“THANKS FOR making donations a non-charitable activity,” read a card from software engineer Dhruv Singh to the principal of a pri vate school in Delhi (left). It was Singh’s way of registering his protest after the school refused admission to his friend’s son because a big do nation was not made.
Gandhigiri cards, as these are called, are the latest to catch the fancy of people who want to protest wrongdoing. Their popularity underscores the encouraging trend that India’s youth is shedding its political apathy.
“We have got hundreds of requests from young men and women on various subjects,” said Manish Pathak, who launched these cards on December 28, inspired by the film Lage Raho Munnabhai.
Pathak’s website Papam, offers 14 variations in the cards, addressing issues from child labour and female foeticide to farmers’ suicides and unemployment. The cards can be purchased online.
Agitated by the spate of terror attacks, Tanu Aggarwal, a lecturer at Amity University, picked a Gand higiri card to register her protest with Sonia Gandhi. “The stories of terror attacks and human loss were so disturbing that I wanted a way to vent my anger,” said Aggarwal.
Ashay Singhal, a student with IMT Ghaziabad, picked up a card that criticises the media for sensationalising trivial issues. “I sent it to a channel that often flashes breaking stories like someone’s dog is lost, or someone’s daughter inlaw is mangalik,” he said.
The issue drawing most buyers is terrorism.
“Most buyers being from urban India, the card that talks about farmer’s suicide has unfortunately not found a buyer so far,” Pathak said.
Gandhigiri cards, as these are called, are the latest to catch the fancy of people who want to protest wrongdoing. Their popularity underscores the encouraging trend that India’s youth is shedding its political apathy.
“We have got hundreds of requests from young men and women on various subjects,” said Manish Pathak, who launched these cards on December 28, inspired by the film Lage Raho Munnabhai.
Pathak’s website Papam, offers 14 variations in the cards, addressing issues from child labour and female foeticide to farmers’ suicides and unemployment. The cards can be purchased online.
Agitated by the spate of terror attacks, Tanu Aggarwal, a lecturer at Amity University, picked a Gand higiri card to register her protest with Sonia Gandhi. “The stories of terror attacks and human loss were so disturbing that I wanted a way to vent my anger,” said Aggarwal.
Ashay Singhal, a student with IMT Ghaziabad, picked up a card that criticises the media for sensationalising trivial issues. “I sent it to a channel that often flashes breaking stories like someone’s dog is lost, or someone’s daughter inlaw is mangalik,” he said.
The issue drawing most buyers is terrorism.
“Most buyers being from urban India, the card that talks about farmer’s suicide has unfortunately not found a buyer so far,” Pathak said.
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When a VIP's cat or a dog gets lost...and when there is a terrorist attack at the Taj hotel...both are shown as breaking news. Do they deserve the same level of attention??How can there be a breaking news at every hour of the day??Do they carry the same relevance??Don't the actual important news get diluted??Please show some responsibility when you flash the "BREAKING NEWS" banner.
And i believe that for these reasons only Gandhigiri cards have been launched. so as to make these people realise their faults and correcting them in the long run.
Hey its great job..I have gone through the portal www.papam.in and found the cards for the different different such types of problems for which the gandhigiri concept is the best one.
The Gandhigiri series cards are uniquely designed to depict the pain
and concern people have on the issues of local and national interests.
Papam has provided us the platform to show our anger in the “Munnabhai Style”
Great! Papam you rock bole to “Social work” in different style.
Student, Amity University
Who feels his responsibility ? Some time we forget that what we doing wrong or going to do wrong ? its a every person responsibility to stop it and it in +ve, constructive way. and "gandhigiri" is the better way.
We can not shout,but we can make them feel that they are wrong !!!
"A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty or a grave dereliction"
The Gandhigiri series cards are uniquely designed to depict the pain
and concern people have on the issues of local and national interests.
Papam has provided us the platform to show our anger in the “Munnabhai Style”
Great! Papam you rock bole to “Social work” in different style.
Student, Amity University
This type of initiatives are really going to open the eyes of people thinking others blind.
As pointed by SONIA very correctly that it is of concern for both local and national issues
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