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Shinod Akkaraparambil Artist, INDIA

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love.

Shinod Akkaraparambil, born in Koduvally a hamlet in Calicut district of Kerala is an Artist by all means! His works revolve around the multitudes of urban life, congestion, stress, strain and competition. He questions the reality of Social Darwinism in the daily lives of competing urban citizens.

The characters and imageries portrayed in his art projects are products of an artist’s imagination who had a different upbringing in his childhood unlike the experience he had later in his life from several fast-growing Indian cities. He lived as a street artist after migrating to the national capital Delhi from Malabar Kerala. He has won several awards and exhibited his works in India and abroad.

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tweets of the week Pritish Nandy @PritishNandy Do all business arguments in Delhi end up in someone getting shot? barkha dutt @BDUTT Punjabi folk songs at old style wedding trigger memories of Grandmothers and Childhood. Lovely relief from present dhik-chik remix.

Dr. S.Y. Quraishi @DrSYQuraishi Please follow @sightsaversin. This charity organisation works for prevention of blindness. I have just taken over as its Chairman.

Anup Kaphle @AnupKaphle Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan should be central to any talk about Syria, but they are not. judithwarner @judithwarner Pew: Moms want full time jobs. And dads want to be home with kids.

Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies 650 square kilometres on the banks of the Musi River. Its population is 6.8 million, and its metropolitan area increases that number to 7.75 million people, making it India’s fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration.

Hyderabad was established in 1591 CE as Bhaganagar by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golkonda. It remained under the rule of the Qutb Shahi dynasty until 1687, when Mughal emperor Aurangzeb conquered the region and the city became part of the Mughal empire. In 1724 Asif Jah I, a Mughal viceroy, declared his sovereignty and formed the Asif Jahi dynasty, also known as the Nizams of Hyderabad. The Nizams

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ruled the princely state of Hyderabad in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj for more than two centuries.

The city remained the princely state’s capital from 1769 to 1948, when the Nizam signed an Instrument of Accession with the Indian Union at the conclusion of Operation Polo. The 1956 States Reorganisation Act established the modern state of Andhra Pradesh, with Hyderabad as its capital.

Throughout its history, the city was a centre for local traditions in art, literature, architecture and cuisine. It is a tourist destination and has many places of interest, including Chowmahalla Palace, Charminar and Golkonda fort. It has several museums, bazaars, galleries, libraries, sports venues and

other cultural institutions—Laad Bazar, Madina Circle, Begum Bazaar, Sultan Bazaar are bazaars from the Qutb Shahi and Nizam era; Salar Jung, Nizam Museum, and AP State Archaeology Museum are notable museums.

Hyderabadi biriyani and Hyderabadi haleem are examples of distinctive culinary products of the city.

Historically, Hyderabad was known for its pearl and diamond trading centres. Industrialisation brought major Indian manufacturing and financial institutions to the city, such as the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, the Defence Research and Development Organisation and the National Mineral Development Corporation.

Hangout on Highways The Minister for Road Transport & Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi interacted with people to discuss road safety issues on 29th of March at 7.30 pm via Google Hangout.

He took suggestions from people on road safety issues and the same was viewed live on Ministry’s Channel www.youtube.com/morthindia. During the course of dialouge people shared their views on Ministry’s facebook page, twitter handle and google plus page.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, an apex organisation under the Central Government, is entrusted with the task of formulating and administering, in consultation with other Central Ministries/Departments, State Governments/UT Administrations, organisations

and individuals, policies for Road Transport, National Highways and Transport Research with a view to increasing the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in the country. The Ministry has two wings: Roads wing and Transport wing.

Satish Acharya

A self-taught cartoonist who wonders what they teach at cartooning schools. Passionate about all aspects of journalism.

Thankfully, friends and family no longer question his ‘mad’ decision to quit an MBA (finance) job to pursue cartooning.

His other passions are cricket and cinema (as an art form), both career candidates once upon a time. FB connects him with his readers. “Love your comments; they help my cartoons shape up better.” he says.

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Sanil Sadanandan is Creative Manager at OSG in Bengaluru Area, India.

Did his BFA from College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram.

Sunil Saxena is Director, Amity School of Communication at Amity University Rajasthan. His a journalist and author with over three decades of experience in Print, New Media, Social Media, Mobile Journalism, Media Education and Media Research.

Sanjay Gora is Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs at Steel Authority of India Limited in New Delhi. Have liaised with various divisions to gauge current challenges and devise tactical communications to meet challenges of free flow of information.

KG Sreenivas is Senior Editor, Creative Content Writer, Communication Consultant & Creative Writing Faculty based in New Delhi. An accomplished communicator, a competent observer and an excellent listener. I am partial to ethics, elegance and aesthetics in all areas of human endeavour.

Rini (Simon) Khanna is Independent Broadcast Media Professional based in New Delhi.

Was associated with India’s National Broadcaster for almost two decades as its prime time newscaster in english and before that worked with All India Radio for almost the same period in different capacities.