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Synopsis
‘A Wednesday’ is a film starring Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Sheirgill and Aamir Bhasin. The screenplay is excellent and the characters have been masterfully created. Prakash Rathod, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai gets a call demanding the release of four militants in exchange for information on bombs that a man has planted in various parts of the city. At first, Prakash suspects it to be a crank call but his doubts are dispelled once he actually finds a bomb planted in the police station right opposite his Police Headquarters.
Now Prakash Rathod is in a real dilemma. Should he release the militants? Militants who have been caught at the cost of lives of police officers and who are responsible for unaccountable damage to civilian lives and property. Or should he just think of all the innocent people who will die today if he decides not to let them go?
Prakash Rathod is not a man who will give up so easily. He gets a team of his best men together and taps all his resources – he is going to leave no stone unturned in his mission to track down the man.
Who is this man? What is his identity? What are his intentions and what are the motives behind his actions? In due course the caller reveals his true identity and answers these questions, raising some more in the process…
Facilitators: Ghazanfar Shahzad & Uzma Rauf
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Time: 2:15 p.m.
Venue: TRC
Duration: Film & Discussion: 3 Hours
Fee: Rs. 200
Samira Rahimtoola attended a full day CSO Leaders’ Roundtable on ‘Branding for Sustainability’ organized by the NGORC on December 29, 2008, for various Pakistani NGOs. The session was aimed at enhancing the Knowledge of CSO leaders about branding concepts, tools and techniques and its applicability to Civil Society Organizations.
Key Learning: An organization’s identity is determined by how it delivers and communicates value to its key stakeholders. Consistent delivery and constant communication creates a very powerful asset for the organization, which is ‘a brand people reckon and identify with’. The same is true for CSOs’ in terms of the shared emotional perception stakeholders have in connection with the services offered by the CSO, thus creating a ‘nonprofit brand’. Branding when carried out effectively, eventually leads to long-term sustainability, as people are able and willing to relate with the social cause of the CSO and invest their time and money for the same.
TRC participated in the 4th Karachi International Book fair that was held from 26th – 30th December 2008, at the Karachi Expo Centre. The fair was well organised under the auspices of the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association in collaboration with the National Book Foundation. The Fair aimed to promote a reading habit amongst children and adults, and to reclaim the book culture which we are gradually losing.
Our participation received a significant response; visitors to our stall were interested in information about TRC’s objectives and our services.
Many teachers, students and people from different walks of life showed interest in our publications. Some of them stopped to tell us how much they appreciated our bi-annual educational resource “Ilm o Amal.” Complimentary copies were given to them. Several people also inquired about our membership.Kifayat Academy (Publishers) who were participating in the Fair, offered us a gratis stall to help raise awareness about our work. Thank you Rehan for your thoughtfulness.
The Annual General Body Meeting for the year July 2007 to June 2008, was held on Thursday, 18th December, 2008 at TRC. It was attended by members of the TRC Board and representatives from member schools. It provided members an opportunity to become aware of TRC’s achievements for the year; approve the audited accounts and learn about future plans. Some of the members present expressed their appreciation and shared their experiences about how they had benefitted from TRC’s professional development programmes, school evaluation and film club discussions.
We have always sought to provide our members with quality services through our workshops, publications and teaching-learning resources. What our members have to say about our services is very important to us and we generally ask them for their reactions and comments via our evaluation forms. This year, however, we decided it was high time we made personal visits again. So, over the last two months, November and December 2008, our team has been out and around Karachi visiting member schools.
Through informal conversations with school heads and coordinators, we have received valuable feedback about our workshops, our library, our publications, and film club. For the most part, members are happy with the breadth of topics covered by our workshop programme and find all our resources useful. They really appreciated the face to face visits as much as we did.
Some concerns were expressed regarding the distance of our new location. This has a direct impact on the cost of getting teachers to the venue, be it for workshops or to use our library. We appreciate the honesty with which member schools have responded to our visits, which will continue in January and February 2009. Thank you schools! Your feedback will be at the forefront when we sit down to plan for next year.