May 6, 2020

Jagadguru Narendracharya Maharaj Sansthan, Nanijdham (Maharashtra)

contributed 52 lacs to PMCares Fund on the 30th of April 2020 to combat Covid-19 pandemic. Sansthan had also contributed 50 Lacs to Maharashtra CM Relief Fund for the same, in addition to distributing grocery packages to the poor during lockdown in Ratnagiri (Maharashtra).

Jagadguru’s commitment towards social responsibility and diligence towards the society and the entire nation is remarkable.

Jagadguru says, “We wish for complete eradication of this pandemic at the earliest.” HH Swamiji also appreciated and encouraged Covid warriors (ie medical staff, cleaning staff, Police, Govt departments like water supply, electricity supply etc), who are selflessly fighting with this unprecedented disease, through his tweets from @_Jagadguru handle.

The Sansthan, established in 1994, has been sincerely working across the nation on multiple social fronts.

———-Wasim Siddique

जगद्गुरु नरेंद्राचार्य महाराज संस्थान, नानीजधाम ने १ करोड़ २ लाख रुपए कोविड-१९ महामारी के लिए रिलीफ में दान किये।

जगद्गुरु नरेंद्राचार्य महाराज संस्थान, नानीजधाम (महाराष्ट्र) ने ३० अप्रैल २०२० को पी एम केयर्स में ५२ लाख का अनुदान किया। संस्थान महाराष्ट्र के रिलीफ फण्ड में भी ५० लाख का अनुदान कर चुकी है। साथ ही रत्नागिरी महाराष्ट्र में गरीबों में खाद्य पदार्थों का वितरण किया।

जगद्गुरु नरेंद्राचार्य महाराज संस्थान, नानीजधाम का यह योगदान समाज के प्रति सराहनीय है।

जगद्गुरु ने पूरे समाज को इस आपदकाल की स्तिथि से उबरने की शुभेच्छा ज़ाहिर की। स्वामी जी ने वर्तमान में कोविड-१९ के खिलाफ जंग में शामिल तमाम डॉक्टरों, उनके स्टाफ, सफाई कर्मचारी, पुलिस विभाग एवं अन्य सरकारी विभाग जैसे पानी, बिजली विभागों की निस्वार्थ सेवा की उनके ट्विटर handle @_Jagadguru पर प्रशंसा की।

जगद्गुरु नरेंद्राचार्य महाराज संस्थान, नानीजधाम की स्थापना १९९४ में हुई थी और तबसे यह सामाजिक कार्यो में संलग्न है।

May 5, 2020

Arsala Qureishi has launched BLOW MEDIA right before the pandemic hit the world. Blow Media’s manifesto is clear, it will create digital content that is relevant, contemporaneous and relatable on an international platform and with international names attached.

Blow Media’s first foray was a Hollywood Bollywood collaboration with STEP UP 2 actor Robert Hoffman in the lead along Actor/Influencer Jas Sagu. It was a music video ‘(Aag Ka Gola L.A.) shot extensively in Hollywood. We were keen to know what the talented director’s next step will be in the face of the New Normal that has hit the entire world.

We got to know that Arsala Qureishi has great plans for 2020. Her book ‘Separated by Ten Inches’ is slated to release later this year and simultaneously she’s working on a screenplay based on the book.

‘Separated By Ten Inches’ is prophetic to the times we inhabit she says’ it’s about an unnamed cataclysmic event that has ravaged the world which induces a state of paranoia; amongst this erupts a story of hate, greed, connectedness and love; reminding us that transition is undulating and often impossible to tell one from the other.

She further adds, ‘We can’t remain trapped in the mental coordinates of a world that no longer exists, our Life and Art will have to depict some semblance of reality or it won’t be relatable. We are living in historic times our response has to be lucid and synchronized with the times.’ We cudnt agree more with her when she further stated that ‘I don’t see a world with boundaries and if there are lines drawn by man they don’t have to exist in our hearts.’

A huge Hollywood name is next on her list, but she doesn’t divulge the name and says it’s going to be a shocker!

‘We are staying true to our tag line ; – Human Through Art. Stories of the human condition interest us and that’s what we promise to bring to screens in the New Normal,’ Arsala sums up with her statement leaving us curious and definitely worth waiting for the unique projects.

May 5, 2020

Due to the lockdown for the last 40 days, people have a big problem of eating and drinking due to the Corona virus. Many people have stopped earning due to the shutdown of work. Due to this, they do not even have money to eat. * Mahashakti Charitable Trust * came forward to help such people. They are making arrangements for food and drink for the needy people. Today, ‘Corona Fighter’ youth leaders are getting Vishal Bhagat introduced.

Vishal Bhagat is a businessman for money, but he loves to do social service. Due to Vishal Bhagat lockdown, he decided to help the poor people with his team of 20 people. Now, along with his team, he is feeding about 250 to 300 people daily in Mumbai.

Vishal Bhagat said that these are people who are homeless. They live on the streets. He could not see those people starving. He said that the above has given him a lot. So they are using it for a good cause. Rekha Tirupathi

While his team distributes food on one side, it also makes people aware of social distancing. The other members of the team, Sikander Sahu, Anil Bhai, Raju Bhai, Das Bhai, Sikander Sahu, Sanjay Sharma, Pintu Gupta, Mithilesh Singh, Joshep, told that the crowd gathered when they reached with food, sometimes with pea cheese and sometimes with cholabatura. is. Three people do the work of distributing food and the remaining people stand at a distance of one meter and make lines.

Sikander Sahu team gets up early in the morning. These people bring pulses, rice and vegetables from the wholesalers. The community cooks food in the kitchen and then in different areas, food distribution arrangements have been made to the people under the leadership of Pankaj Chaudhary in Colaba, like Anushka Chauhan in Ambuj Wadi Malvani, Matha Jetty by Nandan Singh. In Ganpat Patil Nagar Dahisar, Naveen Mishra distributes food to the people daily. While cooking, full care is taken care of, home made mask, hand gloss, head pay cap, and social distress are taken care of, let me tell you that Mahashakti Charitable Trust has taken permission from the metropolitan municipality, the administration With permission. Serving people continuously since last 40 days.

Vishal Bhagat told that he is able to do this work with the help of BMC and administration, now other people are also contacting him so that they can also come and help in this noble cause.

May 5, 2020

जरूरतमंदो के खाली प्लेटों को भरने की है असली जरूरत : रेखा व्यालपल्ली
लॉकडाउन में फँसे हज़ारों बिहार,झारखंड और यूपी के मज़दूर को रोज़ भोजन करा रही “रेखा चेरिटेबल ट्रस्ट”
हैदराबाद। कोरोना वायरस के संक्रमण को लेकर लॉकडाउन के दौरान हैदराबाद और आसपास के शहरों में हजारों की संख्या में बिहार,झारखंड और यूपी के मजूदर फंसे हैं। इन श्रमिकों के सामने खाने-पीने की समस्या आ गई है। इन श्रमिकों की मदद के लिए कई सामाजिक संस्था आगे आई है। इनमें भारतीय टेनिस खिलाड़ी रेखा व्यालपल्ली के नेतृत्व में सामाजिक संगठन “रेखा चेरिटेबल ट्रस्ट” दिनरात भरपूर सहयोग करने में लगा है। रेखा चेरिटेबल ट्रस्ट प्रतिदिन संकट में फंसे इन जरूरतमंद हज़ारों लोगो को खाद्य सामग्री किट मुहैया करा रहा है।
संस्था के संस्थापक रेखा व्यालपल्ली ने बताया कि करीब बीस हजार श्रमिकों के बीच खाद्य सामग्री किट का वितरण किया जा चुका है और हर रोज़ लगभग दो हज़ार लोग इसका लाभ लें रहें हैं। इस किट में चावल, आटा, दाल, आलू, प्याज, नमक, मसाला, तेल और चना शामिल है। रेखा आगे बताती हैं की संकट के इस घड़ी मे सभी लोग परेशान हैं लेकिन गर्भवती महिलाओं की परेशानी क़ुछ ज़्यादा ही है। इसलिए गर्भवती महिलाओं के लिए संस्था की ओर से एक विशेष किट की व्यवस्था की गयी है जिसमें एक कैरेट अंडे,ड्राय फ़्रूट,हरी सब्ज़ियाँ,बोर्नविटा,ब्रेड,मास्क़ और सेनिटाइज़र इत्यादि है।
रेखा चेरिटेबल ट्रस्ट बच्चों का विशेष ख़्याल रखते हुए अंडे,ब्रेड,दूध, हिमालया बेबी केयर किट और जोंशन बेबी किट  का वितरण कर रही हैं।
हैदराबाद में फंसे बाँका,बिहार निवासी अभिमन्यु कुमार ने बताया कि लॉकडाउन के कारण पैसे की कमी हो गई है खाने-पीने का भी सामान समाप्त हो गया। वे कई लोगों के साथ मज़दूरी करते थे। अभिमन्यु के मुताबिक रेखा चेरिटेबल ट्रस्ट के लोगों ने उनकी सहायता की। बनारस निवासी मदन साहनी हैदराबाद में झरिया निवासी बिंदेश्वर चौपाल और अपने कुछ साथियों के साथ कंस्ट्रक्शन कंपनी में काम कर रहे थे और लॉकडाउन के दौरान ठेकेदार ने फोन उठाना बंद कर दिया। इसके बाद संस्था के अधिकारियों से संपर्क साधा गया। संस्था की पूरी टीम ने खाद्य सामग्री उपलब्ध कराई।

     
रेखा ने बताया कि खाने-पीने के साथ जरूरतमंद लोगो को ढूंढने में  संस्था के पदाधिकारी दिन रात लगे हुए हैं। इसी प्रकार दर्जनों कार्यकर्ता विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में भी लगे हुए हैं। राहत सामग्री बाँटने के दौरान सोशल डिसटेंडिंग का पुरा ख़्याल रखा जाता है। जिसे मेंटेन रखने के लिए रेखा ने एक नायब तरीक़ा इख़्तियार किया है । वो अपने साथ साईकिल के टायर रखती हैं और हर एक मीटर की दूरी पर ज़रूरत मंदो को टायर के भीतर ही रह कर राहत सामग्री का लाभ लेना होता है। रेखा कहती हैं संकट के इस समय  में अधिक से अधिक ज़रूरत मंदो की हम मदद कर पायें यही हमारा लक्ष्य है। रेखा आगे कहती हैं, ‘‘इस समय गरीब और जरूरतमंद लोगों की मदद करने और खाली प्लेटों को भरने की असली जरूरत है। बिहार के हज़ारो लोग जो लॉकडाउन में फँस चुके हैं उनके लिए आज रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी जीना बहुत कठिन है। अब वो समय आ गया जब इंसान इंसान के मदद को आगे आए और क्षेत्रवाद ना करते हुए हर इंसान की मदद करें।

—–Sarvesh Kashyaph

May 2, 2020

Music Video Queen Annsh Shekhawat is swaying the hearts of people with her music album “Fikar” Annsh Shekhawat who has earlier acted in several music videos has now won the hearts of all the listeners with her new song Fikar. The song has been sung by Roshan Prince and composed by Milind Gaba. Besides these, Annsh has also worked in a lot of ad films and International projects. Annsh will be seen in a film very shortly in Bollywood.

While talking to us, Annsh reiterated that she is now all set to make her debut in Bollywood with the renowned South director Puri Jagannath, with Ananya Panday and Vijay Deverakonda. Says Annsh, who has made a name for herself by taking part in several Miss India contests, “Though I hail from a typical Rajput family, my parents have always encouraged me to take up acting in films as a profession since I had always dreamed right from childhood of acting in films.”

 

Right from her childhood, Annsh who has participated in several competitions, besides playing in Badminton national in the national level competitions, is aware of the fact that her journey to the film industry will not be easy  but she is confident of reaching right at the top by dint of her diligence, hard work and perseverance.

May 2, 2020

Lockdown has been a great leveler. It has impacted businesses across the globe, industry and scale of business. However, whether you stay affected or recover lost ground depends on What You Do Now.

There is not much one can do about the Covid 19 situation. However, there is a lot that can be done during this period that can impact what happens after this phase of is over. In this article, I am sharing actions that an entrepreneur can take to ensure that once the business start again, he is ready to get rolling.

Let’s compare this situation with that of a car parked in your garage. One can’t drive it and go anywhere. And still, it has to be ensured that the car is started and moved around a bit every one or two days. If this part is ignored for a few days, the battery could get discharged and tyres lose air pressure. It will need a lot of time to get these issues rectified before one can take the car out.

Businesses today are like the car in your garage. If no action is taken in this period, it will take a lot of effort and time to get back on track. This will result in a lot of precious time wasted to recoup later and get rolling.

Here are 6 things, for an entrepreneur to do during lockdown to ensure that the batteries and tyres of our business are ready to roll when we decide to start our journey again.

1) Get used to the change

This phase could mean a complete paradigm change. Existing business models will tumble and new emerge. Accept the change and find out ways of operating in this new normal

2) Network

Identify partners in business. Customers, vendors, employees, banks, investors are some of the stakeholders who form a part of business ecosystem. Utilize this time to reach out to each one. Build relationships. Right now, everyone has the time to spare and interact

Customers: Take feedback from customers. Know what are the things you are doing well and what you need to change.

Talk to customers who have not done business with for some time and find out the reasons. Reach out to potential customers and understand their needs. Check if existing contracts have to be revised.

Vendors: Evaluate existing vendors, explore opportunities for better collaboration. Identify alternative vendors in case existing ones are unable to support in the new scenario. New regulations can impact sourcing.

Employees may be undergoing through a lot of mental stress and feeling insecure. Talk to employees, comfort them and ease their nerves. Do an analysis of job roles and responsibilities of each.

3) Plan your finances

Revisit next year goals. Instead of comparing with the past performance and worrying about reduced revenue, acknowledge the situation and revise to have realistic goals. Consider the required working capital, cash flows, break-even revenue and expenses and plan accordingly.

4) Marketing

Strategies to market your product may have to be changed. Find possibilities of going online (if feasible for your business). At the same time, businesses with local presence can focus on building personal relationship with customers

5) Get skilled

Learn new skills required for being effective. Identify the competencies to be developed for employees and get them trained . For ex. Sales team can work on improving their product knowledge.

6) Improve Processes

Review business processes, identify inefficiencies and re-engineer them.

This is the time to introspect, reflect, review and redesign the way we do business.  All of this needs a change in thinking process. What has worked so far may be redundant in the future. A business coach can help create new options and alternatives, identify areas of improvement and realign business objectives.

Focus on your systems rather than worrying about the end result. Do what needs to be done now and the results will follow. Make the best of available time and prime your engines to roar once you are back on the race-track.

What you do today, determines your future business!

May 2, 2020

Quarantine and lockdown is the only common word we are probably listening from everyone’s mouth these days. And seems like being bored has become it’s synonym. But to take away all the blues and induce a healthy spirit in this phase; singer, composer Hardik Tailor who is exclusively managed by Beyond Music has a treat for all. The Surat based artist has collaborated with Dubai’s popular, DJ Shadow for an upcoming music video titled Hamara India.

A combine effort and initiative by Viral Motani and Pakkhi Hegde’s Beyond Music and Nikesh’s Slash Productions, around 19 Indian actors will be featured in this video. The team of the song is totally Indian with a great feeling of joy and happiness. It highlights the merrier future after this dark phase. The artists have shot the video from their home.

Actors Sayantani Ghosh, Barkha Sengupta, Gurdip Punjj, Raqesh Bapat, Shubhangi Atre Poorey, Debina Bonnerjee, Vishal Singh, Lizaa Malik, Karan Veer Mehra, Gulfam Khan Hussain, Rukhsar Rehman, Giaa Manek, Bhumika Gurung, Pakkhi Hegde, Reem Sameer Sheikh, Nikita Rawal, Gizele Thakral, Sonali Raut and Aniruddh Dave will be featured in the song.

Hardik says, “I had this idea in my head to something interesting in this lock down. DJ Shadow loved the idea and we collaborated. Thanks to Beyond Music, Slash Production and all the actors for supporting us in this initiative. I am sure people would love this song. Wishing everyone safety and goodness.”

The song is sung and composed by Hardik Tailor, music by DJ Shadow Dubai, lyrics Trushang Tailor, creative head Moushumi , violin by Mahendra Patel, Slash team- Rushabh Bavishi and Anmol Panda, mixing and mastering by DJ Shadow Dubai. The video has been edited by Varun Arora in a short span. And the post production is done by Beyond Music studio Dubai.

The video was released on the 1st of May. We wish them success.

 

May 2, 2020

कोरोना के खिलाफ जंग लड़ता योद्धा संदीप यादव एव साथी।

जिस वक्त से पूरा विश्व कोरोना नामक महामारी का शिकार हुए है, भारत देश भी इससे अछूता नहीं रह, परंतु इस विषम परिस्थितियों में कोरोना से जंग लड़ने के लिए कई वीर योद्धा मैदान में कूद पड़े।

संदीप यादव (भा ज यू मो, BJYM मुम्बई नार्थ वेस्ट के वाईस प्रेसिडेंट) ऐसे ही एक जबरदस्त योद्धा है, वे शान्तनु अगस्ति (भा ज यू मो BJYM नार्थ वेस्ट मुम्बई के प्रेसिडेंट), के सहयोग से जरूरतमंदों को राशन वितरण कर रहे हैं।

स्वयम संदीप यादव ने लोखंडवाला, वर्सोवा के शास्त्री नगर के कई बिल्डिंगों में एवं सात बंगला म्हाडा के कई सोसाइटी और स्कूलों में अपने सहायको के साथ सेनिटाइजर का छिड़काव कर रहे हैं।

संदीप यादव का कहना है ” हमारे प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी, महाराष्ट्र विपक्ष के नेता देवेन्द्र फडणवीस जी, भा ज यू मो (BJYM) प्रेजिडेंट पूनम महाजन जी, भा ज यू मो मुम्बई अध्यक्ष श्री तेजिंदर तिवाना जी, श्री मोहित भारतीय जी, विधायक एव मुम्बई अध्यक्ष मंगल प्रभात लोढा जी, विधायक अमित साटम जी, विधायक भारती लावेकार जी, विधायक विद्या ठाकुर जी, रघुनाथ कुलकर्णी जी, भाजपा युवा मोर्चा जिला अध्यक्ष श्री शान्तनु अगस्ति जी, भाजपा जिला अध्यक्ष, संतोष मेढेकर जी, महाराष्ट्र सचिव संजय पांडे जी, के मार्गदर्शन में हम और हमारे साथी पुरजोर तरीक़े से इस खतरनाक वायरस से जंग लड़ रहे हैं।

मैं, शान्तनु जी और अपने भा ज यू मो की पूरी टीम के संग, ज़रूरतमंदों, वरिष्ठ नागरिकों और बाहर से आये हुए मज़दूरों की हर तरह से चाहे राशन हो, दवा हो, सेनिटाइजर हो, मास्क हो हर चीज का वितरण कर रहे हैं। जो भी रिक्वेस्ट किसी भी ज़रिये खास कर ट्विटर से मिलता है, उसे हर संभव तरीके से पूरी करते हैं। अभी तक तकरीबन १० हज़ार किलो से अधिक खाद्य सामग्री, सीधे ज़रूरतमंद लोगो तक पहुंचाई गई है, कई इमारतों का सेनिटीजेशन रहिवासियो के प्रार्थना पर किया गया है, ये सारे काम अभी भी शिफ्टों में हमारे साथी कर रहे हैं।

    

इस आपदा की घड़ी में, मैं हर हिंदुस्तानी का आवाहन करता हूँ, की वह किसी भी पार्टी का हो, किसी भी धर्म का हो, किसी भी नस्ल का हो, सब भूल कर सिर्फ इंसानियत को ध्यान रखे, विश्वास रखे हम कोरोना से जंग अवश्य जीतेंगे और हमारे प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी इस देश को पुनः सफलता की ऊँचाई पर ले जाएंगे।

May 2, 2020

Mumbai: 13^th International Festival of Cellphone Cinema has been announced for all those who love short films and ready to shoot stills and movie on their mobile phones, submission of entries to be closed on 15^th May, the date has been extended owing to lock down.

“We are pleased to announce the 13^th edition of our admired festival International Festival of Cellphone Cinema today. The 15^th May is the last date of        receiving entries of films made from mobile phone,” said Sandeep Marwah President of the festival who has been earlier titled as Father of Cellphone Cinema.

This time, well known actor director Satish Kaushik, film director Raju Parsekar and director of short films Vevek Paul along with Prof. Karl Bardosh and Sandeep Marwah are going to be on the jury to announce and distribute number of gifts received from DETEL.

“It is a very interesting festival and I am looking anxiously for the people especially from film and media students to submit their entries. You never know some time you get a unique idea from these films to actually produce a full length feature film and participant gets his due credit,” said Satish Kaushik appreciating the concept of cellphone cinema.

  

The entries can be in four categories namely Still Photos taken by mobile, Movies made by mobile and can be in three different categories that is- News Gathering, -Music Video and -Fiction. All these movies should not be more than 3 minutes in duration.

These films can be uploaded on filmclub@aaft.com or can be sent via Whatsapp to no +918586978492. You can visit the website www.ifcpc.com for further details.

This is the first Cellphone Cinema festival ever started anywhere in the World. Last year Dr. Marwah had taken this festival to Cannes during Cannes International Film Festival in France, to Budapest in Hungary and New York in USA.

May 1, 2020

1 May 2020, Mumbai: Actress Amrita Rao who prides in been born and brought up in Mumbai, took time during the lockdown for her special salutations to the State on the occasion of Maharashtra Day. May 1st is annually marked to commemorate the creation of Maharashtra from the State of Bombay on May 1, in the year 1960.

Amrita said, “Mumbai which happens to be the heart of Maharashtra has been my ‘Janma’ and ‘Karma’ Bhoomi. Even my grandmother was born here so I feel blessed to be a proud citizen of the state. In school, Marathi was a compulsory subject, hence though my mother tongue is Konkani and we are originally from Karnataka, I can speak good Marathi. As a kid, I have witnessed the parade that is held and the address of the governor at Shivaji Park in our summer holidays. I have grown up watching Marathi plays at Shivaji Mandir like Dilip Prabhawalkar’s Haswa Phaswi, Bhakti Bharwe’s last rendition on Tee Phool Raani, and the outstanding play on Shivaji Maharaj – Jaanta Raja at Shivaji Park. I loved listening to Bheemsen Joshi Ji’s ‘Natyasangeet’. Maybe the seeds of being an artist were sown in my sub-conscious then.”

  

Amrita essayed the character of Meenatai Thackeray last year in the biopic of Balasaheb Thackeray which was shot simultaneously in Marathi and Hindi. The film follows the life of the founder of an Indian political party and was released right after his 93rd birthday. Balasaheb’s father Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, was a leading figure in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement which advocated the creation of a separate state. The movement ultimately lead to the creation of the state thus leading to Maharashtra Day celebrations.

The film will be aired today at prime time on a leading channel specially designed for the Maharashtrian audience. The film strives to celebrate the deep-rooted sense of pride in Marathi ethos making it a rare treat and is a perfect movie to watch and celebrate the day of Maharashtra pride feels Amrita. “Strange are the ways of destiny, as a teen, I have taken countless rounds of Shivaji Park and walked past Meenatai’s iconic statue. I could never imagine portraying on the celluloid; a woman who was the strongest pillar of the family who played the most important part in the creation of the very state in which I was born” says the actress.

“I love the street food like Wada Paav, Misal Paav, Kothmir Wade, Zhunka Bhakar. Also in clothing, the Paithani Saree or footwear like the Kolhapuri Chappal has been an integral part of my life. Maharashtra is the land of great Maratha warriors and Sri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who saved not only Maharashtra but India from being invaded by foreigners. I have visited many forts to pay my obeisance to Shivaji Maharaj like the Raigarh fort where Shivaji was coronated, and the Singhagarh fort in Pune. I strongly feel that Balasaheb Thackeray could have been an ansh of Shivaji Maharaj. ‘Thackeray’ also marks my proud debut in Marathi Cinema. The makers are definitely planning a sequel and It would be an extended honor to be a part of it again. Jai Maharashtra!” exclaimed a jovial Amrita as she signed off.