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LGBT Pride on WordPress – Gauri Sawant


Gauri Sawant; Society told her that she is not a woman; but she became a mother. They told her that she has no rights of her own, that she does not exist in the eyes of the law; yet, she took in an orphaned girl to protect her right to a happy childhood, so that another little girl doesn’t get trafficked and disappear into oblivion.
You must have seen her in the recent ad of Vicks India. Video Courtesy: Vicks India
Gauri Sawant, born and raised in Pune, is a transgender living in Mumbai for more than 20 years. Gauri Sawant is a 37-year-old transgender social activist. Born as Ganesh Suresh Sawant, she was born and raised in a conservative family in Pune. At a very early age of 9, after her mother’s demise, Gauri realised that she is different from others. After her mother passed away, she was raised by her grandmother. As a child, she has always been effeminate and more inclined towards the female gender.
During one of her several visits to Mumbai’s red-light area Kamathipura, Gauri decided not to be a bystander and stepped in. She adopted Gayatri and is bringing her up as her own daughter. She had always wanted to be a mother – even if the world refuses to see her as such.

“I don’t feel special. I became a mother because of Gayatri and she is my pillar of strength. I did what every mother does, As I believe ‘Care has no Gender'” says Gauri.

Gauri Tai has decided to build a home for the children of sex workers called Aajicha Ghar – आजीचं घर, using her own patch of land, with the hope that given the right environment and coupled with love and support, these children can become anything they would want to be, instead of falling back to the cycle.
In real life, the idea for building a home for children did not crop up suddenly. A trip into the lanes of Kamathipura, Mumbai’s oldest red-light district, ended up in Gauri stumbling upon something that she would never quite forget

Instead of approaching others, She decided that she will build a home for these children. The thought helped her realize the aptness of the phrase, ‘charity begins at home!

Gauri’s connection with WordPress

Along with Collaborating with crowdfunding website Milaap, Gauri wanted to have her own online space for Aajicha Ghar – आजीचं घर which is built on WordPress, Gauri intends to raise funds through her website, towards providing a safe haven for the children. This could be their best shot at escaping the vicious circle their mothers have unfortunately been led to.

Gauri wants to help other children born to sex-workers. With her shelter ‘Aajicha Ghar – आजीचं घर‘ she wants to make a home and a new future for vulnerable children. It is also to be a place of refuge for other trans workers who are vulnerable to violence.

Topic: WordPress and LGBT

At WordCamp Nashik Tai, will share her WordPress story, on How publishing the website Aajicha Ghar – आजीचं घर on WordPress, helped her to raise funds for the noble cause!

Want to listen Gauri’s story, Make sure you book your seats here, before they are sold out!

See y’all at WordCamp Nashik!

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Meet the WPADMIN’S of #WCNashik


True that!, Volunteers are Heart of the Community, We got overwhelming response from WordPress Enthusiasts from/around Nashik to help #WCNashik on/before the event day.

Meet our AWESOME /wp-admin/(s), You will find them helping around on 05.11.17, you can spot them wearing white t-shirts.

Amol Bonde Arvind Baraskar Chetan Prajapati
Durgesh Tayade Harsh Bhatt Harshad Mane
Harshad Merkute Jai B Kumar Abhirup
Makarand Mane Nikhil Bhansi Onkar Gandhe
Paresh Pawar Pooja Deshpande Pranay Salve
Raspal Seni Ratnesh Sonar Sahil Majethia
Sanjay Jadhav Satish Harkal Saurabh Jakhadi
Shantisagar Takpere Shirish Kadam Vaibhav Mane
Vishal Deshpande Vivek Daptare
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Meet the new friends of #WCNashik

 

Meet the GreatHearted Friends of WordCamp Nashik 2017

 

Founded in 2008 by Uday Vaswani & Akrati Gupta, as Masterminds Inc. Later encoded to Curly Binaries Lab LLP in 2016. We are a binary tech Startup and a Microsoft Partner Company. As the name says it all, we focus on all the aspects of Technology and Corporate Training. Read More

 

BackupCP is the product of Mitlag Solutions Private Limited (Formerly known as GVO Techsolutions Private Limited) Founded in April 2012. BackupCP is a solution that automates backup of your cpanel accounts and stores the backup files at your own reliable destinations like Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, and FTP.  Read More

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BookyourCar is our Bronze Sponsor

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Get complete technical information of the car of your choice. You can also compare different models and not to mention you get to choose your car color too.

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If you are satisfied with your choice of the car and have found the best deal, book your car by paying a minimal booking amount. Be sure to check the amount you save. Just key in your details and your car is booked. Rest assured the booking amount is 100% refundable just in case you change your mind.

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Bookyourcar assures you 100% refund of the booking amount if you cancel the booking. Also, we will not charge you any cancellation charges.

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ResellerClub supports #WCNashik with Gold

ResellerClub empowers freelancers, design and development professionals to get people and SMBs online. We have helped more than 200,000 design agencies and web pros around the world get businesses online for over 10 years now.

ResellerClub is popular for its hosting options across Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Cloud Hosting solutions as well as Cloud, VPS and Dedicated Servers, Email, Web Security. All the hosting products on offer are optimized for WordPress and include support tailored for Pros.

ResellerClub also actively empowers web professionals through multi-city web summits such as ‘Ctrl+F5’, web design contests such as ‘SiteWars’, online knowledge-sharing sessions through ‘TechTalks by ResellerClub’ and supporting WordPress enthusiasts at WordCamps across India.

We’re now excited to be at WordCamp Nashik for the 2nd time and to continue to support the WordPress community in India. Find out more at ResellerClub and the Web Design / Development blog by ResellerClub.

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Panel Discussion III – Voice for the Voiceless with WordPress


After 14 years there are millions of people around the world using WordPress.

WordPress can be a very empowering tool in the hand of the oppressed, minorities and fringe groups, giving them a voice with privacy and anonymity.

It’s very important to use your voice. And we all have it. It has to be a tool of power, honesty, love, respect. We all must use our voices for good. Speak up when you face or see any unfairness. Use your voice to fight evil. Have it express how you feel and what you think. Use your voice to fight for yourself. Let it be a weapon of peace, goodness, and encouragement.

This Panel discussion will be a frank and honest discussion about, How WordPress helped the Panelist to use their Voice with WordPress.

Panelist Includes:

  • Saurabh Shukla (Moderator) – Community Organizer and Educator at BaapWP.me
  • Aditya Kane (Moderator) – Mentor at WordCamp Central
  • Shree Gauri Sawant (Panelist) – Transgender Activist
  • Dhananjay Maharaj More (Panelist) – Kirtankar
  • Harishanker R (Panelist) – Happiness Engineer at Automattic
  • Tushar Bhambare (Panelist) – Journalist
  • Harshad Mane (Panelist) – Co-organizer at WordCamp Nashik
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Panel Discussion II – Every WordPress Hero needs a Solid Web Host


Often overlooked, web hosting is one of the key component of every successful website. Choosing the best WordPress hosting for your needs can improve your SEO and increase sales.

There are various different types of WordPress hosting options available such as Free, Shared, VPS, Dedicated, and managed WordPress hosting.

We know the importance of choosing the best WordPress hosting company. Our goal with this Panel discussion is to offer insights on things you need to consider when choosing a WordPress hosting company.

  • What are the WordPress Hosting Requirements?
  • Things to Consider when Choosing a WordPress Hosting Provider
  • Evaluating Your WordPress Hosting Needs
  • Free WordPress Hosting
  • Shared WordPress Hosting
  • WordPress Dedicated Server Hosting
  • Managed WordPress Hosting
  • Support
  • Security
  • Caching

Hopefully, having attended this Panel discussion, you should get a clearer picture of the different scenarios of choosing a Solid WebHost to become a WordPress Hero ;), and you will be able to make a decision based on your website, requirements and budget!

Panelists include:

  • Deepak Kori (Moderator) – Co-founder & Executive Director – MilesWeb Internet Services Pvt Ltd
  • Ashish Kale (Panelist) – Co-founder & CEO – Hostripples India
  • Chinmay Dingore (Panelist) – Co-founder & Executive Director – MilesWeb Internet Services Pvt Ltd
  • Keith Pinto (Panelist) – Marketing Manager for Bluehost, India
  • Ajay Nair (Panelist) – Managing Director of Mitlag Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Panel Discussion I – Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?


Let’s have a look at few of the phenomenal women who, against all odds, became pioneers of the technology world. These women are heroes:

  • Ada Lovelace – the first computer programmer.
  • The ENIAC Programmers – a team of 6 women who, during Word War II, helped the US government secretly program the first all-electronic programmable computer.
  • Radia Perlman– the Mother of the Internet

    • Grace Hopper –developed COBOL and other computer languages, which are still in use today.

These women helped to pave the way for future female generations, who desire nothing more than to succeed in the tech world.

There are so many inspiring women in the WordPress ecosystem across the globe, who have stepped into the modern day shoes of predecessors.

  • Ipstenu (Mika) – WordPress support forum contributor
  • Helen Hou-Sandi – WordPress lead developer
  • Sara Cannon – Make/UI blog
  • Rachel Baker – creator of a Bootstrap theme

If we compare Active participation of Women in Global WordPress ecosystem with Indian WordPress ecosystem, Few questions that come to mind:

  • Where are the women in Indian WordPress ecosystem?
  • Why aren’t they participating?
  • And when are they participating? Why don’t we see them?
  • Do we still have problems getting women involved with WordPress?

There are lots of women in Indian WordPress ecosystem, they can still do more, and we think speaking is one of those things.

This Panel discussion will be a frank and honest discussion with women who have been involved for different amounts of time in WordPress – ranging from development to designer to marketer.

Panelists include:

  • Meher Bala (Moderator) – Freelancer and Social Media Marketer
  • Poonam Namdev (Panelist) – Happiness Engineer in Themeisle
  • Khyati Gala (Panelist) – Happiness Engineer Automattic
  • Mrunmai Kulkarni (Panellist) – Blogger
  • Yogita Patil (Panellist) – Blogger
  • Sudesna Banerjee (Panellist) – Digital Marketer
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Where to stay?


Below is a list of hotels around the venue. Booking your stay well in advance is a great way to knock a few bucks off the price. If you are traveling in a group, most hotels will make further allowances for multiple bookings.

The Gateway Hotel Ambad Nashik (4.1 km)

Address: P-17, Midc Ambad, Mumbai Agra Road, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010
Phone: +91 253 669 2300
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 6000/-

Hotel Express Inn (4.3 km)

Address: Pathardi Phata, Mumbai Agra Road, Ambad, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010
Phone: +91 253 664 1111
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 4900/-

Hotel Hi 5 (4.4 km)

Address: Plot No. P, 5, MIDC Ambad, Pathardi Phata, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010
Phone: +91 253 238 8931
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 3500/-

Ibis Nashik (5.4 km)

Address: Plot No 9, Triambakeshwar Road, Nashik, 422007
Phone: +91 253 663 5555
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 3500/-

Meuse Jupiter Business & Luxury Hotel (5.4 km)

Address: Pathardi Phata, Mumbai Agra Highway, Nashik, Maharashtra 422009
Phone: +91 253 239 2425
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 2500/-

Hotel Seven Heaven (5.1 km)

Address: 904, Pathardi Phata, Mumbai Agra Road, Nashik, Maharashtra 422009
Phone: +91 253 239 0044
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 2500/-

Ginger Hotel, Nashik (4.9 km)

Address: Plot No P 20 (Part), Satpur MIDC, Near Satpur MIDC Police Station (Near Bank of India Satpur Branch), Nashik Trimbakeshwar Road, Nashik, Maharashtra 422007
Phone: +91 253 661 6333
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 2200/-

Hotel Formule1, Nashik (6.0 km)

Address: Plot No 21 To 25B Survey No 882, Near Lekhanagar, Opposite Vedant Mangal Karyalay, Mumbai-Agra Highway, Nashik, Maharashtra 422009
Phone: +91 253 664 4666
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 2000/-

Hotel SkyLark Inn, Nashik (5.0 km)

Address: 139, A.S.A, Ashwin Nagar, Pathardi Phata, Mumbai – Agra National Hwy, Maharashtra 422009
Phone: +91 253 237 1062
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 2000/-

Hotel Grand Ashwin, Nashik (5.3 km)

Address: Plot No 12, Service Road, Opposite Kolta Showroom Cidco, Ashwin Nagar, Pathardi Phata, Nashik, Maharashtra 422009
Phone: +91 253 237 6345
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 1400/-

Sai Vijay Hotel Ambad, Nashik (4.3 km)

Address: 106/8, Next to Indoline Furniture, Pathardi to Ambad Rd, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010
Phone: +91 91683 99333
Rooms start from‎ ₹ 1300/-

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Meet the friends of #WCNashik

Meet the GreatHearted Friends of WordCamp Nashik 2017:

 

The WordPress Guru! He is a Freelancer and currently work remotely as a Web Developer at Collective Alternative. Apart from that, he is an active member of WordPress Ahmedabad Community. In addition to that recently he has become Upwork Pro Web Developer. Read More

 

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WordCamp Nashik 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!