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Delhi Not A Disabled-Friendly City

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<st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">NEW DELHI</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> (NNN-Bernama) -- <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Delhi</st1:city></st1:place> may claim to be a world class city but
it lacks basic disabled-friendly infrastructure, a study has found.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
study, conducted by non-organisation Samarthyam in some of the city's busiest
places such as <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Connaught Place</st1:address></st1:street>,
Sarai Kale Khan, <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Nehru Place</st1:address></st1:street>
and <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lodhi Road</st1:address></st1:street>,
found that street infrastructure was missing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Some
of the major problems the NGO found at <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Connaught Place</st1:address></st1:street> were lack of proper
signages and audio signals, non-continuity of tactile pavers and pelican
crossings, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
study found that Sarai Kale Khan Inter State Bus Terminus, a key terminus
having proximity to Nizamuddin railways station, lacked connectivity between
footpaths.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Footpath
height and width varied at many places, there was lack of kerb ramps and no
pedestrian crossing in front of the terminus, open drain exists on footpaths
which are often encroached by hawkers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Similar
problems were encountered at the busy <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Nehru
  Place</st1:address></st1:street>, considered <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s largest grey market of
computer goods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"It
is important that street infrastructure be accessible, safe and dignified for
all irrespective of age, gender and disability," said Anjalee Agarwal,
director of Samarthyam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"The
first goal of the study was to work with stakeholders in the implementation
process -- architects, engineers, planners, contractors, public agencies and
government departments -- to inform and educate them about the need for access
and safety," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Parthaa Bosu</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> representative of Clean Air Initiative for
Asian Cities said: "It is ironical that while investment in improving
public transport is increasing every year, little is being done to improve
accessibility to terminals like bus stop and railway stations." -- NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Delhi Not A Disabled-Friendly City

NEW DELHI (NNN-Bernama) -- Delhi may claim to be a world class city but it lacks basic disabled-friendly infrastructure, a study has ...

Is Marriage An Obsolete Institution?

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By   <a href="http://www.groundreport.com/dchaitanya"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">D. Chaitanya</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Quite a good majority of urban educated and employed women believes it as ‘yes’. Women are born free, but still their freedom is shackled under the guise of marriage, through out their life. Even though the shackles of marriage were broken by the hard-core feminists long ago, it is only today majority women around the world are realizing the importance of physical freedom to them unrestrained by the institution of marriage. Today they either prefers to be single or to have only live in relationships with a view not to lose their natural freedom. Increasing education and good employment opportunities are infusing confidence among the educated women that they are no more dependents on men. They firmly believe that marriage thoroughly hinders their physical movements and restricts their freedom of thought and do not want to mortgage their unrestrained freedom of movements for the institution of marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Even in traditional societies like India, now a days certain sections of educated young women prefer dating, live in relations, or temporary physical relations for amusement, instead of being capitive in life long marriage. This is apparent if you see the ‘dating’ and ‘singles’ portals, where millions of employed urban educated women seeking relationships with men for temporary economic support or physical satisfaction. Dating and friendship are preferred over marriage, by majority such young employed women as traditional domination of men in the guise of husbands, over the women, is no more tolerated issue now a days..  The matrimonial, dating, friendship sites in India show the number of Divorcees or separated or 35+ unmarried women keeping their profiles, but they remain unmarried even after they crossed 40+ years, because, their preferences, tastes are not liked by majority men as still 90% of Indian men seek that their life-partner must be like a traditional obeying wife to the husband, in spite of her good education and employment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Indeed, candidly speaking women lose their freedom as every husband often looks her wife with suspicion, if she freely talks or interacts with any other man, in his presence or in his absence. This ‘suspicion’ is the very fundamental issue where women think that they lost their freedom with the marriage and being trampled by husband. Her mind gets grilled between respecting the traditional role as a typical wife and her values, and accepting modern thinking based on equal rights, freedom of thought and movements unrestrained by any force. In this chaos, majority educated women preferring the ‘freedom’ over the ‘marriage’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But still the hypocratic human societies are imposing the system of marriage on the women of which women are unable to come out legitimately. Any physical relationship if women established with a man, beyond marital purview, is being considered by human society and law, as illegitimate relation and on par with prostitution. This is the greatest obstacle that is forcing the women into the institution of marriage.  If chance gets several married men often enter into physical contacts with other women out of lust or for physical amusement. But, if a married women enters into physical contact with another man, she will be called as ‘characterless’ and a ‘debachee’ and she will be given up by the husband.  That hypocratic and discriminatory image what the modern women want to avoid by avoiding the very marriage itself. Without entering into the matrimonial relationship, if a woman does have any number of secret contacts she can not be questioned in general by anyone, and her freedom of life remains intact.  That freedom, infact women wanted even after the marriage, but the society is not accepting this and calling it as illegitimate. So, even today the women’s struggle for absolute freedom is going on.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Her mind and movements are being controlled in the guise of institution of marriage for which the ‘husband’ is the Ruler and wife is ruled. Now the rebellion is “why should we be ruled by the husbands”? “If we enter into the marriage we will be ruled, if we do not enter into the marriage we can not be ruled by men and our freedom remains untouched” this is the changed trend in women attitude, which is not digestible to men. Even if laws relating to equal rights, freedom etc., are enacted for physical control of the bodies, human mind and thoughts can not be controlled by the law and legal bodies. That freedom unrestrained by law or other humanly controls are being desired by the women. Therefore for majority sections of educated women institution of marriage has become outdated. They need something new institution.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Will Plato’s communism of wives works out for those sections of modern women? Surveys and debates have to be conducted by bigwigs on this topic, to minimize the psychological sufferings of women and to increase their freedom. ---<a href="http://www.groundreport.com/Lifestyle/IS-MARRIAGE-AN-OBSOLETE-INSTITUTION/2947071"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Groundreport</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
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Is Marriage An Obsolete Institution?

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INDIA: Urban Women Say Career Comes First

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NEW DELHI (NNN-Bernama): The majority of young working women in urban India are putting off plans to start a family as they put career and professional ambitions ahead of motherhood, a survey by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and India (ASSOCHAM) revealed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ambitious working women in India are not willing to give up their career for the sake of family as they are apprehensive about dealing with stress and emotional distress associated with issues of work/life balance,” ASSOCHAM’s secretary general D.S. Rawat said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ASSOCHAM under the aegis of ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation (ASDF) carried out a random survey of 1,200 married, young full-time working women without children and 800 stay-at-home mothers in the 24-30 age group at urban centres of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune from March to April.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Over half of married, young working women in the urban centres said they have shelved plans to start a family as career advancement and higher education is their priority and were unable to sacrifice the same to raise kids, the survey highlighted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Household chores, social commitments and other obligations make raising kids a delicate balancing act for women with successful careers,” said Rawat in a statement here Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About 10 per cent said they work to lead a better lifestyle and need to accumulate enough wealth before they start a family and cope with rising childcare costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A total of 200 respondents from the working women category said they have put off plans to have a baby as it would disfigure their physical appearance, while 70 of them said they are too young to be a mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However, about 20 per cent of these said they have made a mutual decision with their spouse in that they would accomplish their career goals first before starting a family.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many working women said they work primarily out of passion for their career and to hone their organisational skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The survey said about 220 respondents from this category said they have no qualms in going for the family way and becoming a mother would make them feel happier and fulfilled and are not fearful of the effect motherhood might have on their career.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of the 800 stay-at-home moms interviewed, about 25 per cent said they regretted not being able to work as they are less educated, have limited job skills and find it hard to make both ends meet due to rising cost of living.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About 80 women said they regretted motherhood as they have lost their social identity, the survey revealed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It also said about 15 per cent said they had previously worked but quit their successful careers and had chosen a family life over their job as it was becoming a conflict of priorities. -NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

INDIA: Urban Women Say Career Comes First

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Mumbai High Court: Insisting On Condoms for Sex Can't Be Grounds for Divorce

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NEW DELHI, India (NNN-Xinhua) -- In a unique case, the High Court in Mumbai has ruled that a wife's refusal to have sex with her husband without a condom could not be a legal ground for divorce, local media reported Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pradeep Bapat filed divorce petition before the court alleging that his wife refused to have sex with him without a condom as she was reluctant to have children because they were not financially stable.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But, a two-judge bench of the High Court rejected his divorce plea and said that his other grounds for legal separation -- a lack of cooking and cleaning skills on his wife's part -- could not be grounds for divorce.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The couple married in February 2007 and by June his wife had left their home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"She wanted to give the child a better life. It is a mutual decision and a husband can not insist," the Times of India quoted Justice PB Majmudar as saying.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bapat's lawyer told the court that his client wanted an educated, working woman as his wife, who would also do the housework.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"A woman is not a slave. You have put (common marital troubles) in the plea. If we construe these as cruelty, then no marriage will be safe," the court remarked.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the ruling, the court also said couples should get to know each other before marrying, especially in the case of arranged marriages. "It is the duty of parents to consider various aspects before the actual marriage takes place," it said. -- NNN-Xinhua<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Mumbai High Court: Insisting On Condoms for Sex Can't Be Grounds for Divorce

NEW DELHI, India (NNN-Xinhua) -- In a unique case, the High Court in Mumbai has ruled that a wife's refusal to have sex with h...

Indians in Bahrain Seek Urgent Steps to Tackle Rising Suicides

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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">  <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">DUBAI (NNN-Bernama) --Worried over the rising number of suicides among expatriates, Indian community leaders in Bahrain are calling for urgent steps to curb the problem by offering counselling and support services. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Community members at a gathering to discuss the issue said the phenomenon should be ‘a matter of concern’ that warranted immediate intervention, PTI quoted a report in the local media. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">According to the report, as many as seven Indians had committed suicide inBahrain over the last few weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sovichen Chennattusserry, who organised the gathering, said all seven persons 'had left behind broken, shattered families' and called for community leaders and the media to lend their support. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Salmaniya Medical Complex Accident and Emergency department chief resident, P V Cheriyan, said although the number of deaths resulting from suicides was 'small', the number of suicide attempts had been increasing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"We get scores of cases from all sections, including teenagers, who have attempted suicide. We deal with these cases according to a set protocol," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Suggestions made by community leaders at the gathering included regular visits to labour camps to create awareness among people on ways of dealing with stress, which is blamed for the suicides. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cheriyan said financial problems, chronic illness and people's inability to deal with these issues 'often resulted in suicidal tendencies.' <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Babu Ramachandran, a senior physician at the local <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">American</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mission</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>, said there should be a help-line available to counsel people individually and awareness should be created via the media and in schools. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Veteran community leader Vani Krishnan said she believed extra-marital affairs were a leading cause of stress which ultimately led to people committing suicide. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"These people are unable to deal with the guilt and take the extreme step of ending their life," she said. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A volunteer organisation called An Art of Living has offered to provide counselling and follow-up services to vulnerable groups. – NNN-BERNAMA</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div>

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Yebhi.com Brings an Array of Breathtaking Offers Especially for the International Women's Day

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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;">New Delhi (<a href="http://www.indiaprwire.com/" title="Press release distribution via. IndiaPRwire.com"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">India PRwire</span></a>) -- Yebhi.com, India's Largest Home, Lifestyle & Fashion e-retailer, has introduced several offers to woo the thousands of women shopaholics on the occasion of Women's day. Yebhi.com, the one-stop-shop for all lifestyle & Home products offers the latest and quality product to its customers on various occasions. This portal has different sections for the various products like Shoes, Clothing, Bags, Lifestyle, Jewelry & watches, Home and Kitchen, Lingerie and Super Savers. The online shopping store is set to honor its women shoppers specially this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">International Women's Day is being celebrated worldwide on the 8th March and it is the ideal day to give gift to the most important woman in ones' life to express warmth, affection and respect to that woman. With the fast paced life, an individual has practically no time for the grueling sessions of shopping. With the advent of technology and the entry of online retailers in the market, the shopping task has become a cake walk.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A web portal like Yebhi.com comes to the rescue of thousands of stranded consumers and offers a variety of products right from shoes, apparels, bags, lingerie and furnishings to indulge and spoil the Indian women. The luxury of ordering from home at no extra shipping charges is one of the incentives of shopping exclusively from Yebhi.com. <b>As a part of the International Women's Day celebrations, Yebhi.com is offering discounts upto 50% on women's products.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mr. Manmohan Aggarwal, CEO, CEO of Bigshoebazaar India Pvt. Ltd (owner Yebhi.com) candidly shares his views on International Women's Day, "International Women's Day is knocking on the door and the maidens are gearing up to pamper themselves; and their counterparts are busy shopping extravagantly to surprise the special beings in their lives. A woman essentially plays the character of a mother, sister, daughter, wife and a friend in our lives and effortlessly excels at it. It gives me immense delight to present a bouquet of offers in the honor of the most beautiful creation of God on this Women's day. "<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Yebhi offers variety of products in different categories for the special women in special people's lives. This includes well - known brands like United Colors of Benetton, AIVA Fifth Avenue, Adidas, Reebok, S. Oliver, Levi's etc, in Apparel, shoes and life style; Bewitch, Lovable, Body Care, Madam, Mother Care, Puma and more in Lingerie; AIVA, Fifth Avenue, Guess, Hunt, Calvino etc in Bags category; Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden etc in fragrance.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The latest offers include flat 20% off on Adidas merchandise, upto 50% on United Colors of Benetton products; upto 50% off on women's footwear and apparels; upto 50% off on Victoria's Secrets, nightwear & lingerie; 50% off on fragrances and 40% off on handbags. Cheers to Yebhi.com for being the one- stop repose to all your gifting concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Yebhi.com Brings an Array of Breathtaking Offers Especially for the International Women's Day

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Why Do Married Women and Men Flirt????

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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 10.0pt;">By <a href="http://www.groundreport.com/gineesh"><span style="background: #E8F7FA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Krishtha Gineesh</span></a></span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="background: #E8F7FA; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;">  <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><a href="http://www.groundreport.com/Lifestyle/Why-Do-Married-Women-and-Men-Flirt/2943413" target="_blank"><span style="background: white;">GroundReport</span></a>- </span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Well before getting deep into the subject "Flirting" lets remind our self that’s its human nature. It’s not a question of men or women/married or single, because both sides do it equally. Mostly it’s harmless and most of the time people don't realize they are flirting. Being nice doesn't always mean one is flirting. Women being a soft gender, lets ride from there side. Most women, whether they can admit it or not, flirting means love attention. They see flirting as harmless, since they usually have no intention of following through on the flirting. They just want to know men. In general when a relationship is very comfortable, a guy doesn't feel the need to tell his woman that she looks beautiful, but that need still needs to be filled.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In most cases, I believe married women flirt because they want to know if they have still got it also, its not so much of a bad thing, they want that feeling coming out with a  meaning that I am attractive but you cant have me because I am already with a lucky man. This could possibly be seen as a compliment, just as long as flirting is where it stops. However, men don’t take women flirting with them as harmless. Just like women think it’s harmless to have male friends, which it isn’t. Men see flirting as an invitation for sex. That's why it can be so dangerous.Hey...This topic seems endless as many thoughts cropping up in my mind making it difficult to write more.  <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

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Well-Heeled Indians Fall Hook, Line And Sinker for Ornamental Fish

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">CHENNAI (NNN-Bernama):Well-heeled Indians are now fishing for wealth and good luck in the privacy of their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Believing that ornamental fish bring fortune, they have resorted to rearing them in fancy aquariums, a sign of the life and times gripping the modern Indian home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Nearly 500,000 ornamental fish are distributed daily across <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> from the emerging exotic fish-export hub in Chennai, turning the infant industry into a multi-million Ringgit business.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Vaasthu (the Indian version of Chinese feng shui), stress-buster, hobby or for social status are reasons why more Indians fancy keeping exotic fish, of late, say ornamental fish suppliers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"It's famous for vaasthu and with the increase in disposable income, more Indians own aquariums filled with ornamental fish, to serve as house decoration.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"There has been significant increase in demand for ornamental fish, nearly 50 per cent increase as compared to last year," Tamil Nadu Aquarium Fish Breeders and Sellers Welfare Association president R. Rajarajan told Bernama in a recent interview.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Gold fish, mollies, carp, guppies are among few hot varieties much sought- after in local markets, where prices range anything from 50 paisa (30 sen) to 5,000 Indian rupees (RM330).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Every year, the market is growing between 15 to 20 per cent. In fact, the exotic fish-keeping trend is catching up in <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>, following <st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>," said Chennai Aquarium Development and Traders Association president B. Selvaraj.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">From Kolathur, a district about 40km from Chennai, known for tropical fish exports, 600 fish farms actively supply ornamental fish nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In the southern state of Tamil Nadu alone, about 15,000 retail outlets cater to the flourishing demand and sell modern accessories for fish rearing. -NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

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Study Calculates High Cost of Heavy Drinking

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Excessive alcohol consumption in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> costs Americans more than $200 billion a year, according to a new study.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">That hefty bill includes the medical costs related to heavy drinking, plus the impact of alcohol abuse on law enforcement agencies and employers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The researchers found the biggest contributor to the total costs of excessive alcohol use was a drop in workplace productivity, but the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,<span>  </span>Thomas R. Frieden, MD, told reporters that heavy drinking also contributes to a wide range of chronic health problems, including cirrhosis of the liver, "cancers, including liver, mouth, throat; high blood pressure; mental health problems; injuries, such as motor vehicle crashes, burns, and firearm injuries; violence, including child maltreatment, homicide, suicide, and domestic violence. All are substantially contributed to by unhealthy patterns of alcohol intake."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">This study is limited to excessive drinking, which is defined in the CDC study as more than one alcoholic drink per day for women, more than two per day for men, and any drinking at all by pregnant women and underage youth. Other research has found light-to-moderate drinking can often have benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">CDC director Frieden says the price of heavy alcohol use averages out to just under $2 a drink.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The estimated costs for 2006, the most recent year available, climbed $40 billion over the costs found in a similar 1998 study. And CDC Alcohol Program official Robert Brewer, MD, suggests that the findings may understate the problem. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Now, I should tell you that our estimates here are very conservative, yet the number that we are reporting here - $223.5 billion - is huge," Brewer said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The study on the costs of excessive drinking in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United   States</st1:place></st1:country-region> is published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In separate research on the health effects of alcohol, heavy drinkers were found to be at higher risk of lung cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The study, by researchers at Kaiser Permanente in California, used data from a group of more than 125,000 people, who were followed for as long as 30 years to assess various lung cancer risk factors. Those who had more than three alcoholic drinks a day were more likely to get lung cancer, but the increased risk did not apply to more moderate drinkers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The researchers, led by <st1:city w:st="on">Stanton</st1:city> T. Siu, MD, presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Chest Physicians</st1:placename> in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:state>. ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div>

Study Calculates High Cost of Heavy Drinking

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There are a number of reasons for the price rise

<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">By <a href="http://www.groundreport.com/10000001"> Madugundu Krishna</a>    </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Prices are rising day by day. After independence this has become common feature in India. The government has failed to control the price of many a thing. People are put to untold sufferings because of rising prices.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Prices rise has been marked after the Indo-China war in 1962. After came the war with Pakistan. These wars shook India’s economy. Draughts and famines made the situation worse. Hording, black-marketing and smuggling affected the price of everything.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">There are a number of reasons for the price rise. The price of an article should follow the natural laws of economics. Normally prices depend on the `supply and demand’ theory. But prices rise even when the supply is greater than the demand. This happens because of the selfishness of the traders. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The cost of production of articles is on the rise. So their selling price should also go up. Raw materials are becoming scarce. Transport charges are on the rise. All these lead to price rise. Besides this traders create an artificial scarcity for certain goods. Cheap goods like the common salt also are sold at high prices.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The government is taking steps to control the rising prices. Certain goods are sold through fair price shops. There are severe laws to punish the black marketers and hoarders. The public should also co-operative with the government I this regard. Only the common man can have relief the rising prices.  <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Source: <a href="http://www.groundreport.com/10000001">Ground Report</a> (Published under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">License</span></a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><h1 style="margin-bottom: 2.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Disclaimer:  The views expressed by the author in this feature are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Global News Post.</span></i><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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There are a number of reasons for the price rise

By Madugundu Krishna Prices are rising day by day. After independence this has become common feature in India. The government has f...