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American atheist blogger

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prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin has been hacked to death with machetes by unidentified assailants in Dhaka. The body of Avijit Roy, founder of the Mukto-Mona (Free-mind) blog site – which champions liberal secular writing in the Muslimmajority nation – was found covered in blood after an attack that also left his wife critically wounded. The couple was coming on a bicycle rickshaw, returning from a book fair, when two assailants stopped and dragged them on to the pavement before striking them with machetes.

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“He died as he was brought to the hospital. His wife was also seriously wounded. She has lost a finger,” local police chief Sirajul Islam said. “Roy suffered fatal wounds in the head and died from bleeding ... after being brought to the hospital,” Dr Sohel Ahmed told reporters. Imran Sarker, head of the Bangladesh bloggers association, said the protests will continue until those responsible were apprehended. “Avijit’s killing

once again proved that there is a culture of impunity in the country,” Sarker told Agence France-Presse. “The government must arrest the killers face non-stop protests.” “The attack on Roy and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, is outrageous. We strongly protest this attack and are deeply concerned about the safety of writers,” said Sarker. Sarker said: “Communal and militant groups have threatened the very spirit of our nation. Yet instead of crushing them, the government was keen on appeasing them by arresting secular bloggers.”

Roy’s father said the writer, a US citizen, had received a number of “threatening” emails and messages on social media from hardliners who are unhappy with his writing. “He was a secular humanist and has written about 10 books.” “Dr Roy was a true ally, a courageous and eloquent defender of reason, science and free expression, in a country where those values have been under heavy attack,” The Center for Inquiry, a US-based charity promoting free thought said in a statement. Atheist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death in 2013 by members of a little-known Islamist militant group, triggering nationwide protests. “The pattern of the killing appeared to be the same as that of previous attack on a celebrated writer,” said Shiblee Noman, assistant

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commissioner of Dhaka police. “It seems it was carried out by a reactionary fundamentalist group.” Bangladeshi authorities have arrested a radical Islamist four days after a secular American blogger of Bangladeshi origin was hacked to death. A spokesman for the police’s elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said Farabi Shafiur Rahman had been arrested over the brutal murder of Avijit Roy. “He is the main suspect,” RAB spokesman Maj Maksudul Alam said.

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“On different occasions, he exchanged Roy’s location, his identity and his family’s photographs with various people,” RAB spokesman, Mufti Mahmud told. “He wrote on Facebook that ‘Avijit Roy lives in America. So it’s not possible to kill him at this moment. But when he’ll return to the country, he’ll be murdered,’” Mahmud said. “Whether Farabi was involved or those who killed Roy were associated with Farabi is a matter of investigation,” Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of the detective branch of police, told.

“This was not just an attack against a person, but a cowardly assault on the universal principles enshrined in Bangladesh’s constitution,” state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told.

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Murder of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov Former deputy PM and critic of Vladimir Putin who was due to lead major rally on Sunday is killed near the Kremlin. World leaders led by David Cameron and Barack Obama have condemned the killing of prominent Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and a sharp critic of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, was shot four times in the back by a killer in a passing car. Cameron said the callous murder must be “fully, rapidly and transparently investigated, and those responsible brought to justice”. “His life was dedicated to speaking up tirelessly for the Russian people, to demanding their right to democracy and liberty under the rule of law, and to an end to corruption,” the prime minister said. “He did so without fear, and never gave in to intimidation.”

The US president called for a “prompt, impartial and transparent” investigation, describing Nemtsov was a “tireless advocate” for citizens’ rights and fighting corruption. Spokesman for German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said she was dismayed by Nemtsov’s killing and praised his courage in criticising government policies. French president, François Hollande, described the killing as an “assassination” and described the politician as a “courageous and tireless defender of democracy and a dogged fighter against corruption”. The killing took place in the very centre of Moscow on a bridge near St Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin, two days before Nemtsov was due to lead a major opposition rally in Moscow. Russian president Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that the president would take the investigation into Nemtsov’s death under “personal control” and that he believed the killing to be a provocation. “Putin noted that this cruel killing has all the signs of a hit and is a pure provocation,” said Peskov. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev echoed that the killing was a provocation: “It’s an attempt to push the situation into complications, maybe even to destabilising the situation in the March /2015

country.” Nemtsov, 55, was the deputy prime minister during the 1990s in the government of Boris Yeltsin. He had written a number of reports in recent years linking Putin and his inner circle to corruption and was one of the most well-known politicians among Russia’s small and beleaguered opposition. Footage from the scene showed police experts examining the corpse of a man, dressed in jeans and lying on the tarmac, with the domes of St Basil’s in the background. “He was shot four times in the back, as a result of which he died,” Elena Alekseyeva told Russian television. Some rumours were doing the round that Nemtsov had been walking with a female companion, who was unharmed, at the time of the killing. The woman was reportedly a Ukrainian national. She was described as a model who was 30 years his junior. Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Russian prime minister said, “In the 21st century, a leader of the opposition is being demonstratively shot just outside the walls of the Kremlin. “The country is rolling into the abyss.” www.wishesh.com

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Highlights of the Railway Budget 2015-16

Railway Budget 2015 The maiden Railway budget of the Modi government was presented by the Railway minister Suresh Prabhu of 25th February 2015. The budget seems to be visionary, papers. The railway minster was but not populist. The minister liberal enough to ensure 67% has taken care to not announce increase in passenger amenities. impractical projects, instead he He also made provisions for the took utmost care to consider the Prime minister’s dream projects projects announced in the previous like Swach Bharath and Make in budgets but not completed or India in the railway budget which not even begun. The previous will create jobs and hygienic governments used to announce conditions to the passengers. The plenty of projects and new trains, gist of the Railway budget is given but mostly they remained on below for more understanding. Four goals for Indian Railways to transform over next five years: a) To deliver a sustained and measurable improvement in customer experience. b) To make Rail a safer means of travel.

1. IR to become prime mover of economy once again 2. Resource Mobilization for higher Investments 3. Decongestion of heavy haul routes and speeding up of trains: emphasis on gauge conversion, doubling, tripling and electrification 4. Project delivery 5. Passenger Amenities. 6. Safety 7. Transparency & System Improvement. 8. Railways to continue to be the preferred mode of transport for the masses. 9. Sustainability.

c) To expand Bhartiya Rail’s capacity substantially and modernise infrastructure. Increase daily passenger carrying capacity from 21million PROPOSED INVESTMENT PLAN (2015-2019) to 30 million. Increase track length by 20% from 1,14,000 km ITEM AMOUNT (RS IN CRORE) to 1,38,000 km: grow our annual freight carrying capacity from 1 Network Decongestion (including 199320 billion to 1.5 billion tonnes. DFC, Electrification, Doubling including electrification and d) Finally, to make Bhartiya traffic facilities) Rail financially self-sustainable. Network Expansion (including 193000 Generate large surpluses from electrification) operations not only to service the debt needed to fund our capacity National Projects (North Eastern 39000 expansion, but also to invest on & Kashmir connectivity projects) an on-going basis to replace our Safety (Track renewal, bridge 127000 depreciating assets. works, ROB, RUB and Signalling & Telecom) Execution strategy to have five drivers: a) Adopting a medium-term perspective:Railway Budget part of trilogy of documents viz. the White Paper placed today, Budget 2015-16 & a Vision-2030 document which will follow. Budget proposals to mark beginning of a Five Year Action Plan to transform the Railways. www.wishesh.com

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Rolling Stock (Locomotives, coaches, wagons – production & maintenance)

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b) Building Partnerships: This will require partnering with key stakeholders: States, PSU’s, partner with multilateral and bi-lateral organizations & other governments to gain access to long term financing and technology from overseas, the private sector to improve last mile connectivity, expand fleet of rolling stock and modernize our station infrastructure. c) Leveraging additional resources:IR envisages investment of Rs. 8.5 lakh crore in next five years to be mobilized from multiple sources to cater to funding i.e Multilateral development banks, pension funds. d)

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systems, processes, and re-tooling of human resources:Targeted operating ratio for 2015-16 at 88.5% against 91.8%in 2014-15: best in the last 9 years. IR to speed up decision making, tighten accountability, improve management information systems: training and development of human resource. e) To set standards for Governance and Transparency: Ten major thrust areas of Action Plan: Quality of life in journeys:

practices,

1. Cleanliness: Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat, new department for cleanliness, integrated cleaning by engaging professional agencies and training our staff, ‘waste to energy’ conversion plants, new toilets covering 650 additional stations compared to 120 stations last year. Bio-toilets. 2. Bed linen: NIFT to design; online booking of disposable bed rolls: 3. Help-line: 24X7 helpline number 138;toll-free number 182 for security related complaints. 4. Ticketing: operation five minutes for issuing unreserved tickets, hot buttons, coin vending machines, single destination teller, concessional e-tickets for differently abled travelers, developing a multi-lingual e-portal, crediting of refunds through banks, unreserved tickets on Smart phones, proliferation of automatic ticket vending machines with smart cards and currency options, integrated ticketing system on the lines of rail-cumroad tickets, Defence Travel System developed for elimination of Warrants . 5. Catering: e-catering to select meals from an array of choices. Ordering food through IRCTC website at the time of booking of tickets; integrating best food chains into this project; setting up of Base Kitchens in specified Divisions to be run by reputed agencies for serving quality food; expansion of water vending machines. 6. Leveraging technology: Hand-held terminals to Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) for verification of passengers and downloading charts; possibility of extending facility of SMS on mobiles as a valid proof of travel for PRS tickets; integrated customer portal as a single interface to access different services; Introduction of a centrally managed Railway Display Network in over 2000 stations in next two years; “SMS Alert” service to inform passengers in advance of the updated arrival/departure time of trains at starting or destination stations. 7. Surveillance: surveillance cameras provided on a pilot basis in selected mainline coaches and ladies’ compartments of suburban coaches without intruding into privacy. 8. Entertainment: project for introducing on-board entertainment on select Shatabdi trains on license fee basis launched; Mobile phone charging facilities to be provided in general class coaches & increased in sleeper class coaches. 9. Station facilities: 200 more stations to come under Adarsh Station scheme; Wi-Fi to be provided at B category stations ; facility of self-operated lockers to be made available at stations; provision of concierge services through IRCTC at major stations; online booking of wheel chair on payment basis for senior citizens, patients and the differently-abled passengers through IRCTC on select stations. 10. Train capacity: capacity in identified trains be augmented to run with 26 coaches; more General class coaches be added in identified trains.

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Station Redevelopment Station redevelopment policy to be revamped and processes simplified by inviting open bids; present stations be available for development on â&#x20AC;&#x153;as is where isâ&#x20AC;? basis, to exploit the space and air rights on concession basis; Zonal and Divisional offices be empowered for quicker decision making;Land will not be sold; Development of 10 Satellite Railway terminals in major cities with twin purpose of decongesting the city and providing service to n suburban passengers. Network expansion: Decongesting networks with basket of traffic generating projects priority; priority to last mile connectivity projects ; fast track sanctioned works on 7,000 kms of double/third/fourth lines and commission 1200 km in 201516 at an investment of Rs. 8686 crore, 84% higher Y-O-Y. Commissioning 800 km of gauge conversion targeted in current fiscal. 77 projects covering 9,400 km of doubling/tripling/quadrupling works along with electrification, covering almost all States, at a cost of Rs. 96,182 crore which is over 2700% higher in terms of amount sanctioned. Traffic facility works a top priority with outlay of Rs. 2374 crore . In the North East States, Meghalaya brought on the Railway map of India and direct connectivity to Delhi provided. Barak Valley to be connected on BG . Award of 750 km of civil contracts and 1300 km of system contracts in 2015-16 on Dedicated Freight Corridor; 55 km section of Eastern DFC to be completed in the current year. Preliminary Engineering cum www.wishesh.com

Traffic Survey (PETS) for four other DFCs in progress. Acceleration of pace of Railway electrification: 6,608 route kilometers sanctioned for 201516 ,an increase of 1330% over the previous year.

Expansion of freight handling capacity Transport Logistics Corporation of India (TRANSLOC), to be set up for developing common user facilities with handling and value-added services to provide end-to-end logistics solution at select Railway terminals through Public Private Partnerships. For the benefit of our farmers, a state of the art Perishable Cargo Centre under completion at the Azadpur Mandi with a scientific banana-ripening Centre; air cargo sector to be developed to facilitate and integrate the movement of air cargo between ICDs and the gateway airports. Policy for Private Freight Terminals (PFT) to be revised. Automatic Freight Rebate Scheme for traffic to be expanded Long haul freight operations to be used extensively; construction of long loop lines to be expedited. Distributed power system for multi-loco haulage to be accelerated. Improving train speed Speed of 9 railway corridors to be increased from existing 110 and 130 kmph to 160 and 200 kmph respectively so that inter-metro journeys like Delhi-Kolkotta and Delhi-Mumbai can be completed overnight. Average speed of freight trains in empty and loaded conditions, 15

will be enhanced to 100 kmph for empty freight trains and 75 kmph for loaded trains; loading density on all major freight bearing routes to be upgraded to 22.82 tonne axle loads. Bullet train Feasibility study for High Speed Rail between Mumbai-Ahmadabad is in advanced stage and report expected by the mid of this year. For other high speed routes on the diamond quadrilateral, studies are being commissioned. Upgrading manufacturing capability Creation of job opportunities by upgrading the manufacturing capability. Functioning of Indian Railways Production Units and Workshops would be reviewed to provide them a cutting edge; measures for technological upgradation and enhancing productivity be undertaken to make them selfsustaining. Conclusion Complete the review of speed restrictions soon. All critical initiatives to be pursued in mission mode under designated senior officials in the Ministry of Railways as Mission Directors; similar structure replicated in all Zonal Railways. March /2015

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Land acquisition bill Benefits Farmers or Corporates

The much waited and criticized Land acquisition bill has put the Modi government in a crisis. This is because the bill was made into effect through an ordinance, but lack of majority in the Rajya sabha raises doubts of getting the bill passed in the house. The only solution to getting it passed is by convening a joint session. This will call for criticism from all quarters. Below is the gist of the said Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, which can give a fair understanding of the bill. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 shall come into force on January 1, 2014 as notified by the Central Government. The Act will replace the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a nearly 120-year-old law enacted during British rule and lays emphasis on Rehabilitation & Resettlement in cases of land acquisition. The salient features of this Act are as follows:-

1. Giving priority to the interests of farmers, landless labourers, dalits and farmers, the Act concerns only such cases where the land will be acquired by Central or State Authorities for any public purpose. 2. Before the acquisition of any land, the Government is required to consult the concerned Panchayat or Municipal Corporation and carry out a Social Impact Assessment in consultation with them. 3. The Act provides a transparent process for land acquisition for industrialization, development of essential infrastructural facilities and urbanization by giving adequate financial compensation to the affected people. 4. Laying down special provisions for food security, the Act under Section 10 provides that multi-crop irrigated land will not be acquired except as a demonstrably last resort measure and wherever the same is done; an equivalent area of cultivatable wasteland shall be developed for agricultural purposes. States are also required to set a limit on the area of agricultural land that can be acquired in any given district. 5. It also provides for leasing of land to developers, instead of sale, so that the ownership will remain with the original land holders and they can also have a March /2015

regular income by way of lease rent; the terms of lease to be laid down by the State Government according to type of land, location, market rates etc. 6. It provides for the establishment of National Monitoring Committee for rehabilitation and resettlement at the Centre as well as State and Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority for speedy disposal of cases. 7. The Act prescribes a punishment of six months imprisonment in case of contravention of any provision relating to payment of compensation or rehabilitation and resettlement and of six months or one lakh rupees fine for providing misleading or false information or documents. 8. It also provides for the temporary occupation and use of any waste or arable land for a period of not more than three years for public purposes by the Government. 9. The Act has provisions to provide fair compensation to those whose land is taken away, brings transparency to the process of acquisition of land to set up factories or buildings, infrastructural projects and assures rehabilitation of those affected. www.wishesh.com

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The Delhi voters have shown their unanimous stand on political parties. After watching the gimmicks and mockery of conventional parties, Delhiites certainly gave chance to two-year old party called Aam Aadmi Party, which is led by volunteers and idealistic workers. No one have expected this much (64 seats) gap between BJP and AAP. Pre-election exit polls and surveys told BJP’s edge and post poll reports said AAP’s victory with clear majority, but the results on February 10th wondered many political experts. March /2015

Hardly has there been an occasion in Indian politics when a party has registered such a massive victory. It was only in Sikkim, when the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won all the 32 seats in the Assembly, twice in 1989 and 2009 and 31 seats during the 2004 Assembly elections BJP might not have imagined the debacle, after enjoying the victories from 2014 general elections and state elections thereafter. To catch the masses with clean face and Anticorruption crusader, BJP has fielded Kiran Bedi just before the nominations, and the party prioritized the erstwhile colleagues of Arvind Kejriwal in Anna team. The projection of Kiran Bedi as the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate to counter the popularity of Mr. Kejriwal seems to have backfired. She even failed to win her own election from the Krishna Nagar Assembly seat. Though BJP had chances to get decent vote share, it aimed at on sided results by denigrating Arvind Kejriwal and his party through advertisements in newspapers, which enormously damaged the BJP’s prospects. www.wishesh.com

Muslim voters completely stood with AAP, by ignoring Congress party this time. Muslims, who constitute 11 per cent of Delhi’s voters, favored AAP according to the statistics. Dalit voters also rejected the traditional parties through their massive support to AAP.

During the general elections in 2014, Delhi voters completely supported Modi and his party BJP, and the AAP did not win a single seat in Delhi in the Lok Sabha elections. But Mr. Kejriwal stood his ground. He offered the Delhiites a new hope in politics with the agenda of clean and sensitive governance. The BJP, which had won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, eight months ago, failed to continue its dominance in Delhi platform and the local leaders were side lined for accommodating the new comers. And its so called Vision Document with a list of 270 promises (vague points) had not impressed the voters at any corner. Shazia Ilmi, Krisha Tirath and many new inductees have not created room for BJP’s victory but catalyzed

the AAP’s prospectives. The saffron party’s allegations on AAP and on its top leaders backfired on BJP’s base. The attempts by the BJP to project AAP as villain in Delhi, were understood by the people in reverse direction. However, the results cannot be termed or weighed as anti-incumbency and Anti-Modism, but this is certainly a shocking lesson to BJP and congress. The Delhi decide is a speed breaker to BJP and a shame on Congress party. The grand old party in India or INC must learn from the junior Arvind Kejriwal, how to stand on promises and how to reach every person in humble way. We must appreciate three candidates Vijender Gupta,Om Prakash Sharma, and Jagdish Pradhan – who stand against the Kejri-wall in Delhi elections.

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The 87th Academy Awards ceremony was presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and honored the best films of 2014, which took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, which was produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Grand Budapest Hotel won the most awards, tying with four each. Birdman ‘s awards included the Best Director, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Grand Budapest Hotel ‘s awards included Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat. Whiplash is the only other film to win multiple awards and won three including the Best Supporting Actor for J. K. Simmons. The other winners are The Theory of Everything, Still Alice, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Big Hero 6, Ida, Citizenfour, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, The Phone Call, Feast, Selma, American Sniper, and Interstellar.

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BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

in a Leading Role

Steve Carell Foxcatcher

Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation Game

Marion Cotillard Two Days, One Night

Rosamund Pike Gone Girl

Bradley Cooper American Sniper

Michael Keaton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Felicity Jones The Theory of Everything

Reese Witherspoon Wild

WINNER

Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTOR

Julianne Moore Still Alice

BEST ACTRESS

in a Supporting Role

Robert Duvall The Judge

Mark Ruffalo Foxcatcher

Laura Dern Wild

Meryl Streep Into the Woods

Ethan Hawke Boyhood

Edward Norton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Keira Knightley The Imitation Game

Emma Stone Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM How to Train Your Dragon 2

Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold The Boxtrolls Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Song of the Sea Tomm Moore and Paul Young

The Grand Budapest Hotel Ida Robert Yeoman Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Mr. Turner Dick Pope

WINNER

WINNER Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki

Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams & Roy Conli

COSTUME DESIGN

Unbroken Roger Deakins

DIRECTING

Inherent Vice Mark Bridges

Mark Bridges Colleen Atwood

Boyhood Richard Linklater

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Maleficent Anna B. Sheppard

Mr. Turner Jacqueline Durran

Foxcatcher Bennett Miller

The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum

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Wes Anderson

WINNER Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G.

The Grand Budapest Hotel Milena Canonero

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Finding Vivian Maier

The Salt of the Earth

John Maloof & Charlie Siskel

Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier

Joanna Aneta Kopacz

The Reaper (La Parka) Gabriel Serra Arguello

Our Curse Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki

White Earth J. Christian Jensen

Last Days in Vietnam Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester

Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

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Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry

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American Sniper The Grand Budapest Hotel Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach Barney Pilling

Leviathan Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Tangerines Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze

Timbuktu Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

Wild Tales Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron

Boyhood Sandra Adair

The Imitation Game William Goldenberg

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Whiplash Tom Cross

Ida Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

MUSIC

Foxcatcher Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard

The Imitation Game Alexandre Desplat

Interstellar Hans Zimmer

Mr. Turner Gary Yershon

The Theory of Everything Jóhann Jóhannsson

Original Score

Guardians of the Galaxy Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

WINNER The Grand Budapest Hotel

Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier

Alexandre Desplat

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Original Song

“Everything Is Awesome” from THE LEGO MOVIE Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson

“Grateful” from BEYOND THE LIGHTS Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

The Imitation Game Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration)

Interstellar Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)

“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from GLEN CAMPBELL...I’LL BE ME Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond

“Lost Stars” from BEGIN AGAIN Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Into the Woods Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)

Mr. Turner Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration)

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FREEDOM FIGHTER

BHAGAT SINGH THE MAN OF COURAGE

September 27, 1907, Jaranwala Tehsil - March 23, 1931, Lahore, Pakistan

Bhagat Singh studied the European revolutionary movement and was greatly attracted towards socialism. He realised that the end of of British rule should be the beginning of socialist reconstruction of Indian society and for this political power must be seized by the workers. Bhagat Singh gave a new direction to the revolutionary movement in India. He differed from his predecessors on two counts.

BHAGAT SINGH was

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OF INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE Bhagat Singh was a true Indian who has fought against the British rule relentlessly and selflessly. But unfortunately the independent India has forgotten the unsung hero and was busy to credit and establish one family as to be responsible for the independence of India. Even Mahatma Gandhi has gone into oblivion while crediting everything to the family. March /2015

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-Premji Firstly, he accepted the logic of atheism and publicly proclaimed it. Secondly, until then revolutionaries had His faith in non violence weakened and he came to no conception of post-independence society, their the conclusion that armed revolution was the only immediate goal was the destruction of the British practical way of winning freedom. Bhagat Singh joined Empire. Bhagat Singh, has keen sense of history the National College in Lahore, founded by Lala Lajpat and gave revolutionary movement a goal beyond Rai and came into contact with revolutionaries such as the elimination of the British. A clarity of vision and Bhagwati Charan, Sukhdev and others. He came into determination of purpose distinguished Bhagat Singh contact with a revolutionary named Ganesh Shankar from other leaders of the National Movement. He Vidyarthi, and learnt his first lessons as revolutionary. emerged as the only alternative to Gandhi and the In 1928 he attended a meeting of revolutionaries Indian National Congress, especially for in Delhi and came into contact with the youth. On April 8, 1929 Bhagat Chandrasekhar Azad. The two formed Samajvadi Prajatantra Singh and Batukeshwar ‘Hindustan Bhagat Singh was born in a Sikh family Dutt threw bombs in the Sangha’. Its aim was to establish a republic in the village of Khatkar Kalan in in India by means of an armed revolution. Central Assembly Hall Nawanshahar district of Punjab. The while the Assembly was in district has now been renamed as Shaheed session. The bombs did not In February 1928, a committee from Bhagat Singh Nagar in his memory. He hurt anyone. After throwing England, called Simon Commission was the third son of Sardar Kishan Singh the bombs, Bhagat Singh visited India to decide how much and Vidyavati. Bhagat Singh’s family was and Batukeshwar Dutt, freedom and responsibility could be actively involved in freedom struggle. His deliberately courted arrest. given to the people of India. But there father Kishan Singh and Uncle Ajit Singh During his trial, Bhagat Singh was no Indian on the committee. While were members of Ghadr Party founded refused to employ any defence protesting against Simon Commission in in the U.S to oust British rule from India. counsel. He went on hunger Lahore, Lala Lajpat Rai was brutally lathiFamily atmosphere helped patriotism to strike to protest the inhuman charged and later succumbed to injuries. flow in his veins from childhood. treatment of fellow-political Bhagat Singh was determined to avenge prisoners. On October 7, Lajpat Rai’s death by shooting the British While studying at the local D.A.V. School 1930 Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev official responsible for the killing, Deputy in Lahore, in 1916, young Bhagat Singh and Raj Guru were awarded Inspector General Scott. He shot down came into contact with well-known death sentence by a special Assistant Superintendent Saunders political leaders like Lala Lajpat Rai and tribunal. Bhagat Singh and instead, mistaking him for Scott. Ras Bihari Bose. In 1919, when Jalianwala his associates were hanged in Bagh massacre took place, Bhagat Singh the early hours of March 23, Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this was only 12 years old. The massacre while, volunteered to throw a bomb in 1931. deeply disturbed him. On the next day of the Central Legislative Assembly where massacre Bhagat Singh went to Jalianwala Bagh and the meeting to pass the ordinance on Defense of India collected soil from the spot and kept it as a memento Act was being held. It was a carefully laid out plot, not for the rest of his life. In response to Mahatma Gandhi’s to cause death or injury but to draw the attention of call for non-cooperation against British rule in 1921, the government. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Bhagat Singh left his school and actively participated Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing in the movement. In 1922, when Mahatma Gandhi the bomb. suspended Non-cooperation movement against violence at Chauri-chaura in Gorakhpur, Bhagat was greatly disappointed. www.wishesh.com

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H-1B visa

spouses rejoices After more than a year lapsing since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has first proposed to amend immigration law to allow H-4 visa holders, the spouses of those holding H-1B visas, to work under certain conditions, the U.S. federal agency this week has announced the formal publication of the new rules, implying that they would enter into force soon, possibly after a 60-day public comment period. The ruling is likely to delight the visa holders of Indian citizenship, particularly those working in the IT sector, as India is the country which is receiving the largest proportion of H-1B visas from the U.S. every year.

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DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, said that as part of the administration’s proposals to “attract and retain highly skilled immigrants,” the new rules had been proposed because, “Businesses continue to need these high-skilled workers, and these rules ensure we do not cede the upper hand to other countries competing for the same talent.” Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker highlighted the transformative role of immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. economy. She said, “Many tire of waiting for green cards and leave the country to work for our competition. The fact is we have to do more to retain and attract world-class talent to the U.S. and these regulations put us on a path to do that”, to the media in Washington.

The DHS said in its initial announcement of the proposed changes that it, “recognises that the limitation on the period of stay is not the only event that could cause an H-1B worker to leave his or her employment and cause disruption to the employer’s business, inclusive of the loss of significant time and money invested in the immigration process. This rule will encourage H-1B skilled workers to not abandon their adjustment application because their H-4 spouse is unable to work.” The proposed rules granting employment rights to some H-4 visa holders were also

“intended to mitigate some of the negative economic effects of limiting H-1B households to one income during lengthy waiting periods in the adjustment of status process,” the DHS noted in 2013. The DHS said that, “Allowing certain H-4 spouses with the opportunity to work would result in a negligible increase to the overall domestic labour force. The benefits of this rule to retain highly-skilled persons, who intend to adjust to lawful permanent resident status.”

U.S. Company heads, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was lobbying in Washington for the passage of bipartisan immigration reform legislation that would better permit U.S. companies to recruit highly talented foreign citizens. Despite the U.S. Senate passing a sweeping comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill in 2013 year, the Republican-led House of Representatives has blocked debates on the floor, ostensibly due to the concerns that a ‘path to citizenship’ for the nearly 11.5 million undocumented immigrants could have a potential negative impact on the U.S. economy. www.wishesh.com

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ANSHUMAN JAIN CO-CEO OF DEUTSCHE BANK

Anshuman Jain (born January 7, 1963 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian business executive. He took over as Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank on June 1, 2012 to succeed Management Board Chairman Josef Ackermann. Born January 7, 1963 (age 52) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Nationality India United Kingdom Ethnicity Marwari Alma mater University of Delhi (B.A.) University of Massachusetts (M.B.A.) Occupation Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank Employer Deutsche Bank

Jain is a member of Deutsche Bank’s Management Board and head of the Corporate and Investment Bank since July 2010, was globally responsible for Deutsche Bank’s corporate finance, sales and trading, and transaction banking business.

ACCOLADES

Anshu received Risk Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010

Annual Business Leader Award from NASSCOM.

2005 recipient of the American Indian Foundation’s Achievement Award for philanthropy and ongoing involvement in development.

Euromoney Magazine Capital Markets Achievement Award in 2003

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Mr. Anshuman Jain, also known as Anshu, BA (Hons), MBA, serves as a Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank (China) Co., Ltd.

Head of Global Markets & Global Banking and a Member of Management Board at Deutsche Bank AG since April 1, 2009

Head of corporate and investment banking since June 2010.

Non-Executive Director of Sasol Ltd., from July 1, 2003 to November 26, 2010.

Member of Management Board at Deutsche Bank AG (London) since April 01, 2009.

Head of Global Markets and a Member of Management Board at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Global Co-Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank International Limited since October 2004.

Co-Head of Investment Banking Business at Deutsche Bank S.A. / N.V.

Member of Management Board at Deutsche Bank AG, Jakarta Branch.

Head of Sales and Trading at Deutsche Bank AG since September 21, 2004.

Co-head of corporate and investment banking at Deutsche Bank AG until June 2010.

Joined Deutsche Bank in 1995.

After his academic studies, Mr. Jain worked until 1988 for Kidder Peabody, New York, in the area of Derivatives Research. From 1988 to 1995, he set up and ran the global hedge fund coverage group for Merrill Lynch, New York and served as its Managing Director. Mr. Jain holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Economics from Shri Ram College (Delhi University) in 1983 and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Massachusetts in 1985.

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FINE ART

Mangalgiri is only 12 KM away from Vijayawada. Mangalgiri is well connected with train and buses and is accessible from Vijayawada, Guntur and Tenali. The main occupation of this village is weaving and paddy cultivation. Around 60% of the population belongs to Padmasali, who are traditionally related to weaving. In the temple, there is no deity of god, only a wide opened mouth of nearly 15cms is seen. Here the deity is offered palakam. The priest will pour the palakam with a conch into the wide opened mouth. While pouring, we can hear the sound, like someone is drinking water. When the sound stops, the priest will stop pouring. This means that god is satisfied with the given palakam. Sometimes lots of palakam has to be poured, then only the sound stops, sometimes very little only is required. March /2015

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MANGALAGIRI Auspicious hill and place of mesmerizing Handloom textiles

Mangalgiri means an auspicious hill, the word “Mangal” means auspicious and the word “giri” means hill. Mangalgiri is situated in the outskirts of Vijayawada, a well known city in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

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FINE ART

In Mangalgiri the count 80 – 80 is used for soft woven fabric and 40 – 60 for hard varieties. March /2015

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Mangalgiri is blessed with two well known temples. One is in the valley, of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple believed to be built by the King Krishna Devaraya. The other temple is on the hilltop known as Palaka Narasimha Swamy. Narasimha is believed to be the 4th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This incarnation has a lion head and human body. The deity in the Palaka Narasimha Swamy temple is Swayambhu means self originated. In this temple the main offering is Palakam or Panakom – a juice made with jaggery, dry ginger and lime, which is poured into the mouth of Sri Narasimha Swamy. Even though Palakam is sweet and everyday hundreds of litres of Palakam is offered there are no ants seen anywhere near the sanctum sanctorum. A unique feature of Palaka Narasimha Swamy temple in Mangalgiri is the magical disappearance of the Palakam offered to the shrine. When palakam is poured into the mouth of the deity, half of the palakam is returned. The temple is opened only from morning to afternoon. It is believed that Demigods perform puja to Sri Narasimha Swamy in the night.

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Mangalgiri is well known for its traditional Mangalgiri Handloom textiles. Mangalgiri handloom textiles are well known for the durability of the colours used in the yarn.

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The mixture of colour gives durability. Usually Mangalgiri handloom textiles are made in cotton or cotton and silk mix or mercerized cotton. The count used in weaving gives the softness and hardness to the fabric. The count in a handloom fabric means the number of threads woven length wise and breadth wise known as warp and wept respectively in a square inch. In Mangalgiri the count 80 – 80 is used for soft woven fabric and 40 – 60 for hard varieties. There are some designs which are exclusively used in Mangalgiri fabrics known as Nizam designs. First the yarn is washed and then dipped in the required colour in a boiler and the worker goes on turning the yarn so that the colour is evenly mixed in the yarn. The most important aspect in this process is the mixing of colours which will give unique and durable colour to the fabric. Then yarn is loaded into the looms. The length of yarn which is loaded as warp is known as Pacham. It will take a week to weave one Pacham of four sarees. The looms used in Mangalgiri are mostly pit looms. Pit looms are looms which are fixed in the ground level and there will be a pit in which looms peddle will be placed and the weaver will sit on the floor and use his hands and legs to weave. The weavers are into this profession traditionally. The art of weaving is passed on by way of vision and practice.

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SIGNFICANCE OF

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Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India. It is located in the Himalayan Mountains and has border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. It is reachable through road, rail and air from almost all the Indian states.

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Ja mmu & Kashmir Paradise on earth

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Ladakh is famous for its unique IndoTibetan culture. Chanting in Sanskrit and Tibetan language forms an integral part of Ladakhâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Buddhist lifestyle.

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On 20 October 1947, locals and tribesmen backed by Pakistan invaded Kashmir. The Maharaja initially fought back but appealed for assistance to the Governor-General Louis Mountbatten, who agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947, which was accepted by the Governor General of India the next day. Once the Instrument of Accession was signed, Indian soldiers entered Kashmir with orders to evict the raiders. India took the matter to the United Nations. The UN resolution asked both India and Pakistan to vacate the areas they had occupied and hold a referendum under UN observation. The holding of this plebiscite, which India initially supported, was dismissed by India because the 1952 elected Constituent assembly of Jammu and Kashmir voted in favour of confirming the Kashmir region’s accession to India. The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) was deployed to supervise the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. UNMOGIP’s functions were to investigate complaints of ceasefire violations and submit findings to each party and to the U.N. secretary-general. Under the terms of the ceasefire, it was decided that both armies would withdraw and a plebiscite would be held in Kashmir to give Kashmiris the right to selfdetermination. The primary argument for the continuing debate over the ownership of Kashmir is that India did not hold the promised plebiscite. In fact, neither side has adhered to the U.N. resolution of 13 August 1948; while India chose not to hold the plebiscite, Pakistan failed to withdraw its troops from Kashmir as was required under the resolution. Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with China in the north and east and the Line of Control separates it from the Pakistan controlled territories of Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan in the west and northwest respectively. The state has special autonomy under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. Jammu and Kashmir consists of three regions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. Srinagar is the summer capital and Jammu is the winter capital. The Kashmir valley is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape and Jammu’s numerous shrines attract thousands of pilgrims every year. Ladakh, also known as “Little Tibet”, is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and Buddhist culture.

of the Himalayas. This densely settled and beautiful valley has an average height of 1,850 metres above the sea-level but the surrounding Pir Panjal range has an average elevation of 5,000 metres. Ladakh is famous for its unique Indo-Tibetan culture. Chanting in Sanskrit and Tibetan language forms an integral part of Ladakh’s Buddhist lifestyle. Annual masked dance festivals, weaving and archery are an important part of traditional life in Ladakh. Dumhal is a famous dance in the Kashmir Valley, performed by men of the Wattal region. The women perform the Rouff, another traditional folk dance. Shikaras, traditional small wooden boats, and houseboats are a common feature in lakes and rivers across the Valley. Kawa, traditional green tea with spices and almond, is consumed all through the day in the chilly winter climate of Kashmir. Jammu’s Dogra culture and tradition is very similar to that of neighbouring Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, Gujjars are also found in large numbers in the Kashmir Valley. Similar to Gujjars, Gaddis are primarily herdsmen who hail from the Chamba region in Himachal Pradesh. Gaddis are generally associated with emotive music played on the flute.

Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys such as the Kashmir Valley, Tawi Valley, Chenab Valley, Poonch Valley, Sind Valley and Lidder Valley. The main Kashmir valley is 100 km wide and 15,520.3 sqkm in area. The Himalayas divide the Kashmir valley from Ladakh while the Pir Panjal range, which encloses the valley from the west and the south, separates it from the Great Plains of northern India. Along the northeastern flank of the Valley runs the main range

Jammu and Kashmir consists of three divisions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, and is further divided into 22 districts. The Siachen Glacier, although under Indian military control, does not lie under the administration of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Kishtwar, Ramban, Reasi, Samba, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Shopian are newly formed districts, and their areas are included with those of the districts from which they were formed

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COORG OR KODAGU The Scotland of India Kodagu or Coorg, is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka, which is in the southern part of India. It occupies an area of 4,102 square kilometres in the Western Ghats of southwestern Karnataka. The district shares its border with Dakshina Kannada district to the northwest, Hassan district to the north, Mysore district to the east, Kannur district of Kerala to the southwest, and the Wayanad district of Kerala to the south. Agriculture is the most important factor that upholds the economy of Kodagu and the main crops cultivated in this region are rice and coffee. March /2015

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The Kodavas are the dominant community of Kodagu. Kodava oral traditions are very rich; some of the traditional folk songs have been compiled into the Pattole Palome. The Kodavas revere their ancestors, arms and worship a number of deities, besides the River Kaveri, some of them being [[]], Igguthappa, Bhagwathi, Muthappa, Mahadeva, Bhadrakali, Subramani and Ayyappa. The Kodava Peggade (Kodagu Heggade) (cultivators of Malabari origin), the Amma Kodava, the Meda (craftsmen and drummers) and the Kembatti (labourers), the Airi (smiths and carpenters), the Thatta (jewellers), the Male-Kudiya, the Kembatti Poleya (Holeya), the Maringi, the Kapala (of Siddi origin), the Meda (basket and mat weavers and drummers), the Kanya, the Banna, the Malaya (astrologers of Malayala origin), the Kodagu Golla (cowherds of Mysorean origin), the Kodagu Ganiga (oil-makers), the Kolla, the Kavadi, the Koleya and the Koyava are the prominent communities. Kodava men wear ‘Kupyas’ (knee-length halfsleeved coats) over a full-sleeved white shirt. ‘Chale’ i.e. a maroon and gold sash is tied at the waist and an ornately carved silver dagger known as ‘Peechekathi’ is tucked into it. ‘Odikathi’ is yet another knife that is tucked into the Chale at the back. A chain with a minuscule gun and a dagger hanging onto it give them a martial look. The saris worn by women folk are pleated at the back and the pallu is fixed with a brooch is also wrapped in a very unique way where as Kodagu Arebhashe gowda’s

women folk pleat their sari in front and the pallu is fixed with a brooch is also wrapped in a very unique way. They wear either a full-sleeved or threequarter sleeved blouse and cover their head with a scarf. A traditional gold beaded necklace (Jomalae) and a gem-pendant (Kokkethathi) is widely worn by the women of Kodagu. Kailpoud, is celebrated on 3rd September, which signifies the completion of “nati” or the transplantation of the rice crop. The festival begins 18 days after the sun enters the Simha Raasi (the western sign of Leo). Kail means weapon or armoury and poud means Brighten. The Kaveri Sankramana festival takes place in mid-October. It is associated with the river Kaveri, which flows through the district from its source at Talakaveri. When the sun enters Tula Rasi (Tula sankramana), a fountain from a small tank fills the larger holy tank at Talakaveri. Thousands of people gather to dip in this holy water. Puttari means new rice and is the rice harvest festival. This takes place in late November or early December. On the day of puttari, the whole family assembles in their ain mane (the common family house), which is decorated with flowers and green mango leaves and banana leaves. Specific foods are prepared such as tambuttu, puttari kalngi, kesa gende hudka and pache puttuand “rice kheer”.

Coorg is rich in natural resources which included timber and spices. The languages spoken in Kodagu are Kodava, Are Bhashe,kannada, Kasaragod Malayalam, Yerava, Kuruba, Konkani, Urdu, Tulu and also English due to the inflow of tourists.

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KALIA MARDHANAM – The CELESTIAL DANCE of Young Krishna The celestial dance of Lord Krishna was a much read story which elates one’s mind with devotion. The incarnation of Sri Krishna is for destroying the evil and upholding the good. In his life, he does many things for the good of the human life. Many of them are significant in today’s life. This story is of clearing the water body of the river Kalindhi and making it useful for the mankind. Now-a-days we have plenty of rivers which are contaminated with poisonous substances and are not useful for the mankind. This story gives us the message of how important it is to keep the water body clean and safe for the use of living beings. When the morning sun shone over Brindavan like any other day everyone went about with their usual business. The village primarily consisted of the cow-herd tribes were going out to graze their cows in the nearby fields and vales. Little Krishna ran in the streets of Brindavan and arrived at the lakeside hideout where his friends welcomed him. Then they started playing with a ball. After some time, they became tired and climbed on a tree to rest. There was a tree house on the top of it. Krishna and his friends had specially made it for their adventures.

Suddenly the waters of the lake bubbled and rose above the tallest tree in the woods. The Gopalas moved back and all of them looked in awe and fear as Krishna came out, dancing on top of a huge snake! The snake bent his head in respect as Krishna landed on the shore. The river regained its old richness. March /2015

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Soon Krishna and his friends went to the eastern part of the Brindavan forests. But they were shocked at what they saw there. The place looked ghostly! On the exterior, the place looked bright enough. The lake had plenty of water and there was even a waterfall nearby. The water had a bluish colour. But the grass around the lake was not green anymore. It had turned black. There was a huge tree overlooking the lake, but it was on the verge of dying. It had no leaves and its branches were all blackened. It seemed as if the whole place was damned; cursed by some monstrous evil. There was an eerie of silence all about in the place. Krishna looked thoughtfully at the lake for some moments. Then he turned to his friends. “Well then, now that we’re here, let’s at least play ball!” he said and grabbed the ball. He threw it at Kusela, who was unable to catch it properly and let it slip into the lake. The ball disappeared into the waters with a soft plop. “Let me get it,” said Krishna and before his friends could stop him he jumped inside the strange waters! Krishna went under the bluish waters of Yamuna. On the shore, his friends yelled in terror but the boy raised his head and shouted back: “Don’t worry, I’ll soon be back with the ball!” The water felt too cold and Krishna’s skin tingled uncomfortably. Krishna swam lower and found the plants all burnt and bent as if they were drenched in acid. It saddened him to see the underwater plants dead and black. He looked around to find out the one responsible for it. As his feet touched the bottom, he could see skeletons of small sea animals and fishes lying on the riverbed. An uncanny silence reigned over the whole place. It seemed to be the kingdom of Death. Suddenly a strange sound caught Krishna’s ears. It seemed like a www.wishesh.com

hissing sound of a snake. “Whoever did this is still here,” thought Krishna. A huge snake came sliding out of his sea hole. It was Kalia. It was truly terrible to see his large body slithering in the water. Baring his many hoods, he hissed again and faced the little boy. The snake-King was surprised but also pleased to see Krishna. “Hmmm, what do we have here?” he asked mockingly. “Food!” shouted his family in chorus, who were standing behind him. Kalia hissed in wicked tones. “We do not get to taste humans often! And you look like a pretty morsel.”

Without finishing his words, Kalia lunged at Krishna. The boy, who had been expecting such a move, deftly jumped back and hid behind a rock. But Kalia moved at a lightning speed and caught him. He coiled round Krishna and started to crush his body. Krishna, who was rather enjoying the fight, twisted his body and slipped out. Kalia was stunned. It was impossible. How could this small boy slip out of his grasp so easily? Nobody, no matter how big or small, had ever escaped from his deadly hold. Krishna, meanwhile, jumped over the rock and crouched low. He was in a playful mood and he decided to tease the evil snake. Had he known who his opponent is, Kalia would never have dared to try to devour Krishna. But Kalia did not know this and he was hell- bent on having Krishna as his lunch. As the snake came around the rock to catch him, Krishna ran over to the other side. The next few minutes were spent in hide and seek until, tired, Kalia lost his patience. “You boy, why don’t you face me like a man instead of dancing like a girl?” he snarled at Krishna. 41

“Oh, I haven’t even started dancing yet!” laughed Krishna. “But since you are asking, let me show you how I really dance.”

Saying so, Krishna quickly climbed over the rock and jumped on the snake’s enormous hood. He firmly placed his foot on the snake’s sensitive head and started to dance. The whole lake started to tremble as Krishna danced. The lake anemones and the burnt sea plants started to shake. It seemed as if they nodded their heads together in ecstasy over Kalia’s plight. Even the fishes left alive stood still and watched him dancing over Kalia’s head. “Hey you, stop dancing on my head, will you?” Kalia screamed out in pain. Krishna stopped dancing and slid lower near Kalia’s face. He rained blows on his head and climbed on his head to dance again. Kalia grew truly afraid. Now he felt surely that the little boy was no ordinary child. The thud of Krishna’s feet felt like a great hammer on his head. As Krishna danced with more and more vigour, the snake felt his life slowly being pushed out of his body. Kalia’s wives were quick to predict Kalia’s fate. “Oh, divine child, please don’t kill our husband!” they begged him. “I will let him live if all of you promise to leave this place forever,” answered Krishna. “But we are so safe in here!” wailed Kalia. “If we go out now, Garuda the giant eagle would surely have us as his breakfast!” “Go to Ramnaka, the snake-kingdom,” promised Krishna. “You and your family will not be attacked by any bird or beast till you reach there. That’s my promise to you. Now off you go!!” March /2015

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APPAM

INGREDIENTS: • 2 cups regular rice (sona masoori, basmati, kolam or any variety) • 1 cup parboiled rice or boiled rice or idli rice • a fistful of poha/aval (parched rice) or cooked rice • 1 or 1.5 cups grated coconut or 1 cup thick coconut milk * check notes • ½ tsp dry active yeast • 2 tbsp sugar • 1 tsp salt or add as required March /2015

water or as required for grinding • oil as required

AUTHOR: dassana RECIPE TYPE: breakfast CUISINE: indian, kerala SERVES: 5-6

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NOTES: *if using coconut milk for grinding the rice, then keep a check on water. you may not need to add water or add very less amounts. * if using a yeast proofed solution, then add it to the batter once its ground finely. stir and mix very well. * if the batter become too thin, then add some rice flour to it.

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How to make kerala style appam recipe with yeast! Appam recipe - lacy, soft appams from the kerala cuisine. gluten free and vegan.

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Rinse both the rice varieties together for a couple of times. 2. Soak both the regular rice, parboiled rice in water for 4 to 5 hours. 3. Drain and then add them to the grinder. also add the grated coconut, cooked rice or poha/aval, dry active yeast, salt and sugar. 4. You can also proof the yeast separately and then add. just take about 2 to 3 tbsp warm water. add a pinch of sugar and dissolve it. then 5. Add the yeast and stir. let this solution sit at room temperature for 10 to 15 mins till it becomes bubbly and frothy. * check notes add required amount of water and grind all the ingredients to a smooth flowing batter 6. Pour the batter in a large bowl or pan. cover and keep aside for fermenting for 8 to 12 hours, depending on the temperature conditions. 7. The batter will rise and increase in volume the next day. 8. Heat a kadai or an appam pan with handles. smear some oil on the kadai. if using non stick kadai, then skip smearing the oil. 9. Spread a ladle full of the batter. turn and tilt the pan so as to spread the batter. 10. Cover the pan and let the appam cook. the base would become nicely light golden. 11. Make all appams this way. 12. Serve the appams hot or warm with vegetable stew or sweetened coconut milk. www.wishesh.com

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FOOD RECIPE

MATAR MUSHROOM Mushroom matar recipe - semi dry curry of peas and mushrooms made north indian style.

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Heat oil in a pan or kadai. add the finely chopped onions and saute till translucent. 2. Add crushed ginger-garlic or ginger-garlic paste. saute till the raw aroma disappears. 3. Add the chopped tomatoes and green chilies. 4. Stir and then add the spice powders - turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder. 5. Stir and saute till oil starts to leave the sides of the onion-tomato masala mixture. 6. Add the chopped mushrooms and peas. 7. Stir and saute for 2 to 3 mins. then add water and salt. add water as required. if using tender or frozen peas, then reduce the water to 1 cup. if using peas which are not tender or old, then add 2 cups of water or as required. in case there is too much water even after the peas or mushrooms are cooked, then reduce the water by simmering the curry without a lid for some more minutes till you get the desired consistency. in case the water become less, then add some more water. the consistency is a semi dry gravy or curry. so before the gravy reaches this consistency, the peas and mushrooms should be cooked well. so add water or reduce the water from the gravy accordingly. 8. Cover the pan with a lid and cook till the peas are softened. 9. Once done, sprinkle garam masala powder. 10. Stir and serve matar mushroom hot with rotis, naan or chapatis. March /2015

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• 200 gms button mushrooms • ¾ cup fresh or frozen peas/matar *check notes • 3 medium sized tomatoes, finely chopped • 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped • 1 green chili/hari mirch, chopped • ¼ or ½ tsp red chili powder/lal mirch powder • ½ tsp turmeric powder/haldi • ¼ or ½ tsp garam masala powder or punjabi garam masala • 1 tsp coriander powder/dhania powder • 1.5 tsp ginger garlic paste or crushed ginger-garlic • 2 cups water or as required. reduce the amount of water to 1 cup if using tender or frozen peas * check notes • 2 to 3 tbsp oil • salt as required 45

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FASHION & BEAUTY

BEA U T Y TI P S

Right now, some of the most talented pros in the beauty game are giving it their all at Fashion Week, prepping hundreds of models for the runway and creating next spring’s hottest trends in the process. But our favorite part of this epic beauty bonanza that happens twice a year is learning all the brilliant new tricks that we’d never have picked up elsewhere. Here, we’ve distilled our top 10 tips that you can use right now in your own beauty routine. Don’t worry, you can thank us later.

Switch up your eyeliner to make eyes look larger. For Zac Posen, makeup artist Kabuki paired graphic black liner along the top lashes with smudged black pencil along the lower lash line. He also lined the waterline with nude pencil and didn’t connect the black liner at the corners. The overall effect? “The black doesn’t close the eye up,” he explained. “It creates a bigger eye.”

Avoid streaky nail polish. ”The key to layering nail polishes — and nobody wants to hear this — is waiting in between coats,” said Deborah Lippmann backstage at Badgley Mischka, where she mixed two shades, Blue Orchid and La Vie En Rose on models’ nails. “Apply thinner coats. If you start putting too much on the first round it will never dry, it will streak forever.” Your best bet? Wait two minutes in between coats.

02 Give rock and roll edge to wavy hair. At Jill Stuart, lead stylist Odile Gilbert coated hair with Kérastase Mousse Bouffante then twisted hair with her fingers. “We twist the hair and then leave the ends straight. If we curl at the end, it’s too cute,” she explained. March /2015

Make bobby pins invisible. Didier Malige for René Furterer sanded bobby pins win an emery board before using them to secure models’ side swept hair at Band of Outsiders. “When the pins are matte they won’t pick up the light on the runway,” he explained.

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Give brows a naturally lush look. At Tadashi Shoji, Lisa Houghton for MAC Cosmetics enhanced eyebrows by applying an eyeshadow one shade lighter than models’ hair color. Choosing a lighter shade gives a more natural look.

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Who says your lips have to be perfectly lined? At Christian Siriano, makeup artist Polly Osmond diffused the outline of the lip color — Hourglass Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Muse

Make a ponytail that lasts all day. Tilt your head back slightly as you pull your hair into a ponytail, advised Rodney Cutler, Cutler Salon owner and lead stylist at Cushnie et Ochs. This will help you create a tighter hold at the nape of the neck — try it!

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Create soft curls without the frizz. Instead of brushing out freshly curled hair, use a wide-tooth comb to soften the texture. Using a comb instead of a brush will “leave the separation in the curls because we don’t want it to go frizzy,” explained TRESemmé stylist Jeanie Syfu at Jenny Packham. Also key: prep hair with lots and lots of TRESemmé Thermal Creations.

08 Use lip pencil as blush. An easy way to make sure your cheek and lip colors coordinate? Make like lead artist Hannah Murray at Helmut Lang, and use a lip crayon as a blush. Murray opted for Nars Satin Lip Pencil in Golshan “I put it on the back of my hand and then with my finger, just rub it” on the cheeks, she said. www.wishesh.com

Intensify your lipstick with powder pigment. Tom Pecheux for MAC Cosmetics topped models’ red lipstick at Altuzarra with MAC Pro Basic Red Pigment to deepen the color and create a matte texture. Bonus: Doing this will also help your lipstick last twice as long.

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Create a perfectly imperfect pink lip. Who says your lips have to be perfectly lined? At Christian Siriano, makeup artist Polly Osmond diffused the outline of the lip color — Hourglass Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Muse blending with a lip brush for a soft effect.

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RELATIONSHIP

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IT FEELS LIKE LOVE — BUT IS IT? Sometimes it feels impossible to find someone who’s right for you — and who thinks you’re right for him or her! So when it happens, you’re usually so psyched that you don’t even mind when your little brother finishes all the ice cream or your English teacher chooses the one day when you didn’t do your reading to give you a pop quiz.

you’re not!) The key is that your BF or GF is into you for who you are — for your great sense of humor, your love of reality TV, etc. Does your partner listen when you say you’re not comfortable doing something and then back off right away? Respect in a relationship means that each person values who the other is and understands — and would never challenge — the other person’s boundaries.

It’s totally normal to look at the world through rosecolored glasses in the early stages of a relationship. But for some people, those rose-colored glasses turn into blinders that keep them from seeing that a relationship isn’t as healthy as it should be.

• TRUST. You’re talking with a guy from French class and your boyfriend walks by. Does he completely lose his cool or keep walking because he knows you’d never cheat on him? It’s OK to get a little jealous sometimes — jealousy is a natural emotion. But how a person reacts when feeling jealous is what matters. There’s no way you can have a healthy relationship if you don’t trust each other.

WHAT MAKES A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP? Hopefully, you and your significant other are treating each other well. Not sure if that’s the case? Take a step back from the dizzying sensation of being swept off your feet and think about whether your relationship has these seven qualities: • MUTUAL RESPECT. Does he or she get how cool you are and why? (Watch out if the answer to the first part is yes but only because you’re acting like someone March /2015

• HONESTY. This one goes hand-in-hand with trust because it’s tough to trust someone when one of you isn’t being honest. Have you ever caught your girlfriend in a major lie? Like she told you that she had to work on Friday night but it turned out she was at the movies with her friends? The next time she says she has to work, you’ll have a lot more trouble believing her and www.wishesh.com

WHAT’S AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP? A relationship is unhealthy when it involves mean, disrespectful, controlling, or abusive behavior. Some people live in homes with parents who fight a lot or abuse each other — emotionally, verbally, or physically. For some people who have grown up around this kind of behavior it can almost seem normal or OK. It’s not! Many of us learn from watching and imitating the people close to us. So someone who has lived around violent or disrespectful behavior may not have learned how to treat others with kindness and respect or how to expect the same treatment. Qualities like kindness and respect are absolute requirements for a healthy relationship. Someone who doesn’t yet have this part down may need to work on it with a trained therapist before he or she is ready for a relationship. Meanwhile, even though you might feel bad or feel for someone who’s been mistreated, you need to take care of yourself — it’s not healthy to stay in a relationship that involves abusive behavior of any kind. the trust will be on shaky ground. • SUPPORT. It’s not just in bad times that your partner should support you. Some people are great when your whole world is falling apart but can’t take being there when things are going right (and vice versa). In a healthy relationship, your significant other is there with a shoulder to cry on when you find out your parents are getting divorced and to celebrate with you when you get the lead in a play. • FAIRNESS/EQUALITY. You need to have giveand-take in your relationship, too. Do you take turns choosing which new movie to see? As a couple, do you hang out with your partner’s friends as often as you hang out with yours? It’s not like you have to keep a running count and make sure things are exactly even, of course. But you’ll know if it isn’t a pretty fair balance. Things get bad really fast when a relationship turns into a power struggle, with one person fighting to get his or her way all the time. • SEPARATE IDENTITIES. In a healthy relationship, everyone needs to make compromises. But that doesn’t mean you should feel like you’re losing out on www.wishesh.com

being yourself. When you started going out, you both had your own lives (families, friends, interests, hobbies, etc.) and that shouldn’t change. Neither of you should have to pretend to like something you don’t, or give up seeing your friends, or drop out of activities you love. And you also should feel free to keep developing new talents or interests, making new friends, and moving forward. • GOOD COMMUNICATION. You’ve probably heard lots of stuff about how men and women don’t seem to speak the same language. We all know how many different meanings the little phrase “no, nothing’s wrong” can have, depending on who’s saying it! But what’s important is to ask if you’re not sure what he or she means, and speak honestly and openly so that the miscommunication is avoided in the first place. Never keep a feeling bottled up because you’re afraid it’s not what your BF or GF wants to hear or because you worry about sounding silly. And if you need some time to think something through before you’re ready to talk about it, the right person will give you some space to do that if you ask for it.

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HEALTHY LIVING

HEALTH IS WEALTH SO EAT SMART AND STAY HEALTHY You will be surprised at knowing what ingredients are used in your favorite pint has that you might have ever not thought off.

Brewery uses ingredients from the sea to clear the cloudiness, which caused due to yeast cells malt fermentation produced during the fermentation process. To get dispose of the Proteins, Brewers add Irish Moss which can be as said the red seaweed made mostly of carrageenan, a substance which is used as a thickener in ice cream. For Transformation of protein particles into a soft liquid which sink at top of the fermentation tank that clears the liquid as they go. In the similar way, yeast cells are removed from the pint by using isinglass, substance that found in dried swim bladders of fish. The internal balloon particle of fish that gives ability and stability to float in water is dissolved in weeks to give a clear substance that a helps to create a clear pint that drinker expects.

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Is it safe to swallow chewing gum? The chewing gum is made up of an ingredient called butyl rubber, it was developed nearly in thirties used for developing bicycle tyre inner tubes. But now used in everything like washing up hand gloves to cling film (a thin transparent plastic film that adheres to surfaces and to itself) and in rugby balls. Now a day’s chewing gum made attractive by adding colourings and flavourings to chew, but it is food friendly form of butyl rubber is non-toxic. Despite your mother warns you, what happens if swallowed? Though your saliva will make it valiant but it’s of useless in terms of breaking down the rubber. It will be forced through the digestive system and might be possible to emerge at another end. That does not mean that you swallow the chewing gum. A large matter of indigestible matters may form in the stomach when food or other particles stick, which can lead to blockage.

Can chilly physically burn you? After having spicy meal you might feel a burning sensation on your hands, mouth might be possible of the formation capsaicin, the ingredients that present in hot chilies, which doesn’t cause any tissue damage.It makes you feel into thinking that your body is on fire. Here we see how it is possible, when we touch chili powder capsaicin particles go into our skin and tissue alerts the receptors that normally responds to temperatures at or above 42c. In the same manner, they transmit the same signals as we feel a burning sensation burn and brain can’t tell the difference. If you have eaten spicy and feeling burning sensation do not go for drinking water because Capsaicin is an oil, i.e it not water soluble but it will spread burning sensation through mouth. To stop this burning feel go for some milk because capsaicin dissolves better in fatty substances. Also going tomato juice or biting into a lemon or lime helps to reduce the pain because of their high acid content neutralises the alkaline capsaicin.

Is the sea salt better than table salt? Many people use the sea salt believing it as so natural and flavorsome than table salt. All salt comes from the sea: the only difference is the salt makers use today’s the sea water, but the table salt is mined from oceans deposits from previous eras. Chefs says that impurities such as algae, magnesium, microscopic amounts of calcium and magnesium, place in than greater level that of flavor upon sea salt but if the purity can be detect in such a small quantity is matter of opinion. It can be said that the texture of salt makes much difference. The table salt is in tiny crystal shaped; only one-sixth of their surface can touch to your tongue at one time and in fractions of second they get dissolve in your digestive system and at the same movement it releases its flavor. By contrast, the large sea crystals salt get dissolved quickly, releases majority amount of taste into mouth. Some even say it is even better for getting more taste in fewer amounts. And the other version is that as the sea salt is healthier chances of using it more liberally. www.wishesh.com

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LOVE & ROMANCE

LOVE AND ROMANCE

WHAT’S IN THIS ARTICLE? {i} Why Do We Fall in Love? {ii} The Magical Ingredients of Love Relationships {iii} Lasting Love or Fun Fling? {iv} What Makes a Good Relationship? {v} Why Do Relationships End? {vi} Moving On {i} WHY DO WE FALL IN LOVE ? Loving and being loved adds richness to our lives. When people feel close to others they are happier and even healthier. Love helps us feel important, understood, and secure. But each kind of love has its own distinctive feel. The kind of love we feel for a parent is different from our love for a baby brother or best friend. And the kind of love we feel in romantic relationships is its own unique type of love. Our ability to feel romantic love develops during adolescence. Teens all over the world notice passionate feelings of attraction. Even in cultures where people are not allowed to act on or express these feelings, they’re still there. It’s a natural part of growing up to develop romantic feelings and sexual attractions to others. These new feelings can be exciting — or even confusing at first.

{ii} THE MAGICAL INGREDIENTS OF LOVE RELATIONSHIPS Love is such a powerful human emotion that experts are constantly studying it. They’ve discovered that love has three main qualities:

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ATTRACTION is the “chemistry” part of love. It’s all about the physical — even sexual — interest that two people have in each other. Attraction is responsible for the desire we feel to kiss and hold the object of our affection. Attraction is also what’s behind the flushed, nervous-but-excited way we feel when that person is near. CLOSENESS is the bond that develops when we share thoughts and feelings that we don’t share with anyone else. When you have this feeling of closeness with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you feel supported, cared for, understood, and accepted for Romance cannot be complete without love. who you are. Trust is a big part of Romance is something that is the inner feeling this. COMMITMENT is the promise which takes one to the sublime ecstasy. Romance or decision to stick by the other is enjoyed, when the atmosphere, surroundings person through the ups and downs and the affection is true and passionate. Romance of the relationship. makes to feel the urge to become one and melt into the sweetness of Love These three qualities of love can be combined in different ways to 52 www.wishesh.com

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different kinds of relationships. For example, closeness without attraction is the kind of love we feel for best friends. We share secrets and personal stuff with them, we support them, and they stand by us. But we are not romantically interested in them. Attraction without closeness is more like a crush or infatuation. You’re attracted to someone physically but don’t know the person well enough yet to feel the closeness that comes from sharing personal experiences and feelings. Romantic love is when attraction and closeness are combined. Lots of relationships grow out of an initial attraction (a crush or “love at first sight”) and develop into closeness. It’s also possible for a friendship to move from closeness into attraction as two people realize their relationship is more than “just like” and they have become interested in one another in a romantic way. For people falling in love for the first time, it can be hard to tell the difference between the intense, new feelings of physical attraction and the deeper closeness that goes with being in love.

{iii} LASTING LOVE OR FUN FLING? The third ingredient in a love relationship, commitment, is about wanting and deciding to stay together as a couple in the future — despite any changes and challenges that life brings.

Love is so divine and pure when there is dedication and submission is there. The fragrance of love can be felt only when both of them understands, feels and enjoy it

things. It’s all part of discovering who we are, what we value, and what we want out of life.

Another reason we tend to have shorter relationships in our teens is because the things we want to get out of a romantic relationship change as we get a little older. In our teens — especially for guys — relationships are mainly about physical attraction. But by the time guys reach 20 or so, they rate a person’s inner qualities as most important. Teen girls emphasize closeness as most important — although they don’t mind if a potential love interest is cute too! In our teens, relationships are mostly about having fun. Dating can seem like a great way to have someone to go places with and do things with. Dating can also be a way to fit in. If our friends are all dating someone, we might put pressure on ourselves to find a boyfriend or girlfriend too.

Sometimes couples who fall in love in high school develop committed relationships that last. Many relationships don’t last, though. But it’s not because teens aren’t capable of deep loving.

For some people dating is even a status thing. It can almost seem like another version of cliques: The pressure to go out with the “right” person in the “right” group can make dating a lot less fun than it should be — and not so much about love!

We typically have shorter relationships as teens because adolescence is a time when we instinctively seek lots of different experiences and try out different

In our late teens, though, relationships are less about going out to have fun and fitting in. Closeness, sharing, and confiding

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become more important to both guys and girls. By the time they reach their twenties, most girls and guys value support, closeness, and communication, as well as passion. This is the time when people start thinking about finding someone they can commit to in the long run — a love that will last.

{iv} WHAT MAKES A GOOD RELATIONSHIP? When people first experience falling in love, it often starts as attraction. Sexual feelings can also be a part of this attraction. People at this stage might daydream about a crush or a new BF or GF. They may doodle the person’s name or think of their special someone while a particular song is playing. It sure feels like love. But it’s not love yet. It hasn’t had time to grow into emotional closeness that’s needed for love. Because feelings of attraction and sexual interest are new, and they’re directed at a person we want a relationship with, it’s not surprising we confuse attraction with love. It’s all so intense, exciting, and hard to sort out. The crazy intensity of the passion and attraction phase fades a bit after a while. Like putting all our energy into winning a race, this kind of passion is exhilarating but far too extreme to keep going forever. If a relationship is destined to last, this is where closeness enters the picture. The early passionate intensity may fade, but a deep affectionate attachment

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we want to get out of a romantic relationship change as we get a little older. In our teens — especially for guys — relationships are mainly about physical attraction. But by the time guys reach 20 or so, they rate a person’s inner qualities as most important. Teen girls emphasize closeness as most important — although they don’t mind if a potential love interest is cute too!

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make different kinds of relationships. For example, closeness without attraction is the kind of love we feel for best friends. We share secrets and personal stuff with them, we support them, and they stand by us. But we are not romantically interested in them. Attraction without closeness is more like a crush or infatuation. You’re attracted to someone physically but don’t know the person well enough yet to feel the closeness that comes from sharing personal experiences and feelings. Romantic love is when attraction and closeness are combined. Lots of relationships grow out of an initial attraction (a crush or “love at first sight”) and develop into closeness. It’s also possible for a friendship to move from closeness into attraction as two people realize their relationship is more than “just like” and they have become interested in one another in a romantic way. For people falling in love for the first time, it can be hard to tell the difference between the intense, new feelings of physical attraction and the deeper closeness that goes with being in love.

{iii} LASTING LOVE OR FUN FLING?

The third ingredient in a love relationship, commitment, is about wanting and deciding to stay together as a couple in the future — despite any changes and challenges that life brings. Sometimes couples who fall in love in high school develop committed relationships that last. Many relationships don’t last, though. But it’s not because teens aren’t capable of deep loving. We typically have shorter relationships as teens because adolescence is a time when we instinctively seek lots of different experiences and try out different things. It’s all part of discovering who we are, what we value, and what we want out of life.

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In our teens, relationships are mostly about having fun. Dating can seem like a great way to have someone to go places with and do things with. Dating can also be a way to fit in. If our friends are all dating someone, we might put pressure on ourselves to find a boyfriend or girlfriend too. For some people dating is even a status thing. It can almost seem like another version of cliques: The pressure to go out with the “right” person in the “right” group can make dating a lot less fun than it should be — and not so much about love! In our late teens, though, relationships are less about going out to have fun and fitting in. Closeness, sharing, and confiding become more important to both guys and girls. By the time they reach their twenties, most girls and guys value support, closeness, and communication, as well as passion. This is the time when people start thinking about finding someone they can commit to in the long run — a love that will last.

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SHOW

INDIA BEACH

HARSH AGARWAL

FASHION WEEK (IBFW) IN GOA 2015

Fabulously sexy and glamorously seductive are words that can describe the slinky cruise and swimwear line from Omana by Harsh Agarwal called “Tropical Dreamscape”.

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The “HARSH HARSH” Label by Harsh Gupta has been popular since it was launched in 2013. Harsh Gupta’s “Birds of Paradise” collection although catered to the resort dresser who wants to look fashionable for a party.

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Karn Malhotra’s brand had a hot bikini clasped with a jewelled belt, to open the show. Besides the first entry there were several options of swimsuits that could be glamorous pool side attire for the water nymph. March /2015

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PRIA PURI

Since Pria Kataaria Puri is crowned the “Queen of Resort Wear” then nearly every collection of hers has a line of swimwear. For her collection “Haute Hippie”, which had her statement Persian prints in vibrant colours.

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Another hard core beach and swimwear designer Shriti Pratap caters to the water babies with her colourful line of swimwear, which moved from one piece designs to bikinis, monokinis, maillots and tankinis as well as various covers and throws along with kaftans and maxis. 60

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AENASHA SAFI AMIT Students of the Rachna Sansad School of Fashion and Textile Design also presented collections for beach wear and Aenasha Safi Amitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line of bikinis with long laser cut floor length capes was a striking addition. 61 www.wishesh.com

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Top SEVEN Brushes Every Makeup Bag Needs

From streak-free foundation to a perfectly flicked cat eye, brush up on the beauty tools that will give you a flawless application every single time.

1 The perfect stowaway for any purse or pocket, this retractable brush has sturdy bristles that paint on colors precisely and evenly. Use with your favorite lipstick or lip gloss, and skip the lip liner; you won’t need it.

Maybelline Expert Tools Lip Brush

Your focus now should be on preventing fine lines and discoloration due to sun damage, as well as treating adult acne, a condition that affects 50 percent of 30-somethings, says Jessica Wu, a Los Angeles dermatologist. (Interestingly, of that 50 percent, only half battled acne as teens.) Even if you don’t suffer from adult acne, you will benefit from deep-cleaning products, since your skin is probably March /2015

oilier than your mother’s was at this age. “Normal used to be the most common skin type among women in their 30s, but now it’s combination skin,” says Schultz. This uptick in sebum production may be the result of the same factors causing the spike in adult acne—namely stress, hormonal imbalances, and the increasing assaults of pollution.

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Real Techniques Silicone Liner Brush A bristle-less brush sounds unusual, but it’s genius when it comes to drawing fine lines. With no errant hairs or old, caked-on liner to sabotage an otherwise smooth job, this silicone-tipped brush delivers a clean, even line in one fell swoop.

Urban Decay Naked Basics Double-Ended Brush This versatile brush has short, stiff bristles on one end (for soft lining) and long, fluffy fibers on the other (for seamless blending). Used together, they create that elusive “lived-in” look that is equally smoky and smudgy— never sloppy.

Artis Elite Collection Mirror Oval 6 This futuristic-looking brush seems to do everything: run it over your entire face for a seamless base, on tops of cheeks for a pretty flush, or across lids for a subtle wash of color.

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Anastasia Beverly Hills Mini Duo Brush #7 Fill in sparse brows with the angled brush on one end. Use the spooley on the other to groom hairs, while softening any obvious lines.

Sephora Collection Pro Airbrush Concealer Brush #57 Short, synthetic bristles buff and blend away all unwelcome blemishes. Dark circles, redness, acne, and scars: There is no spot this brush can’t cover.

NARS Yachiyo Kabuki Brush With a dome-shaped tip that fits the apples—and hollows— of cheeks, this soft-bristled brush sculpts cheekbones where there were none. The lightweight handle is wrapped with hand-spun wisteria to ensure a sturdy grip. March /2015

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Varanasi is often referred as “the city of temples”, “the holy city of India”, “the religious capital of India”, “the city of lights”, and “the city of learning.”

Through the ages, Varanasi was variously known as Avimuktaka, Anandakanana, Mahasmasana, Surandhana, Brahma Vardha, Sudarsana, Ramya, and Kasi.

aranasi commonly known as Benares or Kashi is a city situated on the banks of the River Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (199 mi) southeast of state capital Lucknow. Being located in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of North India, the land is very fertile because low level floods in the Ganges continually replenish the soil. Varanasi is located on a higher ground between rivers Ganges and Varuna, the mean elevation is 80.71 m. As a result of absence of tributaries and canals, the main land is continuous and relatively dry. In ancient times, this geographic situation must have been highly favourable for forming settlements. Varanasi has nearly 100 Ghats. Many of the Ghats were built when the city was under Maratha control. Marathas, Shinde’s (Scindia’s), Holkar’s, Bhonsle’s, and Peshwe’s (Peshwa’s) stand out as patrons

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of present day Varanasi. Most of the Ghats are bathing Ghats, while others are used as cremation sites. Many Ghats are associated with legends or mythologies while many Ghats are privately owned. The former Kashi Naresh owns Shivala or Kali Ghat. Varanasi is regarded as a holy city by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and probably the oldest in India. Varanasi is often said to be located between two confluences: one of the Ganges and Varuna, and other of the Ganges and Assi, (Assi having always been a rivulet rather than a river.) The distance between these two confluences is around 2.5 miles (4.0 km), and religious Hindus regard a round trip between these two places a Pancha-koshi Yatra (a five mile (8 km) journey) as a holy ritual.

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Hindus believe that bathing in the Ganges remits sins and that dying in Kashi ensures release of a person’s soul from the cycle of its transmigrations.

OR BENARES OR KASI – Place of salvation ANNAPURNA TEMPLE Near the Kashi Vishwanath temple, there is a temple of Devi Annapurna, believed as the “Godess of Fooding”.

A Kshetra is a sacred ground, a field of active power, a place where Moksha, final release can be obtained. The Garuda Purana enumerates seven cities as giver of Moksha; they are Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya (Haridwar), Kasi, Kanchi, Avantika (Ujjain) and Dvaravati (Dwarka). It has the holy shrine of Kashi Vishwanath (a manifestation of Lord Shiva), and also one of the twelve revered Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva. Hindus regard Kashi as one of the Shakti Peethas, and that Vishalakshi Temple stands on the spot where Goddess Sati’s earrings fell. Hindus of the Shakti sect make a pilgrimage to the city because they regard the river Ganges itself as the Goddess Shakti. Adi Shankara wrote his commentaries on Hinduism here, leading to the great Hindu revival. Vaishnavism and Shaivism have always co-existed in Varanasi harmoniously.

SANKATHA TEMPLE Near the Scindia Ghat, there is a temple of “Godess of Remedy” Devi Sankatha. Inside its premises there is a huge statue of a Lion. Also there are nine temples of nine planets nearby to this temple.

In the Rig-Veda, the city was referred to as Kasi or Kashi, “the luminous one” as an allusion to the city’s historical status as a centre of learning, literature, and culture. Kasikhanda described the glory of the city in 15,000 verses in the Skanda Purana. In one verse, Lord Shiva says, the three worlds form one city of mine, and Kasi is my royal palace therein. It is said that Lord Shiva has established Kasi around 5,000 years ago, thus making it one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in the country. It is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus. Many Hindu scriptures, including the Rig-Veda, Skanda Purana, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata, mention the city. Varanasi, Kashi or Banaras, is older than traditions. It is a city witch liberates soul from body to ultimate. The much quoted Sanskrit Skloka Proclaim ‘Kasyam maranam mukti’ (death in Kashi is Liberation).

KALBHAIRAV TEMPLE It is the ancient temple of Varanasi near the Head Post Office, Vishweshwar Ganj. Lord Kal Bhairav is believed as “Kotwal of Varanasi” (Security), without his permission no one can stay in Kashi.

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VARANASI OR BENARES OR KASI

he Kashi Vishwanath Temple in which is enshrined the Jyotirlinga of Shiva, Vishweshwar or Vishwanath is in the heart of the city of Varanasi. Here gravitate the teeming millions of India to seek benediction and spiritual peace by the darshan of this Jyotirlinga which confers liberation from the bondages of Maya and the inexorable entanglements of the world. A simple glimpse of the Jyotirlinga is a soul-cleansing experience that transforms life and puts it on the path of knowledge and bhakti. Vishweshwara Jyotirlinga has a very special and unique significance in the spiritual history of India.

– Place of salvation MRITYUNJAY MAHADEV TEMPLE On the route of Daranagar to Kalbhairav temple this temple of Lord Shiva is situated. Just besides this temple there is a well of much religious importance, whose water is said to be mixture of several underground streams and good for eliminating several diseases.

NEW VISHWANATH TEMPLE Situated in the premises of Banaras Hindu University, a modern place of worship planned by Pandit Malviya and built by the Birla’s. Open to all, irrespective of caste or creed.

The Temple has been visited by all great saints- Adi Shankaracharya, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Goswami Tulsidas, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, Gurunanak and several other spiritual personalities. On January 28, 1983 the Temple was taken over by the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. The Temple in the present shape was built way back in 1780 by Late Maharani Ahalya Bai Holkar of Indore. In the year 1785 a Naubatkhana was built up in front of the Temple by the then Collector Mohd. Ibrahim Khan, at the instance of Governor General Warren Hastings. In 1839, two domes of the Temple were covered by gold donated by Punjab Kesari Maharaja Ranjeet Singh. Varanasi is said to be the point at which the first Jyotirlinga, the fiery pillar of light by which Lord Shiva’s manifestation has supremacy over others gods, broke through the Earth’s crust and flared towards the heavens. More than the Gaths and even the Ganga, the Shivalinga installed in the temple remains the devotional focus of Varanasi. March /2015

DURGA TEMPLE This temple was built in the 18th century. There is nice stonework done in the temple and is the nice example of Nagra Shilp. Godess Durga is believed as the symbol of Strength and Power which govern the entire world. There is a pond adjacent to the temple called “Durgakund”.

TULSI MANAS TEMPLE This modern temple is dedicated to Lord Rama. It is situated at the place where Tulisdas, the great medieval seer, lived and wrote the epic “Shri Ramcharitmanas”, which narrates the life of Lord Rama, the hero of the Ramayana. Verses from Tulidas’s epic are inscribed on the walls. It is just nearby to Durga Temple. 66

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AUTHOR OF

VANDE MATARAM BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJEE also known as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is famous as the author of Vande Mataram, the national song of India. He was born on June 27, 1838 in the village of Kantalpara of the 24 Paraganas District of Bengal.

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The word ‘Bankim Chandra’ in Bengali means ‘the moon on the second day of the bright fortnight’. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee had his early education in Midnapur. After his early education in Midnapur he joined the Mohsin College at Hoogly and studied there for six years. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, used to read other books in his leisure time. He was very much interested in the study of Sanskrit. His study of Sanskrit stood him in good stead. When he wrote books in Bengali, his knowledge of Sanskrit helped him immensely.

In 1856, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee joined the Presidency College in Calcutta. In 1857, there was a strong revolt against the rule of East India Company but Bankim Chandra Chatterjee continued his studies and passed his B.A. Examination in 1859. The Lieutenant Governor of Calcutta appointed Bankim Chandra Chatterjee as Deputy Collector in the same year. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was in Government service for thirty-two years and retired in 1891.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee began his literary career as a writer of verse. He then turned to fiction. Durgeshnandini, his first Bengali romance, was published in 1865. His famous novels include Kapalkundala (1866), Mrinalini (1869), Vishbriksha (1873), Chandrasekhar (1877), Rajani (1877), Rajsimha (1881) and Devi Chaudhurani (1884). Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s most famous novel was Anand Math (1882). Anand Math contained the song “Bande Mataram”, which was later adopted as National Song. His novels have been translated in almost all the major languages of India. He passed away on April 8, 1894.

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Bankim Chandra, following the model of Ishwarchandra Gupta, began his literary career as a writer of verse. His majestic talents showed him other directions, and turned to fiction. His first attempt was a novel in Bengali submitted for a declared prize. He did not win the prize, and the novelette was never published. His first fiction to appear in print was Rajmohan’s Wife. It was written in English and was probably a translation of the novelette submitted for the prize. He couldn’t gain any praise by writing his novel in English, realizing the fact that he couldn’t have a smooth literary career if he wrote in English, he turned his attention towards Bengali literature. Durgeshnondini, his first Bengali romance and the first ever novel in Bengali, was published in 1865.

historical. His next novel was Rajani (1877), which features an autobiographical plot, with a blind girl in the title role. Autobiographical plots had been used in Wilkie Collins’ “A Woman in White”, and a precedent for blind girl in a central role existed in Edward BulwerLytton’s Nydia in “The Last Days of Pompeii”, though the similarities of Rajani with these publications end there.

Kapalkundala (1866) is Chattopadhyay’s first major publication. The heroine of this novel, named after the mendicant woman in Bhavabhuti’s Malatimadhava, is modelled partly after Kalidasa’s Shakuntala and partly after Shakespeare’s Miranda.The hero of this novel was Nabakumar. However, the partial similarities are only inferential analysis by critics, and Chattopadhyay’s heroine may be completely his original. He had chosen Dariapur in Contai Subdivision as the background of this famous novel.

One of the many novels of Bankim Chandra that are entitled to be termed as historical fiction is Rajsimha (1881, rewritten and enlarged 1893). Anandamath (The Abbey of Bliss, 1882) is a political novel which depicts a Sannyasi (Hindu ascetic) army fighting the British soldiers. The book calls for the rise of Hindu nationalism to uproot the foreign British rule and attain self-rule. The novel was also the source of the song Vande Mataram (I worship my Motherland for she truly is my mother) which, set to music by Rabindranath Tagore, was taken up by many Indian nationalists, and is now the National Song of India. The plot of the novel is loosely set on the Sannyasi Rebellion. The novel first appeared in serial form in Bangadarshan, the literary magazine that Bankim founded in 1872.

His next romance, Mrinalini (1869), marks his first attempt to set his story against a larger historical context. This book marks the shift from Chattopadhyay’s early career, in which he was strictly a writer of romances, to a later period in which he aimed to stimulate the intellect of the Bengali speaking people and bring about a cultural renaissance of Bengali literature. He started publishing a monthly literary magazine Bangadarshan in April 1872, the first edition of which was filled almost entirely with his own work. The magazine carried serialised novels, stories, humorous sketches, historical and miscellaneous essays, informative articles, religious discourses, literary criticisms and reviews. Vishabriksha (The Poison Tree, 1873) is the first novel of Bankim Chandra that appeared serially in Bangodarshan. Bangodarshan went out of circulation after 4 years. It was later revived by his brother, Sanjeeb Chandra Chattopadhyay. Bankim Chandra’s next major novel was Chandrasekhar (1877), which contains two largely unrelated parallel plots. Although the scene is once shifted back to eighteenth century, the novel is not www.wishesh.com

In Krishnakanter Will (Krishnakanta’s Will, 1878) Chattopadhyay produced a complex plot. It was a brilliant depiction of contemporary India and its lifestyle and corruption. In that complexity, critics saw resemblance to Western novels. The plot is somewhat akin to that of Poison Tree.

Bankim Chandra’s next novel, Devi Chaudhurani, was published in 1884. His final novel, Sitaram (1886), tells the story of a local Hindu lord, torn between his wife and the woman he desires but unable to attain, makes a series of blunders and takes arrogant, selfdestructive decisions. Finally, he must confront his self and motivate the few loyal soldiers that stand between his estate and the Muslim Nabab’s army about to take over. Bankim Chandra’s humorous sketches are his best known works other than his novels. Kamalakanter Daptar (From the Desk of Kamalakanta, 1875; enlarged as Kamalakanta, 1885) contains half humorous and half serious sketches. Kamalakanta is an opium-addict, similar to De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, but Bankim Chandra goes much beyond with his deft handling of sarcastic, political messages that Kamalakanta delivers.

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TECHNOLOGY

10every SATELLITES year ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation has proposed to launch 10 satellites every year beginning 2015, said S.K. Shivakumar, Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. Speaking at the Science Day celebrations at Sona College of Technology, he said that currently five satellites are launched by India every year of which most of the satellites are for our own use. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to expand our space program and hence, planned for 10 launches from this year,â&#x20AC;? he added. He said that India had launched 72 satellites from 1975 till date and the 73rd satellite for navigation is scheduled for March 9 launch.

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About 2,500 people are presently working on the satellite production system at the ISRO’s satellite centre in Bengaluru which played a key role in realising the idea of enhancing the launch of more satellites. The launching of 10 satellites by ISRO will be a huge step of commercial viability of the ISRO’s capability. The low cost will lure many countries to launch their satellites using ISRO’s vehicles. This will help ISRO to become self-sufficient regarding eh financial status for taking new projects and research in the field of space research.

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C. Valliappa, Chairman, Sona Group of Institutions said that the college is carrying out research for supplying a component for Chandrayaan 2 mission to the ISRO.

Solving technology challenges in each state, micro-level planning, multi-level review and collaborative engineering efforts of all ISRO centres is the success behind our space programme.” He urged upon each engineering student to contribute for the nation’s growth through their innovative skills and asked them to be technically updated. “ISRO welcomes students from all engineering streams as tremendous opportunities are available,” he added. When a student asked why satellites were launched from foreign countries, he said that “it was to exhibit our calibre and strength to foreign nations.

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ROUNDUP

WORLD CUP’S MOST WATCHED MATCH – INDIA

THRASHED PAKISTAN

India vs Pakistan World cup 2015 4th match Cricket live streaming the most awaited match it is the match where the neighbour countries fight with most energy,with patience and anger, and they want to overcome one another team with their all powers, determination and with full audience support. India vs Pakistan POOL B Live star sports streaming. Every player in this match fights with their 100% stamina as they have a great feeling of a patriotism for their country and wants to win from neighbour country .Both the team ready to prove that on border ,not only soldiers do their best but their cricket team can also do best and make their country proud . Pakistan vs india 15 feb online broadcast telecast . But since its a match and there is winner and runner eevry times so there will be only one winner from the team ,from the team players come up with the most hatred amongst their country men. India opened the World Cup title defence with a winning note by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by 76 runs in their Pool B match at the Adelaide Oval. India continued their winning run against Pakistan in World Cup encounters, registering their sixth win on the trot in as many encounters, as India bowled and fielded brilliantly to defend a 300-run total. In the high-voltage contest between the bitter rivals, India again emerged victorious in a rather one-sided affair, thus maintaining their magnificent record against Pakistan by winning the sixth consecutive World Cup game since the rivalry started way back in 1992. It was a commendable all-round effort by scoring a competitive total of 300/7 riding on Virat Kohli’s 22nd ODI hundred and then dismissed the opposition for 224 in 47 overs. Mohammad Shami (4/35), Umesh Yadav (2/50), Mohit Sharma (2/35) and Ravichandran Ashwin (1/41) were the pick of the Indian bowlers. Pakistani batsmen. Captain Misbah-ul Haq (76), Ahmed Shehzad (47) and Haris Sohail (36) were the notable contributors.

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IN DIA

India innings (50 overs maximum)

RG Sharma

c Misbah-ul-Haq b Sohail Khan

S Dhawan

run out (Misbah-ul-Haq)

V Kohli

c Umar Akmal b Sohail Khan

SK Raina

c Haris Sohail b Sohail Khan

75.00

136

96.05

107

168

126

84.92

132.14

138.46

MS Dhoni*

c Misbah-ul-Haq b Sohail Khan

RA Jadeja

b Wahab Riaz

60.00

AM Rahane

b Sohail Khan

0.00

R Ashwin

not out

100.00

Mohammed Shami Extras

not out

(lb 2, w 3, nb 1)

Total (7 wickets; 50 overs)

6 300 (6.00 runs per over)

Did not bat UT Yadav, MM Sharma

PA K I S TA N

Fall of wickets 1-34 (RG Sharma, 7.3 ov), 2-163 (Dhawan, 29.5 ov), 3-273 (Kohli, 45.2 ov), 4-284 (Raina, 47.3 ov), 5-296 (Jadeja, 48.6 ov), 6-296 (Dhoni, 49.1 ov), 7-296 (Rahane, 49.2 ov)

Pakistan innings (target: 301 runs from 50 overs)

Ahmed Shehzad c Jadeja b Yadav

Younis Khan

c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami

Haris Sohail

c Raina b Ashwin

Misbah-ul-Haq* c Rahane b Mohammed Shami

Sohaib Maqsood c Raina b Yadav

Umar Akmal

c Dhoni b Jadeja

Shahid Afridi

c Kohli b Mohammed Shami

Wahab Riaz

c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami

Yasir Shah

c Yadav b MM Sharma

Sohail Khan

c Yadav b MM Sharma

Mohammad Irfan not out

Extras

(lb 1, w 10, nb 1)

118

39 2

64.38

60.00

75.00

90.47

0.00

100.00

200.00

56.52

70.00

20.00

Total (all out; 47 overs) 224 (4.76 runs per over) Fall of wickets 1-11 (Younis Khan, 3.2 ov), 2-79 (Haris Sohail, 17.6 ov), 3-102 (Ahmed Shehzad, 23.2 ov), 4-102 (Sohaib Maqsood, 23.4 ov), 5-103 (Umar Akmal, 24.4 ov), 6-149 (Shahid Afridi, 34.1 ov), 7-154 (Wahab Riaz, 34.4 ov), 8-203 (Yasir Shah, 42.5 ov), 9-220 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 45.4 ov), 10-224 (Sohail Khan, 46.6 ov)

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REVIEW

STORY Badlapur is a revenge drama of Raghu (Varun Dhawan) who loses his wife Misha (Yami Gautam) and his kid. They get killed during a bank robbery done by Layak (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and his partner Hurman (Vinay Pathak). Hurman escapes with all the money, Layak is caught by the police and sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years. After 15 years of search, an NGO worker, Shobha (Divya Dutta) informs Raghu about Layakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cancer and asks Raghu to forgive Layak, so that he can spend his remaining days of his life out of jail. The rest of the movie is about what Raghu goes to Layak.

Analysis The first half of the movie is slow in pace but it has all the interesting elements needed. The thrill has been maintained all over which keeps the film engaging. On the whole the first half of the movie has been impressive. The second half of the movie has been stunning with race and the film reaches the top after the film reaches the revenge drama. Some of the scenes spoil the movie but on the whole the complete second half makes a strong impact.

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Banner : Director : Producer : Music : Cinematography : Starring :

Maddock Films Sriram Raghavan Dinesh Vijan and Sunil Lulla Sachin - Jiggar Anil Mehta Varun Dhawan, Yami Gautham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta, Radhika Apte, Vinay Pathak

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REVIEW

Final Word Badlapur is a dark revenge drama narrate with superb pace and interesting episodes. The film is sure a worth watcher for Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddhiquiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance.

Performance Varun Dhawan takes a smart decision for choosing Badlapur at an interesting time in his career. Nawazuddin Sidhiqui has been superb in the negative role in the movie and everyone will love his character. Vinay Pathak and Radhika Apte are fantastic in their parts. Yami Gautam and Huma too are amazing in their small yet integral roles. The story of the movie has been strong enough and the narration takes it to the top state. The screenplay and the dialogues have been well written which are the strength of the film. The music and the re recording has been stunning and the cinematography is the asset for Badlapur. The production values have been grand enough. Sriram Raghavan need a loud applause for his work for Badlapur. He has done a superb job for Badlapur which will make him proud. March /2015

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Varun Dhawan who has been showcased as a romantic hero in his films has completely taken turn and is coming up with a mass entertainer. His look in the movie Badlapur has left everyone in surprise. The movie has been directed by Sriram Raghavan who directed Johnny Gaddar and Agent Vinod in the past. The movie features Yami Gautham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta, Radhika Apte and Vinay Pathak in the other lead roles. Badlapur has been slated for a massive release on February 20th all over.

Badlapur has not been in news before the release of the first look and the theatrical trailer. The first look poster of Varun Dhawan has created ripples in the film industry. The theatrical trailer of Badlapur has created huge sensation all over. The raw content and the explosive action episodes in the trailer have brought the heat and increased the expectations on the movie. The movie has made a terrific pre release business and all the eyes are on Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Sidhiqui. Badlapur has been slated for a huge release. Varun Dhawan has worked a lot for the movie as he has been seen in a challenging role for the first time in his career. He has taken all the needed precautions and worked hard for the needed figure. He has been seen with a beard for the first time and Sriram Raghavan is directing a movie after a debacle like Agent Vinod. The expectations are huge on the movie and the movie unit is confident that the movie will impress the audience. Badlapur has completed all the censor formalities and the movie has been awarded A certificate. The movie has been suggested with cuts for U/A ceritificate but the makers were happy with A ceritificate. The movie has raw action episodes and intimate scenes in which Varun Dhawan will romance Yami Gautham, Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta and Radhika Apte in the film. The movie has been planned for a huge release in over 1800 screens which is massive and huge among Varun Dhawanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movies. The movie has been slated for release on February 20th all over. www.wishesh.com

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INTERVIEW

Akshara

Haasan

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Exclusive Interview Akshara Haasan is now one of the leading actresses in India as she scored back hits.

She is currently busy with more than half a dozen movies in all the languages. The interesting thing is her sister Akshara Haasan made an impressive debut as an actress in Shamitabh starring Big B Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush. Critically acclaimed director R Balki helmed the film. After a decent interaction with Akshara, we are here with the excerpts of the interview:

Q) How did Shamitabh come to you?

daughter. I am coming here as Akshara, and no one else but ‘Akshara’. My family treats me as an individual and I am an individual and I feel I can take my legacy forward as just Akshara.

Actually, Balki sir and I were in a same function, he came up to me and said, do you have five minutes to spare, I want to talk to you. I was like Yes sir of course, and he said I have this script and you are completely suitable for the character, so do you want to read the synopsis. I was like wow; I loved the story idea and agreed to it. A few months back before Shamitabh I was thinking to be an actor and this was a great opportunity for me. After a week we had script discussion, and then everything was finalised that who is the star cast and everything, soon as the narration was done, he asked me, what you think, I said count me in I am on board sir.

Q) Do you have the pressure of getting compared with your dad and sister Shruti Haasan? See that’s inevitable. People will compare, but as an individual, I would like to show what I have. I would love to show case and show all of you what I am capable of as an actor. Like you know how Kareena Kapoor,Ranbir Kapoor just made their name, obviously they were compared to their family in the beginning, but if you see now they have made their own names.

Q) Can you reveal more about your role? I can’t really talk about my character. I bring them (Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush) together, I teach them about team work and everything. I have lot of scope to perform and I had received the best compliments after the release of the film which completely made my day happy. I promise that I will do such characters in future.

Your future Projects? I am not in a hurry and currently listening to scripts. Couple of them are in pipeline and will take a decision soon. I want to try different genres and prove myself as an actress.

Q) How was Amitabh Bachchan on sets? He is an incredible person to work with; to work with him on my first film was like an honour to me. I am proud to share screen space with Mr. Bachchan and Dhanush. Sir made me feel so comfortable and easy on the sets and that helped me a lot.

Q) How confident are you about yourself as you are already a star kid?

With that we ended our conversation with Akshara and wished her the best of luck for his film Shamithab

I know I am so and so’s daughter, but I do not want to take that on set, because I am coming on set as Akshara and not as Kamal Hassan and Sarika’s

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VAASTU CORNER

The Vastu advantage The primary Vastu Shastra rules are regarding the directions and elements of the nature. There are specific rules for each direction in Vastu Shastra. The eight primary directions stand for eight particular things in life. Important concept that forms the foundation of Vastu Shastra is the five elements known as the Panchabhootas. The five elements are air, water, fire, earth and space.

Some of the biggest benefits derived from Vastu Shastra to become successful. ·

Comfort: Pain and loss are inevitable, but one can always learn how to take them in the right way and be comforted as well.

Inner realization: Vastu can be used to influence structures that are sturdy and long-lasting.

Strength: One of the biggest benefits of Vastu is that it provides us with exactly what we need to live a happy and successful life.

Easy to use: The structures designed according to Vastu Shastra are almost perfect in their structure and allow maximum flow of positive energy within the structure.

Best use of space: Vastu Shastra is a concept of architecture and it can help people to make the best use of space.

Good structuring: A good house is one that has good ventilation, provides for a lot of air, natural light, etc.

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Enhance one’s personality: Vastu Shastra helps a person to take advantage of their inner self and enhance their personality.

Enhance relationship with other people: Vastu provides better life with the people around you.

Spiritual knowledge: Vastu Shastra can enhance people’s knowledge and interest for spirituality.

Greater mental peace and skill: By evoking the five elements and providing a living space that is clean and clutter free, can enhance mental skills to a large extent.

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YOGA PARIVRITTA TRIKONASANA E x t e n d e d Tr i a n g l e Po s e To improve hips, knee, ankle and shoulder as well as abdomen, back side of thigh, calf and scapular muscles.

Parivritta Trikonasana: · Parivritta - Revolved · Tri - Three · Kon - Angle · Asana - Pose

This is the fourth position in the Standing Series. It serves as a counterpose to the previous posture, Trikonasana, by twisting the hips in the opposite direction, opening the opposite shoulder, and lengthening the lateral collateral (outside) ligament of the knee. This posture combines a lengthening of the hamstrings with the first spinal twist in the Ashtanga-Vinyasa series. Practice of this posture will increase the flexibility of the hamstrings, the mobility of the spine, opening of the shoulders, and ability to balance. The following is a discussion of the position on the right side, as pictured. As an asymmetrical posture, it must be repeated on the left side. From Samasthiti*, inhale and step your right foot back ~3’ and pivot the body 180°, bringing the hips square towards the rear of the room. Turn the left foot out slightly to the left – 15° if your hips feel relatively tight or you have trouble balancing, and 45° at most. Bring the right heel in line with the left arch (see alignment section below for more on how to pick your stance). Raise both hands to the sides, parallel with the floor. Bring the right hand to the hip and stretch forward through the left hand, reaching towards the back wall as you lower your torso until it is parallel with the floor. Rotate the hips anteriorly (‘lift’ the buttocks’) as much as possible, lengthening the hamstrings fully and preventing the lumbar spine from curving. Do not begin to twist before you are sure that you have flattened your back – combining twist with a rounded back is a recipe for back pain, especially in positions such as this when the lumbar spine is lifting the weight of the upper body. If you are unable to maintain a neutral spinal curvature here, lift your torso upright until you can flatten the back (as shown in the righthand picture above). Lift your navel towards the spine and tuck the rib cage into the abdominal muscles to support the spine and relax the muscles of the back. March /2015

Exhale fully as you take the left hand to the outside of the right foot, placing the palm fully on the ground (above left). Alternatively, place the back of the left hand against the outside of the right leg as high as necessary to maintain proper spinal alignment (above right/variation 1). Lift the right hand towards the ceiling, opening the chest to face the side as the right (top) shoulder rotates up and back and the left shoulder presses forward. If possible, the right wrist should be aligned, floating over the center of gravity.

Gaze towards the top thumb, lengthening and twisting the neck.

Hold here for 5 breaths, then lift to a standing position; pivot 180° and practice on the left side. The atlas is the uppermost vertebrae, and serves as the connection between the spine and the skull

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CONTRAINDICATIONS: ·

Low back pain / spinal injury – practice with doctor’s counsel and a qualified instructor. Correct posture is essential in this case to prevent a worsening of your condition.

If you have neck pain or a cervical spine injury, do not lift the left hand; keep it on the back or waist as pictured above; do not twist the neck to look upwards.

Torn or tender hamstrings: Practice this posture lightly or bend the injured leg at the knee until the hamstring heals. Taking the full position and stretching at your maximum will reinforce the injury – stretch at 30-50% of your capacity, gently lengthening and stimulating the muscle but not lengthening it fully.

Shoulder injury: modify hand position as necessary. If the top shoulder is painful, rest that hand on the lower back. If the bottom shoulder is painful, do not place any weight on it. Instead, use it only to help guide the torso.

ALIGNMENT

REACH UPWARDS TO BRING BOTH SHOULDERS AWAY FROM THE EARS

BOTH HIPS SQUARE SPINE TWISTS, BUT DOES NOT BEND OR CURVE FORWARD ALIGNMENT OF THE LEGS GIVES THIS POSITION ITS NAME HIPS AND ANKLES FORM A TRIANGLE

THE LOWER WRIST IS SLIGHTLY BACK SO THAT THE FINGERTIPS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE TOES. SHOULDERS AND UPWARD HAND FLOAT OVER THE BALL OF FOOT AND HAND

BACK FOOT TURNED AWAY 450 Source: www.up4yoga.com

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EVENTS

MAHA SHIVARATHI SUBMISSION OF SELFNESS Shivaratri is great festival of convergence of Shiva and Shakti. Chaturdashi Tithi during Krishna Paksha in the month of Magha is known as Maha Shivaratri according to South Indian calendar.

However according to North Indian calendar Masik Shivaratri in the month of Phalguna is known as Maha Shivaratri. Owing to the special planetary conjunction, spiritual practices done on this day are considered to be especially auspicious and beneficial.

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According to the Shiva Purana, Mahashivaratri worship should incorporate six items, offering bilva leaves to the deity after giving it a ceremonial bath, which represents purification of the soul; applying vermilion paste on the linga after bathing it, which represents virtue; offering food, which is conducive to longevity and the gratification of desires; lighting incense, which yields wealth; lighting an oil lamp, which signifies the attainment of knowledge; and offering of betel leaves, which marks satisfaction with worldly pleasures. These six items form an indispensable part of the Mahashivaratri worship, be it a simple ceremony at home or grand temple worship. The story of Mahashivarathri according to one legend goes on like, during the samudra manthan, the snake used to churn the mountain omitted poison which was of very high toxic and is able to destroy the entire world. This terrified the Gods and demons and they ran to Shiva for help. To protect the world from its evil effects, Shiva drank the deathly poison, seeing this his wife Sri Parvathy held his throat to prevent the poison

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from going inside his body and Shri Maha Vishnu closed his mouth to prevent the poison from coming out. By this the poison got settled in the throat. This made his throat turn blue and he was given the name Neelakantha, the blue-throated one. Shivaratri is the celebration of this event by which Shiva saved the world. Hindus consider Mahashivarathri as an auspicious day and perform poojas and stay awake in the intervening night of Mahashivarathri. Mostly women fast on this day. Unmarried girls observe Mahashivarathri for getting a good and honest husband. Married women fast for the well-being of their family members. Mahashivaratri is not only a ritual but also a cosmic definition of the universe. It dispels ignorance, emanates the light of knowledge, makes one aware of the universe, ushers in the spring after the cold and dry winter and invokes the supreme power to take cognizance of the beings.

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EVENTS

CIROC FILMFARE

GLAMOUR AND STYLE AWARDS 2015 Bollywood celebs charmed the first edition of the Filmfare Glamour and Style Awards with their presence, which was held in Mumbai on 26 February. While most stars looked stylish and glamorous at the event, there were a few who disappointed their fans. Fashionable divas, including Sonam Kapoor, Shruti Haasan, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Tabu, Ileana D’Cruz and a few others failed to impress with their appearance.

Ileana D’Cruz

Kajal Agarwal

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Shriya Saran

Sruthi Haasan

Tanisha Mukherjee

Sonam Kapoor

Sunny Leone

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-Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 3

SPIRITUAL

THE ETERNAL DUTIES OF HUMAN BEINGS Karma Yoga and Jnana Yoga are both important. For purified minds jnana yoga or the yoga of knowledge is appropriate. For minds not yet purified karma yoga or the yoga of action is more suitable.

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Shloka

Explanation

sri-bhagavan uvaca

Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna, that he is looking at jnana yoga and karma yoga as two independent paths. Lord Krishna states that both can give unadulterated devotion to the ultimate truth. Which yoga is superior or subordinate to the other is not a question as they each can attain the desired goal. They are two different paths to a singular destination suited to the ambiences of different aspirants. Lord Krishna explained very clearly in chapter two regarding the two classes of aspirants in the human race being the sinless of pure mind and the sinful of impure mind. Lord Krishna explains that for purified minds jnana yoga or the yoga of knowledge is appropriate as the self controlled one sits in meditation on Him. But for minds not yet purified karma yoga or the yoga of action is more suitable. Therefore in respect to the two paths they are actually two stages of the same path separated only by purity and impurity of mind.

loke â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;smin dvi-vidha nistha pura prokta mayanagha jnana-yogena sankhyanam karma-yogena yoginam Meaning of Verse The Blessed Lord said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who realize the Self. Some are inclined to understand Him by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others are inclined to know Him by devotional work.

Meaning of Shloka

sri-bhagavanuvaca -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said loke -- in the world asmin -- this dvi-vidha -- two kinds of nistha -- faith pura -- formerly

anagha -- O sinless one jnana-yogena -- by the linking process of knowledge sankhyanam -- of the empiric philosophers

prokta -- were said

karma-yogena -- by the linking process of devotion

maya -- by Me

yoginam -- of the devotees

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H O L LY W O O D

HOLLYWOOD

Daniel Craig’s Birthday: Shirtless Pics of Handsome Bond!

Lionel Richie Blasts Kanye West’s BRIT Awards Performance

Daniel Craig aka the James Bond is celebrating his 47th birthday today (March 2nd, 2015). The handsome English actor is well known worldwide as the British secret agent James Bond 007 since October 2005, after his first film in the role, Casino Royale hit the big screens.

Music stars Lionel Richie and Liam Gallagher have slammed rapper Kanye West’s performance at the recently held BRIT Awards. Introduced by his wife Kim Kardashian, West, 37, debuted his new song ‘All Day’ at London’s O2 Arena on February 25. After the show, Richie who presented British Single to Mark Ronson at the event slammed the hip-hop star for using N-word while Gallagher just didn’t like the rap star’s performance in general.

HOLLYWOOD

Happy 21st Birthday Justin Bieber: His Love Life

Lupita Nyong’o Stolen Oscars Dress Returned To Hotel

Happy birthday the teen icon, Justin Bieber. He might have done many mistakes and had his set of ups and downs, but the ‘Baby’ singer is still one of the most loved celebrities among women worldwide, thanks to his cute to handsome Calvin Klein model looks.

The pearl dress that actress Lupita Nyong’o flaunted at the Oscars red carpet has reportedly been returned to the hotel from where it was stolen for being studded with “fake pearls”. The thieves dumped the actress’s custom Calvin Klein Oscar dress, which was stolen from her hotel room two days ago, in a garbage bag and it was returned to The London West Hollywood Friday, reports tmz.com.

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TEA NEWS

HOLLYWOOD

Robert De Niro Slapped With USD 6.4 Million Tax Lien

Scarlett Johansson on John Travolta’s Oscar Kiss: “His Kiss Was ‘Welcome’’

Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro was slapped with a USD 6.4 million tax lien against his multi-million dollar property at Tribeca investment property. De Niro, 71, learnt of the massive lien from news accounts on Thursday, his spokesman said, adding that the actor had a check for the full amount hand-delivered by day’s end.

John Travolta shocked everyone including Scarlett Johansson when he landed a peck on the soft lips of the sultry bombshell at the Oscars 2015 red carpet. The actor also placed his hand on the gorgeous actress’ waist. At that moment, the ‘Lucy’ actress gave a side-eye look which made us think that she was not liking the antic of John Travolta at the Oscars 2015 red carpet when she was posing for the cameras.

HOLLYWOOD

Kanye West Reveals of Having Sex Multiple Times A Day!

See Eddie Redmayne As Trangender Einar Wegener In ‘The Danish Girl’

Kanye West and wife, Kim Kardashian, are trying every possible way to conceive a second child. The famous celebrity couple welcomed their first child, daughter North West and since a year, Kim has been showing interest on getting a sibling for her daughter.

The Oscar 2015 Best Actor winner, Eddie Redmayne is taking his roles very seriously! After portraying Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything”, Eddie Redmayne is now observing the minutiae of feminine physicality by playing a transgender pioneer in a new drama!

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ARIES March is a big month this year for you Aries. Venus is in your sign until the 18. Mars and Uranus are also in Aries the whole month. The Sun will enter on the 21rst of March. This will give you a high level of energy, pushing you to do a lot more than your usual routine, you may start dance classes, be on a long trip overseas, begin a new training, and go out every night because you cannot sleep. It can also be because your love life in passionate. Single, your chances to meet somebody who is exactly what you like are high, and it could be a serious relationship also.

CANCER

TAURUS You have to wait until March 18, to have Venus entering in Taurus and give a nice kick to your love life. All of a sudden, you feel noticed, you get compliments, and you are asked out by people you would never suspect they could be attracted to you. Your profile on Tinder gets hits more often than ever. You need to take some vitamins though as your physical energy is low, you need to sleep more also, energy will be back on the 30th. Mercury is in your professional sector helping you to communicate better with your boss and your coworkers.

The rhythm at work is pretty fast the whole month of March, Mars and Uranus in your professional sector are activating your work sector. Your results are great, so it is worth investing so much energy and you will get recognition and gratitude from your boss. International developments are interesting for you. A business trip may happen and you are ready to go anytime. If you are in a relationship, your feelings are deepening and you say more this month to your loved one than you said before. Single you may meet somebody at work, and it will be interesting if you give it a chance.

LEO Jupiter brings some luck and any problems that can happen this month will find a favorable issue. So stay calm and fix the situations one by one, there will be a good solution for each one of them. Your network of new friends is expanding fast and easy, friends of friends are yours, and you communicate as much online as in real life. With your sweetie, you have a good time, joking and having fun. Single, you are attracted to someone coming from another country, a different culture, you are pretty engaging, and you clearly show your interest.

GEMINI Your career is the important sector in March. If you want to look for a new company, it is a good time to redo your resume, update your LinkedIn profile and put a new picture and connect with your network. You have a potential that you want to express and it is your motivation. But if you can get a raise, of course, you will be happy. Friends are a huge support and you have lots of events shared with them, so your weekends are pretty packed with invitations. You love varied interests and social milieu so you are pretty open to new people.

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SAGITTARIUS

If you are in a long-term relationship, you are so close together that there is not much space for others in your free time. You feel so good that you avoid seeing other people. Make an effort to socialize, you stay too much at home. Saturn makes you reorganize your flat, like remodeling your kitchen or bathroom, you want a space that is new and clean. At work, you are helping a coworker who is lost or disorganized, you do it gracefully expecting nothing in return. You make some saving for a future vacation, you know how much you need.

SCORPIO Love is intense for you this month until the 21rst. You will organize your schedule around your sweetie and that is the reason why you will need to catch up with the friends at the end of the month. The days at work are fast and you are under pressure the whole month, with results but you wish you could be more relaxed. Stress is related to a very anxious person around you, protecting yourself from anxiety that does not belong to you is important. Don’t absorb emotions that are not yours. You discover an artistic gift and you want to express it.

LIBRA

You are in a mood for commitment, love or business or both. You want to make sure that you are in for the long term. You ask your loved one what his or her intentions are and you want to know the truth. You take information about your company, what do they expect from you and what is their career plan for you. It will give you motivation to move forward. You take care of your body also, dentist, physical therapist, dermatologist, gynecologist. And for spring you will lose weight if needed, a good diet and some exercise.

AQUARIUS

CAPRICORN Lots of family events this month, your parents may be moving out or retiring, your sister may have a baby, your brother may break up with his girlfriend or change job… news keep happening, surprising, happy sometimes, less nice some other times. You keep in touch with everyone, sharing the emotions. Love is nicer and more comfortable after the 18th of March when Venus enters in your love sector. You make efforts to control your anxiety and stress through meditation or sports. Mind and body. And remember that you don’t need to carry the world on your shoulders. Mind your business.

PISCES

Be sure that you are being honest with yourself and everyone around you on the 1st. Little white lies can be more damaging than painful truths, and painful truths are healthier than evasion or hoping it will all just go away. No, you don’t need to open your heart to everyone in your vicinity. But you do need to be straight with folks. By the 5th and 6th, you’re feeling like you might need to update your exercise routine. Do it! The stronger you are physically, the better things will go for you. Give some serious thought to the career path you’re following on the 10th and 11th. Is it the right one for you? You are in for some amazing news and awesome vibes and terrific experiences on the 17th and 18th. www.wishesh.com

Love is really good between the 2 of you, laughter, good sex, good mood and sharing everything. If you are single, March is a month when anything can happen if you are single, you can meet one or two potential partners that are exciting, interesting and very different from one another. You will have the choice in the end. At work, things are a little confused, Saturn is putting some hurdles, delays, rescheduling, all this is irritating but you put up with that. Your patience is being tested. Sag love their freedom but they are now in a phase where they have to adjust.

Until the 21rst of March the Sun and Neptune in Pisces give you a high level of inspiration, you are so creative in many domains, personal, professional, but also for your loved one. You write, paint, discover some new applications and use them in a fun way. You have the feeling that a friend is not doing well and you will express your concern, you will help that person to cope with the problem going on. You know so much about relationship that you can support anybody in that regard. That is a domain of expertise you have naturally, your intuition and empathy work well together.

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what we do Wishesh Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. is a platform for the Indian community spread all over the world to stay connected with one another. We have a series of brands providing wide spectrum of content on national and international events to keep Indians abrest with the happenings back home. Our team deligently strives to provide delightful content that has created valuable relationships with millions of users worldwide. We can help you to make your presence known to people across the world.

who we do Wishesh Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. is a Registered Holding Company, dedicated to generating long-term growth with a range of quality ventures in the brand and media sector. As a result Wishesh Digital Media has gained special know-how and expertise in its market environment.

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