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CELEBRATING 115 YEARS OF THE TAJ MAHAL PALACE, MUMBAI: A CHARITY GALA AT TAJ PALACE, NEW DELHI

Taj Palace, New Delhi, the capital’s landmark hotel is all set to host the second edition of 115 Years Charity Gala on Friday, August 9, 2019 to commemorate the momentous anniversary of India’s firstluxury hospitality address, The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, the iconic flagship of The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL).

Build in 1903, The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai was a result of Sir Jamsetji N. Tata’s dream to usher in a new era in Indian hospitality and ensure that the city of Bombay has an icon which could place itamongst the greatest cities of the world. Following up to the glittering first edition of the Charity Ball that took place at the iconic hotel on its 115^th anniversary, the second edition of the Charity Gala, also in support of the Taj Public Service Welfare Trust (TPSWT) will carry forward the spirit of philanthropy – the cornerstone of the revered 150 year TATA legacy.Founded by the TATA Group and IHCL in the aftermath of the unprecedented terror attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, the objective of the Trust is to extend assistance to victims of terror, natural disasters, members of the armed forces and other services who demonstrate bravery in their line of work, and their families. Inspired by the resilience of survivors and the courage of those who came to our aid, the Trust’s purpose is to reach out to people affected by adversities, both man-made and natural to rebuild their lives. Over the past decade, the Trust has worked on a range of relief and rehabilitation initiatives across the country.A fine confluence of art, world-class entertainment and gourmet cuisine, with the who’s who of the capital in attendance, will make this an extraordinary evening with a noble cause. A high- decibel liveauction of a selection of noteworthy art pieces donated by a leading visual arts gallery shall be the highlight of this soirée, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Trust. The commemorative experiential sit-down dinner at the grand Durbar hall will feature exquisite cuisine paired with high-octane live entertainment. Celebration tables at the hotel’s four award- winning restaurants – Orient Express, Spicy Duck, Masala Art and Capital Kitchen, are available for sponsorships.

Samrat Datta, General Manager, Taj Palace, New Delhi said: “For over a hundred years, the Taj dome has anchored the skyline of Mumbai and continues to stand tall as an epitome of timeless luxury.We are immensely proud to be of this milestone celebration of our flagship hotel and are excited to carry forward our revered legacy of philanthropy with the 115 Years Charity Gala at the Taj Palace, New Delhi.”

INTRODUCING ‘CIRCULAR CHANGEMAKERS’ – INDIA’S FIRST INVESTMENT READINESS PROGRAM TO EMPOWER SUSTAINABLITY ENTERPRISES AT LAKMÉ FASHION WEEK

IMG Reliance developed and successfully launched the Circular Design Challenge (CDC), an initiative by R Elan’s ‘Fashion For Earth’, Lakmé Fashion Week and UN Environment, last year. CDC is India’s first and largest sustainability award in a fashion which was launched with support from Intellecap’s Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) – an industry-led platform with the mission to strengthen capabilities and build the ecosystem needed to transition to a circular textile & apparel industry in India. Building on this partnership, CAIF is now working with the CDC to create a program to showcase innovations and solutions for a circular economy across the textile & apparel value chain and introduces ‘Circular Changemakers’.

The program welcomes applications from start-ups across the country, offering scalable, post-prototype and revenue-generating solutions. Their contribution to the textile and apparel industry must be less harmful and provide renewable inputs.

Entries fitting these criteria and looking for strategic investors and partnerships can now submit their applications at http://bit.ly/circularchangemaker. The last date to submit entries is 30th June 2019.

From the pool of applications, six start-ups – ‘changemakers’ – will be chosen to participate in a boot camp by industry experts. The 3 module Bootcamp focuses on providing visibility to change-makers in the sustainable and circular fashion space, exposing them to important aspects of ‘Capital Raising’, ‘Business & Financial Modelling’ and ‘Investor Pitch Preparation’.Following the boot camp, enterprises will pitch their value proposition and business model to a panel of investors on the 22nd August that is the Sustainable Fashion Day at Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019. They will get the opportunity to receive strategic investments and partnerships through their pitch to a group of potential strategic investors from reputed impact investment funds such as Aavishkaar Venture Management Sevices, innovation platforms such as Fashion for Good, foundations, industry associations, etc. The pitch event will be followed by a networking session with key industry stakeholders such as brands, manufacturers, and others.

Jaspreet Chandhok, Vice President and Head of Fashion at IMG Reliance said, “This program will focus on strategic investments for value chain start-ups while CDC remains as a jury-based cash award for entrepreneurs in fashion. There is an untapped opportunity to provide circular fashion enterprises with scaling support in the form of strategic collaborations and investments. We are happy to partner with CAIF to identify and champion the change-makers in our country.”

Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap said: “It is core to Intellecap’s footprint in India to search, seed, support and scale high impact innovations across India. One of the roles we take with CAIF is to build the market for circular innovations to reach scale. Launching India’s first investor showcase for circular textile and apparel innovators in partnership with CDC is a critical stepping-stone to close gaps in the current ecosystem and create visibility for change-making circular fashion startups.”

Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani promoted their upcoming movie Kabir Singh in Delhi

Kabir Singh Promotions

Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani were in New Delhi for the promotion of their movie Kabir Singh. The press conference was held in Le Meridien hotel, New Delhi. Director Sandeep Vanga was also present at the press conference.

Kabir Singh is the remake of Telugu movie Arjun Reddy (2017). It is Jointly produced by Cine1 Studios and T-Series, the film stars Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in lead roles. It will be released on 21 June 2019.

While talking to media Shahid shared, ”I don’t usually do remakes, but my reason for doing this film was when I saw this movie, I really felt connected with characters and scenes of the film.”

Kiara spoke about the plot of Kabir Singh, “Kabir Singh is the story of Kabir and Preeti’s love and whatever Kabir is doing that doesn’t make him a bad person. We all have faced difficult situations in our love life so Kabir Singh is one such story and I really hope you all will enjoy it.”

Korean Fast Fashion Brand XIMI Vogue to Generate 500 Crore Revenue in India

Plans to open 200 more outlets by Q3 2020

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Marking its presence in more than 29 outlets in India till now, the successful Korean affordable luxury brand looks forward to generate a revenue of INR 500 crore by launching 200 more outlets by Q3 2020. XIMI Vogue is present in 77 countries with more than 1700 outlets across the world selling more than 10000 products ranging from household, health & beauty, digital accessories, plush dolls etc. The brand’s global success has been because of its intelligent product strategy, superior quality products with innovative & attractive designs at a competitive price. XIMI Vogue is now investing heavily in its supply chain technology with state-of-the-art warehouses to further expand its growth in the Indian market.

XIMI Vogue

On the expansion plan, Mr. Abhishek More, Director – XIMI Vogue India, said, “The fast fashion daily consumer goods industry in India has operated since long in an unorganized way and our aim is to combine a variety of products under one roof ensuring the delightful customer experience, ” to which Mr. Ankit Vedi, Director – XIMI Vogue India, added, “We are planning to open more than 200 retail stores rapidly through COCO and FOFO model, focusing on tier 2 and tier 3 cities, apart from the metros. Our customer-centric approach, high quality & value proposition will be the differentiating factors for our success in India.” Mr. Vikas Agarwal, Director – XIMI Vogue India, further added, “We have deployed a franchise model, where micro entrepreneurs can start a XIMI Vogue store of 1000 – 1200 sq. ft. with a capex of approx. 65 lakhs, including store setup, inventory, franchise fee, office equipment and consumables.” The company has a warehouse located in Jaipur and plans to launch more such regional warehouses in Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata.

In contrast to conventional retail stores, where sales are meagre, XIMI Vogue retail outlets observe an average income of INR 3500 – 5500, per sq. ft., with an average 55% conversion rate, owing to an expansive product range spanning across multiple categories. The brand is all set to launch 18 more outlets by next month.

This year do a rhythmic Yoga with soothing music; Sumit Sethi’s never-heard-before music score is coming on Yoga Day

Music sensation Sumit Sethi, who has, from being a DJ, already marked his own footprints on popular Hindi music, is coming with some never-heard-before music score on the occasion of International Yoga Day, on Friday, the 21st June.
To many people, physical exercises, especially Yoga, meditation, and free-hand-workouts end up being boring and tedious stuff most of the time. However, Sumit is bringing something charming this time to make your Yoga experience a quite enjoyable one.
Sumit Sehi, who is mainly known for his fast remix numbers and popular mashups, is coming with a completely new genre where he will be creating some relaxing and soothing music score specially composed for Yoga. According to Sumit, “The practice of Yoga is getting popular among people day by day. Being a musician, I believe that, it should reach more people than it ever had and as we all know music is a great platform that can touch millions of hearts, I thought, why don’t I give it chance? Basically, that’s the root from where the entire concept has evolved”.
On being asked how the piece of music will actually help people in Yoga, Sumit added, “For now, I can only say that people will rejoice Yoga with the amazing tune and rhythm of the music. Rest, you will experience as soon as it gets published”.
The announcement of the new avatar of Sumit has already created a huge buzz among the music industry as well as in Bollywood. News are coming that Sumit will be seen in an event in New Delhi on 21st June where his Yoga-special piece of music will be unveiled. For then, music enthusiasts are keeping their patience with a hope to get something mesmerizing from this rising star.

For struggling actors, it’s too tough to survive in Mumbai: Ankit Narang on struggling days

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, is called the City of Dreams, and looking at how the city has transformed people from rags to riches surely justifies the tags.
In a country of 1.2 billion people, making a way in the film industry is, indeed, not an easy job. Thousands of aspirants, with dreams in their eyes, come to Mumbai daily to pursue their career in film and, needless to say, only a few of them can actually reach their desired place while remaining of them keep struggling for years.
Popular television star Ankit Narang, who was recently featured in T.V. show Divya Srishti, says “It is expensive to live in a city like Mumbai and moreover when you are struggling as u really have to put your expenses at correct places and not waste money partying. There is saying in Gujarati which says, ‘Mumbai me khana to aapko miljayega, Rehna Nahi mil paying (In Mumbai, you will, however, get to eat but hardly will get to accommodate yourself)’. Accommodation is really expensive here and so is traveling.”
Ankit Narang has been through his tough times at the beginning of his career when he had to return to his home to help his father in his family business and come back with new energy and to work on 2-3 projects at a time.
30 years old Television actor Ankit, who got his fame and popularity from his much popular television show Pavitra Rishta, will be seen in an upcoming web series where he will be playing the character of a college student.

All About Kids – Retail Therapy for Little People !

All About Kids – Retail Therapy for Little People

Organised by KYTE Exhibitions and Zenyth Media, All About Kids, a one of its kind exhibition is taking place on Sat, June 29, Apparel House (formerly Epicentre), Gurugram. It is conceptualised by two mompreneurs, Yogita Taneja Kackar and Ruchiraa Sharma.

“The idea is to cater to the diverse needs of kids and their mothers and make shopping for children, a hassle-free and delightful experience. Our vision is to not just organise an exhibition but offer an interactive, informative and delightful experience which is a tribute to motherhood and a celebration of childhood”, adds Yogita Taneja Kackar

“In today’s world, online purchasing in the kid’s segment has become a rage due to the convenience it offers to parents. However, with so many new brands and products available, it is essential to touch, feel, and experience a product before introducing it to our children”, Ruchiraa Sharma

The products on display will include apparel & accessories, toys & games, educational aids, books & stationery, children’s furniture, party products, hobby classes & day-care facilities, among others. In addition, there will be a host of activities for children such as games, tattoo artist, workshops, puppet show, etc.

Makeup Expert Shivanyah Ghai

Since makeup has become a part of our daily lifestyle. Here are some tips of what to keep in mind while doing makeup in summers.

* CTM – cleansing, toning and moisturising . This is one of the most important prerequisites of a makeup, make sure you cleanse your skin and use an oil-free moisturiser in the morning. Since I am very particular when it comes to my skin I use all natural products from DCD (Desi Cow Dairy) they use all organic ingredients and essential oils from Australia and England . I use rose facial cream and Tea tree and rose water toner that suits my oily skin.
* Less is more during summers – Lighten your routine for the summers and use only what u think your skin requires , while colour correction is important , use a concealer to cover under eye and areas of concern with a finger . If that works well for you, one can skip the foundation too.
* Base should be light and thin – Apply lighter layers. One can mix the illuminator in the foundation itself to get that dewy, subtle look that is really in! Or mix your oil free mosturiser with the foundation itself to get that sheer glow .
* Have a proper personal kit and invest in proper tools – While most of us have a light base during summers just to even out our complexion , it may slide off and end up looking like oily patches , make sure to have a beauty blender or synthetic buffing brush to push the product into your skin .
* Colour palette – Since it is warm outside , one should go for naked or nude colours that are always in fashion , use shades of brown , smudge liner or kohl look with a nude matte lip shade (preferably liner should be smudge proof). Maintain a balance between eyes and lips, if you want to keep your eyes heavy use a lighter lip shade and vice versa.
* Always set your makeup – It is very important during summers , while most of us use compact powder , I feel loose powder is a much lighter form and sets the makeup really well . Fix the makeup with a makeup fixer, for that I use inglot makeup fixer or urban decay setting spray .

* Don’t go too heavy on base -Avoid creamy foundations or anything too luminous, as humidity can make it look extra shiny and sweaty-looking. Use a bronzer just to highlight high points of your face, forehead, cheekbones, chin and nose (covering all your face gives you that fake, over baked and over matured look).

This rising singing star takes recreations of old golden hits to another level without any music label.

This rising singing star takes recreations of old golden hits to another level without any music label
Perfect mixing and recreation of old golden numbers of Bollywood with today’s western flavor of music isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. As people find a strange affectionate nostalgia with popular old hit songs, many times, a recreation of them had been harshly criticized in the industry.
Well, Suryaveer is certainly one of the names who has brought a change in the story. A Delhi blood and a contemporary music sense have made him a perfect combination of traditional and present-day flavor which actually encourages him to recreate Bollywood’s old hit tunes.
Suryaveer has a unique tone of voice which makes his songs so loved and appreciated by the audience. Some of his recreated songs are “O Saathi Re”, “Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye”, “Alvida” to name a few. However, the most interesting part is, this soon-to-be-star singer, Suryaveer, uploads his music videos on his own YouTube channel without any umbrella of big brands and still manages to get views of over 10 million which clearly shows that people are actually loving Suryaveer’s quality work rather than a brand name.
Suryaveer had debuted in Bollywood with 2013’s film “Prague” apart from which he, with his Delhi-based band ‘Ehsaas’ performs extensively across the country. Suryaveer has also received many awards till date, including being nominated twice for GIMA award, Felicitation from CII and “Excellence in live performance” award from Radio City to name a few with the experience of performing more than 1000 live shows in India as well as Abroad.

Artist Swati Pasari’s Abstract paintings involve the viewer at a deeper level

CELEBRATING LIFE

Artist Swati Pasari’s latest collection of abstract paintings involve the viewer at a deeper level. “Celebrating Life”, that’s how the young and talented artist calls her Art Work as she believes in spreading happiness and positivity through her art and celebrating life.

Through her Collection, she made an attempt to understand her own personality and life around her. “My paintings are a reflection of my thought process. When I paint, I think and feel inner peace and beauty, serenity and calmness. So my paintings manifest these feelings. As I go along with the creations, I build on the idea of what the painting should look like”, says the artist.

Swati has earned accolades for her work across the globe. The themes of her paintings include immortality, timelessness and finding inner peace. While her art has immense artistic maturity, she has been painting only since 2007. And in these few years, she has already exhibited her paintings in several parts of the world with many upcoming exhibitions scheduled.

She looks at each painting as a mirror that portrays herself and all that she stands for. Being a Pranic Healer, she has a strong spiritual side to herself and most of her paintings are made with the intention of spreading positivity.

“They say that you have to be lost in order to be found. Every artist strives for inner peace, and art is only a method of finding inner wholesomeness”, adds Swati.