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This ad filmmaker wants Fair & Lovely to shut down before Independence Day

Ram Subramanian, known for running the Facebook page ? Voice of Ram, has hit out at Fair & Lovely for propagating the idea that fairness leads to success.
Activist and ad filmmaker Ram Subramanian.

Activist and ad filmmaker Ram Subramanian, who is known for running the Facebook page ? Voice of Ram, in a video which has gone viral, has hit out at the fairness cream brand Fair & Lovely, for racial discrimination and propagating the idea that fairness leads to success. The video which has been captioned, Dear Fair and Lovely I want you to shut down before 15th August, 2017 so, you have to go! #LetsUncolour #iAmNewIndia,” has been shared almost 70,000 times and has crossed 2.5 million views as of now.

Ram who features in the video himself, starts by saying, ?Three words have bothered me for a long time ? Fair and Lovely. I am a South Indian and I come from a middle-class home where like most south Indian middle class homes there was a dressing table with one tube of face cream for everyone in the family. And that cream was Fair & Lovely. I used it for 8 years of my life and as you can see ? Fair and Lovely, you have failed in delivering what you promised. I am neither fair nor do I intend to be lovely!

Subramanian slammed Fair & Lovely for creating a conception that it is only fair skinned people who can succeed in life and also pointed out that the brand has been doing this in a country which has a majorly dark skinned people. He also slammed the brand for feeding on the insecurities of dark skinned people by denting their confidence and making them question their own beauty.

Raghu Ram too shared Subramanians video captioning it, Fair & Lovely: exploiting an insecurity, encouraging discrimination, crushing self-confidence. Fairer is not equal to better ?????

Here’s the video:

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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur

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Radhika Dhawad | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Photographer : Bhavesh Mahalle | Nagpur

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.

The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.

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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur

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Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.

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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly

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Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.

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