In India, where long queues and brawls around water tankers are still a striking reality, film stars who do social work as part time hobby, are taking up the Ice Bucket Challenge. Their publicity managers could have advised them against it rather. But considering hwo we suck up to anything west, that would be against their interest...and image. Anyway, India did get its answer to the criminal wastage challenge in the Rice Bucket Challenge which involves donating a bucket of rice to any hungry/needy person/family. The Independent describes it as: Indias brilliant answer to the Ice Bucket Challenge: independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/introducing-indias-rice-bucket-challenge-9688479.html Earlier our very own The Hindu broke the story: thehindu/news/national/now-rice-bucket-challenge-goes-viral/article6345407.ece
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:59:22 +0000