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Ducorium Blue from Lapis Bard: a jetsetter’s delight

Redefine Sophistication

The Ducorium Blue range from Lapis Bard pays homage to the music of the legendary blues, steeped in lyrical emotion and evocative melodies. The range takes inspiration from the Renaissance age inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s “sfumato”, that creates a rare original shade, that gradually darkens the deep blue colour as it imperceptibly passes from one shade to another, for the discerning gentleman to appreciate. Lapis Bard continues the time-honored tradition of hand painting to give you exceptional products like laptop accessories, wallets and belts.

Who Is Revathi Roy? – Book Review – Ms. Swati Lodha – Publishing Infinity

A Mumbai-born social entrepreneur, Revathi Roy has been championing the cause of women empowerment since 2007 when she established Asia’s first all-women taxi service, ForShe. In 2016, she established Hey Deedee as a last-mile delivery service company with the vision to financially empower the underprivileged women. Since then, the company has been garnering huge interest from investors and today some of its clients include Amazon, The Curry Brothers, The Bohri Kitchen, Subway, Herbivore, Shophop, Brijwasi, Pizza Hut, and Ecomm Express. She is about to launch the book ‘Who Is Revathi Roy?’ written by Swati Lodha and published by Publishing Infinity. Her first venture FORSHE was born out of her intent to create a fleet of women taxi drivers, a first of its kind and then started Hey DeeDee. An agile learner, Revathi pivoted her business plans with time and founded ‘Veera Cabs’ after selling her first venture. She is having the launch of her book “Who is Revathi Roy?’ written by Dr.Smita Lodha, which is based on her who has shaped the transportation and logistics business in India by infusing these male-dominated sectors with skilled women. Revathi Roy, a passionate driver herself, wanted to empower women by teaching them a skill that would not only make them financially independent but also make them more relevant in society.

She is a recipient of many awards, such as; The Women of Excellence by FICCI FLO, The Femina Women Jury Award for Social Impact, Women Icons Award at Singapore, and NITI AYOG for starting Asia’s first women taxi service, Women of Worthiness Award, among others. She also featured on the cover page of Forbes India’s first WPower Women Trailblazers Issue. Revathi is globally recognized as ‘a cab lady who has been transforming the lives of thousands of underprivileged urban women in India’. Currently, she is empowering 400 women across 6 states in the country. She is an ‘Exponential Entrepreneur’ who has raised three businesses. A TDS rally driver by passion, she turned her passion to drive into her mission of driving change for women.

Sans Souci Lights up Hilton’s Al Rayyan Hotel in Doha

Sans Souci Lights up Hilton’s Al Rayyan Hotel in Doha

Czech lighting giant San Souci has decorated with its signature lights the interiors of Al Rayyan Hotel, Doha, by Curio Collection by Hilton Hotels and Resorts. Sans Souci is famed for combining creative designs with dexterity to fill your home with the dynamic beauty of glass and crystal.

Chic & Timeless Décor

Located at the Al Rayyan Gate and directly connected to the Mall of Qatar, the hotel embodies a chic and timeless décor, and Sans Souci’s refined lighting artworks take the beauty of the interiors to the next level.

The lobby

At the lobby, Sans Souci’s glass sculpture entitled, Splash, makes waves with its bold coloration and the abstract styling of the moment when an object lands on the surface of the water. But you can’t ignore the technical elements at play. This oeuvre not only results from a highly unconventional combination of flumped and hand-blown glass, but also from a challenging production process mastered for yielding a single piece that attains 130 cm in length.

The lounge

For the lounge, a design in a half-sphere shape resembling a luminous dome made of hand-blown glass globes, which are then gently modeled by hand, and consequently acquire a unique character. They incorporate LED sources and are assembled in curved lines creating a fountain effect.

The Ballroom

Rows of bouquets of calla lilies– hand-blown glass flowers with a glass filament hand-wound around the trumpet-shaped base – embellish the ballroom. The sense of purity arising from the transparent glass is refreshed by the randomly interspersed colored elements.

These flowery components are used to sculpt a remarkable chandelier in the relaxation corner. The golden plate holding the glass installation is naturally mirroring the coffee table beneath it and the dark shade perfectly fits with the shade of the architectural features delimiting this area while bringing forth a contrasting, softening round shape.

Chhoriyan choro se Kam Nahi hai” Haryanvi film trailer launched in Chandigarh

Chhoriyan choro see Kam Nahi hai” Haryanvi film trailer launched in Chandigarh

Zee studios in association with Satish Kaushik Entertainment has launched the trailer of their upcoming Haryanvi masterpiece “Chhoriyan choro Se Kam Nahi Hoti” in Chandigarh. The film stars Satish Kaushik, Aniruddh Dave, and Rashmi Somavanshi in lead roles under the direction of Rajesh Amarlal Babbar. The movie has been produced by Nishant Kaushik.

The film brings into light the need for Women Empowerment and the concept of Gender Equality. The event witnessed actors Satish Kaushik, Aniruddh Dave, Rashmi Somavanshi and Director Rajesh Amarlal Babbar, present to promote their movie.

During the trailer launch, prominent local heroes were felicitated which were women police officers and school kids, therefore furthering the social message of equality and empowerment.

Present at the event, Actor Satish Kaushik said, “I have two eminent motives to be a part of this movie, I want to promote Haryanvi film industry as well as propagate the social cause of it. I want every Haryanvi girl to take inspiration from ideals like Manushi Chillar, Geeta Phogat, Babita Phogat and many more so that they aspire to dream.”

The Little Godfather" starring Suraj Berry produced by Ekta Kapoor & Suniel Shetty finally about to release.

“The Little Godfather”

Actor Sudesh Berry’s son, Suraj Berry, was supposed to make his Bollywood debut in 2011 with a film titled “The Little Godfather.”

However, despite being completely shot, the film was stalled due to differences between its producers, Ekta Kapoor and Suniel Shetty. The fallout compelled Suraj to move on and try his luck in other films and he has 3 scripts in her bank.

Finally The makers has decided to release this film at the end of this year 2019. This year one more celebrity kid is about to debut in Bollywood. Suraj Berry says “Because I was not in the country for a few years, it’s important to show my face everywhere. I’ll have to carry my father’s name as a tag with me, but this is ultimately my own journey and my own struggle, also this is sad when your career got stuck because of some messy things around you.”

when asked about kind of films he is interested in , Suraj picks horror, suspense and action as his favourite genres. “I recently saw The Nun and liked it. In Bollywood, I’d love to do something like Stree.

Finally the wait is over for Suraj berry, Suraj is all set to debut on Big Screen, Suraj is very dedicated towards his workout and theatre practice as well, Suraj is fitness freak and now learning parkour and free running. Excited to see this handsome hunk and yes off course multitalented boy Suraj Berry.

The Entrepreneurial Womanhood

Dr. Prakriti Poddar
Poddar Foundation
Managing Trustee
As the Managing Trustee of Poddar Foundation, Prakriti focuses on raising awareness of mental health issues and creating preventive mental health programs for the Nation. Poddar Foundation is aggressively pursuing the agenda of the Mental Health Policy to ensure its implementation at the grassroots level. As a part of the initiation to do so, the foundation started the brand Silence Todo, which works in Mental Health Education, Awareness and Empowerment. Poddar Foundation has created a teaching and training manual for children, social health workers, teachers, aganwadi’s, as well as medical officers. The foundation is currently working with over 200 gram panchayats in Maharashtra. We use technology to spread awareness and have organized the 1st slam poetry drive for mental health across India.
Additionally, Dr. Prakriti Poddar engaged in a pilot training program “The Prakalp Pre-rna” mandated by the Maharashtra health ministry, to train medical officers in order to counsel for mental health effectiveness. This training was targeted as a step program to train the Asha workers for rural mental health counseling and recognition of mental health issues.
Recently Prakriti has been awarded ‘The Iconic Woman Of the Year in Social Service’ by the Nav Bharat Times.
Mind Over Image Consulting
(A Division of Poddar Wellness Limited)
Dr. Prakriti Poddar has been working in the area of Corporate and Personal Wellness since 2001 when she started Mind Over Image Consulting with the keynote ‘It’s not a Make Over; it’s a Mind Over’. The company f)ocus is on Corporate Consulting, Counseling and Life Coaching along with Soft Skills development. Prakriti became a doctor of alternate medicine in the system of Hypnotherapy in 2004. She is a certified counselor, a certified transpersonal regression therapist and Member of earTH, a NLP practitioner and a certified Neurofeedback technician. She is amongst the first to add Neurofeedback in her clinic in India.
With a thriving center for mental and emotional wellness in the heart of Mumbai, she is one of the most prominent voices of Mental Wellness having spoken nationally on numerous platforms and having been interviewed on mental health issues by media channels to educate and highlight the need of mental health awareness. In her consulting practice she has been instrumental in setting up and aligning star-tups, as well as counseling practices within organizations, communities and educa- tional institutes. Prakriti has developed many pathbreaking techniques for deep healing and interven-tions towards wellness. An innovator when it comes to Mental Health and Wellness having created three new technologies of complete healing and wellness.She developed iSoundPharmacy (www.isoundpharmacy.com), an innovative way to use sound and music as a healing technique. This has attained great results in repro-graming trauma and Post traumatic Stress Disorder. Currently researching embedding sound and music into Overall Wellness. The Legacy Gene Program is a program built for individuals who need to understand and align their trajectory. Using machine based braintraining along with psychological modalities, The Legacy Gene is known to bring about deep change and exponential personal growth towards excellence. The YTB program was released at the National Women’s Parliament in a gathering of 18000 women to encourage and empower them to think and act upon their future. In 2017 The India Leadership Conclave recognized and awarded Prakriti’s work by bestowing the award of ‘India’s Most Promising Woman Leader in Mental Health, Holistic Support and Wellness Model’. Dr. Poddar recently spoke at the Horasis India Meet in Spain and represented the men-tal health challenges and the strategies for India to overcome mental health issues. This company is now a division of the Poddar Wellness Limited. National Women’s Parliament Chief Strategy Officer Ms. Prakriti Poddar is the Chief Strategy Officer of the National Women’s Parliament and single handedly handles strategic planning, direction and execution of the NWP. She is in charge of the annual policy framework of the National Women’s Parliament and the core areas that it highlights, including projects on gender equality, sanitation, child rights, environment, education and nutrition. The National Women’s Parliament is a platform that brings the collective voice of women over various agendas. This platform was activated in February 2017. 18000 women from all walks of life such as Women legislators, MP’s, Social and Corporate leaders, Educationalists, Students in Higher Education, Women in Sports, Media, Cinema, Arts and Culture came together in Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) to drive change in participatory democracy. Currently the role entails setting up strategic partnerships, developing the national chapters and encouraging advocacy. Her engagement started as a speaker at the National Women’s Parliament in Amravati in February 2017 and her subject was mental health, wellbeing and women’s empowerment. She was also a part of the Women Economic Forum speaker panelist at Delhi in May 2017.
Educational Sector Dr. Poddar is passionate about the youth and believes that the future of our growth to- wards a health society rests in their hands and therefore apart from Programs focused on Peace Development she works on holistic programs for inner awareness and peak performance development. Peace Program Director, MIT World Peace University Since May 2017, she has developed and headed the curriculum for MIT Peace University in Kothrud, Pune, bringing harmony and holistic understanding to all the students and professors of the university.
This program is being adopted by three thousand students and has successfully completed the 1st year. Inner Peace University, Wockhardt Foundation
Developing the Inner Peace Curriculum as a joint Initiative with the Wockhardt foundation is aimed at bringing back a system of values for Holistic Peace and Development.
CHEX
The Center for Holistic Experiences is a platform that brings together holistic experiences. We have three Summer School Programs that we are running in Pune for children between the ages of 7-17. Art infused learning, personal excellence, arts and crafts, as well as though the lens. This will be deployed at the MIT University.
Additionally, work with schools like Singapore International School and Cambrian College.

4Bn Minutes Spent in Watching GoPro’s Content

‘The World Has Spent Around 4 Billion Minutes Watching GoPro’s Content’

On surpassing two billion views on its YouTube channel, GoPro, Inc. shared that the YouTube community has spent more than four billion minutes – or 7.8 thousand years – watching the content shared by GoPro, across every country on Earth.

“GoPro serves as a platform for positivity, celebrating all that’s awesome in our world,” said GoPro Founder and CEO Nick Woodman. “We take pride in being a beacon of radness in today’s hectic world. People are amazing, and we’re proud to champion them through our content channels.”

In celebration of this milestone, GoPro has released GoPro: 2 Billion Views with YOU on YouTube, summarizing its journey to today. The video includes a collection of GoPro’s YouTube highlights – from its iconic launch videos to 72-foot backflips and lion hugs. To learn more about the company and its cameras, please visit GoPro’s news blog, The Inside Line.

Please feel free to reach out to us in case of any additional queries or information required – we will be happy to connect you to a GoPro spokesperson for additional insights too!

The GeoSpa Global Spa Awards celebrates the efforts of Bollywood

The GeoSpa Global Spa Awards

The first edition of GeoSpa GlobalSpec Awards held in Mumbai turned out to be a sensational event. Celebrities from various walks of life including, corporate, lifestyle, wellness, glamour, fitness and Bollywood came out in full force and made the night to remember.

Among the ones who attended and walked away with prestigious honours includes Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Raveena Tandon, veteran actress Rekha, Yami Gautam, Warda Nadiadwala, Sophie Choudry and many others.

The title of the awards like Game Changer of the year (Male and Female) received by Shahid Kapoor & Kriti Sanon, Woman of the substance award received by Raveena Tandon, Wellness Entrepreneur award jointly received by Shilpa Shetty and Warda Sajid Nadiwala and beauty of the icon of the year award received by Aditi Rao Hydari.

Felicitating the best from the spa, wellness industry and Bollywood, the glamorous gala of the GeoSpa GlobalSpa Awards was nothing short of a glittery red-carpet evening, attended by celebrities from the who’s who of the spa, wellness industry, lifestyle, corporate and Bollywood.

The awards were held in partnership with GeoSpa Fitness. The evening also witnessed the association with Qatar as Destination Partner, The St. Regis Mumbai as Hospitality Partner, Episode as Trophy Partner, Ravish Kapoor as Invitation Partner, BDO as Process validation partner, Goodtimes as Lifestyle Partner, Radio City as Radio Partner.

CJ Living Unveils Karim Rashid’s Kitchen – Floo By Rational, Germany

Karim Rashid’s Kitchen – Floo

By Rational, Germany

CJ Living unveiled Karim Rashid’s signature kitchen line for Rational, Germany. Titled Floo, it is a combination of pioneering and ingenious creativity with cutting-edge technology.

Features

With its understated looks and virtually invisible joints, Floo is a breathtakingly beautiful, light, airy and inviting kitchen. It showcases natural, rounded contours and monolithic elements. One of the highlights of the design is the elegantly formed fronts that also provide a smooth handle function. The rounded fronts are in harmony with square blocks that appear to provide a seamless transition from the island to the floor, creating a feeling of space defined by openness, lightness and homeliness.

Shade Card

The colour scheme in various nuances of white can be matched with expressive contrast colors, such as a dark purple and a warm zinc yellow on the inside.
While the worktop and fronts are available in DuPont™ Corian®, you also have the option of Rational soft lacquer in a wide range of colours for the fronts. Obviously, DuPont Corian is best suited for this understated look with elegantly smooth contours and invisible joints.To top it all, in Floo you have an award-winning kitchen by a star designer – German Design Special Award 2017, European Product Design Award 2018, and Iconic Awards 2017 Interior Innovation.

Antica Ceramica launched Neutral Colour Tiles

Antica Ceramica

“Neutral colors” are the best, to create the most welcoming interiors. Decorating your space with neutral colors like black, brown, white, gray or beige offers numerous ways to add style and personality to your living spaces. The color Brown or even beige, that is among the neutral shades is extensively predominant in nature and signifies grounding, earthiness and stability, and hence, brown is the best neutral color for the floors in the modern homes. Keeping this in mind, “Antica Ceramica” a premium store for tiles and sanitary ware, has launched its exquisite collection of neutral brown colored tiles to add a visual interest and contemporary designer solution for the luxurious flooring needs into your living spaces.

The exquisite array of neutral brown colored tiles by ANTICA CERAMICA comprises of wood look and granite look tiles that are artistically designed by skilled craftsmen. These elegantly customized tiles hold sophisticated textures and patterns to lift up your living spaces with relaxing and vibrant look. These tiles are surely one of its kinds, that come with an excellent finishing touch and safety glazed porcelain coating which restricts it to be non-slippery and scratch resistance. To infuse harmony and utmost perfection to your living room, guest room, bedroom or lobby area this array of neutral brown colored tiles can artfully create a reminiscent of modern space with stylish and absolute distinctive flair.