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<ul><li>The <keyword id="5901457" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="MeToo">#MeToo</keyword> movement has emerged in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>, again, with Bollywood celebrities, media personalities and politicians being called out on behaving inappropriately. </li><li>While some people have been forced to leave these respective jobs, others are filing defamation lawsuits. </li><li>Even, <keyword id="11647" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alok-Nath">Alok Nath</keyword>, the 'cultured elder' of Bollywood has been accused of sexual assault.</li></ul>Over the past three days, the #MeToo movement has been gaining momentum in India with women calling out people in Bollywood and men across India media on <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword>. The first allegation was leveled against <keyword id="1351295" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Utsav-Chakraborty">Utsav Chakraborty</keyword>, a member of a popular comedy group called <keyword id="6468924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="all-india-bakchod">All India Bakchod</keyword> (<keyword id="1875393" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword>). A female comedian accused him of sending her pictures of his genitalia without consent. Soon enough, other women stepped up to corroborate her account with their own incidences where the comedian has either asked them for naked photos or sent them inappropriate pictures of himself. It’s been three days and #MeToo movement has hit comedians, reporters, authors, actors and filmmakers. More importantly, and finally, it seems to have spurred some actual action and change. Impact so far While India’s #MeToo movement has been pushing a lot of important men from their positions in their respective industries, it is also witnessing people retaliating by filing defamation lawsuits against women. Some tweets have already started to disappear from the social messaging platform. In Bollywood, Vikas Bahl, one of the founders of Phantom Films, was accused of forcing himself upon one of the members of the crew and subsequently masturbating in front of her. On Saturday, the Bollywood production house responsible for the Netflix show Sacred Games, was dissolved. <div type="twitter" handle="anuragkashyap72" handlename="Anurag Kashyap" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1048869828692529152/luSH124b_normal.jpg" favoritecount="2598" retweetcount="672" status="My statement in light of the recent HuffPost article and breaking up of Phantom . There are two pages.. https://t.co/WCAsaj6uFR" createdat="1538902775000" id="1048860377910579205"></div>

 Reports also indicate that he’s been dropped from the show he was going to direct for Amazon Prime Video and will be left out of the movie promotions of Super 30. More heads went rolling soon after. The head of HR at AIB issued a statement communicating that with Chakraborty and <keyword id="1176647" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tanmay-Bhat">Tanmay Bhat</keyword>, AIB co-founder and CEO, stepping down, the future of the company was uncertain. Even Gursimran Khamba, another founder of the collective, is on temporary leave in lieu of allegations being leveled against him. <div type="twitter" handle="AllIndiaBakchod" handlename="All India Bakchod" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1037599283199889409/HCiNbW14_normal.jpg" favoritecount="3209" retweetcount="801" status="Statement https://t.co/KR5tM2sYuX" createdat="1538993771000" id="1049242042310828034"></div>

 The comedy collective is being heavily criticized for its double standards where, on the one hand, they preached messages of equality and safety and on the other, they acted in the opposite manner in their own lives. The Sanskaari Babuji (cultured elder) of Bollywood, Alok Nath, has also been accused by <keyword id="31957" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vinta-Nanda">Vinta Nanda</keyword> of forcing himself on her. <div type="twitter" handle="ShephaliBhatt" handlename="Shephali Bhatt" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1044972418832437248/7rm_3meI_normal.jpg" favoritecount="4348" retweetcount="3535" status="&quot;I have waited for this moment to come for 19 years.&quot; @vintananda's heart-wrenching post which reaffirms that… https://t.co/uDvYaEP8Ie" createdat="1539014139000" id="1049327472318324737"></div>

 When Zoom TV asked for his response to the accusation, he said, “Firstly let’s not blame the alcohol. Secondly, it’s her perspective.” <div type="twitter" handle="ZoomTV" handlename="Zoom TV" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/986992926344462337/fp2x3Ass_normal.jpg" favoritecount="13" retweetcount="3" status="&quot;First of all, let's not blame alcohol. Secondly, it's her perspective.&quot;- Actor @aloknath speaks exclusively to our… https://t.co/AXQCFjOnfs" createdat="1539073296000" id="1049575593954725888"></div>

 In the media world, the chief of bureau at <keyword id="6518498" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="hindustan-times">Hindustan TImes</keyword>, Prashant Jha was forced to step down. Though he won’t be leaving the publication, he will only be serving in the capacity of a reporter rather than management. Even the politicians are under the scanner with Minister MJ Akbar also having allegations leveled against him. <div type="twitter" handle="priyaramani" handlename="Priya Ramani" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/946323928900947968/xuNpm79f_normal.jpg" favoritecount="2511" retweetcount="1644" status="I began this piece with my MJ Akbar story. Never named him because he didn’t “do” anything. Lots of women have wors… https://t.co/aDttzAm4L6" createdat="1539002727000" id="1049279608263245824"></div>

 While these allegations are being addressed, there’s a parallel conversation about as to what counts as ‘consent’. Encounters range from ones that are downright creepy to those that included suggestive text messages, unwanted sexual advances and assault. All this has thrown the debate open wider - while some caution against judging anyone’s experience, others have been propagating that there should be a stricter definition of consent. But India’s #MeToo movement is far from over, there are new names and allegations surfacing every day. And honestly, if you ask us, this was a long time coming.

#MeToo movement gathers momentum in India

Indian offensive capacity is all set to take a huge leap as India and <keyword id="6356806" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Moscow">Moscow</keyword> as they have inked a deal at <keyword id="175259" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Brics">BRICS</keyword> to develop a new generation of <keyword id="42900" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BrahMos">Brahmos</keyword> with a range of more than 600 km to take down protected targets in Pakistan. 
 With Indo-Pak tension rising after the surgical strike, these missile can be of great use as the range of the new gen missile have a range that enables India to strike anywhere in Pakistan. <keyword id="6358826" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Russia">Russia</keyword> can also help in the production of these missiles. 
 
The present Brahmos has a current range of 300km and this makes it difficult to hit target that are deep onside Pakistan. This new gen Brahmos will enable India to take down specific targets deep inside Pakistan and further making it a game changer in any conflict with Pakistan. 
 
Brahmos is a cruise missile and this means that it is similar to a pilot-less fighter jet that can be maneuvered in flight, programmed to attack targets from any angle and evade enemy missile defence systems. 
 The agreement between India and Russia was signed during the bilateral Summit at Goa and it also included development of missiles with smaller range that can be fired from submarines and aircraft. The deal was not made public at the summit, where other projects like sale of frigates and the S-400 air defence system purchase were announced. However, <keyword id="43440" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vladimir-Putin">Vladimir Putin</keyword> told journalists from his country that the missile deal has also been signed. 
 "We have also agreed to improve the Brahmos missile, which will be land, air and sea launched. We will also work to increase its range. And we will work together on a fifth-generation aircraft," <keyword id="6355086" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="putin">Putin</keyword> said. 
 
Though, it has been confirmed by the Indian officials that India was involved in negotiations. They also confirmed that a pact to double the range of the Brahmos missile was finalised. 
(Image:Indiatimes)

India is all set to produce long range missiles that can take down targets deep inside Pakistan

There’s no way laughter and sarcasm can take a back seat as long as the conscience is living! That’s the crux of the newly released video by Mumbai based stand up comedy group <keyword id="6468924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="All-India-Bakchod">All India Bakchod</keyword> (<keyword id="1875393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword>) group. If you had thought their controversial roasting sessions having gone all wrong would deter them to take a sarcastic pick on societal norms, AIB proves it incorrect. 
 
The pair of videos doing rounds in the internet (read viral) is based on Indian wedding tradition and as usual AIB takes a dig at the so called customs. The first part shows how grooms are commodities up for sale in the market of marriage. In a hilarious way, the first video takes a note of the event till the ‘Sangeet’ ceremony. 
 
 
 
While the second part shows all crucial things happening and the couple going abroad for honeymoon, the focus is also on the elder ones asking about the future progenies. 
 
Yes, the flavour of AIB being caustic as usual the videos are brutal and to the point

All India Bakchod does it again! This is the truth
behind the Great Indian Wedding Tamasha

“We take APPbert <keyword id="77977" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Einstein">Einstein</keyword> very seriously. *stern face*”, that’s what news content start up <keyword id="2976225" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Inshorts">Inshorts</keyword> tweeted to explain some serious bugs about some apps. Well, if that wasn’t self explanatory enough, Veet taking the laughter game to another level should. The day Obama defeated <keyword id="6434613" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bush">Bush</keyword> in the US presidential election in 2008, the hair removal <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-start-ups-now-hiring-for-non-technical-roles/articleshow/50073782.cms">brand </a>published a punchy advertisement saying “Goodbye Bush’. Believe it or not, humour is going to take you a long way. That’s the trend to follow. Gone are the days when you took a full page in a leading newspaper and published an advertisement. In the digital age, the consumers have migrated to visually driven social media like Facebook, Twitter, <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-start-ups-now-hiring-for-non-technical-roles/articleshow/50073782.cms">Tumblr </a>and Snapchat. While this is true that the attention span has gone down, but there are so many ways of engrossing the consumer today. 
 
Marketers have taken recourse in humour. Even <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-start-ups-now-hiring-for-non-technical-roles/articleshow/50073782.cms">Old Spice</a>, much famed for the vintage men’s grooming products are adding fresh laughter to their campaigns. They are simply going over the top to appeal to the millennial instead of our dads. 
 At Cannes, <keyword id="33542" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Burger-King">Burger King</keyword> had won Grand Prix for Media because unlike many others they had the audacity to introduce <keyword id="3021214" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="McWhopper">McWhopper</keyword> and write an open letter to rival <keyword id="14775" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="McDonalds">McDonalds</keyword> mentioning about the combination of big Mac and Whopper. 
 
With images and videos grabbing eyeballs on social media like nothing else, there are still a lot of experiments to be done. <keyword id="2494939" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Azhar-Iqubal">Azhar Iqubal</keyword>, CEO and co-founder, Inshorts was quick to comment, “…we try to keep things punny. Right from our name to even our app updates, we try to sprinkle a tad bit of punnery in our communication with our users … we also make sure to not take it overboard.” 
 
One thing to keep in mind, never interpret sense of humours as bloopers or just puns. It’s also your own gut to laugh at yourself. Sense of humour isn’t just laughing hard, it’s also smiling to yourself silently. Think of Paperboat. The kind of campaigns they create has nothing to do with the juices they produce. Still those nostalgia laden train journeys, rainy evenings, and sunny winter afternoons would surely make you smile. 
 
"The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-start-ups-now-hiring-for-non-technical-roles/articleshow/50073782.cms">element of humour</a> has always been a key ingredient for any brand as it transcends the target group, age and gender divide,” said <keyword id="3648158" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="pawan-hora">Pawan Hora</keyword>, of a leading media consultancy firm. “It was not utilised to its core in the yesteryears with an exception being the 'Roshni deta bajaj' or 'ECE bulb jingle' but in today's scenario every brand, especially the start ups have realised its true potential and are using it as very potent tools to reach out to the end audience. It also has to do with the fact that today's generation uses a lot more humour in their daily lingo and a casual chit chat or a colloquial terminology has more chances of creating ripples in the mind set of an average consumer.” 
 
Also, amidst the clutter of so many brands, if played well, humour can make you stand out. A brilliant <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-start-ups-now-hiring-for-non-technical-roles/articleshow/50073782.cms">case study</a> could be <keyword id="6354742" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Flipkart">Flipkart</keyword>. They created a lot of media buzz a few years back with getting kids to act as adults, exhibiting various story boards of human life and weaving the element of e-commerce in it that tickle the funny bone for almost anyone who saw these advertisements. 
 It registered well with the audience and got the creative agencies a lot of appreciation as well. Now, when the company is going through tough times viz-a-viz heightened competition from players like <keyword id="18635" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Amazon">Amazon</keyword> and a depleting loyalty base, they have again gone back to the tried and tested formula of humour with a few different story boards and kids acting as adults. The rise of web based content platforms like TVF and <keyword id="1875393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword> and the kind of brand associations they draw also bear testimony to the fact. “Humour was, is and will be the best way to have that much needed recall value,” infers Hora.

​ How sense of humour is important to brand your start up?

Yes, we the global citizens are a sticky lot. We are connected into this big bad world through our smartphones, and we go to Google much more than we go to our spouses, siblings or parents or even friends – for any information. Then there is FB where the family drama is always the staple diet and the projection of pretentious falsehood is much higher than, say, even at weddings. 
 
When did we hear last about Internet being our only hope towards democracy? And, that people on Internet (nee social networking sites, read: trolls) literally live on their FB and twitter handles where they can express freely without any fear? In the world of fake ids and even more fake personalities, Internet has something that concerns all of us. The future of our children is at stake owing to the social networking habits. 
 There was a time when the news made it to the Internet. Today, Internet makes news. How else would a kid in some remote corner in Kerala or Karnataka or even Kashmir be bothered about All India Bakchod aka <keyword id="1875393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword> roast? 
 
Forget Delhi elections, today people are bothered about why AIB was pulled off the Internet and if they can source the footage somehow to understand why such a furore was created around this ‘stand up comedy’ show put up by Bollywood and some of its ‘best’ minds? 
 
The supporters of AIB and those who oppose it can be broadly divided into few categories. There are those who didn’t like the tone and the tenor of the show and said this was BAD! Then there were those who didn’t like it, but wouldn’t oppose it because it managed to offend their regular offenders. Now, further, there are a few people who thought the show was downright ugly, while they stood the neutral ground. It was bad, simple. 
 Where does each one fit in? The question is even trickier to answer unless you understand the impact it has had on children and adults alike. What would you explain to a five year old who wants to know why <keyword id="3778" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karan-Johar">Karan Johar</keyword> didn’t mind being screwed by 10 men? And why Sonam Kapoor didn’t land up on the show for the same reason? And first and foremost, what does ‘Bakchod’ mean? Why is it a bad word? Why were people opposing it? 
 
With our mite, let’s defend our right to get offended, and someone’s right to offend us too. That’s about the grownups, who discuss things like freedom of expression, democracy, free country, free press, free Internet etc. Etc. etc… 
 
But, what really concerns us is where are we headed? Let’s say we even defend it owing to our allegiance towards democracy or even expression. How does a 5 or 10 year old understand it? How do you stop him/her from accessing it on the net and imitating the same tone and tenor, say, with his friends/classmates or relatives? 
 
Would you say it is okay for the grownups to do this, but children shouldn’t be doing it because it’s bad? Do you see the murky lane we have just started treading on? 
 
AIB was a show that was meant to crack some wise jokes. Bollywood and television gives us much more headache than AIB roast, since ages and on a daily basis. But, in those cases, you either have a censor board or an ombudsman whom you can go to. 
 
Internet is a completely unmonitored danger zone where we would have to really monitor our children from perpetrators. How do you save the kids from a perpetrator who makes his way into your living room, laughing along? Will you join him, or stop him? 
 
To say AIB was freedom of expression is half truth. The endgame is near and we know that could be the front we want to believe. But we won’t stand up against it for being deemed ‘primitive’ or ‘archaic’. We fear our modern image, and hence we try all our logic and reasoning to stop our children from following it. 
 
It’s a straight line. If you can discuss the word ‘Bakchod’ with your child without having to cringe at the thought, it would be fine to have such shows on. But, if your child wants to know why someone would ‘jerk off to’ Farida Jalal who is in her 70s, you really have a problem at hand. 
 
It would be integral to our knowledge to understand why it is not needed and why we could have done without it in the first place. Many actors have disassociated themselves from it. It would be better to debate on whether AIB is liberating or simply ranting, for our children’s sake. 
 
They may thank us for it, tomorrow.

AIB: You Have A Right To Offend, But…

Early last year, India’s most popular comedy collective <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=All+India+Bakchod+">All India Bakchod </a>broke new ground by organising the first ever roast. 
 
A popular concept abroad, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=AIB+Knockout">AIB Knockout</a>, hosted at the NSCI auditorium in Worli, saw the funny four along with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Karan+Johar">Karan Johar</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Aditi+Mittal">Aditi Mittal</a> take digs at actors <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Ranveer+Singh">Ranveer Singh</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Arjun+Kapoor">Arjun Kapoor</a>, who played sporting victims. 
 
What they didn’t foresee was being slapped with FIRs on the participants and organisers on the ground of obscenity. 
 
The list of offenders thus included- the President of NSCI Jayantilal Shah, secretary general NSCI Ravinder Aggarwal and participants in the AIB Roast including <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Karan+Johar">Karan Johar</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Ranveer+Singh">Ranveer Singh</a>, Rohan Joshi, Tanmay Bhatt, <keyword id="1359152" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gursimran-Khamba">Gursimran Khamba</keyword>, Ashish Shakya, Aditi Mittal, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Rajeev Masand and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Arjun+Kapoor">Arjun Kapoor</a>. 
 
“To be really honest, none of us thought it would be this big an issue, even in our wildest dreams,” admits AIB’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Gursimran+Khamba">Gursimran Khamba</a>, nearly a year after that incident, while speaking at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Coalition+India">Coalition India</a>. 
 
The case, however, is still on. 
 
Adding how they were flabbergasted at the news, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Gursimran+Khamba">Khamba</a> admits their first reaction was disbelief. 
 
“I mean, come on. There are farmers dying in Maharashtra and you really want to make an issue out of this and give us three day primetime coverage?” 
 
Having cases against them did see several brands being wary of approaching them, but <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Gursimran+Khamba">Khamba</a> thinks the most damaging impact was to their confidence. 
 
“We are obviously scared now. We’ll think twice before including a joke. But, there are times that I just don’t care and think, no matter what I’m going ahead with my sketch, but later I realised that can’t be the case anymore,” <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Gursimran+Khamba">Khamba</a> adds. 
 
He says comedy is subjective, and admits they make content for a mature audience. “The reason we have Bakchod in our name is to let people know we’re for a select audience”, he adds. 
 
 “The only way you come out of something like this without getting scared in the future is if you don’t have a family to worry about or if you have the kind of money that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Vijay+Mallya">Vijay Mallya</a> does,” he signs off. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

We are obviously scared now: Gursimran Khamba
on AIB Roast

Most often than not, our day isn’t complete without viewing some videos on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/YouTube-to-provide-viewability-of-ads-to-advertisers/articleshow/48854672.cms">Youtube</a>- be it at work, on a day off or during an afternoon hangout with friends. 
 And, <keyword id="3288480" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Satya-Raghavan">Satya Raghavan</keyword>, Entertainment Head at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Know-why-youre-going-to-be-spending-a-lot-more-time-on-Youtube-from-April/articleshow/51441915.cms">Youtube India</a> isn’t averse to that fact either. “India loves <keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="YouTube">Youtube</keyword>,” he says on the eve of Youtube’s signature Fan Fest in Mumbai, where over 35 YouTube content creators are participating. 
 
Were we always this obsessed with videos? 
 
Yes and no, according to Raghavan. “We were always consuming videos but today it’s not limited to generic music videos or repeats of our favourite TV shows. Now, the audience is using YouTube for much more than that,” he adds. 
 
According to him, the success of homegrown Youtube creators such as <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/8-best-Indian-web-only-series-of-2015/articleshow/50268799.cms">All India Bakchod</a>, Kanan Gill, Biswa Kalyan Rath as well as the massive following of Indo-Canadian comedian Lilly Singh aka IISuperwomanII has inspired thousands of Indian creators to launch their own channels on Youtube. 
 
Youtube’s growth in India has been meteoric- with overall watchtime in India growing by 80% YoY and mobile watchtime increasing at a staggering 100%. 
 
Moreover, what Indians are watching on Youtube has changed too. 
 
At the moment, videos by the Youtube creators are the favour of the season, with Indian content creators giving a stiff competition to their western counterparts. 
 
For instance, watchtime of independent musicians on YouTube grew over 92% while comedy and entertainment took the cake with 100% growth. Beauty and fashion videos is another category that has garnered an impressive following- growing over 138%. 
 
Another surprising fact is a 75% spike in watchtime growth of Tamil and Telugu content. Remember this viral video? 
 
 
 
 
 
Based on their YouTube channel subscribers, these are the fastest growing and most popular Youtube channel subscribers: 
 
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				The Viral Fever Videos</td>
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				BB Ki Vines</td>
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				Kenny Sebastian</td>
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(Image credits: indiatimes)

Satya Raghavan, Entertainment Head, Youtube India spills the beans on what videos the country likes to watch

When sixteen year old <keyword id="2995608" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Saloni-Patil">Saloni Patil</keyword> ( in picture above) moved to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Civic-Panel-Approves-Pune-Light-Rail-Project-Despite-Protest/articleshow/37172407.cms">Pune</a> for college, she’d already decided to start earning in order to support her family. But, she soon found out that it was easier said than done. 
 
Armed with nothing but determination, Patil visited school after school with hopes of landing up a teaching job. But, principals of every school seemed to have just one message for her- ‘No degree, no paid job.’ 
 
At the brink of giving up her search, she stumbled upon the students in Pune’s Blind School for Girls. What struck her what their eagerness to learn despite their obvious barriers. 
 
“I initially didn’t want to do it. But, I changed my mind looking at those girls and their need for education. That’s how I started volunteering here three years back,” recalled Patil. 
 
Since then, she has taught two batches of students appearing for HSC and SSC, and one batch of B.A students. The 30-odd students under her mostly needed help with English, though she taught them Maths, Economics, History as well. 
 
Apart from volunteering at the Blind School, Patil, a Mechanical Engineering student, writes for a few local publishers, keeps researching about the dots on the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Amazing-Blind-And-Deaf-Chinese-Girl-Can-Read-Braille-With-Her-Lips/articleshow/21965324.cms">braille</a> kit to improvise on the techniques, paints avidly, and last but not the least, converts English titles to Braille so that her students can also read them. 
 
“I’ve translated all of Chetan Bhagat’s titles to braille. Right now, I’m working on translating APJ Abdul Kalam’s Wings of Fire,” says an excited Patil. 
 
Determined to share another passion of hers with the girls, Patil started teaching them how to paint, as well. The process turned out to be quite ardous as she soon found out. 
 
 
 
“I start by sketching the outline of the portrait. Once that is done, I study the dots on the braille kit and try matching them in such a way that it resembles the actual portrait. Then, I jot down the patterns of the dots and their numbers and give it to the girls to memorize and practice. Once they have memorized the patterns and numbers and get as close to the portrait as possible, I make them use glue and help them in pinning those dots,” explains Patil elaborating on the steps followed to execute a painting. 
 
She added that there is another pair of girls who are entrusted with the duty of putting sparkles on the empty spaces of the portrait. “They also need to memorize which spots would be empty in the portrait in order to sparkle efficiently,” 
 
Then, Patil steps in once again to give the portrait a final polish by doing the remaining bits. 
 
A number of paintings later, Patil and her students started gaining exposure when she decided to exhibit their work in college exhibitions and some local art exhibits, after being egged on by her family. 
 
Later, she sought the help of a few relatives and friends settled abroad who helped her advertise these paintings in America and Australia. Soon enough, the cash registers started ringing. “Painters abroad started contacting me online requesting for a copy of these <keyword id="2995609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="braille-paintings">braille paintings</keyword> so that they could exhibit them in their studio. This way, the paintings started fetching us USDs and AUDs,” explains a triumphant Patil. 
 
 
 
When asked about the decision involved behind the subjects of these paintings, she was quick to add that they make paintings of things and people making news. “During elections, we would paint symbols like the lotus, broom or some cartoon figures to depict a political incident in a funny way. Then, after the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/AIB-You-Have-A-Right-To-Offend-But/articleshow/46144426.cms">AIB roast</a> made national news and everyone kept talking about it, we started sketching the <keyword id="1875393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword> group members in Braille.” 
 
That was the jackpot, admits Patil. “Painting the faces of the AIB members gave us popularity and money. Orders for the same increased at a rapid rate in the last two months and what more? Tanmay Bhatt’s Braille painting helped us raise Rs. 1, 52,000” 
 
 
 
The money raised from these exhibitions is used for the daily needs of these children, some of whom have no family other than Saloni Patil, who bears their expenses. 
 
“There’s no going back now. These girls are my students and I intend to do everything to ensure they are taken care of, financially and educationally,” concludes Patil. 
 
Sky is definitely the limit for this young girl! 
 
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<keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="YouTube">Youtube</keyword> has completed ten years in May 2015. From Psy’s Gangnam music video to the best moments of IPL matches, Youtube has showed you all. On its 10th anniversary we bring to you six videos through which Youtube made a real difference in the world in the decade gone by. 
 
1. How to make mundane yet an important message sticky? Youtube showed how. And this video came just after Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of section 377. Just when the <keyword id="6371693" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="LGBT">LGBT</keyword> community started losing hope, Youtube came up with this. 
 
 
 
2. Talking about traffic rules, Youtube nailed it again with the video “Dumb ways to die”, a social campaign started by Melbourne Metro Train to create awareness about safety rules which should be followed while boarding a metro rail. This soon became a favourite among metro commuters all over the world. 
 
 
 
3. <keyword id="128612" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Havell">Havell</keyword>s will thank Youtube for making all those ‘Respect Women’ advertisements go viral within hours of its launch. We give you a personal favourite. It carried a clear message to the society to stop treating women as home appliances. 
 
 
 4. Youtube’s <keyword id="2875116" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="END7">END7</keyword> campaign will be remembered by all forever. Such a strong campaign to end seven diseases by 2020 would not have created such a powerful impact had it not been for Youtube’s creativity and reach. 
 
 
 
5. Who would have thought that Youtube is so powerful a medium that through it one can force the government to end a controversial bill? Yes, the controversial bill to reduce union workers bargaining rights in Ohio was defeated although it had a tight contest. Campaigners took to Youtube to create a clear and concise message to sway voters. It showed every day Ohio citizen and how the vote would affect them. 
 
 
 
6. How can we miss out <keyword id="1875393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword>? These young entrepreneurs took to Youtube to promote innovative messages against social stereotypes with a touch of humour. With their video on net neutrality, they again raised their voice in a way which few can manage in these times of censorship and ban. 
 
 
 And now sit back and watch the very <keyword id="2875117" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="first-youtube-video">first Youtube video</keyword> ever! 
 
 
 
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In the past week, there has been a lot of social outcry in India regarding <keyword id="6391709" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Net-neutrality">Net Neutrality</keyword>. It all started with Airtel coming up with a Zero Programme and Flipkart deciding to partner with it. However, on April 11, 2015, YouTube group <keyword id="1875393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIB">AIB</keyword> came up with a video explaining what Net Neutrality means and that the video went viral. Several celebrities took to their Twitter to save the cause and we had #SaveTheInternet trending for hours together. 
 The public backlash forced Flipkart to withdraw from this initiative and even Airtel came out with statements that its Zero initiative is not against Net Neutrality. In between all this, Flipkart and Airtel both manage to drag <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> and RCOM’s FreeInternet.org and raise questions if this too was against the principles of Net Neutrality. 
 
In a <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology-topstories/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-to-ht-net-neutrality-and-universal-connectivity-must-co-exist/article1-1337766.aspx">Hindustan Time</a>s column, Facebook’s CEO and Founder, shares a reply to the same and has said, “The Internet is one of the most powerful tools for economic and social progress. It gives people access to jobs, knowledge and opportunities. It gives voice to the voiceless in our society, and it connects people with vital resources for health and education. I believe everyone in the world deserves access to these opportunities.” 
 
While talking specifically on why Internet.org was created, he said, “In many countries, however, there are big social and economic obstacles to connectivity. The Internet isn't affordable to everyone, and in many places awareness of its value remains low. Women and the poor are most likely to be excluded and further disempowered by lack of connectivity.” 
 <keyword id="353568" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Zuckerberg">Zuckerberg</keyword> also mentions that currently over 600 million people in 8 countries can now access free basic services through Internet.org and that this step complements <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword> <keyword id="128905" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narender-Modi">Narender Modi</keyword>’s Digital India Initiative. 
 
Coming to the sensitive topic of Net Neutrally, he stresses that he is full pro it. He furthermore adds, “Net neutrality is not in conflict with working to get more people connected. These two principles - Net Neutrality and universal connectivity - can and must coexist.” 
 
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If reports are to be believed, IIFA was a ride full of laughter, and the credit goes to the two actors who made an impressive stage debut, hosting the award ceremony for the first time. 
 
It’s no hidden fact that Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor are mischief personified. We all got a glimpse of this in the infamous AIB Roast that took place last year, where the actors sportingly got roasted by a team of stand-up comedians, leaving the audience in splits. Even though the YouTube video was banned and FIRs were registered against both the actors as well as several others, the actors didn’t budge from talking about the reactions for the roast even at the IIFA night. 
 
The heartthrobs, who first worked together in Gunday, even had no qualms admitting their horrible performances in the film; however, they did so in their own mischievous style in front of the heaving Putra stadium in Kuala Lumpur. 
 
They started out in a serious tone, admitting to an act that offended many people and involved a famous director (hinting at Karan Johar who was present with them on the AIB Roast). However, just when everyone thought that they are serious about the roast, the duo quickly apologized for doing Gunday, which was a major critical failure. 
 
Not only that, they also sang a parody on Aamir Khan, who was very vocal on christening AIB roast as 'violent' rather than 'funny'. The actors sang "Hume maaf karna, O Aamir Khan. Hum kabhi nhi lenge Reema Lagoo and Farida Jalal ka naam." they sang. Actually, they had offended senior actors like Farida Jalal in the infamous roast, which had led to several negative reactions from the industry and Aamir Khan as well. 
 Hinting big time at the alleged romance between Ranveer and actress <keyword id="598" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Deepika-Padukone">Deepika Padukone</keyword>, Arjun didn’t leave a chance to tease his friend as Deepika came on stage to receive her award for the Woman of the Year. 
 
Later, Ranveer Singh went down on his knees in front of Deepika and gave her a red heart-shaped balloon, as Arjun stood in the corner, giving his friend the space that he wanted. 
 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/IIFA/status/607604939888558080">IIFA Twitter</a> 
 
Many actors, like Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor were at the receiving end of their jokes, because of Shahid’s alleged link-ups with every actress he has worked with, and Ranbir’s recent duds on Box office, like Roy and Bombay Velvet. 
 
Apparently, Ranveer also asked Shahid if he would be invited at the latter’s wedding, the preparations for which are underway, to which he got downright rejected. Shahid later went on to win the award for the best actor in a leading role, for his titular role in the multi-award winning movie Haider. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Here-is-the-list-of-the-winning-performances-at-IIFA-2015/articleshow/47583826.cms">Read more: Here is the list of the winning performances at IIFA 2015</a>

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Sunday wasn’t that lazy this time! Indians woke up to a viral storm on twitter with AIB (All India Bakchod), which got ‘roasted’ by moral police last month for their vulgar roast of actors is once again in news. This time the bunch of young standup comedians have a made video on net neutrality. Dipping their biscuits on the steaming morning tea, the viewers got an explained idea on the benefits of net neutrality. 
As per a news report in The Economic Times, the video explaining net neutrality, which was vastly shared by the netizens including Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan ended up being removed from Facebook due to unusually high activity. Though the takedown was temporary, this sparked a huge uproar in the social media. 
 
Indian telecom sector is undergoing a ‘to be or not to be’ internal conflict on net neutrality. Several telecom operators are pitching to price Internet usage according to their wish, which would mean the websites paying the operator would load fast where as the others suffer slow bandwidth. While some countries in the world including the USA have supported net neutrality, India is still to take a call on it. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is asking for opinions from commoners on the same at <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.in">www.savetheinternet.in</a>. 
 
AIB’s video brought in comparison with an entry to a children’s park where kids are charged for each ride they take. As per the financial daily, the video went viral and helped the already growing online movement called "Save the Internet", and picked up steam as more startups, politicians, actors and other public figures came on board over the weekend. As the takedown of the video was noticed in Facebook by AIB members, the social networking website acted swiftly to restore it after several complaints surfaced. "Can you check now? there was a bug and it is fixed. The post should be visible again," Facebook's growth manager Abhishek Nag tweeted in response to a query by AIB group member Gursimran Khamba. 
 
The ET has reported, Shiv Sena Youth wing President Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday urged the TRAI chairman to halt the move to kill OTT services, which includes popular apps such as Whatsapp, Viber, Skype and so on, pointing out that access to Internet "cannot be governed by the commerce of the telecom operator, who should be rather focusing on bettering the services people pay for". The paper has drawn widespread flak from net and free speech activists, who feel it favours the interests of telecom companies, and have been asking people to join the movement to "Save the Internet" from telecom operators who want greater control over their network. 
 
On Sunday, several actors, such as Farhan Akhtar, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, and Siddharth Malhotra tweeted about net neutrality and save the Internet. Several political figures including Ajay Maken, Ahmed Patel, Sanjay Jha also tweeted in support of net neutrality. 
 
Image: Indiatimes

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New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Finance Minister <keyword id="19916618" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nirmala-Sitharaman" source="keywords">Nirmala Sitharaman</keyword> on Wednesday lashed out at the opposition's claim that the budget was 'discriminatory' and said that it was an '<keyword id="22528799" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Outrageous-allegation" source="Orion">outrageous allegation</keyword>' and a deliberate attempt by the opposition parties led by the Congress to give the people the wrong impression that their states were not allocated funds or schemes. The Finance Minister reacted after Leader of Opposition <keyword id="19897159" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mallikarjun-Kharge" source="keywords">Mallikarjun Kharge</keyword> made claims that the budget was discriminatory towards the states of the country. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, the Finance Minister said, "It is unfortunate that the opposition, particularly a senior leader, Mallikarjun Kharge, stood up to say what he heard of the budget yesterday. Now that the leader of the opposition raised issues on the budget, which was presented and tabled in the house yesterday." "Just to the point he raised, I have not named many states and only spoken of two states. There are a few points I would like to make here as to what happens in a speech. The Congress party has been in power for a very long time in this country and they have presented so many budgets that they would know clearly that in every budget, you don't get an opportunity to name every state of this country," she said. "I'll take this example: between the vote on account which was presented on February 1 this year and the full budget that was presented yesterday for this year, I have not named very many states. The Cabinet, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to set up a port at Vadhvan, but Maharashtra's name was not included in the budget yesterday. Does this mean that Maharashtra feels ignored?" she said. The Finance Minister said that 76 thousand crores have been announced for Mahrashtra for that project. "Maharashtra's name was not taken on vote-on-account. The state's name was not mentioned even yesterday; does that mean the state got ignored?" she stated. Adding further, she said, "And I can take the name of so many different states that have so many major projects. If the speech does not mention the name of a particular state, does that mean the schemes and programmes of the government of India, the externally aided assistance that we obtain from the World Bank, ADB, AIB and so on, do not go to these states?" "They go as per routine, and, in the expenditure statement of the government, the department-wise allocation of the government mentions all this," she stated. "I am saying with responsibility that this is a 'deliberate attempt' of the opposition parties led by the Congress to give the people the wrong impression that their states were not allocated funds or schemes," said Sitharaman. Challenging the Congress, the Finance Minister said, "I would challenge the Congress party that for all the budget speeches they have delivered. Have they named every state of the country in each of their budget speeches? This is an outrageous allegation," she stated. This comes after Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the budget presented yesterday and claimed that no other states other than Andhra Pradesh and Bihar received anything. "Sabke thali khali aur sirf do ke thali mai pakoda aur jalebi. Ye do states ko chodkar, kisi ko kuch nai mila. Neither Tamil Nadu Kerala nor Karnataka got anything. Neither Maharashtra nor Punjab or Rajasthan and neither Chhattisgarh," he said. "Even Delhi did not receive anything nor did Odisha. I have not seen this kind of budget until now. This budget has been presented only to keep some people happy and it has all been done save their chairs, 'Kursi bachane ke liye' kiya gaya. We condemn this budget and protest against it. The whole of INDIA bloc condemns this," said Kharge. Meanwhile, the opposition INDIA bloc MPs held a protest in the Parliament complex on Wednesday, against the <keyword id="6360189" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="union-budget" source="Orion">Union Budget</keyword>, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. "Opposition virodhi kursi bachao Budget murda baad" slogans were raised by the INDIA bloc leaders as they protested holding placards in the Parliament building, claiming that the Budget is "discriminatory" in nature. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party General Secretary KC Venugopal, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, TMC MP Dola Sen were seen participating in the protest.

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