A Change In Thought

Diwali is the one festival in India which is celebrated by all irrespective of caste, creed and religion. It is celebrated to acknowledge the victory of good over evil. But with the changing time the style of celebrating Diwali has also changed drastically.

Now Diwali celebrations mean electric illumination and bursting noisy fire crackers. This change in the celebration style has imposed many negative effects on the environment such as excessive air, soil and noice pollution, excessive power consumption and consumerism (excess consumption means excess use of raw material.

With increase in the awareness about environmental pollution amongst the public, eco-friendly Diwali was quite popular amongst the few who understand the need for environment protection. I personally feel bursting crackers is like burning your money. I along with few friends of mine thought instead of wasting money on crackers it can be used for contributing towards the welfare of the society and other poor people who are unable to celebrate the festival. Also we can have a cracker show for 2 hour or so in a common place where people can enjoy the crackers,instead of each doing at their home in a small way and making the whole city dusty with paper.

Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero

There exists a man whose amazing life should be an example for the world. This movie showcases the life of Dr. Prakash Baba Amte. A man whose contribution to society is immeasurable. A storyline showcasing an individual who was unaware of his destination but became an inspiration to the world by teaching the epitome of self actualization.

After finishing his doctor degree, Prakash's father Baba Amte, took him on a picnic to Hemalkasa, but that was not only a picnic but a turning point in Prakash's life. He became restless seeing that, on one hand people had reached the moon while here still people were living as animals. They use to hunt and sleep under the tree. Prakash went there just to treat them but became a part of them. Dr.Mandakini and Prakash loved each other from collage days. Leaving her luxurious life behind, she decided to accompany Prakash without any condition.

This is where the real story begins in the dense forest of Hemalkasa. There struggle with tribals, struggle with wild animal, struggle with Naxalites and corrupt government officials. But today after 45 years of struggle, Hemalkasa has become an example to the world. The story is unbelievable but..... it is true!

INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE

Indian Super League a.k.a ISL has taken off quite well and fans all across the country have come out in large numbers to support the beautiful game of football. The league was started back in September with a lavish opening ceremony conducted at the Salt Lake City stadium in Kolkata. Important personalities from different fields like sports, films and business came up to support this event.

The main purpose of this event is support and grow liking for football in India so that youngsters in India have more games to play and focus on, other and cricket. When it comes to football, India is lacking behind many countries and the only dream that football lovers in India have is to see the National team playing in FIFA World Cup. This is the main aim behind this event and is popularly known as Mission 2022. This mission focuses on building a new brigade of young players who will play in the FIFA World Cup 2022 and hopefully win it for the country. We all are very much in favour of this mission and wish that we see our team in upcoming World Cups.

HERO INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE

The Indian Super League, officially known as the Hero Indian Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in India. The league is one of the top-tier football leagues in India, the other being the I-League. It features eight franchise teams from all around India. The league runs from October to December, with a finals series determining the champion.

The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 in an effort to make football a top sport in India and to make Indian football a major player worldwide. The league operates along the lines of the Twenty 20 cricket Indian Premier League, and Major League Soccer of the United States.Unlike the majority of football leagues around the world, the ISL does not use the promotion and relegation system. Instead, it uses a franchise system in which eight teams were created to participate in the league.

The Eight teams are:

Mumbai city FC

FC goa

Chennaiyin FC

Delhi Dynamos

Atletico de kolkata

Kerala Blasters 

Northeast United FC

Pune city FC

A Poster On Racism

Tees saal baad.

Tees saal baad...

The good old times are back for a while.

Cast of the iconic TV show ‘Hum Log’ had a reunion in Noida to mark the 30th anniversary of their first episode. Here are the actors reminisce about the good old days.

“We were like family.”

Joyshree Arora, who played Bhagwati said, "We use to go for the shoot in the morning and come back around 1 am. We were always together-like a family-and today, we miss that. I was hardly 26-27 and I was playing a 45-year -old woman, so I had to put on lot of make up.

“People call me ‘Lalloo’.”

Mumbai-based actor Rajesh Puri said, "We completed the shoot, two episodes per day, at Himachal Bhawan in Mandi House. I remember the day when Rajesh Khanna invited me for lunch after seeing the popularity of my character ‘Lalloo’, and offered me a role in his film ‘Alag’. People still know me as ‘Lalloo’.

“A hit in South India.”

"The concept of hum log was borrowed from a Mexican serial. It is the first Indian show to be sponsored.It talked about women empowerment and national integration at a time when the government was saying that the South doesn't want Hindi. South Indian viewers then wrote to the government, saying that they watch HUM LOG. That's how the character of South Indian mama, played by Pradeep Kuchreja, was introduced. The serial is also a part of mass communication courses in American colleges.” said Abhinav Chaturvedi, who played ‘Nanhe’.

“People gave Badki gifts for her 'shaadi'.”

About the popularity of the serial, Pradeep said "I remember shooting Badki's (Seema Bhargav) marriage at Meerut's Nauchandi mela. Wherever Seema went, she received gift. The shopkeepers gave her utensils, jewellery, clothes and what not, saying,'Beti teri shaadi ho rahi hai,tu le ja."

“A blind man recognized my voice.”

Sharing his personal experience, Aziz Querishy, who played Inspector Khan in the serial, said, "Once a blind man came up to me and asked, ‘Khan sahib? Aap Khan sahib hai na?' such was the popularity of the serial that he was able to recognize my voice."

Want youngsters to see it, say actors.

The actors said they are trying to get hold of the archive of the show, which is not available with Doordarshan, so that young viewers can see the episodes as well.

-Sai Uphad

Source-Bombay Times, Times of India.

Celebrating Diwali 2014

Lets Burst Negativity!

Diwali, the festival of lights is one of the biggest celebration of the year in every Hindu family. With its arrival, it brings in joy, happiness, zeal, enthusiasm and what not? It spreads positive energy and good vibes all around. The stunning beauty and the joy of the festival can thus be a reason for a change! This Diwali let us all try a  little more harder to make ourselves a little more better. Lets burst the little devils which envelope the different spheres of our life. This year, let us all make an effort to spread love and peace around. Let us all try our best to slash down our seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, pride, greed, wrath, laziness and envy. 

All of us lack in some or the other way when it comes to 'being a good human' because lets get that straight, we're humans and we aren't perfect! But yes, all of us can improvise on ourselves in some or the other way! We can train ourselves to reach the level of perfection (again, no one can ever be perfect) We can learn to do good and to spread goodness around. After all, we humans are such good learners! What is good, is a concept undefined, we simply cannot define its charm and beauty with our limited vocabulary. Maybe, some concepts of life are meant to be so. But surely, we can feel this inexplicable happiness of goodness in us, when we actually try to become a good human. And believe me, positive people are such fun people. We must all try to become one. 

The motive of my blog post is just to remind everyone of us that this Diwali is a very great opportunity for all of us to broaden our perspective and look at the world with a different view point. Its a time where we can burst down the negativity in us and learn to view things with a positive outlook. At last, its never too late to start with a new and a beautiful beginning but the sooner you learn it, the sooner you can achieve the immeasurable beauty and happiness of life. So yeah, spread spread and spread love, there is enough of hate already. Plus, being good is the coolest style in fashion and magically, this fashion never fades ;)

Happy Diwali!