Violence to Non-Violence : Story of an extremist turned social worker

Edition 21 and 22 - PodUniversal - An Unsung Hero

From 2007 onwards, United Nations has declared that Mahatma Gandhi's birthday i.e. 2nd October every year will be observed as "International Non violence Day" globally. Mahatma Gandhi was leading the freedom movement few decades back against the mighty British Empire and succeeded in his mission. In these days, when violence, extremism, terrorism are on the increase, the concept of 'Non Violence" assumes greater significance. Violence has no place in the development of the society.

To mark this occasion, we present to you a real time case study of Mr Periaswamy of Tamilnadu. Mr Periaswamy right from his boyhood, got engaged himself in extremism. He was arrested and sentenced to death by the Court. He was relieved by the High Court later. During his five years of imprisonment, Mr Periaswamy realised that 'violence' had no place in the development of dalits and downtrodden. A totally changed person, Mr Periaswamy, has now organised 63 night schools in 63 hamlets in two districts and started providing education to dalit and downtrodden children. (see pic. on right)

Besides, he is also conducting tailoring sessions to benefit the young ladies and girls in these localities. (see pic. on left)

Mr Periaswamy may be contacted at nandanartrust@gmail.com

His silent revolution is now benefitting nearly 4000 children of his locality. In an exclusive interview with K. Srinivasan, Editor of PodUniversal, he explains in detail about his transformation.

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Public Relations 2.0 - Engaging stakeholders in the new media landscape

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Edition 20 - PodUniversal and August 07 issue of PR-e-Sense - PR 2.0 and New Media

Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS) organised a one day conference on Public Relations 2.0 inviting various experts. Probably this is the first time, a conference is being held on this theme.

August 2007 issue of Corporate ezine PR-e-Sense carries briefly the proceedings of this conference. Ms K Bhavani, President, IPRS is the Guest Editor of this edition.

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A bird's eye view of India's 123 agreement with United States

Edition 19 - PodUniversal - 123 Agreement

Indian Government's 123 agreement with United States has generated a heated debate in India amongst politicians, media and general public. Many people are not aware of the background and the implications of the agreement.

In an exclusive podcast interview, Mr T S R Subramanian, Former Cabinet Secretary to Indian Government speaks about this agreement and the various issues involved.

Mr Subramanian held the highest position in Indian Government amongst the Administrative Service Officers. He has played a greater role in the economic liberalisation, infrastructure reforms like Telecom, Power, Surface Transport, etc.

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Indian Media should represent the billion people of the country - Dr Kalam

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Edition 18 - Exclusive interview with Dr Abdul Kalam - Part Three

When India is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of her freedom, we are presenting three part exclusive podcast interview with former Indian President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. The first two parts have already been published in these columns. If you want to listen to them, please click:

Part one - Challenges before the Nation and the role of youth in facing these challenges
Part two - Exclusive Independence Day message to children

We are now presenting the Part Three of Dr Kalam's interview. In this podcast, Dr Kalam shares his views and suggestions to Indian Media to become the partner in Nation building. He wants the Indian media to become 'the media for billion'.

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India 60 - Second part of interview with Dr Abdul Kalam

Edition 17- Exclusive interview with Dr Abdul Kalam - Part Two

On 15th Agusut 2007, we released the first part of the exclusive interview with Dr Abdul Kalam, former Indian President. We are happy to release the second part of the interview .

In this second part, Dr Kalam gives his Independence Day message to children. Though, it is meant for children, it is more applicable to school and college going students.

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India at 60 - An exclusive interview with Dr Abdul Kalam - Part one

PodUniversal - Edition 16
Top Ten challenges and role of youth

India celebrates 60th Anniversary of freedom on 15th August 2007. In an exclusive telephonic interview to PodUniversal , Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India shares his views on the 'Top ten challenges' of the Nation. He also shares his views as to how youth can overcome these challenges to realise the vision of developed India by 2020.

We will be publishing his other views in the coming weeks.

Please also visit http://www.indiavision2020.org and join the India's largest India Vision group

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Nation salutes Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam

PodUniversal Edition 15 - July 2007


After a glorious five years of tenure as President of India, Dr Abdul Kalam hands over charge to the new President and leaves Rashtrapathi Bhavan on 25th July 2007. During his tenure as President of India, he proved himself as "People's President" and he made the President's Palace (Rashtrapathi Bhavan) as "People's Bhavan". He was not worried about the protocol and ceremonial positions. He was meeting thousands of children and common man.

In an exclusive chat with me on the eve of Dr Kalam's retirement from Office, Prof. Y S Rajan, co-author of the book India 2020 with Dr Kalam and his close associate speaks about the achievements of Dr Kalam during his tenure. He also speaks about the future plans of Dr Kalam. (This conversation was recorded over phone). Please listen to the conversation.

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A perspective on education in United States - Few tips to aspiring students

PodUniversal Edition 14 - July 2007

During the last week of June 2007, Prime Point Foundation and Stenographers' Guild jointly organised an interaction session at Chennai for students with Prof. Sreenath Sreenivasan, Dean of Students, Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, USA.

During this interaction session, Prof. Sreenath Sreenivasan explained the various levels of education in USA, eligibility conditions, Admission procedures, cost aspects, future prospects and common mistakes committed by the students during application stage, etc. He has also provided various useful weblinks which may be of help to the students. Extract of his discussion is reproduced in this podshow for the benefit of global students.

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Corporate Podcast - An exciting branding and marketing communication tool

PodUniversal Edition 13

Corporate Podcasts are emerging as exciting and revolutionary alternate medium and is sweeping across the globe. Many of the Corporates in US, UK and other European countries have started using podcasts for promoting their brand image and positioning their pdocuts and services.

In the developing countries like India, there is lack of awareness amongst the corporates on this new medium. Public Relations Agencies and Advertisement Agencies need to relook into their strategies and effectively use 'Corporate Podcasts' for their clients. Corporate Podcasts will function as 'formidable ally' to the other channels.

June 2007 issue of Corporate ezine PR-e-Sense deals with the theme 'Corporate Podcast'. Mr Sunil Nair (CEO, Nautanki TV), Mr Syed Nazir Razik (Technocrat) and Ms Chinmayee (a well known Radio and Television Jockey and film playback singer) have given their views on Podcasts. This ezine is also integrated with a podcast in audio form.

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Managing your stress in office environment - 3 simple steps

PodUniversal Edition 11 and 12 June 07

During the second week of June 07, PodUniversal conducted an online quick survey to study the level of stress amongst the people and the reasons, they feel. Based on the survey, we conducted two exclusive podcast interviews with Mr D V Sridhar (Founder Director, Yogaraksanam), an eminent Yoga therapy expert and Ms Sangeetha Madhu, an eminent Counsellor and Clinical Psychologist (both based at Chennai). Mr Sridhar gives three simple steps to relieve the stress in the office environment. Ms Sangeetha Madhu explains the reasons for stress with some case studies and gives solutions to cope with the stress.

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Greenpeace to internationalise Setu issue (Gulf of Mannar)

PodUniversal - Edition 10 - June 07

Greenpeace, an International organisation for environment protection will internationalise the Sethu Canal project issue. In an exclusive and fist podcast interview, Mr Sanjiv Gopal, Oceans Campaign Manager, Greenpeace India says that Sethu Samudram Canal project will not be viable and would damage the ecology. He also says that Greenpeace would internationalise the issue, if it is required. They would also take up with UNESCO for declaring the site as 'World heritage'. Please listen to the full interview. (14 m 50 s)

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Corporate Misconceptions and Idiosyncrasies

Many corporates have wrong perceptions about the Public Relations, communication and Media relations concept. Many of the CEOs and top management officials assume to possess more knowledge in these areas. This Podcast lists out some of the popular misconceptions and tries to provide correct information. This podcast is part of the Corporate ezine PR-e-Sense May 2007 issue.

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