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	<title>Comments on: The Wall Project: Boycott Aladin, Canvas, Gair &amp; London Dreams For Boorish Publicity Actions</title>
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		<title>By: Importance of Social Media - Annkur Agarwal, OnlyGizmos, India</title>
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		<dc:creator>Importance of Social Media - Annkur Agarwal, OnlyGizmos, India</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] friends. It was thrilling to see how the entire community came  together within hours of the Wall Project Vandalization issue. At the same time the crew of Alladin (the movie) could respond real-time to [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Abhay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Abhay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>movie postering on walls should be banned everywhere, its disgusting misuse of public property. espacially after this misuse on the wall project property, they should be fined and warned not to put up such posters on other walls.</description>
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		<title>By: Ashtranut</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ashtranut</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@IdeaSmith: I&#039;m very sorry but I can&#039;t honestly say that I&#039;m in for the boycott move - not that I think it is a wrong reaction or anything of the sort, but more so because I doubt that it will have very permanent or far-reaching consequences. Perhaps getting a reaction from Big B on his blog will convince more people, at least his ardent followers. So really, I don&#039;t agree with it for no reason but I doubt the real fruitfulness of such an action beyond a lot of people talking about it and the media going mad over it.

I do however agree with you absolutely on the other point. We must stop being indifferent. But in that, is where we must start within oneself. Once I, me, myself, realise what is wrong or right, good or bad and start acting thus, then I&#039;m perfectly in position to speak out. I know this must sound very idealistic, but if you stop to think about it..it isn&#039;t all that hard. If I were to change a small bad habit I had (say throwing that gum wrapper on the street), tomorrow, I could convincingly (the power of practicing what you preach!) stop four other people from doing it. So when I say we should change ourselves, I mean we should change our own attitudes and by doing so, affect the same change in others around us. If you stop spitting in the street, with a clear conscience, set out to make others do the same. Because you&#039;re talking about big vandalism here - a community&#039;s wall destroyed. But the truth is that most likely, every single person in that community has destroyed something or the other themselves - be it with paan juice or a gum wrapper. I really think that if people started paying attention to the smaller things and change themselves, it automatically changes the attitudes of those around them. The maid who comes into my house won&#039;t dump the garbage on my street, the phoolwalla at the corner won&#039;t toss extra wrapping into the wind, the teenager next door won&#039;t spray paint my fence...and as a result, the general passer-by won&#039;t pee on my wall, what with all these super civic neighbours I have keeping my neighbourhood clean...unconsciously aping my own actions.


And before anyone disses this as ideological mumbo jumbo :D let me tell you that I&#039;ve done this. I&#039;ve seen this theory in practice. Almost as simple as when you smile at two people and make their day, and then they smile at four more each and make theirs! The problem is that people usually want a quick action to engender a long-term solution. Yes, this might be a long process, changing our attitude, but it has to happen...eventually it WILL happen. And when it does, it will make all the difference. So why not start now? IdeaSmith, and everyone who has contributed here, I think it&#039;s great that you have risen in arms against injustice and I wish that any action you take against it is successful. But I only hope that you see the wisdom in &quot;wishful, idealistic solutions&quot; such as this one. 

...I think the world could use a lil&#039; hope for change. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@IdeaSmith: I&#8217;m very sorry but I can&#8217;t honestly say that I&#8217;m in for the boycott move &#8211; not that I think it is a wrong reaction or anything of the sort, but more so because I doubt that it will have very permanent or far-reaching consequences. Perhaps getting a reaction from Big B on his blog will convince more people, at least his ardent followers. So really, I don&#8217;t agree with it for no reason but I doubt the real fruitfulness of such an action beyond a lot of people talking about it and the media going mad over it.</p>
<p>I do however agree with you absolutely on the other point. We must stop being indifferent. But in that, is where we must start within oneself. Once I, me, myself, realise what is wrong or right, good or bad and start acting thus, then I&#8217;m perfectly in position to speak out. I know this must sound very idealistic, but if you stop to think about it..it isn&#8217;t all that hard. If I were to change a small bad habit I had (say throwing that gum wrapper on the street), tomorrow, I could convincingly (the power of practicing what you preach!) stop four other people from doing it. So when I say we should change ourselves, I mean we should change our own attitudes and by doing so, affect the same change in others around us. If you stop spitting in the street, with a clear conscience, set out to make others do the same. Because you&#8217;re talking about big vandalism here &#8211; a community&#8217;s wall destroyed. But the truth is that most likely, every single person in that community has destroyed something or the other themselves &#8211; be it with paan juice or a gum wrapper. I really think that if people started paying attention to the smaller things and change themselves, it automatically changes the attitudes of those around them. The maid who comes into my house won&#8217;t dump the garbage on my street, the phoolwalla at the corner won&#8217;t toss extra wrapping into the wind, the teenager next door won&#8217;t spray paint my fence&#8230;and as a result, the general passer-by won&#8217;t pee on my wall, what with all these super civic neighbours I have keeping my neighbourhood clean&#8230;unconsciously aping my own actions.</p>
<p>And before anyone disses this as ideological mumbo jumbo <img src='http://theideasmithy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  let me tell you that I&#8217;ve done this. I&#8217;ve seen this theory in practice. Almost as simple as when you smile at two people and make their day, and then they smile at four more each and make theirs! The problem is that people usually want a quick action to engender a long-term solution. Yes, this might be a long process, changing our attitude, but it has to happen&#8230;eventually it WILL happen. And when it does, it will make all the difference. So why not start now? IdeaSmith, and everyone who has contributed here, I think it&#8217;s great that you have risen in arms against injustice and I wish that any action you take against it is successful. But I only hope that you see the wisdom in &#8220;wishful, idealistic solutions&#8221; such as this one. </p>
<p>&#8230;I think the world could use a lil&#8217; hope for change. <img src='http://theideasmithy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: IdeaSmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>IdeaSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Rajc: Who is the dear public you refer to? Are you not a part of them? Also, what is the BMC&#039;s job? To keep the streets of the city clean and habitable for all of us, right? They&#039;re doing a mighty fine job of it, from what I can see, especially after their superb organization of The Wall Project. The citizens need to take responsibility as well instead of coming back and messing up where they&#039;ve cleaned up. The posters were not commissioned by a BMC officer but were illegal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Rajc: Who is the dear public you refer to? Are you not a part of them? Also, what is the BMC&#8217;s job? To keep the streets of the city clean and habitable for all of us, right? They&#8217;re doing a mighty fine job of it, from what I can see, especially after their superb organization of The Wall Project. The citizens need to take responsibility as well instead of coming back and messing up where they&#8217;ve cleaned up. The posters were not commissioned by a BMC officer but were illegal.</p>
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		<title>By: IdeaSmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>IdeaSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Colin: That&#039;s supportive, thank you. Please do join us in the boycott of the aforementioned films if you believe in this principle. I don&#039;t personally have anything against Bollywood. If anything I believe it is a medium of local pop culture which enjoys mass appeal. But this sort of callous and blatant encroachment must be stopped and we hope to be able to do that with this movement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Colin: That&#8217;s supportive, thank you. Please do join us in the boycott of the aforementioned films if you believe in this principle. I don&#8217;t personally have anything against Bollywood. If anything I believe it is a medium of local pop culture which enjoys mass appeal. But this sort of callous and blatant encroachment must be stopped and we hope to be able to do that with this movement.</p>
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		<title>By: IdeaSmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>IdeaSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Uttara: I believe some of the others in the movement have been trying to contact him. A friend has also organized a peaceful protest at the Wall sites itself. Some other friends have reached out to the media and various contacts in the industry to make this point. All of us are doing what we can to bring this message across that we won&#039;t be indifferent to uncivic activities anymore but will take an active responsibility for beautifying our city.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Uttara: I believe some of the others in the movement have been trying to contact him. A friend has also organized a peaceful protest at the Wall sites itself. Some other friends have reached out to the media and various contacts in the industry to make this point. All of us are doing what we can to bring this message across that we won&#8217;t be indifferent to uncivic activities anymore but will take an active responsibility for beautifying our city.</p>
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		<title>By: IdeaSmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>IdeaSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@smith: Read my post again. I am not playing a blame game but trying to direct responsibility where it lies. The people who are not aware of these ugly doings should indeed be aware since they pay out money for it and also gain tremendously from these actions, illegal and uncivic as they may be. Ignorance does not excuse their actions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@smith: Read my post again. I am not playing a blame game but trying to direct responsibility where it lies. The people who are not aware of these ugly doings should indeed be aware since they pay out money for it and also gain tremendously from these actions, illegal and uncivic as they may be. Ignorance does not excuse their actions.</p>
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		<title>By: IdeaSmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>IdeaSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Ashtranaut: By &#039;start with ourselves&#039;, do you mean that we stop being indifferent to such events? I&#039;d hope so since you seem to agree with my proposal to boycott.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Ashtranaut: By &#8217;start with ourselves&#8217;, do you mean that we stop being indifferent to such events? I&#8217;d hope so since you seem to agree with my proposal to boycott.</p>
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		<title>By: Rajc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rajc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why to Boycott these movies ?

Fuck the BMC ! can you do that ? - Dear public. 
that&#039;s the reason you have these idea of Boycotting hte movies.

Its the BMC who permits &amp; restricts the Movie wala&#039;s for MONEY.

Chad jao BMC ke us officer pe jisne Designers ko contract diya . 

if BMC cant respect Designer then we will not server them in future - BMC sucks.

Who is that BMC officer ? 
tell me the name.</description>
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<p>Fuck the BMC ! can you do that ? &#8211; Dear public.<br />
that&#8217;s the reason you have these idea of Boycotting hte movies.</p>
<p>Its the BMC who permits &amp; restricts the Movie wala&#8217;s for MONEY.</p>
<p>Chad jao BMC ke us officer pe jisne Designers ko contract diya . </p>
<p>if BMC cant respect Designer then we will not server them in future &#8211; BMC sucks.</p>
<p>Who is that BMC officer ?<br />
tell me the name.</p>
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		<title>By: Colin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course what has happened is wrong, of course we should be outraged and yes we should do all we can to make the the guys who have done this pay, consumer boycott is potent tool and its time learnt to wield it effectively. I like what Uttara said, leave get the Bog B to respond to it.
On a slightly different note, the pics that you have put up are such a apt and strident testimony of not only this one instance but a trope for what Bollywood is doing to art forms of India. I am no traditionalist, who harks back to some ideal past but it is the huge power and pelf of bollywood, exercised through its very well-oiled marketing machinery that ensures that millions of people are creating their &#039;cultural identity&#039; now through trashy bollywood. The way Bollywood has eaten into hundreds of art forms and folk cultures, amounts to the criminal.  No one can stop change but today Bollywood has so much money power and pelf that it needs citizen interventions to make it accountable. Go for it I say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course what has happened is wrong, of course we should be outraged and yes we should do all we can to make the the guys who have done this pay, consumer boycott is potent tool and its time learnt to wield it effectively. I like what Uttara said, leave get the Bog B to respond to it.<br />
On a slightly different note, the pics that you have put up are such a apt and strident testimony of not only this one instance but a trope for what Bollywood is doing to art forms of India. I am no traditionalist, who harks back to some ideal past but it is the huge power and pelf of bollywood, exercised through its very well-oiled marketing machinery that ensures that millions of people are creating their &#8216;cultural identity&#8217; now through trashy bollywood. The way Bollywood has eaten into hundreds of art forms and folk cultures, amounts to the criminal.  No one can stop change but today Bollywood has so much money power and pelf that it needs citizen interventions to make it accountable. Go for it I say.</p>
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