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BY PAWAN LUTHRA
Aninterestingobservation
duringa recent conversation with afriendstarted me thinkingof the professional work oppormnitiesin India versus those overseas,especiallyin western coLmtries.
This friend had his children study overseas,notonly because he could affordit,bm alsobecause he believed in thestrucmredapproach which gives thestudents awider perspective on issuesbeforesettlinginto amorerigid and definedcourse. However,he was keen that the children ren1rn to India to pursuetheircorporatecareers.The learning curve is steeperinIndia,he shared; and there'splenty of disruption takingplace.
Asa term bandied about in business circlesfor afew yearsnow, disruption
goesbeyondinnovation. Itchanges not only how we do business, butalsohow we think andbehave asa society,even intrudingon ourdaily habitsin many instances. Itis destructivein that it does a\vay with existing paradigms,but itis also much, much more creative.
InIndia, as themasses break through socio-economicboundaries,a populationthus far steeped in tradition is hungry forchange.The systems in placeare challengedas they scamper to catch up with thefast-pacedchangesin social andbusiness life.Thegovernment agenciesarestruggling to keep up withexpectations,and so there are oppornmities aplenty for disruptors to stepin andcreate greateroppormnities for themselves andothers.
Manyorganisations arestepping up to themark inthisregard.The private banks and the telcos bavemoved wayaheadof theirstate controlled counterparts to offer new andinnovative products.
In fact,only days ago,India's richest man MukeshAmbani laidout his vision for hisrelecom firm RelianceJio, offering rhe world's cheapestinternee
dataat$1 agigabyte ascomparedro ahout$5 pet gigabyte now available. With acountrywherethemarket willbe inmillionsof customers, this kindof disruption willrevolutionisetheindustry. Onesuspects Ambani's competitors will have their thinkingcapson to find similar disruptive options to disrupt this latest offering.
Excitingtimes indeed.
Meanwhile, for choseof us who are more settled in ouradoptive homeland, the issueis what kind of positive disruption wemal<e to ourprofessional and personallifestyles here, especially if tl1e feelingischarthe career has plateaued. Will taking up a healthier lifestyle create a disruption ro the routine of work, television and social life? Will breaking awayfrom corporate life ro start a new business createa professional disruption?
Perhapsitis tin1etogive upideasto whichonehas snickto in thepastor skills which wehavefOLmd comfortin to try somethingbold and new Afterall,if ir is nothurting or being uncomfortable,then one isnor disruptingenoughandchangingenough.
NAM/TA GOHIL spoke withIndianAustralianmodel/actress Chandrika Ravi ChandrlkaRavi @chandrikaravi_ retweeted: "'Ethnicity and race should not define people. You can be anything you want to be,' says Chandrika Ravi." Loved this interview of mine!
TrevorPritchard wrote: Love the write up on you, Chandrika, keep working for your goals Love/support/wishes for you always
Shoalb Nlshat wrote: Looking gorgeous, all the very best.Stay blessed always Chandrika
JasminCalabrese wrote: Go girl, all grown up and killing it
VISHCHILUMKURTI wrote about the efforts being made bygroup of local Indians inBrisbane to create a monumentfor Indiansoldiers of both World Wars
SmithsonPlanning wrote: It is heartening to note that efforts are being made by the Australian government and also a group of Indian-origin residents of Brisbane to ensure thatdue credit is given to all the valorous Indian soldiers who sacrificed everything for the cause of peace. The Australia India Heritage Committee (AIHC) was formed in late 2015 with an objective to create a monument in Queenslandthat will have a distinct identity of its own, and which will commemorate the Indian soldiers of both World Wars.
IndianAustralian @theausslelndlan tweeted:@indian_link more power to them!
ProfessorKrishnaSomers wrote: I read with interestthe article by Vish Chilumkurti on Indian links with Gallipoli in your August 2016 issue. Griffth University also needs to take into account the sacrifices made by Indian troops in the Pacific War. The War Cemetery in Lae, Papua New Guinea, is also the burial site of many unidentifiedIndian soldiers with grave stones recognised by a Sanskrit saying: Om Namo Namaha. I have myself visited the cemetery during a tour of duty in Papua New Guinea.
I am now in receipt of three or four editions of IndianLink and want to thank you and most importantly to congratulate you on the quality of the product.
I find the content a clever combination of serious subjects and light-hearted entertainment. It is a very readable publication.
For those of us interested in advancing Australia/India relations, the paper does a great job in putting forward a contemporary and traditional image of India and the rich experience of Indians in Australia. So thank you again and warmest congratulations.
MauriceLNewmanAC,SydneyROMEA PROMODHinterviewed food scientist Shyamala Vishnumohan about changing the school curriculum to help influence good habits
Food Revolution tweeted: Our ambassador Shyamala Vishnumohan featured in this article on teaching kids about food #foodrevolution
Chris Elstoft@AusDHClndiaAustralian tweeted: Indian foodscientist Dr Shyamala Vishnumohan is putting nutrition back on the menu for schools. Note: Lupins, as mentioned in the article, are like other protein containing foods (e.g. peanut, soy, dairy, shellfish, eggs) and may trigger an allergic reaction in a small percentage of population.Some people who are allergic to peanuts may also react to lupin.
Sakshi Malik won bronze in the 58kg freestyle wrestling as India got its first medal at the Rio Olympic Games, while PV Sindhu took home the silver in the women's singles Badminton final
RajnlLuthra wrote: Trustthegirls to save the day! Shabaash,Sakshi and PV! SachlnWakhare wrote: Agree! Was longing to see Indian flag in medal tally :)
DhanyaSamuel wrote: CongratulationsSakshi andPV; you have made us proud
DalwlnderSingh @Dalwinderperth tweeted: Hope after this mindset regarding girls will change forever #Rio2016 #IND #nationpride @indian_link
Results of the Indian Link online poll: ShouldCricketbeIncludedas anOlymplc sport?
Only if it's T20 format (49%)
Yes, more cricket is a great thing (26%)
I prefer Kabaddi (15%)
No, I hatecricket (10%)s
TIA SINGHwrote an open letter to IndianAustralian youth about the importance ofspeaking out about domestic violence
GopalGanwanl wrote: A sad reality, but again, to all women, help is out there - you need to take the f rst step against it!
OurWatch @OurWatchAus tweeted: "When a woman leaves an abusive partner, people ask why she stayed so long, not why he abused her in the first place".
BevJ @BevJohnst tweeted: @OurWatchAus @indian_link Yes. Always. [They have] No idea!
People of colour, I mean, who isn't? We've got our white whites,translucent whites, beige whites, red whites and dark whites, who are darker than the light-dark guys all religions, faiths and beliefs You know whatthe bestthing is aboutdiversity? Everything!
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890 Australian students to live, work and study in India under #NewColomboPlan 2017 mobility round HarlnderSidhu, Australian High Commissionerto lndla
To mark India's Independence Day, we asked Indian Australians to describe the 'wow' factor of their state. What do you love most about yourhome city/ state?
Vlnaya Ral wrote: Happy IndependenceDay to theIndian Link team! Keep up the good work!
Shaoquett Moselmane tweeted: Wishing you a happy 70th #India
Independence Day.
GaganSharma wrote: Jai Hind!
Malay Dave wrote: I was curious to observe the representative map of India used under the title 'State of nostalgia' as it looked incorrect. I quickly searched and found a few important documents and links that I thought best to share with you so you can make an informed decision on whether to continue depicting India with or without Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh territories. There has been a lot of coverage of this matter in thenews media recently. Hope this helps.
PratlkShah wrote: The gazetted map of India is incorrectly represented.
Arif wrote: I am an Indian Australian from Karaikal! [A district in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India]
Pradnya Dugal wrote: Nicely written Mittu Gopalan. Kerala is one of my favourite places on this earth!
Dr Mrldula NathChakraborty wrote: It was great fun for me to read all the entries.
Mlchelle Cahlll @theherringlass tweeted: My Goan nostalgia 70 years on from India's Independence, though Goa wasn't liberated until 1961
@TheAusslelndlan tweeted: Fantastic work! Enjoyed the insights!
FreedmanandGopalanSollcltors wrote: There's no placelike home. Our principal Mittu_shares her memories of home in Kerala, India with Indian Link for their Independence Day issue!
SabaNabl (@nabi_saba) tweeted:Loved the August edition of @indian_link. Enjoyed reading your column [on Uttar Pradesh] too @dryadusingh
Vlnaya Ral wrote: Such a beautiful poem [on Tamil Nadu] Appurva love it!
Kala Raghunath wrote: [What I love most about Delhi. ] Sarojani Nagar market! Chaat at Rajiv Chowk, the metro, parantha at Moolchand Bridge, chole kulche, Haldirams restaurants, Durga Pandal in Chitranjan Park, Ram Leela's at Navratri time, di/Ii ki sardi, Lal Quila and Paranthe Wali Gali. Holi is best played in Delhi, India Gate and its beautiful lawns with the whole evening atmosphere there, AkshardhamTemple, beautiful flyovers and wide roads, and so much more love my city!
MeghaSinha(Melbourne) wrote: Johar Jharkhand! Yes I take pride in saying that I hail from a town called Daltonganj, in Jharkhand. Jharkhand (meaning bushland) itself is known as land of forests, gold, folk music, folk dances and tribals. It owns nearly 40 per cent of India's mines andmineral reserves.
Jharkhand s the root land of many famous Indian faces. Mahendra Singh Dhoni -he doesn't need any introduction though (most popular sportsman of our current times); Priyanka Chopra, R Madhavan, Meenakshi Sheshadri and more.
A traveller can find interest in places likeDuari, Khaya Banaroo, Maloodah, wildlife sanctuaries (Hazaribagh &Dalma) Betla National Park, Saranda Forest and om Holy places likeDeori Mandir, BasukinathDham (Dumka) and Rajrappa Temple, not to forget our famous Chhath Pooja. Some of the state's uniqueness comes from cattle fairs held in Kolhaiya, Tutilawa, Belgada and Lawalong when animals are adorned and celebrated.Our authentic dishes like Ka/mi Saag, Dhuska, Jhinga, Thekua, Litti Chokha, Tilkut, Pua, and Mitha Haja are so heavenly and not to be missed!
PREETI JABBAL and PAWANLUTHRA reported on the launch of ConfluenceFestival of India
PurushBlllmorla wrote: Not to be forgotten in this melange and mela should be the long struggle, fears and tears and sweat of those of who came much before and helpedchangethe landscape of this country. How do we celebrate them if all we are celebrating are the new glistening arts from a modernising Bharat? The temples and gurudwaras they have erected on this land are also standing testimony to the cultural arts of the communities; they did also perform (Louise Light and Sivaram legacies; performing 'Blue God' back in 1930s); there was the momentous visit of Srinivasa Sastri and Totaram Sanadhya (bhajans were performed for them).Today's performances happen as one-night stands and they vanish; thennew performances come and the same circus occurs as in Bollywood.
Romea Promodh @romeaswork tweeted:@indian_link @FOlinOz @navdeepsuri This is so ambitious and amazing. Would love to be in audience whenever it's in Perth. Thanks.
A warm, friendly meeting with Prime Minister Modi, discussing strong Australia-India cooperation through trade, defence, education and sport. MalcolmTurnbull,Prime MinisterofAustralia
"What's the chitchat between SaifAliKhan and Kareena Kapoor?"
Rupall Rastogi wrote: Let me capture my fittest Kareena after pregnancy you will be my fattest Kareena
Saba Nabl wrote: This is the latest Camera I bought from Chor Bazaar :P
PREETI JABBAL spoke with renowned British Indian artist Seeta Patel on her unique blend of classical Indian dance, contemporary dance and design @theGeometrlclan tweeted: @seetadances is in #Australia making her new work about airbrushed histories & was interviewed by @indian_link @UKTheatreDance tweeted: #lunchtimeread @seetadances talks to @indian_link in Australia about hernew work on airbrushed histories #AIDF
PREET/JABBAL wrote about how Ryka Gulati, aformerLeukaemia sufferer, celebrated her fifth birthday byraisingfunds for the Royal ChildrenHospital Foundation
Rajnl Luthra wrote: Happy birthday to you Ryka. And to the Gulati family: you have a little star in Ryka, congratulations. Great to see her looking well! VandanaAneja replied: Thank you very much Rajni Luthra for your kind words and wishes for Ryka. All the wishes and blessings mean a lot to us.
DhanyaSamuel wrote: What a wonderful thought! Wishing you a very blessed birthday Ryka you truly have a heart of gold.
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Thecornerstone of all democratic political systems is representation. Thatmeans,ensunng that politicians are truly representative of the people of their nation.
A popular topic of conversation during therecent election focused on voter disenfranchisement,especially of young votersinAustralia.Theunderrepresentation of youth and minorities in Australian politics is undeniably afactor contributing to this phenomenon.
The most alarming discrepancy in political representation would be the major under-representationof youth in politics. The averageAustralian politician is agedin theirlate 40s or early S0s.The youngest politician in Parliament currently is 28-year-old SenatorJames Patterson, showcasing the exclusionof a substantial quantity of the voting population from direct political representation.
The odds are unfavourably stacked against an eager 20-year-old Indian woman wanting to participate and make a difference in Australian policies.
Women make up approximately 50.5% of theAustralian population andhence shmdd theoreticallir should comprise at least half of the House of Representatives and theSenate. However, the composition of the45'"Parliament has just 29% women in the Lower House and39% in the Senate.Thesefiguresare anin1provement from previous years, buc still show that women are still under-representedin Australian politics.
Australiaalso prides itself as a multicultural society, andit cercainly is,howeverthis multiculturalism is not reAected in Australia's political platforms
The 2011 Census stated that two per cent of Australia's population comprised of people withIndian ancestry,meaning 1in every 53 people in Australiais of Indian heritage. Given these figures, cl1e House of Representatives should have at least three members of lndian heritage,inorderco be truly representative. However,cl1isis not thecase.Theeffect of multiculmralrepresentative politics is moresignificant viewed as awhole. At least 26% of the Australian population are immigrants with multi-ethnic ancestry. This would translateinto 17 seats in the Houseof Representatives held by people representingAustralia's multictdtucal population. The significance of such strongrepresentation wouldtndy be felt in cl1ecurrent parliament, with the Turnbull Government forming a fragile one-seat majority.
Political participation of young people, andespecjallyyouth of multicnltucal backgrounds, cannot be cultivated overnight; it is an arduous, generational cultural shift in the social and political fabric of Australia. The first step to any change is always awareness. YMCA's YouthParliamentis anapoliticalprogram that facilitates empowering youthco be advocates and leaders in their community. The program enables young people to learn about the legislative process in their state, network with politicians and develop and present issues and ideas that will
better their states. lo my experience,Yomh Parliamentis about personal development, about breaking down barriersand negating youth disenfranchisement in politics.
Australia is a democracy Hidden within cl1at simple statement is much political, philosophical andsocial controversy and inAuence that shapes the society we live in. A democratic political systemoperates oncl1e premise that power is vested in a
nation's citizens, andoneof the ways in which Australians exercise this power is through their vote. Pol.icicians areelected by the people to represent them andtheir interests - the key word.in that sentence being'represent.' The requisiterelationship between democracy and representation is aptly presented in this quotebyJames Bovard;"De111ocracy11111stheso111ethi11g111ore tha11hJJO1110/vesandasheepvoting011 whatto
1f you are agedbetween 15-25, apply forYomh Parliament 2017 in your state andbe a youngleader in your community.
1 can truly say as ayoung,Indian woman interested in politics,my time inYoucl1 Parliament hasmade cl1e loomingglass ceiling between me and my ambitions a little weaker andmy confidence andself-belief farmoreresolme.
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U11.iversaUy acknowledged for her work withthe poor and needy, amongthesobriquets she acquired over the courseof her life,MotherTeresabecame popularly known as the'LivingSaintof Kolkata'.
Andso onSunday4Septeruber,Mother Teresawasofficiallyelevatedto sainthood after being canonised byPopeFrancis at the Vatican.
Thisis an especiallyholy rime for the followersofMotherTeresa, nowofficially known asSaintTeresaof Kolkata. Her venerationto theroleofSainetookplace onedaybefore the 19'h anniversaryof herdeathon 5September, 1997, and 10 September marks thedateshereceivedher callingfromGod toleavethe LoretoOrder and found the Missionaries of Charity.
MotherTeresawas revered acrossthe globe, includinginAustralia. Manypeople are familiar with hermission work in Kolkata, butfeware aware thatshevisited Australia 10 rimesduringher life and that there are 14l'vfissionaries of Charity
houses across Australia. The fusehouse wasestablished in 1969 inoutbackBourke byMotherTeresahersel� after she came toknowof the needsof theIndigenous Australians through aconnection to aCardinalin Melbourne. In 1970she founded theMelbourneMissionariesof Charity, followed by Katherinein 1973. Nowthere are houses fromSydney to \X!aggaWaggain ewSouthWales, from Brisbane toPerch, andseveral across the NorthernTerritoryincludingAliceSprings andTennantCreek.There are also cwo houses inAuckland andWellingtoninNew Zealand,oneinEastTin1or andonein Indonesia (established2010).
In 1979,MotherTeresareceived the Nobel PeacePrjze for her work, while in 1982,she wasmade anHonorary Companionof the OrderofAustraliaon AustraliaDay, in recognitionof her social work in the region.
Sister l\.fariaLucy M.C., RegionalSuperior of the Oceania Regionof the Missionaries of Charity,says she andherSisters have alwaysknownJvforherTeresa was aSaint, and areexcited aboutthecanonisation,but it has always been justamatterof rime.
"Irmeans thatshehasbeenpublically recognised,"shesays."\'<.le already knewthat she was aSaint and now that theChurch recogniseschat, the worldrecognisesthat she's asaintly,holyperson,and we can learn much about herand from her."
SisterMariaLucy worked witl, Mother Teresain Kolkata for fiveyears, and was at her side when she died. She joined the Missionariesof Charity afterspending time with Mother Teresa in Kerala, where Sister MariaLucy grewup.
"Shevisited my grandmother a fewtimes, andinAuencedme a lot,"SisterMariaLucy says."Knowing the,vorkshe was doing, reading thebooks,havingthatpersonal contact with hermade me wantto join."
SisterAntonine M.C., LocalSuperior of theMissionariesofChari[)',Sydney,became anun in the 1970s.
"IsawMalcohnMuggeridge's documentary 'SomethingBeautiful for God' onABCtelevisionand d1enI feltcalled to that kind of work,"Australian-bornSister Antonine says.
Thesisters at theMissionariesof Charity,SydneycelebratedMother Teresa's canonisation by sharingexperiences, memories and stories before attendinga celebratoryMass atSt Mary's Cathedralin her honour. TheArchbishopofSydney Anthony Fisher OP made d,eoccasion "very special".
As he said during his honiily,"Perhaps no ridecapmres herso well as the word '.Mother', a word drnt speaks of fruitfulness, tenderness and nurmre, both of a spiritual family that grewfrom a small handfulof womenin 1949 tosomewherearound 5,000 MissionariesofCharitytoday; and of a
family of thepoorestof the poor inIndia andbeyond."
AstheSistersshared stories,Sister Antoninerememberedhow she metMoth.er Teresain Melbourne in 1975 when she visited Australia, then in PapuaNew Guinea severalrearslater,and again in South Korea
"Mother (Teresa] was travellingtoSoud1 Korea fromJapan andshe wanted tobring ussomedung to makeus happy,"sherecalls. "Sotheypackedsome icecream withdry icecotake withher.Shebroughtit, wth greatjoy, and said, 'I brought this from Japan toshare'. She was a warm, htm1an person.It was that motherly love, with all of us sittingandearingice-creamtogether at 10 o'clock at night."
SisterMariaLucyrecalledanincident whileshe waslivingin IndiaattheMocher Housein Kolkata. MotherTeresawas to travel toDelhilacer that monung.The novicemistresses gad1ered cosay goodbye co her while she was havingbreakfast, slowly sippingher tea,asthoughit was very taSC)'• Not long after she left, the nuns gathered toeat their own breakfast. ''Andic was then we realised, wehad put saleinstead of sugar in her tea!"Sister MariaLucy reveals. "But sheneversaid aword."
Sharing another memory,Sister Maria Lucy detailedhow, whiletravelling with Mother TeresainAmerica,theyhad a meetingwith theMayorof a major city who
sent astretchlimousinetopick them up, along witha policeescort.
"Mother [Teresa]gotinrothecar looked aroundandsaid,'Peopleoutside will think, MotherTeresamusehave stolensomething with all these police around!' She hadagreat senseof humour."
Working within theparishof ScPeter's in Sydney's Surry Hills, the Sisters undertake avariety of activities in the community such asteachingscripture lessons to local schoolchildren. Along with membersof theorderacrosstheglobe, they alsocare for those less fortunate through their work with orphanages, hospitalsand hospices,centres
for women, and soup kitchensco feedthe homeless They alsoprovideakindof companionship.
"Wevisit the sick andlonely people shut inside,"Sister MariaLucy e:,..-plains.
"Loneliness isoneof thegreatest sicknesses.Poverty,Mother caUedit, loneliness isoneof thegreatestpoverties. Sheoftensaid, 'If a person ishungry, we cangive themsomethingtoeat tosatisfy chem,buc if they arelonely andfeel unwanted,itis thegreatestpoverty."
Aspareof their thanksgivingfor the canonisation, the Sisters at theMissionaries of Charity of Sydney curateda special exhibition on the lifeof Mother Teresa, with photographs, icons and artefacts
includingsomeof her iconic original shawls and saris.
SisterMaria Lucy shares thatinitiaUy MotherTeresa wantedtheOrder's saris to be all white. "Thenpeoplein Kolkaca started talkingabout itsaying,'Wehope she won't makeicaU white, because the widows in mourningin KoUrntawear only white so people wiU th.inksheis a widow,' soshe addedthebluestripes."Thecolours blue and\vhite arealso associated with d1e VirginMary, and so d1e iconic white sari wid1 the three striped blue border is now widely familiaracross theglobe.
MotherTeresa's canonisation and elevation toSaint is not withoutcontroversy, however.Thereare some inKoikaca who resent that their city became known for its povenythrough her work, andotherswho see themissionaries' effortsamongtribal communities inthe north-easternIndian states as problematicproselytising.There are also those who questionthemiracles attributedto her.
The Sisters are amused by suggestions their Mother is anything less than a true Saint, caDing doubters and naysayers "ignorant,,.
"\Y/e don't sayanythingco them. I feel theydon't know much about her," says Sister Maria Lucy.
"\Y/e just prayfor them and hope mat one day they'U see," agrees Sister Antonine. "They'reentitled co what they think, you
don't know where they'recomingfrom, so you don't arguethe point."
"Her work shows howspecial she was,'' says Sister MariaLucy."Her lo\7e for everyone was sovisible andequal."
Indeed the worldwide adorationand admirationof MocherTeresawas on display duringthe canonisation.ceremony as hundreds of thousandsgathered in St Peter'sSquare. TheofficialIndian delegationincludedForeign Minister SushmaSwaraj,BengalChief Minister MamataBanerjee andDelhi Chief M.i.nister ArvindKejriwal.
IndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModi saidin astatement ontheeveof her canonisation,"AsIndianswe have to feel proudabout thecanonisation of Bharat Ratnai\fotherTeresa. She haddedicated her life for the upliftmentof the poor. She was anAlbanian,andEnglish language was not her mothertongue,andyecsheadoptedicas her language and served thepoor."
"She isvery well recognised andvery weUlovedinIndia,"says SisterMariaLucy. "Christians,Hindus,Muslims, regardless of race and colour and languageand religion, everybodylovedher andshe loved everybody."
Andas Australian Catholic University theologianJoelHodge told the ABC, "She did really capture the imaginationof the world in a waythat hardly any other Catholic did."
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Theelephant headed, pot belliedelder sonofShivaandParvati is not only the foremost God amongthe Hindupantheon, heisperhaps memost lovedtoo. Inhis capacitytoremove allobstacles,Ganeshais rememberedeverydayby oneand all.
Often associated with d1eauspicious 'Om',heis among the most enigmatic as well Ganesha'sphysical attribmes a.re themselves rich in complex symbolism. ln fact everypartofGanesha's sumptuous body tells its own lirde cale.
Primarily, the imageof Ganesha isa compositeanduopomorphic one. Four livingentities - man, elephant,serpent and mouse have contributed to themakeup ofhis figure. All of d1emindividually and collectively have deep symbolicovertones. Ganeshathusrepresents ma.n's eternal strivingcowardsintegration with nature. He has to beinterpreted taking into consideration me face that despite evolution over many millennia,rnanremains closer to animaltoday manhe wasever before.
The most striking feature ofGaneshais his elephant head, symbolicof auspiciousness, strengili and intellectualprowess. On the forehead, theTrishula (weapon of Shiva) is depicted,symbolisingtime (past,present andfumre) and Ganesha's masteryover it. AUthe qualities of theelephant are contained in theformof Ganapati. The
elephantis the largestandstrongestof animalsof d1e forest.Yet heis gendeand, amazingly,a vegetarian, sothat hedoesnot kill toeat. Heis veryaffectionate andloyal to his keeper and is greatly swayed if love and kindness areextended to him. Ganesha, tl1ough apowerful deity, isno less loving and forgivingandmovedby meaffection of his devotees.
Yet atthe same timethe elephant can destroy a whole forest andis in himself a one-man army whenprovoked. Ganeshais similarlymostpowerfuland canberuduess when conrainingevil
Again, Ganesha's large head issymbolic of d1e wisdomof d1eelephant. His large ears, like the winnow,sift the bad from thegood.Although[heyhear everything, they retainonlythat whichisgood;iliey are attentiveto allrequests made by the devotees,bethey humbleor powerful.
Whilethe largeea.rsandheadreceive allinformation,tl1esmallmouthtalks lessand the tiny eyesrepresentutmost concentration.
Ganesha:, trunk is asymbolof his discrimination (viveka),amostimportant quality necessary for spiritualprogress. Theelephantuses its trunk ro push down a massive tree, carry huge logs to[he river and for oilier heavy casks.The samehuge trunk isused topick upa fewbladesof grass, tobreak asmallcoconut,removed1e hardnutandear tl1e soft kernelinside.The biggest and minutestof casks are within the rangeof this mmk whichissymbolic of Ganesha's intellect and hispowers of discrimination.
Thecurved tnmkperhapsalsorepresents thearousalof thepowers of thekundtllini. The trunk relates to d1epower of human mind. It must be strongenoughto handle the external world,but delicateenough
coexplorethe subde realmsof rhe inner sanctum.
Yet another intriguingaspectof Ganesha's iconography is his broken tusk,Ekdanta- Ekmeaningoneanddm1ta meaningteem.Theologists believe mar the rworusksrepresenr wisdom andemotion. The broken left tusk signifies tl1ar one must conquer ernotions with wisdom to attain perfection. Itcarriesaninteresting legend behind it:
IVhenPamsh11rc1111a,oneofShiva'.rfavouiite disciples,cametovisitbim,hefoundGmresha gHanliugShiva'.rinnert1part111mts.Hirjalhei· beingasleep,GanesbaopposedParsh11ra111a} mtty.P01mh11ra111ane11e1the!esstriedlo1trgehis IVtl)\andtitussleem1✓ed.Gane.rhohadatfirst thet1dvantage,seizingParash11m111t1i11histrnnk, andgivinghi,11at1JJirlthatlefthimsickand senseless;011reco11e1i11g,RamathreJ/Jhisaxeat Ganesht1,ivhorecognizingitashi.rfather's111et1po11 (Shivah,minggivmittoPm¥1slmrama)receivedit J/Jithallh11mili!J11po11oneofhi..rtusk..r,1vhichit i1111mdiate!Jseveru�midhe11ceGaneshahasb1tt onetttsk.
AdifferentlegendnaiwtesthatGm1esha111c1s askedtoscribedow11theepicol11fohabhc1rata, diclt1tedtohimtryitst111th01;sage1':)•a.ra.Taking into11otetheenormityandsignificanceofthett1Sk, Ganesharealizedthei11adeq11aryotll!Jordinaiy -pen'to1111dctt11k.ethetask.Heth11sbrok.eoneof hisowntusksandI/ladeapm011/oit. Thelesson q[feredhereistht1tnosacrificeishigenoughi11the p11rmitofk1101vledge.
Ganeshais often portrayed with six hands. One is normally shownin theahh'!)•a (fearless) pose of protectionandrefuge and thesecond holding asweet (!JJodt1ka) symbolic of [he sweetness of rhe realized inner self. The tllodakrepresents the reward forst1dhant1, while me pmst1dat his feet represents the world at one's feet waitingto beconquered. Ganeshaalsoholdsanaxe
tocutoffbondsof attachment.
1n tl1e rwohands behindhim heoften holdsan a11k11sba(elephantgoad) and a pasbt1(noose) Thenooseis to convey mat worldlyattachmentsand desiresarea noose. The goadis toprod man to mepad1of righteousnessand trutl1. With dlis goad Ganesha can botl1 strike and repelobstacles. Yeea.nothe.r handholdsa lotus Aower (padma),andit symbolizes thehighest goal of human evolution, me sweemessof d1e realisedinner sel[
Ganesha'spotbelly containsinfinite universes. Itsignifies thebountyof nature andequanimity,d1eabilityof Ganeshato swallowd1e sorrows of dieUniverse and protect tl1e world; the positionof llis legs (one resting on the ground andone raised) indicate d1e importance of living and participatingin cl1e material worldas well as in me spiritual world, the ability to live in the world without beingof the world.
Thelitde mousethatGanesha is supposed to ride upon is ai10merenign1atic feamre in hisiconography.L ord Ganesha sitson a trayof laddus signifyingd1e wealtl1 and prosperitythathe gave to his devotees. However,a mouse sits near d1e bottom of me stanie torepresent the egothat can ear awayat thegoodness ofaperson. Ar acursory glance it seems stranged1ar thelordof supreme wisdom hasbeen granteda humbleobsequiousmousequite incapableof liftingd1e bulging belly and massiveheadd1at hepossesses. Butit in1plies that wisdomis an attrbuteof ugly conglomerationof factors and further that the wise do nor find anythingin the world disproportionateor ugly.
Themouse is,in every respect, comparable to d1e intellect. leisable to slip
unobservedor withoutour knowledgeinto places which we wouldhavenot thought itpossibletopenetrate. Indoingchjs it is hardlyconcerned whether itis seeking virtue orvice.The mouse thus represents our wandering, wayward[nind, lured to undesirableorcorruptinggrounds. By showingthe mousepayingsubservienceto LordGaneshait isjmpliedthatthe intellect bas been tamedthroughGanesha's power of ruscriminarion.
Ganesha's mum, Parvati
Any attempt copenetrate the depthsof die Ganeshaphenomenon muse note that he
is bornfromGoddessParvati alone, and assuch hesharesavery unique andspecial relationship with his mother.The sensitive nature of hjs relationship with Parvati is made amply clear in the following tale: Asachild,Ganesht1teasedamtI:)'p11fli11gits tail,roili11gitoveron thegro1111dandca11si11git gnatpain,t1snattgh(JJ101111ghqysare}l)Ollttodo. Afterso111etime, tir·cdofhisgame,hewenttohis tllotherParvati..Hefo1111dheringreatpainand covered111ithscratchesanddustallove1: 1.17hen hequestionedher,sheputthebla111eonhim.She explai11edthatshe//lasthecat}l)/;0111Ga11eshahad teased.
His totaldevotion cowardshis mother
is the reason wby in theSoudi lnilian tradition Ganeshais represented assingle and celibate. Itis srud that he felt that his mod1er,Parvati, was the mostbeautiful and perfect woman inthe muverse Bringme a womanas beautiful as sheis andI shall marry her,hesaid. onecouldfindan equal to the beautiful Uma (Parvati),and so d1e legendgoes, the search is stillon Jnvariance with d1eSouth Indian tradition, in North India,Ganeshais often shown marriedto the twodaughtersof Brahma (theLordof Creation),namely Budclhi and Siddhi. Metaphoi:icallyB·Jd-:l!�j sig1ufies wisdom and Siddhj achievement.
In die senseof yoga,Buddhi and Siddhi representdiefemale and male currents in diehuman body.Invisualarts dus aspect of Ganesha isrepresented with grace and charm.
Likewise,noanalysisof Lord Ganeshacan beconcludedwidiout a mentionof the mysticalsyllable Om- the mostpowerful universal symbol of thedivinepresencein Hindu diought.The written matufestation of rlusruvine symbol wheninvercedgives the perfect profile of the god with the elephant head.
ustralianPrimeMinister MalcolmTurnbuUhasoffered hiscondolencesonthepassing ofHisHolinessPramukh SwamiMaharaj,spiritualhead oftheBochasanvasiAksharPurushottam SwaminarayanSanscha(BAPS).
PramukhSwamipassedawayatthe pilgrimspotofSarangpur,Gujarat,on13 August2016.Hewas94yearsold.
"Mycondolences to theHindu communityforthepassingofPramukh SwamiMaharaj.Hisspiritualleadership, charityandsupportforinterfaithharmony willleaveanenduringlegacy,"Pi:ime MinisterTurnbullsaid.
NSWPremierlVIikeBairdalsooffered hiscondolencescotheBAPScommunity.
"TheIndiancommunityofNSW mal<esupalargeproportionoftheBAPS congregation,andmythoughtsandprayers arewiththemduringchisdifficulttime," MrBairdsaid.
ThepremierhadvisitedtheBAPS MancliratRosehillrecentlycoreceive Sundayblessings.
PramukhSwamiMaharajwasthefifth spiritualsuccessorintheguruparampara traditionofBhagwanSwaminarayan.For morethansevendecades,hisunremitting sacsangtravels,selAessservices to society, saintlyvirtuesandprofounddevotion to Godearnedhimtherespectandreverence ofcountlessworldwide.
Hisuntiringeffortsinupliftingthe tribals,liberatingthousandsfromvices andaddictions,providingreliefand rehabilitationtoinnumerablepeoplein rimesofcalamiryandcatastrophe,and inspiringcharacterandfaitl,inhundreds ofthousandsofchildrenandyouthswere someofhismanyoucscanclingservices to society.
Healsocreatedandconsecrated1,100 mandirsandgiantculturalcomplexes,like SwaminarayanAkshardhaminNewDelhi andGandhinagar,toportraythecultural andspiritualheritageofIndia.
Swamishrimetmanyheadsof governmentandworldfigures,andall wereprofoundlytouchedbyhisspiritual personalityandhumanitarianservicesto society.
Meanwhile,UKPrimeMinisterTheresa Mayexpressedhercondolencestothe BritishHinducommunityoverthedeath oftheSwarninaraya.nsect'sspirin1alhead.
"Iwouldliketopaymycondolencesto theBritishHindus,especiaUytheBAPS, onthepassingawayofPramukhSwami Maharaja,"Maysaid.
"PramukhSwamiMaharajinspired miUionswithhispowerfulmotto:lnthe goodofothersliesourown.Thislegacy ofselAessservicewillcontinuetobenefit humanityforalongtime tocome,"shesaid.
NihalAgar,PresidentofHindu CouncilofAustralia,saidinastatement, "TheworldhasJoseoneofitsgreatest inspirations.Theneedofthehouristo offerourgratitudetoShriPrarnukhSwami Maharajandthentousehisinspiration tomanifestthatgreatpowertimeresides inusandisscarkJyvisibleinsomeof thegreateststandingmonumentsonthis earth."
Swarnijiwasbornon7December1921in thetinyvillageofChansad,nearVadodara inGujarat.ln1939,herenouncedhome tobecomearenlll1ciateandreceived initiationintothesadhu-foldfromhisguru, Brahma.swampShastrijiMaharajandwas namedSadhuarayanswarupdas.
OncompletinghisSanskritstudies,be wasappointedasthekothariofcheBAPS SwaminarayanManclirinSarangpurin1946 attheageof25years.Thenin1950,aged 28years,ShastrijiMaharajselectedhim asthePresident(Pramukh)ofBAPSin hisplace.Sincethen,hehadbeenfondly knownas'PramukhSwami'.
ShastrijiMaharajpassedawayin1951, declaringYogijiMaharajashisspiritual successor.Thereafter,PramukbSwan-ii servedundertheguidanceandblessingsof Yogiji1faharaj.In1971,aftertl1edeparture
ofguruYogijiMaharaj,PramukhSwan-ii Maharajsucceededhin1asthefifthspiritual guruofBAPS.
ThemortalremainsofPramukhSwami MaharajwereconsignedtotheAamesat theSarangpurMandircampusaround3pm onWednesday17Augustinthepresence ofacongregationofpoliticalleadersand thousandsoffollowers.
BJPPresidentAmitShah,Union FinanceMi,usterArnnJaitley,Railway MinisterSureshPrabhu,KathakarMorari Bapu,seniorCongressleaderAhmed Patel,SamajwadiPartyMPAmarSingh, businessmanAnilAmbani,Gujarat DeputyChi.efJvlinisterNicin·Patel,state BJPPresidentJitubhaiVaghaniBharatiya JanataPartypatriarchL.K.Advaniandstate CongresschiefBharatsinhSolanki,among
others,offeredtheirrespects.
ThenewsofSwamiji'searthlydeparmre createdapallofdeepsadnessamong countlessdevoteesandweil-v;rishers Amassiveconcourseofdevoteesand othersstreamedintoSarangpurforhislast dtmh,111andtopaytheirfinalrespectsto him.
Meanwhile,"palkhiyatra"(palanguin procession)ofPramukJ1Swanu'sbody hadtobecancelledduetothealterations .inhisbodywhichwaskeptunderminus 10degreetemperatureinaglasscontainer sincetheeveninghebreathedhislast. IANS and Temple comminiques
Atributeassemb!JinthehonourofHH Pramukh Swamiisorganised 5PM-7PM25SeptatBAPSShri SwaminararayanMandi,; 54-64George Street, GreenFields, SA
BY ROYSTON REBELLO
Slurp!Tea-madpatrons aren't able to stop at one-cup when theconcoction is brewed by Melbourne-based Uppma Virdi • atea blender by passion and a corporatesolicitorby profession.
Virdi'schai recipeis agifther grandfather, from the Punjabicity of Jalandhar,passeddown to her.Eachtime sheusesitin her blend,tea-dri11kers can't getenough.
In fact, tea is the second most widely consumedbeverage inthe world (next to water). 'Cbai' is apopular word for tea usedin manyparts of the world,especially in India where it is an integral partof our culture.
"Itis abeveragethatyou should feel in your throat andstomach,not just d1e tongue,"Virdiemphasises
In the past coupleof years,Virdi,26,bas noc merely launchedherbrandChai\X!alli (aterm for afemale tea maker), buthas turnedit inco a lucrative business.
Sydneysidershad thechancetoenjoy an insightfulchai makingsession inthe hands of Virdiduringher'Bespoke Chai Blending' workshop at d1e recent Sydney TeaFestival, the largest teaevent inAustralia, heldatCarriageworksin Eveleigh.
The sold-out workshop provided participants an insight into Virdi's use of tea. She demonstrated to participants bow to brew an aurl1entic cup of chai•spices shouldbe crushed wirl1 apestle, andnot ground.
Virdi sells two types of chai, blackteawith caffeineand caffeine-free Themixes areinfused with 11 spices, including fennel seeds, cardamom, cmnamon, aniseed and ajwain.
"Fennelis mought to preventgas and helps digestion; cardamom co open upthe lw1gs; andstaranise is for coughs and colds," she explained. Blends of mese were servedfor tasting at dJe ChaiWaJli stall, and teadrinkers of allagesAockedco herstand, eager totreattheirpalettesto delicious chais andtreats.
When she was yom1ger,
Virdi lived and studiedin Graz, a small towninAustria.People from different nations wouldgarl1erto savour the aromas of herchai. Her kitchen wouldbe crowded wid1 Europeans drinking tea whilesharing stories and laughter. Those cha.i sessions bloomed imo lifelong friendships and sheearnedthe nickname Chai W'alli.
"I had a momentwhere l realisedthat I needed to sharemy family chaiblends and knowledgeof amhemicchai,"Vird said. '1nAustralia, therearen't many places that brew cbai the 1ndian way."
The chai queen is seen as atrendsetter in me teamaking business, andhername is synonymous with d1e localtearooms andteashopsof Melbourne.Hersis an online business tbat wholesales acrossAustralia to around
100 outlets,includingshops, cafes and supermarkets,\Vith srock travelling asfaras Malaysia.
"Business isgood,"Virdirevealed. "WhatI'mdoingis quite uniquein the sense macI startedsharing astory and not a product. The product came second, and wim the product no one is reaUy doingchai the wayI amdoingit,soIdon'tfind any competition.\Vbenyou love somerning so much, you don't really look at the competitors • theydon't really matter."
Indians have arich culnireof teamaking whichVirdi feels shouldbeshared wid1 the world.
"\':(/e have somuch of our cultureto do wid1 tea. Come to think of it,everything that we dohas chai involved; it's our way of comingcogether," shesaid.
Virdihas beenaninviteeof the Australiangovernment to speak on how to market lndian tea toAustralia.Shealso collaborates with meTeaBoard of India on thepromotionof teaconstrn1ption for Australian markets.
Like most aspiringentrepreneurs,Virdi has seen hershare of challenges. Her parents were sceptical of d1e idea of a woman managing a teabusiness and runningitsuccessfully.
"For a lawyer inpractice, tobe acbai walli is construedtobederogatory; it's more like alower class term,"shelaughed. "That's why Icalledit Chai \X!aJli, because 1 wanted toeducate people to understand that eventhe chaiivallas and ivallis inIndia are entrepreneurial,although theymight nothavehad aneducation."
UppmaVircli has bigplans
ahead for ChaiWlalli.
"Itisgrowingquitequickly andI see myself becoming the'Chai Gnm' of Ausu-alia, and that's where I'llkeep going!" sheremarkedenthusiascically.
Earlier thisyearinMay, she also parcicipatedin the Melbourne Tea Fescival. Both offereddifferentexperiences,she observed. "1 find thatSydneysiders were there for the loveof amhencic chai and tea, whereasin Melbourne wehada lot of people interested inthe diverseusesof chaisuchas ourchaicandles,chaiinfused desserts andchaiware.But the turnout at both fescivaJs basbeenexceedingly good and it has bumpedup our business up co another scale."
Keepingpacewithboth her jobshasbeen challenging, though.
"ButI'm happy with the balanceI have andthe supportI get from my ChaiWalli team," shesaid.
Her employer is fullysupporciveof her entrepreneurial spirit, andwants her to pursue it. ''As acommerciallawyer I'm lucky co be in a workplacedrnt respects and embracesmybusiness."
,, What I'm doing is quite unique: I share a story and not a product ,,
Modito visitGujaraton birthday, and keepvisiting Prime1vt:inisterNarendraModi,wholast weekpromisedhewouldvisitGujaratmore often,willcelebratehisbinhdayhishome stateonSeptember17-thefirstofseveral visitsplannedcothestatethatwillhold electionsnextyear.
Onhis66thbirthday,thePrimel'vtinister willcelebratethedaywithtribalsinSouth Gujarat,officialsourcessaid.Heisalso expectedcoaddressapublicrallyatNavsari cownnearSuratinthetribalbelt.
However,officialswerenorclearabout hisdetaileditineraryforSeptember17. Modiusuallystareshisbirthdaybyvisiting hismotherHiraBainGandhinagarandhas maintainedthistraditionformanyyears.
Inhisspeechafterinaugurating an ambitiouswaterandirrigationprojectin JamnagaronAugust30,onhissecond visitinamonth,l\fod.istruckapersonal notewiththepeople,admittinghehadnot beenco111.ingtoGujaratasoftenasbewas expectedto.
Hesaidtherehadbeencomplaints, includingfromformerChiefNlinister AnandibenPatel,thathewasignoringthe stateandaddeddiathecouldnotcomeoften forbewasstuckinDelhiwherethework wasnewforhim.
ThePrimeivlinistersaidnowthathe haslearnttheropes,hewouldvisitGujarat moreoften.Hesaidhewasimplernenting nationallythelessonslearntwhilerunning thegovernmentinthestate.
ThevisitonAugust30washissecond ind1emonthafterSarangpur,againin Saurashtra,topaytributestopopular godmanPramuk.I,SwamioftheBochanwasi AksharPurshottamSwaminarayansecton August15.
ThePrimeMinisteris,,isiting Gujarat againinthefirstweekof ovember toinauguratetheWorldKabbadi ChampionshipinAhmedabad.The chan1pionshipwillbeheldinmeManinagar area,whichusedtobeMod.i'sassembly constituencyduringhistenureasGujarat ChiefMinister.
Modiisexpectedyetagainearlynextyear fortheEighthEditionofmeprestigious
biennialVibrantGujaratGloballnvestors Swrunit,aninitiativethathadhelpedhim bui.ldanationalimageofthemostindustryfriendlyChiefJ\,t:inisterinmecountry.
Theeventisexpectedtobeheldinthe secondweekofJanuary2017ind1estate capitalGandhinagar.
India may have uptothree times more TBpatientsthan assumed
Groundzerooftheglobalbattleagainst oneofhumankind'sdeadliestdiseases,India couldhavebetweentwoandthreetimes morernberculosis(fB)casesd1ancurrently assumed,saidarecentpaperreleasedtn The Lwcet,amedicaljournal.
Thestudyfoundchatin2014,theprivate sectortreatedbetween1.9millionand5.34 millioncases-oraboutdoublethecases handledbygovernment-runhospitals.
Beforethisstudy,Indiawasbelievedto haveabout2.2millionTBcases,aquarterof d1eglobalTBburden,thusfarestimatedat about6.3million.
However,theprivateseccorbothhelpsand hindersTBtreatment,thestudyimplies.
Althoughstandardisedtuberculosis treatmentinIndiaisdeliveredbythepublic sector,earlydiagnosisandtreatmentare bimperedbythepresenceofavastand unregulatedprivatehealth-caresector,said d1estudy,whoseeightauthorscomefrom avarietyofinstirntions,includingLondon's ImperialCollege,theIndiangovernment,me WorldHealthOrganisationandtheBilland MelindaGatesFoundation,whichfunded thestudy.
"Poordiagnosticpracticesinthissector prolongtuberculosistransmissionby delayingdiagnosis,whereasagenerallack ofcounsellingandsupportoftreatment adhere.neehamperssuccessful,relapse-free cure,"saidthesrudy.''Moreover,mostcases treatedintheprivatesectorarenevernotified topublichealthauthorities."
Analysingsalespatternsof189drugs containingrifampicin-akeyanri-TB formulation over2013and2014,me researchersestimatedhowmanyweresold tomeprivatesector.In2014,the\VHO estimatedd1at800,000TBpatientsescaped
public-sectordiagnosis,burthesestatistics weremostlycompiledfromexpertopinion. So,thenewstudyprovidesanempirical estiniatethatisindependentofsuchopinion.
"Thisstudyillustratestheneedtoaddress theburdenoftuberculosistreatedbyd1e privatesectorandimprovesurveillance,"the researcherswrote,acknowledgingmepaper's limitations,includingd1efailuretocapture TBpatient�whodonotapproachadoctor, usetheinformalsecrororarebeingtreated formultiple-drugresistance.
"Thisstudyalsoraisesanurgentneed corevisecurrentestimatesofmberculosis burden,informedbymoresystematic evidencerelatingtotuberculosismanagement intheprivatesector,"d1eresearcherswrote.
AlthoughtheincidenceofTBinIndia hasbeendeclining,drugresistanceandits interactionwimotherdiseases,suchasHN, haveslowedprogress.
Throughouthistory,TBhaskilledmore humansthananyconflict,disasterordisease knowntomankind.Ind1e5thcentury,Greek philosopherHippocratesadviseddoctors tostayawayfromTBpatients,sincethere wasnocure.Ind,e17th,itwascalledtl1e greatwhiteplagueofEurope,asitsweptthe contine.nt,killingthousandsover200years. Inthe21stCentury,itinfects10million peopleeveryyear,killingafifthofd10se.
TBbacteriahavein-builtarmour,acids thatprotectthemagainstthebody'scellular defenders.Mostpeopleinfectedwithit havelatentrnberculosis,wherethebacteria arewalledoffinclw11psbythecellsofthe immunesystem.Sometimes,thecontainment fails,particularlyinpeoplewithweakened immunesystems.Ifadrugdoesn'tkilltl1e bacteriacompletely,itbecomesimmuneto thatdrugandcanevenn1allyoverwhelmthe immunesystem.
High-efficiency 'stepcell'to harvestsunlight lnacollaborativeproject,researchersfrom meMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology (JvlI1)intl1eUSandtheMasdarInstin1teof ScienceinAbuDhabiclain1tohavefound awaytodevelopveryhigh-efficiencysolar cellsatlowcost.
Thenewphotovoltaic(PV)cellharvests
Leadersofthe BRIGSnationsBrazilianPresidentMichelTemer, Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, ChinesePresidentXiJinping,Russian PresidentVladimirPutin and South AfricanPresidentJacobZuma-pose foragroupphotointheChinesecityof Hangzhou on4Sept,2016.Theymet onthesidelinesofthe G20summit.
Photo: AP
moreofSun'senergy,convertingitinto usableelectricalenergyatverylowcoses, theteamsreportedintbeJournalof AppliedPhysicsandtheIEEEJournalof Photovoltaics.
Onanaverage,solarpanelsmadefrom traditionalsilicon-basedsolarcellsconvert onlybetween 15and20percentofthesun's energyintousableelectricity.
Thelowefficiencyispartiallydueto apropertyofsiliconwhichpreventsthe semiconductorfromefficientlyconverting thehighenergyblue,greenandyellowlight wavesintoelectricalenergy.Instead,onlythe lower-energyphotons,emittedbythelonger redlightwaves,areefficientlyconvertedinto electricity.
Thenewsolarcelldevelopedbyd1eMITMasdarteamcombinestwodifferentlayers ofsunlight-absorbingmaterial-agallium arsenidephosphide(GaAsP)andsilicon-to harvestabroaderrangeoftheenergyfrom longerandshorterwavelengthsofsunlight.
Theresearcherscallthedevicea ''step cell," becausethetwolayersof serniconductormaterialsarearrangedina stepwisefashion,ontopofeachod1er,with thelowersiliconlayerjuttingourbeneathd1e upper(GaAsP)layer.
Thisstepdesignexposesbothlayersto incomingsunlightsothateachcanabsorb adifferentsliceoftheelectromagnetic spectrum,theresearchersclaim.
ItallowsthetopGaAsPlayertoabsorb thehigh-energyphotons(fromblue,green, andyellowlight)leavingtl1ebottomsilicon layerfreetoabsorblower-energyphotons (fromredlight)notonlytransmittedthrough toplayersbutalsofromtheentirevisible lightspectnun.
"AddingthatonelayerofGaAsPcan reallyboostefficiencyoftl1esolarcell," theresearchersreport.Theream'sstep-cell conceptcanreachtheoreticalefficiencies above40percentandtheproductmightbe readyforthePVmarket\vithinthenextyear ortwo,itisclaimed.
Suchlayeredsolarcellsaretypically expensivetomanufacture,butthe researchersbroughtdownthemanufacturing costbyusingaprocessthatallowsthe "substrate,"akeycomponentinfabrication ofthestepcell,tobereused.
Lamentingthelackofecosystemrequired tomeetthehugedemandforskilled workers,UnionSkillDevelopmentand EntrepreneurshipMinisterRajivPratap RudyonSeptember6saidthegovernrnent istakingstepstointegrateskilldevelopment wid1education.
"TheentireskiUeco-systemoftl1ecountry hasbeenkilled.MakeinIndiawillnot happenifd1erearenomakers.Thebiggest challengenowistoputupaneco-system.
"Sofartheprimefocusind1ecorn1try hadbeenonlyoneducation,butformal educationshouldbesupplementedwithat least10weeksoftrainingwhichwouldmake theyouthemployable,"saidRudyatru1event.
Theministersaidmeforthepurposeof developingskillsetsamongtheyouththe stateswillbeprovidedwitl1funds.
"Theministryhassetupacorpusof
Anidoloftheelephant-headedHindu godGaneshistransportedthroughthe streetstoaplaceofworshipaheadof theannualfestivalGaneshChaturtiin Mumbai. Photo: AP
Rs32,000croreprovidedjointlybyWorld Bank,PrimeMinister KaushalVikas Yojana andApprenticeYojanaforthepurpose," he saidaddingthat the centrewouldbegiving specialfocuson thenortheasternpartof the country.
He also laudedWestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjeeforher endeavourto developskilledworkforceindiestateand assuredtheCentre'scontinuedcooperation.
"Bengal isaveryimportantstateforus andI am aware that thechief ministeris very keenonskilldevelopment Indieremotest parts of Bengal,there is agreatpotentialto expandtheskillingnetwork andI amsurewe willpartner with theBengalgo\7ernrnentand startworkingat abigger level,"addedRudy.
Fifty-eightpercentof Indian children haveshowedpositivebehaviouralchanges after usingdigital learningplatforms,say parentsdiartookpartina survey conducted byAppySrore.in- asubscription-based chiJdrens' edutainment serviceprovider.
Thesurvey, whichlookedcloselyat parentalexpectations and concernsregarding chiJdren'scognitivegrowth,alsoshoweddiat digital learninghas nowbecomealmostat par withtraditional learning tools.
"This reflects aprogressiverelationship between digitallearningand developing minds," saidl'vianojBarot,Director (l\farketing)atMaujMobile theparent company of AppyStore.in,accordingtoa statement.
With68percentparent� usingonline platformstoteachnew concepts, die study revealedincreasing tendencyof parentsto use digitalmediaasaredressalmechanism.
Further,diesn1dyfounddiat49 percent parents use worksheetsandtoysto teach children, whiJe 42per cemparents were fowid to useDVDsof nursery rhymesas wellas mobileappsforhelpingchildren hone their intellecnrnl capabilities.
Nearlyone-fifthof dieparticipating parents claimedco give dedicated digital devicestotheirchildren, burdiegeneral trendrevealedthat kids donot usethese devicesfor more thanone houronaverage, thestatement said.
While 17 percentof parents do depend ondigitallearningtoseepositivebehaviour changes intheir youngones,43 percent of parentsreported monitoring their child's usageof thedeviceas they are conscientiously waryof dienegativeimpact of handsetsonchildren'shealth.
Inaddition,26percentparentsclaimed cultivationof goodhabits inchildrenwas dieirprimaryconcern,whereas24per cent desiredsharpeningthe kids' languageskills tbemost.
While only12percentparticipants admittedtoconsulting adoctor when worried, astrong38per centclaimed they n1rnedcodieinternet toclear theirdoubts.
The survey was based uponresponses from 1,167Indianparents and covereda widerange of topics concerningtheprogress of youngminds.
Petroleum l'vfi.nisrerDharmendraPradhan onSeptember6urged diepublicsector undertakings tocreatestarr-up funds,asis beingdonebyIndianprivateplayers,inorder copromoteinnovationandnurture newideas
intheenergysector.
'1 amadvising my CEO friends in PSUs that if RacanTata can put his private funds forstart-upsandif NarayanaMurthy cando thatfornewstart-ups,dien whycannoryou," Pradhansaidaddressing aconferenceon methanol organisedbytheNITIAayog.
"ONGC has already offeredRs 100 crore for start-ups. Can wecreate asynergyin innovation andthiskindof start-up fwid? This can bea win win simationfor allof us.Letus create aplatformfor our yorn1g Indians andscientificbrains," he said.
On theoccasionof its dianiondjubilee tliis year,state-runexplorer OiJandNamral G-as Corp (ONGC) inAugust announced die launchof aRs 100crorestart-up fondto incubateand foster new ideas for oiland gas sector development.
As partof theinitiativecalled'ONGC Start-up', thecompany willprovidedieentire support chain forstart-ups including seed capital,hand-holding, mentoringmarket linkageandfollow-ups.
Accordingto Pradhan,an economy based onacleanfuel likemethanol cancreatealot of employmentandentrepreneurship.
"Theraw material(formethanol) should becomingfromtheIndian market.If we couldmonetisetheagriculture wasteand bio wastein urban areas toenergy then there will betwo benefits- si2eablereductionof healtli expendirure and oureconomy can bemultifold,"hesaid.
''Howdo wereduceourimport dependency?Myministryisreadytooffer Rs 1 lakhcrorebusinesstoscientificcommmiity Now Indiais importingRs4.5 lakh crore worthof hydrocarbons.Teclmologyis there.Blendingof 85 per centof etlianolin transportationfuelispossible," he said.
Inthisconnection,henotedthat petroleumconsumptionisincreasing in die country.
''Lastfinancial year, wheretheprediction of petroleum consumptionwas7-8 percent, dieactualgrowth was 11per cent. Petroleum need isgrowingina biggerway. RuralIndia isemergingina big way.Petrolconsrnnption is increasingin hinterland of thecountry," he said.
On theoccasion,NITIAayogsigneda
Statementof IntentwiththeUSMethanol fostimtetowork furtheronthetechnology.
NITIAayoghas setupan expert group to developaroadmapfor lndiatoadopt the 'MethanolEconomy'andthiswill explore varioustechno-commercialanglesto enhance productionof metl1anol dirough naturalgas, highashcontentcoalandthroughbio,agri andmunicipalsolid waste.
It will alsodrawouta technicalroadmap toadoptbothmethanol and dimetliyl ether (DME)aschemical feedstock andfor power generation
CountdownforIndianweather satellite's launch
The29-hourcountdownfor die launchof lndia'sweatl1er satelliteINSAT-3DR using geosynchronoussatellitelaunchvehicle GSLV-Mk□ willstartat11.10 a.m (1ST)on September 7, dieIndianSpaceResearch Organisation (!SRO) said.
TheMissionReadinessReview (MRR) committeeand theLauncli Authorisation Board(LJ\B) cleared theGSLV rocket launch slated for 4.10p.m (1ST).on September8,ISRO said.
Blastingoff fromthesecond launchpad atIndia'srocketportatSriharikorainAndhra Pradesh,theGSLVrocketwillputthe2,21I kgINSAT-3DR anadvancedweathersatellite intoageostationarytransferorbit
Thesatellitefromtherewillreach thefinal geosynchronousorbiton itsown.
Thesatellite wil.l supplement the meteorological and datarelayservicesof itspredecessor INSAT-3D which isin operationsinceJuly 26,2013.
EarlieraseniorISROofficialhadsaidthe Indianweadiersatellitewill be lawicliedon August28.
However,whiJecarryingoutthetests, a technical issue wasfound widiasatellite componentpostponingdielaunchto September 8.
Accordingto TSROofficials,ISRO will launch ScatSat aweadiermonitoringand forecastingsatellite withpolarsatellite launchvehicle (PSLV) endof nextmondi.
TheIndian satellitewillbeaco-passenger toanAlgeriansatellite-Alsat.
Bothdie satellites will beputinto different
orbits.Sothefourthstage/engineof the rocketwill beswitchedoff afterejecting ScatSatfirst.Thenafteragapof around30 minutes,theengine willbeswitchedon and put theAlgerian satellite into itsintended orbit.
Care24launches new neurological rehabilitation service HomehealthcareserviceproviderCare24 onSeptember6announcedthe launcli of ahigh-qualityneurologicalrehabilitation service,whichmay address the physical, functional,cognitiveandemotional aspects of patientssufferingfromtrauma.
Thenewsegmentwillspecificallydealwid1 child neurology,Parkinson's disease,multiple sclerosis,strokerehab,neurophysiotherapy, speech therapy,occupational therapy, neuropsychology andother neurological disorders. "Weareconfident that theaddition of tliiscategory will assistpatients inneed of neurologicalrehabilitationintheir recovery,and will allow them tomoveand communicateassoonaspossible,"saidVipin Pathak, Co-Founder&CEO of Care24,in a statement.
Neurologicaldisordersrequirecareful monitoring of the patient and adequate rehabilitation.
Thenew category may aL�o helpin the reconstructionof musclestrengthand improvebalance,coordination,posnueand control,aswellas developcarcliopulmonary endtuanceandstabilise themental bealdiof tl1epatient.
These services will beachieveddirough astep-by-stepprocesscomprisingrehab nursing, trainedattendants, nutrition counsellingandrecoverytracking.
PreviousCare24 services include excellent professional medical services incancercare, pregnancy and infant care,physiodierapy treatments
Thehomehealthcareproviderhas1,500 trainedprofessionals delivering acomfortable and hassle-freeexperience toall itspatients and assistingdieminreachingdie highest levelsof independenceand functioningin daily life, diestatement read.
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Agreatbelieverineducation, thesecondPresidentof India,andagreatteacher,Dr SarvepalliRadhakrisbnaowas askedbyfewofhisstudents andfriendsiftheycouldcelebratehis
birthday.DrRadhakrishnan'sresponse was,"Insteadofcelebratingmybirthday separately,itwouldbemyproudprivilege if5SeptemberisobservedasTeachers Day."
Fromd1enonwards,thedayisobserved
asTeacher'sDayinIndia,asamark oftributetothecontributionmadeby teacherscosociety.
EveryyearonTeacher'sDay,school childreninlndiaarebusypresenting cardscotheirfavouriteteachersand
IteachinbothAustraliaandVietnam, and1teachstndentsinhighschools, pre-serviceteachersinuniversity,and academicschoolstaffinseveralschools. Acrossmisdiversityofpeopleand contexts,I havenoticedthatthemingsI lovearecornn1ontoallsettings.
Itisimportanttoknowsubjectmatter verywellandcontinueresearching tobe np-to-dateandtokeepmymindactive. Thechangingnarureof teachingand assessment,thetechnologicalandfunding challenges,me,anmatcreativestrategies mustbefoundtoengageandmentor.
Oneofthemostimportantthings thatkeepsmealertistheneedtolisten 'inside'thewords.Teacherscaneffect changebynotallowingmerecontentand assess1nentstodetermine'value'.These aresosrnaliind1eschemeoflife.1am inspiredmostbystudentswhoworkhard evenwhenonlysmallgainsareevident.
Ibelievethatmefocusoncriticaland
IamcurrentlyreachingatCanningVale College,WA.IteachMatbetuaticsforYear9 anduptoYear12,ATARlevel.
lchosethisprofessionasitgivesmean opporrunirytoimpartmyknowledgeto thefum.regenerations.Itakeeverydayasa newchallenge.
1believethatteachingisnotlimitedto delivering thecontent,butrelatingitto merealworldapplications.Thisincludes problem-solving, analyticalthinkingand helping toevaluatetbedistancebetween wheremestudenthasstartedandthetarget
tobeaccomplishedatd1eendoftbeday.
Thisprofessiongi\7esmeanopportunity comakeadifferencetothesmdents'lives.
Iconsidermentoringanimportantskilla teachermusthave.Iespeciallyfeelproud whenmysmdentswinaQeadership) position.
Idedicatemyachievementstomy parentsandteachers,fromwhomI acquiredtliiswisdom,andforwhatIam today.lamalsothankfultod1eAustralian Gmrernmemforgivingmeanopporrunity toteachinpublicschools.
makingtheirdayspecial.Weadultsfondly rememberourteacherswhomadeuswhat wearetoday.
Tomat:kmeoccasionatIndianLi11k, weaskedafewteacherswhatmakesthis professionsospecialtod1em.
creativeminkingmustpremiseassessment thatiscreative-includingopenbook examsandtasksd1atusetechnologiesin realtime.
1amluckyenoughtoworkinthe supplementaryeducation(privatetutoring) sectorandpublishingsectorsaswell.
Itinspiresmetoseehowtutoringcan becomemoreaccessibletQlow-income famiJ.iesandstudentswhohavelowlevels ofliteracyandornumeracy;Iamvery disappointedthatthegovernmentdoes notengagewimprivatetutorsincreative andaccountablewaystosupportOllt mostneedystudents.Surely; ineducation, narrowsectoralinterestsshouldnot predominateoversupporting20%of allcbildren-themostdisadvantaged childrenind1ecountry.
Ifanyteachersfindtheirworkeasy,then theyareinmewrong profession.Even experiencedteachersmustcontinua.Uypush memselvestoi::ole-modellearningforlife.
I teachEconomics toYears 11and 12.I am alsotheCoordinarorof AcademicIntervention (Years 7-12) for giftedchildren andthosewith speciallearningneeds.
I havebeen formnate in selecting a profession whereI canpositive.Ly influence the lives of )'oungpeople at animportantstage.
Thebestthingabommy professionis my belief thatstudents wbopassthrqugh my classroom willshaped1e future wotld,and lhave tbeprivilegetOpreparediemfor d1is d1allenge.
I feelproud whenill)'studentsperform well in competitions or exams,or when they behave
as activecitizens .Aproud moment for meis whenoneof mystudentperforms wellinthe Stare for Economics,or getsselectedfor a prestigiousinstitutionor progran1.
Recently my student� participated in an academiccompetition held inBangkokagainst 4,000smdentsfromover36cotmtries. Wewent inrothis competition withminimal preparation ru1d knowledge .Aspecial moment rookplace whenone of myreams ranked32nd outof 600teamsru1d qualified fortbe!inalroundto be hosted atYaleinAmericainNovember.As well,oneof mystudentscame3rdoutof 1800 students at tbe competition.
I am an Early Childhood Teacher and I reach at Communicare Occasional CareCentre.
1choseto be ateacherasI believediat children a.re our futureandI wantedtobea part of makinga difference inilielivesof our future generation.
The bestpart of myjobis tbarI gee tosee how muchthechildren growdevelopmentally as d1ey moverohigherelasses. It affirms the hard \vork aJ1deffort Iput induringd1eir early childhood years.
On oneoccasion,I had a four-year-oldchild whocamein to mycare. Hehad developmental
I teachYear3smdencs at AustralianIslan1ic CollegeatKewdale.
Ihavebeenateacherfor17 yearsin Austra.fut,andpriorcothat,for 10yearsin ZambiaandKenya(inAfrica). Thereareamultitudeof facetstobeing a teacher.Oneof theparts Icherishthe mostismyinteraction witbyoungchildren, playingasmallpaninshapingiliemfor
their futures and watchingchem blossom before myeyes.
Oneof myfavouriteorbestmoments as ateacherissomethingtbatI call the 'lightbulb moment'.Thls is when one of my student�graspsanewconceptora skill.lt isapleasuretowitness thejoyondiechild's faceatdlispoint.I am gladiliacIhavehad manysuchmoments and ead1 oneis special
delays. Heclungtomylegduringtheinitial days and was veryshy.Hm.ve\rer,heseemedto blossomW1der mycare. l was very emotional when the batch movedonto Primary Class. L ater on, l learmfrom a friend who knewd,e faJUilj; wbo said theboy was doingverywell in hisclass,excellentinfact, and was oneof ilietopstudents! l fellimmenselyproudof ilieboy. 1 was glad th11t1 was instrumentalin making adifferencein his life.
Lt's thesemoments chathelp metohavea greatsenseof satisfactiond1ac 1chosecobe a teacher.
The 'Ocher' is nor a new concept. As asociety wehavemarginalised minorities, and those that we misunderstand, for hundreds of years. It is a social construct by which we develop not only our own identity but shape theidentity ofothers. It is thegroups with greater political andeconomicinfluence that havethesuperior ability toshape andrepresentidentities Therefore,it is importanttonote that an identity, especially
on infrastructure and fight in wars that were of no material benefit to them? How else weremernbers of thePakistani Army and society convinced that Bengalis werenot Muslim, nor human anddrnsripe for raping, looting and killing? l\fan identifies with man until society finds aneconomically beneficial reasonto distinguish differencesanddraw boundaries.
Societiesof economicinfluence wield the authority of socialinstitutions to hold power through their representationof what is Normal and what isOther. Organisations suchas d1e UI are an �,ampleof powerful economies distinguishing themselvesas amhorities to interferein societies and economiesof od1er countries Our world is governedbya man-made awarenessof who we are and who we are not based on
theidentityoftheOther,isnot something we are born with-rather itis a social construct we seep into andlive in by design. Weform our own identity through the inclusion of an element of exclusivity. lnorder todefinethe self or society you must also define what you are not.ivfan identifies himself as a superior being by comparison to the animal in attributes that are simiJarbut also attributes that are different or lacking. Societies have advanced by defining identities of civility asopposed co barbarity,colonial as opposed toindigenous,black as opposed to white, and free as opposed co oppressed. These same societies have,vielded their substantial political dour to shape and re-shape the identity of the oilier based on characteristics that would be most
theeconomically motivateddecisions of me politicallyandfinancially privileged.
\Xfhen we Ltndersrand andare awareof chis concept, andremember that noneof us are born astheOther, our minds can awaken tothepoliticalhegemonybeing playedout on aglobalscale.Our mindscan awaken to the realities of being meJewish OtherinEuropein d1e 1940s. Of being the Asian Other in l970s' Australia. Of being the African American Omer inAmerica always. Of being theMuslim Otherin America, Australia,Europe andBurma. \Xlhen weunderstandd1atwehave achoice to accept or rejecttheidentity of the Other, wecan explore andseek to learn about theso-calledOther. If weonlyvenmre outsideof thepropagandasold24/7 on mainstream media we canstrip away the
economically beneficial at the time. When Colombus'discovered' America, the marginalisation of the Indian as Other was economically motivated. Howelse would Columbus and theensuingBritish colonisation have beenable to usurp land and buildprofitable aprofitablesociety?
When d1eBritishcolonisedIndia,Africa andAustralia,rhe characteristicsof being poor, dirty andinferiorwere associated \vith thecolour of one's skin and black became theOther to white This too was economicallymotivated. How elsecould theDucchEast India Company convinceits mend1atIndians were slaves to be herded onto ships bound for me fields of Africa? Howelse wouldd1eBritishhavebeen ableto commandeerand mobiliselarge contingencies ofcolonisedpeoplesto work
fear we associate with d1epeople we brand 'Ocher'. \Xie can removethe animosity that drives decisions like the burkini banin France and wecan celebratemediversity throughembracing our similarities aswell as om differences.
\'\There there isknowledge and enlightenment mere can never be fear and animosity no matterhow profitable itis to therulingelite.We are memasters of our ownfateand wethe massesshape the direction ofour society. Don't let an economically motivatedBigBrother cell you who to like and dislike. Don't leefaceless corporations teach you co hare. Go out and t,,Jkto people who you don't know, who you don't Lmderscand and who you don't like-you might justfind you havemore in common withthem than youdunk.
,, Whenwe strip awaythefearwe associate with people we brand 'Other', we can remove the animosity that drives decisions like the burkini ban in France ,,
,, Identity is not somethingwe are born with - rather it is a social construct we step into and live in by design ,,
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Melbourne playedhost to both the famous andthe hopeful celebrities of the Indianfilmindustry at therecently concluded Indian Film Festivalof Melbourne (IFFM) 2016. With afocuson genderequality and liberation,dieoverarchingtliemefor tlijs year was'women'sempowerment', andthe programincludedachoiceof over 50 broad ranging filmsin 17 languages.towinits sixthedition,the formatwaspredictably similarto previousyears witlidieremrnof festivalfavouriteswid1afewfreshtweaks.
Glitter andglam wasprevalentat die gala awards presentation held at theMelbourne RecitalCentre. ABCjournalistDel I.ram,as theMC,clad in amodernversion of a sari, introducedthe guests alongwitli Festival DirectorMjtuBhowmickLange.The screenwriterof The lf7aterDivinerAndrew Anastasiosregaled the audience whilst raking themkkeyout of dieAustrwan Census debacle.Veteran actorRisru Kapoor,who was awardedd1eExcellence in Cinemaprize,spoke proudly abouthjs family's 88 years of contribution to the 104-year-oldluscory of Indian cinema.
Thehjghlightof theAwards Night was undoubtedly thebeautifullyexecmed
Empowerment Concert by singers SuzanneD'Mello,SaraHaider andSbalmali Kholgade. Withvoicestrainedto produce enormous power on demand,chethree singers revealedgreat strengthof pitch and passion in tlieir performances. RaebelLim, avisuallyimpairedsinger fromWestern Australia, endeared herself ro the audience with hertalent. Rachel's musical journey formeddiesubject matter of die awardwinningshortfilmenti-y byJoshWalker tidedOutonALi111.
Bollywood has aglobal appeal, judging bythe many filmfans among the\Xfestpac Awards Night audience fromnon- Indjan commuruties. Cinema lm7ers from the Pakistani community werevisible and vocalin dieir support for Pakistanj actor FawadKhan and singerSaraHaider.There was arensemoment when someonein the aucLiencestartedchantingslogans of 'PakisldnZind,1ht1d'tobecounter-acted immediately widichants of 'Hi11dusta11 Zindabad'. Common sense prevailed, however, anddiemisplacedchantsceased as soon as they started.
Thestars wgned as thefilm industry's best converged at theIFFMAwards Night, usheredonto die redcarpet by dl10I players and dancers.The jury comprising ofJillBilcock,Sue Maslin, Paul Ireland, RajeevMasand,Andrew Anastasios and SimiGarewal picked!(ppoorandS011s as the BestFilm.The Festival's OpeningNight femirustfilm ParchedwontheBestIncLie Film Awardand its ditecrorLeenaYadav baggedthe Best Director awardfor 2016. TheBestActorawardwentto awazuddin
Siddiquifor his convincingportrayalof a psychopathicserial killerinRomanRaghav. He wasoneof die surprise guests atdie Awards Night along withSonam Kapoor wholookedstunningin anAna11-uka Khannacreation andtookhometheBest Actress Award forher role in thehigh grossing filmNeerjo.
Thefilm fervour continued as Melbournewitnessedarecord crowd at Federation Sguare for tl1e Aag hoisting ceremonyconducted by actorRishi Kapoor, accompaiuedbyhjs wife, yesteryearactress eeruKapoor (nee Singh) Emotionsrati high as the tricolour was tmfurled by d1e actor alongsideIndian High Commissioner NavdeepSuri. In hischaracteristicimpassioned speech,die enormously popular on screen loverboy of the 1960s and '70s spreadthe rnessage of peace andlove.This was followedby theTelstraBollywood DanceCompetition which saw another sea of crowds atFed Square to wicness avibrant contest of dancers from acrossVictoria anddie oilier stares of Austrilia.
Therewasno deardi of talent as tbe stagecame alive ina display of colours, vigourand awe-inspiringenergy.There weregaudysequins and lycragalore as thecontestants stepped diroughmedleys of kitschy song anddance nwiibers synonymous widi Bollywood. Outstanding performances camefromd1eProvocative Dancegroup,.Nfandy Dance Group, die Bhangra group andincLividualsfil.,e Gerard,Afzal andCyrus aryaBollywood, Dancing birds;JJ'sDanceGroup,
BollywoodDimensions and Cyrus were declaredwinnersin thevarious categories. In a Festival first, celebrations were also held at Harmony Squarein die City of Dandenong with alive cross totheTelstra Bolly\vood Competition taking place at Fed Square.
There were a few luccups atdie dance competition whenjudgesMalaika Arora Khan and director ShakunBatra arrived late, leading to somedisgruntled concerns about fairjudgement.Bollywood'sdancing sensationMalaikaAroramade up for her late arrival bymingling wid1 d1e winners for selfies and shaking a shapely legor two widi dielittleones.BestActress awardee Sonam Kapoorwas allegedly alsocaught upinMelbourne'sCBD trafficwhile her fans wafredpatientlyat Federation Square rocatchaglimpseof the supremely chic actress.Whensbefinally arrived, the selfie brigade went into overdrive trying tocapturesomesrar style to beinstantly sharedon socialmedia.
Runningon Indian stretchabletime was asomewhat recurrent theme asFawad Khan also apologisedfor bdng latefor theAwardsNightpresentations In his dream}'voice,thedebonairstatcited diabetes and die need to bave anearly meal as diereasonfor hisdelayand d1e audience instantly forgavehim.Near hystericaladulationfollowsdiegoodJookjngactor everywhere sincebis foray i11toTV andfilms.The Melbourne crowd wasnoexceptionas the audience clapped and wlusded atevery word he uttered.The Pafilstani actor received aDiversil)'Award
forhis contributioninprovingthatart has ooboundaries
Theauctiencewasrathersparseat some of thel'vfasterclasses despitesome thought provokingcontentfrom accomplished speakers.Topicsctiscussed wereinline withtheFestival'sdiemeof women's empowerment. OntheRipside, there was oo dearth of spectators attlieRendezvous chatbetween actorRishiKapoor and his costarSimiGarewal. Interest was alsopiqued withRichaChadha'scanctidconversation on body image a.ndearingctisorders a.ndher personale,,:periencesinshowbiz.
No onewas betterplaced to comment oncensorship andpushing theboundaries with filmmakingthan independent filmmakerAnuragKashyap, who experienced major censorpressure on his recentfilm UdtaPu,ya/J. Famousfor hisbold andfearless aesthetics, Kashyapis regarded as diefaceof emergingnew wave cinema in lnctia and his session thrived on brainy debate. Kashyapalsoprovided some well-measuredresponses as one of theguests duringthe Conversation Hour withJonFaineonABC Radio. He was accompaniedbyFawad Khanand Richa Chaclhainachat sessionco-hostedby FestivalDireccor MicuBhowmickLange.
Towards theendof whatcouldonlybe termedasa Herculean effortonthepare of theorganisers"MindBlowingFilms,the 11-dayfestival concludedwith avisit from FestivalAmbassadorVidyaBalan. She waspresent at themeetandgreetprior to theAustralian premiere screeningof her debutMarathilanguagefilm EkkAI/Jela.
VidyaalsovisitedLaTrobeUniversity to launch the 'EducatetheEducator'initiative, madepossible inpartnership berween the UniversityandIFFM.Selected students will participatein astudy tourof Indiainorder tolearn how to assistchildren withspecial needsin lnctia."Train theTrainersisyet another exampleof how d1eFestivalreaches far beyondstage andscreen tomake areal impact," theversatile actressclaimed.
Vidya, who has leddie way in playing ctiverseandstrongfemalecharacterson screen,was thrilled to receivetheWestpac WomenEmpowermentAwardpresented toher in an inti.mateceremonyatVictorian Parliament.Theclosingnightof the Festival sawanother quality filmon the theme of the questforgenderequality followed bya Q&A with lead actress Tannishd1a Chatterjee.PanNalin'sAt�O' lndian Goddesses, classified by some as the better Indian versionof Sex andtheCiry, was arefreshingcelebrationof friendship andgirlpower BengalifilmactressRimparnaSengupta, Marathi actress Radhika Apte, filmmaker/ screenwriter Srijit Mukherjee and Punjabi singerAmrinder Gill attracted decent crowds atpre-screeningevents as partof theFestivalsctiverseofferings. Filmmaker GurmeetSran, with his film TheHiddm Tmth, and musician GirishMakwana,with his debut film ColourqfDarkness, provided the local contributionsto apredominantly internationalmovieline-up.Toosoon it was a wrap and d1e last time for Festivalgoers to soak up the funand style of anevent thatprovedtobe a fabulous winter warmer.
TheSS r-sh.irt and the $l5 dress at the local chain store look like a steal. Bur wair.Think. How is itpossibleto sellclothesat such low prices? Think twice before yougrab thisbargain.
The RanaPlazacoliapseof 2013, in which 1136garment workers died, brought to the fore tbepoor conditions experienced by workers inmass-productionclothing factories. Formanyyears,bigbrands and clothingchainsfromAustralia have somced their cheapgarments from such overseas factories withoutchecking the credentials of their supplychain. Customers at these stores, like you andme,havefuelled demand andindirectlypromoted modernday slavery,childlabourand exploitation.
But there is somuch changing for the good. It took thisdisastrous incident for companies to stareinvestigating where their products come from and the conditions in whichtheyaremade.Thegoodnews is many corporations now realisetl1eyhave thepower to make adifference.
The2016 At1stmlianF-ashio11Report, whichgrades clothingbrands based on thestrength of their labour rights management systems,has shownsubstantial improvementsbeingmade in chis area.
Thoughit is no surprise that topA+ ratings go to Fairu-ade brands suchas Etiko, ir is ashamechat an expensive,high end brank suchas Oroton isranked at aD. 1n comparison,K-Marcis far better atBgrade.
The sustainableor ethical fashion movement and tl1eslow clothing movement, which havetaken off since this accident, promote social andenvironmental sustainability.Many smaller operators in theclothingindustry,suchas Kim and KathfromSydney'sThe PossibilityProject, use new andrecycledmaterials to create
beautifulgarmems with astory.
AtThe Possibility Project,itallstarted whenKirn,aformerhigh school teacher of Economics andBusinessSmdies, decided toteach her studentsabompractical entrepreneurial skills, creative chinking and social justice.The srudents collected their favourite homerecipes andput togetl1er a cookbook which tl1eysold and raised$4000. They sent thesefunds toI-India, an GO working with street childreninJaipur.The realisationthat tliisamountwas enough to feed 20,000 children made Kim and the smdents wakeup to thepossibility of using their gifts for a bigger cause.
Kim then mer Kach,a fashion designer and mum whose kids went to thesarne school as hers, and tl1ey struckup a friendshipof "great healingandimmense purpose",as Kath describes it. Unlike the self-obsessed, satirical suburban duo Kath andKimof the ABC television showof the sarne name,tl1ispair decided to use theircreativegiftsandgood fornme of comfortablelives onSydney's orrh Shore, to work oncharity projects withI-India.
Engagingwithtl1eI-Indiavocational trainingprogram, Kath uses her eye for design co createproducts for the
sl111111nar108range, reimagiuingmaterials likeold silk sarees and convertingthem to garments with a Western sensibility.These are sold tl1roughtheir online store as well as attheir 'possibility' talksto schools,corporates and tl1ebroadercommunity, wherethey tell the storiesbehind theseproducts.
Kimsaysshe considers tliis engagement with tl1eir customers a win-w·infor all• peoplefeelgood about buyingsomething that supports thosein need, thecreatorsof thesegarments receive agoodwageandthe satisfaction of creating somethingspecial, and theenvironmentbenefits from reuse of materials. "It's notjust apity purchase whichremains unworn in tl1e cupboard;our customers buy abeautiful creation with a story behindit,"says Kim. "Hopefullythey also takeawayempowered attitudes."
These enthusiastic ladies do not consider themselvesany kind of 'saviomsof humanity' or 'crusaders of sustainability' but rather, thepurveyorsof possibility.
Theytravelto India ti.vice a year to somce materials for theirgarments andtrain the peoplewhostitch them at ]-India..Kirn, whois of anAnglo-Indian backgroundand originally comesfromChennai,haslivedin Australiafor mostof her life. Shesays that tl1oughit is easycobe overwhelmedby the povertyinIndia,theygo iJ1to those spaces with curiosity andloveandlook upon the opporrunity to work with I-India at the grassroors levelasa completeprivilege.
They have alsostarred the Sparrow Sanitationproject which supporrs tl1e makingof compostablesanitarypadsout of woodpulp. Deepak andTulsi,former street children supportedbyI-India,now lead thisproject.
Katl1 and Kim wish toinspireothersinto action andhave little desiretobeportrayed as heroes. AsKatl1 jokes,"We areallheroes, onlywehavea website!"
Another ease-west collaborationis Bhalo (Bengalifor 'good'),adesign labelestablished byShinrnlMinhasUddinfromBangladesh andJessicaPriemus from Australia. Their clothingis woven andtailoredin rural Bangladesh.Thiskeepstraditionalcrafts aliveandstems tl1eAowof migrantlabour intoDhaka city,keepingfamiliesrogetber. Bhalouses'slow' techniquesintheir clothing•hand loomedcotton fabrics,hand embroideryandapplique,aswell as chemicalfreedyes.Bhalogarments areavailableat variousstores inAustraliaandtlironghtheir onlineshop.
Anotherlabel,BhumibyVinitaBaravkar seUsAustralian CertifiedOrganic products online and tl1roughtl1eirMelbourne store.
The entiresupply chain of Bhumi'srange of clothingand homefurnishingsisclosely monirored; from orgaiiic farmersplanting their cottonseeds to the dyes usedand the weavingof cottontluough ro its tailoring.
These small businessesprovetliarour choicesas a consumer canhelp tomake the world a betterplace.Theyalsoprove that styleandconscience can co-exist. Etliical fashion doesn'thaveto be frumpy. Be it recycled, Fairtradeor organic,buy less and buy better.
The backlash against sweatshops has created a 'slow clothing' movement that is ethical and sustainable
,, Kathcreatesproductsforthe slumwear108rangebyreimagining materialslike old silk sarees and convertingthem to garmentswith aWesternsensibility ,,
at least 24 to 28 dishes served, son1eci1nes ! even nJore! The feast is predon1inantly : vegetarian, but there are certain parts of : thestate that lovecoincludenon-vegetarian : dishes, even though it's not traditional. :
BY DHANYA SAMUEL
0n11111Satfya,the iconic'banana leaf feast' is the way that Keralasays welcome to her favourite king, Mahabali Every year the state comes together irrespective of caste,creed and religion to celebrate thisfestivalof prosperity.
The Om1111 Satfya is a lavish affair with
The feast is always served on a fresh : banana leaf with each dish occup)ring • a specific spot on the 1eaf. Rice is the : predon1inant ele1nentv.1hichisto beenjoyed • with pa.rippu curry (dal), sambar, rnsam and curd along with a range of sides and also plantain chips, pappadum and pickles. The feast ends with the traditional dessert, paayasm (alsoof different varieties).
Here we have a small selection of some of thefavouritesthat can bepreparedeasily with locallyavailable ingredients.
Ingredients
½ cup drumstick vegetable
½ cup plantain
½ cup pumpkin
½ cup potato
½ cup carrot
½ cup beans
4 green chillies, slit
½ tsp turmeric powder
Salt, to season
Handful of curry leaves
5 tbsp grated coconut
½tsp cumin
Curd/yoghurt, enough to make thick gravy
2 tbsp coconut oil
Method
Cut all the vegetableslengthwise into long strips. (The shape matters!)
Ingredients
1 cup black chickpeas; washed and soaked overnight
1 medium sized raw plantain; cut into large chunks
100gms yam; diced
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ cup grated coconut
1½ - 2 tbsp black peppercorns
2 large garlic cloves
2 tbsp coconut oil
½ tsp black mustard seeds
2 sprigs curry leaves
2 dry red chilli
Salt, to season
Method
To a pressurecooker, add the black chickpeas with 1 ½ cups water, season with salt and cook till 80 per cent done. In another pan, cook the plantain along with red chilli powder, half of the turmeric powder, salt and 1 ½ cups
water till done. Drain and keep aside. Add the diced yams to the black chickpeas and cook till the yams are lightly mushy (use the back of the ladle to mash the yams ifnecessary).Then add the drained plantain and mix well to combine.
Coarsely crush the grated coconut, peppercorns and garlic in a mortar and pestle or grinder and add this to the cooked chickpeas. Add the remaining turmeric powder and mix well to combine.
Tasteand season with salt if necessary. Cook in low heat for 1-2 minutes and remove.
To temper, heat coconut oil in a small pan and crackle the mustard seeds. Then add the curry leaves and dry red chilli. Pour this over the prepared chickpeas and mix well to combine. Keep covered for at least 15 minutes before serving.
Enjoy with a bowl of rice and dal/lentils.
Cook all the vegetables in a pressure cooker with turmeric powder, slit green chillies,salt, curry leaves;no water required. Cook for 1 whistle or 5 minutes, whichever happens first. If you do not have a pressure cooker, then cook in a regular pot; add just enough water to cook the vegetables. Grind coconut and cumin seeds with a bit of water to a fine paste and add to the boiled vegetables.
Add enough curd to this, stirred through to get a creamy consistency. Prepare tadka or tempering by heating coconut oil and curry leaves. Switch off the fame and add a few drops of water to this and then pour over the dish. There will be some spluttering so make sure the flame is off.
Enjoy!
lngredlents Method
2 medium beetrootswith the greens Peel and grate the beets and finely attached chop the greens with the stalks. ¼ tsp mustardseeds To make the coconut mix, coarsely 2sprigs curry leaves grind all the ingredients
2 dry red chillies In a pan, heat oil and crackle mustard
Salt, to season seeds. Add curry leaves and dry red 1 tbsp Coconut/vegetable oil chilli.
Add the beetsand greens; stir fry on For coconut spice mix high heat for a minute.
½ cup grated coconut Then add the coconut spice mix, 1-2 green chilies (depending on heat season with salt and continueto stir fry preference) on high heat for another 2 minutes
½ tsp cumin seeds Serve hot with rice or Indian f at 2 cloves garlic breads.
Ingredients
2 raw mangoes, cut into tiny pieces
½ tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp red chilli powder (addmore if you like it really hot)
½ tsp mustardseeds
Big handful of curry leaves
Salt, to season 4 tbsp vegetable oil
(Since I store the pickle in the fridge, I added less oil. You will needto add lots more if you want to keep it outside)
Method
Place the chopped mango pieces in a large bowl.
Addsalt, turmeric powder and chilli powder and rub well into the mango pieces.
Heat oil in a large pan, crackle mustard seeds and add the curry leaves. Add the mango mixture and stir on high flame for 2 minutes. Cool and store. Pickle ready!
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A FlyingJatt, is the story of the local superhero of the same name. Apart from the name, there is nothing original about the film. The character, chiselled on the lines of the DC Comics fictional characterSuperman, is an lndianised version of the superhero, which includes his traits and costume.
It is the story of areluctant martial arts teacher, Aman Dhillon (TigerShroff) who is forcedto fight a prominent and powerful industrialist, Mr. Malhotra and his goons, when they forcibly try to
usurp a track of land which his mother, Mrs. Dhillon (Amrita Singh) owns.
How Aman transforms from a meek person to thelocalcrusader A FlyingJatt forms the crux of the tale.
The film is directorRemo D'Souza's pretentious plea to save the planet. Pretentious because the film, in all sincerity, is treated with an artificiality which includes hisdirect appeal -"Everything has an alternative, except Mother Earth."
The plot is layered and complex, but not without flaws. It ropes in all the tried andtested formulas of film marketing; Deus ex-machina as a plot device, a superhero who tugs on patriotic themes and religious affinity, bonding with the mother, romance, fight between good and evil and moreover, it tackles
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Jacqueline Fernandez, in a relatively small role, is competent as Aman's love interest, the giggly headed Kriti.
She looks radiant, performs ably and matches Tiger in histrionics. But she fails to be consistent in the accent. Her
dialoguedeliveryfluctuatesfrom an anglicised accent to a local one.
The hulk Nathan Jones plays the stereotypical henchman with aplomb and elevates the characterto the rank of an antagonist. Kay Kay Menon as the pivotal bad man essays his role in a hackneyed manner.
The two characters who make their presence feltare AmritaSingh, as the drunk Mrs. Dhillon, andthe character who playsRohit - Aman's friend, accomplice and brother-figure. Technically, the film boasts of ace production values, but the spirit is diluted with poor craftsmanship. The effects are not at parwith international standards andthough the computer generated images mesh seamlessly into the live action, the finesse is missing.
The songs are well choreographed and well picturised except forthe Beat pe booty. This one seems forced and poorly mounted in a studio environment. Overall, the directorseems to have lost the plot afterthe second act, as the narrative meanders making the entire comic affair agonising.
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STARRING:SSonakshiSinha, Anurag
Kashyap, Konkona SenSharma
DIRECTOR: A R Murugadoss ..'< ',, .
The biggest takeaway from this brutal depiction of police atrocity is the cop Rane.As played by Anurag Kashyap, the character acquires sharp spiky edges that pierce the plot and penetrate into a region far deeper than where director Murugadoss rests his case.
Don't get him wrong. Murugadoss means well. Akira takes up the cause of women's empowerment, but only on a superficial level. When Akira is still a child (which is to say, she is
played bylittle Mishiekka Arora) she takes revenge on an acid thrower by, well, learning karate (prompted by her inspiring mute dad) and throwing acid back on the guy who did it.
So there!
As simple asthat. If only life was as uncomplicated. As though to make up for the paucity of clutter and plain substantiality in the first half, Akira suffers a severe midlife crisis and goes into spasms oftortuoustorture scenes meant to show Akira reaching breaking point before she explodes.
Instead ofSonakshi's Akira exploding on screen, the plot crumbles and falls apart under the weight of the gross violence. Murugadoss excels at showing
hisfemale protagonists being brutalised. Iron rods are a favourite weapon to torture subjugate andalmostlobotomise spirited women.In Ghajini, Asin was bludgeoned to deathbecauseshe was too sunshiny for the villain to bear
In Akira,Sonakshi sulks ceaselessly (troubled childhood, super-troubled adulthood), until the villainous cop and his hysterical deputies, accomplices in law-sanctioned crime (one of whom at one point falls to the ground whimpering as Kashyaplooks alarmed and I embarrassed),take her out to a forest J anddecideto eliminate her because well, r they gotthe wronggirl. '
Ditto the film. It got the right girlSonakshi is sufficiently restrained and implosive - but it put her in impossibly sadistic situations. The scenes of her torture in a mental asylum, run by a doctor who looks like a pimp at a run-down brothel, are prolonged and unnecessary. If only the narrative, so gripping to begin with, had not grown fabby as it progressed.
Kashyap's diabolic cop's performance holds the film together. He had played a dirty lawman in his own film Ugly. He builds on the earlier cop role and hones the art oflawlessnessto such an extent that we miss him whenever he isn't around in this film. Sadly, the actors playing his khaki-wearing colleagues emerge as caricatures of desperate criminality.You can take Murugadoss out of the South, but you can't take the South out of him.
The other very interesting character is
that of a righteous pregnant cop Rabia, playedlaconically by Konkona Sen Sharma. She imparts a sort of stubborn idealismto hercharacter,compounded by her heavily immobile state.Tragically her slow painful physical movement becomes a metaphor for the plodding righteousness of the script.
Though well-intended,Akira tends to slow down its own virtuous journey with implausible roadblocks, including a mentally-disturbed eunuch who helps Akira escape from the mental asylum where the villains lock her away while her family looks the other way. Oh yes, there is a sympathetic lover played by AmitSadh who looks on helplessly as the villains wreak hectic havoc on the heroine.
To mend the holes in the plot, Murugadoss stuffs the storytelling with messages on the physically and mentally disabled and on police brutality. While the sermons don't get shrillthe smothered cries of 'Enough!' can be heard from miles away.
That's usscreaming in protest, as Sonakshi Sinha tries bravely to make her tortured character braver than what the story writers allow her to be.Akira is a film thatcould have gone very far, if only the theme of women's empowerment hadnot been overpowered by the Murugadoss school of villainous barbarism which does not discriminate between man and woman. Is that what the neo-feminists mean by equality of the sexes?
Subhash K. Jha
Being a woman in this big, bad world is not easy and Amitabh Bachchan knows it. Maybe that's why he has written such a heartfelt letter to his granddaughters, Navya and Aradhya. Though we think that this letter also has something to do with his upcoming movie, Pink, a courtroom drama which tells the story of three girls caught in a patriarchal society that blames women for all things wrong that happen to them.
The Bollywoodmegastar wrote a very personal and inspirational letter to the girls in which he tells them to make their own choices and not worry about what the world will think or who they shouldget married to. He tells Navya, 18, that even her big surname will not protect her from the difficulties that come with being a woman, while he gloomily tells Aaradhya, four, that he may not even be there by the time she is old enough to understand this letter.
But does he extend this mindsetto his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan?
Reports claim that intimate scenes with Ranbir Kapoor in the teaser of Ae Di/ Hai Mushki/ have Amitabh Bachchan seeing red.
In the past, both AmitabhBachchan andAbhishek Bachchanshared the posters and trailers of Aishwarya Rai's previous two films,Jazbaa and Sarbjit, but not this time. Abhishek Bachcan put up a very supportive front andshared the teaser 'as a formality'. Amitabh, on the other hand, stuckto his guns and refused to budge from his decision of not sharing the link on his social media.
It is sad to see that someone who has writtensuch a heartfeltletter outlining the adversities that women face in this world and the need to stand against these hardships, is seen to be the one creating them in his own home. For someone who has been in the industry for decades, how does he not understand that if the story demands an intimatescene between the characters of the film there is a degree of professionalism that all actors (male and female) must possess anddo their job, irrespective of their personal lives.
Double standardsmuch, Big B?
Ever since actor Sanjay Duttfnished his prison term in Pune'sYerwada in February, everyone is awaitinghis comeback film. However, six months down the lane, the57-year-old actor has not started shooting for even one project.
Currently, except for Marco Bhau, whose story andscreenplay isstill being worked on, he has nothing in hand except for the long- in-the planning Munnabhai. But with Rajkumar Hirani busy withthe biopic ofDutt starring Ranbir Kapoor, part three of Munnabhai will take time.
In Melbourne recently, the actor was out shoppingone evening when a girl, the manager of the store, approachedRicha for help.She looked scared and on enquiring further, toldRichathat a guy in the store had been stalkingher and harassing her. On hearing this, Richa not onlydecidedto helpher, but also waited with her tilI it was time for the store to closefor the day. Afterthat, she took her outfor a quick bite and assured her that everything would be fine and she should lodge a complaint.
Richa says, "I was shockedto find an upset girl at the counter when I was shopping at Chapel Street. Since it was winter and it was getting deserted, I decidedto stick aroundtill the girl was done with work andthen took her out for asweettreat.She lodged a complaint the following day I think.It's shocking how this happens everywhere in the world."
Anushka Sharma and beau Virat Kohli are enjoying some quiet time together in Prague. The Indian cricketer, who few to the CzechRepublicto spendsome qualitytime withhis actress girlfriend, were spotted on a long romantic stroll in the city.
The couple, who are reportedly giving their relationship a secondshot, were clicked byfans in Naplavka, a place popular for its fine dining restaurants and bars. Dressed in smart casuals, the couple were photographedengrossed in their conversation as they walked along the sidewalk.
Reports suggestthat Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan will be seen working in Vijay Krishna Acharya's Thug. When asked whether this is true, Aamir
neither confirmednor denied these reports. However, he looked excited at the prospect of sharing screen space with BigB.
Now Big B himself, in his latest interaction, confirmed the news saying, "It's a great honour and privilegeto be working with Aamir andto be working with Yashraj again and also to work with Victor. Ijust look forward to that moment. I don't know if I can talkmuch about the film at this moment.I haven't been given permission. All I can say is that it is a very exciting subject."
India is a countrythatbelievesin Atithi Deva Bhava (guest akin to God). And Bollywood swears by it, or so it seems, thanks to their warm reception for Hollywoodstars visitingIndia. Most recently,actor Akshay Kumar hosted dinner at his Mumbai home for Hollywood actor WillSmith, and invited film buddies like VarunDhawan, Alia Bhatt, Arjun Kapoor, Karan Johar and Ranbir Kapoor.
But is there a more ulterior motive to these social interactions? A Bollywood insider claimsthatsocial gatherings like these help Indian celebs workon their image. He adds, "Bollywood stars are hungry for Hollywoodattention.This is why they make efforts to meet up these star diasporas of the world."
Sonam Kapoor joined Gems Education, UNICEF, Reliance Group andthe Global Goals Campaign to launchthe World's Largest Lesson India programme on the occasion ofTeacher's Day in Gurgaon on September 5. The actresssays that a proper education can build a great future and lead a childto imbibe good qualities.
"The Worlds' Largest Lesson India" is a unique initiative which aims to teach everychild in India - nearly 360 million - a lesson about the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
Speaking at the occasion, Sonam said how she is planningto finish her undergraduate degree at the age of 30 as she feels not finishing her schooling
is her biggest regret.
"I am somebody who is very regretful ofthe factthatI didn't finish my school after 12th grade.Atthe age of30, I am trying to finish my undergrad,"she told while interacting withmembers present during the launch and with kids. It is refreshing to see the fashionista explore the education field for a change.
Filmmaker and television host Karan Johar is ready to return to the small screen with his coffeechats again andwe can hardly wait.The upcoming season ofKoffee withKaran won't open wth his mentor and best budShah Rukh Khan, insteadJohar's first episode will have his new favourite: Fawad Khan.
Fawad's popularity has been on a steady rise, he's been stealingthe show in every film he's been in.
We hear that almost every A-lister heroine has been pesteringJohar to be interviewed along with Fawad. As per most recent reports, he was considering atoss between Deepika Padukone and AliaBhatt.
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor turned64 onSeptember 4, and his friends and colleagues from the Hindi film industry have wished him a year full of love and
happiness.
Andthe celebrities also had a special message for the Bobbystar.
The actor has been part of the industry for over four decades and has given hits like Mera NaamJoker, Bobby, Khel Khel Mein,Hum Kisise Kum Naheen, Karz and Prem Rog.
We wish him a very happy birthday and hope that the year ahead is not filled withmindlesstweets and comments.
ActressSonakshiSinha's action-packed avatar in Akira is having a steady run at the box-office.The film has amassedRs 10.45 crore in two days of its release.
On thefirstday, thefilm collected Rs5.15 crore andRs5.30 crore on the secondday. This gives it a total collection of is Rs 10.45 crore so far.
Presented by Fox StarStudios,Akira broughtSonakshi and Murugadoss together once again. He had previously directedSonakshi in the flm Holiday, which was a success at the box office.
The film seesSonakshi's character coming to Mumbai from Jodhpur, where she gets into atiff withthe goons ofthe college she enrolls in. The story is about herfightto come out of a case, where the college goons, a corrupt policemen
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Looks like Sonakshi will be headed for huge box office collections again!
Bollywood actorJohn Abraham, who has been named the brand ambassador of ArunachalPradeshTourism,sayshe wouldlike to shoot an entire film in the north-eastern state since he feels the region is alienated.
"I just told (State Tourism Secretary)
Dr Bedathat that I would like to shoot an entire film to Arunachal Pradesh. I am excitedto explore it and we are responsible as film makers and we hope it grows in the arena oftourism. Rangoon was shot there and we hope even we shoot our film there," saidJohn.
He further added, "Historically and geographically we have alienatedthe northeast from the rest of India.I think it's really sad.I think it is high time that we includethe northeast in India."
Perhaps in a movie with the Arunachal Pradesh as thesetting, we MAY just be able to take our eyes offthe hunk and focus on the scenery.
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