Our Start-Up by Dov Reichman Is For Innovator, Youth, and Entrepreneur #BookReview #Books

Our Start-Up by Dov Reichman, I would say, is for all innovators, youth, and entrepreneurs in the world. Innovation and entrepreneurship have no relevance with age. In fact, youth, and millennials are coming up with bright innovative ideas. Hence, we see the average age of startups CEOs across the globe is drastically coming down. That means most of the start-ups with innovative ideas are by Youth. That is something quite encouraging. Because right at an early age, youth is equipping themselves not only with brilliant ideas but are able to tackle any kind of challenges that come in their way. The same happens with the central character of the story of this book. Nir Carmelli is a middle school student who has a dream of launching an innovative new product in the market and show his capabilities to the world.

It is not that Nir is not aware of facing difficulties while launching his idea to reality. In fact, he is very practical about it. Despite a bouquet of challenges on his way, he dares to go for it. Even if he fails during this journey, he is ready to start. Although he is not sure if his dream will take a shape of the product that gets him a successful business. The story of Our Start-Up by Dov Reichman is quite interesting that way. The first and foremost task for Nir is to form a strong team. A team that aligns well with his ideas. But he knows that his idea is original, and he is creative enough to give it a shape. Once he forms his team, they start exploring industrialists across the globe for financial support. They not only tap investors but also industrialists, scientists, and professionals.

Our Start-Up by Dov Reichman provides a right path to innovators and aspiring entrepreneurs. Creating a right team and tapping the right markets for support and development is the prime factor in this journey. One of Nir's team member is Anna, his classmate. The story not only has the business angle but there is also a touch of finding true love in life. As the story moves, it brings a number of useful lessons in both the areas. Also, there is humor that creates fun during this journey. The cover goes well with the theme of the story. 

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#CatchUpOnGrowth At Right Time In Right Way @Growth_Plus

Bonsai is a great concept developed by Japanese many decades back. We love bonsai trees and fruits. The scientific approach developed by Japanese soon spread worldwide. Bonsais became a worldwide phenomenon. People got excited to see miniature trees one tenth of the actual natural size. Biologically size is reduced tremendously but without any compromise with the other properties like the growth of flowers and fruits. Though the respective size gets reduced in the same proportions.

This looks exciting in trees but about the parents having children who fall behind on growth by not attaining the right proportion of height and weight as per the age. This may cause a serious point of concern in the society. The child might develop tremendous psychological pressure thereby developing an inferiority complex. This way he or she will never be able to live a natural life society and among peers. The parents too, who always want their children to grow healthy and live a balanced life physically and psychologically, will also develop anxiety their life thereby getting cut off from the normal way of leading life.

This means to catch up on lost growth is not only important for a child but also an equally serious point of concern for the parents in question. Most important thing to understand here is that time is very precious in such cases. Instead of feeling helpless and hopeless in such cases, parents must find out the ways to overcome this issue in their child. Finding out the right way and adopting right approach at the right time is the key to find success in this matter. Scientifically it is very much possible for a child who has fallen behind on growth to catch up on growth in terms of height or weight, or both but provided they don't fall prey to wrongdoers thereby spending a lot of money without achieving any fruitful results.


Nobody would like to see a child grown in Bonsai form. Every parent would love to see their child grown in a natural way with appropriate height and weight to lead a successful and depression-free life. 
 
Here is a proven fact:
“Horlicks Growth+ is a specialized nutrition product designed by international pediatric experts for children in age group of 3-9 years who are lagging behind in height and weight. It contains high-quality whey protein with added nutrients that are known to enable children to catch up on lost growth. It has been clinically proven for visible growth in children in 6 months.” 


If we understand the right path at the right time then probably it is easier to pick the broken threads and tie them again. When the age is crossed, in such matters, nothing can happen and then it becomes a hitch for entire life not only for the child but also for the parents. That is why it is crucial to take appropriate action in life at the right juncture without thinking twice about the failure or success. I hope if the steps are taken in right direction and at right time, God also helps in finding success.
 

10 Apps for Kids Available on Windows Store

Summer vacations are already started a couple of weeks back and are there till the end of this month. We would be discussing 10 apps for kids available on windows store to enhance their learning, creativity, and productivity. Children belonging to digital age would already have a lot of agenda on their cards to finish during this vacation. Enjoyment, learning, and fun would be almost on the top of the chart of agendas of almost every kid. These apps will help parents also to keep their kids engaged in some interesting activities rather than spending time in wasteful activities. So, perpetually these apps will not only add fun and learning but also assist them in their home work, project work, holiday planning and more. Mind it, these apps are for Windows platform. For other platforms you will have to find their alternatives.

Here are the 10 apps for kids available on windows store:

Spelling Tutor: Spelling Tutor is for grade school students but engaging enough for their parents too. Kids and their parents can both learn and practice new words, their pronunciations, spellings, using this application. This app will inspire you to go on and on as learning can go endlessly.

Kiddo Smart: This new and innovative app is designed to develop young minds with the help of more than 50 thousand learning activities, games, and videos. The process of development is designed to take place in a personalized manner for all age group kids. Kids and parents can monitor the development with respect to other kids by age and country.

Fresh Paint: Fresh paint can unleash Picaso hidden inside your child. It provides an fabulous canvas for your child to design their brilliant ideas in the most creative manner. This work can be converted to photos to build your own collection of creativity.

KidsTube – Fun and Learn: KidsTube has a huge collection of high-quality videos for kids for a great learning experience. The collection includes Sofia, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake the Pirate, Doc McStuffins, and more from Disney shows, Curious George, Peppe Pig, Cat in Hat, Sesame Street, Wild Krats, and a lot more. There are separate categories of Rhymes, Stories, and Animated Series.

Exercises for Kids: This app is designed to help children develop rapid thinking, creativity, coordination, in various manners with the help of memory games, puzzles, connect the dots, geometric shapes etc. This creative learning game is segmented in various educational activities and appears as if multiples apps have been bundled in a single app.

Madagascar Math Ops: This app mixes the challenge of video games with the challenge of mathematical issues. You will find penguins from DreamWorks animated motion picture Madagascar featured in this game. The game brings a versatile range of basic arithmetic puzzles (division, multiplication, addition, subtraction) where the complexity increases as the kid clears the previous levels. When a math problem is is completed, the kid gets to tackle a few action oriented mini-games.

Sway: Sway helps your kids present their homework in an interesting and berautiful manner. It is a digital storytelling app for home, school, and work to provide quick and easy solution to build and share presentations, interactive reports, personal stories etc. Once the kid adds his or her content, Say takes care of the rest in a meaningful manner.

Pocket Mathematics: Pocket Mathematics is a good option for children to get help in their mathematics homework. The app can help them in finishing their mathematics problems in quick and accurate manner. It manages most of the mathematical formulas with appropriate details and images. The app will help you in all kind of mathematical problems and is equally suitable for university students as it is for primary school kids.

Homework On Bing: The app will help kids with their homework as and when required. This is a go to app. The app searches efficiently with integrated Bing search engine providing solution on a well designed art board. It also helps kids in learning handwriting, word search, phonics, counting, clock, tracing, word scramble, spelling, grammar, calendar, etc.

MyHomeWork: This is another app to help students with a digital planner to keep track of their classes, tests, projects, homework and so on in order to assist them in increasing their productivity and efficiency. It is available on various platforms. Although we have discussed multiple applications for homework but all have different functionality and usage thus complementing each other.

My Travel Buddy: Let us move on to vacations. My Travel Buddy assists you in various ways to manage you are out on vacations. It helps you in planning, managing and controlling by preparing checklist, create notes, give reminders and alerts, help in suggesting items you might need for traveling, and Aviary Photo Taker is there to get your pictures with a fantastic results.

TripIt: TripIt app also helps you in planning & managing your itinerary, flights, car, map, hotels, directions – in fact, what all you can think of during traveling. The travel plans can be easily synced with your mobile or online calendar. You can share your itinerary & travel plans on various social media platforms. The app helps you stay connected all the time.

Hope you enjoyed reading this article. Do connect and share your ideas in comments. Thanks!

#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.

#FairStart A Public Advocacy Campaign by UNICEF for Every Child

Every child on this earth has a right to get enough opportunities for a #FairStart in his or her life. Usually the real talent of a child gets burried along with his or her wishes in order to fulfill the wishes of his parents, or bend under circumstances and surrender to the situations. UNICEF India is already doing so much for the children, society and various other causes in the country. The same is being done at a larger scale worldwide by the global group UNICEF. UNICEF India launched 'Fair Start' campaign for the purpose of bringing awareness to the society and social media about persisting inequities that large chunk of children in India face that affects their survival, growth and development. The 'Fair Start' film showcases these factors through various angles. The film aims to get an insight into the lives of millions of children coming from different walks of life and having different backgrounds.

#FairStart campaign and 'Fair Start' film wants to elaborate the life of million of children who don't get enough chances in life to show their real talent hidden inside and who are full of potential but are devoid of grow up healthy, happy, and safe. These children have least chances of attending school due to their circumstances and situations. And hence they are less likely to learn, and have high chances of getting married as children. Most of these children are forced to forget their childhood at a very early stage and get engaged in some kind of work in order to earn money.

#FairStart is a drive. It is a mission. It seeks involvement from every element of the society. Every person has to contribute from whichever segment he or she belongs to. After all, everyone has a responsibility towards the children of the nation. Introducing this noble mission and showing the film, Caroline Den Dulk, Chief, Advocacy & Communication, UNICEF India emphasized every child of the country, or rather on this earth, deserves a fair start in his/her life and has an equal right for adequate nutrition, safety, education, psychological and physical protection, sanitation, and health care. The campaign is launched with its primary goal to draw attention to the lives of the children who are deprived of these fundamental and basic rights, usually at times determined simply by where they are born.

#FairStart campaign and Fair Start film tries to convey the message that every child should have a fair and equal chance in life without any consideration of their caste, gender, ethnicity, poverty, religion, or region. The drive in this regard is gaining momentum for last many years as UNICEF is working closely with the Government of India and many other associates to improve the condition of the most vulnerable and deprived children with an aim to ensure that each child born in this vast and complex country gets the best beginning of his life, and gets all possible favorable conditions to develop to his or her full potential.

Every child has a right for a #FairStart. As of now, more than 6 million children in India are out-of-school as per a study conducted by SRI-IMRB for Ministry of HRD, Government of India, in 2014. Census 2011 data says more than 10 million children are engaged in work in the country.. 2013 Report of Sample Registration System shows almost 3500 children die on a daily basis before reaching age 5. A data from RSOC 2013-14 shows 42 percent of tribal children in India are stunted during their growth and development. UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Report 2015 data shows almost half of the population of India which is around 570 million people still practice open defecation. Another data from Census + RSOC 2013-14 states that although girls in India deserve an equal chance in life, but on an average more than 2 million girls marry early every year in the country. Another research shows based on a report by NFHS3 that more than 23% girls between 15-19 years of age experience physical or sexual violence during some point of time.

Den Dulk said that mostly such issues faced are severly complex in nature and cut across all layers of society. There is a tremendous change in mindset required to make changes happen in real life. Merely listening to or observing these stastitics or attending these talks or conclaves will not suffice the purpose. The #FairStart campaign comes with a serious purpose of engaging the largest possible chunk of public in a debate and conversation for everyone to see they have a role to play to ensure every child can have a fair chance in life.

The 'Fair Start' film has been produced with the participation of a group of children who have joined bringing their own daily life into the film. The film has been made with a lot of love by the team and they hope everyone likes it. What they need in return is a small portion of help from everybody to get a fair start, life. Every child deserves a #FairStart. Abhishek De, Avant Garde Films feels emotionally that the #FairStart campaign was quite an oustanding and glorious project to work on for him, as well as the entire team at Avant Garde Films. The most memorable thing he remembers was working with such wonderful kids from 'Bigger Than Life' NGO. The children played cast and crew really well. For De, and he is sure for everyone who was a part of this prestigious project, it would be the best memorable experience and will be close to everybody's heart forever.

The crew included wonderful kids like Sahil, Cameraman, Suraj, Art Director, Shawn, Cameraman/ Director, and Belinda, Costume. The kids are just 14, 10, 15, and 13 respectively and have come from very diversified backgrounds. Suraj, for instance, has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. The only earning member in the family is their mother who works very hard selling corn. Suraj doesn't mind helping his mother at her work. His father is an alcoholic and fights at home. He wants to become a scientist.

Sahil has a mother and a sister. His father passed away 3 years back. He helps his uncle in laundry work. He goes to an English medium school and wants to become a cricketer when he grows up. Shawn has 6 siblings. His father has left home and mother keeps unwell. That is why he is not able to go to school as he has taken up the responsibility to work and earn money for his home. He loves playing football and yearns to go to school. Belinda is Shawn's younger sister. She goes to a municipal school. She is very shy and wants to become and office accountant. She works at home after school hours.

You must watch this inspiring movie below:

Please do share the movie, the cause #FairChance and contribute in whatever shape you can to build the children of our nation stronger. Let every child get a #FairChance at an appropriate stage of life.

She Ekla Cholo Re – Book Review: A Story To Change Your Perspective

She Ekla Cholo Re is written by Dr. Shayan Haq and Santosh Avvannavar, and edited by Rajashree Ghosh. The 50-page fiction story is far beyond the length and breadth of it. It conveys an ocean-size message in this small story written so crisply, concisely and precisely. The story revolved around the lead character Kusum who takes birth in a Doctor's family of repute during the 1990s in Calcutta (now Kolkata). It takes time for Kusum and her affectionate mother to understand the dilemma Kusum is born with. Her mother accepts the reality because her ego was far smaller than her affection and love for her child. But that was not true in the case of her father whose ego was supreme and above his love for his wife or child. Against all odds, Kusum never let her conscious die to realize the cruel reality of her life when finding and establishing her identity was not an easy task for her like others around.

I loved reading this short and crisp story She Ekla Cholo Re. The way Kusum identifies her identity issues for the first time and tries to cope up with the expectations of her father is very well understood in a normal scenario that anyone would have done under those circumstances. But, on the other hand, Kusum is presented as a strong character and a brave heart even when she finds her identity untitled or blurred. It takes some time for her to understand the reality behind this dilemma but once she understands the truth, it becomes her goal to move beyond the social conditioning of 'he' or 'she' to make it clear in her own mind and to the society.

Overall, a very interesting book She Ekla Cholo Re is and must be read by everyone. It is short, crisp and has a strong message for each individual and for the society as a whole. It takes courage to fight against all odds in life the way Kusum did. It takes a high amount of maturity and courage to accept the reality of Kusum in a real life scenario. The end comes with a pleasant surprise and must not be missed. 50-odd pages can be read in one go, and that brings the enjoyment and strong message behind the story much clearer. This book has proved that a strong message can be conveyed in fewer words rather than writing spicy long novels. I would rate it 5 out of 5 without any doubt and am sure you will do the same once you read it.

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.

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. 

Ekaterina Makarova a Porn Star and Ruslan Shchedrin an Actor

Ruslan Shchedrin has won Ekaterina Makarova for a month

Ekaterina Makarova is in 20s and Ruslan Shchedrin is a teenage

Ultimately the news of Ekaterina Makarova and Ruslan Shchedrin is turning out a hoax

Ruslan Shchedrin has won an online competition. He is entitled to live for a month with porn star Ekaterina Makarova. Ekaterina is an adult film actress in Russia. Ruslan is from Moscow. She is in her mid-20s and he is a teenage. Ruslan is 16-year-old. The story began like this. There was an online competition announced by an online virtual weapon selling website Cases4Real. These virtual weapons bought online are used for the video games. Ruslan was the 100,000^th visitor on the website and as per competition he won a chance to live for a month with Ekaterina.

Ruslan claimed the prize and was quite excited after he was declared as a winner of this competition. There are many questions that arise out of this. Was the Russian adult film actress aware of it? Did she know someone somewhere had put her as a prize? News says Ekaterina is aware of the result without disclosing if she knew when she was put as a prize on the website. She has reportedly welcomed the result and said she will not mind having sex with the boy if he wants to during that one-month tenure of living together.

Many stories have further evolved. Ruslan Shchedrin is an actor. The competition itself appears to be a hoax. Though Dmitry Beseda, the man behind this competition is not declaring it a hoax. He says it was just a competition for fun sake. What kind of competition was this? It has created so much of confusion around. There is a lot of criticism happening in Russia in all major media circles. All major newspapers are declaring it a sheer hoax. Ruslan’s mother Vera Schrdrina reportedly is quite hesitant about her son accepting this award. She said her son is studying and he must focus on his exams. 

Bell Smartphones – Products and Specifications – Make In India

Bell Smartphones are produced by Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd

Bell Smartphones have brought a major disruption in the market

Bell Smartphones will bring a complete paradigm shift in the smartphone market. It is purely Make In India product line

Let us look at the Bell Smartphones launched yesterday – all products and specifications. Bell smartphones are produced by Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd. This is purely a Make In India product line. The product line has brought a major disruption in the smartphones market. There will be a complete paradigm shift in the market. The company Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd was established in 2015. It is undoubtedly a major breakthrough. It is one of the fastest growing smartphones companies in India. As declared yesterday by its top management, the company will launch Bell SIMs within a year’s time. The debutant range of its smartphones is aimed to focus on the youth of India living in semi-urban and the rest of the rural India. The mainstream sales will rely on tier 2, tier 3 cities of the country and penetration will go beyond remotest of the villages. It is a great drive towards Make In India and Digital India. It will strive for the digital empowerment of the youth living anywhere in the country. The smartphones promise to bring a satisfying mobile experience for its consumers. The technology imbibed is to ensure that the users spend their time in a constructive manner doing tasks they would love to perform. The concept is simple and hassle free so that user doesn’t waste time in finding out means to use these smartphones.

The products will be available through offline and online channels. The company aims to build a strong offline channel of distributors and dealers spread across the country. The online channels for its sales will be company’s website, and major e-commerce portals like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm etc. If you are interested in its dealership you can apply here. Here are the product details and specifications below:

Master: Ringing Bells Master is an entertainment and multimedia device. It has built-in FM radio and music player. It has 2.4-inch TFT display with the keypad. It supports Dual SIM (both GSM). It has 8 GB expandable storage supporting wireless FM radio. It also supports MP3/MP4 audio/video. It will support Bluetooth connectivity to share files. It is WAP enabled for rich content. The primary (or rear) camera is 0.3 MP. It has a torch. The 1450 mAH battery is good to support. It has inbuilt Hindi language keyboard feature. It comes with 1-year warranty and is priced at just INR 999. You will have a choice of 4 colours – Marble White, Charcoal Black, Coral Rose and Cerulean Blue.

Kiwi: Ringing Bells Kiwi is a powerful Powerbank that will ensure that you are always connected to the world. It has 5200 mAH powerful capacity. Sleek in design, it will match your style. It has LED with SOS. The battery is Li-18650 that is A++ grade. It has input and output of 5V/1A. The charging time will be 3-4 hours. It is compatible with most of your digital devices. It comes in four colours – Blue, Pink, White, and Black. Its efficiency will be 85-90%.The material used is ABS + rubber.

4U: Ringing Bells 4U is a video entertainment storehouse on the move. It has 2.4-inch TFT with the keypad. It supports all video formats like MP4, 3GP, MIDI and AVI. It is dual SĪM enabled (GSM) and also supports data (GPRS). It is also WAP enabled for rich content. It supports Bluetooth connectivity for sharing files. It has FM radio. The memory is expandable to 8 GB. The rear or the primary camera is 0.3 megapixels. It has a torch. The battery is 1450 mAH. It comes with 1-year warranty. Available in 4 colours – Red, Pure White, Blue and Charcoal Black; it is priced at INR 799. It has Hindi language and keyboard support.

Smart 101: Ringing Bells Smart 101 is India’s most affordable 4G smartphone. It brings super-fast connectivity with 4G LTE providing seamless connectivity with 4G, 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. It is dual SIM enabled. It's crystal clear 5-inch qHD IPS touchscreen gives a resolution of 480x960 pixels. The smartphone has 1.3 GHz powerful quad-core processor. The OS is latest Android Lollipop 5.1. Its 8 GB internal storage is expandable to 32 GB. It has 1 GB RAM. The rear or primary camera is 8 MP with LED flash and the front or primary camera is 3.2 MP. That way you will find the cameras are fabulous. Its battery is 2800 mAH that promises 10 hours of talk time and upto 300 hours in standby mode. It is bundled with futuristic features like HOTKnot and Smart Wake that ensure enhanced Android experience. Most of the premium apps are preloaded in the device that you need for daily use. It comes in two colours – While & Gold, and Black & Silver. It comes with 1-year warranty and is priced at INR 2,999.

And now last but not the least.

Freedom 251: Ringing Bells Freedom 251 specs can be read here.

I am sure these peppy Bell Smartphones and devices are going to win the hearts of semi-urban and rural India soon. What better than Make In India and extremely affordable prices?

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can  apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.

Freedom251 Most Affordable Smartphone at INR 251 – Digital India

Freedom 251 is the most affordable smartphone

Freedom 251 was launched yesterday priced at INR 251

Freedom 251 is a decent smartphone that everyone can afford to make Digital India

Freedom251 is India’s most affordable smartphone priced at INR 251. It is a great drive towards Digital India. The phone was launched yesterday by veteran BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi. Ringing Bells India Pvt Ltd becomes the latest entrant in the smartphone market in India. This will definitely give a boost to Govt. of India’s top on the list projects like Skill India, Make In India and Digital India. This has brought a revolution in the smartphone market. A smartphone at such a low price is a miracle in my opinion. At such an affordable price, the penetration of smartphone will reach the remotest of the villages of India. This is a price that anyone can afford without a slightest of the pinch in the pocket. That is what Dr Joshi spoke about yesterday. He said if the technology is not there, it is sad for the country. If the technology is there but is not at an affordable price, it will lack popularity and penetration. And if the technology is there at the most affordable price then it will be widely accepted and welcomed open heartedly. A word of caution he said is if the price is low but the offering has no value in it, then it is dangerous. But in the case of Freedom251, it is a great value for money.

Freedom 251 will not only empower people lying in the low-income segment but will also enable a new gateway of learning and adaptability. The price of the phone is even less than most of the voice and data plans available in the market. It is a cheerful ringing bell situation for the buyer. But at the same time, it has put the other smartphone players in the market into a tight situation. This is going to being a complete paradigm shift in the smartphone market. The challenge is too tough for other players to accept. Only those who has the knowledge to take advantage of disruptive technology will be able to accept this challenge. This will be a table turning the situation in the Indian smartphone segment. A smartphone with no compromise with the quality and at such an affordable price is something really fantastico.

As far as the configuration of Freedom 251 is concerned – it is quite decent and better than many entry level smartphones available in the market priced much higher. With 1.3 quad-core processor, 8 GB internal memory (ROM) that is expandable to 32 GB, 1 GB of RAM, 4-inch IPS touchscreen, 3G and running on Android Lollypop 5.1, this is really a thunderous breakthrough in technology and price. The rear or primary camera is 3.2 megapixels and the front or secondary camera is 0.3 megapixels. The battery is okay to start with. It is 1450 mAh. But then what to expect from a most affordable smartphone priced at just INR 251. This is a fantastico technology and price revolution brought in India with the launch of Freedom251. Now, Prime Minister’s dream of a Digital India is not far away.

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can  apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.

iZofy Astrology and Numerology App For Videos, Forecast and Beyond

Download iZofy android app for stunning videos.

iZofy has a lot of interesting articles related to astrology and numerology.H2>

iZofy Android App provides you unique and relevant information based on your zodiac or birth number.

iZofy is a fantastico Astrology and Numerology app for your android phone. It provides you unique and relevant information based on your zodiac or birth number. It has a lot of interesting articles related to astrology and numerology. And on top of it, there are videos to keep it more interesting. If you have a problem for which you are seeking a solution, there is an innovative process here on the portal. You explain your problem in detail; submit it and soon you will get quotes from various relevant astrologers and numerologists. You can decide based on the quotes received to opt for a solution from that particular person. There are daily predictions based on your zodiac. On the basis of numerology, you can check your day on the basis of numerology. You get free daily tips. There are free calculators. And there are a plenty of articles to enlighten you on the subject of your interest.

The iZofy app is a unique global e-commerce site where a lot of experts from various related verticals are connected. There are astrologers, tarot readers, Vaastu experts, numerologists, and healers. They are all there to serve the users directly without and mediators. The users are from various corners of the world. That way it is a global portal. By now, it is quite clear that the site is not a simple astrology and numerology app but beyond that. iZO is the founder of iZofy. He is an astrologer and numerologist. He has written a book on Numerology. In Numerology books category, he has been recognized as the youngest author in the world. The ultimate goal of iZofy is to consolidate the scattered energies in astrology and numerology sector. Currently, it is a completely disorganized sector. It aims to bring all relevant stakeholders together on iZofy whosoever are connected to the world of occult sciences. Astrologers and numerologists have a very limited audience as they don’t have any online presence. It is a golden opportunity for the talented professionals to widen their scope and horizon to a global level. No wonder if an isolated professional in some village becomes a globally recognized astrologer or numerologist because of iZofy.

There are a lot of informative articles and other stuff that is available on the iZofy app for free. It is a right place to post your problem and find a suitable solution provider as per your own choice. Download this fantastico app from Google Store. The app is around 8 MB in size and is quite easy to install and register. And after that, you start enjoying your daily tips and latest articles related to astronomy and numerology.

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can  apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.