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Thousands of People on Road on Paris for Anti-Gay marriage protest

Parts of central Paris have been brought to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against gay marriage and adoption.

Three columns of protesters, waving pink and blue flags showing a father, mother and two children, converged on the Eiffel Tower from different meeting points in Paris.

Many came after long train and bus rides from the provinces.

Organizers insist they are not against gays and lesbians but for the rights of children to have a father and mother.

Slogans on the posters and banners approved by the organisers included "marriagophile, not homophobe," "all born of a father and mother" and "paternity, maternity, equality".

Organisers claimed 1 million people had protested, while police put the number at 340,000 - high even in protest-prone France.

Patrice de Beer, a political analyst and former editor of Le Monde, observed one part of the demonstrations at close hand.

"They've been around here for three or four hours. It was very, very noisy," she said.

"This demonstration - organised by the conservative parties and the churches - is strongly against this bill.

"The main slogan I could hear from here is 'Hollande, the French president, you can stick this reform in your bottom'."

At the protest, a comedian with the stage name of Frigide Barjot called on the president to abandon his plans, noting the diversity of the crowd in opposition.

She said those against gay marriage are multicultural, multi-religious, multi-philosophical and multi-sexual.

Contentious issue

The legislative change, due this year, has become an unexpectedly contentious issue for president Francois Hollande in a country that introduced civil unions about a decade ago.

His opponents' campaign has dented public support and forced deputies to put off a plan to allow lesbian couples access to artificial insemination.

An opinion poll of almost 1,000 people, published at the weekend, suggested 56 per cent of France supports gay marriage, down on previous polls, and 50 per cent disapprove of gay adoption.

Nevertheless, de Beer does not believe the protests will be enough to make the president to back down.

"They represent a very active but small minority within the French population, which in its majority is in favour of what is called here wedding for all - which is in fact wedding for gay couples," she said.

"I don't think that President Hollande is going to change his line anyway.

"He has been in favour of this reform.

"It was one of his popular promises during his election campaign and for him it would be impossible to backtrack on this reform which is accepted by a majority of the French people.

"He would lose face right in the middle of economic and social reforms that he is trying to implement.

"He just can't afford backtracking."

Source: ABC/Reuters

Long march facing delay as Tahirul Qadri still in home

Lahore: Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) long march, which was to start at 9am today, is facing delay as the movement’s chief Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri has not yet come out of his home.

However, arrangements have been finalised for the march and the participants are gathering outside Dr Qadri’s house.

Special security measures have been taken to protect Dr Qadri from any potential terrorist attack. A bedroom and a toilet have been set up for the TMQ chief in a bomb-proof container.

Dr Qadri is adamant on heading a march towards the Pakistan’s capital Islamabad despite an assurance from the federal government that it would accept his demands.

As many as 3,000 personnel from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Frontier Constabulary and Punjab police were deployed in Islamabad on Saturday as a part of the security arrangements.

Source: TheNewsTribe

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Life to bring in some sweet and sour moments in Colors Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon

Colors’ Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon is running on high note and is even showcasing the different shades of life. On one hand one can see that Madhu (Drashti Dhami) and RK (Vivian Dsena) are trying hard to convince Padmini (Pallavi Purohit) and Shamsher (Bhupinder Singh) to get married.

And on the other end Trishna (Aarti Puri) has come face to face with her dreadful past, her father Balraj Choudhary (Raj Zutshi). She wanted to let her family know about it but out of fear she hides the same.  As heard the upcoming episodes will bring in more twists as Padmini and Shamsher will eventually agree to get married. And then the celebrations for the same will kick start.

The coming episodes we will see the Mehendi celebrations taking place in house where Trishna and Madhu will do a dance performance during the ceremony. Talking about the same, Aarti aka Trishna said, "My sister and me and amongst the few lucky people who get to witness their mother's wedding and enjoy each and every ceremony too. It is a very special feeling for us since we get to put up a dance performance for her during the mehndi ceremony. We will dance on the song Navrai Majhi from the movie English Vinglish”.

Wow! This seems to be one wedding to be watched for!

Source: Indiaforums

Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroopam expected to earn 175 crores via digital release

Kamal Hassan’s Vishwaroopam that is set to get released over six digital television platforms all across the nation and outside is estimating to earn more than 175 crore with one viewing all across the cable platforms.

The star and co-producer of the film, Kamal Hassan has set up the goal post with each of the films that he has released, but with Vishwaroopam that is going to release just a week from now on the occasion of Pongal, he is going to redefine the paradigm of cinema viewing.

Source says, “Vishwaroopam is targeting 5% of the 50 million digital cable subscribers in the country at present, and is expected to garner more than 175 crore from this new innovative business model that Kamal Hassan has put in place. For the Tamil viewing a viewer would be charged Rs. 1000 while for Hindi viewing he would have to shell out Rs. 500. With the advent of multiplexes in India an average movie viewing outing for a family costs minimum of Rs. 1000, and to add to it the pain of traveling to the cinema halls to view a movie.”

“If one is able to view the movie within the cozy ambience of his or her home on the day the movie is being released most of the fans would try to exercise this option, and this is the segment that Kamal Hassan is trying to target. Well, the multiplex owners, obviously would not be happy at all with this initiative as it is the first three days after a film releases that determines the success of the film, and Vishwaroopam releasing on the eve of Pongal could further compound the problems for them,” Source added further.

The film is slated to hit the theater on 11 January 2013, the same day when Vishal Bhardwaj’s big venture Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola starring Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma is releasing in northern states. 

Source: Glamsham.com

Aamir Khan turns down advertisement offer lacking social relevance

Following his iconic television show Satyamev Jayate that turned up the awareness level of general public around the nation, Mr. Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan seems to have been clinging to his own social promises.

The 47-year-old actor has reportedly turned down an advertisement offer that might have made him richer by a few more crores. The luxury car brand that offered their endorsement deal to Aamir, however, were in for disappointment owing to the latter not taking it up.

As per the source information, "Aamir only wants to work on ads that are socially relevant. He is rumored to have cancelled ad deals amounting to a few crores."

Apparently, after signing up as host for social show Satyamev Jayate, the actor had modified his existing contracts and even cancelled some of them. Though his show is now long over, the superstar still does not want to do any ads."Aamir did not sign up for it as it didn't come under the umbrella of social issues." source added.

A good move, we must say!

Source: NDTV

Natwarlal family wants a special screening for Special Chabbis!

A few days back it was reported that Akshay Kumar’s character in upcoming heist drama Special Chabbis is based on that of notorious conman Natwarlal, who was known for his unique aliases and disguises.

The makers have also officially announced that Special Chabbis is based on the real-life daring heist dated 19-Mar-1987, where an unknown man posing as CBI officer Mon Singh recruited 26 men and executed a daylight raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri in Mumbai and disappeared with jewellery worth lakhs.

Now buzz doing around says, the family members of Natwarlal have approached the makers of the film and asked them to conduct a special screening of the film for them before the release as they want to see if there is any truth to the speculations that Akshay’s role is inspired by Natwarlal. A source adds, "They were completely surprised to read about the film in the news.”

"Akshay will be seen using a lot of aliases in the film. His character is the master of disguises and uses novel ideas to dupe people. And like Natwarlal, he too cheats industrialists and rich people," adding source said, "If you make a film on a conman in India, you're bound to be inspired by Natwarlal."

The film which is a direction of Neeraj Panday, stars Kajal Aggarwal, Jimmy Shergill, Manoj Bajpai, Anupam Kher apart from Akshay and will release on February 8, 2013.

Source: NDTV

Veena Malik Switched to reading Bhagavad Gita for Peace

Religion indeed plays a vital role in everybody’s life. It depends how people relate to it. Bollywood actress Veena Malik has started her New Year seeking solace in God.

Recently she was seen reading Bhagavad Gita on her set.  While being a Muslim she has no boundary or limit for any religion belief. Veena was shattered with the heinous Delhi Gang rape and was seen seeking a truthful path of Bhagavad Gita to get a justice for innocent girl. She is currently preparing for her upcoming movie The City That Never Sleep, which is produced by Satish Reddy and directed by Haroon Rashid.

Veena said, “While reading Bhagavad Gita it makes you feel relax and subtle. It shows you the spiritual path which seemed very difficult for human beings but fixed your goal in life. I feel like there should be no boundaries in believing or having faith on other religion. I read Quran daily offers Namaz because I have a faith on him and after reading Bhadavad Gita I can say that there is no difference in any religion they all shows the right path”.

Reading Bhagavad Gita is not an easy job as it was in Sanskrit but this didn’t stop Veena from reading it. “Religion is a collection of belief systems, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature”, she added.

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Source: ScribesINC