Send a strong message

Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM
We have a long fight ahead. But we will win

Photo courtesy Facebook

Dear Rector,
Yesterday was a sad day as we woke up to the heartbreaking news of the death of the 23-year-old medical student who was subject to a brutal gang rape, beaten and then dumped on the road on the night of December 16. 
Today, we share the same feelings of sorrow, hopelessness, anger and frustration. Yet, I believe that while this is a time for grief, this is also a time for action. This is a time to say: enough. 
Our petition has gathered over 88,000 signatures. It is important to make every voice count and to send a strong message that we will not continue to tolerate sexual violence against women. 
Tomorrow, at 10 am, I am going to the office of Justice J.S. Verma who is the head of a three-person committee that will submit its findings and recommendations on issues of safety of women. I will be submitting our petition with all the signatures (yes, all 2,700+ pages!). 

It is important to keep this campaign going. I am writing to you once again to request you to sign this petition and forward this email to your friends and family.

The Justice Verma Commission is accepting submissions until January 5. We don't have a lot of time. If you would like to make additional suggestions, please leave a comment as 'reasons for signing this petition'. I will be collecting all the comments and submitting them to the committee.

We have a long fight ahead. But we will win. 

With warm regards,

Namita Bhandare via Change.org
A letter from Namita Bhandare 
PS:  Help us reach out to more people by forwarding this email to your friends or share it on Twitter and Facebook.

Daughter Delight

Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:31 PM//12/20/2012 10:55 AM CST

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard Winstead hugs his daughter during a homecoming celebration on Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan, Nov. 17, 2012. Winstead is assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 141, which completed a deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
(USA Dod) Daughter Delight

My blogs for you

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Rector Kathuria with Amjad Bhatti

1.A blog on international events                                                Seven Seas News
2.An eye on all events in whole world                                       The Eagle Eye News
3.Depth reports with new angles covering all views                The Spis News
4.Covering Punjab and Punjabis from the whole world:           Punjab Screen (Punjabi)
5.Reporting Punjab in Hindi                                                      Punjab Screen (Hindi)
6.Reporting India with depth search                                        The India Screen
7.Reporting with visuals                                                            Punjab Screen Blog TV 
8.Reporting in Hindi on literature, culture and other events  Hindi Screen        
9.Reporting surroundings in Hindi                                            Irad Girad
10.An English blog on women covering all issues                   The Women Screen
11. A blog on women in Hindi                                                  Mehila Shakti Screen
12. A blog on Tantra Shakti in Hindi                                       Tantra Screen
13. A Hindi blog on Rail and Railway                                     Rail Screen
14. A Hindi blog mind and  its waves and coloures                Man Ke Rang
15. A Hindi Blog on Education and related issues                 Shiksha Screen
16. A Hindi blog on Ludhiana the city of Sahir                      Sahir ke Shhar Se
17. A Punjabi blog on Maoist challenges                              Naxalbari
18. A hindi blog on sex related issues                                   Sex Screen
19. A Hindi blog on Haryana                                                 Haryana Screen
20. A blog on health and fitness                                           Health and Fitness Screen                      21. A Punjabi blog on music                                                  Sur Sangeet 

Say No to Atomic weapons

Nuclear weapons be abolished from the earth--Dr arun Mitra 

While paying homage to the victims of atomic bombing  of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9  August  respectively where more than 200000 peoples died. Dr L S Chawla, Dr Bharti Uppal, Dr Arun Mitra demanded nuclear weapons be abolished from the earth.  Dr  Chawla President IDPD and Sr Shizuteru Usui president JPPNW paid homage to victims during 1st North and South Asia joint conference of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)  organized by the Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW) on 22nd and 23rd August 2009. Say No to Atomic weapons

Another achievement for CMC Stroke Unit:

Awarded Indo-USA Brain Collaborative grant 

Ludhiana, 8th August, 2012. (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria)The Stroke Unit of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana has received a 1.18crores grant from the department of Biotechnology, India and National Institute of Health, USA. Dr. Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, Professor and Head of Neurology is the receipient of this award. This grant money is to develop a National Stroke Registry between India and USA. Dr. Pandian is the Principal Investigator from India and Dr. Aneesh Singhal, Stroke program, Massachusetts General hospital, Boston (Harvard University) is the Principal Investigator from USA in this grant. Dr. Pandian said that this research grant will help India and USA to develop a common stroke database and do cross cultural studies. New information regarding various risk factors for stroke, clinical services for stroke and reasons for delay in treatment are some of the important parameters that will be studied in this research. The information on stroke will be collected from 4 other centers in the country besides CMC Ludhiana. They are PGIMER Chandigarh, AIIMS New Delhi, NIMS Hyderabad and SCTIMST Trivandrum.
Dr. Pandian stated that this research proposal was selected out of 72 grant applications. Dr. Yashpal Singh, Professor of Neurology said that this Indo-USA collaborative registry will collect data for the next 2 years and many sub-studies will be carried out once the stroke registry is established. Dr. Abraham G Thomas, Director, CMC lauded the efforts of the Neurology department in getting the grant.