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Anjali Gopalan pronunciation (born 1 September 1957) is an Indian Human Rights and Animal Rights activist, founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India mainly focused on women and children. Anjali began working on issues related to HIV/AIDS and marginalized communities in the United States. In 2012, Time placed Gopalan in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Anjali Gopalan was born in 1957 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her father Group Captain Dr. KR Gopalan was an officer in the Indian Air Force and her Pakistani mother a homemaker. Anjali did her schooling in La Martiniere Lucknow. She studied in both India and the US, and her degree in political science from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, a postgraduate diploma in journalism, and a Masters in international development from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
“It is a reflection of what we are doing with our minorities. Be it in Kashmir, be it in the North East, be it rights for the sexual minority, animal rights, it is the same attitude. We are becoming more and more intolerant of the other.” All individuals, if you give them the space, will prove to be productive citizens. “But if you impose your sets of right and wrong and therefore they have no right to live, then what can you expect from people?”
Anjali (Devanagari : अञ्जली; अंजली) is a Sanskrit word that means "divine offering". It is not only a given name, but also the name given to the greeting between Hindus, Buddhists and other religions on the Indian Continent: hands folded together.
Anajali Gopalan Director, NAZ Foundation talks about human rights and Homosexuality in context of Indian society and politics.
Anjali Gopalan, an LGBT rights activist and the Founder of the Naz Foundation, was listed on Time Magazine's 2012 100 Most Influential People in the World. [Note: We want you to see these talks exactly as they happened! The archive footage might be a little rougher than the usual TED.com talk.]
Anjali Gopalan is a woman like none other. She is brave, determined and so humbling down-to-earth you would never know she was one of the "100 Most Influential People of 2012" chosen by Time Magazine. Being amongst the first in India to organize privately for the battle against HIV when the epidemic first raged through the country, she has made it her life's work to combat the disease, aid those suffering from it and empower the LGBTQ community across the subcontinent. View more at www.inspiredcitizen.com.
Marking the completion of first year of its operations, CSGS organized the last event in its ISHQ series on May 4th, 2016. The ISHQ symposium included a panel discussion on Section 377 of IPC with Anjali Gopalan, Geeta Patel, Madhavi Menon, and Shyam Divan, followed by "Thoda Dhyaan Se (Be Careful)" - a performance by Mallika Taneja.
In October 2013, Anisha Dutt from TARSHI interviewed Anjali Gopalan, Founder and Executive Director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic in India, for the inaugural issue of our blog. For more: http://www.tarshi.net/blog/interview-anjali-gopalan/. During our interaction with her, she shared with us some of the challenges she faced and her experience over the years working in the field of sexual rights.
Ashoka Fellow Anjali Gopalan is the founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, working on HIV/AIDS and sexual health issues since 1994. The foundation focuses on marginalized populations infected or affected by HIV to help reduce stigma, improve health, and empower families. Naz runs a care home for children living with HIV who lost both parents. Music ⓒ - Chris Zabriskie
Khushi is a former Delhi street dog with paralysed hind legs dye to a car accident but thanks to a kind custom-made wheelchair donation from the Anjali's sister in the USA, today she tried her new set of wheels! She adjusted to them immediately regaining her mobility. Friendly and full of energy Khushi lives up to her name.
For the entire interview with Anjali Gopalan of Naz Foundation, check out the Interview section of TARSHI's online magazine, 'In Plainspeak': http://www.tarshi.net/blog/interview-anjali-gopalan/
For more, check out the Interview section of TARSHI's online magazine, 'In Plainspeak': www.tarshi.net/blog
Beautiful scenes from the movie Bangalore Days directed by Anjali Menon set to the love medley sung by the talented Shakthisree Gopalan. This is an unofficial video and is not related in any way to either Bangalore Days movie or Shakthisree Gopalan. I created it as a fan of them both. CREDITS Shakthishree Gopalan's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt5eioErIWM Name of the original songs and its composer (which was sung by Shakthisree in this video): 1. All of Me - John Legend (ft. Nazriya Nazim and Fahadh Faasil) 2. Pehla Nasha - Neeraj Vora & Uttand Vora (ft. Nazriya Nazim and Fahadh Faasil) 3. Naan Nee - Santhosh Narayanan (ft. Isha Talwar and Nivin Pauly) 4. Malare Ninne - Rajesh Murugesan (ft. Parvathy and Dulquer Salmaan)