In recent times media has closely monitored the various events of L.O.V.E.
Here are some news extracts from the leading newspapers and magazines.

The Telegraph dt. 15th Feb, 2004
  ... in a novel effort to celebrate the festival of love, the West Bengal Police Association, in collaboration with Lovers' Organisation for Voluntary Exhibition (LOVE) organised a sit-and-write love letter writing competition at Bhowanipore on saturday ... "awareness about AIDS" ...
                           -
Pranab Mondal

The Times Of India dt. 26th September 2003
   " Pill Power for goddess to fight population demon " 
  ... the goddess conceived by them will not be armed with conventional weapons but with condoms and contraceptive pills (news regarding Durga made of Condoms and Pills)...
                           -
Aditya Ghosh

Outlook dt. 21st January 2002
   ... L.O.V.E., "the only one (organisation) of its kind in India and perhaps in the world," ...
                           - Ranjita Biswas

The Indian Express (Chandigarh) dt. 18th December 2001
   ... "Let us love in peace and exclusivity" is L.O.V.E.'s demand. Mayor Subrata Mukherjee has responded with rare compassion. He told The Indian Express, "I fully share their concern and I have promised to do something." ...
                                                         
- Subrata Nagchoudhury

The Telegraph Metro (Calcutta) dt. 15th February 2002
   ... "No one writes love letters anymore. Courship has become non-existent. This is just a fun way to find out if people do still feel as deeply as they used to," says Gangopadhyay... Organised by LOVE and managed by Inertia Solutions, entries are open till February 28 ...
                                               
- Madhumita Bhattacharya

Times of India (Kolkata) dt. 15th February 2002
   ... A unique global love letter writing competition was inaugurated by LOVE on the occasion of Valentine's Day at author Sunil Gangopadhyay's residence ... 
                                                                             
            
The Asian Age (Calcutta edition)
dt. 12th February 2002
   ... Lovers' Organization for Voluntary Exhibition president feels love is the ultimate weapon against terrorism ... 
                                                  
- Drimi Chaudhuri

The Telegraph Metro (Calcutta)
dt. 1st January 2002 & 09th March 2002
   ... If we are not given an open space by January 31, where lovers can sit, talk, hold hands, and kiss without fear of having to pay 'love tax' to the cops, we will take to the streets, warned Rupak Manush ...

The Indian Express (New Delhi) dt. 21st January 2002
  
... apart from Sunil Gangopadhyay, there will be four other members, one of them being actress Moon Moon Sen while the rest are journalists from print and electronic media ... "Love is something I can always associate myself with", Gangopadhyay said ... for actress Moon Moon Sen too it's a novel and interesting contest which should be encouraged ...
                                                  
- Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay

Times of India (Kolkata) dt. 3rd January 2002
   ... The winter chill seems to have brought out the creative genius in Kolkata's "well-wishers" ...They want 'love zones' in Kolkata where couples - desperate for a quiet rendezvous - can meet ... 
                                                                                      
- Dhiman Chattopadhyay

Hindusthan Times (Kolkata) dt. 2nd January 2002
   ... The organisation has requested Mayor Subrata Mukherjee to create 'love zones' in the city...The organisation plans to establish a library on the subject and provide financial assistance for marriage of girls from poorer homes ...
                                 
- Archis Mohan

Hindusthan Times (Central Kolkata Live) dt. 21st December 2001
   ... In response to several pleas from the intriguingly-named Lovers' Organisation for Voluntary Exhibition, Subrata Mukherjee had told BBC's Bangla Service in a programme broadcast on Monday evening that he was planning an exclusive lovers' zone ...
                                  - 
D. Deb & J. Sen Gupta

Harper's Magazine (New York) - Marry Margaret C. Nussbaum

Time Magazine (UK) - Meenakshi Ganguly (New Delhi)

Anandabazar Patrika (Kolkata) dt. 11th December 2001 - K.G.Siddiqui

Aajkal (Evening) dt. 15th December 2001 - Arnab Dutta 

Anandolok - dt. 14th February 2003 - Anindya Jana

Aajkal  dt. 15th February 2002 - Aloke Prasad Chattopadhyay

A.F.P. - Sailen Sil


Front Page picture Hindusthan Times dt. 27.03.02

Indo Asian News Services - Krittivas Mukherjee

Sandhya Khabarer Kagaj (Cygnus) dt. 06th March 2002 - Parthasarathi Singha   

Khabarer Kagaj  dt. 13th March 2002
- Parthasarathi Singha                               

L.O.V.E. is also covered by the various leading media:
STAR NEWS - Udita Dutta  (29-09-2003)
Radio Singapore International -
Valarie Tan (14-02-2004)
The Independent (London) by its Asia Correspondent Mr. Philip Reeves
Sunday Herald (Great Britain) by its Photographer Mr. Tom Pietrasik
Reuters
-
Kamil Zaheer and Somali Maitra
Zee News -
Udita Dutta
Aaj Tak -
Debobani Mazumdar
R.N.B. -
Sarmistha Goswami, Bidhyasagar Singh & Naina Banerjee 
A.N.I. -
Ajitha Menon
BBC (World Services & Five Live) -
Kalpana Pradhan & Madeleine Morris (London)
National Public Radio (U.S.A.) - Elie Foster
Siguy Films Ltd. (London)-
Johanna, Borna, Natassa & Cornelius
Aajker Khobar (Cygnus)- ATN World - Parthasarathi Singha
Taza Khabar (ATN Bangla) - Biman Chakraborty

And many other National & International Media

 


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