Biggest Challenges People Face Today #BlogchatterBlogHop #Opinion

What might be the biggest challenges people face today?  I think we are living in a very confused environment.  Maybe we are doing this intentionally.  The biggest advantage of creating and living in a confused environment is that we can save ourselves from our real and bigger challenges by doing so.  Will the cat leave the pigeon if the pigeon closes its eyes?  Will we avoid the biggest challenges we face today by just ignoring them and disowning them?  If we can't accept our own challenges and fight them, who else will?  

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According to me, our biggest challenges today are the following - 

1. Identifying the right path: We are completely ignorant of our right direction in personal, professional, practical, mental, and spiritual life.  We don't even know what is right and what is wrong.  In everything we find the shortest way or shortcuts.  Without knowing whether this is right or not.  Once we start on this path, then we also waste our remaining knowledge.  

2. Narrow lifestyle: The very definition of houses has changed.  Collective and organized families have become a thing of the past.  There is nothing left to give and take advise. Concept of approaching right persons in the family at right time to get best possible solution is gone.   Everyone is living a fake life.  No one is happy talking to someone in real life.  Social media has just become real life.  No correspondence.  No happy atmosphere.  Everyone just keeps looking for new ways to escape from everything.  Nobody shares happiness with anyone. On the other hand, participating in one's happiness has either become a burden, or has become a mere formality.  

3. I am always right: Today everyone thinks that he is absolutely right in everything.  No introspection, no brainstorming.  It has just become a matter of too much of self obsession.  Our is it some kind of fear that makes us blind.  

4. Spirituality Endangered: Spirituality has completely disappeared from our life.  We are not even looking that way.  And when you do not see in that direction, do not try to know about it, then how will this power be realized?

5. Boring Lifestyle: Exercise, feeling, and meditation have disappeared from our lifestyle.  When we do not do anything in life that gives us spiritual happiness, then it is natural to develop a boring lifestyle. If the merits are reduced then the percentage of demerits will automatically come up.

How will we be able to move towards a spiritual, physical, and mindful lifestyle unless we address these problems?  Unless we find ways to acquire real physical and mental strength, we will not even be able to recognize the real challenges of our life.  Because in the absence of strength, the only way is to avoid them, and that is what we are doing.  Fake life, fake happiness, fake intoxication.

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One Hobby I Wish I Could Revive #WriteAPageADay #pebbleinwaterswrites @blogchatter

If a hobby I wish I could revive, what would it be and why would I want to revive it?  I believe, hobbies can change with age and maturity.  I am talking of both age and maturity together because even with increasing age, if childish behavior remains the same and there is no change in it, then hobbies often remain the same.  Yes, if there is an increase in seriousness with age, then maturity in thinking and understanding also gets enhanced.  Then, it is imperative to change hobbies with that change.

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There is another aspect to this as well.  Some people are older than age, some equal to age, and some less than age.  Now those who fall in the first category, whose maturity is more than their age, then they are likely to have very serious and matured hobbies even at a very young age.  For example, many children of the same age may be playing, and some children of the same age may be doing something different instead of playing.  For example, these other category of children would be reading literature, understanding nature, trying something new, or spending time with children older than them.

I was fond of reading comics in childhood, but a bit later, within a few years, I became fond of reading literary books by the time I reached higher school.  During my school days I had read books of legends of literature like Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Mohan Rakesh, Amrita Pritam, Agyeya, Saadat Hasan Manto, Rabindranath Thakur, Khushwant Singh, Khalil Gibran, Leo Tolstoy, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Mirza Ghalib, Sahir Ludhianvi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ila Chandra Joshi , and read the books by many other similar authors.  Some of those books I read more than once.

I remember that during my school days a monthly magazine of literature was started called Kathadesh.  I used to take it every month.  It used to be a thin magazine, but it contained a rich dose of literary writing.  With age, the companionship of books also started increasing.  But at the same time, the amount of time started decreasing in them because I had to spend time in other tasks and deeds.  And because of this after some time it happened that the hobby in books started decreasing.  The situation has gone such that in spite of the time, the hand does not move towards the books and the attention does not prompts to spend some time reading a book.

If I am able to revive this old hobby of mine like it used to be full of passion, then the enjoyment of life will move to another level. 

Life: 24 Essays by Tomichan Matheikal #BlogchatterEbook #bookchatter #bookreview #books

Life: 24 Essays by Tomichan Matheikal is a collection of 24 essays focusing on meaning and purpose of life. The first essay 'Absurdity' is quite intriguing and it literally drove me thinking about various aspects of life like - How much of it do I really live? Do I really decide how shall I live my life or just let it go as it is? Do I make my lifestyle to make me more comfortable or to make it more active and meaningful? How much do we really challenge ourselves? The most important question is - Do I live my life to its fullest? "Your soul is your property and your destiny. It is your burden and your joy. That is the ultimate absurdity of life. Face that absurdity. Take over its challenges. Work with those challenges with unconditional integrity. In spite of your frailty which is humanity’s frailty itself."

Each essay of Life: 24 Essays by Tomichan Matheikal is a gem. So, basically, the book presents 24 precious gems to me for enriching my life, lifestyle, and soul. According to the second essay 'Rebel', anybody who loves life is a rebel. I was wondering after reading this line and going further to read the rest that does it really holds good? But when I started reading further, it became crystal clear. An excellent aspect of this book is that it can be read any number of times. Each essay is an independent entity. Everytime I read the same essay again, it gives me a different perspective and a new approach to think about life. The book talks about 'me' and 'my life'. It intends to bring a change within and once that happens, the entire world will become more colourful and meaningful. That's it's beauty.

Life: 24 Essays by Tomichan Matheikal is a thinker's paradise on one hand and a practical world for doers. Each essay is thought provoking and at the same time gives ample scope to find out action points to improve life. I find this book quite motivation, inspiring, and connecting to spirituality. It brings in positivity in thoughts and actions. In fact, it keeps giving a number of checkpoints to see if I am responsible for the pains and shortfalls in life or it is because of somebody else. A good amount of energy and research work has gone in this book. Each essay contains some quotes from well known philosophers and researchers to bring in more relevance to the respective topic. The author of this book tried to touch life through all important angles viz philosophy, literature, and religion. It's an open ended book.

Why I call Life: 24 Essays by Tomichan Matheikal an open ended book is because it doesn't impose anything on the reader. Still, it gives a lot of points for introspection. Each essay gives different perspective to look at life in a very positive manner. It's a kind of book that is good to be a part of every personal or public library. 

You can download the book here. 

#EmotionalIntelligence #EmotionalBalance #BetterRelationships #HealthyMind #Mindfulness and #MentalHealth

With changing lifestyles, increasing complexities, and excelling online interactions, the importance of emotional intelligence has become a prime in everyone's life. Few recent incidents are clear examples of this. An IAS aspirant somewhere from South India, living in Delhi decided to finish his life for a very simple reason with no fault of his. The reason was that being not very conversant with Delhi, he reached wrong center for his Prelim exams. When told that the actual center where he has to appear for the exam is somewhere in the close vicinity, he rushed towards it. Just because he was a few minutes late to report at his actual center, he was denied to sit for the exam. Disheartened, he came back to his room and hanged from the ceiling fan thus finishing his life. Just in a spur of moment he took a wrong decision.

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It was merely a question of one more year. Was it family pressure? Was it peer pressure? Or it was some other reason? Whatever it was, he lost his emotional balance at that moment of time. Another example is of an army officer killing another army officer's wife because he fell in love with her, and she disapproved it being married already. Is it something related only to the newer generation? The answer is no. Even the aged people lack emotional balance and take momentarily wrong decisions that impart big impacts on their life. Daniel Goleman, since 1995 has been conducting various research works on Emotional Intelligence. He has been speaking globally about the importance of it. As a matter of fact, in today's environment, Emotional Intelligence (EI) is something that matters more than Intelligence Quotient (IQ). The basic fact is we have moved away from self-awareness.

The deeper is the self-awareness, the more we get self-managed. That automatically builds emotional balance. Subsequently, it leads to a better build and maintain relationships. That is perhaps, everybody needs in life.

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#ShareTheLoad - When Swamiji Enlightened With The Reason Behind

I was meeting Swami after a long time. This time the reason was #ShareTheLoad. I wanted to understand the crux of the reason behind a cruel reality of our society where Women have taken the route to equality for the external world of a family by stepping out to work and share the financial load of a family. But her label of being a homemaker still remains intact. A woman despite taking care of multiple roles of a mother, sister or a wife is still being held solely responsible for household chores as her prime responsibility. The age old phenomenon of 'division of labor' is still unaltered and is deep rooted in our home, society, and nation expecting the women of the house to own all responsibilities within the four walls of the home. 

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Right since so many years, a child is taught that a girl is the one performing domestic chores like cleaning, washing, cooking, etc. while a boy in the family has to yearn for a profession to be the primary earning member of the family and take the onus of earning the bread and butter for the entire family. The scenario has changed in one direction when girls are prepared for a professional life and women have taken an equal responsibility of an equal or maybe, a higher earner in the family. But what about the other side of the wall? Why every household chore is still the responsibility of the woman of the house even if she has to sacrifice her life, profession, education, stamina, and energy manifold to just follow it blindly without raising her voice against it?

Swami is my good old childhood friend turned a multinational c-suite executive as per the last information we met a decade back. After that I lost his track or probably he wanted to go in an isolation state to take a final call of his life. During our early education days I had a big impact of Swami's ideologies. He was quite serious and matured during those days. He was beyond his age. He, in fact, was my mentor, inspite of being my classmate. He never differentiated between genders. When I used to visit his house, he would be helping his mother in her household chores without a hitch. He would go to kitchen to prepare tea, would not hesitate to wash clothes, to clean house and so on. These small gestures turned me too into similar kind of guy and I never felt insulted doing all such things at home. Neither did my male chauvinism would get hurt.

After a decade when I got Swami's call, I could not dare to ignore it. He was in India for a decade now after he resigned from his MNC well flourishing job and decided to take a different route. I got surprised to know that for last 10 years he is on a mission to educate youth of the country with a cause. And the cause is to eradicate gender bias in everybody's life. He has been successful in this. He has become a wanderer. He visits remote villages and towns to educate people about this. Educating them to break the invisible walls between a man and a woman.

“You know the reason behind these walls is nothing but our mindset that sets the barriers. Once you are able to break that jinx, everything seems easy and attainable.” He said when we met recently. I left my job because everyday I used to stand in front of mirror and ask myself what is my purpose in life.” “And one day I found the answer from within.” The answer that he got a decade back made him resign from his job and start his own venture. A venture where money is not the top priority for him. This is an education venture where he not only teaches children who are the builders of our nation but also their parents to make them understand that the times are gone for creating a gap between a girl and a boy.

Today all are equal and have same set of responsibilities. Men are equally homemaker with their family as women of the house. If a woman can work full time why can't a man share household chores with her and #ShareTheLoad? If a mother can bear the pain of birth of her child, why can't father take the equal ownership when the child is born?

That is Swami who is building his army of youngsters to fight with these evils of our society and gear everyone up to #ShareTheLoad. I feel proud to be part of Swami's bandwagon. Find out Swami around you. It lies inside everybody's heart, mind, and soul.

I am taking part in the #ShareTheLoad Challenge with Ariel and Akshara at BlogAdda.

#ShareTheLoad Be The Top Agenda of the Whole Country

A local politician's birthday prompted him to invite children from various schools at his place for celebration. A few guys from media also were invited as a strategic step to show Netaji's love for the kids of the nation. I decided to prompt Netaji on this occasion to know his views on #ShareTheLoad and let the representatives of Gen Next present there understand it. It was all unplanned. Netaji didn't know what I had in mind. Neither did anybody else have a hint about it.

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The kids between the age 7-15 were assembled well in time at his premise. The setup was made outside lawns of his huge bungalow. A big pandal and a lot of chairs were organized on one side of the lawns. Another side had catering arrangements. The agenda was cake cutting by the birthday boy (Netaji), a short speech by him addressing children on how to build the country and what all is there in store for them to explore in future. After that there was a small session for media queries and then snacks and food for the children before they were to disperse for their respective places.

After the cake cutting ceremony, Netaji started addressing the children about his party's good work being done for the country in general, and children in specific. He shouldered a big responsibility on children as they were the next in queue to take onus of building the nation. He stressed on adopting good things from all across the globe and bring those into practice. After he closed his speech, questions from children and media were invited. Prompted by me, a kid sitting next to me raised his hand and asked the question I had injected into his ears. “Sir, Many happy returns of the day. I want to know what steps and direction should we as the younger generation take to curb gender prejudices?”, he asked Netaji.

“I am very impressed by the question you have asked and am happy that you raised this concern that everyone of us has been living with for so many years.” He replied with a smile on his face. “But the time has come that you children will have to take a lead and set an example at your home to kill this virus that has been haunting us for so many years.” He called the kid on stage. “Let me give you an example of what I do in this regard, and then you all can decide to take it further in your own way. My only request is not to stop your journey in between till we all are able to achieve #ShareTheLoad in the whole country.”

He invited one of his housemaids on stage. “Meet Kantabai. She has been working at my place since I was in school. When I was a kid like you all, I used to see her working so hard at our place. Then she would go to her quarter adjacent to our bungalow to do all her house chores. I found that her husband neither was having any job, nor was he helping his wife in any of their house chores. One day when he came to our place to inform that Kantabai was unwell and hence would not be able to come, I went along with him to their quarter. Kantabai was not in a good shape and hence I promised her to do their house chores that day. In the beginning her husband was just sitting and watching me but gradually somehow he felt something inside and started helping me. After sometime he told me to leave rest of the things that he would finish.”

“That day brought a big change in Kantabai's life as everyday when she would reach her quarter after finishing her job, she would find Rajaram, her husband busy in finishing house chore. He took the complete responsibility of all house chores.” Netaji was overwhelmed and so was everyone present there. “What are your takeaways from this story?” He asked children. And almost everyone was eager to reply. “I would request my parents not to differentiate between my sister and me and would ensure I don't get any extra advantage for being a boy.” One of them replied. And almost everyone had a similar kind of reply. 

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I was sure, the flame is lit in every heart and would definitely light every house these kids have come from to finish the age old conventions of woman only being a perfect homemaker even when she has stepped out to share the financial load with man. Now men will not feel ashamed in #SharingTheLoad and even if some of them do, the children will not let them, now. One thing is clear, every Netaji is not fake. There are few with great leadership qualities to set an example for others. I hope every child will become a true leader in this regard for his parents, peers, family, friends, and whosoever comes in their life.

I am taking part in the #ShareTheLoad Challenge with Ariel and Akshara at BlogAdda.

Samsung Electronics Brings a New Era in Air Conditioning Technology

If space, quality, and technology are the prime factors, Samsung Electronics brings a new era in air conditioning technology with the launch of its new products in the market. Fast evolving innovations in technology and engineering has empowered Samsung to bring a paradigm shift in the HVAC product category. The new range of product launched offer cooling solutions that are superior in many aspects being energy efficient, space optimizers, high performers, and provide high-speed cooling that goes beyond imagination.

Samsung India Electronics launched four new products that showcase high-class innovative initiatives in engineering, technology, and design. These products are engineered to produce exceptional cooling, have great efficiency, and promise to lower operating and maintenance costs with the help of cutting edge technologies imbibed in them. The 4 new products are – the new 360 Cassette AC, 30 HP Super DVM, 14 HP Side Discharge DVM Eco and DVM Chiller. These innovations in HVAC engineering will not only transform air conditioning by minimizing environmental footprint, increasing cooling speed, and boosting energy efficiency and performance, but also providing a better space and money preposition to builders, designers, architects, and smart city initiatives.

Samsung New 360 Cassette Design

Samsung's New 360 Cassette Design carries a unique and innovative design to transform air flow in most optimized manner thereby providing a uniform air cooling experience. The air conditioner is designed to aesthetically that it can be fitted within a ceiling or can be left exposed thus offering multiple options suiting the interiors of the location and gelling well with it.

Samsung 30HP Super DVM S

Samsung 30HP Super DVM S is the next in high-performance VRF. To boost the performance and capabilities of its new Super Digital Variable Multi Air Conditioner, Samsung promises to deliver enhanced performance, reliability, and efficiency with the launch of its innovative range of products. The first time ever launch of the new Super Inverter Scroll Compressor with flash injection technology speaks of superior performance empowered with an optimized bypass valve to increase its capacity by almost 30 percent.

 

Samsung DVM S Eco 14HP

Samsung DVM S Eco 14HP is a new side discharge VRF air conditioning unit engineered to provide a single outdoor unit solution for apartments and office buildings. It promises to reduce the cost of multiple units being used in multi-room buildings thus passing an extra edge of recurring saving to the consumer.

Samsung DVM Chiller

Samsung DVM Chiller is intensively designed to be more energy efficient but has the quantum of immense power in its innovatory designed compact size.

The TeaBook Launches Collect Teables in Artistically Drawn Tea Wrappers

The TeaBook Collect Teables – Agatha Chris Tea, ShakeSpearMint & more

If you are art and tea lover you must get your collection of The TeaBook's Cllect Teables that is an exclusive range of fine teas packages inside artistically drawn limited edition of tea wrappers. These Collect Teables promise to be delicious. As these are limited run teas in artistically drawn foils, you will need to hurry to buy your collection. With these Collect Teables from The TeaBook, you can fill your TeaBook with a number of unique and fun varieties available online. I received ShakeSpearmint (mint tea) and AgathaChrisTea (earl grey tea) to try and must admit that right from the concept to packing to taste, it is unique and fabulous in every aspect. It is the first time I am not consuming all and keeping half of the collection for display for its uniqueness and artistic touch. The nomenclature of each variety itself speaks a lot about the motive behind creating this unique collection.

“Tea is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.” - Agatha Chris Tea

The TeaBook aims to launch a new themed series of Collect Teables every month on the names of musicians, politicians, philosophers, celebrities, or even animals. What a unique and exciting idea it is. Each series of teas will be drawn by a different person (or animal) in a unique style. If you subscribe, you will be receiving a new themed series of tea every month. It is a perfect idea not only for your personal collection but also for gifting it to your family members or friends. The TeaBook thus brings a revolutionary way to store, share and serve tea with the launch of Collect Teables. 

The tea foils, with Collect Teables, will never be boring. The front of each Tea Wrapper contains the title and type of tea packed inside that is the minimum labeling required by the U.S. FDA. Besides this there will be the artist's signature on the wrapper. The reverse of each foil will have a fun-filled, slightly modified quote related to the tea. In addition to this there is the usual (generic) information that you would expect to find on any tea foil.

The TeaBook Collect Teables - “To tea or not to tea...” ShakeSpearmint

Don't forget to check other authors like Mark Twainquility (Chamomile flavor) and CeryanTeas (Chai) along with many more to be launched in the coming months. The motive behind this launch is to bring these amazing authors back to daily life of their fans and supporters for which you will have to order your own set of Collect Teables from The TeaBook. These are zero waste products and are shipped box-less in order to reduce waste in shipping and packaging but without compromising with the quality or delivery of the product. 

The whole concept of TeaBook is fabulous. It is an artistically designed, chic, stylish, and lightweight book designed in such a way to share shelf space with your favorite cookbooks or to be kept gracefully on your tea table. Once someone opens it, there will be well crafted pages holding 144 different varieties of teas with each tea in a perfect view. This way, each guest and family member can select their own choice of tea just by flipping the desired page instead of settling on whatever tea is there on the top of tea tin. With this unique concept there is no further digging through the tea box, tea drawer or tea cabinet required. Let it be every tea lover's cup of tea. 

Sony full-frame lenses family get G Master Brand in Professional Range

Sony launches G Master brand of professional full-frame lenses

Sony full-frame lenses get addition in its product lineup with G Master

With launch of G Master Sony full-frame lenses gets stronger

Sony India launched G Master thus getting professional range of Sony full-frame lenses stronger and sturdier. Sony India is a leader in digital imaging solutions. With the introduction of new G Master brand of interchangeable lens today, it has added another innovative range of products in its kitty. The innovative new product further enhances with effective response to the diverse needs of photography professionals.

Ultimate blend of high resolution and beautiful bokeh was at display with Sony India introducing its flagship G Master brand of interchangeable lenses. The new G Master brand includes three new E-mount full frame lenses that include a 24-70mm constant F2.8 standard zoom, a 70-200mm constant F2.8 telephoto zoom, and an 85mm F1.4 telephoto prime. The new lenses demonstrate Sony's innovative and state-of-the-art optical element technology, design and calibration. This empowers photography professionals and enthusiasts to produce still image and video content with a level of detail and expression that has never before been possible.

The newly announced products are available in selected Sony Centers, Alpha flagship stores and major electronic stores strategically selected across India. FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM Standard Zoom comes with a price tag of Rs. 1,54,990 (MRP) and is readily available. 85Mm F1.4 GM Telephoto prime lens has an MRP of Rs. 1,29,990 and is also readily available. 70-200mm F2.8 GM Telephoto Zoom Lens compatible 1.4x and 2x Teleconverters will be available from August 2016, and the prices will be declared around that time.

Sony India is among the most popular consumer electronics brands in India. It has a reputation of coming with new age technology, innovative digital ideas and flawless after sales service. It is present in almost all major towns and cities in the country via a distribution network of more than 20,000 dealers and distributors. Sony India has over 300 exclusive Sony outlets.

FDCI and Pearl Academy Collaborate to Produce Best in Fashion, Design

FDCI and Pearl Academy join hands for fashion education

FDCI and Pearl Academy collaborate adding another feather in latter's cap

FDCI and Pearl Academy thus go for a landmark collaboration to offer best fashion programme in India

The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Pearl Academy associate for a landmark collaboration to produce best in fashion and design arena. This is another milestone achieved by Pearl Academy thus keeping the second top institute abreast in its unique journey of providing the best in the industry. This will not only enable students to get India's best fashion programme but also provide them a great exposure on the international front. The announcement came amidst the finale of Pearl Academy's annual graduating event – Pearl Portfolio 2016, held in Delhi at NSIC exhibition grounds, Okhla, May 6-8.

Ace designers David Abraham, Manish Malhotra, Rohit, Gandhi, Rahul Mishra and more were present at the occasion. FDCI is an apex body of fashion design in India with around 500 members including legends Rohit Bal, J J Valaya, Sabyasachi, Anju Modi, Namrata Joshipura, Manish Arora, and Rajesh Pratap Singh. Pearl Academy is among the leading design institutes creating fashion and designing professionals for more than two decades, having centers in Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur. The two have come together with this unique concept first ever implemented in the country to nurture and develop the designers of tomorrow.

In an industry first, it will be a great chance for Pearl Academy's graduating fashion students to showcase their final collections at the Amazon India Fashion Week. With this collaboration, the Pearl Academy's faculty would be attending the masterclasses conducted by FDCI so as to get an enhanced exposure to the latest trends and techniques in the industry. This, in turn, will benefit the students to get a better exposure of the outside world expertise. FDCI will also be hosting regular events at Pearl Academy campuses through which the designer members, fashion editors, and trend forecasters will be teaching and mentoring Pearl students. This unique initiative taken by the fashion industry will definitely provide better prospects to shape future designers.


This momentous juncture has arrived as for the first time the Fashion Design Council body as a whole is bonding with a fashion & design institute with such a deep engagement and commitment.

“I find them to be forward-looking, innovative and leaders in design education. Their student work has been outstanding and I am confident that it will be further enhanced with this association. It is an opportunity for FDCI to shape the industry for tomorrow and this alliance is a first step in that direction,” said FDCI president Sunil Sethi, who has always shown deep interest in fashion education.

Pearl Academy CEO Sharad Mehra added, “We have been associated with FDCI for multiple events but this association is a historic one and will change the face of fashion education. We welcome all the leading designers from FDCI to be a part of Pearl Academy and help mentor Pearlites to be future ready.”

Pearl Portfolio 2016 Day 1 Roundup of Pearl Academy Mega Design Event

Much Awaited Pearl Portfolio 2016 by Pearl Academy event in Delhi

Pearl Portfolio 2016 is a yearly mega design event by Pearl Academy

Pearl Portfolio 2016 showcases creative masterpieces of Pearl Academy Students

Much awaited Pearl Portfolio 2016 by Pearl Academy is a three-day event in Delhi. The mega design event showcases creative masterpieces of their students. The event started yesterday, May 6, at NSIC, Okhla. Every year the budding professionals studying at Pearl Academy define the future of Design, Fashion and Creative business. The remarkable work done by students is being exhibited in form of models, professional photography, movies, fashion shows, website, innovative design masterpieces, installations, and a lot more. Creativity and aspiration is at peak as usual seen on every face here. Visitors are enthralled witnessing the amount of efforts, innovative ideas, and thus conversion of these two in the fabulous output in terms of product, concept, or design. The event started in Delhi will eventually happen at Mumbai and Jaipur respectively, also to felicitate the graduating students from each of their campus. Pearl Portfolio 2016 is a must-attend event for all fashion, design, and creative enthusiasts as well as professionals.

It is always exciting to attend these three days of the year. Every year there is showcasing of more professionalism, creativity, and ideation. On an average more than 7500 visitors are expected over these 3 days that include school students, fashion & creative aspirants, Industry specialists, parents, professionals, etc. Celebrities and legends like JJ Valaya, Rina Dhaka, Manish Malhotra, Neeraj Manchanda and many others have been part of Pearl Portfolio event in the past as chief guest and eminent speakers. Manish Malhotra is gracing the Pearl Portfolio 2016 as chief guest for Delhi event. Rina Dhaka will be following the same at Jaipur.

Day 1 of Pearl Portfolio 2016 organized by Pearl Academy had exhaustive and engrossing Design Immersion Workshops soon after the inauguration of the event. Post-lunch there was Business Event. The eventful Business event had three introspective and enlightening panel discussions, and two lively and innovative ramp shows. The topic for the first panel discussion was “Luxury for Masses”. With the change in time definition of luxury keeps changing. What was luxury yesterday is a common need for all today. But Luxury remains luxury and is never for masses. Only point of satisfaction is that what a man couldn't afford yesterday because it was luxury, is within his reach today. This happens because of two reasons – one, the elevation of a human being on financial front, and two, the level of luxury has changed so what was luxury yesterday has been replaced by some other commodity today.

Second panel discussion was on “Redefining Fashion, E-Commerce, and Retail”. And the final panel discussion was on “Development and Implementation of new ideas that will help society, industry and whole nation”. Finally there was award distribution for students of School of Creative Business of Pearl Academy. So much happening in a day during Pearl Portfolio 2016.

In the evening there was SoD Industry Meet starting at 7.30 pm starting lighting of lamps. CEO, Sharad Kapoor addressed the gathering that was followed by a speech by Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI. There was a panel discussion by Creatives in Business. Another panel discussion was on “Diverse thoughts on Design”. The final panel discussion was on “Mantra for Success”. That was not all. There was a practice session on the ramp to ensure nothing goes less a world class touch on day 2 fashion shows.

Stay tuned for Day 2 events that include Design Immersion Workshops, SoD Industry Meet, followed by two fashion shows. Finally the day ends with Alumni Meet. Day 3 will open with Awards distribution Ceremony followed by SoD Industry Meet, and finally two fashion shows. Mumbai Pearl Portfolio 2016 will be on May 13 and in Jaipur it will be on May 14. Pearl Academy has pioneered in engaging and raising its students to global level during their world class studies at the institute. Here is a glimpse of previous year videos of Pearl Portfolio.

Coffee Table Book Mega Brands Launched by Architecture+Design Magazine

Architecture+Design launches coffee table book Mega Brands

Mega Brands is India's first industry-architecture driven coffee table book launched by Architecture+Design

Coffee Table Book Mega Brands identifies iconic industry brands

Architecture+Design an iconic Indian magazine, launches India's first industry-architecture driven coffee table book MEGA BRANDS, an authentic survey based documentation. The book aims to identify the top industry brands that have added to a substantial growth of architecture. It also finds out and brings forward their excellent of design creativity in the creation of these iconic architectural products which have become an integral component in building India. MEGA BRANDS has been launched in memory of internationally acknowledged Indian architect Charles Correa and has been dedicated to his phenomenal contribution to global architecture. Charles Correa is a legendary in the history of Indian Architect who has been well acclaimed by the architect communities all across the globe.

left to right Suneet Paul, Divya Kush, Estelle Berruyer, and Choi Ju Chul

Architecture+Design has brought MEGA BRANDS, India's first industry-architecture coffee table book as a continued effort of the magazine to fill the widening gap between the architectural industry and the profession. Truly, the book is bound to bridge the increasing void between the two. We met Suneet Paul, Editor-In-Chief, Architecture+Design. He is quite vibrant and full of synergy. Appraising about MEGA BRANDS, he added that this is India's first industry-architecture driven documentation.

Suneet Paul, Editor-In-Chief, Architecture+Design

The book is an attempt to explore design creativity of top brands of the country dealing in architectural products thus becoming an integral part in building India. MEGA BRANDS aims to celebrate brands that are most popular and are in high demand in different projects and properties. These are the brands that have collected a trust of millions. These brands inspire Architects and Interior Designers to use them in their projects and spaces.

The MEGA BRANDS by Architecture+Design covers all products that inspire such as tiles, cement, faucets, flooring, plywood, steel, lights, and paints. These popular brands and products have been compiled in a beautiful manner in the Coffee Table Book. Divya Kush, President, The Indian Institute of Architects was the Guest of Honor. Estelle Berruyer, Cultural Attache, Embassy of France, and Choi Ju Chul, Chief Korean International Trade Association were the special guests at the event.

Ar. Sonali Bhagwati

Ar. Sonali Bhagwati talked about the gaps that are left behind in the architectural design of a city, home, state, and country. She elaborated certain gaps in the Delhi Metro architectural design. Ar. Chang Hyun Kim from South Korea talked about a correlation between architectural design and suicides and how the latter can be reduced by enhancing designs.

Ar. Chang Hyun Kim

Dermatech Launches 360 Degrees Body Shaping Services in Delhi

In the arena of beauty and aesthetic wellness, Dermatech brings body shaping services

Dermatech brings innovative body shaping services in its Delhi clinics

Dermatech's body shaping services provide effective solutions for excessive body fat

Dermatech launches 360 degrees body shaping services in its Delhi clinics to provide technologically rich effective solution for customers struggling with body fat. Dermatech is a proven name in the arena of beauty and aesthetic wellness solutions. The solution is quite innovative and has been launched to make a significant impact in the area of beauty and aesthetic wellness. Dermatech believes if you make your customer satisfied, you stay motivated in your business. With the transformational value addition with the launch of its 360 degree body shaping services, it is bound to increase its already expansive footprint of extremely satisfied customers even further.

360 degree body shaping is an innovative and encompassing process where the focus is on reducing the body weight, but also on getting the body in a perfect shape thenceforth along with improvement in the health of your skin. We shall be looking at these technologies adopted by Clinic Dermatech to ensure the body shaping results that its customers would expect:

Beautytek is the system that enables the body to reshape itself by empowering in the body's natural and most powerful mechanism for self-healing or self-repair thus restoring it in health and wellbeing. The customer is laid back on a couch and the Beautytek process ensures rest is taken care of. This is a painless and non-invasive body shaping mechanism given in combination with a few other select therapies like Radio Frequency (Bipolar). The RF therapy re-tightens and realigns the skin of the face and body, facial wrinkles and the dilated pores. There are specialists at each Dermatech clinic for this purpose A combination of infrared light with electromagnetic high frequenct waves is applied to work best for weight loss and thereby resulting in body sculpting.

Ultrasonic Caviation & Galvanic is another subset of Beautytek. This therapy disperses fuel retention, encourages lymph circulation and drainage, and stimulates blood circulation. In the process of losing weight and achieving overall lightness.With this a prominent enhancement is visible in skin health as well.

Dermatech is celebrating the achievements of empowered women this Women's Day and thus at Clinic Dermatech you get a whooping 51% discount on 360 degrees shaping services along with a number of other services available there. The offer is there only for a fixed duration and can be availed only through prior appointments. Dermatech has a number of accolades to boast about. It received higher Customer Satisfaction in Laser Hair Reduction 2016, Best Skin Care Clinic 2013 (Delhi), Most Promising Skin Care Clinic in Delhi, Quality & Excellence Award 2015 (in cosmetic dermatology services), and Best Cosmetic Dermatology Clinic 2014 (Delhi/NCR), to mention a few.

Sports Medicine, Neck Pain, Physiotherapy and more - Manipal Hospitals

Sports Medicine, Neck Pain, and Physiotherapy are very important for Sports Persons

People in sports have high risk of neck pain or physiotherapy requirements

Sports medicine, neck pain, physiotherapy are some of the key attention areas for sportspersons. Manipal Hospitals is a frontrunner in such similar aspects. In fact, it has established its expertise in areas like Organ Donation, Diabetics, General Surgery, Breast Cancer, Cardiac Surgery, Lasik Eye Surgery, Sports Medicine, and Joint Replacement Surgery. The branches of Manipal Hospitals are spread well across major cities like Bangalore, Mangalore, Goa, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Salem, and Jaipur in India and Klang, the royal city in Malaysia. The health check packages in Manipal Hospitals are categorized well in terms of cost, requirement and age so as to suit best to the need of its customers.

Sports Medicine or Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is an exclusive division of medicine focusing mainly on the physical fitness of persons seriously engaged in sports. It covers preventive and post-injury checks and treatment for them. It is an essential requirement for the whole sports community who need to stay active and fit all the time instead of limiting such service to the elite group of athletes or sportspersons. That is where Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine at Manipal Hospitals plays a major role. It ensures to provide best possible services in physiotherapy and bone care. The treatment of neck pain, backache, and muscle or ligament damage is taken care of in a customized manner.

Definitely to arrive at any conclusion there is a certain process involving scientific approach. It involves patient’s history, symptoms diagnosis, musculoskeletal examination and expert’s advice to ascertain what kind of therapy would be most effective and suitable. Neck Pain is the most frequent problem in sportspersons and athletes. Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine might be the requirement but the prime concern is to provide and enhance strength in the spinal muscle that helps in restoration of muscular balance and optimization of spinal movements. A well-trained staff is there to facilitate and provide precise assistance.

Sportspersons and athletes need to take care of nutritional and balanced food to stay fit and alert. They can’t afford to compromise with their performance because of obesity, malnutrition, poor health or other fitness related issues. Every person has a unique requirement of food or supplement. It can’t be generalized for all even if in the same sports or athletic activity. There is a systematic approach to ascertain the regular body requirement of micro and macro nutrients. Body composition analysis and resting metabolic rate are some of the ways on the basis of which personalized individual diet chart is formulated. Generally as a food supplement, Magnesium helps in muscle contraction and relaxation. It also protects from neck pain and backache. 

Tee20 Launches Unique Online Boutique Shopping Experience for Men

Tee20 launched online boutique for men

A unique spin on men’s online boutique shopping by Tee20

Tee20 online boutique offers live fashion experts to help

Tee20 launches a unique and innovative online boutique shopping experience for men. Live fashion experts are available on the portal to provide personalized advice and expert opinions. This spin on men’s experience in buying clothes online in such a unique manner is going to revolutionize by bringing a new definition for online boutique shopping concept for men. Now buying clothes online for men is going to be fun with personalized shopping service available to them all the time, whenever required. The first and only shopping service for men have been launched officially.

Tee20 promises to join the two corners in a smooth manner, one corner being the convenience on e-commerce, and the other corner is the confidence of customary retail shopping. The credit goes to the digital arena where the internet is the boost for deploying such innovative ideas thus benefitting of boutique shopping to the masses across the nation.

You can take help of fashion experts that are available live to determine your clothing needs. Based on your personal preferences filled at the time of signup on the portal, Tee20 automatically selects the best possible hand-picked items closely matching with certain factors like profession, budget, personality, and lifestyle.

The unique set of services like expert’s advice, delivery at your doorstep, pick up of returns on merchandise from your doorstep etc. are 100% free. There is no shipping cost of any other hidden charges. You are bound to pay only for what you like to keep and use. The online boutique shopping experience on Tee20 is simple to use. You need to choose a plan and pick a package after filling a short survey. The system will inform super stylists in real-time the moment you finish your registration activities on the portal. The moment super stylists get an alert that you are onboard, they start matching the items available with your looks, style, and personality. The selected bunch of perfect match is then displayed in your personalized account. The moment you finalize those shirts/ tees/ and other merchandise, the system takes care of the shipping.

You are definitely going to fall in love with this hassle-free, personalized, customized, professional, one-on-one experience at Tee20.com. 

Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore is Wisdom pit about Oils

The Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore provides vital information

The Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore provides you 89 powerful essential oil recipes

The Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore guides you how to use essential oils for aromatherapy and healthy living.

Essential Oils: Ultimate Essential Oils Guide – Essential Oils for Beginners and 89 Powerful Essential Oil Recipes! (2nd Edition) - How to Use Essential Oils for Aromatherapy and Healthy ... Loss, Essential Oil Recipes, Aromatherapy by Alexa Moore is a must read for everyone. It not only tells you the value of vital oils in life but also guide you how to use these oils in a proper manner. Everyone wants to look and feel younger and better for their own sake. The book helps you to gain knowledge on the healthy benefits of all vital oils available across the globe. Alexa Moore has done a tremendous job in providing all essential knowledge in a very systematic and professional manner that is useful even for a layman.

Some of these oils mentioned in The Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore have a phenomenal power of healing from many chronic ailments and relieving stress. The storehouse of knowledge about such oils will not only help in your personal life but also for your friends and family. You will get to know the oils that help you in the purification of your home. You will learn about the fundamental difference between essential oils and carrier oils. These oils are mostly safe to use, inexpensive with no side effects and are easily available. Aromatherapy with these vital oils helps in distressing, detoxing, relieving from chronic diseases and protective uses.

I like the style in which The Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore has been presented. It educates you on the importance of aromatherapy. The way benefits of these oils on our health are explained is important as even I didn’t know much about the individual benefits of each of these oils. I learnt why we use these oils and which one to use for which requirement. It was a learning how these oils are created. How and when you use in what quantity is what I learnt from the book. And on top of it, I got 89 essential oil recipes handy with me. Some of the exciting recipes are BAOBAB UNDER EYE OIL, Organic Oil Mixture, FEEL FRESH SHAVING CREAM, Minty Magic, CALMING FACIAL CLEANSER, Insomnia Relieving Blend, AMYRIS AND JASMINE MASSAGE OIL, Lavender & Rose Bath Salt, ENCHANTING CAR PERFUME, Refreshing Herbal Face Mask Scrub Mix, UPLIFTING BLEND WITH ORANGE AND CEDAR ESSENCE, Macadamia & Rose Up Sense, LEMON AND TANGERINE BLEND, Argan Facial Serum, SESAME OIL MASSAGER, Headache Mixture, BAOBAB FOOT MASSAGE OIL, Peppermint Foot Cream, AU PASSION, Relaxing Massage Oil, and there are a lot more.

I would rate The Ultimate Essential Oils Guide by Alexa Moore 5 on a scale of 5. It is an enlightening book on essential oils helping readers in multiple ways. A lot of things I read here were unknown to me. I feel this knowledge is important for everyone and the best part is it has been compiled in a very good manner. #essentialoils