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The cover story has been dedicated to Ganesh Chavathi an important Hindu festival. Also catch up on the latest developments all over India and the world, read the reviews on ‘Singham Returns’ and ‘Jigarthanda’.

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Business What makes Mumbai’s dabbawalas successful

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InFocus Sachin

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NRI Immigration Opportunities for Legal Immigration

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News Ebola crisis:Why 75% of victims are women

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Art Exbition India,s 1st Street Art Feast

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India News PM Modi keep MPs on a tight leash to prevent Congress-like SCAMS

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MOVIES AROUND THE CITY

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Cover Story Ganapati Bappa Motya!

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Kids Special Summer may be a time to relax

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Travelogue Unusual places to stay in the USA

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Special Story Ram Charan taking special interest in Chiranjeevi’s 150th film

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Fashion Style Latest Bridal Dress Vaastu Corner CORRECT SITUATION OF CONSTRUCTION FOR A PARTICULAR SITE History Khajuraho

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Father of the Nation

Mohandas Karamchand

GANDHI

Mohandas Gandhi is considered the father of the Indian independence movement. Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. It was there that he created his concept of satyagraha, a non-violent way of protesting against injustices. While in India, Gandhi’s obvious virtue, simplistic lifestyle, and

minimal dress endeared him to the people. He spent his remaining years working diligently to both remove British rule from India as well as to better the lives of India’s poorest classes. Many civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., used Gandhi’s concept of non-violent protest as a model for their own struggles.

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Cover Story

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GANPATI BAPPA MORYA! The crowd is buzzing with anticipation. You can hear the musical notes as they dance in the air.

Much credit goes to revolutionary freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak for resuscitating interest in the festival. It was during 1893 when Tilak urged the masses to unite and come together to celebrate the festival. The main motive was to unite people and inculcate feelings of patriotism in them.

Sadly, when India finally got freedom, Lok Manya Tilak wasn`t there to witness it.

The biggest Ganesha idol is located in Vishakhapatnam and measures more than 70 feet tall. Modak is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesha and is especially prepared during the festival. Literally, it refers to something that brings joy.

The rhythmic sound of drums echo and the air seems full of happiness. There, from a distance, colourfully decorated floats appear in your vision. People begin to cheer and clap as the event begins … Where are we?

If you guessed a revelry, you are correct! But wait, what is this? It’s quite a famous one; it takes place every year … in India! It is called Ganesh Chaturthi, a 10 days extravaganza marked with mirth, merriment and devotion. It takes place during the Hindu month of Bhadrapada and ends on Ananta Chaturdashi with the immersion of Ganesha idols. Slogans of Ganpatti Bappa Morya, Purchya Varshi Laukariya (All Hail Ganesha!

Please come next year) accompany the procession of Lord Ganesha while he is being taken for Visarjan or immersion.

During this time, Lord Ganesha himself descends on Earth to bless his devotees.

It’s believed that worshipping him during this time is certain to bring success in everything you do.

From how Ganesh Chaturthi was first celebrated the way it presently is to the myths surrounding the curse of staring at the moon during the festival - there are several fascinating things about the festival that you probably aren`t aware of.

Read on.

Lord Ganesha is also refered as “Vigana Harta” (the remover of obstacles) and “Buddhi Pradaayaka” (the giver of wisdom and intellect). In fact, there are around 108 names of Lord Ganesha, but Ganesha and Ganpati are more common.

Ganesha Chaturthi is also the day when Lord Shiva declared Ganesha to be above all Hindu Gods, excluding Vishnu, Lakshmi, Shiva and Parvati.

Lord Ganesha is sometimes represented with only one tusk. This form of Lord Ganesha is known as Ek Dant. There are many myths about the missing tooth of Ganesha. The most common is the story about the tooth

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being lost as it was hurled at the moon who had offended Ganesha by mocking him.

It is considered unlucky to look at the Moon during Ganesha Chaturthi. According to Hindu mythology, once while returning from a feast, Ganesha riding atop his mouse, was accosted by a snake. On seeing the snake, the petrified mouse dropped Lord Ganesha on the ground.

Because of the impact of the fall, the belly of Lord Ganesha burst open and the food he had at the feast spilled out.

Ganesha gathered all the

fallen ladoos and modaks and stuffed them back in his belly, using the snake to hold his belly together.

Chandra (Moon) who was watching everything burst out laughing. This enraged Ganesha and he broke his tooth and hurled it at the Moon, cursing him to never be able to shine again. Later, the Moon sought forgiveness and the curse was undone.

But the myth about looking at the moon as a bad luck omen still prevails.

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there are numerous instances where Ganesha is represented with two wivesRidhi and Sidhi. Both of them were created by Brahma to placate Ganesha who was distraught at not having any wife when several Gods and deities had more than one. While Ridhi stands for wealth and prosperity, Sidhi symbolises intellect and wisdom. It is believed that anyone who worships Lord Ganesha also invokes the blessings of his wives.

Though many believe Ganesha to be a bachelor,

Ganesha Symbolism

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InFocus

September, 2014

SACHIN TENDULKAR Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsmen of all time.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsmen of all time. He popularly holds the title “God of Cricket” among his fans.

Tendulkar is often labelled the greatest cricketer of all time by cricket commentators.

Sachin Tendulkar started playing cricket at the age of eleven and made his Test debut against Pakistan at the age of sixteen. Sachin Tendulkar represented Mumbai domestically and India internationally for nearly twenty-four years. He remains the only cricketer to have scored one hundred international centuries and the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International.

He is also the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. Tendulkar is the 16th cricketer and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs or more in all forms of domestic and international recognised cricket.

In 2002 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman and the second

greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.

Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup. He had played in six World Cup matches for India. In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an alltime Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

Tendulkar received several honours for his outstanding sporting achievement including the Arjuna Award (1994), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (1997), the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively.

He was also awarded the Bharat Ratna (2013), India’s highest civilian award. He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.

He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs in December 2012. He retired from Twenty20 cricket in October 2013 and subsequently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 16 November 2013 after playing his 200th and final Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. “I want him to walk off thinking ‘that Flintoff, he’s all right isn’t he?

I feel privileged to have played against him.

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A. R. RAHMAN Rahman’s film-scoring career began in early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja.

Allah-Rakha Rahman (born A. S. Dileep Kumar) is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist. A. R. Rahman is described as the world’s most prominent and prolific film composer

by Time. Rahman’s works are noted for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements.

Rahman has several awards to his credit, including two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South.

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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.

people.

Rahman’s body of work in film and stage has given him the nickname of “the Mozart of Madras”, and Tamil commentators and fans call him Isai Puyal (English: the Music Storm).

In 2009, Time included Rahman on its list of the world’s most influential

After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges.

Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.

Rahman’s film-scoring career began in early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja.

Working in India’s film industries, international cinema and theatre, Rahman is one of the world’s all-time best-selling recording artists. During his notable two-decade career, he has been acclaimed for redefining contemporary Indian film music and contributing to the success of several films. Rahman is one of the highest-paid composers in the motionpicture industry and also a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities.

Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It’s like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.

A. R. Rahman

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News

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BARACK OBAMA LOOKS FORWARD TO WELCOMING NARENDRA MODI TO US

President Barack Obama looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US next month, despite an online petition by a Sikh rights group seeking cancellation of his meeting at the White House, a top American official has said.

“Users can still sign the petition, and if it garners 100,000 non-fraudulent signatures before the deadline, I think it will receive an official response.

So again, people are free to express themselves,” she said yesterday.

“The President, the Secretary (of State) looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the US. We have said that consistently since his election, and that remains the case,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said.

When asked about an online petition by New York-based Sikh for Justice rights group seeking cancellation of Modi’s meeting, she said: “I believe it’s one of the ‘We, the People’ petitions.

There were some fraud checks that indicated a high number of nomalous – I don’t

know how to say this word.”

In its petition, the SFJ has asked President Obama to cancel his meeting with Modi in September. The group has also sought documents related to the visa ban of Modi since 2005.

In 2005, the US State Department had revoked a visa that Modi had for travelling to the US in the wake of the 2002 riots in Gujarat.

Harf said a number of the signature were removed because of the terms of participation.

When asked can the US prosecute somebody, a foreign prime minister or foreign country’s leader, she said, “I wouldn’t want to venture a guess at that hypothetical.” She said, “I will repeat what I just said, that we look forward to welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the United States, as the President and the Secretary have both said.”

Following his historic win in the general elections this year, President Obama called Modi personally and invited him for a meeting in September last week at the White House.

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US MAY EXPAND OPERATIONS AGAINST ISIS The United States will continue, and perhaps even expand, its military and intelligence operations against the Islamic State in Iraq, President Barack Obama has indicated, even as it emerged that Washington refused to consider ransom demand from jihadists to free the now-executed photojournalist James Foley, and even attempted a futile commando operation to rescue him.

The immediate focus of US and British attention has now turned to the man now known as “John the Executioner,” the terrorist who ripped a knife across Foley neck and executed him for what he said the US attacks on the Islamic state and its Muslim people. Britain has acknowledged, given his accent, that he could be one of its nationals from London’s East End. Hundreds of BritishMuslims extremists are reported to have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight western forces.

Foley’s suspected executioner, who has been identified simply by a first name John, is said to be one of a gang of British jihadis known as ‘The Beatles’ who are guarding western hostages for ISIS. The US and British intelligence community appear

confident that he will be identified and brought to justice, the same way Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Osama bin Laden were.

Obama, who is slowly attracting criticism for being on vacation in the face of various crises, said from Martha’s Vineyard.

Still, the President, Obama on who aides his part was insist is on “They fail, because a little more top of the the future is won cautious situation, by those who build but still and not destroy sent a unrelenting and the world is message about shaped by people that saluted the ISIS like Jim Foley, and Foley’s demands the overwhelming courage while majority of as aired by trashing humanity who are the aims of John the appalled by those the Islamic Executioner who killed him.” State. in the video showing “People Foley’s like this killing, despite the ultimately fail,” he threats he held out to said. also execute a second Other unnamed American hostage.

American officials meanwhile disclosed “We will be to the media that vigilant and we the US military and will be relentless. intelligence had made When people strenuous efforts to harm Americans, free Foley, short of anywhere, we do negotiating directly what’s necessary to with the hostage see that justice is takers. A commando done. And we act raid in Syria where against ISIL, standing Foley was thought alongside others,” to be held turned up

empty after a firefight with terrorists.

Foley’s professional colleagues also indicated that the terrorists had at one time demanded $100 million Euros in ransom to free Foley, and the communication was shared with the US government.

Washington’s official position is that it does not negotiate with terrorists or consider ransom demands, in contrast to some European countries which pony up ransom money to free its abducted citizens.

The New York Times reported recently that al Qaeda and its direct affiliates had received at least $125 million in revenue from kidnappings since 2008 — primarily from European governments. In the last year alone, they received $66 million.

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EBOLA CRISIS: WHY 75% OF VICTIMS ARE WOMEN

About 75% of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders, health officials have said.

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The disease, which has claimed the lives of at least 1,229 people across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, is disproportionality infecting women as the outbreak spreads across West Africa.

Julia Duncan-Cassell, Liberia’s minister for gender and development, said health teams at task force meeting in Liberia found threequarters of those who were infected or died from Ebola were female.

She told the Washington Post: “Women are the caregivers — if a kid is sick, they say, ‘Go to your mom.’?

“The cross-border trade women go to Guinea and Sierra Leone for the weekly markets, [and] they are also the caregivers. Most of the time when there is a death in the family, it’s the woman who prepares the funeral, usually an aunt or older female relative.”

The Ministry of Health in Liberia also said about 75 per cent of the Ebola deaths it has counted so far have been women, Buzz Feed reports.

Suafiatu Tunis, a spokesperson for Community Response Group and a leader of the Social Mobilization

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Committee on Ebola said female family members are also typically expected to nurse and tend to sick family members, increasing their risk of contracting the disease even further.

Women in West Africa are also the traditional birth attendants, nurses and the cleaners and laundry workers in hospitals. Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids, making hospital transmission the likely method by which it would be passed on to large numbers of people.

Maricel Seeger, a WHO spokeswoman in Monrovia, Liberia, said reaching women and educating them on the disease is crucial to tackling the virus’ spread, as they play a major role “as conduits of information in their communities”.

“By reaching the women, they are reaching those who can best protect their families, and their own health,” she said.

Liberia has the highest death toll and its number of cases is rising the fastest.

In response, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered West Point sealed off and imposed a night-time curfew.

At least 50,000 people live on the half-mile-long point, which is one of the poorest and most densely populated neighbourhoods of the capital.

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देसी News

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PM MODI KEEP MPS ON A TIGHT LEASH TO PREVENT CONGRESSLIKE SCAMS PM Modi declared his crusade against corruption August 12 when he publicly reiterated at the Kargil rally saying: ‘na khaoonga, na khane doonga (won’t take bribe, won’t let others take)’. Modi’s men including ministers, Mps, bureaucrats and government servants have got the message that the PM has zero tolerance on corruption.

Here are some latest diktats and moves of prime minister Narendra Modi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to be walking the whole hog to curb corruption in the country. From installing CCTVs to closely monitoring the individual ministers, PM Modi is ensuring that Congress-like Scams do not plague the NDA government.

Installing CCTVs in ministries For the first time closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) are being installed in major central ministries of the Modi government. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, a cash-rich ministry, is the first to be installed with CCTVs as major deals, orders and contracts valued at billions take place here.

The proposal to install CCTVs in the petroleum ministry has been cleared and soon there will be video recording of meetings and events. More ministries will be installed with CCTVs in future. Next in line could be the Defence ministry, another hub of big deals.

Cabinet notes made under PMO’s directions

PM Modi seems to be moving towards micro-management of the ministries. The Modi government has made another unprecedented decision regarding cabinet notes made by individual ministries regarding their future plans and functioning.

Under the new rule the union ministries will have to consult the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and wait for its instructions before drafting cabinet notes. In future, the ministries will be micromanaged by the PMO it seems.

DAVP’s advertisements to newspapers under scanner Newspapers which have been receiving advertisements from the Information and Broadcasting ministry’s Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) has come under the scrutiny of PMO. The PMO has asked the DAVP to submit all information and data regarding advertisements given in the last ten years to media houses. PMO wants to track how much government money was given to which

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media house in the past 10 years (during UPA tenure).

The government wants to regulate investment of government money into media houses through advertisements that had helped to keep them afloat.

Several mainline newspapers may be hit by this move of the government as they have survived mainly on government doles by way of advertisements.

Ministers under Modi’s constantly scrutiny PM Modi keeps a constant watch over the Union ministers. Some of them received a rude jolts when the PM himself reminded them that he is watching them. At one instance, a Union minister was having a lunch/dinner at a five star hotel in New Delhi with a top business tycoon, who is close to PM Modi. In between his meal, the PM calls the

minister inquiring if the meal was over. The call was brief, but the message was conveyed to the minister. He quickly wrapped the meeting and returned to his office.

In another case, a minister was headed towards the Indira Gandhi International airport for his maiden foreign trip some months back. He was dressed in jeans. The minister had hardly gone a kilometer and a half when the PM calls him on his mobile.

The PM asked him casually as to where he was going.

The minister reminded him of his foreign trip that was cleared by the government.

He was confounded when Modi chided him for his choice of clothes (jeans).

The PM told him that he was a public servant and will be under public scrutiny in India as well as abroad and could be criticized. So the minister went back to his residence, changed into the kurtapyjama and went for his

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PM Narendra Modi is a strict task master. Not only he wants his ministers and top bureaucrats to do the job, but he also expects them to be upright in public life.

The fear of being caught by Modi is so great that the ministers and Babus have started borrowing phones of their drivers and aides as an idle conversations is not ‘safe’ on their personal phones.

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Business

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WHAT MAKES MUMBAI'S DABBAWALAS SUCCESSFUL In last year’s critically acclaimed movie The Lunchbox, there is a scene where the leading lady accuses her dabbawala of delivering the wrong dabba.

“But with judicious adjustments to their four pillars, they,may continue to achieve amazing results.

That’s a lesson mangers of all enterprises should take to heart.”

The script could possibly have had the man respond by pointing out that the quality of Mumbai’s 125 year old lunch delivery service has been studied by the likes of FedEx and Virgin Atlantic.

Or the fact that that Prince Charles is a big admirer and invited them to his wedding.

Instead, writer-director Ritesh Batra has him quoting a Harvard Business School case study that says the dabbawala’s error rate is one

in six million deliveries. For Stefan Thomke, the author of the case, the affirmation of his work in popular culture was rather gratifying.

Mumbai’s dabbawalas have been the subject of numerous TV documentaries, articles and books, but his was the very first academic study of the system. “It was a great movie and I was mentioned as this ‘Harvard guy’. The Wall Street Journal called it a ‘weird connection’ and

interviewed me about it,” he says.

Written in 2010 and revised in 2013, The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time is a 23-page case that studies the Mumbai’s lunch box delivery operation in detail and poses questions on how it might innovate with changing times.

The 5,000 dabbawalas of Mumbai are organised into a flat structure of 200

self-managed teams of 25 September, 2014 individuals each, who vary in age from 18 to 65, with the most experienced ones acting as supervisors in addition to doing their own deliveries. Each dabbawala is an entrepreneur in his own right, responsible for negotiating prices with his own customers.

The operation is linked closely to the Mumbai railway system, which sets the pace and provides a scheduling mechanism. “Most service businesses don’t have a built-in mechanism like the railways, but they can certainly adopt a system that confers similar benefits.

For example, product development teams can set up a schedule in which they cycle repeatedly through the design-build-test process,” says Thomke.

The fourth and most important pillar of the dabbawala system is its old fashioned culture of community — something most new-age corporates don’t focus enough on. The men, and few women, who make up the dabbawala network trace their lineage to a clutch of villages around Pune and they share the same language, values, work ethic and religious beliefs.

They are highly motivated because they believe that delivering food to officegoers is like a service to God, not unlike delivering medicine to the sick. “This makes them very dedicated,” says Thomke. “It’s much more powerful mission statement than something like ‘always delight the customer’ or ‘spread excellence’.” The wide-spread publicity the dabbawalas have received over the past decade has resulted in several external agencies stepping in to experiment with their operation.

Microsoft and Hindustan Lever have tried distributing samples and flyers through the network but the dabbawalas found this to be so disruptive that it was abandoned after a trial run. Some business school students suggested they replace their bicycles with motorcycles but this too was debated and rejected as being unworkable. Then there was the idea of backward integration into catering, which was also rejected as being too far from the core competence of timely delivery.

Thomke uses the dabbawala case it in Executive Development Programs in conjunction with a case on the Toyota Production System and says, “When you compare the two, one of the takeaways is that both systems are extremely fine tuned. You can’t change the smallest thing without affecting the whole system.”

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NRI Immigration

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION The first step in legally immigrating to the United States is to obtain an immigrant visa. Most immigrants obtain visas through the sponsorship of close family members or employers. Others qualify for visas as asylees or refugees, fleeing persecution in their home countries. Of all others wishing to come, only the luckiest few will have a chance to do so legally; those coming from countries like Mexico will have virtually no opportunity whatsoever. Below are the four most common ways of obtaining an immigrant visa:

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FAMILY-BASED

A U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident (a “green card” holder) sponsors a family member for immigration. Waiting periods for obtaining such visas vary depending on the clos eness of the family relationship, and can be lengthy, because a limited number of visas are available each year.

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EMPLOYMENT BASED

Employers sponsor a potential employee for immigration; in select cases extraordinarilyqualified immigrants may immigrate without an employer-sponsor. Employer sponsors must demonstrate that there are an insufficien t number of qualified workers available in the United States to meet their need. The wait can last 7 to 8 years because of the limited number of visas.

AND REFUGEE 3 ASYLUM STATUS These protections are available to people who are unable or unwilling to return to their home countries because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.

In general, asylee status is granted in the United States and refugee status is granted outside of it.

* Some countries of origin, including Mexico, China, and the Philippines, have more restrictive visa availabilities.

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DIVERSITY LOTTERY

For those who don’t have a family member or employer to sponsor them, the Diversity Lottery may be an option. Only 50,000 winners are granted visas annually in this process. Not everyone is eligible to enter the lottery: The program aims to increase immigration from underr epresented countries, so each year the State Department issues a list of those countries whose citizens may not apply. For 2008, immigrants from the following countries are excluded from the visa lottery: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.

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Spouse, minor child, parent

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U.S. citizen

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bama considering executive action on immigration President Obama is considering a big move which White House officials have been suggesting will come by the end of this summer halting deportations for as many as five million people who entered the United States illegally and authorizing them to remain legally in this country, at least temporarily (deferred action).

Those given legal status would have to be closely related to U.S. citizens, be residents of the United States for a few years, and have no criminal records.

He has already ordered a halt to deportations of young illegal immigrants who came to the United States with their arents, which was called DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The new approach could expand the legalization to include a large number of older people.

The immigration issue has grown more urgent, because of a humanitarian crisis caused by the influx of tens of thousands of unaccompanied young people from Central America across the U.S. border. In addition, Congress has blocked so much of the President’s legislation that it is quite possibly the only way that he can enact any changes to Immigration policies.

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vernight delivery for USCIS customers USCIS (U.S. Customs and Immigration Services customers can use the overnight delivery or courier service of their choice to receive certain documents. This option provides greater customer service by allowing you to select your preferred delivery service provider to receive documents such as approval and denial notices, requests for evidence, and most travel documents. To ensure your overnight delivery requests are not delayed, please remember the following tips: Include a prepaid air bill when you submit your application, petition, or response to a request for evidence. The best way to avoid delivery errors is to provide a prepaid shipping label obtained directly from the delivery service.

This will avoid the need to write in an account

number. Enter your name in both the “to” and “from” fields on the air bill. Never list USCIS as the sender and do not mark “bill to sender.”

Pay all delivery costs in advance and include the prepaid air bill with your submission. If the delivery costs are not paid in full, USCIS will send the documents to you by regular U.S. mail.

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-4 EAD rule update During a public teleconference in August, USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez provided a brief update on the status of the proposed rule to make certain H-4 spouses eligible for employment authorization. Director Rodriguez could not provide any specifics, but stated that the USCIS is working diligently to review the large number of “thoughtful comments” submitted by stakeholders in relation to this proposed rule change. The director stressed that he understood just how important this rule change would be to families, and said the USCIS is trying to complete the review process as quickly as possible.

Please note that this proposed rule has not passed yet and we will provide updates in Wishesh as soon as a more specific time frame has been released.

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JHUMPA LAHIRI Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London and raised in the US. She considers herself to be a true American. Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for her book, Interpreter of Maladies. Another novel by her, The Namesake, was adapted into a Hindi film by the same name in 2007. The Indian American author is a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama. Her book The Lowland, published in 2013, was a nominee for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.

NINA DAVULURI US-born Nina was crowned Miss America 2014. She is the first Indian American to be chosen as Miss America and also the first contestant to perform a Bollywood dance on the Miss America stage. She is also ‘the first Miss America to receive xenophobic comments associating her with Muslim extremist’ in social media.

Davuluri was born in Syracuse, New York, to Hindu Telugu parents from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her mother Sheela Davuluri is an information technology specialist, and her father Chowdary Davuluri is an OB/GYN.

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NORAH JONES

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Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar to late Pt Ravi Shankar and Sue Jonesis.

In 2002, she launched her music career with the album Come Away with Me, a fusion of country music and pop with elements of jazz. It was a commercially successful and critically acclaimed. The album was certified diamond, selling over 26 million copies. The album won Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. Jones has won nine Grammy Awards in her career. She was 60th on Billboard magazine’s artists of the 2000–2009 decade chart.

Her notable albums include Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), The Fall (2009) and Little Broken Hearts in 2012. All of them gained Platinum status, selling more than a million copies.

SIM BHULLAR Gursimran “Sim” Bhullar is a Canadian professional basketball player. Currently he plays for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. He played college basketball for New Mexico State University.

Bhullar has been dubbed as “poised to become the world’s first prominent men’s basketball player of Indian descent,” by the The New York Times.

Bhullar’s parents were from the Indian state of Punjan and had migrated to Canada.

His father, Avtar, is 6 feet 5 inches and his mother, Varinder, is 5 feet 10 inches.

Neither of his parent were exposed to basketball before enrolling Sim into the local youth basketball programs.

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Bhullar joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2014 NBA Summer League.

On August 14, 2014, he signed with the Kings, becoming the first player of Indian descent to sign with an NBA team.

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Art Exbition

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India’s First Street Art Fest and the Largest Gandhi Portrait Ever

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he pale, weary, panstained walls and corridors of one of Delhi’s oldest shopping destinations Shankar Market - opposite Connaught Place’s outer circle is in the makeover mode as street artists are painting its eight blocks in varied hues with narrations depicting music, dance and drama to increase the footfalls.

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Hendrik ECB Beikirch and ANPU take shots of their collaborative portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. / St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)

This is the second phase of the refurbishing project that the NDMC is doing after it completed its long-delayed renovation work of the Connaught Place in December, 2013.

Bringing out art from the closed and plush confines of art galleries to the public places is what street art tend to do, to offer a “continuous cultural feast” to the public.

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Street art is an umbrella term defining forms of visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art, and street installation or sculpture are common forms of modern street art. V\.

Artists who choose the streets as their gallery are often doing so from a preference to communicate directly with the public at large, free from perceived confines of the formal art world.

As street art continues to go global here in the twenty-teens, today we bring you images showing that Dehli has become one of the latest cities to showcase it. In what is billed as India’s very first street art festival the south Delhi neighborhood of Shahpur Jat hosted a collection of international and local artists this spring to paint murals while a public who is not quite acquainted with public art asked many questions.

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bring the artists and help get walls for theman effort which took about a year and a half of serious planning to bring to fruition.

In an underdeveloped area undergoing the same gentrification found in edgy parts of large cities around the globe, the artists found that the long term residents sometimes resisted the change but eventually embraced it, if tentatively at times.

“Pondering was what we had to do for much of the day as the locals were still getting accustomed to strange folks painting their walls and generally made life a bit difficult for the artists and the crew,” writes Siddhant Mehta on the blog of the festival’s site when describing the cautious reaction of folks when seeing painters and scaffolding.

Some residents even requested images of religious iconography before any artworks were created, while some artists entertained requests for cartoon characters or children’s games to be incorporated in their murals.

Working out of the newly rustic indoor venue “Social Space” in the trendy neighborhood of Hauz Khas Village (HKV), the St. ART Delhi effort was a combination of a gallery exhibition and a street art festival that invited 60 or so international and Indian artists earlier this year to create public works.

Of the 60 artists who participated, many were from India, which may have contributed to a sense of cultural balance in the mural collection created in the neighborhood.

Whether is was TOFU from Germany, M-City from Poland, or Alina from Denmark, many of the artists reported that small crowds gathered to watch and, with time, offered gifts such as peanuts or a cup of chai to their foreign guests.

Overseen by co-founders Hanif Kureshi and Arjun Bahl and curated by Italian Giulia Ambrogi, the festival was possible with the help of a collection of artists, professionals, art school students, and friends who joined with the Goethe-Institut and the Italian and Polish cultural institutes in Delhi. With volunteers, supplies, and a lot of community outreach, the event organizers were able to

As the global street art scene continues to open its arms wider it is promising to see that a new public art festival like this has begun in such a grand way in a brand new location. It is also heartening to see planners who take into account the preferences of the neighbors, and who act with a sense of goodwill when offering public art for arts sake.

1. Bond. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 2. Tona. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 3. Sé Cordeiro. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 4. Andy Yeng and Tofu. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 5. Sé Cordeiro. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)

6. Alias. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 7. Ranjit Dhaiya. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 8. Harsh Raman. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal) 9. Tones. St.ART Delhi 2014 (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)

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INDIA’S STREETSIDE COFFEE CULTURE!

India is most often associated with tea, but java culture runs deep in the country’s southern states. Coffee was introduced to what is now Tamil Nadu’s neighboring state of Karnataka in the 17th century by an Indian Muslim saint named Baba Budan, who smuggled seven beans from Yemen while on pilgrimage to Mecca. Cultivation flourished under the British, and India now produces some 300,000 tons of coffee per year. Tamil Nadu is the country’s third largest grower after Karnataka and Kerala.

“No true blue South Indian would ever do without his or her filter coffee early morning ,” says Chennai food writer Sadita Radhakrishna. The author of a forthcoming book on Tamil Nadu cuisine, Ms. Radhakrishna remembers that when she was growing up in Bangalore, “every single day, coffee seeds were roasted and ground on an old coffee grinder with a handle” and brewed in a traditional lidded drip filter made of brass.

Tamil Nadu residents still sup at home, but coffee is also served in messes, restaurants and chain cafes with catchy monikers like Hot Chips. But

the majority of the state’s java is served and drunk at coffee bars, a term that describes a range of street establishments from standalone shacks just wide enough to accommodate a vendor and carts parked under a corrugated roof to huts carved out of the ground floor of permanent structures.

At a coffee bar, your hot drink (many serve tea as well) is ordered, prepared, served and paid for at a window fronted by a small counter. It’s at the counter that you drink while standing on the pavement, perhaps as you nibble a piping-hot crispy daal fritter or a tea biscuit plucked from a metal-topped glass canister.

Takeaway is always an option, provided you bring your own receptacle.

In southern India, the brew method of choice is slow drip in a brass filter, which can hold a cup of water or be sized for a crowd at up to 10 liters, and is kept gleaming via regular applications of tamarind paste. Some java jockeys use the sock method, pouring hot water or milk through fine grounds in a piece of muslin suspended from a metal ring.

Beans are Arabica, robusta or a mix of the two, always blended with chicory. Sugar

is a given (ask for konjam jeeni for a less sweet brew), and so is India’s wickedly rich full-cream milk, kept hot on a burner near the counter. To prepare an order the vendor places sugar in a wide-lipped metal tumbler, adds a shot of coffee and a ladle of milk, and then simultaneously blends, cools and froths the liquid by pouring it back and forth between two tumblers, often from great heights (thus its nickname “meter coffee”).

Utter the words konjam kuda and he’ll add a flourish of black coffee to the surface of the drink.

Depending on the type of bean used, southern Indian coffee can be smoky, winey or even a bit cinnamony, and the chicory adds a hint of nuttiness. In over a week of steady sampling around Tamil Nadu, I drank my best (and strongest) glass at Gopi Iyengar, though I’d rate all of the others nothing less than wonderful.

Served in small doses for as little as 8 Indian rupees (about $0.13) a glass, southern India’s coffeebar coffee goes down like ice cream — leaving room, pocket change and a hankering for just one more.

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SAVOR THE TASTE OF INDIA ON STREETS! American chef Anthony Bourdain had once said, “Street food makes travelling interesting, it’s the salvation of human race!” We cannot agree more.

There is an Anthony Bourdain in each of us, an avid street food advocate. In India, best foods are not those that are served within the four walls of an air-conditioned restaurants, but on the streets where famished people grab a plate on the go. It’s function, it’s filling and sold and eaten at a frenzied pace. Possibly that is why it’s infamously dubbed as fast-food. It doesn’t take a connoisseur to know where some of the nest food in India comes from — the streets! Today we hop you down the food gullies of India to bring ten of it’s much-loved street food and list the best places in India to grab a bite. Read on.

BANTA IN HRISHIKESH CHUSKI IN DELHI

LAFING IN DHARAMSALA

There’s nothing like banta to beat the fierce north Indian summer. For the uninitiated, banta is an indigenous lemon soda sold all over north India in unique Codd-neck bottles with marbles in their necks to keep the fizz from escaping. The soda is served with loads of ice and a special masala, and is priced between Rs 5 and Rs 20.

Louis Vuitton-ed ladies and street children alike find the lure of chuski— Delhi’s version of the ice-lolly—absolutely irresistible. When the mercury rises to the mid-40s, this crushed ice treat, drizzled with khatta meetha, cola, orange, rose or any other syrups the heart might desire, becomes a real favourite with Dilliwallahs.

Even five-star hotels like Claridge’s serve chuskis, in exotic flavours and even spiked with Vodka.

Lafing is a spicy noodle dish that is a huge favourite with refugees in Dharamsala, although you’re likely to find this dish in Tibetan centres in other parts of north India as well.

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PANI PURI ON JUHU BEACH, MUMBAI

GHEVAR IN JODHPUR SANDWICHES IN MUMBAI

A sandwich doesn’t seem like a very novel idea. But when Right Place, a snack joint in Mumbai’s Breach Candy, simply layered potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums and onions between bread with a generous amount of chutney, and offered it grilled or plain, customers loved it like it was the best thing since sliced bread. This very filling snack costs Rs 60 only. To try something more adventurous, head to the stall near National College on Linking Road.

Two slices of hot, buttery bread are packed close with grated cheese and a home-made jam of bananas, papaya and the fruit of the day, and then grilled till the cheese and jam blend together.

Pani puri on Juhu Beach, Mumbai Come weekend, and Juhu beach spills over with families and lovers enjoying the weather and waves. And no outing is complete without a spicy mouthful of pani puri while watching the sunset. Delicate puris are filled with potato, sprouts or boondi, topped with a dash of tangy tamarind sauce and generous amounts of spicy chillicoriander pani. Bliss comes cheap at Rs 20 to Rs 30 a plate (six to eight puris).

THANDAI IN VARANASI

Varanasi is justifiably famous for its thandai,

Deliciously crunchy and sweet, malai ghevar, paneer ghevar and misri mewa or rabdi ke ghevar are Jodhpur specialties popular throughout Rajasthan, especially during special occasions.

Head to Jodhpur Sweets at C Road for the best there is, although most sweet shops will prepare fresh ghevar if you order it in advance. Ghevar is topped with thinly sliced almonds and pistachios and a sprinkling of cardamom powder.

that sugary cooling drink, infused with watermelon and muskmelon seeds, almonds, cardamom, saunf, rose petals, saffron, and if you want it, bhang!

Thandai is also mixed with sookhaa mewa—crushed nuts such as cashewnuts, pistachios and almonds. Try the thandai at Mishrambu in the heritage city.

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ASSAMESE BREAD IN GOAPALARA

You can’t go to Amritsar and not try the chhole bhature. Spiked with dark, fiery masalas, the chhole here is irresistable.

Anant Ram on Lawrence Road is a great place to sample this Punjabi delicacy.

WOODLANDS’S DOSAS IN CHENNAI

Soft, fluffy uthappams, crisp, golden dosas, and the scent of coconut chutney in the

Add some yummy to your ferry ride from Goaplara in Assam to Dimapur in Nagaland by munching on the local fresh bread. Grab some of it early in the day when it’s freshly baked and served wrapped in old newspapers.

air—Woodlands Hotel’s dosa stall outside Narada Gana Sabha on TTK Road promises all this and more! Try the masala dosa, an all-time favourite. The ghee roast is filling and great value for money, priced between Rs 25 and and Rs 50. Idlis, vadas and other fresh snacks are just as popular. Open only in the evenings from about 5 pm, this is one of Chennai’s landmarks.

This is the Mumbaikar’s great weakness. Potato filling deepfried in batter till crisp, and sprinkled with chutney, dark with garlic and masalas. There are many vada pao chains like Jumbo King all over Mumbai, but the taste that truly stays with you is sold in the ramshackle stalls on the road, especially outside local train stations.

In Kolkata, chowmein vies for the top spot with maach bhaat, and wins more votes, at least with younger foodies. You can have it any time of the day, it is inexpensive, hygienic, and you have options (chicken, egg, etc)—just some of the reasons it has emerged as Kolkata’s favourite food. Originally brought to Kolkata by the Chinese community, which started restaurants in Bow Bazaar and Tangra, chowmein street stalls later came up everywhere in the city. Now, every square kilometre of the city comes equipped with at least 15 chowmein stalls.

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THE ART OF

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Madhubani painting originated in a small village, known as Maithili, of the Bihar state of India. Initially, the womenfolk of the village drew the paintings on the walls of their home, as an illustration of their thoughts, hopes and dreams.

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he traditional base of freshly plastered mud wall of huts has now been replaced by cloth, handmade paper and canvas. Since the paintings have been confined to a limited geographical range, the themes as well as the style are, more or less, the same. Indian Maithili paintings make use of three-dimensional images and the colors that are used are derived mainly from plants. The themes on which these paintings are based include nature and mythological events. The first reference to the Maithili painting of Bihar dates back to the time of Ramayana, when King Janaka ordered the paintings to be created for his daughter, Sita’s, wedding.

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Themes of Maithili Paintings Themes of the Maithili painting of Bihar revolve around Hindu deities like Krishna, Rama, Lakshmi, Shiva, Durga and Saraswati.

The natural themes that are used include the Sun, the Moon and the religious plants like tulsi. One can also find paintings based on scenes from the royal courts and social events, like weddings. If any empty space is left after painting the main theme, it is filled up with the motifs of flowers, animals and birds or geometric designs.

Making Madhubani Paintings The brush used for Madhubani paintings of Bihar was made of cotton, wrapped around a bamboo stick. The artists prepare the colors that are used for the paintings. Black color is made by adding soot to cow dung; yellow from combining turmeric (or pollen or lime) with the milk of banyan leaves; blue from indigo; red from the kusam flower juice or red sandalwood; green from the leaves of the wood apple tree; white from rice powder and orange from palasha flowers. There is no shading in the application of colors. A double line is drawn for outlines and the gap is filled with either cross or straight tiny lines. The linear Maithili paintings do not even require application of colors; only the outlines are drawn.

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Bolly WOOD Mardaani The November Man

Mary Kom

Raja Natwarlal Director :Kunal Deshmukh Genre :Comedy, Crime, Thriller Language :Hindi Cast & Crew :Emraan Hashmi, Humaima Malick, Paresh Rawal, Deepak Tijori, Kay Kay Menon Raja is a small time conman who dreams of making it big. But he doesn’t have what it takes.

Enter the old man. A con artist par excellance, he decides to train Raja to be the best at what he does.

For that, they need a big enough mark. Soon, it is a battle of wits. Does Raja have what it takes to be the king of cons?

Director :Omung Kumar Genre :Biography, Drama, Sports Writer :Saiwyn Quadras Language :Hindi Cast & Crew :Priyanka Chopra, Minakkshi Kalitaa, Zachary Coffin, Shishir Sharma, Danny Denzongpa

A simple girl from Manipur named Mary Kom harbors the dream of being a successful boxer and represent her country in the world championship.

But her dreams come at a price, as she is faced with social prejudice and financial woes. Watch as Mary Kom works hard with her coach, and transforms her dreams into reality, ultimately winning several medals and putting India on the global map.

Director :Roger Donaldson Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller Writer :Karl Gajdusek, Michael Finch Language :Hindi Cast & Crew :Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich

Code named ‘The November Man’; Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is an extremely dangerous and highly trained ex-CIA agent, who is lured out of quiet retirement on a very personal mission. He must protect valuable witness, Alice Fournier, (Olga Kurylenko) who could expose the truth behind a decades old conspiracy. He soon discovers this assignment makes him a target of his former friend and CIA protege David Mason (Luke Bracey).

With growing suspicions of a mole in the agency, there is no one Devereaux can trust, no rules and no holds barred.

Director :Pradeep Sarkar Genre :Crime, Drama Writer :Gopi Puthran Language :Hindi Cast & Crew :Rani Mukerji, Jisshu Sengupta, Priyanka Sharma, Tahir Bhasin

India is the world`s hub for child sex trafficking. Nearly 40,000 children are abducted every year. Every 8 minutes a girl child goes missing in India! Meet Shivani Shivaji Roy, Senior Inspector, Crime Branch, Mumbai Police, as she sets out to confront the mastermind behind the child trafficking mafia, which makes the mistake of kidnapping and smuggling a teenage girl who is like a daughter to her. Fighting a war which is very personal and in an obsessive hunt for the girl, Shivani stumbles into a world of debauchery, cruel desires and exploitation and onto a case that will change her life forever. What follows is a cat and mouse game between a fearless cop and a young and ruthless mafia kingpin.

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Holly WOOD Guardians of the Galaxy

Director :James Gunn Genre :Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi Writer :James Gunn, Nicole Perlman Language :English Cast & Crew :Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Benicio Del Toro, Karen Gillan, John C. Reilly, Djimon Hounsou, Glenn Close

In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan. In order to evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a group of misfits including Gamora, Rocket, Drax the Destroyer and Groot. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand with the galaxy`s fate in the balance.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Director :Jonathan Liebesman Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy Language :English Cast & Crew :Megan Fox, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Alan Ritchson, Danny Woodburn, Whoopi Goldberg, William Fichtner, Will Arnett

Darkness has settled over New York City, as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil and her cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.

Step Up All In The Expendables 3 Director :Patrick Hughes Genre :Action, Adventure, Thriller Writer :Sylvester Stallone Language :English Cast & Crew :Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Randy Couture, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Wesley Snipes, Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer, Kellan Lutz Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney.

Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill... or so he thought.

Director :Trish Sie Genre :Dance, Drama, Musical, Romance Writer :John Swetnam Language :English Cast & Crew :Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Misha Gabriel, Adam Sevani, Alyson Stoner, Mari Koda, Christopher Scott, Luis Rosado

One of the most popular dance franchises in film history takes competition to astonishing new heights in Step Up All In. Miami street dancer Sean Asa (Ryan Guzman) moves to Hollywood with visions of fame and fortune, only to discover the almost insurmountable odds of making it in the professional dance world.

But when the new dance crew he forms with the beautiful and headstrong Andie West (Briana Evigan) reaches the final rounds of a high-stakes reality TV competition in glittering Las Vegas, he has a shot at finally making his dreams come true - if he can set aside old loyalties and long-time rivalries and just do what he loves most: dance.

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KollyWOOD Jigarthanda Director :Karthik Subbaraj Genre :Action, Crime, Drama Writer :Karthik Subbaraj Language :Tamil Cast & Crew :Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon, Karuna, Bobby Simha Karthik, an aspiring filmmaker finds a producer who is willing to make his film on one condition that it should be a fierce gangster flick. Due to this, Karthik decides to take inspiration from a real-life gangster, Karthik comes to the temple town of Madurai along with his friend Ooruni for research on thugs. They come to know of the ruthless gangster and a terror in that area Assault Sethu. Karthik takes the help of Kayal and her mother who cook food for Sethu and his henchmen. He also pretends to be in love with the young girl. As he embarks on his task what follows is a commercial cocktail of action, humor and thrills.

How Karthik comes out of this tricky web is the rest of the story.

Irumbu Kuthirai Director :Yuvaraj Bose Genre :Action, Romance Language :Tamil Cast & Crew :Atharvaa, Priya Anand, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Raai Laxmi Atharvaa Murali is back with an action-packed love story, set against the backdrop of bike racing.

The story gives a peek into the daily lives of bikers, and the rivalry between biker gangs.

Salim Director :Nirmal Kumar Genre :Action, Drama Language :Tamil Cast & Crew :Vijay Antony, Aksha Pardasany

Salim revolves around a straightforward young man and the challenges he faces in life. The film promises to provide liberal dose of action and entertainment.

Anjaan Director :N Linguswamy Genre :Action, Thriller Language :Tamil Cast & Crew :Suriya, Prakash Raj, Vidyut Jamwal, Manoj Bajpai, Rajpal Yadav, Dalip Tahil, Brahmanandam, Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Anjaan is a Tamil gangster thriller starring Suriya in a double role. The film is produced under his own banner and is directed by N. Linguswamy.

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Tolly WOOD Sikandar

Lovers Nee Jathaga Nenundali

Rabhasa Director :Santosh Srinivas Genre :Action, Drama, Romance Writer :Santosh Srinivas Language :Telugu Cast & Crew :Jr. Ntr, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pranitha Subhash, Brahmanandam, Sayaji Shinde, Jayasudha

Karthik returns to India after completing his education in the United States. His mother wants him to get married to her brother’s daughter Indu. A dispute had left both families separated.

Karthik promises to fulfill his mother’s wish. He joins Indu’s college to convince her to marry him but mistakenly assumes Bhagyam as his uncle’s daughter. Later, Karthik realises that Indu is his cousin but she is already in love with another guy. What happens next forms the crux of the story.

Director :Jaya Ravindra Genre :Drama, Musical, Romance Language :Telugu Cast & Crew :Sachin Joshi, Nazia Hussain, Rao Ramesh, Krishna Murali Posaani, Shashank

Can love survive in the face of turbulence?

How far can one go to defend their integrity?

This poignant tale of two musicians is the re-telling of the hit 2013 film Aashiqui 2.

A story of love, sacrifice, hope and survival, Nee Jathaga Nenundali is sure to touch your heart.

Director: Karthik Subburaj Music: Santhosh Narayan Language :Telugu Cast & Crew : Siddhartha Narayan, Lakshmi Menon

Sumanth Ashwin and ‘Prema Katha Chitram’ fame Nanditha have paired opposite each other for an romantic entertainer titled ‘Lovers’. Directed by debutante Hrinath, this film is presented by Maruthi, who has also written screenplay and dialogues.

Director :N Linguswamy Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller Writer :Brinda Sarathy, N Linguswamy Language :Telugu Cast & Crew :Suriya, Samantha, Vidyut Jamwal, Prakash Raj, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Manoj Bajpai, Rajpal Yadav, Dalip Tahil, Brahmanandam

Sikandar is a Telugu gangster thriller starring Suriya in a double role.

The film is produced under his own banner and is directed by N. Linguswamy.

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Linguswamy has always been associated with some meaningful films in the past.

He is now back with a suspense thriller in Anjaan. The movie is BANG BANG hit the screens.

How was it working with Surya?

Yes, it was great experience working with him as he is a very dedicated actor. In my film, Sikandar, he plays a gangster from the Mumbai underworld and we have styled him in a very stylish avatar. This is the first time he will be playing a double role in which both the characters are stylish. We have revealed only the first look of the film so far and the buzz is quite good. It is a completely commercial film packaged with a little suspense, drama, action and romance. On the whole, it’s a massy film, a holiday release, which will hit the screens on August 15.

There are quite a few Bollywood actors in the film too…

Yes, there’s Manoj Bajpai, Vidyut Jammwal, Rajpal Yadav, Dalip Tahil and some others. The film is set in Mumbai, so I felt that we needed some actors from here as well. Besides, I have been a big fan of Manoj Bajpai from a very long time. I admired him in films like Satya and I often refer to him as the Robert De Niro of Indian cinema. But this is not the first time I am

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working with Hindi film actors. I have worked with Milind Soman for one of my films and Atul Kulkarni, who featured in my film, Run, which was later remade in Hindi.

Since you mentioned Run, what is your take on South films being remade in Hindi?

A lot of people talk about how we need to come up with new content and not indulge in remakes but the truth is, remakes have been around for quite a few years. A lot of big producers are buying the rights to our films to remake them in Hindi. So that’s definitely a positive sign. This is only possible because these stories have mass appeal, like Ghajini, Pokiri and Singham. The fact that actors like Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn feature in these remakes is why they are all run successful.

Almost all remakes in the last 5 to 10 years have made Rs 100 – 200 crore at the box office. So it’s good news. The Hindi film industry has always churned out commercial entertainers which have an emotional chord. Films like Sholay and Deewar are in that category. Our Tamil directors like Puri Jagganadh, AR Murgadoss and Prabhu Dheva have all directed remakes in Hindi.

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Anjaan “Thanu Gorantha” Singers(s) : Kathik, Deepak Lyrics : Music :Yuvan Shankar Raja

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Surya unleashes the best in both the roles as Raju Bhai and Krishna. He becomes the absolute showstopper and keeps stealing your attention in every frame. Be his most vivacious cuteness as a lover boy, his cool mannerisms, chemistry with Samantha or the mind-boggling aggressions on his loss, he strikes with a spectacular show. There is one scene where he will outburst for his friend it is very hot touching.

Samantha woos you down with her ultra-glam looks and scorches the screens indeed, especially in the song ‘Ek Do Teen’. Her cute gestures and bubbly nature are impressive.

Vidyut Jamwal is one more asset for the film. He did a very emotional role which he has never tried before and the emotional and action scenes in his presence are top notch. Songs and the back ground music are just OK. Photography by Santhosh Sivan has been decent.

Production values are good. Direction by Linguswamy has been decent.

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DIRECTOR : N. LINGUSAMY PRODUCER : SIRISHA - SRIDHAR,

N.SUBASH CHANDRABOSE MUSIC : YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA CINEMATOGRAPHY : SANTOSH SIVAN EDITING BY : ANTHONY STARRING : SURIYA, SAMANTHA, VIDYUT

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STORY

THE MOVIE OPENS WITH KRISHNA (SURIYA) WHO IS PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED AND WALKS WITH A WALKING STICK COMES TO MUMBAI IN SEARCH OF HIS BROTHER RAJU BHAI. HE MEETS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE RELEATED TO RAJU BHAI IN HIS PROFESSION. EVERYONE NARRATES THEIR RELATION WITH RAJU BHAI HE COMES TO KNOW THAT HIS BROTHER AND HIS BROTHER’S FRIEND CHANDU WERE KILLED. THE INTERVAL SUSPENSE SHOWS SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND THE REST OF THE STORY IS ABOUT THE REVENGE PLOT KILLING THE ENEMIES AND WINNING HIS LOVE.

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Jyotsna Tiwari

BMWIBFW 2014 This collection offers something different for all the festivities around the wedding for a bride as well as young ladies in the family..from signature pre-draped saree , voluminous fusion anarkalis, lenghas and gowns. with Esha Gupta.

Taken at DLF Emporio, India’s finest luxury retail destination JONA by Jyotsna Tiwari Presents “Under the stars”

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JJ Valaya

BMWIBFW 2014 The design sensibility is deeply rooted in history and yet, researched and executed in a modern and relevant manner. Lastly it has beauty in contradiction...old and new...rough and smooth...matt and glitter....in a balanced way.

Traditional Indian sensibilities with an elegant but powerful dose of edginess without losing the element of timelessness, impeccably fine craftsmanship and a signature love for monarchy describe #JJVALAYA signature style.

Taken at DLF Emporio, India’s finest luxury retail.

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100 girls were auditioned before I got selected

-Adah Sharma

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Special Story How did you get involved with acting? Was it something that you always wanted to do?

My passion for films started during my childhood. I used to watch lot of films since then. My family, especially my mom has given me full support.

Adah Sharma has become Tollywood’s new heroine with her starring role in Puri Jagannadh’s latest movie ‘Heart Attack’.

How did you get to play the role in this film? Did you have to audition?

I met Puri Jagannadh a year ago. He said that he watched my film 1920. And he also promised to give opportunity in his film. As promised he called me for the audition of this film and selected me.

Were there many other girls auditioning for the role?

Later I learnt through Nithin that 100 girls were auditioned before Puri garu selected me.

What was it like sharing the screen space with Nithin?

Nithin is a good co-star. I watched his films ‘Jayam’, ‘Ishq’ and ‘Gunde Jaari Gallantayyinde’. I liked his performance. He appears in a stylish look in this film. He has supported me a lot.

Let’s talk about your character now?

I played Hayathi, a Telugu girl that lives in Goa. A very innocent and serious character. She goes to Spain to meet Brahmanandam with regard to her friend’s marriage. Puri designed my character beautifully. I’m sure everyone will like it.

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Did you enjoy reprising your role in this film?

Oh Yeah! I had a great experience working for this film. My previous film ‘1920’ was a horror film. ‘Heart Attack’ is quite contrast to it. It’s a romantic love story with action and comedy elements.

From your experience, how would you describe Puri Jagannadh?

Puri Jagannadh is very cool and energetic on the sets. His films have good craze. Those who watch his films are aware of it. He is not only a good director, but a good producer too. He ensures that everything is perfect during shootings. I’m thankful to him for believing me and giving opportunity to be part of this film.

You have worked in Bollywood and Tollywood? How different are the two?

Not really much! In Bollywood they speak Hindi and in Tollywood they speak Telugu. (Smiles) In my observation here, I found not a single lady assistant on the sets.

Have you watched Puri Jagannadh’s films before signing this film?

Yeah! I’ve watched almost all his movies. I personally liked the film ‘Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammayi’.

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I’ve few projects in Bollywood. And I signed a film for a leading banner in Telugu. I can’t reveal anything more than this right now.

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Nithin is a good dancer. How about you?

Yes! Nithin is a wonderful dancer. He really danced well in the song ‘Muddadigane’. I’m a good dancer too.

However my character in this film will not dance. As I told you before, it’s a serious role.

Best song you liked in this film?

All songs are good. I personally like ‘Selavanuko......’. Anoop Rubens rendered wonderful music.

Tell us about the comedy in this film.

There is a comedy track between Brahmanandam garu and Aali garu. I too have good comedy scenes with Brahmanandam garu. I’m sure everyone will enjoy it.

How are feeling about the release of your debut film?

This is my first film in Tollywood. Hence feeling nervous and tensed about the audience’s reaction.

I’ve few projects in Bollywood.

And I signed a film for a leading banner in Telugu. I can’t reveal anything more than this right now.

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Food

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LOVE YOUR BODY LUNCH BOX

DELICIOUS FOOD

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Prep.time 45 minutes

No-Oil Chicken Masala After all the gorging and feasting during festivities, you are all determined to trim down on your diet now to shed the unwanted weight you piled on during the holidays! Well, agreed, festivity feasting often comes with copious calories and can be very, very damaging to your waistline. Instead of taking up yo-yo diets to get over your guilt pangs or going the detox way by surviving on fruits alone, we bring you a string of zero-oil recipes to help you eat an enjoy your full-course meal at the same time. For all the health fanatics, this one’s a guaranteed winner — low fat, no oil chicken masala recipe.

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Just when you need a perfect accompaniment to go with your nice, hot phulkas, but are pressed for time to make an elaborate curry, try making this quick spinach recipe. Loaded with spinach, cream and spices, this deliciously light curry is an absolute tummy-appeaser! Read on to note the recipe of jhatpat paalak.

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Jhatpat Paalak

Lemonade cools down summer heat instantly Nothing unknown that a chilling glass of lemonade can do wonder for anyone who’s exhausted from the scorching heat of summer.

Yet no worry, just have a glass of lemonade and cool down the hot summer day instantaneously. Its not just healthy but absolutely refreshing! Believe it or not but a glass of chilled lemonade can do a lot difference. Experience it yourself!

The eternal Bengali favorite, rasgulla is one sweet that is loved by anyone with a sweet tooth. Soft mounds of cottage chese dunked into sugar syrup - just the thought of it is good enough to get all of us drooling. Today we bring you the recipe of this traditional favorite. Make rasgullas at home and treat your guests to a few mouthfuls.

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No-Oil Chicken Masala Recipe

by Suchorita Choudhury

Ingredients:

Instructions:

1 Chicken, cut into pieces 1 Lemon juice 3 Small onions sliced 3-4 Green chillies slit 4 Cloves of garlic, crushed 1 Tbsp ginger, grated 1 Tbsp vinegar

Marinate the chicken with lemon juice and onions for at least an hour.

After an hour, mix spices into yogurt and pour over the chicken.

In a non stick pan, cooking chicken until it leaves just a nice thick coating of masala on the pieces and is completely cooked.

Check seasoning.

Sprinkle coriander leaves and serve hot.

For the Spices:(mix all into yogurt) 1 Tbsp red chilli powder 2 Tbsp cumin seeds 1 Tbsp coriander powder 1/2 Tbsp all spices powder (garam masala) 1/2 Tbsp paprika Salt according to your taste 250 ml yogurt

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Jhatpat Paalak Recipe

by Suchorita Choudhury

Ingredients:

Instructions:

3/4 kg Spinach-washed, chopped fine 2 Tbsp ghee 4 Cloves 6 Peppercorns 1/4 Tbsp nutmeg-scraped 1 1/2 Tbsp rock salt 1 Tbsp sugar 2 Tbsp fresh cream

In a pan, heat some ghee. Toss in cloves, peppercorns, nutmeg followed by the chopped spinach.

Sprinkle some salt and sugar and cook on high until the spinach has softened and all the liquids are dry.

Top it with some fresh cream.

Serve hot.

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Lemonade cools down summer heat instantly

by Suchorita Choudhury

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Juice of 4 lemons Sugar/honey to taste 2 tbsps Jaljira powder (available at most Indian groceries) Chilled water Crushed ice Lemon slices to garnish

Squeeze all lemons to remove juice and strain the juice to remove seeds. Pour into a large jug. Add all the remaining ingredients to get desired strength and sweetness and mix well. Serve in chilled glasses garnished with lemon slices.

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Rasgullas

by Suchorita Choudhury

Ingredients:

Instructions:

2 lt Low fat milk (boiled and refrigerated overnight) 1/4 Cup lemon juice diluted in 1/4 cup water 1 Tbsp refined flour or semolina 4 Cups thin sugar syrup

Skim off the cream from top of the milk.

Boil the milk first and then lower the heat and cook for some more time. Add lemon juice, until the milk curdles.

Turn off the heat and leave the curdled milk undisturbed 5 minutes.

Drain off the excess water and leave the cottage cheese (paneer) in the colander for at least 4 hours.

Mash the cottage cheese smooth.

Add the flour/semolina to it and mash again.

Bring 4-6 cups of water to a boil.

Roll the cottage cheese into smooth balls and drop them into the boiling water. Put a tight lid and let it cook till puffed up.

Allow it to cool, squeeze out of the excess water, transfer to the sugar syrup, let it stay for an hour or so and start hogging.

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SUMMER MAY BE A TIME TO RELAX, BUT TELL THAT TO KIDS WHO ARE BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS OR SHRIEKING “I’M BORED” EVERY FIVE MINUTES. How can parents and nannies keep kids entertained, active and out of trouble for an entire summer?

The trick is to plan ahead. Brainstorm ideas for things to do now, so you don’t wind up spending the entire summer watching cartoons.

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Take advantage of those bright sunny days and warm summer nights and plan something new a couple of times a week.

SO START CREATING YOUR SUMMER BUCKET LIST TODAY. IF YOU NEED INSPIRATION, WE’VE COME UP WITH 101 THINGS THAT WILL KEEP KIDS HAPPY -- AND YOU SANE. Hey families, want help making your way through this list? Print it out and give it to your nanny to do with your kids, or hire a new nanny or babysitter to entertain them this summer. If you’re a nanny, follow this list to keep you and your charges busy all summer long.

WANT MORE IDEAS? CHECK OUT THESE 15 CRAFTS FOR KIDS. wBake cookies for ice cream sandwiches. wVolunteer at a nature center. wMake a photo journal or a family yearbook. wVisit the beach and collect shells. wMake a fort out of cardboard boxes. wVisit a farmer’s market. wMake ice cream. wGo canoeing at a local lake. wBuild a sandcastle. wClean up trash at a local park. wHave a backyard campfire...or just use the

grill! Roast hot dogs on sticks, pop popcorn and finish off with s’mores. wMake homemade pizza. wGo for a walk and then make a collage from nature objects you find along the way. wTake bread to a creek and feed the ducks.

wPractice your origami skills and make

objects to hang from the ceiling.

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ARE YOU EMOTIONALLY ABUSING YOUR CHILD?

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are like soft clay, very, very impressionable.

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et, time and again, parents do things that create negative impressions on the tender minds of the kids. By doing certain things, saying certain things, withholding love and many other subtle and not so subtle gestures, you might be emotionally abusing our children. Next time you are about to lose your cool on your child, think of this article and refrain from a negative gesture.

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Are you emotionally abusing your Child?

The increasing number of juvenile crime and other ill-activities by teenagers and youth raise a finger towards parenting. Knowingly or unknowingly, sometimes parents or care-takers tend to abuse infants and toddlers emotionally.

Have you ever got irritated with your little one and just shrugged them off?

If yes, unknowingly you have just sent a few negative vibes to the little one that they are not worthwhile to spend time with. When you, as a parent are trying hard to focus on some important task, the slightest disturbance from your little ones can frustrate you. But you need to understand that parenting doesn’t come easy, one needs to be patient and give full attention to their little ones.

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So what is this Emotional abuse?

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Emotional abuse in children can take many forms like child neglect, child rejection, extreme punishment, verbal abuse and so on. Even if your child cannot speak, but he/she is old enough to sense your feeling, mood and tone.

Here is the quick guide on what kind of Emotional Abuses on your child are possible and how to avoid them.

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September, 2014 Meanwhile engage her to something new and interesting activities. Something like ‘ a box full of colorful strings (of palm size), put her on a dining mat with a bowl of colorful veggies like cheese cubes, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, carrots’. These activities can keep them occupied for hours. Yes they will create some mess, but that’s fine till you finish your work. If these activities doesn’t work, just take 2-3 mins to find an appropriate individual – a family member or friends who can spend some time with him/ her till you finish your work.

Extreme Discipline Giving extreme punishment in the name of discipline to these little ones can put an emotional black spot in their mind.

And it may even do life-time damage psychologically. so there is a big ‘No’ to extreme punishments. Some of the acceptable forms of discipline might be taking away her favorite toy, no candies or no going out in park.

Some unacceptable forms of discipline are anything that would seriously scare a child, like locking them in a bathroom, leaving them out of the house, hitting them with rods or scale or tying them up. These unacceptable forms of discipline leaves a scar mark in their mind for life and can bruise their emotional quotient completely.

Verbal Abuse This is the most common and underrated type of emotional abuse on a child.

Verbal assaults, calling them names of animals, calling them ‘stupid’, ‘worthless’, and even blaming your child constantly for anything bad that happens to you or threatening a child in an extremely loud voice and showing violent actions.

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Verbal abuse tears down the child, and the emotional, social and psychological effects can be severe. The effects of verbal abuse are instant as the child internalizes the pain and often throw their shadow into their adulthood as well.

Comparison and competition In this competitive world, every parent tries to push their child to be the best and ‘Perfect’ to the ‘T’. Expecting high results and pressuring to perform best in every field may lead them to depression. This kind of emotional abuse is often done by parents, relatives, teachers and also peers. Comparing a child with their siblings and friends for their academic performance is the biggest mistake any parent can make for their educational development. When they are compared every now and then, what happens is that your child starts thinking that ‘whatever I do or work hard, anyways I am not best or better than my friends or sister’.

Corruption/Manipulation We often teach our children about good values like always speak truth, never lie. But when you ask your child to reply to a phone call saying that you are not at home, this makes them confused. And slowly they start feeling that little while lies here and there are fine and will start manipulating you too.

Emotional abuse along with other serious forms of child abuse, can have an adverse effect on your child’s emotional, mental and behavioral development. Gradually they start developing a low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, aggressiveness, anxiety, difficulty with relationships, alienation, personality disorders, neediness and clinginess and sometimes even nightmares. The child behavior issues would be somewhat like lagging behind problems with school work, alcohol and/or drug abuse, eating disorders, suicidal behavior, prostitution, criminal behavior and abusing others.

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So from now keep a close watch on your body language and speech while interacting with your kids. And keep a check on the above mentioned signs of ‘Emotional Abuse’ on your child. Emotional Abuse on a child can be done by any one be it adults or peers too.

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Travelogue

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Dog Bark Park Inn

Dog Bark Park Inn (dogbarkparkinn.com) on Highway 95 in Cottonwood, Idaho, is the creation of chainsaw artist Dennis Sullivan and his wife Frances Conklin. Together, they built America’s biggest beagle, known fondly as “Sweet Willy”, a two-bedroom bed and breakfast open between April and October.

Sleeping in the dog house is a great way to unplug: Sweet Willy has no phone or television. But you get to enjoy a tasty breakfast that includes eggs, bagels, pastries, yogurt, cheese, and the family’s secret granola recipe. For souvenirs, check out the gift shop where you can buy portable versions of Sweet Willy and friends.

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Love animals?

So do your hosts About 115 miles north of the Big Apple is the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary (woodstocksanctuary. org) near legendary Woodstock, where the hippie movement came of age in 1969. Opened in 2012, the sanctuary’s new guesthouse, a renovated 19th-century farmhouse, has four bedrooms, a common kitchen and living area, and 23 acres of rescued goats, chickens, cows, pigs, turkeys, sheep and a donkey named Diane. Volunteer on the farm by shovelling poop or cleaning coops and receive a discount on your stay (we are repeat visitors and volunteers!).

Says co-founder and director Jenny Brown: “People love being able

to see all the activity at the sanctuary from the windows and front porch. It truly creates a feeling of tranquility to be able to watch the rescued animals and at the same time enjoy a healthy, vegan, organic breakfast.” Revenue from the guesthouse goes directly to care for over 300 animals.

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Special Story Chiranjeevi is all set to make a comeback after a hiatus of 7 years. His 150th film going to be a complete entertainer. Here is idlebrain.com’s exclusive interview with Chiranjeevi on the occasion of his birthday on 22 August 2014 -

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RAM CHARAN TAKING SPECIAL INTEREST IN CHIRANJEEVI’S 150TH FILM Tell us about your 150th film?

I want to give what people want. Audiences and fans want a complete entertainer for me. This film will have a lot of comedy and masala. I don’t want to make a historical film like Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy or message oriented film just because it’s my 150th film. I am listening to stories.

Once we finalise the right story, we will decide about the director. Ram Charan will produce this movie.

You had been away from films for 7 years?

Yes. I am away from acting for the past 7 years. But I am in touch with film industry. Thanks to Ram Charan. I have been listening his scripts. Whenever I listen to a script, I put myself in hero’s shoes and imagine if it works at box office.

You have 3 family members (Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun and Ram Charan) ruling the film industry now. How do you feel about it?

Telugu film industry is my domain.

I have no regrets for stopping acting and entering film industry. Ram Charan has carried my legacy and filled up my space. Some people speculated that mega era is over when I lost it in 2009 elections. But the success of Magadheera proved that politics and movies are two different and mutually exclusive fields. The phenomenal success of three actors from my family proves the kind of following we have.

What’s the reason for choosing entertainment oriented film for 150th film?

I love doing comedy and I was the one hero who introduced full length comedy orientation for a big hero in proper commercial films like Donga Mogudu. Annayya is a fine example of comedy masala film. I have also made sure that there is entertainment

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Indra Guna Sekhar wanted it to be a serious film and felt that having entertainment would dilute the intensity in Choodalani Vundi. I have convinced him and made sure that there is a lot of comedy in the love thread between me and Soundarya. In Indra film too, there is excellent comedy in Kaasi episodes between hero and heroine.

as best dancer?

September, 2014 I feel that Sridevi is the best dancer I have ever worked with. Working for ‘Abbani Teeyani Debba’ was so enjoyable. Radha and Rambha are very passionate dancers and they enjoy while dancing. I had a peculiar experience with Bhanu Priya to start with.

She is an excellent dancer and a trained classical dancer. When we danced together for the first song, both of us did well as individuals, but the sync and grace was missing. I was looking at her and trying to interact while dancing, but she was doing it individually. When I asked her about it, she replied that she has to be the best otherwise I (Chiranjeevi) will dominate. I explained to her that we are playing lovers and we should look at each other and enjoy it together while dancing. Then we did the song in a wellsynchronized fashion.

Murugadoss was skeptical when I said that there should be entertainment in the flashback episode of Tagore and I have also suggested that hero shouldn’t die.

Murugadoss said that it’s a serious subject and the purpose will be lost if hero is alive at the end. Indra was playing in theaters and I asked Murugadoss to watch that film in public theaters to understand what people want. He was not willing to What’s the reason for producing make the changes. He said that 150th film by your family?

What are your plans The production cost has gone up a Tagore will become a classic like for this birthday?

Alluri Seetharamaraju and Katta lot. Hero and director are looking I am going to Brahmanna if hero dies in end. for their big remunerations.

Nepal along with That’s when we called VV Vinayak Producer is not getting anything my family to visit and asked him to direct the movie. on his table after film is complete. a temple. We As a hero, I act like a custodian/ then visit a spa Tell us about your observation of watchdog of budget for my films. for rejuvenation Charan’s dances?

It should be a win-win situation for therapy. Ram I enjoy doing dances. If we enjoy everybody involved in filmmaking.

Charan is going to and get involved in dances, the hold my birthday flow will be natural and steps Is Charan following your celebrations here will be graceful. I got completely principles? at Chiranjeevi satisfied with Charan’s dances Yes. Orange was an exception.

Charitable Trust. after watching Vana Vana remix Orange went overboard because of in Naayak. There is graceful misappropriation by the executive movement even in his tip of producer. It was our mistake. fingers in that song.

Let me give you an example. Dharani came You didn’t have any professional training in up with a nice script for Merupu film. But he dances. How did you become the best dancer has asked for a budget of 40 crores. I asked of Tollywood? him to reduce the budget to 30 crores. He I have to thank my manager SP Venkanna didn’t budge. There is nothing wrong with the Babu, who also produced Donga Mogudu script. But at that point of time, putting 40 film. I was dancing for a song for a film in crores on a film was uneconomical. I asked my early days of career. I thought that I producer NV Prasad if we can stall the film danced excellently. I asked Venkanna Babu and start another film with a reasonable for feedback. He said ‘venaka mundu emi budget. He has obliged. That’s how Racha teda ledu’. He meant that there was no film was made. It went on to become a big difference between the group dancers and hit and made profits to the producers. me. That’s when I realised that as a hero I should show my speciality compared to After watching the rushes of Govindudu background dancers. I changed my attitude Andari Vaadele, we felt that a character is and worked harder on dances to be different not bringing the required emotion. I asked from others.

Ganesh Bandla about the budget impact of replacing a couple of actors and he said Tell us about your heroines? Who do you rate that it’s possible. They have shot for 15

working days with those actors. Krishna September, Vamsi roped in2014 Prakash Raj and Jayasudha. They reshot the same scenes in 8 days with Prakash Raj and Jayasudha. I have also asked Charan to sacrifice a part of his remuneration so that producer will not feel the pinch. There is nothing wrong in stalling a film or altering key actors. We should not go for prestige/pride. We have to look for the safety of producer.

There are speculations about brothers (Chiranjeevi Pawan Kalyan) getting separated due to political and ideological differences?

We are born from the same womb and we have the same blood flowing in us.

We share strong bonding since childhood. He is my kid brother.

I have chosen my path and he has chosen his path. I have no complaints about his path/ ideology. We share the same bonding.

Politics is different and personal life is different!!

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FACEBOOK LOSING COMPETITION TO WHATSAPP AND SNAPCHAT Over the past three years, a shocking 11 million teens and college goers have quit Facebook. Ask why? Well, it seems the young brigade are losing interest in Facebook as they feel messaging apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat are more private.

As per Digital consultancy iStrategy Labs, young people are fast abandoning the Social Networking site for chat apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat.

According to iStrategy, ‘Facebook has 4,292,080 fewer high-school aged users and 6,948,848 college-aged users than it did in 2011’.

‘Late last year Facebook shares went on a 24 hour rollercoaster after the company’s chief financial officer admitted that teenagers are losing interest in the site.The dip was attributed to comments made by Facebook’s

chief financial officer David Ebersman about a decline in teenagers using the social network site,’ Daily Mail wrote. ’We did see a decrease in daily users, especially younger teens,’ said Ebersman on a conference call with analysts, although added: ‘Our best analysis of youth engagement in the U.S reveals that usage of Facebook among U.S teens overall was stable.’

Expressing their angst, the teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook and too much sharing of teenage angst and inane details like what a friend ate for dinner that is off-putting.

‘They still have their Facebook profiles, but they spend less time on them and move to places like Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.’

NINE MILLION IPHONES SALES MAKES NEW RECORD Apple made an announcement on Monday that it sold a record nine million iPhones in the three days subsequent to launching two new versions of the smartphone.

The figures from Apple appeared to challenge the power of prophecy from its critics that the company is losing momentum in the smartphone market and in innovation. -

Furthermore, Apple chief executive Tim Cook in a statement expressed that this is their best iPhone yet which crossed beyond nine million new iPhones sold making it a new record for first weekend sales.

At the concluding phase, Roger Kay, analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, in a tweet expressed that Apple gets the last laugh.

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EMERGENCY ALERTS FROM TWITTER Twitter on Wednesday directed into action a system for emergency alerts which can help spread critical information when other lines of communication are down. The popular messaging service explained that its Twitter Alerts could be useful in natural disasters otherwise other emergencies when traditional channels may be overburdened or inaccessible.

Twitter product manager Gaby Pena said in a blog post that they know from their users how important it is to be able to receive reliable information during these times.

Furthermore, Pena added that Twitter Alerts

is a new way to get accurate and important information when you need it most. Preceding year Twitter brought into prominence a service called Lifeline to help Japanese users find emergency accounts during crises and since then, they’ve been working on a related feature for people around the world.

That’s certainly a great innovation keeping the critical scenarios into consideration.

Twitter Alerts would be undoubtedly of immense help especially during critical situations otherwise any kind of emergencies.

FORGET.COM AND .IN, IT’S TIME TO GO .BHARAT! After months of wait, the government of India finally launched its .bharat domain. Keeping in sync with the new government’s strong fondness of “Indianness”, the domain was launched in not English, but devanagari script covering eight Indian languages including Hindi, Konkani and Marathi.

With this, individuals looking for a domain name for their website will be able to book the name in Hindi script. Not just that. The names would have ‘.bharat’ in Hindi script as its extension instead of .com, .net or .in.

“This initiative should not stop at eight languages. I asked the department to make .Bharat domain name available in all the Indian languages very soon,” communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) will soon also launch the Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) in other Indian languages like Bangla, Urdu, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil and Gujarati.

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Fashion week MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK AUSTRALIA IS PROUD TO ENGAGE WITH SPONSORS WHO HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE FASHION INDUSTRY

Title sponsor Mercedes-Benz has been a longstanding partner of the fashion industry, sponsoring over 30 fashion week’s worldwide; with the very first Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, taking place here, in Australia in 1996. This year, Mercedes-Benz continues the legacy of honoring designers who exemplify a dedication to design and craftsmanship via the Mercedes-Benz Presents platform, choosing to celebrate a true Australian icon, Carla Zampatti.

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ercedesBenz Fashion Week Australia shines the spotlight on our nation’s brightest talent, and NSW provides a picturesque backdrop for all of the beautiful content that comes out of our event. Destination New South Wales is the supporter that makes it possible for global delegates to visit Sydney and bring millions of eyes to all designers, partners and of course, the beautiful locales around NSW.

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New this season, IMG Fashion and DHL, launch DHL Exported. This unprecedented worldwide program combines the platform of global fashion weeks along with DHL’s unsurpassed logistics capabilities.

DHL Exported was created to help designers who are already established in their local market further their global footprint. Designers from Australia and around the world are invited to submit an application package to have their business supported in a foreign market of their choice by debuting their collection at one of the following events: MercedesBenz Fashion Week in New York, London Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week or Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo. Chosen designers will receive a guaranteed spot on the Fashion Week schedule along with a funded and produced runway show or presentation for two consecutive seasons. DHL will also underwrite all logistic costs of producing the collections, including international shipping of raw materials and garment samples to/from manufacturers and design studios. DHL will then export the final collection to New York, London, Milan or Tokyo for the designer’s international debut

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TIPS TO PROTECT YOUR SKIN FROM THE SUMMER SUN Gone are the carefree winter days where our skin longed for the sun.

With the summer sun heating up the city, we need to buck up and get out our sun protection gear.

Gone are the carefree winter days where our skin longed for the sun. With the summer sun heating up the city, we need to buck up and get out our sun protection gear. While we begin to take shelter behind sunglasses, hats and scarves, it is our skin that takes the worse beating from the sun’s harmful UV rays.

Apart from sunburn, sun spots and blemishes, unprotected exposure to the sun can also cause skin cancer. Therefore, it becomes very important to protect your skin from the summer sun at all times. Follow these simple tips to stay protected.

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The sun’s rays are most powerful during 11am and 3pm. Prolonged exposure to the summer sun at these hours can be very harmful. However, if you must go out at this time, ensure that you take the right precaution by covering your skin and applying a good sunscreen.

Never leave the house without sunscreen Even if you use an umbrella or a hat, the sun’s rays can still reach you by reflecting off the floor.

Therefore, it is extremely important that you apply sunscreen every time you step out of your house.

This also applies to the days when the sky seems cloudy as UV radiation also penetrates through the clouds.

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Use the right sunscreen Using just about any sunscreen doesn’t suffice. You have to choose the right sunscreen for the right purpose. If you have acne prone skin, you will have to choose a gel based sunscreen.

You will also have to choose a sunscreen with the right amount of SPF. It is advisable to use a sunscreen that has SPF 30 or above to protect you from the Indian summer.

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When you perspire, the sunscreen gets wiped away, thereby exposing your skin to the sun again.

Therefore, it is important to reapply sunscreen after 2 hours for complete protection.

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Putting on sunscreen right before you go out is one of the most common mistakes people make. In order for it to work well, you need to apply sunscreen at least 20 minutes before you step out into the sun.

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Things to have in a good relationship Do you share a healthy relationship? If not, here are some tips on how to maintain a good relationship. Hope these tips will help to keep meaningful relation in both happy and sad times.

Pressure on a Relationship out side relationships may put a lot of pressure on a relationship. Social network friends and others brings new insights and stimulation to the relationship. Dont expect too much that will not be healthy relationship.

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Working Together A good relation should be peaceful, one in which both the partners work together harmoniously. Communication is important to come close and stay connected. This will, in turn, boost understanding.

Talk things Quietly Argument happens when people talk to each other in raised voices, it is better to communicate quietly, then the voices will not be passionately disagree. You need to be safe to express things that bother you without fear of retaliation, be able to resolve the conflict without humiliation.

Communicate With Each Other Communication is crucial to any relationship.

Partners must feel comfortable in expressing their fears, needs and desires. Body language like eye contact, leaning forward or away, touching arm are critical to communication.

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Spring Evenings 2014 HOTTEST HAIR LOCKS

Plaited topknot The plaited topknot is a very modern hairstyle and can be easily achieved at home on a runway or the streets.

This hairdo is stylish and practical as well.

Horizontal waves Horizontal waves look great on women with a rock ’n roll kind of vibe. Team it up with a summer dress or a semiformal look.

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Sleek ponytail The glossy look comes from a hair product, but take care that it doesn’t look greasy or oily. This sleek hairstyle is apt for any formal occasion.

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Sicilian twist This hairstyle gives you an elegant look and can be worn at work or at a formal do. You will need the help of a holding spray to arrange your tresses in this hairstyle.

Braided updo Stylish and flirty, this hairdo looks gorgeous and not a bit overdone. This hairstyle makes you look feminine and can work in any season. Women with medium-length hair are best suited for this style.

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FASHIONABLE WITH FLATS Stilettos are sexy, but what can beat the delight of trotting around in a flip-flop or a flat? And the best part is, they are fashionable too!

A fashion must-have for all women, flat shoes accentuate almost any outfit and there is one for every occasion - from strappy flats and tie-up sandals to ankle-length boots and formal-looking oxfords.

So even while you shake your legs this Navratri to nine days of funfilled dandiya raas, give your feet a break every and slip into a pair of comfy yet fabulous flats. Follow the guidelines below to keep your fashion quotient high, even when your heels aren’t!

Very vintage Add that instant element of nostalgic fun to simple day dressing or classic vintage dress with old school Mary Janes! They go fabilously with tea dresses, culotte skirts or pants and 1950s cinched-waist outfits.

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Go traditional What better way to amp up your ethnic look than a classic Jaipur mojri. Get as many in bold bright shades, neutral tones and even those with dainty mirror work! Kolhapuri chappals work just as fine.

Make your pick!

Glam it up When you are looking for something to glam up your sexy evening wear, just go for a flat gladiator sandals in metallic leather. These strappy beauties can chic you up in no time!

Chic it!

Take a pair of white canvas converse shoes and give them a makeover by experimenting on them with some graffiti. Thread in some neon laces and there you have a show-stopping pair of shoes to go with your denims.

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LATEST INDIAN BRIDAL DRESS COLLECTION

Indian cultural lehengas designs are very famous dresse designer for Brides .These lehengas has been usually used in marriage parties. Even brides mostly prefer lehengas for their weddings functionThese are called bridal lehengas.

Bridal lehengas have beautiful colorful and luxurious stuff of needlework and also zari work which made it more stylish and beautiful apparel.

Wedding is a very important event in every girl’s life. So, all the girls want everything great on their wedding day.

Most of the girls become excited about their wedding dress. They want to look perfect on their wedding day.

Bridal dresses are different in all over the world. Every area and country has particular bridal dresses, For example, bridal dresses in the west are white with long dresses with veils. In India, bridal dresses are red, brides wear ghararas, shararas, lehengas or saris. They are accessorized with heavy gold jewelry and high- heeled shoes.

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n Bridal dresses of 2013 include bridal lehengas and shararas with different shades in red color. Every girl wants to choose red color for bridal dress. Red color is very common in brides. All the parts of bridal dresses 2013 are a lot embroidered with nice dabka and zari work. The shirts are generally long shirts.

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ridal Lehenga is the most favorite dress of the young ladies and specially wore in India and Pakistan. Most of the girls want to wear lehnga choli in marriage ceremony. All the dress is decorated with beautiful and stylish motif, zari, aari work, breeds, and boot work, cut dana work. Latest & Stylish Pakistani Bridal Dresses 2013 For Women are available in everyone’s range. Most of the lehengas are made of baransi fabric, plain or have heavy dabka work. It’s all depends on the mood or wish of the bride. Some brides want nice ghararas but lehengas are more common dress choose by a bride. The most common colors seen on bridal dresses2013 are red.

Different shades in red color along with silver or golden are most common color seen in bridal dresses in 2013.The dupatta is different, the cut of the shirt is also different and bride prefers lehengha instead of ghararas. Furthermore, the material used on the dresses is also very unique.

However, there are only some features of bridal dresses which are similar with the bridal dresses quite a few years back. They will include bridal lehengas with long and double shirt and heavy

dupatta with dabka work, dori embroidery. Now all suitable bridal wear things will also be required with the dresses. These include clutches, bridal wear jewelry and bridal shoes. Bridal makeup is also complete in accordance with the color of the bridal dress. There is a huge variety of bridal accessories

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VAASTU MEANS THE DWELLING OF HUMANS & GODS. Vaastu shastra is an ancient science which helps one to get the natural benefits freely offered by the five basic elements of the universe in which we all live. These basic elements are Akash (SKY), Prithvi (EARTH), Paani (WATER), Agni (FIRE), and

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Vayu (WIND). Vastu Shastra can be applied by keeping in harmony with these basic five elements of nature.

Vaastu Shastra is an edifice science that was developed by our learned people thousands of years ago. Its application today is purely

architectural and its principles are based on becoming one with nature.

ANGLES OF THE PLOT SW EXACT 90 DEGREE NE LESS THAN 90 DEGREE NW & SE MAY VARY ACCORDINGLY

SERVANT QUARTER NW

FLOOR LEVEL NE LOW

SHAPE OF THE PLOT SQUARE OR RECTANGLE

GARAGE NW

STORES NW

LAND LEVEL NE LOW

STUDY ROOM NE

MAIN GATE N-E

SEPTIC TANK NW

OFFICE NW-W

URINALS & TOILET W-NW

Water bodies in north or east are considered good. As far as the flow of domestic water is concerned, it should be borne in mind and that such water should be drained

out in North - East. Wells, tubewells, swimming pools etc. should all be in the North-East. The water from the toilets and bathrooms, too, should be drained out in

the North- East. There are sewer-systems in the cities.

The Septic tanks or the flow of sewer systems should be towards North - West.

WATER RAIN WATER SLOPE NE

TUBEWELL NE OR E

OVER HEAD TANK NW OR W OR SW

OFFICE NW-W

UNDER GROUND TANK NE

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The air should enter the building from North -East.

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BALCONY N-E

VERANDAH N-E

DOOR N-E

WINDOWS N-E

PORTICO N-E-NE

The direction of Fire is SouthEast. The Kitchen, fireplace, geysers etc. should be placed only in this direction.

Alternatively these could be placed in North-West,

because it is at 180 degree to South-East. The Vastu Fire Element One can take care of the South-East Corners of all rooms and aim for Hapiness in the family, Good Health,

Sound Finances, and Nice Married Life. The South-East corner of every room should be taken care of it.

FIRE KITCHEN (FIRE PLACE) SE OR NW

GENERATOR SE OR NW

PRESS SE OR NW

HEATERS SE OR NW

TRANSFORMER SE OR NW

JUNCTION BOX SE OR NW

GEYSER SE OR NW

The open sky influences greatly. We can get the effect of terrestrial-energies uninterruptedly. But the buildings prove a barrier to the effects of open sky.

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Therefore, the importance of roofs or lawns gets emphasized, but the Vastu shastra has refrained from deliberating in detail over it, because it is related chiefly to

building construction and we will discuss only this aspect.

Traditionally every house in India used to have an open space (Court Yard) in the center of the house.

FACTORY SHED SLOPE SW OR NE

MASTER BED ROOM SW

HEIGHT MORE SW

OPEN SPACE MORE NE

MEZANINE FLOOR SW

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September, 2014 India is a fascinating country with each of its cities boasting of spellbinding tales of its past, buttressed by perplex writings on ancient palm leaves and its mythical chronicles that are still a mystery to human minds.

The history of Khajuraho is no exception to this. Khajuraho history centers on numerous stunning temples that have withstood the test of time for several centuries. The temple town of Khajuraho lures tourist by its matchless structural brilliance and sculptural distinctiveness that is hard to find elsewhere. A UNESCO world

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heritage site, Khajuraho has many Hindu and Jain temples that display the sexual open-mindedness of the people during the medieval era. The monuments in the region were mainly the brainchild of the Chandelas. The shrines, mostly modeled after the Nagara style of architecture, show the artistic exuberance of the South Indian dynasty. The city once possessed 85 different places of worship but sadly today, only 22 of them remains. To know more about the history of Khajuraho, read on.

ANCIENT HISTORY There are several viewpoints on the origins of the place. According to the ancient anecdotes narrated by Chandbardai, a court poet, Hemvati, the daughter of the high priest of Kashi, who was known for her matchless beauty, was bathing in a pond. Seeing her impeccable beauty, the moon god couldn’t resist himself and took a human form to ravish her. The aggrieved maiden threatened to curse the moon god but the god decided to make amends for his faults by blessing her with a heroic son who was born in Khajuraho. The infant was named as Chandravarman, a valiant warrior, who built several temples and shrines in and around the region. According to the prophesy of the moon god, Chandravarma performed a ‘yagya’(a scared ritual) so that Hemavati could get rid of her sin. This was how the place came into existence. However, many historians find the story uncredible and relate the origin of the city to the Chandelas. After a nomadic tribe attacked the northern region of Mlechcha, the Bargujar Rajputs moved towards the central plain of the continent and settled as Bundelas and Chandelas.

The Bargujar Rajputs were the ones to construct the famous Kalinjar fort in the nearby region of the temple-city. Later, they erected many outstanding architectural pieces within the province that eventually went on to immortalize the city of Khajuraho.

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MEDIEVAL HISTORY During the medieval period in the 10th and 12th century, the Chandelas ruled the place.

The city of Khajuraho was the cultural hub of the Chandelas while the Kalinjar fort served as their political centre. The district of Khajuraho prospered over a period of 200 years, with several holy shrines springing up. Under the leadership of Chandelas, the place continued to flourish. However, once the capital was shifted from Kalinjar to Mahoba, the prosperity of the Khajuraho began to wane. Apart from the Chandelas, the place also saw influences of several other kings who contributed to the art of sculpting in the region by adding several other temples.

16TH TO 19TH CENTURY The temples of Khajuraho were developed over a period of many centuries and were much treasured by its kings and its local inhabitants, who took great measures to protect the temples from Mughal invasion. The descendents of the ruling kings feared that the temples would be demolished. The place was covered up by thick vegetations and was hidden by an oasis of greenery. In the 19th century, the city again resurfaced when the local people led an Englishman to the lost city of temples. By 1835, the Asiatic Society of Bengal published a detailed description of the shrines in the region. The record was written by Captain T. S. Burt and English engineer. By 1864, Khajuraho underwent several restoration work conducted by the Archeological survey team of India. In 1953, after Indian Independence, the monuments of Khajuraho were passed under the surveillance of the ASI. Today, these temples stands as an exemplary model of artistic refinements of the Indian kings.

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PANNA NATIONAL PARK The so called Gharial Haven is situated just 25 kms away from Khajuraho.

PANDAV FALLS Located on Panna Road, these falls are around 34 km away from Khajuraho.

They make an excellent scenic spot for the tourists.

RANEH FALLS Located at around 20 km away from Khajuraho. Like Pandav falls even these make a beautiful picnic spot on River Ken.

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uraho MUST SEE PLACES THE TEMPLES The architectural style of the Khajuraho temples is very different from the temple prototype of that period. Each stands, instead of within the customary enclosure, on a high masonry platform. Combined with the upward direction of the structure, which is further accentuated by vertical projections, the total effect is one of grace and lightness, reminiscent of the Himalayan peaks. Each of the chief compartments has its own roof, grouped in such a way that the highest is in the centre, the lowest over the portico, a triumph of skill and imagination in recreating the rising peaks of a range. The temples of Khajuraho are divided into three geographical groups: Western, Eastern and Southern.

THE WESTERN GROUP: This is certainly the best known, because it is to this group that the largest and most typical Khajuraho temple belongs: The Kandariya Mahadev.

Perfectly symmetrical, it soars 31 km high. Though the four temples that stand at the corners of the main shrine are now in ruins, the main shrine has an exquisitely carved entrance arch with a multitude of themes. Celestial beings, lovers serenading musicians... movements captured in stone, frozen in time, yet retaining a quality of warm, pulsating life.

The very stone seems to have taken on the living, breathing quality of the carved figures.

Beyond the archway of the Kandariya Mahadev, lie the six interior compartments; the

portico, main hall, transept, vestibule, sanctum and ambulatory. The ceilings are particularly noteworthy and the pillars supporting them have intricately carved capitals. The transept’s outer walls have three horizontal panels showing deities of the Hindu pantheon, and groups of lovers, a pageant of sensuousness, vibrantly alive.

Also in the western group is the Chaunsat Yogini, the only granite temple in the Khajuraho group. Dedicated to Kali, it is also unique in being quadrangular in plan. Only 35 of the original 65 cells remain and no image of Kali has survived: Not surprisingly, since this is the earliest surviving shrine

of the group dated to 900 AD. Another Kali Temple (originally dedicated to Vishnu) is the Devi Jagadambe Temple.

North of it facing eastward to the rising sun, is the Chitragupta temple, dedicated to the sun-god, Surya. The image of this

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powerful deity in the inner sanctum is particularly imposing: 5ft high, and driving a seven-horsed chariot.

The group scenes depicted are equally spectacular: royal processions, elephantfights, hunting scenes, group dances. The lavish lifestyle of the Chandela kings and their court is here in all its pomp and glory.

Similar in plan to the Kandariya Mahadev is the Vishwanath Temple. Lions flank the northern steps and elephants the southern, leading up to the temple.

Within, there is an impressive three headed image of Brahma. The exteriors are profusely carved.

September, 2014 Facing the shrine is a Nandi Temple with a massive, 6 ft high Nandi bull.

ft high one, its surface covered with figures from the Hindu Pantheon.

Since the first few Chandela rulers were devotees of Vishnu, there are some important Vaishnavite temples in the Khajuraho group, the finest of which is the Lakshmana Temple.

The lintel over the entrance shows the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, with Lakshmi, Vishnu’s consort.

The sanctum is richly carved and has a three-headed idol of Vishnu’s incarnations, Narsimha and Varaha. The boar incarnation also appears in another Vaishnavite shrine, the Varaha Temple. The statue here is a mammoth 9

The Khajuraho temples are no longer living places of worship, with a few exceptions. The Matangeswara Temple for example is still a place of worship. Dedicated to Shiva it has an 8 ft high lingam. South of this temple is the open air Archaeological Museum, which has a beautiful displayed collection of statues and friezes collected from the area: the remains of long vanished temples.

THE EASTERN GROUP Hindu and Jain temples make up the Eastern Group, which lies close to the Khajuraho village. The largest Jain temple, Parswanath, is in this group. Exquisite in detail, the sculptures on the northern outer wall make this temple perhaps the finest in the group. The themes of these carvings are the timeless ones of every day, mortal activity.

A woman sits bent pensively on a letter; a lovely young girl removes a thorn from her foot, the master craftsmen of Khajuraho display here their deep understanding of the trifles that make up a human life. Within, the sanctum has a throne, which

faces a bull : emblem of the first tirthankara, Adinath. The actual image of Parswanath from which the temple derives its name was installed as recently as 1860. The other Jain temple in this group is the Ghantai Temple. Though almost in ruins now, it still bears evidence of its original splendour.

Particularly, arresting is the frieze which depicts, in graphic detail, the 16 dreams of Mahavira’s mother and a multi-armed Jain goddess riding on a winged Garuda. North of Parswanatha is the more modestly sized Adinatha Temple. The three Hindu temples in the Eastern Group

are the Brahma, Vamana and Javari Temples. A double row of apsaras, celestial nymphs, adorn the outer walls of the Vamana temple. A variety of sensuous attitudes: languid, provocative, mischievously inviting, give credibility to the theory that Khajuraho’s erotica were meant to test the devotees who came to worship their gods at the temples.

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THE SOUTHERN GROUP 5 km from the Khajuraho village, lies the Southern Group of temples. The fine Chaturbhuj Temple in this group has a massive intricately carved image of Vishnu in the sanctum.

Duladeo Temple, another of the southern group, is a little away from the road to the Jain group of temples. Though

remains of temples belonging to the Khajuraho group have been discovered at Jatkari, 3 km away and even at Maribag in Rewa, it is at the 3 main groups that the imperishable glory of Khajuraho, the sensuous celebration of life, the aspiration towards the infinite, remains.

THE LIGHTS AND SOUNDS SHOW This fascinating Son-et-Lumiere spectacle evokes the life and times of the great Chandela Kings and traces the story of the unique temples from the 10th Century to the present day.Mounted in the complex of the

Western Group of temples, the 50-minute show runs in Hindi and in English every evening. Amitabh Bachchan, the Indian super star, narrates the story of Khajuraho in his mesmerising voice.

TIMINGS OF SOUND & LIGHT SHOW AT WESTERN GROUP OF TEMPLES: English: 06:30 pm to 07:25 pm. Hindi: 07:40 pm to 08:35 pm.

ENTRY FEES: Foreign Adult: Rs. 350/- Foreign child: Rs. 200/- Indian Adult: Rs. 120/- Indian Child: Rs. 60/-

GETTING THERE

Khajuraho is connected to Delhi & Agra with regular flights.

Khajuraho is connected by regular bus services with Mahoba, Harpalpur, Satna, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra, Jabalpur & Bhopal.

Khajuraho has its own rail head. Apart from that, the other nearest railheads are Mahoba (64 km) and Harpalpur (94 km). Jhansi (175 km) and Satna (117 km) are convenient railheads for visitors from Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Agra & Varanasi.

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Speciale

The 458 Speciale joins the Ferrari range alongside the 458 Italia and 458 Spider and, like all special-series Ferraris, is aimed at a specific kind of owner, in this case those looking for an even more focused sports car that offers extreme driving emotions.

Whether on the road or on the track, drivers will feel immediately at one

with the 458 Speciale thanks to the speed with which it responds to every input and the consequently natural control that it offers, even in extreme manoeuvres. This finely-tuned handling balance enables the car to reach the highest performance levels of any Ferrari V8.

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One of the car’s main characteristics is new Ferraripatented mobile aerodynamic solutions at the front and the rear of the car which ensure that different aerodynamic configurations can be adopted in cornering, where maximum downforce is essential, and on straights where, instead, drag must be reduced to a minimum.

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s with all Ferrari special series models, the 458 Speciale boasts an array of technological innovations that make it a thoroughly unique model designed for owners looking for an even more focused sports car that offers extreme driving emotions.

The innovations span the entire car and include both Ferrari patents and world firsts, particularly with regard to the engine, active aerodynamics and electronic controls that mark this car out.

Whether on the road or on the track, drivers will feel immediately at one with the 458 Speciale thanks to the speed with which it responds to every input and the consequently natural control that it offers, even in extreme manoeuvres.

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The engine is the most powerful naturally-aspirated Ferrari V8 ever, punching out 605 cv at 9000 rpm and delivering an exceptionally high specific power output of 135 cv/l, comparable to power units designed for the track.

The F1 dual-clutch transmission’s new control logics deliver an even keener sense of urgency during acceleration, while the Fast Down-shift makes response to commands even more prompt when the car is shifting down through the gears he 458 Speciale also confirms Ferrari’s leadership in vehicle electronics. Its Side Slip Angle Control (SSC) is a world first.

Thanks to a sophisticated new algorithm, which computes lateral acceleration, yaw angle, steering wheel angle and speed, SSC instantaneously calculates

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the car’s side slip angle, comparing it with reference data, and then allowing smooth, controllable power oversteer, by optimising both torque management via F1-Trac traction control and the E-Diff electronic differential.

Part and parcel of the Speciale’s development included Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 tyres which were specifically honed for it in an intensive collaboration programme to boost performance over a single lap in the dry, performance consistency over multiple laps, and grip in the wet.

The cockpit features a distinctly racinginspired atmosphere, with simplicity the order of the day. Lightweight exclusive materials, such as Alcantara and carbonfibre, dominate, yet it still exudes the sense of craftsmanship and sophistication typical of all Ferrari interiors.

The cockpit’s ergonomic layout, with all controls either on the steering wheel or clustered around the driver, is boosted too by the bridge which puts the gearbox commands at an ideal angle to the driver.

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The Ferrari range is at the leading-edge in terms of environmental responsibility. The Prancing Horse’s substantial investment in emissions and fuel consumption reduction has resulted in average power output being boosted by 100 cv whilst slashing a massive 40 per cent off CO2 emissions

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Special Story INTERVIEW

“I haven’t yet found the man with whom I would want to be in a relationship,”

Alia Bhatt

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-Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt made her Bollywood debut as a lead actress in the 2012 college romance “Student of the Year”. In February, she won over critics with her performance in the offbeat film “Highway”, playing a woman who starts caring for her kidnapper.

In the romantic comedy “2 States”, which opened in cinemas on Friday, the 21-yearold plays a woman from Tamil Nadu who has to battle cultural stereotypes to marry her Punjabi lover.

Alia, the daughter of Bollywood film-maker Mahesh Bhatt, spoke to Reuters about her role in “2 States”, what the film “Highway” did for her acting career, and why she considers herself “mediocre”. Here are excerpts from the interview: You are playing a woman from Tamil Nadu in “2 States”. Were there any apprehensions about playing this role?

At first I thought I would really have to work on my accent, but after speaking to my director, I realized that this is a modern Tamil girl and she doesn’t have the heavy accent. Also, there is a justification for it, which is that her family has travelled and she’s moved around a lot.

Given that the film relies on cultural stereotypes for humour, were you afraid about these becoming cliches?

I was also one of those people who believed in stereotypes. But now, when people ask me, are you playing a south Indian, I say no, I am playing a Tamilian. There is a big difference.

It will be an eye-opener to a lot of people.

We have tried consciously not to make any character caricaturish, but to make their worlds relatable and believable. When a character says “Yeh toh Madrasi hai”, that how most people would characterize a south Indian. Or the house of a Tamil person would look different from that of a Punjabi. That is how we’ve tried to characterize it, rather than having everyone saying “aiyyo” all the time. That is not how people talk in real life.

What about the stereotypes you’ve had?

Yeah, like you have these notions that all south Indians don’t eat chicken, or that they don’t drink, and are not open to anything but their culture. Or that a Gujarati will not eat meat or that a Maharashtrian will only speak in Marathi.

Your performance in “Highway” got a lot of accolades. Was it difficult to move from a rather intense movie to a film like “2 States”?

It was obviously difficult for me to get away from the emotion of “Highway”, because I had become so emotionally involved with that character. But “2 States” looks like it might be normal, but even that is difficult. Just to have an organic, normal conversation, without making it sound like a written dialogue. In “Highway”, it is about this girl who is discovering herself. In “2 States”, I had no business discovering this person or bringing anything of myself into this character. Like colouring outside the lines in a picture would be a mess, colouring outside the character would be a mess in this film.

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Special Story As a performer, did “Highway” break boundaries for you? I am not sure your first film did that.

So will there always be scope for doubt in your September, 2014 thought-process?

It depends on how much it is. If I am constantly doubting, then I will go a little crazy. It is about not having the know-it-all attitude. You have to give yourself to the director, and not go against his vision. Like when I was doing “Highway”, it was not a performance. It was my life — it was something that I gave a lot to and forgot that it was actually a film. That was why I was very irritated when the film was releasing, because I felt like I was putting up my life and emotions on display for people to see.

No, it didn’t. In “Student of the Year”, I was testing waters. “Student” gave me reach, that she is a Hindi film heroine, can look into the camera and make faces, and dance. It didn’t give me the actor tag and I know it. I never thought I’d get a film that would establish my acting credentials so soon, but I did get it.

“Highway” made me as an actor – it broke me. I found an emotional bank inside me that I didn’t You’ve been referred to as one of the breakout know I had. I thought I was a very shallow stars. Do you believe that about yourself? person and didn’t think I had any depth. I didn’t have much to worry about in life – everything I think I will constantly think I am was put out on a platter for me. But “Highway” mediocre. I am selfgave me a feeling that something is missing, obsessed, but in terms and I found that at the end of the film. of looking at myself So are you more confident now? in the mirror all the time. But not in I find myself being very complacent. terms of thinking That scares me. A certain sense that I have made it. of honesty and awareness goes That will just come a long way and people can see back and bite me. that. I want to constantly be very So even if I had thoughtful when it comes to my made it, I don’t work, because if that goes think I will see it. away, I will lose the spark.

Unless I make a 500 crore Isn’t that charrupee (around acteristic of $83 million) someone new hit because of to the industry? me, which will Most people never happen. lose their sense of earnestness Any plans of workonce they’ve ing with your dad? spent some time in the field.

I want to, but it’s been put off so many times. There have I hope it stays. been talks, but it hasn’t My dad always worked out. Whenever told me that if it will happen, it you constantly will be a big doubt yourself; if deal. It will also you constantly feel be stressful. you are not worth Everyone it, then that is where else has the learning will come done well from. Doubt is the key with them, so to knowledge, and I I will have to do strongly believe that. it too.

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Alia Bhatt

“The most important qualities I want in my man is that he should be loyal and honest. Coming from a family in which everyone has strong opinions, I don’t want a guy who will push me down,”

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Sports Roundup

September, 2014

RAHUL DRAVID COULD BE THE NEW COACH OF TEAM INDIA As per media reports former India skipper Rahul Dravid is the top contender to replace under-fire Team India coach Duncan Fletcher.

The move comes in the wake of Indian cricket team’s string of humiliating 1-3 test match defeats in England. After a dismal performance in the five-match series the BCCI is believed to have given Fletcher enough signals to hand over his resignation.

The Indian cricket board was prompt in taking action after the Indians were beaten by an innings and 244 runs within three days in the fifth and final test. BCCI was swift to appoint former Indian skipper Ravi Shastri as the Director of the Indian cricket team for the rest of their England tour, in which Indians will play five-match ODI series and a T20 match.

“Duncan has no powers left whatsoever. Ravi will be calling the shots and Duncan knows it only too well. At this point of time, with no choice of support staff, Duncan will have to take a back seat. If Duncan wants to leave before the next home series against West Indies, the Board will not stop him,” a senior BCCI office-bearer told PTI on

condition of anonymity.

When the official was asked if Fletcher has indicated about quitting, he said, “The BCCI has sent him enough feelers that he is not required!”

Speculations among sports pundits are rife that either Shastri or Dravid will take over the top job.

Dravid mentored the team briefly, before the commencement of series against England, but now this will be a long term move by the apex cricketing body. The reason why ‘Mr dependable’ is more cut out for the coaching job is that he knows most of the current Indian players closely and has even shared the dressing room with some of them.

The former India right hander will give batting tips to our batsmen who have struggled outside the subcontinent, not being able to cope with pace and bounce. Dravid ‘the wall’ has piled on runs during his playing days on overseas tours.

“Dravid is attached to the Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming Champions League. However, we have big plans for Rahul. We want him to be the permanent mentor of the Indian team. He understands these players like nobody else and the players respect him also. We will ask him to take

According to an Indian Express report Dravid could not take up the assignment as it was short notice for him. He was approached prior to Shastri for the ODI series against England. If it is to be believed that Dravid’s role will be extended till the 2015 World Cup on a permanent basis provided he agrees to take up the offer.

The BCCI are in talks with Rahul Dravid to join the team during the home series against West Indies.

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ROHAN BOPANNA, SANIA MIRZA, YUVRAJ SINGH STEPS UP FOR ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE With Ice Bucket Challenge craze spreading like wildfire, even Indian sportsman couldn’t stay immune to the charity dare with double ace Rohan Bopanna stepping up for the challenge.

This ASL organized challenge, which involves participants to empty a bucket of ice cold water over their heads to raise awareness about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease, has been a he hit so far.

Another rule of the challenge is that once completed, the individual must post the video on social networking sites and nominate three people to take up the challenge within 24 hours or donate $100

“

It was the turn of tennis beauty Sania Mirza. She was too nominated by her Twitter followers and she accepted the challenge. Well, she shivered in the ice bucket challenge but she did not nominate anybody for the challenge.

Sania Mirza

to any charity working to fight the neurodegenerative disorder. was dared by IndianAmerican tennis player Amrit Narsimhan, who posted his icy video on Twitter on Sunday. A quivering Bopanna nominated Bengaluru FC and actor Rahul Bose for the challenge.

Bose, however, bowed out of the challenge, tweeting, “Been chosen

by Rohan Bopanna for

Then came the new sensation of Bollywood Sunny Leone. Family and Twitter fans have nominated Sunny’s name for the ice bucket challenge. Her husband Daniel Webber helped her in the ice bucket challenge who poured the freezing water on her. After the challenge, Sunny nominated Indian pop singer Yo Yo Honey Singh’s name.

Sunny Leone

#IceBucketChallenge to raise money/awareness for ALS. Hv decided not to waste clean water, but will donate!”

However, Bengaluru FC were happy to oblige.

“We accept Rohan’s challenge and nominate Ashwini Ponnappa, Sania Mirza and Yuvraj Singh. Good luck guys, let’s end ALS,” Club COO Mustafa Ghouse said.

Dabangg lady Sonakshi Sinha too participated in the ALS ice bucket challenge but it was a twist in the tale.

Instead of dumping icy cold water on her head, Sonakshi overturns an empty bucket and advised people to donate for the cause at the same time asked to save water.

Well, Sonakshi proved why she is the hatke actress.

Sonakshi Sinha

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Who is the fittest in the world?

The world has a new fittest athlete NBA star LeBron James. The basketball legend ranks on top in Sorts Illustrated’s debut list of world’s most fittest athletes.

NBA final this year but lost to the San Antonio Spurs. James has since decided to head home to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers again.

The magazine compiled the list, rating the athletes on their speed, strength, agility and endurance. Each of these categories was scored out of 10 and guess what? James topped the list by scoring a perfect 40. Whoa!

As we know, for an athlete, fitness is key to success.

James’ team the Miami Heat reached the

James beat Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who stands second in the list with 38.5 points. Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt came in third with 36.5 points.

Here’s the list of world’s

TOP TEN

CRISTIANO RONALDO

LEBRON JAMES

FITTEST

MICHAEL PHELPS

JON JONES

ADRIAN PETERSON

SERGE IBAKA

CALVIN JOHNSON

DEZ BRYANT

FLOYD MAYWEATHER

USAIN BOLT

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COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS If you are joyful by your own nature, whatever you do, you will not get into this unhealthy state of life within yourself. You will go, participate in any kind of competition, but you are already blissful so you will do the best you can. Even if you come last, it is still beautiful because you have done your best.

There are certain areas of life where our whole learning process is only because of the many other things that have happened in the past. You can write ABC because someone else also wrote ABC before you. By yourself you would not have written ABC. So, what you can do is not just coming out of you. What you can do is coming out of the experience of humanity. Every other thing that you can do is also like this. It is not coming only out of you; it is coming because of everyone’s contribution to you.

Invariably, comparison becomes a necessity because if there is no comparison, you might be doing something silly in your life and you would think you are doing great. Hasn’t it happened to you often enough? You thought you were doing fantastic. Then someone came by and they were doing things in such a way that you felt like an utter idiot. This comparison is needed. Otherwise everyone who is doing idiotic things will think he is a king by himself.

The comparison is perfectly okay, but this is not about you. This is just about your actions. In activity, all of us are differently capable. If we do not have benchmarks, we cannot improve our activity Not everyone is driven by passion to do what they are doing, where

they will anyway do their best.

They need some benchmarks.

There is nothing wrong with this.

Otherwise every day you will start from scratch and reinvent the wheel.

Only if you have a problem in knowing that someone is doing better than you, then this comparison is a problem. You should not have a problem that someone is doing better than you.

I am always seeking someone who can do things better than me because then my life will become easy. I don’t want to live with dumb people who cannot do things as well as me. If they can do things better than me, my life gets easier, better, and more beautiful.

But if you are a horrible tyrant, you do not want anyone to do better than you. This is a silly way to exist. This foolishness has come into you because you are always trying to measure the person, “Am I bigger than him?

Am I smaller than him?” because your whole effort is somehow to sit on top of the heap. This is a wasteful life because most probably you will not succeed and definitely you will not explore the full potential of who you are.

You will be miserable, when you succeed and even when you don’t, because constantly trying to stay ahead of someone is

a miserable way to exist. The insecurity that someone may pull you down and exceed you is a horrible way to exist.

The most fundamental thing is to fix your way of experiencing life. If you are joyful by your own nature, whatever you do, you will not get into this unhealthy state of life within yourself. You will go, participate in any kind of competition, but you are already blissful so you will do the best you can. Even if you come last, it is still beautiful because you have done your best. You will know the joy of action only when you are blissful by your own nature.

We are trying to plunge into the process of life without setting up the fundamental foundation that is needed for one to live a healthy life. The first and foremost thing that a child came with is, the moment his stomach is full he knows how to be joyful. Even an infant knows this. Only when he is hungry he yells, the rest of the time he is joyful. This is the fundamental fabric of life. Nature is clearly telling you this state of being joyful is necessary for you to live a healthy life. You have to insure your joy first and then get into activity. Then it does not matter whether activity goes up and down, you will not go up and down.

Named one of India’s 50 most influential people, Sadhguru speaks before millions annually around the globe, including to prominent leadership forums such as the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, TED, and the World Peace Congress. From ground-breaking yoga programs to projects for rural communities and the environment, Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation (www.IshaFoundation.org) serves as a thriving model for human empowerment, which is reflected in the Foundation’s special consultative status with the UN. Sadhguru

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ARIES

September looks like a very efficient month for you Aries, Jupiter brings joy and dynamic for pleasure and parties but the Sun in Virgo gives you focus at work. You make strong decisions that will give a good image of you. Honesty with yourself is a great quality and you are ready to take responsibilities for your mistakes and to correct them also.

Mercury in Libra by the 3rd of September will help you negotiate some arrangements with your loved one, you want him or her to help you more at home, or to share better with money. You will find the right words.

CANCER

TAURUS You are focused on love but you care only about being truthful, sincere, reliable and faithful. You may lack lightness and flirt attitude. Don’t be so serious all the time when it is not necessary, cultivate sense of humor also. At work, efforts of communication with your coworkers are paying, your popularity is higher, and they love to turn to you for advice. You are redecorating your home and changing the colors may brighten your moods, you need to express your creativity. You are good with

GEMINI Communication in love is one of your forte this month, you will have more power on your loved one because you know how to ask, encourage, push, challenge and also because you want the best for him or her. You have family responsibilities this month and you cannot avoid it, you will have to help your parents at any level, technological, practical, moral support or just showing affection. They need it. Some Gemini may have to go for some training because they need new skills for their job. You have to pay attention to your health this month, you neck or your shoulders or one tooth.

September, 2014

September is a great month for communication, you write back and forth to your sweetie, you reconnect with a family member who is far away, you develop a personal blog, you write more for your work…. until the 14th you are very much into your love life, needing intense moments together. Be careful not to ask too much in a relationship, it can be scary for the other. If you are married you talk about future projects, no to realize them immediately, just to have something to think about. Lots of last minute tasks are to be expected this month, your level of stress is increased.

LEO Venus leaves the sign of Leo on the 6th, but before that date, the Leos of the last decan have all their chances to meet an exciting new lover. Family events are important this month, your parents may be moving from their house, your sister gets married or finds a new job….you are following those events encouraging and supporting anyone who needs it. You feel like partying every night, Jupiter gives a mood for fun to your Leos, you have an incredible energy for that. Your loved one may not feel the same way, share, don’t impose.

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SAGITTARIUS

Venus enters in your sign on the 6th until the 30th. It is a good period to invest in your beauty, dress with a new style, and take care of your skin. It is an excellent moment to go out and meet. Singles have no excuses to be on their own, don’t stay at home watching your screen unless you are browsing dating websites. You could meet a sweet and pleasant partner.

You need to be more in touch with your body and sensation, not only on the surface, have some massages. If you are in a relationship, you open more and express clearly what you want.

SCORPIO Mars is in Scorpio until the 14th and you should concentrate all the hardest tasks of this month in the first half. Saturn gives you a complete focus on long term projects, nobody will keep you from doing what you want, nor influence you. Keeping secrets from your parents may be a necessity this month, you cannot share everything even with your closest parent. You want to be independent from them or avoid their intrusion in your life. You will keep your mouth shut at least until the end of the month.

A coworker is trying to take your work, you fight and win.

Wait until September 14th, to feel completely energized and active. Before that, you better put all the intellectual work in the first half of the month, and the ore physical tasks in the second. If you start a program of gym, you are highly motivated and will keep up and therefore see results. You worry for money and decide to be more organized and make a plan just to know where you are aiming.

Some Sagittarius may meet somebody new at work and they come closer progressively, which is unusual, but they have too, because of the environment. No problem for the couples.

LIBRA

North node in Libra brings lots of new events that are a reward for your good deeds.

You may get some professional help from a friend you helped in the past, and get a new job offer you did not expect.

Professionally your situation is good and getting even better, Mercury is in Libra from the 3rd to the 28th, almost a whole month to get what you want. Negotiation is your forte.

You feel disappointed by your father and you will tell him. You manage a lot of administrative papers, find solutions: you are proud of yourself for that.

AQUARIUS Are you obliged to offer help in some way? Can you continue to look upon a situation that seems to require your input or assistance? For some time, you’ve been aware of a precedent you might be setting through involving yourself and, during September, it is likely to become increasingly evident that doing nothing is no longer an option. You have the ability to bring much needed relief and comfort to someone who needs both.

Offer what you can in the belief that you’re not being taken advantage of and that your relationship with this person will be strengthened immensely. With your very own personal monthly forecast you will be able to take advantage of important opportunities. Avoid over-confidence when caution is required. Face up to situations you have been trying to ignore.

CAPRICORN Pluto is on your side this month, bringing a real clarity to your projects.

Your willpower is stronger than ever and you are able to say no to the things that are not interesting for you. Even if your boss is trying to push in some direction, you resist, gently but firmly. Same thing with your parents, if you don’t want to spend your Sundays with them, you will not. New friends are attractive to you and you love the discovery of a new environment and different network. That is exciting for you. Love is comfortable but romantic also, you show your love and tenderness.

PISCES Expect lots of work this month, it looks like everyone has to ask you something and you don’t know how to say no, especially when asked nicely. You are spending nice intimate evenings with your sweetie and you don’t need more than that, intimacy yes, clinginess no! You know exactly what you can take as a level of closeness or not.

Passionate, jealous partners can be scary for you, avoid them. You are learning something new at work and you love that, it makes your daily tasks more exciting intellectually. You need that to keep motivated.

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