Gujrat’s Surat, one of the biggest hubs for diamond cutting and polishing in the world, has witnessed a major recession this year due to geopolitical conditions. About 800,000 individuals make up the diamond polishing population of Gujrat and Surat employs 90 percent of the state’s polishers and cutters.Diwali to Christmas is usually the peak season of sales for the diamond business but a slowdown in their biggest markets, the US and China, has resulted in creating large unsold inventory. Within the last five months, 15,000 people have lost their jobs and many have taken their lives. The cause of the…
Author: Kavya Singhal
Kavya Singhal
Writer in the morning, entrepreneur during the day and musician by night, Kavya loves all her creative outlets and refuses to let go of any of them. While her business and musical performances have almost always been in the public eye; her writings have usually been acedemic, private or shared with a few close ones.. but she has definitely begun on her journey to change this, one piece at a time!
Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman and Padma Shri percussionist Sivamani have known each other since childhood. Sivamani knew Rahman before the composer decided to embrace Islam and changed his name from Dilip Kumar to AR Rahman.AR Rahman and Sivamani met each other through their fathers, who were friends. Sivamani’s father, S.M Anandan was a renowned percussionist and initially was against his son pursuing the life of a musician. AR Rahman’s father, R.K. Shekhar, was a Tamil musician who composed many scores in the Malayalam film industry. Rahman and Sivamani certainly inherited their passion and talent in music from their fathers.Over the…
With a mission to make adolescents in Delhi government schools more aware of sexual literacy, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has started conducting workshops on tabooed topics under sexual literacy including sexual abuse, hormonal changes and good touch-bad touch.Government guidelines dictate that all schools need to have at least one session on sexual literacy. Under an initiative started by the NGO Parwarish, titled “Aao Baat Karein” (let’s talk), workshops started being conducted on October 12 and have reached out to 600 Delhi government schools students. About Aao Baat Karein: A sexual literacy program The initiative came together…
Rupali Ganguly, who had a breakthrough in her career as a teenager with her vamp role in the Hindi television series Sanjeevani (2002-2005), is widely known today for her role as the lead character in the series Anupamaa (2020-present). Ganguly plays the role of a middle-aged woman, Anupamaa, who decides to live life on her own terms after she gets no credit from her family for the sacrifices she made to help them. In a recent interview with Pinkvilla, the actress opened up about her six years long break from acting, the influence her father has had on her life…
Known for her excellent acting skills and playing several iconic characters including Fukrey’s Bholi Punjaban, Masaan’s Devi Pathak and Gangs of Wasseypur’s Nagma Khatoon; Richa Chadha has surely left her mark in the Hindi film industry. Chadha’s entry into the industry happened with the comedy movie Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008). In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, the actress shared that she was spotted by director Kanu Behl when she was performing in a play at Barry John’s Acting Studio. Behl got his team to audition Chadha for the role of Abhay Deol’s (the lead in the movie) sister…
Hailing from the small village of Kajiani in UP, Ajay Saroj made India proud at the 19th Asian Games when he won the silver medal in the 1500m race. The 26-years-old plumber’s son grew up borrowing shoes from friends and taking loans from friends and family to participate in competitions. He is now waiting for the UP government’s 1.5 Cr cash prize to pay off loans and debts. At the Asian Games which were held in Hangzhou, China, Ajay Saroj clocked 3:38.94 seconds to finish behind Qatar’s Mohamad Al-Garni who clocked 3:38.36 seconds. Kerala’s Jinsen Jonson won the bronze medal.…
The worlds of Imtiaz Ali and Anurag Kashyap ever colliding might come across as a surprise to many, as one makes epic romantic films while the latter makes thought-provoking darker-themed films; but the two have been friends since college and worked together in the film Black Friday (2004).Black Friday holds a cult status till date and many might have missed Imitiaz Ali’s quick appearance on the screen. In a recent interview with The Lallantop, Imtiaz shared how Anurag Kashyap convinced him to act in his debut directorial film, Black Friday, and how the former regrets being in the film. The…
Best-known for his performance in his debut movie, Malaal (2019), Meezaan Jafri’s entry into the film industry has not been the most glamorous. In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, the 28-years-old actor talked about his upcoming film Yaariyan 2, his projects so far and his father, Javed Jaffrey’s roller coaster ride in the industry. Meezaan Jafri’s upcoming film: Yaariyan 2 The coming-of-age romantic drama, Yaariyan 2, revolves around the relationship of three cousins who navigate through life’s difficulties together. The film is releasing on October 20th this year. In his interview, Meezan shared that he connects with the movie’s…
In a recent interview, Akshay Kumar talked about his recent release, OMG 2, and how he was disheartened when the film he made for children was given an ‘adult only’ certificate by the censor board after making 27 cuts.The Hindi-language film is a comedy-drama on the subject of sex education in India. Written and directed by Amit Rai, the film stars Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam Dhar.OMG 2 is now streaming on Netflix. OMG 2 and its troubles with the censor board OMG 2 revolves around a father-son story, which was intended for teenagers. The film talks about…
2023 has been the year of breaking temperature records and this trend is likely to continue through the remaining year. Almost every month of the year has broken one or another temperature record and September has turned out to be the hottest year ever by a sizable margin. It is clear that climate change is no longer a subject of discussion limited to school textbooks. Exactly how warm was September? September showed a 1.75 degree Celsius deviation from the pre-industrial period, 1850-1900, which is usually considered the baseline for measuring temperature changes. No other month of the year has shown…