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SAKHI – A Circle of Strength

By Lavina Melwani • Sep 15th, 2011 • Category: CyberCircles: For You!

“It is one thing to get out of an abusive relationship. It is another thing to be able to support yourself and your children afterwards,” says Reshma.


Somy Ali on Salman Khan & the Single Life

By Monica Marwah • Jul 24th, 2011 • Category: 24/7 Talk is Cheap - The Blog

“Salman was my first boyfriend. I had a huge crush on him as a teenager. The crush led me to leave Florida and move to India and join films just so I could find him and get married to him. You have a license for doing idiotic things when you’re 15. However, I do not have a single regret of pursuing my first love.”

Somy Ali chats about Salman Khan, the Single Life, and her non-profit No More Tears on ‘Sex and the Single Desi’


Breakthrough’s ‘Bell Bajao’ Wins Cannes Silver Lion

By Lavina Melwani • Jul 1st, 2010 • Category: 24/7 Talk is Cheap - The Blog

When Mallika Dutt, director of Breakthrough, the international human rights organization, adopted the innovative, game-changing strategy of ‘Bell Bajao’ to combat domestic violence in communities, she turned to the advertising firm of Ogilvy & Mather to translate that vision into film.

Two of the films bagged the Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2010. Ogilvy & Mather had created these films for Breakthrough pro bono – so this just goes to show no good deed goes unrewarded!
WATCH THE AWARD-WINNING VIDEO. A CHAT WITH MALLIKA DUTT