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Harish Iyer
Harish Iyer, also known as "Aham", ''hiyer'' and "Harrish Iyer" (born 16 April 1979) is an Indian equal rights activist. Iyer engages in advocacy for a number of causes, including promoting the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, children, women and survivors of child sexual abuse. Harish Iyer was also one of the most vocal proponents of the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. He has engaged in several awareness campaigns about the impact of the decision and condemned the ruling via media advocacy. He has written articles and letters on the subject and appeared on top national television news shows to highlight the plight of the LGBT community in India in wake of the decision. He was one of the people to move the Indian Supreme Court to decriminalize homosexuality. In June 2018, he filed an Impleadement Application in the 377 case. In August 2018, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) appointed Iyer to the Core Group on LGBTI i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrackpore
Barrackpore (), also known as Barrackpore,is a city and municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the India, Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision. The city is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology The name Barrackpore may have originated from the English word barracks, as it was the site of the first cantonment of the British East India Company. Alternatively, the ''Ain-i-Akbari'' suggests that the name comes from "Barbakpur". ''Manasa Vijay'', written by Bipradas Pipilai, refers to Talpukur (a place in Barrackpore) as "Charnak". History The earliest references to the Barrackpore region are found in the writings of the Greek navigators, geographers, chronicles and historians of the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. These authors generally referred to the country of a people variously called the Gangaridai (also Gangaridae or Gandaritai). By the 15th and 16th centuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzette Jordan
Suzette Jordan (21 October 1974 – 13 March 2015) was a prominent women's-rights activist and anti-rape campaigner from Kolkata, India. Surviving gangrape in 2012 On the evening of 6 February 2012, Jordan met five youths (Kader Khan, Md. Ali, Nasir Khan, Ruman Khan and Sumit Bajaj) for the first time at a nightclub in Park Street who offered to drop her home, when she was leaving. Soon after, she was gang-raped by the five in a moving car, and later dumped near Exide Crossing, opposite the Calcutta Club. Around 3.30 am, she boarded a taxi to her residence in Behala. Revealing her identity While the media and police initially ensured an information blackout of the victim's name, as is customary in India, she later publicly revealed her identity as 37-year-old and a mother of two, in order to encourage other survivors to speak out. After revealing her identity, Jordan said, "Why should I hide my identity when it was not even my fault? Why should I be ashamed of something t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan (born 26 June 1969) is an Indian politician who has served as the Minister of Education since his appointment in July 2021. He has previously held the portfolios of Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (2017–2021), Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (2014–2021), and Minister of Steel (2019–2021). He graduated from the Talcher Autonomous College and Utkal University. He has been serving as a Cabinet Minister since 3 September 2017. He has represented Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha from 3 April 2018 to 2 April 2024, and earlier served as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he has won the Sambalpur seat as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Pradhan belongs to the OBC community. Early life Pradhan was born on 26 June 1969, in Talcher, Odisha, to Debendra Pradhan, who was a Minister of State in the Vajpayee government from 1998 to 2004. He became an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharat Petroleum
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is an Indian public sector oil and gas company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer, whose operations are overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It operates three refineries in Bina, Kochi and Mumbai. BPCL was ranked 309th on the ''Fortune'' Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations in 2020, and 1052nd on ''Forbes'' Global 2000 in 2023. History 1891 to 1976 The company today known as BPCL started off as the Rangoon Oil and Exploration company set up to explore the new discoveries off Assam and Burma (now Myanmar) during the British colonial rule over India. In 1889 during vast industrial development, an important player in the South Asian market was the Burmah Oil Company. Though incorporated in Scotland in 1886, the company grew out of the enterprises of the Chef Rohit Oil Company, which had been formed in 1871 to refine crude oil produced from primi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payal Shah Karwa
Payal Shah Karwa is an Indian author popular for her book ''The Bad Touch''. Early life Payal Shah Karwa was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Payal attended the St Teresa's Convent High School in Santacruz, Mumbai and completed her B.Com from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics. After that, she completed her Post Graduation Diploma in Advertising and Communications from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) in Juhu Vile Parle Mumbai. Personal life She met her life partner, Rahul Karwa, at NMIMS and after their marriage in 2005, they continue living in Mumbai with their twin girls Adweta and Aarna. Rahul is the CEO of an event and content company. Career Early career After completing her Post Graduation, Payal worked in the field of brand communication in Midas Events, Ogilvy & Mather, Hanmer MS&L and Out of Home Media India Pvt Ltd. In 2009 she started her content agency The Word Jockey since December 2015. In 2009, she also started working on her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Day
''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper. Editions in various languages including Gujarati and English have been published out of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune so far. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions were closed down. In 2014, Jagran Prakashan shut down the midday Pune edition as well. Establishment The paper was established in Mumbai by journalist Khalid Ansari in 1979 as a family-owned newspaper. The Sunday edition of the paper began in 1981. Later, his son, Tariq Ansari led the paper, who sold its ownership to Jagran Prakashan in 2010. The newspaper underwent an overhaul, both, of its print editions and its website in early 2014, creating several new sections in the daily newspaper, in its Sunday edition and on its website. It founded Radio One (India), a radio station initially operating as ''Radio Midday'' in Mumbai, which was eventually acquired by HT Media as 94.3 Radio One in 2019. Relaunch of the newspaper and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan Mehra
Karan Mehra (born 10 September 1982) is an Indian people, Indian television actor, Model (profession), model and fashion designer. He is known for his performance as main lead List of characters in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Naitik Singhania in ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'', one of the List of longest-running Indian television series, longest-running Indian television serials. He is also known for Sumit Mishra in Khatmal E Ishq, Do phool ek maali. One of the highest-paid actors in Television in India, Hindi television industry, he was also a contestant on ''Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10), Bigg Boss 10'' (2016). Early life Mehra was born on 10 September 1982 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, Punjab in a Punjabis, Punjabi family. His family moved to Delhi when he was very young. Mehra studied fashion designing from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi and studied at Apeejay School, Noida. He was the topper in his batch at the university. After his 12th grade, Mehra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Suri
Sanjay Suri (born 6 April 1971) is an Indian actor and film producer. He comes from an affluent business family of Punjabis. He had a supporting role in '' Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999)'', acted in '' Jhankaar Beats'', and co-produced and acted in ''I Am''. Personal life Sanjay Suri was born on 6 April 1971 in Srinagar, Kashmir. He left Srinagar at the age of 19 when his father was killed by terrorists and they relocated to Delhi. Suri and his wife Ambika have two children. Career Suri appeared in a supporting role in '' Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi'', co-starring with Rinke Khanna and Dino Morea. His next films were '' Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence'' (2001), '' Filhaal...'' and the musical '' Dil Vil Pyar Vyar'' (2002). In 2003 he appeared in '' Pinjar'' co-starring Urmila Matondkar. In 2005, he starred in '' My Brother... Nikhil'' as an HIV positive homosexual co-starring Juhi Chawla. Suri co-produced ''I Am'', a production involving crowdsourcing; the movie was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amen (Short Film)
''Amen'' is a 2010 short film directed, written and produced by Judhajit Bagchi and Ranadeep Bhattacharyya and was released in association with Passion Film. Synopsis The World Wide Web brings the two protagonists, Andy and Harry, together on a nonchalant afternoon. But this planned sex date takes an unexpected twist and the interactions between Andy and Harry go beyond physical pleasure bringing out questions that need to be answered, truths that need to be accepted and a life that stands to be reckoned. "Amen" makes two characters meet, experience hope amidst confusion, explore truths about sexuality and the self and delves into the profound meaning of life in the continuum of its trifles. The film reflect the diversity of issues that the community continues to face — from social prejudices to the predicament of acknowledging their sexuality. Reception The film is inspired from the life of the human right activist Harish Iyer. Amen explores gay relationship like no other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judhajit Bagchi And Ranadeep Bhattacharyya
Judhajit Bagchi and Ranadeep Bhattacharyya are Indian film director, producer and screenwriter duo. In 2019 their short film Children of the Soil have won the 66th National Film Awards in Best Audiography. They have directed and produced the film ''Amen'' (2010) inspired from the life of the human right activist Harish Iyer. In 2011 Amen was selected as the only Indian film on the Iris Prize The Iris Prize, established in by Berwyn Rowlands of The Festivals Company, is an international LGBTQ film prize and festival which is open to any film which is by, for, about or of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex a ..., also known as the 'gay Oscars', list of 30 top LGBT films from across the globe. In 2015 and 2016, they have won the Cannes Corporate media and TV award and the International Business Award (Stevie Award). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am (2010 Indian Film)
''I Am'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear, and is based on real-life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people worldwide, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. ''I Am'' was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English language, English, Kannada, Marathi language, Marathi, Bengali language, Bengali and Kashmiri language, Kashmiri. Plot Each film shares the common theme of fear, and each film is based on real-life stories. They are - *"Afia" - A single woman Afiaa (Nandita Das) decides to become a mother using a sperm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onir
Onir (born Anirban Dhar, 1 May 1969) is an Indian film and television director, editor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film '' My Brother…Nikhil'', based on the life of Dominic d'Souza, was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships. Onir won the National Award for his film '' I Am''. He has won 16 film awards in total. Life and career Early life Onir was born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan. His father Aparesh Dhar and mother Manjushree are of Bengali origin. Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. The family moved to Kolkata around 1990. In Kolkata, Onir studied comparative literature and took a few film classes at Chitrabani film school. He graduated from Jadavpur University in 1989, after which he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin. He later returned to India and worked as an editor, scriptwriter, art director, music album producer and director before becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
