictures on Flickr....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29916788@N04/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/29916788@N04/</a>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-89839493845659918812008-08-27T23:51:00.000-07:002008-08-27T23:55:59.973-07:00MaD JiNGLe... Maattrum Seyy...<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz8Ciz_o5IRknq7d1H-Oaasp-IhAiDu-jctGKIg_bfZyvHuplpeLASXXOXOcRetBMI6eGw3ttsVyjNpw4x70Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-50531871578999080482008-08-27T23:39:00.000-07:002008-08-27T23:55:51.231-07:00MaD Posters: Session 009...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOrG6TT3A09W69VlJ2c2ReeCCUuKEbcf9a0s7_9K98TUpCQUJSPaJKD9wz5eZ3FrOuVBABVdgTah-YQqbTFUyOKJQY_anfxkWbUrmasSYpgVt0uee4teECZyPloMYggWceHy6K4SkwPmM/s1600-h/Sixth+sense.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOrG6TT3A09W69VlJ2c2ReeCCUuKEbcf9a0s7_9K98TUpCQUJSPaJKD9wz5eZ3FrOuVBABVdgTah-YQqbTFUyOKJQY_anfxkWbUrmasSYpgVt0uee4teECZyPloMYggWceHy6K4SkwPmM/s320/Sixth+sense.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239455195690051410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDrEniUBvQ1NGohyfiI5fYA2w8bLup56phtc8EOgaQaw8UgRep3o3z74_LnYez2nzF1BGbO22A0JFWUY4Z7o3LmKa6GULFqOvR9BPguPhWKwUhuk4UnXFFeJIqi9iKOKpJLQnqFwnKHAq/s1600-h/Clean.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDrEniUBvQ1NGohyfiI5fYA2w8bLup56phtc8EOgaQaw8UgRep3o3z74_LnYez2nzF1BGbO22A0JFWUY4Z7o3LmKa6GULFqOvR9BPguPhWKwUhuk4UnXFFeJIqi9iKOKpJLQnqFwnKHAq/s320/Clean.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239455061541150898" border="0" /></a>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-10760348051540272132008-08-27T20:43:00.000-07:002008-09-15T02:14:10.829-07:00From a concerned fellowmate...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This was a feedback that really touched us... Excuse the grammar and language, we have not modified this letter by any means, as its essence and depth would have been compromised... </span><br /><br /><br />Dear (MAD) Friends:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Congrats for doing this good job in MAD. And i wish you all sucess.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />But it is not enough, Because we like to see the difference in Public not in a college. In our college the institution give payment to persons who clean the campus. I know this is our duty to do keep the campus clean, but it can't unless all the students like. If we do it or not our institution do it. But in our society nothing will do. The cleaners, scavengers are getting a monthly income they didn't or won't care about thesociety. But as the students we are the backbone, we do it as this is a service in society. I think this MAD may do manything difference in society. So plz don't waste the time in college.Take this opppurtunity to serve the nation. Plz grant my comment. We stand for you. Many students are willing to do service for the nation. And also we like to join in MAD. If u do in public places.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Because smokers, beggars, poor people, etc. and the wrong persons are not in our college. I hope in that. Make a Difference in Public. And they said about Equality, but in our campus I did not find that equality. Even between the college departmemnts. Once pachiyappas college students rag and tease our colllege students. Many of our college students watched and kept silent. I saw it. You may ask me, y udid it? This is the group work, team work, we ned co -operation (union is strenght) It will done only by team. This for example. There were many tings that happened and it will happen in the future too. We can't do anything for happened but we will do for the future. We change the future in MAD Group.Coz we have the facilitiesmoney, media, menatl power. think about it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u style="font-family: georgia;">To Help Poor:</u></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I have one idea, that is , in our college we spend lot of money to canteen, coffeee shop. and also for co -op stores etc...etc... So we arrange one fund from that amount.For example, if one buys a coffeee for Rs.5, we take Re.1 for the fund. This willl change one poor family or a poor society.This is one idea.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ( Note: If u discuss with ur brainy group, lot of ideas will come out anddo it if possible).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a loyolite I would like to serve the nation. I think it may give a fame to our college and us (MAD Group).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u style="font-family: georgia;">Some notes:</u></span><br /><br /> </div><ul style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Plz do this servive in public places with our institution permission.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Plz encourage the students who were willing to do these social activities.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Plz don't waste this oppurtunity and time.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beacuse I am from the village, I know what will happen and also u know. Becoz you r the seniors. We are the backbone for our nation. Atleast we should march with 25% of students who were willing. ( in whole India. out of 58%)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Many films teach thsi lesson but people or students didn't follow. If we do this in real surely it make a difference.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We have the power.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don't know english very well, if u found mistakes in my writing and my comment, or u feel bad for this comment plz. forgive me)....</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">P.S: DON'T DO THIS ONLY FOR PROJECT AND MARK!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">G.Pradeep</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">08-PH-048</span></span><br /><br /></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-84451537058398078692008-08-27T20:37:00.000-07:002008-08-27T23:01:29.691-07:00MaD Posters: Session 008...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0rCQx9h5KXU20YyOLp8ELj26QViZOR1nhEcRc5sH5TmEl2Nzchy_1z4H702GXSkvMcpFNc7-kP1f-IcH-MeHSyLDyENQYe-7VDXVVDZQeggOiMQQ_D1pdk3v_j4tsYNbZbmuz21N3I0u/s1600-h/Public+smoking.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0rCQx9h5KXU20YyOLp8ELj26QViZOR1nhEcRc5sH5TmEl2Nzchy_1z4H702GXSkvMcpFNc7-kP1f-IcH-MeHSyLDyENQYe-7VDXVVDZQeggOiMQQ_D1pdk3v_j4tsYNbZbmuz21N3I0u/s320/Public+smoking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239408253754793074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqbVJ6sJdf1TweJSbTuL6Hde6fGoCWFa-JNUChKbjKKhN4XddYUGFmljns1ZtaKjY7iJVOB_k4AP0keQy7jfIqnqYgFXuJIn8SGyclp35B7aAuOUO0bkx81vrVsz2tHt7NUUVBnbuDu1i/s1600-h/Child+labour.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqbVJ6sJdf1TweJSbTuL6Hde6fGoCWFa-JNUChKbjKKhN4XddYUGFmljns1ZtaKjY7iJVOB_k4AP0keQy7jfIqnqYgFXuJIn8SGyclp35B7aAuOUO0bkx81vrVsz2tHt7NUUVBnbuDu1i/s320/Child+labour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239408136692819026" border="0" /></a>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-4100083033744943472008-08-26T20:29:00.000-07:002008-08-27T11:22:35.827-07:00Report On Day 001 Interactive Session...<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Interactive session, Day 1 (26 August, 2008)-</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">9:15am to 10:20am</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keynote Speaker: Prof. Victor Louis Anthuvan<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUKYNWbVdTPymPLzudBHoiSOVzyzAC9RSEA1Gw-8YNijBbHAgBBlziGzurIpEX3RcsnBS5eWUgnTdATEbPk2uZaHfndl_yueTjT0sLdEjOzwgxOWmdr-cKuDBivcdkMdIZ2PBl93BJFKs/s1600-h/DSC_0094.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUKYNWbVdTPymPLzudBHoiSOVzyzAC9RSEA1Gw-8YNijBbHAgBBlziGzurIpEX3RcsnBS5eWUgnTdATEbPk2uZaHfndl_yueTjT0sLdEjOzwgxOWmdr-cKuDBivcdkMdIZ2PBl93BJFKs/s320/DSC_0094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239049253291852802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He spoke to us about the poverty in India and our status in the world and the ways to overcome this problem which can make India a develop nation and even about the inequality to women in the society which is strictly a great problem and should be stopped.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />He explained about the black money and if this comes into account we are no more poor. He finally remarked it in our hands to make India a beautiful country by forgetting the caste system and leaving it behind.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Interactive session, Day 1 (26 August, 2008)-</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">2:15pm to 3:45pm<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keynote speaker: Mr. Pradeep Philip, I.G.P., Chennai on Social Justice</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE4K2QDdUugp-HMNAJUUy75Cbxt7bHHtbTlj-bmLgAlgrt0_uJkLZh_AdoY7TZQirb8cF1iROnUrNNOOMJd8nk2RcKxks8KgCeEGldhPe-YOsL9uEZVPLlsoPp6606BsZ0iVn9puw5B_8/s1600-h/DSC02207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE4K2QDdUugp-HMNAJUUy75Cbxt7bHHtbTlj-bmLgAlgrt0_uJkLZh_AdoY7TZQirb8cF1iROnUrNNOOMJd8nk2RcKxks8KgCeEGldhPe-YOsL9uEZVPLlsoPp6606BsZ0iVn9puw5B_8/s320/DSC02207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239050001111790066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The function began with a welcome address by 3rd year, Shift II Natasha, and then kicked off with the screenings of five Public Service Announcements (PSAs). Next was a song composed by the students, followed by the campaign brief slide show. Next was a number of short speeches by college dignitaries: the Deputy Principal, the Vice Principal, and the President of Student Affairs. Roshan, Shift II 3rd year, gave the student speaker address.<br /><br />Natasha then introduced the keynote speaker, Pradhip Phillip. Pradhip Philip mainly talked about his experience as a police officer and how his efforts to confront indifference began with the confrontation of death. He narrated two experiences, one almost drowning to death and another when he was injured, near fatally, in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. He said one only knows the value of life when one is faced with its loss. To confront indifference is to require empathy, to see one’s self in another shoes, not sympathy per se. This requires us to confront the fact of creation and the miracle of creation. He then told about his efforts to reform the police in his Friends of Police program. This was introduced as an example of how complex problems are often, if not always, solvable by simple solutions. Friends of Police, he explained, was a necessary step for the change of society more generally. His “impacting the people” (his term for lecturing) was followed by a question and answer period. He explained the police procedures for admitting someone to the hospital: how it is a citizen’s duty to admit immediate care and the need for all to know about CPR; how certain hospitals are not registered/allowed to treat certain kinds of accidents, in particular legal-medical cases; and the procedures available for calling ambulances. A question was more specifically asked about the case of Naveen, the third year who died due to inability to admit in a number of hospitals and the unavailability of ambulances (as per Mr. Philip’s suggestions). Mr. Phillip explained the need for all citizens to know the types of hospitals where one can be admitted in the case of road accidents. He also fielded questions regarding the respect level and mode of interaction (often aggressive) of police officers towards otherwise polite citizens. He responded with the rate of such behavior as decreasing due to his FoP program, which he again encouraged all to join.<br /><br />The session then ended with a memento presented to the keynote speaker and to the deputy principal. A music video created by the 3rd year Vis Comm. students, as well as a number of other PSAs (which were not screened in the first session).<br /><br /><br /></span></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-78217053064990015182008-08-26T20:26:00.001-07:002008-08-27T11:20:13.271-07:00MaD Posters: Session 007...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IuvnZ0FPplmm-krquThpCeyT75V82Lw0DQDxXyzWkWfnD_XcN2zOhhtxv4D7s7Xuqp1agfySc548sbqu7Bbb8FswKQg7cjtBD4WtmznI-OT_Fn9HUp0GLEeA6o7S1YugH3TrdXj217c0/s1600-h/pub+smo+1+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IuvnZ0FPplmm-krquThpCeyT75V82Lw0DQDxXyzWkWfnD_XcN2zOhhtxv4D7s7Xuqp1agfySc548sbqu7Bbb8FswKQg7cjtBD4WtmznI-OT_Fn9HUp0GLEeA6o7S1YugH3TrdXj217c0/s320/pub+smo+1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239034381370631842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuKJ1C3mbZE9N3xbt-nFfUwvrPnSIG7n74FDwG6jma71OeoG4A37W2eTkhonc3bxwru2rFvzYP0SeG0v31kArSRfyqoPBU6EmR6hgOSl7-RNjxSlyb4ukCsJcb0Xc4pWnYT155qoI_-rg/s1600-h/Baby+illustration.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANvmFSEEQg_ajTKc31sVPyX7ft0J7mzutC_5gF7rzdClUi12PwmbOBqKkiaE7sivh6GF1aK9RQGDEo7YEXChtmvdOX2tzPq4txcssy5TkJTkWuREZAoeV9fcVJ6mz3Op0tYpB3ww2jWuu/s320/DSC02235.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238964183150618866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />“To break through language in order to touch life is to create or recreate the theatre.”<br /><div style="text-align: right;">-Antonin Artaud<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Touching life is the core intention of our campaign - to reach out to people and awaken their consciousness - and what better way to do so than through the medium of street theatre?<br /><br />We aim to enact the current indifference so widespread in our society and provoke the need for a reversal of the situation.<br /><br />We wish to capture our audience’s attention and dramatize the situation so that a permanent impression is left. Our objective is to mobilize them to act through our enactment.<br /><br />Through short skits of 5-10 minutes in duration ( dialogue will be a mix of English and Tamil) our skit will strike at the core message -INDIFFERENCE. Indifference with respect to the following topics<br /></div><ul><li>Saving lives</li><li>Crimes that happen in front of us</li><li>Public smoking</li><li>Our environment</li><li>Inequality</li></ul>So follow the loud drum rolls and head towards the gathering crowd coz that’s going to be us!M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-24180814477351885112008-08-26T15:40:00.000-07:002008-08-26T16:20:07.335-07:00MaD Posters: Session 005...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGch0RKU2irU4gL9uJszh77jwQSlkWbGHkh4Yp97zCf80P5eW4gOkCM964wPxJ-r4ikLJGol1MCeu0Aoy7mnwK5P-1ET_mc43O4d1DedHwQ7H3cpwoEZ9KW1zRgvvmFFU7w-21D7M2W4Gt/s1600-h/Planets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGch0RKU2irU4gL9uJszh77jwQSlkWbGHkh4Yp97zCf80P5eW4gOkCM964wPxJ-r4ikLJGol1MCeu0Aoy7mnwK5P-1ET_mc43O4d1DedHwQ7H3cpwoEZ9KW1zRgvvmFFU7w-21D7M2W4Gt/s320/Planets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238960936465594578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlViMa2iZcjprPf5SnfIp4oX-xo58ELlhrcaPO1ptWhOMGzp9CQC9PhUYJOnEZnay25GANcUE7hzClU-I1YHHFLKThflrGKm9mPUPqASpgkWzA5JbZD7SbX3jYr7SArpdihQUteZDKHia/s1600-h/crimes+in+the+soc+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlViMa2iZcjprPf5SnfIp4oX-xo58ELlhrcaPO1ptWhOMGzp9CQC9PhUYJOnEZnay25GANcUE7hzClU-I1YHHFLKThflrGKm9mPUPqASpgkWzA5JbZD7SbX3jYr7SArpdihQUteZDKHia/s320/crimes+in+the+soc+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238960845516918770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtzoJyjadi1IALTqPVtmdyfDov9iKzzKtGVOWzwooq8mejMTLacuOGyr4V5SY4qO5wDlzXnUQVwoVCsjUDXwftdmjEbUWkvFfEoxfx8FyNqvFxsAok0-7iFZZ8fzqg6AdFrOjjcbsffLl/s1600-h/in+eqa+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtzoJyjadi1IALTqPVtmdyfDov9iKzzKtGVOWzwooq8mejMTLacuOGyr4V5SY4qO5wDlzXnUQVwoVCsjUDXwftdmjEbUWkvFfEoxfx8FyNqvFxsAok0-7iFZZ8fzqg6AdFrOjjcbsffLl/s320/in+eqa+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238960717241992546" border="0" /></a>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-52569215843939344662008-08-26T15:35:00.000-07:002008-08-26T15:40:35.921-07:00The MaD Hatter On Campaign Day 001...<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />There was something in the air, people felt the buzz, I felt the scare, there were questioning glances and there was M.a.D. The dark crusaders had arrived. M.a.D day 1 had begun. Entering the campus you are initially hit by the calm before the storm, a meek banner beckons you and shyly informs you that there is something called M.a.D happening and in a ritual fashion, you walk away and all is well but wait did I mention the dead body that lay near the parking lot?<br /><br />A Dynamite is not a welcoming site, neither are huge imposing cigarettes. Madness, madness, madness!! Why us and why now…. The only difference it made was that the dustbins and the trees looked a wee bit colorful. A waste of money, a jobless recreation, a viscom charade?<br />If a fashion parade and a prof out of uniform, is not factor enough to make you get confused then you should have listened to the assault of your ear drum. Music played, a very unapologetic tone and surprise surprise it was catchy and a bit hummable. Still why the hype?<br /><br />The friendly daily announcer came to my rescue and finally sanity was restored to my befuddled senses. So it was just some M.a D campaign…..<br /><br />Uhmm…well not exactly it was nice uhmm… fine it was MAD.<br /><br />They creeped up on us silently and in the deafening silence, the winds of change blew. M.a.D makes you think, M.a.D halts you in the tracks and hey M.a.D is infectious. They say a party is a success if you are kicked out of your own house and in true m.a.d style the entire Vis com ensemble was kicked out and I wasn’t surprised to see smiles all around.<br /><br />And there were the videos and there were the tears, for some it seemed reality was shocking them senseless, for some it was time for pensive thoughts for others it was their personal call for action. The public service announcements were a crazy mixture, you laughed and you felt guilty….you wept and you felt happy, you understood yet you were angry and somewhere in between you had gone mad. You had become a part of the mad family. Suddenly, the guy in the corner was no longer a stranger as the realization dawned that he had the power to save your life someday. It was good to be M.a.D. <br /><br />There are noises you associate with death; change the context and similar sounds spell change. The street theater crossed the barriers of fiction, when a live replication of a bike accident saw people running to beat up the fast absconding biker as a girl’s frantic screams saw the audience seemingly cross over from being spectators to people of action. There is hope or all of us after all. Loyola helps and helps how and surprisingly Loyola cares.<br /><br />Always eat at the place where there is a crowd. Good advice. Works I guess when it comes to other attractions as well. So following the crowd though took me to a yellow maze. Cool but disappointingly small….Wasn’t any self respecting maze supposed to be big? He… he… I will not spoil the suspense… it was enriching fun. Sometimes getting lost can teach us a lot. If this experience mad, contradictly it was serene as well. You have to admit, though a bit reluctantly that though it is not big… it is something. A voice in the wilderness calls out. The voice in not alone, there are murmurs, there is a buzz, there is a disturbance in the air and understandably, M.a.D has arrived. What was once a solitary voice in the desert has become the cry of a group… guess there is only one way to go, to go the M.a D way.<br /><br />Maybe helping to create better tomorrows is not such a bad job after all.<br /><br />P.s: The music was actually great. Well should be considering I can’t get that blasted tune out of my head. As for the jingle…..the bathroom is not the only place where I am singing it.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-51924910761653673802008-08-26T14:29:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:54:29.338-07:00Some more PSA's from MaD<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwur1w_0JzFpbE3RcT4i7qor3EVqN7QMAHFWfxqr7VDaME0UiYJ6Gqn_9j7mxGDSiD5Injg-Cd-6c_J9Pk0pA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyStPY9X2bfe4c5g__LMnifZZqWTVnOhBj-SQhfp9d9eIYhx-0uc33sNlefRyF0gd6KMqlRRTipovvihT-kww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzNzt-sShPjuyKmIjjur_D-ZX8NZNHXr_TjgDgubOVhAgbLYyV3r5aqCjEqgCUEslB1LHHyHeFordZM6qa_8Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwG5bdidU5sYngfgZeRIoj-ive08YuOQWc3uANPoZ7ci8xVZKX9fK-YV-yrShxay5qi2KedHxI_N9PxgK1ClQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />...M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-73972529021124912362008-08-26T12:56:00.000-07:002008-08-26T15:11:36.322-07:00MaD in Focus<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Indifference is a vast and wide topic. Mad Campaign therefore chose to focus on the following aspects;</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Save a life</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">A dear friend was lost due to sheer negligence from hospital and police authorities. We strongly feel that there is definitely something we all can do to make sure a life is saved, but we are indifferent to such a situation. Most of us just “look and pass”. We aim at bringing about a change in people’s attitude through this topic.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Environment</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The indifference of the youth with regards to the environment. The ‘take it easy’ attitude they have about the damage that is being done by everyone to their surroundings, with no concern about the future generation. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Inequality</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Inequality that is prevalent in our society in terms of the division of resources, opportunities, public property, welfare resources among the various sections of the society based on the economic and social divide.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Crimes of the society</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Indifference with regard to the petty crime like pick pocketing, speeding in heavy traffic, abusive language on others etc.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Public smoking</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Indifference with regard to the public smokers who cause discomfort to the surrounding people.</span></span><br /><br /></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-29342661604392840692008-08-25T18:16:00.000-07:002008-08-25T18:24:14.676-07:00MaD TooN-ing In...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDmOCHHVU7UJHJmcuGoryjtbdy7z6tLS3nvtvqwctcCllHeSFOENxHwjbQ0j4oSwqkTqR8AdKZM14SIEVaeC4C2AHtqeAD8rnFKUFa8F_ho7QkyGdM3oYSw3MjOJOIlP_QVaAELbnFie7/s1600-h/Toon4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"It is the first time I think students have brought out such an issue I am sure this will surely make a difference." <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">- Alloy, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> "I my self have been indifferent towards what's happening around me, the very thought that you people are doing something, has made me think, hope the campaign will be successful"<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> -Bruno, Student<br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"Earlier your seniors did campaigns on human vs. machines, but this is 'I vs. my Self', surely this will be a great success, at least for people like me, who seldom think of what is going around."<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> - Godfrey, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"You are all saying big –big things I do not know how much of it will actually work, this looks more like an academic exercise. <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> -Udip, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />" All the five Issues you people are dealing with are the issues of the day & dealing with them is the need of the hour." <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">- Gautham, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"Good show I guess" <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">- Sheena, Student<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"You people are doing a very good job, keep in up I will pray that it may be a great success." <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">- Jacintha, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"Indifference is all around in the air, I don't know if any body even thinks about it, vis comm. Students wanting to do something like this for the society, can't believe it, surely their efforts will bring a difference, if students want they can do any thing. <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-Dinesh, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"Go ahead we are all with you". <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-Gautham, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"Ha, ha who cares". <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-Steve, Students.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />"apart from normal studies you students have taken up such a campaign, I pray God to bless you & the campaign, hope you people will do a good job. <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-Victor, Student.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-28720844009495001602008-08-25T15:21:00.000-07:002008-08-25T15:36:59.977-07:00M.a.D Schedule !!!<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce8dY3qEGEhvWVeTnKDSuGPF1PecTGHns4BBtRXQDHWRpt3t2Nbn1e-b-VLno56wunCbgCDYHpx8BUn2PSFvxB9xebP7krPuqBYdlf748x1FSM84RDkRGEBfksc2olo0sF3se598ympQD/s1600-h/intrec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce8dY3qEGEhvWVeTnKDSuGPF1PecTGHns4BBtRXQDHWRpt3t2Nbn1e-b-VLno56wunCbgCDYHpx8BUn2PSFvxB9xebP7krPuqBYdlf748x1FSM84RDkRGEBfksc2olo0sF3se598ympQD/s320/intrec.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238584473309842594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Interactive Session Timings for 26th & 27th August'08<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqAL0w6KewDu-oJxKdirxKZE4rFim6xdaeirgkhIxToYiJluFyD6P72jEPR-H7YWQ9cQqbnvgA3fixW1l6Jke0n68XMq4DIChPOOKKc4hIw3ZOLBmDzd7VyQqFW0h5Pc7pYLSOXnpojiJ/s1600-h/2323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqAL0w6KewDu-oJxKdirxKZE4rFim6xdaeirgkhIxToYiJluFyD6P72jEPR-H7YWQ9cQqbnvgA3fixW1l6Jke0n68XMq4DIChPOOKKc4hIw3ZOLBmDzd7VyQqFW0h5Pc7pYLSOXnpojiJ/s320/2323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238584689947973554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Other Programmes on both 26th & 27th August '08</span>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-55184594254426332392008-08-25T14:17:00.000-07:002008-08-25T15:35:58.698-07:00M.a.D Posters: Session 003...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdOEJbFf0JC_wv-VzKh5hWjm3RtDjyw5Gwwqe3C6LLBgNTk5Luw1GDto2dPYz_WMAbYX6GImWr6B-ThumcK3CXouxxZfooBCUqySlRXAzQ83Y5H-_mNFNQNnxVaWQmPl_qzOjM_LtosOB/s1600-h/004+tree.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />While this campaign has been entitle, M.A.D., or ‘Making a Difference’, I want to say a couple of words about something that is equally, if not more, important and central: indifference. Even more specifically (though a bit more implicit): the indifference of youth today.<br /><br />I don’t think I can answer such a question as easily as it can be posed. But I do think I can make a couple of remarks that are relevant to the discussion (the existence of this campaign and this blog counts as evidence that such a discussion does exist). Why do we feel indifference? A short answer, I think, is we feel indifference towards a person, an issue, an idea , et cetera if we don’t feel a connection or a responsibility to that thing. When it comes to something like a person, an animal, or even the planet, it is when we don’t feel that we have common interests that we become indifferent.We treat that person or thing as exterior to us, and not as part of a larger whole. The irony of indifference is that it is, at core, a perception about states of affairs. That is, we don’t always apprehend things correctly. We can be wrong in indifference. Indeed, we often are. This is, ultimately, the message of this campaign and the sense in which I want to re-appropriate Karunanithi’s pithy aphorism.<br /><br />I want to broach this question by way of a small example that we can see often in urban Tamil Nadu (including the Loyola campus): trash disposal. Despite the fact that there are trash bins people on Loyola’s campus don’t always use them. They are content with disposing of trash whereve they happen to be standing. Why? First, it is a general habit to throw trash in the street in India. Second, it is convenient. Third, people don’t feel responsible for the state of the environment. While they may complain that things are dirty or polluted, they don’t feel that they should be responsible for keeping it clean. Fourth, and most importantly, they don’t perceive that it is in their (and everyone else’s) interests for the streets to be clean. If they did, they would keep the streets clean, right?<br /><br />We can ask ourselves, is this indifference ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’? I think the answer is obvious: it is incorrect. Why? First because it clearly is in everyone’s best interest to keep our surroundings clean. Second, the sense that we are not responsible is an illusion. It’s an illusion because the streets won’t clean themselves up, only people will! Further, we are responsible because it is we who create the situation that must be cleaned up every time we don’t put trash in the trash bins.<br /><br />That is, we are to blame for the situation itself!<br /><br />This brings me to the second question I asked above. Why are youth indifferent today? And how can we best address youth indifference? I think we can begin to answer this question by asking, do youth feel responsible for the state of affairs today? Do they feel that they share a common interest with the rest of the society (including other youth)? I want to leave this as an open question because I believe the debate around this question, if it includes youth, can ultimately transform the issue itself. What I do want to say is that a campaign which tries to end youth indifference has to allow youth to feel that they are responsible. Moreover, it has to make them feel that it is in their interests to care. I don’t mean interests in the crass sense of rational cost-benefit calcuation (though ultimately it includes this as well). Rather, I mean it in the sense of empathy, of seeing things from a position that is larger than the individual selfish ego. This means that ending indifference can’t be an attempt to tell youth what to do, what to think, or what to feel. Rather, it has to do with creating an attitude of involvedness, of breaking down the barriers between self and other, between young and old, et cetera. It therefore requires briding the gaps between difference. In the case of youth, this means speaking the language of youth; it means speaking to youth. In short, it requires youth participation not youth address (i.e., preaching/lecturing to youth). I think this is the greatest failure on the parts of those well-wishers who want to change youth by speaking at them: do this, don’t do this, be this way, don’t be this way. Today, at least, preaching is the bedfellow of indifference. We all know how we feel when someone scolds and lectures us!<br /><br />All such efforts ultimately place youth outside of society. But, as we said above, it is only when one feels part of society, when one’s personal interests are the common interests, that one is not indifferent. I think that the M.A.D. campaign is one right step in this direction, not just because they are putting a number of social issues on the table for discussion, but because they offer a platform of participation (social activism more generally) that can be replicated by anyone who happens to see that it is in their best interest to care about the world around them, and to take responsibility for it.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;">- Constantine Nakassis<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-45947450183034076352008-08-25T14:02:00.000-07:002008-08-27T20:37:30.412-07:00M.a.D Posters: Session 002...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRumNok1DLAU6sNvg1AAD1CftI3Ds6tYPSOQxxENMa47vNeFW3eD2h0cGHzPmf7waFyr11jOeSFwJXNvnHa8sqvfxdRyqmoqHnTmGsOYn3piiypFySyZPMhj4pQ4r9vHfYwP1gOrq2R867/s1600-h/Mosquito.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRumNok1DLAU6sNvg1AAD1CftI3Ds6tYPSOQxxENMa47vNeFW3eD2h0cGHzPmf7waFyr11jOeSFwJXNvnHa8sqvfxdRyqmoqHnTmGsOYn3piiypFySyZPMhj4pQ4r9vHfYwP1gOrq2R867/s320/Mosquito.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239407519500178194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMIejS_ewx4nyhwaDPXVC2n54Fc0z_IXRh09-AerZSVaTM91r5vSRxpwy926prWAyhcSzaFKT6JJ0QGQXZ3REeQFJA_k1a5KLT_FmnPLTRE6gs4D6RAz_4bu_VYgPM4-ZRsEoNDeNoQHW/s1600-h/Economy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMIejS_ewx4nyhwaDPXVC2n54Fc0z_IXRh09-AerZSVaTM91r5vSRxpwy926prWAyhcSzaFKT6JJ0QGQXZ3REeQFJA_k1a5KLT_FmnPLTRE6gs4D6RAz_4bu_VYgPM4-ZRsEoNDeNoQHW/s320/Economy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239407420701346722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tVqg_CgVgNXGVQqJUcTQcEA0HPXA9TWqmOoUsZIS8i_gwufc3PMRivnVB5LhgktcDduyAaVNQ1diVz7Cpeu8KX_gGIiyti-xdXqVPQ-9FMMM4YwJv4FamcOqQgDeo4XEtWAHxE08Zkl3/s1600-h/Chance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tVqg_CgVgNXGVQqJUcTQcEA0HPXA9TWqmOoUsZIS8i_gwufc3PMRivnVB5LhgktcDduyAaVNQ1diVz7Cpeu8KX_gGIiyti-xdXqVPQ-9FMMM4YwJv4FamcOqQgDeo4XEtWAHxE08Zkl3/s320/Chance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239407329584309698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3_FFt3yS21hfBo2CseKNK0jOQzsiXWyYBUHPCiZw5VgDc1-cOE03j7VLhf_GsLUn3VuHaPpm5FyfdD-3B410qjLKwwBT9zGUttnoe_cizXwEI13HODQMComouXNx6VFz56t-J9PFV6AX/s1600-h/002+mosq.jpg"><br /></a>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661946249324051403.post-80118022466828652932008-08-25T13:09:00.000-07:002008-08-25T13:24:50.616-07:00Towards an Eco-Friendly Culture...<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >For many, environment protection is an affair of only those activists and organizations involved in this. This is a wrong attitude. Being environment friendly is a life style and culture that one needs to build in the mind. Below mentioned are a few examples from Kerala of ordinary people who teach us this very lesson.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ithappi, an illiterate labourer at Kottayam, learned from his employer, that growing trees are important for the environment. He started planting saplings on the road side of Kottayam and started nurturing them and ensured that it grew as trees that provided shade and comfort for every one. Most of the trees on the road side of Kottayam are Ithappis contribution. Five years ago Ithappi left this world leaving a message to the world that environment protection has to be every body’s concern.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Abdul Kareem of Kasargod purchased a few acres of barren and dry land in his place. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >His dream was to create a forest in this land that was almost desert like.As years passed, he could make his dream a reality.His forests brought in chirping birds and coolness to the locality.Amazingly the trees helped to tone up the water table of the area.The wells that went dry in summers are now blessed with water.The neighbors who thought Kareem was crazy now realizes the value of his love for the nature.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >A group of ordinary women around Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Vasanta Sena is now engaged in an voluntary work to keep vigil against illegal deforestation.They know how much these green lungs mean to this world, to their children and for the future generations. As we look around Kerala, we see ordinary people here and there engaged in environment protection in their own way. They have no banners, and they do not hold press conferences or run behind awards and grants. Their friendship with nature is a way of life that they enjoy doing. They teach and inspire us that to be environment friendly in one’s own way. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >Let us not do big things. Can we identify the eco hostile activities we casually engage in and decide that we will avoid doing this? When we decide not to throw our garbage in public places or the drainages, we are proclaiming our friendship with nature. The moment we disown the plastic carry bags and cups, we are part of the movement that sustains environment with all its vibrancy. And when we become foster parents for at least one tree in our life time, we are giving a small share of our effort to bring in breathing air for future generations. As the people of a society become eco friendly in their day to day life, that breeds a culture. The safety of our environment is assured only in such a culture.<br /><br />Actvists and environment movements are helpless without this culture. Can we jointly work to usher in an eco friendly culture? Let us begin in a small way, well before our mother earth gets polluted beyond repair.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >- Dr.C.J.John*</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br />*Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Trust Hospital, Cochin. Also the Hon Secretary of Environment Monitoring Forum, Cochin and the Founder Director of Maithri, a suicide prevention centre at Cochin. </span><br /><br /></div>M.a.D Campaign Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947859470649612229noreply@blogger.com0