Angry Brides

New Delhi, Shaadi.com’s anti dowry game ‘Angry Brides’ has struck a chord amongst women gamers with more than 10,000 females playing it since its launch, less than two weeks ago.

The game Angry Brides was launched on ibibo.com on Women’s Day, March 8.

It also has a loyal following of 110,000 monthly players on the popular social networking site Facebook.

The game, named similar to the popular game Angry Birds, allows players to thrash three dowry-seeking grooms with a whole arsenal of weapons such as slippers, stiletto heels, rolling pins or even pressure cookers and potted plants.

The grooms, portrayed as an engineer, a doctor and a pilot, come with a dowry tag varying from Rs.15 to Rs.40 lakh. The players hit the groom with their weapon of choice. Each hit puts some money in the anti-dowry fund. The objective is to fill the fund before time runs out. Read More................Women gamers thrash dowry-seekers online

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No shuttlecocks! India cancel National Camp

India have scrapped a training camp for this month's Thomas and Uber Cup qualifiers because of a lack of shuttlecocks, as per the badminton officials.

The federation sent home over 30 players due to start training on Thursday, blaming the state-run Sports Authority of India (SAI) for not supplying the stock or allowing them to import.

The qualifiers are due to be staged in Vietnamese capital Ho Chi Minh from February 19-24. India, who qualified for the Thomas Cup finals last time, are in Group C with Japan and Pakistan.

"It is a very lackadaisical attitude," Badminton Association of India (BAI) president V.K.Verma told Reuters on Thursday. "They're supposed to provide shuttles, but are doing the game a great disfavour.

"We can't have our 30 best shuttlers, juniors and seniors, twiddling their thumbs with only five tournaments left to qualify for the Olympics."

Verma said the state agency had not even done the initial paperwork on a request forwarded six weeks ago.

The SAI chief Ratan Watal told the Times of India that supplies would be made soon and that bird flu in China were hindering imports.

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Talking HIV/AIDS through fun games

New Delhi, India: A 'Bunti Aur Babli' visual trick game, a 'jadoo' photograph that changes colour and a chaupal dice game -- these are all part of a massive initiative to inculcate awareness about HIV/AIDS among villagers in a fun way. And it is showing results.

The initiative, launched by the central government's National Literacy Mission in tandem with the Unesco, involves tactful weaving in of facts on HIV/AIDS and women's empowerment through games during adult literacy classes in rural areas. Read more....
Talking HIV/AIDS through fun games

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