g_b any doctor

[Ketan Gogri ketango...@ymail.com [gay_bombay]]

Hi, I m ketan from kandivali Mumbai I want a doctor who help me please mail me.

Re: g_b An NGO Co-ordination committee for flood relief

[ketan mamania]

hi ketan i aslo ketan from mulund office at new marine lines can we meetKetan_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Johny Joseph, had called a meeting of NGOs on 4th Aug at BMC. About 20 NGOs and 15 BMC officials were present.An NGO Co-ordination committee for flood relief was formed.The committee would act as a clearing house to convey info from the field to BMC and vice versa.The info would be to and from NGOs, donors, and all supporters.- NGOs should give all possible feedback twice a day of the actual situation in their areas - materials needed, services needed, where the govt machinery has not reached, what all needs to be done, what are the problems being faced, a report on the situation.- If NGOs have any questions regarding govt reliefs or procedures or announcements, they should ask those also. - All offers from donors, volunteers, etc. of money, material, services, and manpower
 should also be conveyed to BMC.BMC, in turn, will do the following: - follow-up with the ward officers and other govt resources at their disposal- co-ordinate with donors and corporates to help out urgently - give clarifications about the procedures and also ensure that relief measures are implemented without delay or frictionThe Coordination Committee will consist of:- Ms. Farida Lambay of Nirmala Niketan, 98201-33553 who will co-ordinate with all NGOs for Western Suburbs i.e. all H, K, P and R wards.- Ms. Leena Joshi of Apnalaya 98926-32224 who along with TISS will co-ordinate with all NGOs for Eastern Suburbs i.e. all L and M wards- Mr. Dinesh Kakkoth of CRY 23096845 / 6472 and Dr. Medha Somaiya 98211-85007 of Yuvak Pratisthan who will co-ordinate with NGOs for the Central Suburbs i.e. all N, S and T wards.- Ms. Armida Fernandes of Sneha 98211-37949 or 24042627 who will co-ordinate with NGOs for
 F-north and G-north wards.- Mr. Begur of Unicef 28269727 / 28253663 X 103 who are mapping the detailed needs of the 7 most affected wards and co-ordinating with various international NGOs.- Times Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helpline: 56354376 / 45 who will also disseminate the official info via the newspapers and radio. - Vinay Somani of Karmayog which will post all needs and offers on the Flooding section in www.karmayog.com along with all FAQs, queries of NGOs and clarifications by BMC, other info by BMC, etc.All NGOs and all others are requested to convey their info or qs to any person above who they think would be most suitable for their problem. They will then co-ordinate with BMC.Everyone can also convey directly to the BMC Disaster Control Room: Phone: 1916 or 108 or 22694725 / 7 or Fax 22694719. Needs and Offers can be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Complaints can be also posted online via
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g_b WORK WORK WORK.....

[ketan]

WORKWORKWORK
A long time ago, there was an Emperorwho told his
horsemanthat if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land
area as he likes, then
the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered. Sure enough, the
horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as
much land area as he could.He kept on riding and riding, whipping
the horseto go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he
did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.

Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was
exhaustedand wasdying. Then he asked himself, Why
did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dyingand I
only need a very small area to burymyself.

The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard
everyday to make moremoney, to gain power andrecognition. We
neglect our health, time with our familyand to appreciate the
surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.

One day when we look back , we will realize that we don't really need that
much, but then we cannot turn back timefor what we have missed.

Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. Life is
definitely not about work!Work is only necessary to keep us living
so as to enjoy the beautyand pleasures of life. Life is a balance
of Work and Play, Family and Personal time. You have to decide how you want to
balance your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to
compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your
instincts.Happinessis the meaning and the purpose of
Life, the whole aim of human existence.

So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is
fragile, Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle
and enjoy Life!

Watch your thoughts; they becomewords.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

















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g_b Gay related articles in Hindustan Times today

[ketan]

 
  
  
   

'http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1415136,00180007.htm
It's becoming
harder to come out of the closet'

Sidhi Chadha
New Delhi,June 29, 2005

   
   



   
   


 
  
  
  
  
  
   



   
   



   
   



   
   



   
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 

While the homosexual movement in the
West is clamouring for attention, activists in India feel that too much hype
has queered the pitch for those who want to come out in the open.
People in different parts of India hold
different views on homosexuality as the movement is still developing here.
However gays are definitely not welcome when it comes to marriage and they
also face discrimination in other spheres of life - be it employment or
relationships. Personally I didn't have any such problem because my parents
were very supportive...I could confide in them. They are wonderful human
beings who are above issues like sexuality.
Indians have made such a hue and
cry about the subject that it has become more difficult for gays to come
out of the closet. In fact it has even become difficult for gays to admit
their sexuality to themselves! I also took a lot of time to come terms with
the fact that I am gay. I went to doctors to seek medical treatment because
it was hard for me to believe that I wasn't normal, that is to say,
heterosexual. But then it isn't possible to hide the truth, especially from
yourself. I accepted my sexuality when I was 20-21. Now, I am 58-years-old
and a lot of water has flown under the bridge, admits Ashok Row Kavi,
one of India's
foremost gay activist and chairperson of the Mumbai-based Humsafar Trust.
Anjali Gopalan, Chairperson of Naz
Foundation, squarely blames an ill-informed media for blowing things out of
proportion. According to her: Indians have a mixed reaction to gays.
While some want them imprisoned, others extend their support. But if you
see the larger picture, then it's evident that gays are discriminated
against and not considered part of so-called society. I feel much of the
negativity is due to media hype. The media is guilty of sensationalising a
very sensitive subject; so much so that many will now never admit that they
are gay! People don't understand that homosexuality is not a recent
phenomenon in India.
It's been part of our culture since ancient times and Indians became
prudish in their views only much later. People feel scared of gays without
knowing what they go through, what's happening to them and why they need
us. Media makes it harder by showing gays as a flamboyant community. Most
don't fit the bill and try to hide their sexuality fearing societal
backlash.
For gays, coming to terms with their
true identity is a torturous process, insists Gopalan. Most
homosexuals go through phases. The message around them is that
'heterosexuality is normal'. Therefore it becomes difficult for them to
accept that they are different. They are compelled to believe that they
should not be different. They also fear discrimination that is evident at
every step - at job interviews, among friends, and so on. There's a certain
desperation not to be marginalised by the peer group, she says.
Although being a gay in India may
be tough, it's far tougher being a lesbian, agree both Kavi and Gopalan.
Women always feel the sharper end
of the stick. There's much more negativity towards them as compared to
gays. As it is, female sexuality is never discussed in the open, and when a
woman shows a preference for her own sex, it's bound to create chaos,
says Gopalan.
Kavi echoes her views. We live in
a male-dominated society that finds it difficult to tolerate a woman who
asserts her sexuality. Gays are discriminated against but not as much as
lesbians, he says.
According to Gopalan, it's time Indians
showed a little more maturity in dealing with the gay community. Not
accepting someone's sexuality is a violation of the person's fundamental
rights. If the law allows people to drive at the age of 18, and girls to
get married, then why should Indians not have the same freedom when it
comes to choosing their partners?

India Today: Not happy and gay

Shagun Dayal
New Delhi,June 29, 2005
The wheel of time spins at a laggard
pace. Decades back when acclaimed Urdu writer Ismat Chugtai penned Lihaf
(The Quilt), she ruffled many feathers and her work was immediately labeled
as 'feminist postcolonial canon'. The protagonists, a gay Nawab Sahib and
his neglected wife Begum Jan, who finds solace in lesbianism, 

g_b : THE RAINBOW BASH : Party in Kolkata

[ketan]

Courtesy lgbt-india



From:
integration society [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject: THE
RAINBOW BASH : Party in Kolkata



A ao Jhumo
Naacho Gao 



26th JUNE
2005 KOLKATA, INDIA

T H E R A I
N B O W B A S H



Organised by
INTEGRATION Society, Kolkata, India The Winding Up ceremony of The Gay Pride
Week
IIIHeres
wishing all of you success and joy, encompassed in the vibrant colors of the
Rainbow!Every Friend is welcome to this gathering to have evry one together and
beside each other on this great moment of THE RAINBOW FESTIVAL 2005Date : 26th
June, 2005Time : 7.00 PM OnwardsEntry : 150/- Per HeadVenue Details : 104H
KARAYA ROAD, TOP FLOOR, KOLKATA 70017Near Park Circus MarketCatch 204, 221,
227, 230, 234, 235, 18B, 3C/2, Syambazar-Goal Park Mini, Rajabazar-Behala mini
and get down at Beck Bagan, That is one stop after Minto Park and ask for Park
Circus Market and then We will be on the west side of the MarketORCatch 10,
218, 240, 205A, 42B, 45, 45A, 223, 39A, Ushagate-Howrah Mini, Jadavpur-Saltlake
mini, Jadavepur Airport Mini, Santoshpur-BBD Bag Mini, Kasba Rathtala Mini and
get down at Beck Bagan (Mithai) or Park Circus Tram Depot and ask for Park
Circus Market and then We will be on the west side of the MarketSOME IMPORTANT
TIPS AND RULES :

 You will be
provided with a Soft Drink and Dinner.



 Hard Dirnks
: His His Whos Whos . . . :)



 We will
provide with Music and Lights. Dance you have to do and encourage others :)



 There will
be enough space for all of you relax and sleep over night in case you are too
tired :(



 Pay your
entry fee at the gate and and collect food coupon



 No Moving
In or Out after 11PM. So entry is closed at 11PM sharp without any exception!



 No picking
up guys from street and bringing over



 No pushing
anyone into anything against one's will as there might be some new birds . . .



Now all of you
are welcome who can be coopretive to above mentioned ground rules. They are
layed to make life easy to all of us and not to take any fun away from you.

YOU ALL ARE
ALSO WELCOME TO BE WITH US
AT THE GAY PRIDE WALK ON 26TH JUNE 2005 FROM 4.30PM FROM LAKE STADIUM
GROUND TO SUPPORT OUR ENDEAVOURS.

So hope to see
you in numbers and see you for life and fun!

With Love and
Solidarity

Rafiquel Haque
Dowjah

Secretary

Integration
Society, Kolkata

Ph :
9831271542 / 9339029922




Love and Let People Love Their Way . .
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DO FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. WE NEED TO SPREAD
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g_b 2ND TRANS MEET IN MUMBAI

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 Date: Tue,
21 Jun 2005 09:25:00 +0100 (BST)

 From: Satya
Rai Nagpaul [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject:
Invite- 2ND TRANS MEET IN MUMBAI- 26th June, 2005





Invite

2ND TRANS MEET
IN MUMBAI



After the
fantastic first meet on April 10th, we are

feeling very
encouraged to get together again. So all

those who
identify as transgender, transsexual,

intersexual or
are questioning, are invited to meet

others on the
same journey, carry forward the links

formed last
time, and make plans for the coming

months.



Lets Get
Together!



Date: 26th
June, Sunday, 2005

Time: 11 am

Venue: India Centre
For Human Rights  Law (ICHRL)

4th Floor,
Room No 3



How to reach: 



FOR THOSE
COMING BY LOCAL TRAIN:

* Get off at
the Sandhurst Road Station. (station is

both on the
Harbour as well as Central-slow-Lines.)

* It has only
one exit. Take LEFT from exit. 

* Walk till
you see a petrol pump on your RIGHT. Take

that right
turn. 

* You will
reach a crossing called CHAR NAL. On
your

LEFT you will
see a laundry by the name of SNOVITE.

Take that left
turn into a small lane called PALA

GALLI.

* At the end
of the lane, on the RIGHT, is JAIN
 SCHOOL

and we will be
at the 4th floor. 



FOR THOSE
COMING BY BUS:

The closest bus
stop is Bhendi Bazaar on Muhammad Ali

Road.



POSTAL
ADDRESS:

India Centre for Human
Rights and Law,

4th Floor, CVOD Jain
 School, 

Pala Galli,
Char Nal, 

Dongri, 

Mumbai 400 009



CO-ORDINATORS:

Satya,
Sampoorna 

Shruti,
Humjinsi



Supported by India Centre
For Human Rights and Law

(ICHRL)



Kindly confirm
your participation with:



Satya :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]/9870112484 

(call between
10am and 6pm)



Shruti:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]/9870292861 

(call between
10am and 6pm)



For Physically
Challenged Persons:

Kindly
intimate your special needs to any of the two

persons
mentioned above and assistance will be

arranged.
Kindly call between 10am and 6pm.



For any
further inquiries: 

Contact any of
the above mentioned persons between 

10 am and 6
pm.



Please forward
this invite to any other relevant 

e-lists/individuals.



Regards,

Satya Rai
Nagpaul
























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g_b 2 gay releated stories in the Mumbai press today

[ketan]

Din
mein Raja raat mein Rani!
By: Nishant A Bhuse 
June 20, 2005 








 
  
  
   

Every day, some 300 Bollywood aspirants from
all over India,
come to Mumbai to try their luck. While many succeed, almost as many if not
more, fail. 

This is the story of one such aspirant, who is now making some big money in
prostitution. 

Lots
of money 

I am a
struggling actor in Bollywood since the last three years. I used to make
just enough to make ends meet. 

Then, I met some men who indulged in homosexuality and made a great deal of
money, which intrigued me enough to want to join them, says Raja
(surname concealed)

Din mein Raja ban ke filmon ke liye struggle karta hoon, lekin jab
koi signal deta hai to raat ko rani ban ke usko khush karta hoon,
says Raja who has bagged two roles in films, which are under production. 

He says he uses the extra cash for pocket money and his clients actually
call him Rani.

Client
base 

He added, I
have spent a great deal of time with several leading fashion designers,
directors (young and old), choreographers and model coordinators,
said Raja. He was shocked to find one of his favourite actors, who made a
comeback as a cop in a negative role, is a homosexual. 

I was picked up in his huge Land Cruiser and taken to an isolated
car park, where we had oral sex, adds Raja who further stated that
sometimes even rickshaw drivers are his clients. 

Charges
depend on customer

He says the charges
depend on the customer. In our profession, 40 per cent of the men
are gay, while the others are eunuchs, adds Raja.

He said that he would find it difficult to quit soliciting. Filhaal
mein mushkil hai, but if I become a known actor, I will think about it. I
will be paid in lakhs for my services then, he smiles confidently. 

Cops
say

They do not
have a permanent base. As and when our night patrolling teams across the
city find them lingering around the city roads, we fine them under
Sections 110 and 117 of the Mumbai Police Act (indecency in public
places), says an IPS officer. 

   
   


 
  
  Rajas
  undercover operations
  
  Cruising
  zone: No base 
  can be spotted anywhere, either in the western suburbs or in south
  Mumbai. 
  
  How:
  References form
  regular clients, pimps and event coordinators or even model coordinators 
  
  Services:
  Oral sex, sex. 
  
  Where:
  Oral sex (short
  services) are carried out in cars or in guesthouses situated nearby on a
  nominal charge of Rs 200 per hour. 
  
  If the client wants full service (sex) then its at a three-star
  hotel.
   
  Charges:
  If a client
  approaches them in a swanky car, the rates shoot up to Rs 3,000 (sex for
  three hours). Clients who travel in an auto, taxi or two wheelers pay Rs
  300 to Rs 500 (oral sex)
  
  Client
  base: From an auto
  driver to film personalities, models, businessmen and college students. 
  
  Age
  group: Between 18 and
  55. 
  
 



   
  
  
  
 
 
  
  http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135279
  
  Iranian student dies, police await report
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  They did this to me. That
  was Babak Jabbaris last statement to his Iranian translator
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  Express News Service
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  Mumbai, June 19: BABAK Jabbari (25), the Iranian
  student who was an interpreter to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, died of
  cardio-respiratory failure early on Sunday morning. 
  The St
  Xaviers College student, who had been admitted to Breach Candy
  Hospital on June 7 with 75 per cent
  burns after an alleged suicide attempt, was later shifted to Masina Hospital, Byculla. 
  It
  was unexpected since his condition was improving in the last few
  days, said Dr S M Keswani, a plastic surgeon at Masina Hospital. 
  Meanwhile,
  the mystery surrounding Jabbaris suicide attempt deepened
  with the translator appointed by the Iranian consulate in Mumbai claiming
  that Jabbari said he was attacked. 
  They
  did this to me, they did this to me thats all that he kept
  repeating, said the translator, speaking on condition of
  anonymity. I have given my statement to the Gamdevi
  police. 
  We
  have to verify the facts. Things will be clearer by Monday,
  said Senior Police Inspector Sanjay Jadhav, adding that they are awaiting the
  post-mortem report from J J Hospital. 
  According
  to the Gamdevi police, Jabbari was involved in a relationship with his close
  friend Dr Samir Kadri, an intern at KEM Hospital.
  
  On the
  night of June 7, Jabbari was at the Kadri residence, the swank American View
  building in Cumballa 

g_b kargil

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39. Rajesh Kumar, Bangalore, India
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41. Indrajeet Singh, Hyderabad, India
42. Amit Kumar, Mumbai, India
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44. Supriya , Pune, India.
45. Atul Jain, Indore, India.
46. Tanmay Singhal, Indore, India.
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54. Capt Abhilash Sahoo
55. Rajat Madhok, UK
56. Himmat Singh, Delhi, India
57. Anuja Gill, Delhi, India
58. Brig. (Retd.) A. K. Sanyal, VSM, Pune, India
59. Abhishek Amal Sanyal, Pune, India
60. Sudhir Jatar
61. Rahul Bhajekar, Thane, India
62. Atul S Pathak, Mumbai, India
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119. Rishi Sohaney, Quark, Chandigarh, India
120. Gagan Chawla
121. Rohit Kalia, Quark, Chandigarh
122. Sukhendra Rai, HCL Technologies, Noida, India
123. Swati Agarwal, GE Capital, Gurgaon, India
124. Rahul Shanker Saxena, CMC Ltd, Delhi.
125. Ashish Tonk , CellNext Solution Ltd.
126. Bhupesh Pant, Pune, India.
127. Lokesh Malik, Delhi, India
128. Vijay Kr Rajput
129. Shubhangi Mishra, Noida
130. Nitin Goyal, Noida, India
131. Tavish Malhotra, Chennai, India
132. Anoop Chaturvedi, Chennai, India
133. Avdhesh Sharma, Chennai, India
134. Krishna Kumar, Noida, India
135. Savita K B, Bangalore, India
136. Sandeep Singh, Delhi, India
137. Jaikishen Singh, Delhi, India
138. Amol Batra, Delhi, India
139. G Adityakiran, Delhi, India
140. H Natarajan, Mumbai, India.
141. Ruchi Srivastava, Mumbai, India.
142. Anju Sharma, Mumbai, India.
143.Nisha Chaube,Missouri,USA.
144. Frany Shah,Missouri,USA.
145. Alka Dharsandia, Surat, India.
146. Ketan Mandani, Mumbai, India
147.NARESH GURNANI,MUMBAI.
148. Ashish Bhageria, Mumbai.
149. Chirag Shah, Mumbai.
150.Kateel.Ajay.Kumar,Kampala,Uganda.
151.K.V.Udaya Prakash, Wipro Bangalore, India
152. Yogesh B Kale, Wipro Bangalore, India.
153. Major AR Satish, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
154. Major Gaurav Arya, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
155. Disha Gutam, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
156 Shilpy Mittal, Wipro Technologies, Gurgaon
157 Shivani Katoch, TCS, Noida, U.P.
158 Nitin Saxena,TCS ,Noida
159 Lakshmi Narayanan K,TCS,B'lore
160 Kavitha S.Patil, TCS,B'lore
161 Amit Mohanty, TCS, Bangalore.
162.Vishnu.S, TCS-Bangalore
163. Shiladitya Pal, TCS- DELHI
164. Soham Sarkar,MBT-Mumbai
165 Tanusri De Chowdhury , MBT-Mumbai
166 Neeraj Pant, Xerox-Delhi
167 Pankaj Bhalla, Xerox - Delhi.
168 Shatrughan Mishra, Expert Software-Delhi
169 Sandeep Pradhan, ICICI Bank, Cuttack.
170 Animesh Sardar, Mumbai
171.Varahagiri Subhramani, Chennai
172.Sridevi Harikrishnan, Chennai
173.Arvind Kumar,Wipro,New Delhi
174. Charu Gupta , Wipro, New Delhi
175.Shailendra Sah, Envision, Bangalore
176.Neeraj Singh, MBT PUNE
177.Rajnish K. Singh, Covansys India, Chennai
178. Gaurav Gambhir

g_b Gay patients' discrimination fear

[ketan]

 
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4110316.stm
  Gay
  patients' discrimination fear 
  
 
 
  
  
   


Doctors must not
discriminate against gay men, the report says

   
  
  Gay
  and lesbian patients are often reluctant to reveal their sexuality to their
  doctors because they fear their treatment will suffer, a report claims. 
  A British Medical Association report also says some homosexual
  doctors do not 'come out' to colleagues because they fear the consequences. 
  One gay doctor even reported being told he should not work in
  child health because of his sexuality. 
  The BMA has issued guidance on how the NHS should combat
  discrimination. 
  
   




Everyone
has the right to be treated equally, regardless of their sexual orientation


Dr Vivienne
Nathanson, British Medical Association

   
  
  Its report is published at the start of Gay Pride
  fortnight. 
  It follows the recent publication of legislation which outlawed
  discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. 
  The BMA says simple changes, such as using gender neutral
  language when talking about a patient's partner, and not assuming sexual
  health is the primary health need of gay patients, would reduce feelings of
  discrimination. 
  Its report calls for a series of measures including guidance on
  sexual orientation in NHS equal opportunities policies, and a crack-down on
  incidents of homophobia. 
  It also includes guidelines for teaching medical students how to
  act in a non-judgemental way towards gay and lesbian colleagues and patients.
  
  'Respect and sensitivity' 
  Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA's Head of Science and Ethics
  said: Everyone has the right to be treated equally, regardless of their
  sexual orientation. 
  Doctors and patients should feel safe and confident when
  they are in hospitals and surgeries. 
  Dr Sam Everington, co-chair of the BMA's Equal Opportunities
  Committee and Deputy Chairman of the BMA said: Future doctors have a
  responsibility to their colleagues and patients. 
  Sexual orientation should be included in the medical
  school curriculum and will help create a health service environment where all
  doctors can achieve their full potential and all patients be treated with the
  respect they deserve. 
  Dr Rachel Hogg, co-chair of the Gay and Lesbian Association of
  Doctors and Dentists (GLADD) said: The NHS currently uses an estimate
  that at least 1 in 20 of the population are lesbian or gay - so an increased
  awareness that colleagues and patients may not be heterosexual is crucial to
  treating each other sensitively and respectfully. 
  Justin Varney, a public health doctor based in London, said the discrimination within the
  health service tends to be subtle. 
  When I was a student, there were doctors who said 'you
  can't do paediatrics as a gay man'. 
  It's not blatant. People don't come and say 'you shouldn't
  do this speciality if you're gay. 
  They would tend to say 'this might not be the wisest
  career path for someone with your skills'. 
  A spokesman for the gay rights organisation Stonewall said the
  report backed up previous reports of discrimination in the NHS. 
  He added: While lesbian and gay staff are now protected by
  employment law, patients often face discrimination too which is why Stonewall
  is calling for protection in terms of goods and services in the Equality Bill
  currently going through parliament. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 



























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g_b job opportunities

[ketan]

 Date: Thu,
9 Jun 2005 13:33:39 +0100 (BST)

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Subject: Job:
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 Republic



From:
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Academic
Director, SIT Study Abroad, Czech
  Republic: Arts and Social Change, School for
International Training (SIT)

(http://www.worldlearning.org/hr/postings/ad_czechrep.html)



Program Base: Prague, Czech
  Republic



Reports to:
Director, European and Middle Eastern Studies, Brattleboro, VT



Start Date:
August 2005



The School for
International Training is recruiting for an Academic Director

(AD) for its
program located in Prague, Czech Republic. The program theme
is Arts and Social Change (www.sit.edu/studyabroad/europe/czech.html).
This program follows the SIT model with its focus on experiential learning to
complement classroom instruction. Students finish their academic semester
undertaking an independent research project, known as an ISP, which complements
their academic coursework, composed of the thematic seminar, research
methodology and Czech language class.



The role of
the Academic Director (AD) is essentially threefold: 1) teaching,

2) organizing,
and 3) advising. This threefold role derives from the uniqueness of SIT Study
Abroad that combines traditional coursework and experiential learning into a
rigorous academic program for students from colleges and universities
throughout the United States.



General
responsibilities:



--Advising in matters
regarding academic program delivery and scheduling;



--Directing
the students' initial cross-cultural orientation and methods and techniques of
field study seminar;



--Organizing
and occasionally teaching portions of the field study and thematic seminars,
working collegially with host country colleagues;



--Organizing
educational visits and field trips and integrating the learning from these, as
well as from the homestay, into the traditional coursework parts of the
program;



--Identifying
and cooperating with appropriate host country experts to advise students on
their independent study projects;



--Generally
guiding and advising students in both their academic and cross-cultural
learning processes - understanding that for many students this is the first
experience away from home and living in another culture - thus serving as an
educator/teacher in the broadest sense by assisting students to draw
substantive connections from among different aspects of the semester
experience;



--Conducting
the program review and academic evaluation at the end of the program and
preparing a rigorous written evaluation for each student's transcript,
clarifying both what the student achieved and how it was achieved;



--Managing all
program logistics and administration, and in some cases supervising local
staff; working effectively and diplomatically with relevant local officials;



--Negotiating
cost-effective program services and managing the program budget throughout the
semester;



--Maintaining
regular communication with the SIT Study Abroad office in Brattleboro and submitting detailed, timely
reports, as required;



--Upon return
to the US,
assisting in explaining the program to interested individuals at home campuses
and communities, as feasible.



Requirements:
The AD must have at least a Master's degree (Ph.D. preferred) in appropriate
academic area (ie art history, cultural anthropology, Eastern European
history); including substantial academic and practical knowledge of the Czech
Republic, and U.S. undergraduate teaching experience; Czech language ability
preferred. Further, he/she must be attuned to the educational philosophy and
expectations of SIT and possess both commitment to academic excellence and the
personal leadership qualities required by the program.



Among the
latter are cultural sensitivity and adaptability; intellectual curiosity and
enthusiasm for challenge; tact and diplomacy in working with host nationals, on
the one hand, and American students, on the other; organizational ability;
budget management skills; computer literacy; energy; sense of humor; and
training in social science methods.



Term: The
position will begin in August 2005, with an initial training period in Brattleboro, VT.
This is a full-time position. Contract appointments are generally for a minimum
two-semester period, 

g_b NYC Gay Bashing Leaves Man In Coma

[ketan]

 
  
  NYC Gay Bashing Leaves Man In Coma
  by Doug Windsor
  365Gay.com New York
  Bureau 
  Posted:
  June 12, 2005 12:01 am ET
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  (New York City) A 32 year
  old Brooklyn man is in a coma and listed in
  critical condition after being attacked by three men who beat, kicked and
  stomped on him while yelling homophobic epithets.
  The
  attack on Dwan Prince occurred outside his apartment building on E. 94th St. and Kings Highway.
  As
  Prince lay in a pool of his own blood witnesses rushed to his aid, but even
  then his attackers continued to kick him.
  Witnesses
  said the assailants were three black men who got out of a BMW and rushed
  Prince about midnight.
  Police
  have listed the attack as a hate crime. Investigators say witnesses
  gave good descriptions of the trio and add they are confident of making an
  arrest. It is believed Price may have made a flirtatious comment to one of
  the men earlier in the day.
  Prince,
  who is HIV-positive, worked as a porter in the building where he lived is
  regarded as a kind gentle man by people who know him.
  I'm
  praying for him, neighbor Malika Brown said.
  Another
  neighbor said that when the building's elevator recently broke down Prince
  posted signs on each floor that explained why the elevator was broken and
  what was being done to fix it.
  A
  witness said that when he arrived at the scene he yelled at the attackers and
  asked why they were beating Prince. One of the men only uttered an anti-gay
  insult and kicked Prince in the head before rushing off.
  Another
  man said that he found Price without a heart beat and began to massage his
  chest until emergency crews could arrive. A woman rushed back into the
  apartment building came back with a jug of water and towels to try to wipe
  blood from Price's face.
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g_b gb events in February 05

[ketan]

courtesy gb
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1. gb goes trekking to Kanheri Caves - Sun, 6th Feb 05. (should be 
back by
evening, in time for the documentary 'Trembling before G_D' at 
Humsafar. GB has
already screened the film in Jul 04, but if you've missed it, try 
and catch it)

2. gb party at Karma - Sat, 12th Feb 05

3. gb Film Fest - Sun, 13th Feb 05

4. gb Sunday Meet - Sun, 20th Feb 05

5. gb Bar Nite at Zouk - Sat, 26th Feb 05








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FW: g_b Colin Farrell As Alexander The Great Gay

[ketan]

From: Marina Virt
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004
1:25 PM
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Subject: g_b Colin Farrell As Alexander
The Great Gay







I'm here to say, that despite of all shortcomings of this movie, Colin
Farrell does SHINE through (I've never been anybody's fan, i have to be
objective, since i major in feature writing). 











Colin Farrell proved to everyone that he is much more than just a NYC
guy from a phone booth, he is a leader, a fighter, a man! So
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g_b For all of us who are growing old

[ketan]

PRAYER FOR GROWING OLDLord. Thou 
knowest I am growing older. Keep me from becoming talkative 
andpossessed from the idea that I mustexpress myself on 
everRelease me from the craving to straighten out everyone's 
affairs. Keep me from the recital of endless detail.Give me wings to 
get to the point. Seal my lips when I am inclined to tell of my 
aches and pains. They are increasing with the years andmy love to 
speak of them grows sweeteras time goes by. Teach me the glorious 
lesson that occasionally I may be wrong. Make me thoughtful but not 
nosey,helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom and 
experienceit does seem a pity not to use it all. But Thou knowest, 
Lord, that Iwant a few friends at the end. Amen.~Author 
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g_b Colin Farrell As Alexander The Great Gay

[ketan]

Exclusive:Colin 
Farrell As Alexander The Great Gayby 
Tim Nasson, Special to 365Gay.com 
Five foot, ten inch, international superstar, Colin 
Farrell, walks into a suite at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles on a recent 
late Sunday morning for our scheduled interview, not with cup of coffee in one 
hand, cell phone in the other, as ‘conventional’ Hollywood types normally do. 
No. One of his hand’s long, thick fingers are gripping a goblet of Merlot, the 
other is holding a half burnt cigarette. The polite Colin doesn’t ask if it is 
OK to smoke, he will smoke and drink where and when he damn well pleases, but 
kindly delivers the cigarette to his mouth and puts out an empty hand to shake 
mine, clenching the cigarette between his teeth, in order to utter some 
pleasantries. “Nice to meet you, brother,” he chimes in the Dublin accent that 
he has no intention of ever losing. “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it, 
man.”
Farrell, who earlier this year starred as the sexually 
ambiguous Bobby Morrow in the gay film “A Home At the End of the World,”(based 
on “The Hours’” gay author Michael Cunningham’s novel), is back, bigger and 
better than ever in the title role of Oliver Stone’s three hour epic, 
“Alexander,” set for release by Warner Bros. this Thanksgiving. What makes this 
“Alexander” different from previous incarnations, such as the Richard Burton, 
1956 version, is Stone’s and Farrell’s willingness to portray Alexander as the 
sexual free spirit that he reportedly was. And not covering up Alexander’s love 
of not one, but two lifelong boy friends, Hephaestion, (played by Jared Leto), 
and Bagoas (Francisco Bosch, in his motion picture debut).
Twenty-eight year old Farrell has earned not only his 
paychecks but rave reviews for practically every movie he has starred in since 
his debut only four years ago in Joel Schumacher’s “Tigerland.” For that, his 
first role, he earned the Best Actor Award from The Boston Society of Film 
Critics. And more importantly to those who are signing the paychecks, Farrell 
has won a plethora of accolades from the MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice 
Awards. Is Oscar next?
Well, “Alexander” has yet to hit theaters and the 
Oscar race doesn’t begin until November 24 but don’t be surprised to see Farrell 
sitting in the chair Tom Cruise was in last year, (for Warner Bros.’ “The Last 
Samurai”), at the Awards, waiting to hear his name called along with four other 
nominees, for Best Actor.
Farrell, a confirmed heterosexual, had fun explaining 
to me why he chose two ‘gay’ roles in a row this year.
“It had to do with the characters, the movies and the 
scripts,” he answers. “But to be honest, I didn’t enjoy kissing the men any more 
than I am sure a gay guy would enjoy licking a woman’s pussy,” he adds, 
matter-of-factly. “I find it repulsive when a guy’s stubble is pressed against 
my lip. But if it’s part of the job, then who am I to complain? I just know that 
for me, being with a guy in any way sexual is not for me. However, Oliver Stone 
was one-hundred percent correct in wanting to and actually portraying Alexander 
as he was - a bi-sexual ruler of the world. He was married, to more than one 
woman, and got them pregnant. But he also had such strong relationships, 
including sexual, with his closest male friends. But back then, four hundred 
years before Christ, that was life as they knew it. No man was married to just 
one woman. And if a man loved another man, he had no problem showing his love 
for that person in a sexual way. When Christ came to earth and Christianity 
evolved the dynamics of sex and marriage changed. You married one woman and 
being gay was a sin. If you loved another man, you were destined for 
hell.”
Farrell, who spent nearly a year and a half on 
“Alexander”, at the moment, is working on the reclusive director Terrance (“The 
Thin Red Line”) Malick’s new film, “A New World,” as John Smith. Yes, the 
original explorer John Smith and Pocahontas. And he is sans “Alexander’s” golden 
locks the day I sit with him. Instead, he has long, dark, red-wine/brown colored 
hair. Or is it his hair? “Here,” he says to me, taking my hand and putting it on 
his scalp. “It’s not my real hair. Extensions, man.” The fake hair, the long 
hair, is glued to his head and I can feel the plastic bubbles that knot on to 
his real strands. “I can’t fucking wait till this is over. I am constantly 
picking at it and they have to touch it up constantly.”
As we know, “Alexander,” by age twenty-five, 
conquered 90% of the known world and by his death at age 33 he had marched his 
soldiers, (always at the front lines, himself), more than 22,000 miles and owned 
more than 2,000, square miles of land, including all of Greece, Albania, 
Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iraq, 
Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India. Made king at age twenty, 
immediately following the murder of his father, Philip, (Val Kilmer), he 
beseeches 

g_b The Circuit Party: Mass Orgy or Cultural Mecca?

[ketan]

http://www.maisonneuve.org/article.php?article_id=444
The Circuit Party: Mass Orgy or Cultural Mecca?
JJ Dillon 

Looking 
at this photograph of Montreal’s Black and Blue ball, one might think it 
confirms the most epicurean stereotypes of the gay male: near-naked dancers push 
one against the other, club lights stream down from the ceiling, sweaty men 
kiss, grope, laugh. Absolutely everyone seems high. It’s blatant hedonism. A 
beauty contest. An empty confluence of excesses. Or is it?Such a 
dismissal may be easy to make when glancing at a single photo, but it’s more 
difficult—perhaps impossible—if one looks at the bigger picture. The party 
itself is just one event in a seven-day festival that also 
offers a health summit, a vernissage, a swim-a-thon, a girl’s military party and 
something called Jock Ball—all organized by Bad 
Boy Club Montréal (BBCM). Taken as a whole, the Black and Blue festival is 
one of the most successful events in Montreal’s yearly cultural calendar; that’s 
saying a great deal considering this city also hosts the Just for Laughs Festival, a major Grand Prix race and the acclaimed Festival International de Jazz de 
Montréal. Since it began in 1991, Black and Blue has pumped $500 million 
into the local economy. Over 80,000 people are expected to attend the fifty-plus 
events planned for this year’s edition. Cirque du 
Soleil is performing. Surely there is more going on than just rampant carnality.And 
yet, the picture remains. When I pitched this article to Maisonneuve, an editor 
mentioned that he’d heard from a gay friend (and former party attendee) that one 
had to be staggeringly beautiful to even step on the party’s sweaty, teeming 
dance floor. Black and Blue shares this reputation for vanity with similar 
parties that are collectively known as “the circuit”: an international network 
of gay celebrations featuring huge crowds, unbridled groping, various 
intoxicants, house music and performance art. When characterizing these parties, 
the aforementioned editor was likely thinking of a stereotypical attendee: the 
muscled, hairless “circuit boy” 
who devotes his expendable money and time to chasing fun from New York to San 
Francisco to Sydney. That’s a considerable amount of cash. At $80 a pop, Black 
and Blue tickets are prohibitively expensive—to say nothing of festival passes, 
which range from $145 to $650. Add travel, fashion, fitness and chemical 
expenses to this, and habitual attendance becomes a budgetary cataclysm—an 
impossibility for someone with the salary of a magazine writer. It is easy to 
see why the most potent criticism of the circuit, one made by homosexuals and 
heterosexuals alike, is that its parties reinforce all the worst stereotypes of 
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g_b What Awaits Us On The Other Side

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What Awaits Us On The Other SideA sick man 
turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and 
said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." 
Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know.""You don't know? You do 
not know what is on the other side?"The doctor was holding the handle of 
the door; on the other side of which came a sound of scratching and whining, 
and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with 
an eager show of gladness.Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did 
you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what 
was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the 
door opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the 
other side ofdeath, but I do know one thing...I know my Master is there and 
that is enough."


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g_b medicine to calm dogs during Divali

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We help dogs in our care cope with the fear of Diwali crackers with a 
homeopathic remedy called BORAX 1M. (1M refers to the potency of the 
medicine). We use it in the liquid form, not as pills or powders. One "dose" 
means 2-3 drops added to a small quantity of milk. Here's how we use 
it:·  One dose daily starting a few days before 
Diwali. (Start a week in advance if your dog has a really extreme fear of 
crackers). The dose can be given at night.·  Two doses 
daily, morning and night, the day before Diwali.·  
Three doses on Diwali - morning, afternoon, night. ·  
Discontinue after Diwali. You can give a dose if crackers are still being 
burst and your dog is still frightened. Remember, homeopathic medicines 
should not be touched directly by hand, so pour the drops from the cap of the 
bottle or from a spoon. Milk is the only food that can be mixed with homeopathy, 
so only administer the medicine an hour before or after any other food.If 
for some reason you do not feed your dog milk, the medicine can be fed in a 
little water (about one teaspoon). Also try not to put garlic in your pet's food 
the days he takes homeopathy, it will work better. Preferably do not leave your 
dog alone when the crackers are at their worst. Note: If your dog is already 
taking homeopathic treatment for some other problem, it may be incompatible with 
this remedy. You must consult us in such a case. Please call us on 3733433 or 
2180147. We use Borax 1M on dogs at our kennel, as well as for many dogs 
living on the street. We also use it on our own pet dogs and recommend it to 
other pet owners. Our experience is that the fear of loud noises is considerably 
reduced. Which means, even if a dog may not become totally brave and unconcerned 
about the racket outside, he will at least eat and behave more normally. We 
would welcome your feedback, do call or mail us.The 
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g_b The story of a teacup....

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The Story of the Tea 
CupThere was a couple who went to 
England to shop in a 
beautiful antique store. They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially 
teacups.Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked "May we see that? 
We've never seen a cup quite so beautiful.As the lady handed it to them, 
suddenly the teacup spoke, "You don't understand." It said, "I have not always 
been a teacup. There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. 
My master took me and rolled me, pounded and patted me over and over, and I 
yelled out, 'Don't do that. I don't like it! "Let me alone," but he 
only smiled, and gently said, "Not yet!!"Then. WHAM! I was 
placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and 
around. 'Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!" 
I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly, "Not yet."He 
spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and 
then...Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat.I yelled and 
knocked and pounded at the door. 'Help! Get me out of here!' I could 
see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from 
side to side, "Not yet."When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, 
the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I 
began to cool. Oh, that felt so good! 'Ah, this is much better,' I 
thought. But, after I cooled, he picked me up and he brushed and painted 
me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, 
please; Stop it, Stop it!!' I cried. He only shook his head and 
said. "Not yet!".Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. 
Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I ! 
just knew I would suffocate.I begged. I pleaded. I 
screamed. I cried. I was convinced I would never make it. I 
was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and 
again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited ... and waited, 
wondering what's he going to do to me next? An hour later he handed me a 
mirror and said "Look at yourself." And I did. I said, 'That's not me; That 
couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful!" Quietly he spoke: "I 
want you to remember, then," he said,"I know it hurt to be rolled and 
pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up." 
"I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you 
would have crumbled." "I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the 
oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked." "I know the fumes 
were bad then brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you 
never would have hardened. You would not have had any colour in your 
life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have 
survived for long because the hardness could not have held. Now you are a 
finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with 
you."The moral of this story is this:God knows what He is doing in 
each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mould us 
and make us, and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that 
we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, leasing and 
perfect will. So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and 
patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning 
out of control;when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; 
when life seems to "stink", try this...Brew a cup of your favourite 
tea in your prettiest teacup, sit down and think on this story and then, have a 
little talk with the Potter. 
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g_b Bombay Natural History Society is calling applications for following two posts on contract basis (3 years) under its Tiger Cell.

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Bombay Natural History Society is 
callingapplications for following two posts on contract basis (3 years) 
under its Tiger Cell.
Tiger Cell Project Manager
The person is expected to oversee successful 
implementation of the project in Satpura Mountain Ranges and Western Ghats. 
He/She should be able to undertake independent field surveys in the Western 
Ghats, Satpurasand other surveys as assigned by Conservation Officer. 
Interaction with government offices and NGO networking is most crucial part of 
this project. He/She should be able to organize seminars/workshops/training 
programmes on issues related to tiger conservation. He/She should be able to 
write proposals for fundraising for Tiger Cell and its activities inother 
important tiger areas in the Western Ghats. Qualifications: 
Basic PostGraduate degree in Life science / Zoology /Botany 
(Graduate/undergraduate with exceptional skills will be considered).5 
years of field experience in core conservation issues specially related to tiger 
conservation is essential. Familiarity with various acts and legislation related 
to biodiversity conservation is must. Good writing and communication skills and 
knowledge of computers and programmes like Excel/power point/ word and 
statistical programmes is must. Valid driving license is must. Good physical 
health for rigorous field surveys is essential. The post will be based in BNHS 
Head Quarters in Mumbai, however it involves extensive travelling. Age around 30 
yrs.
Tiger Cell Education Officer
Education Officer under Tiger Cell is expected to 
successfully implement the project objectives. The job involves environmental 
education in and around four protected areas in Satpura Mountain Ranges. He/She 
should be able to undertake independent environmental education activities, 
campaigns, training programmes, seminars and workshops on issues related to 
tiger conservation. Interaction with government offices and NGO networking is 
most crucial part of this project.Qualifications: Basic 
PostGraduate degree in Life science / Zoology /Botany (Graduate with 
exceptional skills will be considered).3 years of field experience in 
environmental education and knowledge of core conservation issues specially 
related to tiger conservation is must. Familiarity with various acts and 
legislation related to biodiversity conservation is an additional 
advantage.Excellent writing and communication skills will be required. 
Knowledge of computers and programmes like Excel/power point/ word and 
statistical programmes is must. Valid driving license is must. Good physical 
health for rigorous field surveys is essential. The post will be based 
in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Age around 30 yrs. 

Please 
send your resume to the Mr. Mathews M.G., Administrative Officer, Bombay Natural 
History Society, Hornbill House, S. B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 023. Clearly mention the post applied for on the envelope. 
The last date for the submission of the resume is 22nd November 
2004.



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g_b Fw: searching for Indian gays in Bahrain

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- Original Message - 
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Good evening
I m a 38yrs old Indian single gay guy
Wondering if there was a way I could meet Indian 
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g_b Specialized Search Engines and Directories

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  Specialized Search Engines and Directories 
  
There are approximately zillions of specialized search engines out 
there, as can be seen at Search Engine Guide. The list below is a selective 
subset of these, chosen because they might help you find materials 
useful as resources in a WebQuest. All of these 
links lead to sites that contain specific information that may not turn 
up when you do a general search of the Web using Altavista, Yahoo, and 
other search engines and directories. For a more comprehensive list, you 
might also want to check the Invisible-Web site.
  

  IFyou're looking for...

  THENcheck here:

  ORtype these in the location bar:
  
Encyclopedia entries

  EncartaWikipedia
http://encarta.msn.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

  

  Magazine articles

  AJR Newslink 
  Magazines 

  http://newslink.org/mag.html 
  

  Newspaper articles

  AJR Newslink Newspaper 
  Index 

  http://newslink.org/ 
  

  Current news

  Google News 
  

  http://news.google.com/ 
  

  Radio stations

  Radio-Locator 

  http://www.radio-locator.com
  

  Literature in the public domain

  On-Line 
  Books Page Search e-Books The Bartleby Library

  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ http://www.searchebooks.comhttp://www.bartleby.com/
  

  Copyrighted books in print

  AmazonBarnes and 
  Noble

  http://www.amazon.comhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com
  

  Images

  Google Image Search Pics4Learning 
  Fagan Finder 
  E-Bay Postcards

  http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=enhttp://pics.tech4learning.com/ 
  http://www.faganfinder.com/img/http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category914/index.html
  
Images, sounds, videos of animals
Junglewalk 
http://www.junglewalk.com
  

  Live images from everywhere

  EarthCam

  http://www.earthcam.com/
  

  Primary source documents

  Library of Congress American Memory

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html
  

  Federal (U.S.) legislation

  Thomas

  http://thomas.loc.gov/
  

  Company information

  Thomas 
  RegisterIndustrial Quick Search

  http://www.thomasregister.com/ (free membership 
  required)http://www.industrialquicksearch.com/
  
Sounds
findsounds.com 
http://www.findsounds.com
  

  Pictures and information about any product of the last two 
  centuries

  E-Bay

  http://www.ebay.com
  

  Biographies

  Biographical 
  DictionaryBiography.comBiography-Center 
  Lives 


  http://www.s9.com/biography/http://www.biography.com/search/http://www.biography-center.com 
  http://www.amillionlives.com/ 
  

  Maps

  Perry-Castañeda Maptech MapServer (topo) 

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.htmlhttp://mapserver.maptech.com/
  

  Country profiles

  Atlapedia OnlineKiosk: 
  Journal of Geopolitics 

  http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htmhttp://www.bay.k12.fl.us/pdk/kiosk/index.html 
  
  
State  county profiles
US Census Dept QuickFacts 
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html 
  
Medical information
HealthCentral.com
http://www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm
  
Military information
searchmil.com 
http://www.searchmil.com
  
Trademarks
T.E.S.S.
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tessstate=1l02i2.1.1
  

  Patents

  U.S.Patent Office

  http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
  
TV episodes
Epguides 
http://epguides.master.com/texis/master/search/mysite.html?
  

  Movies, actors

  Internet Movie 
  Database

  http://www.imdb.com/
  

  Shareware  freeware

  VersionTracker 
  C|Net DownloadTucows 

  http://www.versiontracker.comhttp://www.download.comhttp://www.tucows.com/ 
  
  
Even more search engines
Search-Engines2
http://www.search-engines-2.com/
  

  
  Directories Especially for Educators 
  

  Material appropriate for children

  YahooligansKids 
  Click!ThinkQuest Entries

  http://www.yahooligans.comhttp://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/http://www.thinkquest.org/library/ 
  
  

  School and university sites 

  searchedu.com 


  http://www.searchedu.com
  

  Wired schools

  Web66 School 
  RegistryCyberPlayGround List 

  http://web66.umn.edu/http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp
  

  Multi-subject starting 
  

g_b http://www.geocities.com/gaybombaygroup/gayplus.htm---Oasismag - A Writing Community for Queer and Questioning Youth.

[ketan]

  
  
Oasismag - A Writing Community for Queer and Questioning 
Youth.
  
Sat, Oct 16 2004 - 9:37 PM
  
Call for 
  Submissions
  
Blithe House Quarterly, the leading online journal of lesbian 
  and gay literary fiction, is pleased to open submissions for its 2005 
  issues. "*The* journal, online or off, for gay short fiction. B...
  
Thu, Oct 14 2004 - 12:58 AM
  
New Scientist: 
  Survival of genetic homosexual traits explained
  
talian geneticists may have explained how genes apparently 
  linked to male homosexuality survive, despite gay men seldom having 
  children. Their findings also undermine the theory of a single “gay 
  gene”...
  
Wed, Oct 13 2004 - 10:51 AM
  
Story from me 
  in new gay marriage anthology
  
Hey everyone... figured I should let you know that a story I 
  wrote called "Wedding Dae," about the boy who wanted to marry me in 
  Thailand, appears in a new queer marriage anthology called "I Do, I 
Don...
  
Life Can Be So 
  Goddamn Hard! Chick Version--Chapter 2
  
Sry for the delay, i've been so busy that i haven't had the time 
  to do this. BUT, i'm posting it now, so there. Chapter 2: Relationships 
  Okay, so relationships. They're a big deal to girls, ...
  
Life Can Be So 
  Goddamn Hard! Dude Version-- Chapter 2
  
Life Can Be So Goddamn Hard! Dude Version-- Chapter 2 Yes, once 
  again, we are doing another chapter of "Life Can Be So Goddamn Hard!" and 
  yes, I am once again doing the dude version. This chapt ...
  
Slash!
  
Anyone else in to slash? For non-geeks, slash is erotic 
  fan-fiction, usually of same-sex couples (or triples, or ...), and is 
  quite popular in the lonely, horny, 
  too-young-to-get-credit-cards-to-...
  
Life Can Be So 
  God Damn Hard! Chick Version! Chapter 1
  
Okay, so me and Darren decided to write this for some stupid 
  reason don't ask why. So, this chapter is about homophobia. Some of the 
  stuff that me and Darren put into our posts might not pertain to 
  u,...
  
Life Can Be So 
  Goddamn Hard! Dude Version-- Chapter 1
  
Life Can Be So Goddamn Hard! Dude Version-- Chapter 1 Well first 
  off i would love to say hi to my friend Erin! She is doing the 'Chick 
  Version' of 'Life Can Be So Goddamn Hard!' We decided to do ...
  
Why I believe 
  one should not come out in high school
  
For those of you who are incensed by my title, let me apologise 
  - I know that those of us who do come out in high school are very, very 
  brave - and often in great danger. Yet they risk verbal, ph...
  
Black and gay 
  and hunted
  
by Peter Tatchell New Statesman - London, UK Monday 4th October 
  2004 In Jamaica, lesbians and gays are the victims of violent persecution 
  - often murder. Fuelling this gay-bashing are po...
  
If The 12 
  Apostles Had Been Gay:
  
1. The Last Supper would have been brunch. 2. The Beatitudes 
  would start, "Fabulous are they..." 3. Jesus' triumphant entry into 
  Jerusalem screams for a production number, with ostrich fea...
  
Lets play 
  pretend; pretend you never said you were bisexual.
  
I dont know if this should be considered a rant or not. I'm sure 
  at some point I'll start rattling off in angry verse about my invisibility 
  in life despite the rainbow colours that cross my path. (hah...
  
Written in 
  Ink
  
I'm getting a new tattoo. In my family, tattoos don't mean 
  rebellion. My own mother gives them to me. They aren't fashion forward. 
  You don't get them to be cool, or to be different. In my family,...
  
First GLB 
  experience
  
We were laying in bed together, after a night with our friends. 
  We had never even talked about sexuality at this point. But there we were, 
  laying in each others arms, and out of nowhere, she asks me i...
  
Anyone in DFW 
  area?
  
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g_b Fw: gay parties

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From: david 
david 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: gay parties

Hi,

I would suggest that the next gay parties be arranged around the Juhu area, 
Mumbai. Its more comfortable and convenient. Also I would suggest that the entry 
fee of Rs.450/- per head may be increased to Rs.500/- as gays should not 
misunderstand that their qualities r cheap.

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g_b Fw: PIX only for pleasure, no strings attached.

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Moderator,


Plss can U post these Pics on the GB Group to let all enjoy them. 
Thanks in advance,
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g_b Google job opportunities in hyderabad/bangalore

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Google's Hyderabad Centre is hiring 

  
  

  


  
Google has recently opened a centre in 
Hyderabad and we're looking to hire 
talented Software QA Engineers, a Software QA Engineering Manager, 
and members of our Online Sales and Operations team. Those who join 
us in this worldwide effort can expect an outstanding work 
environment and the satisfaction of tackling some of the most 
interesting challenges in computing today.Engineers hired 
into our Hyderabad engineering centre will take on projects that 
match their backgrounds and interests and will work with their peers 
in other Google offices to ensure that their concepts come to 
fruition. The engineering testing team in Hyderabad will mirror 
Google's other engineering offices, with the same scope of work, 
hiring standards and unique Google culture.
Our centre in Hyderabad also has a major Online 
Sales and Operations presence. Were looking for talented, energetic, 
detail-oriented people with a passion for customer service and 
teamwork. 
Positions available in Hyderabad include: 


  Software 
  QA Engineering Manager 
  Software 
  QA Engineer / Test Developer 
  Indian 
  Counsel 
  Accounting 
  Manager, India Operations 
  Director, 
  Online Sales and Operations 
  Online 
  Sales and Operations Training Specialist 
  AdWords 
  Manager, India 
  AdWords 
  Representative 
  IT 
  Field Technician 
To view other Google openings, please consult our 
Google India 
job opportunities list or see all positions 
available worldwide. Still not convinced? Check out a few more 
great reasons to 
join Google.

  
  
Software QA 
  Engineering Manager 
We are looking for an experienced Engineering 
Manager to grow and to lead our new testing services team in 
Hyderabad, India. You'll help to build a world-class QA team 
focusing on automated and manual UI and client-side testing. Your 
team will work side by side with the Mountain View testing services 
team on Google products developed all over the world. 
Your responsibilities include:

  Manage and grow a highly qualified team of 
  Software QA Engineers and QA Testers. 
  Plan and prioritize testing projects and 
  resources. 
  Be the contact point for the testing team in all 
  corporate interactions. 
  Work on overall testing strategies with your 
  counterparts in Mountain View. 
Mandatory Requirements:

  Excellent analytical skills. 
  Excellent oral and written communication skills 
  in English. 
  Strong technical background and coding 
  experience (test automation is a plus). 
  Combined 8+ years of Software Development, 
  Software Testing (of Internet/Web related applications is a plus). 
  
  Significant time spent in the US (work or 
  study). 
  Worked for a global company for 2+ years. 

  BS (BE, BTech) in Computer Science. 
  MS in Computer Science. 
For immediate consideration, please send a text 
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Software QA Engineer 
  / Test Developer 
We are looking for software QA engineers to work 
with the testing team and the development team to investigate, 
report and track defects, and expand our automated test suites. Your 
duties will focus on creating test plans, setting up test 
environments, developing automated tests, executing and maintaining 
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g_b which are the gay goa places?

[ketan]

- Original Message - 
From: E14 Farang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:50 PM


 
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[gay_bombay] Fw: Should you say to a sexual partner if you are HIV+

[ketan]

I have not followed the discussion thread on this subject closely, however
here is my take-

1.  Be honest- to yourself and your partner.  Honesty is the best virtue you
can get to a relationship

2.  Being HIV+ is no different from any other suffering.  No big deal if you
have it.

3.  Not disclosing your HIV status and having unprotected sex is like
committing murder, and

4.  AIDS is not a homosexual diseases...  please get over this.

Love to all and enjoy safe sex.


KHUSH

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], justin jesudas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi

i personally feel  it should nto matter as  far and ans long as its safe sex


why must soem orn lie to get sexual favours 

its just taht we have a  blocked and narrow mind set over the issue of
aids i know john and i have spoken to him and he is a  gem of  person
...

lets open up to the fact that everyone has to be given a chance

justin
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[gay_bombay] morphed osama bin laden pics, gods, offended hindu sentiments

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- Original Message - 
From: Shirish 
Gajjar 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: morphed osama bin laden pics


  
  

  Ketan,
  Once you have rejected my morphed photos depicting Shahrukh and 
  Salman khans as Osama-bin Laden ,giving reason that they 
  are offending to the sensitivities of Muslim,though as I have stated in my 
  reply that there are absolutely no identifications of these actors with 
  the religion ,yet you have rejected the photos and I have accepted 
  that,
  
  but it is indeed great shock to me that the same moderator allowed 
  the letter and derogatory remark on a Hindu God who are worshipped 
  bycarores of Hindus considering Him as a supreme Godhead.Lord 
  Kartikeya or Kumara Skanda or Murugan is first son of Lord Shiva and Maa 
  Jagadamba Parvati and he is elder brother of Lord Ganesha-the presiding 
  deity of our Maharastra !Here,in India we cant write about some actors or 
  jocularly cant show them as Osama simply because they are Muslim while any 
  stupid and senseless person can write the highly derogatory remark on some 
  Hindu Gods and a Hindu moderator gives permission to this idiotic letter 
  to be posted in a open message forum read by thousands ! 
  
  
  Does that imply that Hindus are devoid of any sensibilities and only 
  Muslim have divine right to offend by any so called offending photos ? 
  What sort of mentality you possessed ?Do you have any pride for your own 
  mother religion- the religion which has nourished your entire 
  ancestry and flow in your blood,yet you are worries about the 
  sensitivities of an alien religion and totally senseless about your own 
  Gods,Goddesses and fellow co-religionists ?
  
  Here with,as a Hindu I am taking strong objection to the writing of 
  the letter.You has always claimed to be a just moderator and I too,have 
  accepted it in the case of ' morphed Osama Bin laden pics',but surely and 
  certainly you have goofed here by allowing these writings which is totally 
  contrary to your declared policy (see your letter at the end of this 
  letter) and you needed to be an apologetic,if you are not a hypocrite and 
  follows double standard.Even wise and truly secular Muslim like Sahil Khan 
  has expressed his disgust at the content of this letter and has demanded 
  an explanation from you as the moderator.
  
  If you want,you can post this letter to the message forum.
  
  Shirish
  Bombay.
  
  
  
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Date: 09/25/04 
  10:38:00
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: Re: 
  [gay_bombay] Skanda/Kartikeya/Murugan
  
  Halo rohit,iam a southindian. 
  Lord Karthikeya is not consideredto be gay. Infact, according to hindu 
  mythology he hastwo wives called valli and devayanai. He 
  marrieddevayanai first and then fell in love with valli, atribal 
  girl and married her also. he is considered tobe a beautiful young man 
  just like lord krishna. butnone of the puranas say that he is a 
  gay.regardsVijay--- rohit 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi all I recently learnt from 
  person in USA that gays in south India worship skanda/kartikeya/murugan as 
  their patron god.It was also claimed that he is seen as gay in Hindu 
  society in south India. Is it true? rohit
  
  ---Original Message---
  
  
  From: coffebeans2002
  Date: 08/08/04 
  11:28:31
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: morphed osama 
  bin laden pics
  
  shirish
  
  for a long period of time, i have not allowed any emails that 
  could
  be offensive to the sensibilities of any religion. last month,
  someone from dubai, an indian, sent me jokes that were 
  ridiculing
  indians . i did not alllow it.on a personal level , we 
  all are
  liberal but on a mass mailing group there are always people 
  whose
  feelings could be hurt and one has to be careful as a moderator
  
  the pics that you posted are of indian stars and have been 
  morphed
  as osama binladen look alikes. it is bound to raise the heckles 
  of
  many. while i appreciate your efforts, i do hope that you 
  understand
  why i am not allowing it.
  
  regards
  
  moderator
  =
  
  
  

  


  
Shirish

let us look at rohit's email i clearedthat 
has revolted you so much. the email by rohit is as 
follows:

Hi all I recently learnt from person in USA that gays in 
south India worship skanda/kartikeya/murugan as their patron god.It

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[gay_bombay] Are you a call centre worker? Beware!

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Are you a call centre worker? Beware!September 15, 
2004
As part of my profession, I need 
to visit all types of organisations and often need to work with clients till 
late in the night.
Last April, on one such visit, I stepped out of the 
offices of one of my clients who are handling voice and non-voice transactions 
of a foreign bank and wanted to wind up our discussions over dinner. So, I 
politely asked some of my client officers to join me for dinner. When more than 
one of them gave the excuse of headache and body ache as the reason for not 
joining in, I quipped mischievously that their clients are probably outsourcing 
body pain also to them.
I realised much later that the matter is not a topic 
for poking fun, but a very serious thing indeed. I felt sorry for being so 
insensitive.
Work has been the very focus of human existence. Even 
for philosophers like Kahlil Gibran work made the difference between a mere 
existence and living. In Indian ethos, work always occupied an elevated place as 
a path to salvation. In every civilised society, work is seen as a factor that 
makes every individual contribute by adding value to the society.
But, for the first time, work is now being redefined 
as an end in itself by the business process outsourcing firms. An army of young 
men and women sweat out their valuable days and nights in activities that do not 
add value to the society in which they live.
This has made work as a means of only earning money 
and having no other larger meaning. It is for sociologists to dwell upon this 
development and draw lessons for the Indian youth. I am more concerned about the 
individual who works in a BPO unit and the deprivation which he or she is 
undergoing, and do not intend to get into the sociological aspects as 
yet.
Owing to the 10-hour time difference between the 
Western hemisphere, particularly the United States, and India, almost all Indian 
back-office operations have to work at shifts typically running from 5 p.m. to 3 
a.m. to coincide with the daytime office hours in the United States.
It is this working at nights that requires adjusting 
the biological clock and social practices to a different time, which is turning 
out to be a major cause for health-related and social problems.
The data published by a reputed United Kingdom source 
says that 40 percent of the employees working in BPOs have eye problems. This 
problem is more acute with the team leaders who need to come in early and go 
back late.
Typically, for call centres handling bank customers, 
say from Europe, the team leader may have to stay till midnight though typically 
his day starts at 10 am. The British government has now included call centre 
employees in the high-risk category for eye diseases. Comparatively, software 
programmers are a happy lot as they can break the VDU (visual display unit) 
gazing at will.
Digestive disorders are common among employees in 
BPOs. A total of 34 percent of employees had complaints on this count as 
revealed by a survey.
One of the common refrains of human resource 
executives of BPOs to attract young people is to publicise the fact that they 
have a 24-hour cafeteria. For people used to the shabby industrial canteens of 
India, the canteens of BPOs seem a world apart. They do not serve the usual fare 
of usal or uttappam, but offer exotic dishes.
A new logistics industry has grown around the call 
centre/BPO industry to cater to the taste buds of staffers. But like in every 
thing else, the managers of BPOs have been careless.
A captive multinational company centre in India 
suddenly found a high incidence of gastroenteritis cases on its hands last year 
and initially brushed it off to unhygienic habits of employees. Till it found 
that the food being brought to the centre came in large steel drums to keep it 
hot for its over 1,000 employees for 4 to 5 hours. At that temperature bacteria 
thrive and they did.
The latest finding is truly shocking. Studies point 
out that people who work in the call centre industry are facing the possibility 
of losing their voice. The problem known earlier as 'the teacher syndrome' is 
now being found in the young workers of call centres. Some of them may face the 
acute manifestation of this in the form of permanent loss of voice.
As usual, there are people who come up with counter 
arguments. Almost all point at the happy environment and the enjoyable 
surroundings they provide. But they do not want to accept that this happiness is 
not 'happiness' at all, but only a brief prelude to many sicknesses about which 
we are blissfully unaware.
We have read in fiction about a sizeable section of 
the population being kept 'happy' so that they will readily give away their 
freedom or their precious life. But, this is not fiction like the Orwellian 
Animal Farm. It is a fact and a brutal one at that.
In times of war, young people go to battle knowing 
fully well all the risks but they understand that it is a sacred duty 

[gay_bombay] gay parties and commerce in mumbai

[ketan]

  
  
Pink may be pretty, but 
  Mumbai won't admit itANIL SADARANGANITIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2004 01:19:13 
  AM ]
  

  


  

Bombay Times 
finds that city nightspots 
are cagey about admitting to having a gay clientele 

Tracking the 'pink rupee' on a night-out can be quite elusive. For the 
uninitiated, the pink rupee is the term coined for money spent by the gay 
community, much like the pink pound in London. In a city of over 15 
million people, Mumbai's nightclubs maintain that all their clients are straight 
and people are strictly screened before entry. "Once you allow gays, you may 
risk losing regular clients," says a partner at a South Mumbai nightclub. 
Echoing this sentiment are most discos around town. The owner of a suburban 
disco maintains, "We do get our regular gay clientele, but we don't encourage 
more." But many gays who party regularly term it a joke. "We go to 
regular nightclubs and no one stops us." How come? "Well, if you go in groups or 
with a lady friend, no one's asking if you're gay or straight," says Shiv (32). 
"In the first place, not all gays are open about their sexuality. Secondly, it's 
not like they're disrobing each other or behaving badly! It's about having a 
good time." And they are good spenders too! "Could be anywhere from Rs 1,500 per 
head to Rs 3,000 a night. That's a decent night out," says Shiv's friend Vicky. 
But it's a sticky topic for nightspots. While they grudgingly admit that 
the gay spend has potential, they can't overtly encourage it. "Stags, whether 
straight or otherwise, are strictly not allowed. But, gay or straight, you have 
to follow club rules," maintains a South Mumbai nightclub. Rules? "We don't want 
guys having scenes with other guys. No untoward, vulgar behaviour." 
Another disco at Colaba insists that they are liberal in terms of entry 
but don't organise special drag nights or 'king and queen' events. "We have a 
policy against stags, but we DO NOT discriminate. In fact, many members 
entertain their guests here, who may be gay." But there are nightspots 
which have been cashing in on the pink rupee. Like this place in Juhu. "We 
realised it's good business, so we started hosting gay nights," says the 
manager. "We don't have drag acts or anything, but our earnings on such nights 
is better than others -- from Rs 600 per head to Rs 3,000." Yet, the 
question remains, will regular nightclubs ever encourage the gay spend? "Maybe 
15 years on, when they're more readily accepted," says a nightclub owner. 
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Gay and 
abandonedBy: 
Vishwas Kulkarni August 31, 2004 





  
  

  


  


  
  
Aclub featuring 
gay night has one peculiar quality — a desperate nightclub owner. 
Desperate because the gay night is not evidence of 
progressivism — it is a sign of dwindling finances.For the 
owner, it is Sunset Boulevard: with himself as protagonist, disco 
strobes as light design, and gay men as crooning extras. 
With stiff competition, Cinderella deadlines, exorbitant 
taxes, and a hostile police force — heterosexual club culture in 
Mumbai is treading on thin ice. Which is where gay men come skating 
in. Priced anywhere between Rs 400 to Rs 500 per head, 
and with a guaranteed turnout of around 250 to 400 people, a gay 
night offers financial relief for a passé dance club. 
Three years ago, Swig (nee Earthquake pub) hosted gay nights 
before resorting to becoming a dance bar. Last year Mikanos, the 
white elephant of Mumbai club life started hosting gay nights. 
Within months, Mikanos shut down. 

  
  
Sources who wish to be 
unnamed reveal that lakhs worth of taxes/license fees still remain 
unpaid. In 2003, Red Light started ‘metrosexual’ Thursdays before 
firing its management. Sunny Sara of Red Light says, 
“Despite trying everything, Red Light just wasn’t doing well. The 
decision to host metrosexual nights must have been a promotional 
initiative by the earlier team before it was replaced this March.” 
A current example of the pink jinx is Tres Botas. With an 
overpriced menu, word was already out that Tres was heading for 
bust. Soon enough, the gay nights started. The chic décor 
notwithstanding, gay men felt exploited with its inflated prices and 
abandoned it. A few days after, it was reported that 
the management at 

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administrative needs of the 4 projects· Co-ordinate the office systems needs 
of the 4 projects· Maintain Petty Cash· Maintain filing system· 
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[gay_bombay] Revathy's Phir Milenge; a Salman Khan-Abhishek Bachchan starrer thats been billed as our own Philadelphia. gb event

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Day  Date: Wednesday, 1st September, 2004 


Venue: Fame Adlabs, New Link Road, Andheri (West) 


Time: 8:30 pm 

In the third event in our sixth anniversary 
celebrations, GB invites everyone for a movie! The film is Revathy's Phir 
Milenge; a Salman Khan-Abhishek Bachchan starrer thats been billed as our own 
Philadelphia. 

So come over to Fame Adlabs, Andheri on Wednesday, 
1st September and look out for a bunch of vivacious guys near the ticket counter 
at 8:30 pm. At least one of us will be wearing a black cap with 'gb' inscribed 
on it. We plan to buy the tickets at the current booking counter, so be sure 
you're there by 8:30 pm, so you can book your seat along with the rest of the 
gang. We expect to buy the tickets and go in by 8:45 pm. The movie starts at 9 
pm. 

Reviews of Phir Milenge: http://nowrunning.com/cgi-bin/movies/phirmilenge.asp 
http://123india.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=3582 


Phir Milenge has been applauded at the United 
Nations for its brave endeavour to clear the ignorance surrounding HIV/AIDS and 
break with the discrimination it brings.


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[gay_bombay] reposting the pic of the person , a subscriber said was into cheating, blackmailing and god knows what

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hi guys

reposting the pic of the person , a subscriber said 
was into cheating, blackmailing and god knows what

i have no means to verify the truth but reposting 
it...

prevention is better than cure

so guys.. play it safe

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[gay_bombay] Fwd: [gb_events] gb Film Festival - Sept 2004

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EVENT: gb Film Festival - Sept 2004 - the 12th festival

DATE: Sunday, 5th Sept. 2004

TIME: Starts around 1:30 - 1.45 pm

VENUE:
Conference Room,
National College,
Linking Road,
Bandra West
Mumbai 400 050

DIRECTIONS
It is about 10 minutes walk from Bandra Station or minimum rickshaw fare.
Almost at the beginning of Linking Road, Opp Pamposh Restaurant.

Contribution : Entry is free. The event is entirely sponsored by GayBombay.
However individual voluntary contributions are welcome.

FILMS to be SCREENED :

BOYS LIFE 4 - 40 min / US / 2003
This popular series of compiled short films about modern gay life gets its
fourth installment with BOYS LIFE 4: FOUR PLAY. From this collection we are
screening 2 short films of a combined duration of around 40 min -
(a) Brian Sloan's BUMPING HEADS - a bittersweet tale about an older man who
gets involved with a troubled twentysomething.
(b) Eric Mueller's THIS CAR UP - an imaginatively filmed exploration of the
budding attraction between two opposites in an office building elevator


MANY PEOPLE MANY DESIRES - documentary by V.Jaishri for Sangama / 40 min
The film is really comprehensive - we get a full picture of the queer
community from lesbians, gays, transgendered people, hijras, kotis. The
communities shown also cut across all classes and language groups.
A very pleasant surprise is how many of the people shown let themselves be
filmed openly . . . .
For the full review by Vikram go to
http://www.gaybombay.cc/reading/many_people_many_desires.htm


 ~~~ 1st Tea Break - 15 min ~~~

STRAWBERRY  CHOCOLATE - 105 min / Cuba- Spanish / 1993
This acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film set in Cuba follows the unlikely
friendship between David (Vladimir Cruz), an uptight conservative, and Diego
(Jorge Perrugoria), his flamboyantly gay neighbor. At first David balks at
Diego's anti-Castro leanings (which have grown especially strong in light of
the government's suppression of homosexuality). However, David soon finds
irresistible Diego's access to American contraband (magazines, alcohol,
etc.), and with the help of a vivacious neighbor, they negotiate their
disappointments and ultimately find the pleasures of life. Combining drama
with a bit of humor, this film provides a light, but realistic look at the
Cuban Revolution, government persecution of marginalized groups, and the
tendency of human kindness to overcome hardship.


 ~~~ 2nd Tea Break - 30 min ~~~

MAMBO ITALIANO - 90 min / Italy / 2003
Maria and Gino's world is shattered when their son decides to get a place of
his own. What is so wrong with living with your parents until you get
married? they ask . . . but Nino and Angelo are more than just roommates -
they're lovers! All hell breaks loose. The boys must be shown the right path
to acceptable behaviour. The battlefield is cleared is cleared, and tutta
la famiglia goes to war!
Mambo Italiano is hysterically funny and deeply moving. Adapted from the
successful play by the same name, the movie explores further the subtleties
and complexities of this quintessentila Italian family-a family straddling
the cultures, traditions, and mores of the old and new worlds.

NOTE:
Walking in and out during screenings has become a big nuisance.
Though guys coming slightly late can be condoned, the bane of the festivals
are those walking in and out to answer their cell phones. Some of them are
seen to repeatedly go out and return, quite unconcerned with the disturbance
they are causing.

We request people to PLEASE SWITCH OFF their CELL phones during the
screenings. Anyone who walks out during the screening will not be allowed
inside, until the next break. Doors will be locked once the screening
begins.

~~~

1. The films will are excellent original copies on DVD  VHS.
2. The films are NOT pornographic. Only good, clean gay films.
3. GB as a support group, has created this comfort space/event for gays,
many of whom may be newbies (those still coming to terms with their
sexuality and who have mustered courage to come for such a meeting for the
first time). So we request you to be sensitive to the comfort levels of
others attending this event and behave and dress accordingly.
~~~

This is a gb event
Rights of admission reserved.
You have to 18 years and above to participate in this event

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[gay_bombay] From Relationship To Partnership

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From RelationshiptoPartnership
by Paul Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.and 
Donna Martin, M.A. 
Successful close relationship either starts as, or evolves into, a 
partnership. Unfortunately, many relationships end up focused on differences and 
so are based on a certain amount of friction, competition, and tension. Our 
intimate live-in relationships offer us a constant reminder of the work we still 
have to do. If we are successful, we can transform an ordinary relationship into 
the precious gift of partnership.
How does a relationship move from the early courtship phase, through the 
difficult relationship phase, into a creative partnership?
Courtship brings out our playfulness. During this phase there is often an 
intimate sharing, where even parts of our shadow are sometimes exposed as we 
test each other's degree of acceptance. Mixed in with these hidden parts are our 
childhood gifts. Attracted to similar qualities in each other, we feel a sense 
of belonging -- a recognition of a familiar face of love. In courtship, we tend 
to radiate a youthful joy that friends and family notice. We glow.
When courtship moves into marriage, or other forms of live-in 
relationship, things change. Living together recalls the family of origin. The 
honeymoon is soon over, as the unfinished business of the past turns fun into 
work. Each partner may now begin to wonder, Where did it go? Where the hell did 
the love go?
The relationship can then deteriorate into a chronic relationship, held 
together by tension and only momentary reminders of courtship feelings. Blame 
may arise, overt or insinuated. As the unmet needs from childhood again create 
dissatisfaction, the relationship may sink to the level of a "he said-she said" 
battle. Usually, the partners don't see how they are projecting their childhood 
unmet needs and their disowned (shadow) parts onto their mates. Then, as if by 
magic, the mates may even start acting out their partner's projection. In 
chronic relationships, we end up living with what we least like about ourselves, 
because that is what we see in the other person.
The work at this point is to surrender expectations and attachments, and 
to stop blaming. We can begin to move toward partnership and truly meet each 
other for the first time, as two unique individuals. As in any relationship or 
partnership, disagreements will continue to occur. There are times when major 
disagreements are best worked out separately, alone or with the help of a wise 
friend or knowledgeable therapist.
The heat of an argument can obscure the personal insights necessary for 
resolving a conflict. Time apart often helps us not only to recognize but to 
admit how we participate in causing friction. With awareness, empathy, and 
honesty, we can then reunite with our mates more creatively.
As we progress with our individual inner work, we move with greater and 
greater ease from feeling disconnected to reunion. We start to get more out of 
time alone and time together. The relationship becomes a place to play, to 
relish whatever is happening in the moment, and to create works of love that 
serve others. It becomes a partnership. In a partnership there is a commitment 
to embracing pain as well as joy. The real gift of partnership is the discovery 
of play.
As we have seen, the childhood experience of love and pain is difficult to 
understand. In the attempt to create meaning out of this paradox, the child can 
make wrong assumptions that have long-term consequences. One assumption is that 
certain gifts always come at the cost of certain hurts or unmet needs; another 
is that love hurts or that love cannot be trusted. As a child, you might have 
thought you were unworthy or unlovable. These assumptions become the basis of 
your adult reality.
Let's look again at the whole picture of your childhood gifts and hurts. 
Look for paradoxes: between the gifts, for example (creating a kind of 
paralysis), or between the hurts (creating a sense of victimization, no matter 
what happens). Can you see the source of some of your own assumptions?
If you experienced a repetition of painful events in your childhood, 
powerful memory patterns were probably stored for retrieval at a later date. Any 
similar event that matches even a trace of a given memory can recall the entire 
emotional charge associated with that memory! This phenomenon is one source of 
post-traumatic stress syndrome. Remembering emotional and physical pain has been 
a key to our survival as a species; unfortunately, this kind of instant recall 
can be a real obstacle to intimacy. We all make inaccurate assumptions at times, 
and these distort our reality.
As children, if we had two separate but simultaneous experiences, we 
tended to assume that they were linked. We then came to expect this combination 
to be repeated elsewhere in life. If one part of the equation is missing, we 
assume the other is missing, too. If one is present, we assume the other is 
present. Our 

[gay_bombay] Gifts of Solitude

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Gifts of 
Solitude
by Zenith Henkin Gross

Americans are deeply ambivalent 
about the solitary person in our midst. On the one hand, the lone hero is much 
admired in national folklore -- the cowboy alone on the ridge at sunset, the 
daring adventurer on the road (most often a man, but in contemporary life, women 
also, as seen in the wonderful 1991 film Thelma and Louise) -- all free of bonds. There's been a kind of romantic 
admiration for the loner, sometimes with a pal, who strikes out, independent and 
self-reliant, roaming the backroads and having adventures that can only come to 
those who are unfettered and isolate. 
On the other side of our 
ambivalence is the belief that to be alone, even temporarily, is to have been 
abandoned and to be sunk in a black misery of loneliness. This is understood to 
be particularly dreadful for women, many of whom have been, for most of their 
lives, so busy dealing with life on behalf of what feels sometimes like 
multitudes of people that to be alone must, it is argued, feel like a 
soul-shattering desertion by fate. 
As many older women can wryly 
testify, a little alone time after lifetimes of juggling work and family is not 
quite the sentence to desperation that men, especially, have outlined for them. 
It is believed that it was a male physician who coined the term "empty nest" to 
refer to the time when a women's child care responsibilities had shifted (they 
never end) to adult children, and then, often, to 
grandchildren. 
For many women, the period when 
there are no more children at home has poignant moments of nostalgia, to be 
sure, but most survive nicely, feeling more the emotion sung in the civil rights 
anthem, "free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, free at 
last." 
Five Steps to 
Harvesting the Fruits of Solitude
Becoming friendly with ourselves 
alone is a gradual learning program that includes these steps: 


1. Move toward wholeness by grounding yourself in a basic 
idea: all human beings need some kind of human connection that includes a degree 
of intimacy. No one can exist in health as a hermit or recluse, except perhaps 
the most productive of geniuses and even they always seemed to know how to get a good dinner at a 
friend's house.
But given the probability that most older women will 
have someone -- children, grandchildren, friends, colleagues -- with whom some 
portion of their life can be shared, a certain comfort immediately appears 
because, in truth, one is not completely alone in the world. There are even many 
settings in which colleagues provide a great deal of needed human connection -- 
the armed forces, company workplaces, offices, institutions, and organizations 
of all kinds. 
2. Take a fresh look at the phenomenon of solitude 
itself. Of course, voluntary solitude is much to be desired, but given the 
circumstances of older women, involuntary solitude is more likely, and so the 
task of finding one's "self" is part of the process of exploring the benefits 
that developing a capacity for solitude might yield. 
3. Embrace the alone time, and consider it beneficial. 
It might help you tap into the creativity that exists to some degree in 
everyone; it need not be as formally structured as picking up a brush to paint 
or sitting at the piano to compose. However, solitude can allow a return to 
creative, imaginative pursuits that have been abandoned since childhood. Women 
who always meant to learn a musical instrument, or make pottery, or keep a 
journal or a diary, or study languages are, sometimes quite suddenly, able to 
imagine a self that does those things in a pleasurable solitary 
pursuit. 
4. Maximize the possible gifts flowing from your 
burgeoning capacity for solitude, gifts that include the chance to sort things 
out, especially after a loss. There is a certain amount of grief work, for 
widows and for all who have lost close intimates, that has to be done alone. It 
is wonderful to have the comfort of friends and family, but, in the end, the 
widow must lie alone in the dark and begin to come to terms with loss, as must 
the newly-divorced or those separated in any way from a world they once knew. 
These slow approaches to healing cannot all be experienced in the company of 
others, no matter how much reassurance and help they provide. And the solitude 
necessary for sorting things out also applies to other important life decisions, 
notably moving away from home, changing jobs and careers, and dealing with 
disappointment and betrayal -- all benefit from alone time, no matter how useful 
it is to talk to partner, friend, or therapist. 
5. Develop a true understanding of yourself and work 
on your ideas and deepest beliefs. Getting to know one's deepest feelings, 
opinions, and attitudes is one of the hardest tasks of living -- at any age -- 
but it becomes more and more necessary as we age so that we can shape our "third 
age" in a way that gives us the most serenity and pleasure. 
The ideal, of 

[gay_bombay] Pushkin case: Activists slam sensationalisation

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Pushkin case: Activists 
  slam sensationalisationTIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2004 02:51:53 AM 
  ]
  

  


  

NEW DELHI: In a sharp reaction to media reports on 
homosexuality, following Pushkin Chandra and his friend Kuldip's 
murder in Anand Lok, a gay rights group on Thursday said the whole 
incident had been sensationalised. 
There 
were rich pickings for those who hissed about the underbelly of gay life what 
with the murdered couple found in the midst of a scatter of risque polaroid 
photographs. Perfect grist for those who subscribe to the stereotype 
that gay men are promiscuous and have little else on their minds. But if 
there is some cold solace to be drawn from this gruesome crime and the resulting 
sleaze offensive, it is that the murder was most probably not a gay-hate crime 
but the result of a personal fallout. This wasn't like the Matthew 
Shephard case, where he was tied to a fence post in freezing Wyoming 
temperatures, pistol whipped and left to die primarily because he was gay. 
As activists like Mumbai's Ashok Row Kavi have never tired of repeating, 
Indians are not homophobic, and that it was the repressive British Victorian 
ethic that introduced Section 377 making homosexuality a crime. Sure, 
the average Indian may have no desire to look homosexuality in the eye—sexuality 
of any kind is treated as shiftily—but there is also no desire to kill or maim 
those whose sexuality may flow to a different current. "Homosexuality 
has been essayed in several optimistic forms down the ages," says Kavi. "From 
the Kama Sutra to frescoes in ancient temples portraying same-sex love." 
Although there may not be hate killings it is hardly a happy, 
all-embracing scene for the gay community in India, not least because of the 
police, who are notorious for extorting money from gay couples in public parks 
and at seafronts. Gay men and women point to two ostensibly 
contradictory trends—on the one hand, society has begun to make fleeting if 
furtive eye contact; on the other attacks and extortion attempts have increased. 
But perhaps there is no contradiction. The rise in homophobia parallels 
efforts by the community to be more aggressive about its rights and shake a 
reluctant society into acknowledging that it exists. We are no longer 
content with being left alone, is the message, if the price we have to pay is 
invisibility. What better indication than the Lesbian-Gay pride march 
that took place in Kolkata on June 27 to mark the Stonewall Riots of 1969 when 
homosexuals in New York decided to fight police injustice? Even five 
years ago, a march like this with cross-dressers out in full tilt would have 
been unthinkable in India, but the unthinkable has now happened and what's more, 
in the still conservative environs of Kolkata. "Repeal Section 377," 
said banner on banner. Perhaps the sharpest hook that has yanked this sexual 
minority into the floodlights is HIV. In Bhubaneshwar, where the issue 
of homosexuality is rarely discussed in public, a former IG of prisons 
Bidyabhusan Mohanty said at a seminar that condoms were being distributed in 
jail to check the spread of AIDS given the gay activity within the walls. 
In Hyderabad, there may be no organisation specifically devoted to gay 
welfare, but health practitioners have found it necessary to reach out and 
communicate on HIV-AIDS. In the process,many stereotypes have been pleasantly 
broken. "Five years ago life for anMSM was demeaning," recalls Sunil 
Menon who runs support group Sahodaran in Chennai. "There was abuse, blackmail, 
sexual abuse and harassment. But I have slowly found a change. Chennai is still 
conservative but there is a growing acceptance." He said there was even 
an e-group, lgbtmadras@ yahoogroups.com. Inside the closet, it's action 
stations. As gay support groups have grown, there has been a hectic rise in 
inhouse activity—serious seminars on gay rights are part of it, but so are fun 
things like parties, film-festivals and hanging out at local pubs. The 
liberal amounts of money (called the pink pound) splashed at these dos have made 
otherwise chary pub owners open their doors wide. But within the 
community itself there is plenty of ambivalence about this pink or flamboyant 
image. Not everyone, to use a phrase from Mahesh Dattani's Muggy Nights in 
Mumbai, wants to be "as gay as a goose" and quieter members often feel the need 
to distance themselves from the "dahlings" and rainbow exuberance of their 
friends. Menon may be comfortable with his rings and chains but a 
manager with a well-known Mumbai placement agency says that although companies 
are opening up to employing gay men and women they are sometimes told to "tone 
down their appearance" in deference to the corporate code. Some may see 
this as an infringement of rights, others think that such demands are 

[gay_bombay] Criminal to be gay?

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Criminal to be gay?ALLEN O'BRIENTIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2004 08:53:22 PM 
  ]
  

  


  



Section 377 IPC, framed 
in 1860, defines homosexuality as a crime. Delhi Times 
examines the relevance of 
this archaic law 


  
  
  
  

   
A number of countries worldwide might have 
legalised gay and lesbian rights, but India is still governed by 
Section 377 of the IPC. Framed in 1860 by the British (ironically, 
this law was repealed in the UK in 1967), this anachronistic law 
brands consensual adult love between people of the same sex as 
sodomy, and imposes punishment as extreme as life imprisonment. The 
reality is that male-male sex is not uncommon in India. In fact, a 
recent study reveals that close to 10 per cent unmarried men and 3 
per cent married men report sex with other men. "The problem 
doesn't lie only with the law but also with its interpretation. It 
states that the act of being caught with someone having unnatural 
sex is a criminal offence," says gay activist Shaleen Rakesh of the 
Naaz Foundation, "While this could apply to heterosexual 
relationships as well, the law has been misused to harass gays." 
Adds Supreme Court lawyer Amit Khemka: "Yes, this law could apply 
just as well to heterosexuals. It's high time Section 377 was 
changed or removed, specially when sex is no longer seen as 
something procreative -- it's a statement." According to 
psychiatrist Samir Parikh, "Homosexuals are normal humans attracted 
to their own gender. Relationships are defined by comfort levels and 
not societal sanctions. Moreover, according to medical opinion, 
sexual orientation is not a disorder. Like heterosexuality, 
homosexuality is an orientation which is not unnatural. India's 
legal mindset needs to change." 


  
  
  
  

   
Sociologist Arindam Sen maintains that the law 
must be in consonance with the increasing permissiveness of society 
towards homosexuals. "If laws are supposed to represent 
socially-acceptable dos and don'ts, then a new mindset is needed. 
Otherwise, normal human beings will continue to suffer inhuman 
exploitation just because nature has nourished them with the need to 
be different." To make matters, gays/lesbians have 
practically no access to legal protection. "Reporting a case to the 
police would amount to admitting to having had sex or what the law 
calls a criminal offence," says Rakesh. Gautam Bhan, team member of 
the Nigah Media Collective, reiterates that life is difficult for 
gays because they are discriminated against. "The law is often used 
a tool of extortion and blackmail. This makes it all the more 
difficult for gays to come out in the open and accept their 
alternative sexuality." Surely this is not what India 
wants


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[gay_bombay] Delhi gays seek to gain acceptance

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Delhi gays seek to gain 
acceptance 

NDTV CorrespondentFriday, August 20, 
2004 (New Delhi):
Last week's double murder in the capital, of two men believed 
to be homosexuals, has brought into focus a community of people striving to gain 
acceptance by society. While in many other countries, there are avenues 
for gay people to meet each another, in India, it's not so open.The 
'different' lifeNDTV discovered the risks and pressures that gay men 
face in the city. One such person, Ranvir, always knew that he was different. 
Even as a little boy he was attracted to men which often earned him 
scorn from friends and neighbours."When I was small I used to dress up 
in frocks and those men who knew, used to tempt me with two or three rupees and 
do bad things with me," said one man. Prejudiced lotFrom 
a humble background, he lives in central Delhi and still encounters prejudice 
for being gay. His family knows about his sexual preference and though 
they haven't rejected him, ten years ago he was asked to move into a room 
outside the family home."I would like to live with my family but that is 
not possible," said Ranvir.While Ranvir shares an uneasy relationship 
with his family, his friend Satya is frightened to tell his family that he is 
gay. Instead, he chooses the risky way of meeting like minded people for 
which he has to transform twice a week. "The law is blind. They should 
see what is happening. Every one sees us in the wrong light," said 
Satya.Looking for companySeveral times a week Satya makes 
the trip to Delhi's Connaught Place where he tries to flag down a companion for 
the night. While he claims that he is not a commercial sex worker, he 
does not mind if people are willing to pay him.But Satya says some even 
get forceful and one gentlemen even tells him that he is an undercover 
policeman.According to a study, as many as 7,000 men in Delhi work as 
commercial sex workers and while Satya may be treading a thin line, it is clear 
that there are a large number of men who solicit the company of other 
men.Whether it's the men in khakee or abusive clients, few gay men or 
male sex workers have any protection and are open to exploitation. 



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[gay_bombay] Love is the name and Delhiites are all game

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Love is the name and 
Delhiites are all game 
Homosexuality ‘Coming Out 
Of The Closet’ 
By Vividha Kaul/TNN 

New Delhi: It’s not easy, 
but the times they are a-changin’. Same-sex relationships in the Capital might 
still raise a few eyebrows, but gradually, they seem to be gaining wider 
acceptance. Besides 
evolving social attitudes, factors like the advent of the Internet have helped 
facilitate more people ‘come out of the closet’. ‘‘It is much easier to connect 
with likeminded people,’’ says Manish Rao, who is in a homosexual relationship. 
Though, 
most people involved in same-sex relationships say that they hang out at city 
hot spots across the board, areas like the Nehru Park, Palika Bazaar, Jahanpanah 
Forest, Dhaula Kuan bus stand, India Gate lawns are some of the spots most 
frequented by them for ‘cruising’. ‘‘Cruising is not about seeking a partner 
necessarily for sex, it could even be as simple as ‘can I buy you a drink?’,’’ 
says Rajiv Singh. Others 
like Rajneesh Kumar recall: ‘‘Earlier, it was just not possible to rent a place 
of your own. Now, there are people who are willing to accept that.’’ 
The 
situation is, however, relatively difficult for lesbians, what with the gender 
gap making its presence felt here as well. Sheetal Sharma, a south Delhi-based 
entrepreneur says: ‘‘Everybody knows I am a lesbian, but nobody is bothered 
about it. My partner and I frequent all the hot joints on weekends.’’ 
Singh 
says that Delhi is the ‘gay capital of India’ and that Mumbai is much more 
‘anti-gay’. ‘‘This has been the case ever since the Mughal times. Noorjehan 
wanted to marry off her daughter Ladli to Khurram’s younger brother who was 
known to have had affairs with men. The matter was discussed in court and it was 
Noorjehan who got the flak for being ambitious for her daughter,’’ he says. 
(All 
names have been changed) 
 


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[gay_bombay] some more stories on the gay murders that have rocked the lgtb community in delhi

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Pushkin Chandra, one of the victims of the Anandlok double homicides, seems 
to have led a dangerous other life, say investigators. By day, he was a 
development officer with USAID; after work, though his world was very 
different.
Then, Pushkin hooked onto a network of strangers who emerged from the shadows 
of lanes and parks. People who seemed to have nothing in common with the 
well-to-do, MBA-holding professional but their sexual orientation.
At the centre of the murder mystery are three of Pushkin's "new friends". All 
of them accompanied him to an upscale party the night before the murder. Two 
seem to have disappeared. The third, Vishal, was killed along with Pushkin. But 
bar his name, there's very little the police have on the dead man.
Except that he fit a profile. The police found none of Vishal's clothes in 
the room — he was wearing a pair of Pushkin's Bermudas. But they found a pair of 
tattered unbranded shoes in the room that belonged to him. Vishal, it appeared, 
was one of those men Pushkin was in the habit of picking up from gay hangouts 
like Nehru Park or Sanjay Park or Sangam cinema. Several polaroid photographs of 
such men — either in the nude, or engaged in sexual acts — were found at the 
crime scene.
Pushkin's friends in the NGO circuit knew about — and disapproved of — his 
habit of picking up prostitutes and smuggling them into his house or taking them 
to parties.
In the present instance, Pushkin and his friends had gatecrashed into a party 
thrown by Danish national Uffe Garten. They left at four in the morning. A few 
hours after that Pushkin and Vishal were dead.
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Police are piecing together clues and evidence, including photographs 
seized from slain Pushkin Chandra’s outhouse, to zero in on two unidentified men 
who had accompanied Chandra and his partner to a party late on Friday night.
Sleuths probing the murders of 38-year-old Chandra, who worked for 
USAID, and Vishal, said the two men held the key to the killings that rocked the 
Capital on Saturday. Most of the photographs found from Pushkin’s pad belonged 
to homosexuals like him.
The theory gaining ground is that the murders were a “crime of passion”, 
which have brought to the fore the murky affairs of same sex relationships in 
the Capital.
Pushkin’s friends who attended the party told police that they saw the duo 
for the first time that night. South district police have rounded up several 
male prostitutes to find more about Vishal, who was killed along with Chandra. 
Police are also trying to locate Chandra’s car.
It is still not clear how Pushkin and Vishal returned home, for there is no 
entry of the Opel Corsa coming back in register kept at the colony's gate.
***
Chasing leads
Pushkin’s Stanchart credit card is missing. Cops feel it is with the 
killers
Cops have asked Uffe, a Dane and host of Friday’s party, to provide 
photographs of the event to identify the two men
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Gay community grows in city
  
Chetan 
  ChauhanNew Delhi,August 
16Homosexuality is on the rise in Delhi 
and so is the incidence of sexually-transmitted diseases, including AIDS.
According to the estimates of the Delhi State AIDS Control Society (DSACS), 
from about 4,000 a few years ago, the number of homosexuals was estimated to be 
over 7,000 in 2003. DSACS director Arun Bhoraka said many of them are from the 
higher income group and come regularly to the society's 17 voluntary counselling 
centres for testing. “Often they came after unsafe sex and we counsel them about 
HIV/AIDS,” he said. In 2003 survey, the society identified 117 places in the 
Capital, from where male homosexuals operate.
High concentrations of homosexuals were found around Delhi University, 
Patparganj, Mayur Vihar, Anand Parbat, Punjabi Bagh, Amar Colony and several 
other places.
Officials said farmhouses in south Delhi and the NCR satellite townships were 
thriving spots for gay parties.
A possible reason for their number going up in Delhi is the easy availability 
of a male partner.
The survey found that the city’s 35,000 street children made easy 
prey.


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[gay_bombay] interesting

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New Jersey Gov. James. E. McGreevey, center, and family 
(KRT Photo)Aug 12, 2004 
Mystery of Jersey's first lady
BY ANN GIVENSStaff WriterStanding before the cameras Thursday 
afternoon, New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey and his wife, Dina, made a baffling 
pair: He announcing that he is gay, had an affair with a man, and will resign. 
She, holding his hand with an indecipherable smile on her face.The 
well-known governor suddenly seemed unknowable. But perhaps the bigger mystery 
was the woman by his side: Was 38-year-old Dina Matos McGreevey as blind sided 
as the public by her husband's announcement? And if so, how could she stand 
smiling by him through this unbearably painful moment?"It depends how 
long ago she found out," said Dan Forero, who heads the Straight Spouse Network 
of Long Island, a support group for straight people who are married to gays. "If 
she only found out two weeks ago, she was just smiling for the camera and was 
probably very numb. If she's known for some years, then maybe she's made some 
peace with it."A different set of rulesIt is nearly impossible 
to know what is going on in Matos McGreevey's mind, or behind closed doors in 
her home. Some have guessed that the McGreeveys' marriage -- his second -- was 
based on convenience from the start; others believe the news was a shock to her. 
Either way, a marriage in the political spotlight follows different rules than a 
private relationship, experts agree.Mike Paul, president of MGP  
Associates, a Manhattan-based public relations firm that has managed personal 
crises for public figures, said political couples should know up front that "for 
better or for worse" may mean taking very public questions about the most 
intimate subjects."As a first lady, you're going to be a public figure 
whether you want to be or not," Paul said. "When there's a crisis, you can't say 
'No comment.'"Not unheard ofIf the McGreeveys, who met in 1997, 
did have a "marriage of convenience," they would not be alone among political 
couples, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at University of 
Virginia."It's more common among politicians than it is in the group of 
people that I proudly call normal," Sabato said. "Ambitious people are often 
attracted to one another, and in order to get power and position they are 
willing to make compromises in their personal relationships."It is also 
not uncommon for heterosexual people married to gay people to try and make their 
relationships work, experts said.Forero, whose own marriage ended in 
divorce after his wife told him she is a lesbian, said about 15 percent of 
gay-straight marriages stay together. Even he thought for a time they could work 
things out, he said."A lot of times they love that person, they want a 
family and they think this is a way to do it," said Amity Pierce Buxton, author 
of "The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and 
Families" and head of the national Straight Spouse Network. "They think that 
love will conquer all."But for many people, especially those who do not 
know from the start that their spouse is gay, the shock is too much to get 
beyond."You feel deceived," said Buxton, whose husband told her he was 
gay after 25 years of marriage. "It takes a little while to face reality that 
this is who they are and you can't go back to the way things were. Then you can 
start healing."Some experts say it may actually have been easier for 
Matos McGreevey to stand up with her husband than it would have been to speak 
out against him."You don't want to make it so messy that people are 
constantly wanting more comments from you," said Steven Rhoads, a professor in 
the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and the author of 
"Taking Sex Differences Seriously." "Craig Schermer, a historian for the 
National First Ladies' Library in Canton, Ohio, said he cannot think of a 
presidential first lady who did not ultimately "stand by her 
man.""Ultimately, I think most of them realized that it was a 
partnership, and to expose their anger was to expose themselves," said Schermer, 
citing the Clintons and the Hardings as just two couples who suffered through 
extramarital affairs.But Schermer said that, as women become more 
liberated and first ladies become more independent, the days of loyalty to 
unfaithful spouses may come to an end."I think we're going to get to the 
age when husband cheats on his wife she's going to pack up and walk out," he 
said. 
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[gay_bombay] Manual for People living with HIV/AIDS

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courtesy aids-india
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Manual for People living with HIV/AIDS1) Good nutrition is 
essential for People Living withHIV/AIDSHere you'll find the manual: 
Living well with HIV/AIDSA manual on nutritional care and support for 
peoplelivingwith HIV/AIDShttp://www.sidasante.com/pdf/livingwell.htm2) On 
this website, you'll find the Manual aboutNursing and Care:Symptom 
Management Strategies, a Manual for PersonsLiving with HIV/AIDSit's 
still a draft but useful, it might be updatedsoonhttp://www.aidsnursingucsf.org/files/SymptomManagementGuidelines.doc3) 
>From the Global Network of People Living withHIV/AIDS(GNP+) , a manual 
"Positive Development: Setting upSelf-Help Groups and Advocating for Change, 
A Manualfor People Living with HIV".the manual in hindi is 
downloadable at:http://www.gnpplus.net/positivedevelopment/Hindi/4) 
you could find the FArmers'Life School manual useful too, especially in 
ruralregionshttp://www.hiv-development.org/text/publications/FLS%20Manual.pdf5) 
For health providers working with Asian Americanpatients living with HIV, a 
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[gay_bombay] events planned for august-04 by gb

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hi guys

here is the gb list of events for this 
month.

regards

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  6 gb BAR-NITE at CopaCabana H : British Parliament in 
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  8 E : 5:00 pm 
Sunday High - at Humsafar 
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  11 I : 
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  15 gb Sunday Meet at JATC P : Independence DayI : Tendulkar's Lesbian play opens 
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  21 T : 
"LA CAGE AUX FOLLES" debuts on 
Broadway 

  22 E : 5:00 pm 
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  28 H : 
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[gay_bombay] some lgbt news from hindustan times

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Just buddies: Why gals like guy friends
  
Asmita 
  AggarwalAugust 6
  

  

  


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  “Look at what she’s wearing! I can see her breasts popping out.” This 
  sort of conversation between two women — passing nasty remarks about a 
  third — is not uncommon. Many people genuinely believe women take great 
  pleasure in finding faults with other women.
  Is this the reason why so many women prefer men as buddies — like Sarah 
  Jessica Parker in Sex And The City, who always confides in her 
  gay best friend played by Willie Garson? Garson told imdb.com that he 
  shared a similar rapport with Parker in real life: “We’ve been dear 
  friends for 20 years and she does like to talk. Obviously I don’t ask her 
  about guys — I’m not gay! But she advises me on girls.”
  In the controversial book Women’s Inhumanity To Women, Phyllis 
  Chesler explains why men are easier to deal with: “In school, girls are 
  taught that girls are capable of being mean, they gossip and slander. They 
  isolate other women.” Remember, it was a woman, Linda Tripp, who spilled 
  the beans on Monica Lewinsky’s affair with Bill Clinton. Monica had 
  trusted Linda and confided in her!In Trilogy Of Women, Gloria 
  D. Tillis Jones says: “Women have it hard enough without being down on 
  each other, suspicious, jealous and backstabbing… if women are plagued 
  with problems, whom can they trust?”
  That’s the reason, V.J. Anusha says, she has more male friends: “You 
  can trust them. Women are more likely to betray your trust.” B4U V.J. 
  Gauhar Khan feels men are more patient and understanding. “Plus they 
  aren’t competing with you over looks, career or clothes. Women are more 
  prone to jealousy. Female friends have often backstabbed me,” she 
says.
  Smriti Z. Irrani married her best friend’s husband Zubin who, she 
  claims, was her friend. It was his easy-going attitude that she found 
  attractive. “It’s easier to strike friendship with a man, the comfort 
  level is higher,” she affirms.
  It’s often said that women are always checking out other women and 
  constantly tend to find faults in them. Schopenheur said: “Men by nature 
  are indifferent to one another, but women are by nature enemies.”
  Many women will agree. They will tell you that men do make better 
  soulmates than women. There could, of course, be another view
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  Olympic champion Thorpe chases his own 
destiny

  Julian 
Linden (Reuters)Sydney,August 6

  

  
A brush with death convinced Ian Thorpe his chosen path to 
Olympic immortality was futile.Like every other swimming 
prodigy of the past three decades, Thorpe's achievements are 
measured against those of Mark Spitz, the American who won a record 
seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games.
When Thorpe won three gold and two silver medals as a 17-year-old 
at the Sydney Olympics, his destiny seemed assured.
The Australian took the bait and started to prepare himself for a 
crack at the magnificent seven. The early signs were promising.
He won six gold medals at the 2001 world championships in Japan 
but the events of September 11 suddenly reshaped his thinking.
Thorpe was holidaying in New York that day and was on his way to 
the World Trade Center when the first hijacked plane struck the twin 
towers.
The harrowing experience made him reassess his priorities and he 
vowed not to waste another day of his life. After finishing with six 
golds at the Commonwealth Games a year later, Thorpe abandoned his 
quest of pursuing Spitz.
"It's not me," Thorpe said. "I'm not doing something to have 
accolades or the recognition."Thorpe's success in Sydney had 
already made him rich beyond his dreams but it came at a high price. 
He is a national hero in Australia but cannot lead a normal 
life.
He is mobbed by fans every time he walks down the street and his 
every move is scrutinised by the media and public. Earlier this 
year, he was moved to address rumours about his sexuality after 
Sydney's gay community adopted him as an icon.
For the record, he said he was not homosexual but was flattered 
by the description.
Thorpe's decision not to chase Spitz's record not only lifted the 
pressure from him, but also helped him to clear his mind. He had 
begun to tire of the grind 

[gay_bombay] Confront Your Toxic Relationships

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TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE  Taking 
  Control
  

  

  
Confront Your Toxic Relationships
  

  

Are you afraid of confronting someone in your life who is 
critical, judgmental or just can't be happy for your success? Your life 
may be full of people who are draining your energy and therefore not letting you 
live the life of your dreams. Life coach Cheryl Richardson helps you find out 
how to identify these people and take steps to heal or end these relationships. 
Toxic Qualities in PeopleSeveral types of 
people deter you from your path to living a fulfilled life. Cheryl 
describes six toxic qualities. 


  
  
Toxic Relationships: The People
  

  
Some relationships constantly drain your 
energy, in both obvious and subtle ways. Several types of people will exhaust 
you or deter you from your path to living a fulfilled life. Life coach Cheryl 
Richardson describes six types of toxic qualities in people. The Blamer This person likes to hear his own voice. He 
constantly complains about what isn't working in his life and yet gets energy 
from complaining and dumping his frustrations on you. The DrainerThis is the needy person who calls to ask for 
your guidance, support, information, advice or whatever she needs to feel better 
in the moment. Because of her neediness, the conversation often revolves around 
her, and you can almost feel the life being sucked out of you during the 
conversation. The ShamerThis person can be 
hazardous to your health. The shamer may cut you off, put you down, reprimand 
you, or make fun of your or your ideas in front of others. He often ignores your 
boundaries and may try to convince you that his criticism is for you own good. 
The shamer is the kind of person who makes you question your own sanity before 
his. The DiscounterThis is the person who 
discounts or challenges everything you say. Often, she has a strong need to be 
right and can find fault with any position. It can be exhausting to have a 
conversation with the discounter, so eventually you end up giving in and 
deciding to just listen. The GossipThis 
person avoids intimacy by talking about other behind their backs. The gossip 
gets energy from relaying stories, opinions, and the latest "scoop." By 
gossiping about others, he creates a lack of safety in his relationships, 
whether he realizes it or not. After all, if he'll talk about someone else, 
he'll talk about you. Test the Quality of Your 
RelationshipsDetermine whether a relationship drains you or fuels 
you. Ask 
yourself the following questions. 


  
  
Test the Quality of Your Relationships
  

  

Since soulful connections require an investment of time and energy, you'll 
want to choose the people you spend time with wisely. To determine whether a 
relationship drains you or fuels you, ask yourself the following questions. 




  
  

  

  1. 

  Write down the name of a person in your life.
  

  

  2. 

  Am I able to be myself with this person? Do I feel 
  accepted by him/her? 
  

  

  3. 

  Is this person critical or judgmental of me?
  

  

  4. 

  Does the relationship provide an even give-and-take 
  exchange of energy? 
  

  

  5. 

  Do I feel upbeat and energized when I'm around this 
  person, or depleted and drained? 
  

  

  6. 

  Does this person share my values? My level of integrity? 
  
  

  

  7. 

  Is this person committed to our relationship? 
  

  

  8. 

  Can this person celebrate my success? 
  

  

  9. 

  Do I feel good about myself when I'm with this person? 
  
Confronting Conflict with GraceIf you 
feel a relationship can be healed, follow 
these three steps. Plus, get the words to say to stand up to your toxic 
friends and family.  Are 
you confronting the negative relationships in your life? What have you done to 
make them better? 


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[gay_bombay] saw this on the net (blog) for call centre guys--Is it worth it?

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Is it 
worth it?
In the era of software and call center boom in India.there has been a 
marked difference in the day to day routines. Sometimes you wake up at 5 
am for the first shift, sometimes at 11am...for the shift at 2pm 
sometimeshave to leave for work at 10pm. All this to take care of 
someone's problem sitting thousands of miles away. Putting up an 
artificial accent and getting bombarded with rude questions from the caller. 
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[gay_bombay] Life-Changing Questions

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Life-Changing Questions
  

  
 Start making and not breaking your inner 
resolutions. Uncover the qualities you need to develop, such as courage, taking 
risks and setting boundaries. Complete the following workbook questions from Cheryl 
Richardson, and reflect on your answers periodically—exploring your beliefs 
about yourself and your attitude will change your life! 


  
  

  

What do I really want for my life? When you consider this question, 
  what comes to mind first? List everything that occurs to you.
  

  

What should I want? As you look over your answer to question 
  #1, notice how many of the answers are based on what you're supposed to 
  want. Notice and write down all that occurs to you. 
  

  

Are my desires really my desires, or are they meant to please 
  someone else? Review what you've written so far and notice how much of 
  what you want is really for others.
  

  

What really matters to me at this time in my life?
  

  

What needs my attention?
  

  

What am I afraid of?
  

  

What am I afraid of losing? 
  

  

What am I afraid of gaining? 


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[gay_bombay] Making Peace with Your Past

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KNOW YOURSELF  What Do You 
  Believe?
  

  

  
Making Peace with Your Past
  

  

  
 Dr. Phil says that forgiveness is what you do for 
  yourself, not for other people. When you forgive, it doesn't mean that you 
  approve of what's happened; instead, it means that you're giving yourself 
  permission to move on with your life. Dr. 
  Phil's Advice to Cope with the Past

  
  

The pain of what happened is inevitable, but continuing to suffer is 
  optional.
  

For some people, making peace happens suddenly and spontaneously. For 
  others, it takes much effort and time. There is no "right" timeline for 
  recovery.
  

Find meaning in what happened. Discover some wisdom from your 
  experience, and share it with others.
  

Don't expect a success-only journey. People can thrive and suffer at 
  the same time.
  

While the pain may never completely disappear, you can find a new 
  sense of strength and a renewed appreciation for life, as long as you're 
  willing to make the effort.


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[gay_bombay] What to Do When Life Seems Unfair

[ketan]

  
  

  

  
What to Do When Life Seems Unfair
  

  

  

  What do you do when nothing is going your way? Do you 
  ask, "Why me?" or do you look for what your life is trying to tell you? 
  How you choose to respond to the difficult things that happen to you can 
  mean the difference between a life of anger…or joy. Spiritual 
  counselor Gary 
  Zukav says that everything happens for a reason, and that reason is 
  your spiritual growth. Find out what you can do when life takes a turn 
  that just doesn't seem fair. 
  Get to the Heart of the Problem
  


  TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE  
Well-Being

  

  

  When Life Seems Unfair: Get to the Heart of the 
Problem

  

  

  Take 
ResponsibilityAccording to Gary Zukav, how you choose to 
respond to difficult life circumstances is at the core of what life 
on Earth is about. You must take genuine responsibility for: 

  


  
  Who you are

  
  What you do

  
  What you contribute while you are 
  hereAre You a 
  Victim?If you believe that life is unjust, you are declaring 
  yourself to be a victim. A victim resists her life, rather than looking at 
  it realistically and moving on from that point. Consider the possibility 
  that everything that happens to you is an opportunity to expand 
  into a fuller potential, and a more powerful and meaningful life. 
  Change Your PerceptionThinking of 
  life as unfair is only one perception, and it is not necessarily the way 
  your life is. Realize that while you cannot control the things that happen 
  to you, you can control how you react to them. 
  Take 
  responsibility for yourself and your life. What Did You Do to Deserve This?Feeling 
  that you're a victim may be imprisoning you in your pain. 
  
  


  TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE  
Well-Being

  

  

  When Life Seems Unfair: Don't Be the 
Victim

  

  

  Many of us tend to ask, "Why me?" when we are 
experiencing some pain in life and allow ourselves to become a 
prisoner of that pain. 
  


  
  Trust that there may be something meaningful, powerful and 
purposeful happening.

  
  Declaring yourself as a victim may only perpetuate the 
experience and your pain.Why do bad things 
  happen to good people?Gary says, "The world around you does not 
  deceive you. It does not lie to you. What you experience reflects a 
  creative or created impulse within you. "The question is not 'Why 
  do bad things happen to good people?' There are not bad things and good 
  things. There are consequences of choices made. There are effects of 
  causes in which you participated. "So if you look at your life and 
  say, 'But I'm a positive person, why is it that these things are now 
  happening to me?' Well, there's several ways to look at this. Number one 
  is, if you were to wake up in your life today, you would still experience 
  what you have created in the past. This is karma. Energy is energy, and 
  you cannot escape it — and there's a good reason for that." 
  


  
  If you feel that the Universe is unfair, it will be unfair. No 
matter what happens to you, nothing is unfair. The Universe doesn't 
judge you, so why should you judge it?

  
  When you blame others and view yourself as a victim, you create 
negative karma.

  
  What you see in others is what you need to see in yourself. If 
you are surrounded by angry people, you are probably an angry 
person, too.Shift the 
  Way You See the WorldHaving 
  a different outlook could take away the pain and change the course of 
  your life. 
  
  


  TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE  
Well-Being

  

  

  When Life Seems Unfair: Shift the Way You See the 
World

  

  

  If you consider that there may be meaning in the 
disappointments of life and that the universe is compassionate and 
wise, you will be able to open yourself to authentic power—the real 
power within yourself. 
  


  
  Learn to control your negativity. Your life does not have to be 

[gay_bombay] NYT-Indians Go Home, but Don't Leave U.S. Behind

[ketan]

Indians Go Home, but Don't Leave U.S. BehindBy AMY 
WALDMANPublished: July 24, 2004
ANGALORE, India - Snigdha Dhar sat in the echoing 
emptiness of her new home, her husband off at work, her 7-year-old son prattling 
on about Pizza Hut. The weather outside was California balmy. Children rode 
bicycles on wide smooth streets. Construction workers toiled on more villas like 
hers - white paint, red roofs, green lawns - and the community center's three 
pools
Six years ago, Mrs. Dhar and her husband, Subhash, a vice president at 
Infosys Technologies, the Indian software giant, migrated like thousands of 
Indians before them, to America's Silicon Valley and its suburban good life.
But Silicon Valley is not where their gated housing colony, Palm Meadows, 
sits. Like growing numbers of professional Indians who once saw their only hope 
for good jobs and good lives in the West, the Dhars have returned home to 
India.
Drawn by a booming economy, in which outsourcing is playing a crucial role, 
and the money to buy the lifestyle they had in America, Indians are returning in 
large numbers, many to this high-technology hub.
What began as a trickle in the late 1990's is now substantial enough to be 
talked about as a "reverse brain drain.'' By one estimate, there are 35,000 
"returned nonresident Indians'' in Bangalore, with many more scattered across 
India.
For this still developing country, the implications of the reverse migration 
are potentially vast. 
For decades, it has watched many of its best-educated move abroad, never to 
come back. Now a small portion of that talent is returning, their influence 
amplified beyond their numbers by their high-level skills and education, new 
cultural perspective and, in many cases, ample wealth. They are both staffing 
and starting companies, 110 of which set up shop in Bangalore in just the year 
that ended in March.
In some cases, they are seeking to refashion India implicitly in America's 
image. It takes leaving and returning, said Arjun Kalyanpur, a radiologist who 
returned in 1999, to ask, "Why should my country be any less than the country I 
was in?''
This impulse is not universally welcomed by some Indians who never left and 
who see a globalized elite - many of whom now carry American passports, not 
Indian - importing a Western culture as distorting in its way as British 
colonialism. 
Still, returned reformers are already sparking change. Srikanth Nadhamuni, 
who helped design the Intel Pentium chip, is now applying his formidable skills 
to designing a software platform that could revolutionize the administration of 
India's local governments. 
Lathika Pai, one of the few women in India's high-technology sector, is 
trying to bring America's best practices for working mothers to the B2K 
Corporation, her business-process outsourcing company. Others are trying to 
encourage schools to teach critical thinking, or force government to be more 
responsive to citizens. 
S. Nagarajan, an entrepreneur, calls it "brain gain." "They have not come 
back just as they went there," he said.
He came back because he saw in India the business opportunity he once saw in 
America, where he struck it rich in the 1990's. The call center he and his 
partners started in Bangalore in 2000 with 20 employees now has 3,600, and $30 
million in annual revenues.
Others have been drawn back by the tug of family and the almost atavistic 
pull of roots, or pushed by diminishing job opportunities in Silicon Valley and 
tightening Americans visa regulations.
Many of them are returning to communities like Palm Meadows, whose developer, 
the Adarsh Group, advertises "beautiful homes for beautiful people.'' The 
liberalization of India's state-run economy over the last 13 years has spawned a 
suburban culture of luxury housing developments, malls and sport utility 
vehicles that is also enabling India to compete for its Americanized best and 
brightest.
"It is amazing what you can get in terms of quality of life,'' Subhash Dhar 
said of the India to which he and his family returned about two months ago.
Trying to Reconnect
The little girls wore dresses of rich blues and hot pinks and deep reds. 
Their ankle bells tinkled as their feet smacked the floor. They cocked their 
heads and bent their hands up, trying to perfect the poses of a 1,600-year-old 
Indian dance form, Bharathanatyam, in the community center of a housing complex 
that bore almost no trace of India.
All the girls were daughters of returnees, like Prasad Kamisetty, an Intel 
employee back after 15 years, whose sonorous singing accompanied the dancers, 
and Sunita Maheshwari, a pediatric cardiologist, who kept one eye on the dance 
lessons and one on her 4-year-old son in the pool outside. They live in a 
pastel, pastoral gated compound, Regent Place, where two-story houses with 
barbecues in the backyard line a tree-shaded main lane.
Where Indian parents have long worried about how to give their children 
sufficient