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Posted: 11 years ago
Originally posted by _Angie_


Why are the numbers on a calculator and a phone
reversed? Any answers to that, anyone?

Because calculators were too mainstream for phone manufacturers? 😆
Posted: 11 years ago
Originally posted by Beyond_the_Veil


 
 How Inspiring!!!!👏
 
People stare, ladies... cuz they care ...!!!😆😛
 
 
Posted: 11 years ago

Madhya Pradesh NGO sends minor girls to boys' hostel as punishment


BHOPAL: Like lambs sent to the wolves, an NGO entrusted with the welfare of minor girls — many of them disabled and mentally weak — had been sending them for months to the boys' hostel next door in the name of "punishment".

The shocking fact, which has just come to light, has startled and enraged people across Madhya Pradesh where the Sehore-based NGO, Bright Star Social Society, had been running the two hostels for boys and girls.

Girls terrorized

In raids carried out on Tuesday at the Mandi area of Sehore, which neighbours Bhopal, a team from the state commission for protection of child rights (SCPCR) found that the girls, almost all of whom were too terrorized to talk, would be forced into the boys' rooms whenever they "made a mistake" or complained to officials about the poor facilities they had to live with.

"Senior madam would send us to the boys whenever she thought we should be punished for something we had done wrong," one of the girls told the SCPCR officials. "We were then made to do dirty things. Often we were thrashed." Another disabled girl was so terrified on being asked by the team what exactly went on there that she broke down and wouldn't utter a word.

More worryingly, SCPCR chairperson Usha Chaturvedi told TOI that apart from gross irregularities in both the hostels, while records showed a total of 48 girls only 30 were present on Tuesday. "The rest, 18 of them, we were told by secretary (of the NGO) Avanish Jaffery, hadn't turned up since the Diwali vacation," she said. "Also, we found that all the 30 girls were stacked up in one room of 11 feet by 11 feet."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Madhya-Pradesh-NGO-sends-minor-girls-to-boys-hostel-as-punishment/articleshow/17961483.cms
Posted: 11 years ago
                   
Edited by Beyond_the_Veil - 11 years ago
Posted: 11 years ago
 
"A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During t...
hat time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?"

 
Source:email 4wrd
Edited by Prometeus - 11 years ago

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