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Kanpur: After celebrating the 51st year of Antaragni in 2016, IIT-Kanpur is once again readying itself to celebrate one of this most colourful and youthful festivals. This year, the cultural fest , Antaragni, will be held from October 26 to October 29.
ANTARAGNI being one of the Biggest cultural extravaganzas of Northern India has established itself as a brand and in its 52nd Edition, its visibility is going to be bigger and better than ever.
Being one of the most eagerly awaited events this Institute, it is conducted on a magnificent scale ensuring tremendous buzz and interest within the junta. Every year Antaragni witnesses a footfall of over 40,000, participation from more than 300 top colleges from various parts of the country.
Staff Reporter
The main objective of the conference is to create ground for development of blogging in the World, promote Hindi literature and Indian culture, and provide opportunities for language harmony and cultural study and tourism.
Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and Organizer of ‘International Bloggers Conference’ Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that after having successfully organized the conference in Delhi (India), Lucknow (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), Thimpu (Bhutan), Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Bangkok (Thailand). this time the seventh International Blogger’s Conference will be organized from 23 Dec. 2016 to 1 January, 2017 in Auckland, Hamilton & Rotorua in New Zealand.
This time the host of this conference will be NRI Mrs. Suman Kapoor. she is an activist, educationist, research scholar, entrepreneur, a hospitality professional, social critic and writer of New Zealand. She is not an activist, not even a protester but visionary who values and recognises diversity. She has led and served various NGO’s and is currently the Chairperson of GOPIO International Women Council. She is a creative high achiever with a deep involvement with philanthropic and linguistic areas and is always true catalyst for positive change both within New Zealand and globally. She is Formerly founding President of GOPIO Waikato Chapter and Life Member of GOPIO; Double postgraduate, an; Director Indian Cuisine in company at New Zealand; executive at National council of women, Waikato Graduate women, Multicultural council , interfaith council and Indian organizations; community advocate, serving various boards and committees, leading positions in New Zealand.
The host of this conference Mrs. Suman Kapoor Said that the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi has emphasized on historical and cultural relation between India and the out side of world and sought to promote co-operation and harmony between the all countries. This blogger’s conference being organized in New Zealand is an effort in the same direction.
Mr. Ravindra Prabhat and Mrs. Suman Kapoor jointly said that on this occasion celebrities from the field of blogging, literature, social and cultural world will be felicitated.
During the conference more than bloggers will be awarded out of which some important ones are Mrs. Rekha Rajvanshi from Australia , Mr. Ravi Kant Mittal, Mrs. Seema Gupta and Ms. Sarjana Sharma from Delhi, Mrs. Dr. Urmila Shukla from Raipur in Chhatisgarh, Dr. Anita Srivastava, Dr. Archana Srivastava, Dr. Nirmala Singh Nirmal, Ratna Srivastava, Dr. O.P. Singh and Mrs. Kusum Verma from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Rama kant Kushwaha from Deoria, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Vijay Pratap Srivastava from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and Mrs. Sampat Devi Murarka & Rajesh Murarka from Hyderabad in Telangana.
Mr. Prabhat said that during the conference, study of Hindi in global perspective especially in New Zealand, promotion of Hindi literature, various dimensions of blogging as new media and role of Social Media in changing times etc. will be discussed.
Kusum Verma Night in Auckland
After the conference in night of 25th Dec. 2016, Indian folk singer & dancer Kusum Verma will be performed on the stage.
Kusum Verma is a folk-singer, Poet, performer and danser from Uttar Pradesh, India. She sings Bhojpuri and Awadhi folk songs, and has received the Parikalpna Sur-Saraswati Award for her contribution to music. Kusum did not get any sort of formal training of classical music neither before nor after becoming a successful folk singer but She had an effective command over high and low notes. She is best known for her distinctive, melodious, powerful voice, complex and dark emotional expressions which led many critics to state her voice as the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard. She is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in central Uttar Pradesh and could sing high tenor notes with ease. She has performed national and international stages, like Kolkata, Delhi, Allahabad, lucknow, Mahoba, Gonda, Lakhimpur Kheeri and Kathmandu in Nepal, Thimpu & Paro in Bhutan, Kaindi & Colombo in Sri Lanka, Pataya & Bangkok in Thaighland etc.
Along with folk song she will be presented a Nritya Natika of 1 hr 10 minutes. Which is based on a Mahakavya PADMAVAT written by very famous writer MALIK MOHAMMED JAYASI . The title of the NrityaNatika is BARAHMASA.
The theme is the queen Nagmati of the king RatnaSen of chittod is so beautiful and always want approval & praise of her beauty from friends. But one day she heard the beauty of the queen Paďmawati of Singhaldweep by her parrot Heeramann . She told it to the Heeramann not to tell it to the king but one day Heeramann explained about the beauty of Padmini to the king, King immediately depart to Singhaldweep . Naagmati cursed Heeramann for that and start waiting for the arraival of her king back to home . Means all the twelve months. It is a recorded programme .
Art Exhibition in Hamilton
The next day, 26th September 2016 will be held Art Exhibition and International kavi sammelan in Hamilton. Exhibited Indian folk art and culture. These are traditional painting like ; TulsiChauk, Chhath Pooja,Karwa Chauth and Kohber etc.
Participation
Few media persons will be participated in this conference like Ms. Sarjana Sharma, Ceative Head, kabir Communication, Mr. Ravi Kant Mittal, C.O.O. Sanskar TV and Mrs. Seema Gupta, News Editor Aj Tak.
Participation
Few media persons will be participated in this conference like Ms. Sarjana Sharma, Ceative Head, kabir Communication, Mr. Ravi Kant Mittal, C.O.O. Sanskar TV and Mrs. Seema Gupta, News Editor Aj Tak.
Eight poets from india will be participated in Kavi Sammelan like Mr. Ravindra Prabhat from Lucknow, Dr. Urmila Shukla from Raipur, Dr. Ramakant Kushwaha from Deoria, Dr. Vijay Pratap Srivastava from Kushinagar, Dr. Nirmala Singh 'Nirmal' from Lucknow, Mrs. Sampat Devi Murarka from Hyderabad, Dr. Archana Srivastava from Lucknow, Mrs. Kusum Verma from Lucknow, Shri Ravi Kant Mittal from Delhi and Mrs. Ratna Srivastava (Announcer) etc.
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- More than 30 bloggers and litterateurs from across the world felicitated
- Five books and Parikalpana Samay Monthly Magazine along with Parikalpana Kosh Website launched
- Open discussion held on the topic ‘Society of margins on blog’ by South Asian bloggers
By Staff Reporter
Lucknow (SATNB): Mrs.Suman Kapoor (NewZealand) will be awarded 'Parikalpana SAARC Summit Award' during International Bloggers Conference to be held in Bhutan from January 15 to 18 , 2015 for her work in Hindi ( in Western Countries) & on blog. She will get a cash prize of Rs 5,000, commendation certificate, memento and angavastram.
Ravindra Prabhat, organizer of the conference, said on Saturday that Suman started community teaching & supporting mother tongue Hindi since she migrated to New Zealand 12 years back and has been operating few blogs on various issues.
Mrs. Kapoor had got a number of awards which includes Global- 'NRI (non resident Indian)Of the Year 2014 ( Philanthropy)' recently.She is initiating trustee of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan to be started soon in New Zealand.
In Bhutan, she will speaking about propagation of Hindi in Western Countries (focus on New Zealand), various dimensions of blogging as peace making media, social media in changing times.
During his recent visit to Bhutan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had highlighted historical and cultural relations between India and Bhutan and emphasized on cooperation. International Bloggers Conference is an step in that direction.
New Delhi, Nov 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned late on Thursday night after a three-day visit to Nepal. In Nepal, he held bilateral talks with the Nepali leadership during which some agreements were inked. He also attended the two-day 18th SAARC Summit that concluded Thursday. He attended a banquet dinner hosted by Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav before emplaning for New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on key strategic issues. Both India and Nepal agreed to sign 10 agreements, which includes a pact on USD 1 billion assistance to Nepal. A number of issues were discussed, that included defence and security. The meeting between Modi and Koirala lasted for nearly more than half hour. Speaking on the bilateral ties, Narendra Modi said, “When we trust each other, we can move forward very quickly.”
India and Nepal today signed the Motor Vehicle Agreement under which permit would be given to vehicles to ply on designated routes in each other’s country. They also inked three twin-city pacts between Kathmandu-Varanasi, Janakpur-Ayodhya and Lumbini-Bodh Gaya. The 10 agreements signed between the two countries include, MoU on training at Nepal Police Academy, MoU on Tourism, MoU Traditional Medicines and MoU on Youth Exchange. A MoU was also signed on a project development agreement over the 900 megawatt hydro-electric project on the Arun river in Nepal.
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Gathering of bloggers and litterateur from a number of
countries including India, Nepal, Bhutan, Australia
Lucknow (SATNB): Hindi is getting established
as a reputed language not only in India but across the world. Apart from movies
and literature, blogging which has established itself as a form of new media is
also helping in the spread of Hindi. As such, to provide a common stage for
bloggers, 'Parikalpana Samay', Hindi monthly magazine published from Lucknow
and ‘Parikalpana’ literary organization have been organizing International
Blogger’s Conference for the last four years. The main objective of the
conference is to create ground for development of blogging in South Asia,
promote Hindi literature and culture, and provide opportunities for language
harmony, and cultural study and tourism. Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and
Organizer of ‘International Bloggers Conference’ Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that
after having successfully organized the conference in Delhi, Lucknow and
Kathmandu, this time the fourth International Blogger’s Conference will be
organized from 15 to 18 January, 2015 in Bhutan. It is worthwhile to mention
here that recently during his Bhutan visit Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has
emphasized on historical and cultural relation between India and Bhutan, and sought
to promote co-operation and harmony between the two countries. This blogger’s
conference being organized in Bhutan is an effort in the same direction, said
Mr. Ravindra Prabhat.
Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that on this
occasion celebrities from the field of blogging and literature world will be
felicitated. In which ‘Parikalpana SAARC Summit Awards” will be conferred on
Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav, Director Postal Services, Allahabad Region (Allahabad,
UP) for reminiscence writings on blog; Mr. Lalit Sharma (Raipur, Chattisgarh) for
Archeology related writings, Mrs. Sampat Devi Murarka (Hydrabad, Telangana) for
Travel narrative, and Mr. Kumud Adhikari from Nepal for Literary blog
Journalism. Under this award all awardees will be felicitated with Rs. 25000/-
cash prize, commendation certificate, memento and aṅgavastram.
Whereas, “Parikalpana SAARC
Awards” will be conferred upon Mr. Lingchen Dorji (Thimpu, Bhutan), for his
famous nouvelle ‘Home Sangrila’, Ms. Rekha Raajvanshi (Sydney, Australia) for
her efforts in spreading Hindi in western countries, and Ms. Sunita Prem Yadav
(Aurangabad, Maharasta, India) for promotion of translation from other
languages to Hindi. In this award, awardees will be felicitated with rupees 5000/-
cash prize, Commendation certificate, memento and Aṅgavastram.
More than 50 bloggers and litterateur to be
felicitated
During the conference more
than 50 bloggers from South Asia will be awarded with ‘Parikalpana Awards’, out
of which some important ones are Mrs. Suman Kapoor from New Zealand , Mr. Neelesh Mathur from Guwahati, Assom; Mrs.
Shubhadra Pandey from Silchar, Assom; Mr. Randheer Singh Suman from Barabanki,
Uttar Pradesh; Mr. Ram Bahadur Mishra, from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Mr. Surjeet
Singh Barwaal, Shri Ganganagar, Rajasthan; Ms. Saraswati Mathur from Jaipur,
Rajasthan; Mr. Gagan Sharma, Raipur, Chattisgarh; Mrs. Tara Singh, from Navi
Mumbai; and Mr. Alok Bhardwaj from Mumbai.
Mr. Prabhat said that during
the conference, study of Hindi in global perspective especially in SAARC
nations, promotion of Hindi literature, various dimensions of blogging as new
media and role of Social Media in changing times etc. will be discussed.
Kathmandu, August 31, 2014 (Press Trust of India): South Asian countries, including India, have endorsed a statute to develop an action plan for the next six years for working collaboratively to fight wildlife crimes.
The Second Annual Meeting of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) concluded in Kathmandu on Friday finalising and endorsing the SAWEN Statute and updated their collaborative roadmap for fighting wildlife crime in South Asia.
A statement released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) here said: "Strengthening transboundary cooperation and collaboration for intra-country law enforcement initiatives through intelligence sharing on poaching and trade trends, along with exchanging knowledge and skill for fighting wildlife crime across South Asia was the unequivocal concern of the representatives of the South Asian countries.
"This push from the SAWEN member countries places the region firmly in the spotlight of a growing international commitment to dealing with increasingly organised illegal wildlife trade networks as part of a broader strategic approach to combat trans-national organised crime", the statement said.
The three day meeting was particularly successful in adopting the 'SAWEN statute' and beginning an intense process for developing an action plan for the next 6 years.
The statute clearly describes the vision, goal, objectives and the crucial role that SAWEN will play in combating wildlife crime in the region.
The statute, endorsed by member country delegates to the meeting, will now await the final endorsement from the governments of the eight South Asian countries, the statement said.
Various international donors including the World Bank, USAID and the US Department of State also took part in the meeting.
"Minimising illegal wildlife trade from South Asia is crucial to the conservation of wildlife in the region," said Megh Bahadur Pandey, Chief Enforcement Coordinator of SAWEN.
"Countries cannot fight highly organised and globalised wildlife crimes in isolation and need to collaborate and cooperate with other countries and partners," he added.
(With PTI & Business Standerd Inputs)
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today inaugurated the work on laying of PNG pipelines in Lady Hardinge Medical College Colony near Panchkuian Road, New Delhi.
Speaking on this occasion, Dikshit stated that the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) supply is a continuous source for the kitchens, it is safe as well as cheaper than the LPG. The supply of PNG is reliable and hassle-free as there is no need of waiting for the cylinders to be delivered.
She expressed hope that the supply would be started at the earliest as the laying of pipelines is being taken up on war-footing. She further stated that the city government has taken large number of steps to make the lives of the citizens of the New Delhi area more comfortable. Among others, Shri Sukha Ram, Member (NDMC) were also present on this occasion.
New Delhi: North East Festival a two day carnival to be held in New Delhi on 8th& 9th of November, 2013 will showcase the cultural & traditional heritage as well as present a case for the future of the region. North East India a hitherto lesser known part of the country, will bring all its varied flavours alongwith serious discussions about the future of the region which is greatly intertwined with the future of the country.
The two day event, biggest ever event on North East to be celebrated outside of the region, will showcase all the eight states, their success stories, ethnic dances, top musical talents, tourism potential created by private tour operators, a photographic journey to the region known as ‘Paradise Unexplored’. The event, to be made part of Delhi’s annual event calendar, will be held at Indira Gandhi National Certre of Arts (IGNCA), Janpath, New Delhi.
On Problems faced by students from the North East in the Rest of the country, Why it happens and how to tackle it?
Business Session on Tourism: a B2B session between National domestic & international tour operators and around 25 tour operators and hoteliers, officials of tourism deptt of various States from North East under the anchorship of India Tourism to jointly work out a model to make Northeast a regular feature in the tourism map of India thereby increasing tourist flow to the region.
A session on Skill development in presence of DGET, Govt of India and various skill development agencies to highlight successful model adopted in the country for skill development. Lack of skill is one of the major concerns in the North East resulting in social unrest.
Shyamkanu Mahanta, the Organiser- in- Chief, North East Festival said, “The event is organized by Trend MMS, the leading cultural trust of the region in collaboration with Ministry of DoNER, GoI, North East MP’s Forum and IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India and with support from North East India Image Managers (NEIim), comprising Delhi based Communication professionals working voluntary for promotion of North East, all student associations of North East India based in Delhi are also partnering the event. This would be an annual event, henceforth. This year, the emphasis is on Tourism & Culture, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. It is an attempt to connect to people of various ethnicities and to encourage investment and progress.”
Commentinng on this, Olympian said “I am coming to IGNCA, New Delhi on 8th and 9th November, 2013 to promote unique culture of North East, please come and join this unique festival of connecting people.”
New Delhi: The capital of India witnessed the 1st Delhi Tea and Coffee Festival 2013, a 3 days festival was held at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi and inaugurated by Ambassador of Belarus Mr. Vitaly A . Prima. On the inaugural speech, Vitaly A Prima said “The republic of Belarus is privileged to be the focus country of the first edition of the Delhi Tea & coffee Festival 2013. Speaking about the prospects of the long –term collaboration between Belarus and India, I would like to highlight some figures shoeing the nature of the bilateral trade. In 2012, gross trade turnover reached 500 million U.S dollars. Belarusian exports to India – 260 million U.S. dollars per year. Just to compare _ annual Sri Lankan tea export turnover to Belarus is more than 9 million U.S. dollars.
I think that Indian tea entrepreneurs have vast prospect in Belarusian market. We invite Indian tea business to invest in Belarus , including establishment of joint venture to produce and promote you product to the whole customs Union market . It is a great advantages to invest in Belarus.
Continuing it Ms. Sonali Subudhi, Founder, Delhi Tea and Coffee Festival talked about the event and shared “Quite for some time now, the need was felt for a trade event of International standard comprising of tea, coffee and auxiliary products in northern India. With the support of The Tea board of India, Address India Concepts and services is attempting to fill the void. The goal of this event goes beyond supporting the good hard work being done by various government organizations since long in promoting Indian tea and coffee globally by (1) public and private sector collaborative participation and (2) Inclusion of youth of this country (i.e. young taste buds and emerging affluent section of society due to noticeable economic prosperity in last decade).
Our focus goes beyond expanding the Tea/Coffee market. We also aim to enrich the way tea/coffee drinks are produced, made, served and consumed in this part of world through our tea and coffee tasting session”.
The event was graced by Joydip Biswas (Director, Tea Board of India), R. C. Agarwal (Vice Chairman, Federation of Tea Traders Association of India), V. R. Gowda (Officer of supply duty, Coffee Board of India), Ms. Sonali Subudhi (Founder, Delhi Tea and Coffee Festival), Dr. Ashok Sahu (Ex. Planning Commission Advisor), Mr. Sachen Verma (SVP, JV Gokal & Co.), Mr. Raj Sharma (Head Expert- Nestle –South Asia Region) and other prominent people from Tea and Coffee Industry.
First International Bloggers Conference in New DelhiTo create a bridge between Literature and Blogging and for the upliftment of South asian Blogging. The Bloggers who have given their remarkable response to Hindi & Other language Blog. To give an honour to the Bloggers Mr. Ravindra Prabhat started a festival on internet in the year 2010. Which was later named as "Parikalpnaa Blogotsav". 51 litterateur associated with it were selected and nominated for the "parikalpna Award". This Award is given every year on International Bloggers Conference. In which Bloggers from different countries come together and among those bloggers presence this award given to them.
Second Bloggers Conference in LucknowFirst International Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Chief minister of uttarakhand Mr. Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank in New Delhi at 30th April 2011. This One day celebration session was chaired by Ashok Chakradhar, Dr. Ram Darash Mishra, Prabhakar Shrotriy,Ravindra Prabhat and Vishva Bandhu Gupta.
Second International Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Senior Indian Journalist Mr Mudra Rakshas in Lucknow at 27th August 2012.
This One day celebration session was chaired by Shailendra Sagar, Birendra Yadav,Udbhrant,Rakesh Veda,Sudhakar Adeeb and Dr. Subhaash Ray.
By Nazia Rizvi
Kathmandu (Nepal) : Indian fiction Writer & New Media Person Ravindra Prabhat's Third Hindi novel "Dhartipakad Nirdaliy" released by Senior leader of Nepali congress and Ex cabinet minister Arjun Narasingha K.C. in Lekhnath sahitya sadan, sherkhute crossing, naya bazar kathmandu.
Senior nepali author Kumud Adhikari, Suman Pokhrel, Dr. Rama Dwivedi, Sampat Devi Murarka, Dr. Namita Rakesh, K.K. Yadav, Sushila Puri, Rajiv Shankar Mishra. Ravindra Prabhat, Shailesh Bharatvasi, Dr. Ram Bahadur Mishra, Uma Subedi, Mukesh Tiwary,Sanat Regmi, Girish Pankaj etc. were present on the occasion. This Book published by Hind Yugm Publication.
Arjun Narsinh K.C. said that " This novels are written in a humorous style and are intended to go beyond the basic concept of comedy. He defied conventional traditions and created a niche for himself. Really a great job by the novelist Shri Ravindra Prabhat. My best wishes to him."
Kumud Adhikari said that "Ravindra Prabhat is a very famous Hindi blogger specially recognized for his critic works towards Hindi blogging, but his stories and novels speak for themselves. Poverty showered through his materialistic situations while his psychosomatic dimensions supported him."
In the end Ravindra Prabhat and Shailesh Bharatvasi calls the guests expressed gratitude.
By Khushboo Motihar
Scorching and sultry, no we are not describing a Bollywood actress; we are talking about intense summer heat. This is one of the biggest reasons why people avoid a summer wedding. Braving the hot and humid summer air is the only thing that guests dread about a summer wedding. So, if you are having a summer wedding, provide a refreshing respite to your guests with the help of these fun and cool beverages.
Miniature Golas
Full sized golas can be a little difficult to savour, for your guests. Besides, who would want to be stuck with one flavour? So, let your guests sample miniature golas in shot glasses, as you take your pheras.
Fun flavours: Move over kala-khatta and orange, gola makers now offer flavours like kokum gola, rabdi gola, chocolate gola, kacchi kairi and a lot more. You can even ask your caterer to create a signature gola for your marriage, mashing-up your and your partner’s favourite flavours.
(Image Courtesy: Applemint.com & dthnewdelhi)
Iced tea
Indians love tea, period! So, your guests will definitely enjoy an icy-cool glass of this beverage.
Fun flavours: Try out peach, lemon, strawberry, raspberries and even ginger flavoured iced tea.
(Image Courtesy: scienceofdrink)
Cold coffee
You would not want coffee lovers to sulk while tea lovers sip on their delicious iced tea. Cold coffee is a summer favourite and surely no one would be able to keep their hands-off it.
Fun flavours: Cold coffee should be served in miniature glasses, so that your guests can try out its variations. Offer them a choice of toppings- chocolate syrup, marshmallows or premium ice creams. You can also serve spiced ice coffee with some orange rinds, or chilled espresso shots and so on.
(Image Courtesy: tripadvisor.com & pizza1khaopiyouk)
Aam panna
How can you leave out the king of fruits while talking about summer beverages? Aam panna or fresh juice of raw green mangoes is an all time favourite.
Fun flavours: Aam panna is a classic and you really should not mess with it. But, serve it with interesting toppings like mint, basil and crunchy boondi.
(Image Courtesy: AamPanna4 & lx)
Lassi
There is nothing like a tall glass of lassi to cool you down during hot and humid summers. So, add it to your menu, especially if you are serving Indian cuisine to your guests.
Fun flavours: Mango lassi is such a passé, you need to serve your guests something different and exciting. Chocolate lassi, dry fruit lassi, honey, angoori lassi and even pina-colada lassi are the drinks you can serve.
(Image Courtesy: sindhichef.blogspot)
Granita and Sorbet
Though traditionally served as desserts, both sorbet and granita make excellent summer coolers.
Fun flavours: Add a new dimension to your menu with pineapple, lime and ginger, chocolate and cherry, and butter milk sorbet with fresh fruits. You can try out tomato and basil, rose, lemon and watermelon flavours for granitas.
(Image Courtesy: image tresco & friendseat.blogspot)
Nimbu paani
Yes, the simple and homely nimbu paani can be served with a twist to your guests in your summer wedding.
Fun flavours: Fizzy ginger lemonade, watermelon and mint lemonade, thyme flavoured lemonade and so on.
(Image Courtesy: madcookingfusions)
Thandai
Though most famously served during Holi, thandai is a rich drink which you can serve at your wedding. Though, traditionally made with almonds and milk, you can always ask your caterers to tweak the recipe a little and serve something innovative at your wedding.
Fun flavours: Thandai is known for its bold flavours, so try variations like honey thandai, dry fruit thandhai, chocolate thandai, or kesar thandai.
(Image Courtesy: sailusfood)
So, now you know what cool and refreshing drinks you can serve to your guests, if you are planning your wedding in summers.
Article Courtsy by : bollywoodshaadis.com
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By : Madhur tankha
Photo Courtesy by : The HinduUrdu poets from abroad who are in the Capital to participate in Mushaira Jashn-e-Bahar 2013. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
“India and Pakistan share the same civilization in terms of poetry, arts and culture. We need to understand that mushaira is not a ``track II’’ diplomacy where we are talking about territorial disputes and trade barriers. Our concern is alleviating human pain and unhealed wound in the sub-continent through the beautiful Urdu poetry which touches the heart of the people cutting across religion and boundaries,” said noted Pakistani poet and columnist Harris Khalique.
Speaking to `The Hindu’ on the sidelines of the annual international mushaira “Jashn-e-Bahar-2013” in the Capital, Harris said the need of the hour was to make it easier for Indians and Pakistanis to travel to each other’s country without having to stand in serpentine queues.
“As I am a columnist with Friday Times and Dawn and am friendly with officials in the Indian High Commission so it becomes easier for me to travel to India. I am privileged but what about the average Pakistanis who have to stand in queues for long hours to get visa. We have to understand that a terrorist would not stand in queues to get a visa.”
Stressing the need to translate Urdu poetry into Hindi and Hindi fiction into Urdu, Harris said: ``Hindi fiction is superior to Urdu but Urdu is richer than Hindi in terms of poetry.’’
“We need to encourage more translations between Hindi and Urdu. As far as subjects related to science are concerned we need the course books to be in English. We cannot have them in Arabic or Sanskrit.”
Complimenting Bollywood filmmakers for popularising a common language which is flourishing in the sub-continent and other countries, Harris said Bollywood is an example which has succeeded in familiarising the people in India and Pakistan, where Urdu and Hindi are read and understood, with `Hindustani’.
Meanwhile, Pakistan-born Farhat Shahzad, who resides in New Jersey, also pointed out to the problems he faced while travelling to India. ``Once the security personnel are satisfied with the credentials of a foreign artiste then they should not harass him or her,’’ he said.
“But this is not the case. My wife is from Delhi and my children are American citizens. However, every year when I have to travel to India I face the problem because I was born in Pakistan. This despite the fact that my in-laws live here.”
He said mushairas such as this one must allow poets from both countries and non-Urdu speaking nations, which are participating, to talk on any issue. “Poets need to discuss issues which are creating problems in an honest way and also give solutions.”
Indian poet Nusrat Mehdi, who hails from Bhopal, said Urdu needs be promoted by private schools too.
“In Government schools in Bhopal we have Urdu upto Class VIII but not in private and missionary schools. Secondly, people like us who are conversant in this beautiful language do not encourage our children to read books and newspapers in Urdu,” said Mehdi.
Describing Urdu as a language which embodies the best values of our secular syncretise culture, Jashn-e-Bahar Trust founder Kamna Prasad said it was high time that Urdu was given its due. “It is time to come together and petition the Government that Urdu teaching be made compulsory at least till Class V. It is our responsibility to make sure that our coming generations are familiar with our mushaira tehzeeb and this composite cultural ethos lives on.”
(Courtesy by : The Hindu)
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The Bobs. The Bobs’ expert jury members needed three weeks, but they managed to
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look over and vote for the ones you think are best. Remember, you can vote once
per category per 24 hours. The blogs that get the most votes will win The Bobs
Users’ Choice prize and knowing that people across the Internet love them.
Polls open today and will close on May 7 when all the winners are announced at
re:publica in Berlin. Winners of the Jury Awards will be invited to pick up
their prizes at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn, Germany, on June
17-19.
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"Nowadays there is a hot news in south asia that superior blog of different languagesare going to be awarded by Bobs International. In almost 14 languages blogs (6Group)are being slected by the german Broadcaster " Deutsche Welle" for Bobs International Prize. This time the main language of south asia "Hindi" is also being given an important place. Juri member Rabish Kumar is also being criticised to not salected standerd and meaningfull Blog in Hindi."
In addition to this when Nazia Rizvi had a talk with Blog Historian & New Media Expert Mr. Ravindra Prabhat. His reply was shocking enough. South Asia Prasents a special meet with Mr. Prabhat.
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Naziya : Please tell me, What
type of activities of "Deutsche Welle" in diffrent field ?
Prabhat: Deutsche Welle is a german broadcaster. The service is aimed at
the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet
and satellite radio in 30 languages DW (Radio). It has a satellite television
service (DW (TV)), which is available in four languages, and there is also an
online news site. Deutsche Welle, which in English means "German
Wave", is similar to international broadcasters such as the BBC World
Service, France 24, Voice of America, Radio Canada International, Radio Free
Europe and Radio France International.
Deutsche Welle has broadcast
regularly since 1953. Until 2003 it was based in Cologne; then it relocated to
a new building, the "Schürmann-Bau", in Bonn's former government
office area. The television broadcasts are produced in Berlin. Deutsche Welle's
website is produced in both Berlin and Bonn. On 6 February 2012 Deutsche Welle
underwent a significant rebranding.
Deutsche Welle was inaugurated
on 3 May 1953 with an address by the West German President, Theodor Heuss, as
its first shortwave broadcast. On 11 June 1953 the public broadcasters in the
ARD signed an agreement to share responsibility for Deutsche Welle. At first it
was controlled by Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR). In 1955, when this split
into the separate Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
networks, WDR assumed responsibility for Deutsche Welle programming. In 1960
Deutsche Welle became an independent public body after a court ruled that
broadcasting from Germany was part of the federal government's foreign-affairs
function. On 7 June 1962 it joined the ARD as a national broadcasting station.
At prasent his three type
services , first DW (Radio): shortwave, cable TV, satellite and digital radio
(DRM) broadcasting in 29 languages, with a 24-hour service in German and
English second DW (TV): satellite television broadcasting mainly in German,
English, Arabic and Spanish. French and Italian were added in 2009 and
Portuguese and Chinese in 2010. and third DW.DE: 34-language website.
Nazia: Please give short brief
about blog prize activities.
Prabhat: They are all among the 364 nominees for top awards this year in
The Bobs. The Bobs’ expert jury members needed three weeks, but they managed to
whittle down more than 4,200 submissions to the contest to handful of nominees
in each of the competition’s 34 categories and 14 languages. Your turn has
come. Now that the candidates have been decided, it’s up to you to give them a
look over and vote for the ones you think are best. Remember, you can vote once
per category per 24 hours. The blogs that get the most votes will win The Bobs
Users’ Choice prize and knowing that people across the Internet love them.
Polls open today and will close on May 7 when all the winners are announced at
re:publica in Berlin. Winners of the Jury Awards will be invited to pick up
their prizes at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn, Germany, on June
17-19.
Now go have a look at this
year’s nominees of hindi language. They are "Maine rishvat di", "Mohalla Live","Taslim", "Anna Hajare", "Aurat Ke haqiqat", "Aadharbhoot Brahmand",
"Nari","Vigyan Vishva", "Chokher Vali" and "Sarp Sansar".
Nazia: You are the only Hindi
author, who has edited the first Hindi blog analysis Book. You wrote first time
"History of Hindi blogging" . This book has been translated into
several languages. So I would like to ask you, what really Hindi Bob's right
under international awards have selected blog?
Prabhat: No, never. Hindi blog for the selection of
the jury made the award, among them the lack of civic sense. Like the frog in
the news-room discussions them seems to be only true and meaningful. In the
selection of Rabish Kumar the discriminatory
act is clearly visible.
Nazia: What is your objection
to the selection?
Prabhat: A blog is not proper to criticize him by name. Yes, I think that
some good blog must be included. For instance Janaki
pool of Prabhat Ranjan, Dr
Arvind Mishra's Scai blog,
Lalit Kumar' Dashamlav,Awinash
Vachaspati's Nukkadh, Chhinten aur bauchharen of Ravi Ratalami, Randhir Singh
suman's Loksangharsh,
Dinesh Rai Dwivedi's Teesara
Khambha, Rekha Srivastava 's Mera
Sarokar etc.
Nazia: So this means that the
named class is not a blog in your view?
Prabhat: No, I did not say that. In my view - Four
blog can not be sure which object to select.
Nazia: In your opinion which
blog do you like the most?
Prabhat: Taslim,Mohalla Live,Chokher Vali & Sarp Sansar. Select these blog do
not disappoint. It really deserves to be nominated as best blog. Good luck with
these blogs.
Prabhat: I mean, it's not better to just accept the blog. Choose something
else in this blog which I consider worth taslim after the vote. - Like the
snake world, with Chokher, Mohalla Live, etc..
Nazia: This is the time of the
vote, based on taslim and pioneer woman blog. So what will be your preference?
Prabhat: See, Taslim is a science blog, which is logical way to his crusade
against superstition. That's why I like him. There are more important things
negative. Has to be given permissions to read it. That is not the only woman in
the category of public blog What to do
then was nominated in the category of best blog?
Nazia: A Last question for you,
that Hindi blogs for awards submission process lasted more than a half
months to complete. These blogs can now select jury has nominated. April 3 the
next five weeks, you can vote for your favorite blogs can make him the winner.
How do you find it suitable ?
Prabhat: No Comment right now, because it can be said that only after
completion..
Nazia: Many- many thanks for
Your opinions on this subject.
Prabhat: Thanks .
(Interviewer : Nazia Rizvi for South Asia
Today)
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Ringed by an endless stream of pilgrims at an ancient temple in Kathmandu, Hindu holy man Mahant Ramnaresh Giri sat naked and puffed on a pipe filled with cannabis, his body smeared with ash as he took part in Nepal's biggest annual religious event.
Giri was one of more than a hundred such naked ascetics at the ancient Shivaratri festival, which brings an estimated one million devout Hindus flocking to Kathmandu's Pashupatinath temple each year for rituals to cleanse them of sin and earn a place in heaven.
Holy men such as Giri, 35, bless them and smoke cone-shaped pipes of cannabis as part of the annual festival dedicated to Shiva, the god of destruction.
"After I smoke I get a feeling that I have overcome worldly pleasure and dissolved myself in the universe," said Giri, smoke billowing around his head.
After Shiva's consort died, legend has it, he came to the forests near the temple, his body smeared with ash. Smoking cannabis, which grows wild in the forests of Nepal, he wore a serpent and draped his waist with a tiger skin as he wandered.
Cannabis is illegal in Nepal, but permitted as a religious ritual for ascetics during the festival, which took place at the weekend. The only explanation for this is that the ascetics are imitating Shiva.
The ban is ignored during the festival for the ascetics, who are allowed to smoke inside the temple complex but not sell or distribute it to pilgrims.
Authorities supplied the drug to holy men in the past but the practice was discontinued in the 1990s after critics said it amounted to promoting its consumption.
For pilgrims, the rituals are more mundane and involve pouring milk on a stone phallus and making offerings of fruit, sandalwood paste and incense sticks. Holy men such as Giri press ash-covered thumbs onto their foreheads and bless them.
"I became an ascetic for the protection of our religion, the welfare of the world and myself," said Giri, his dreadlocked hair and beard not combed or cut for 17 years.
This year's festival included modern touches such as 65 CCTV cameras to help guard crowds estimated to have topped one million devotees. Some of the holy men also played music on their mobile phones.
But for most, the festival remains deeply spiritual.
Krishna Nanda, a Romanian holy man wrapped in white cloth who came to India to study Sanskrit, said his desire to know more about life was behind his renunciation of physical and worldly pleasure two years ago.
"I love everything in society and god ... I am always happy," said the 23-year-old.
The world's biggest gathering of humanity took place yesterday on the banks of India's River Ganges. Up to 30 million people took part in a pilgrimage known as the Kumbh Mela. Hindu devotees have been travelling across India since the opening day of the festival on January the 14th. Then, just a modest eight million took a dip in the holy waters at a town called Sangam. This is where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers merge. Up to 100 million people will make their way to Sangam to bathe in the sacred waters during the 55-day event. This year is a special one, known as a Maha Kumbh Mela, which happens only once every 144 years. Hindus believe that bathing in the rivers will cleanse their sins and bring salvation.
Security has been particularly tight during this Kumbh Mela due to record numbers of attendees and the execution on Saturday of one of those who attacked the Indian parliament in 2001. Kashmiri Afzal Guru was hanged in the capital New Delhi for his part in the attack. Militants had promised to disrupt the Mela by causing a stampede. As a precaution, Indian police laid on thousands of extra officers to look for suspected terrorists. They also set up increased numbers of surveillance cameras. Meanwhile, a request went out to Indian celebrities to not visit the Mela at the busiest time. A police spokesman said the excitement created by a leading Bollywood actor or a popular singer could have resulted in a potentially deadly surge.
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