By C V Sudheendran, Award Winning Novelist/Engineer , Advisory Panel Member-Helping Brainz

Before looking at the Indian male, let us first have a look at the universal human male.

By Yedhu Krishna Menon, Founder – Helping Brainz

If you want to develop a city – start from a village (or from a rural area) , this is fact or a soul mantra extracted from the famous philosophical sayings of Gandhiji and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

We at HCL Foundation in our move to develop the country, helped to remove the most highlighting roadblock, that’s ‘unemployment’ by conducting a job fair in the rural area of Delhi NCR with the help of CASP (Community AID and Sponsorship Program by Kesari Newspaper) and HelpingBrainz.In (An Online social responsibility council by EduNeTZ.Infounded by Yedhu Krishna Menon) on 19th July,2013 at Madan Pur Khadar.
The recruitment fair was conducted to hire Technicians, Housekeeping Staffs and Security Personals (Corporate Security Guards). A crowd of about 160+ registered themselves for the recruitment wherein the rural recruitment drive was coordinated by companies like 24 Secure , Home Secure, Air Con , Secure Well and Compass who agreed of hiring professionals from this arena.
HCL and HelpingBrainz.In togetherly helped in the data entry, initial selection process, screening, aligning and shortlisting the employees for the companies which came for recruitment.
Such seasonal recruitment drives will definitely help in touching base with the great problem of unemployment , which is a big rural uncertainty.
Arunima Sharma from HCLT foundation led the event with support from Taruna Tahiliani , Komal Dhama Rathi ( Social Recruiters from HelpingBrainz.In ) , Romi Rathi ( HCL – SEZ126) and a bunch of socially inclined volunteers from CASP.

By Adv. Govind Chaturvedi ,Legal Advisor– HelpingBrainz.In

The “Common Man” is confusing and abstract term.  A common man is what you see in the mirror, it is any individual living in the society coming from diverse economic background, race, ethnicity, religion or even region. But at times this simple duty and insecurity can result in a lifetime of fight. Each individual has been provided certain rights, a common man greatest responsibility lies in the fact that he has to respect the rights of the others, his only problem is that others do not respect his. That is his biggest insecurity. The same innocent soul who abides by the law to protect himself and his loved ones can turn vulnerable when wronged or cheated. However it must be remembered that the law is not the one whop would ever cheat, it is the law maker who at times bend, beat and worse breaks the rules to suit his/her own selfish needs. Therefore the same common man, who is the law-maker, is also the law abider and at times the law breaker.

The latest additions by the judiciary for benefiting the “aam admi” and creating a user-friendly legal assistance is commendable. First in this context is The Right to Information Act effective from 12th October, 2005. The said act aims at promoting transparency and accountability of officials working for the Central or State Information Commission by making them answerable to common man’s question ranging in the premises of public services on filing of a petition, thereby making an attempt to negate corruption, aptly using the tool of democracy.  The next initiative aims at spreading awareness among citizens to combat consumer fraud in an inexpensive and hassle-free manner namely Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Based on the legal dictum “Caveat Emptor”- Consumer’s beware; the act protects the customers by providing simple precautions they should take while buying goods or getting services and the documentation they should preserve in case of a need to approach the consumer court.

Yet again, to some “law” and “justice” are synonyms- two sides of a same coin, the cause and the effect. Law is the tool by which Justice is preserved. And here arises the Question, For Whom? And the answer lies in the saying “Law exists on purpose of Common Man”

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw be”- Samuel Johnson.

Winston Churchill, once said “There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction”, Helping Brainz is working to create a difference or a change in the society (or in the thought process of people) by:

• Educating all;
• Motivating the youth;
• Spreading social equilibrium – security and equality ;
• Encouraging Speech;
• Respecting Elders;
• Empowering the Women and Children;
• Engaging fast running  corporates into community service

Now when we start working in the ground-roots, roadblocks or hindrances becomes our best friends, as by eliminating them we can reach so called Social Salvation or Social Equilibrium.

We began our journey just 1 year back as a Facebook page, now we’re present in 4 countries (& in 8 Indian Cities-Metros). We started with Women Safety as our first projects, encountered numerous roadblocks in establishing security (still encountering…), these roadblocks also helped us to think about various projects .

Eliminating roadblocks to reach social salvation have become a culture/best practice over here. The team comprises of folks from various walks of life (Students, Engineers, Doctors, Professors, Lawyers, Auditors, Human Resource Professionals, Policemen, Policewomen etc….)

By a  Sonam Gupta ,Pune

Are the women in India safe????…

This ques is now hanging in every mind.But why we always act after something happens ??. That’s another ques which goes unanswerable.But as it is said “der aye durusat aye”, so what is now taking the form of revolution, it is the responsibility of each of us to be a part of it. Its time for taking serious consideration regarding the safety of women.Onone hand government is taking initiative (which as we know will take its time..;) on the other hand it is not only the responsibility of women to be aware of the certain things like :

1. What to do if you have been misbehaved.
2. What if someone around you have been/is being assaulted.
3. The common help line numbers especially for women.

but also it is the responsibility of a man to behave like a human and bring up a change in mentality because only by improving laws a change cannot be brought.For a change to occur, the thinking of the society as whole must change.

By  C V Sudheendran, Advisory Panel Member, Helping Brainz – Live from Calicut, Kerala

To begin with, let me put down a few lines about myself. I am an engineer by education and profession. I had been a writer for the past twenty years, writing on women’s issues and other sociological topics. I could win an award from the Kerala Sahitya Accademy in the year 2000. I have so far published seven works.

My suggestions on the issue are as below:-

1. School education is now bent on imparting knowledge; it has withdrawn from its prime responsibility of moulding good human beings. At the bare minimum, every child has to be taught that he or she cannot harm another, just as he or she does not want to be harmed by another. The golden rule ” Do unto others…….” has to seep into every young mind.

2. Co-education has to be promoted. Boys and girls should mingle in a healthy way. Boys would then come to know that girls are individuals with a mind and an intellect and not mere bodies.

3. A basic look in to the human natures could help. Mankind had been hunter-gatherers for 362 days and farmers for only 3 days — the hunter-gatherer period lasted 1.4 million years; agriculture began just 12000 years ago. ’362 days’ of hunting has made the male physically stronger and more prone to aggression. Also, the eyes were the most important sense-organ of the hunter as he had to locate both prey and predator with sharp eyes. This dependence on eyes and sights has made him vulnerable to the visual stimuli. One end result is his obsession with the female form and beauty. As we all know, world art and literature is studded with numberless male-authored works which glorify the female form, limbs and features.

The female, over the ages had been aware of this male frailty and had made use of it by dressing up. But for the last two or three decades, commercial forces combined with the now omnipotent visual media, is exploiting this vulnerability to the limits. The result is that generations of males and females have come to believe that the greatest asset or virtue of a female are her physical attributes. This trend has to be deliberately countered and such false notions dismantled. The enlightened female has to assert that she is not a body but a full-fledged individual. And calling attention to the body does not pay because, as stated, the male is so vulnerable.

4. Some leading film-heroines have depicted sex-hungry characters on the screen,spreading the mistaken notion that the average female is sex-hungry. Earlier ‘vamps’ were playing such roles but now the heroines, who are supposed to represent the mainstream are doing it. This is dangerous and greatly encourages the delinquent. He would simply refuse to take a no from the woman to be a real no. The heroines have to be made aware that when they are depicting sex-crazy characters and going through inciting motions, it is the defenseless who is going to pay the price. The concerned directors have also to realise their responsibility.

Before concluding, it has to be admitted that the issue is deep-rooted and complex. I have just tried to mention a few points which many others would not have mentioned.

5. Pornography and alcohol are social menaces which are doing great harm. Pornography, both online and otherwise has to be rigorously hunted out.

Alcohol consumption has to be controlled – those who have consumed alcohol should not be allowed in public places. While moves against tobacco are bearing fruit; alcohol which is a much greater menace, is not being discouraged at all by most of the States and the Centre.