Thanks for responding positively to the idea Renie. So here is the plan:-
1) We will have to choose a timing which is both non-peak time, as well as a time comfortable for us to be online and tweeting."Non-peak time", in order to avoid competition with other topics being discussed on twitter. Ideally, a time of Saturday afternoon, Saturday mid-night or Sunday afternoon, will be most suited matching both these criteria.
2)The trending of a topic probably depends upon so many factors, but two most important being- no. of tweets being tweeted and no. of people participating in the conversation. So we will have to strategise accordingly. Here are a few things we can do:-
a) Retweet each others' tweets having the particular hashtag.
b) Try to start a discussion amongst us, all our tweets containing that hashtag.
c) Convince a fee common people on twitter who have followers in thousands, to post a few tweets on the issue, with that hashtag. It will help indulge more people in conversation.
d) May be we can tag such people (having followers in thousands) in some of our tweets, to make them notice it.
3) We should decide on a hashtag as short as possible, but I would suggest it must contain "Devadasi". Some suggestions from my side would be #HelpExDevadasi #HelpFightDevadasiSystem etc.
4) On a wicked note, negatives attract attention. So we can try to make the issue a controversial one. We can discuss on twitter, how much religion is to blamed for this tradition, and tag some religious hard-core enthusiasts in those tweets.
That is all. I am not sure how many indibloggers are active on twitter. But if you could post this idea as a separate forum topic, to see how many people bloggers are interested, I think we could get a more realistic estimate. With 15-20 willing people, I think we can give it a serious try. The benefits will be immense. Apart from spreading awareness, it may also help get more lenders for the Hope Project. Also, who knows if it grabs some celebrities or media house attention! On a personal level, We can also slip our blog-post links in some tweets, so it can get more viewers for our blog too. So the efforts will be worth it I am sure.