Bappi Lahiri and family's Lakshmi Pooja

The Lakshmi Pooja at the Lahiri House in Juhu saw people walk in hordes to pay their respects to Goddess Lakshmi. Besides Bappi Lahiri and family Bappa Lahiri, Taneesha Lahiri, Chitrani Lahiri, Rema and Govind Bansal, Swastik Bansal, celebrities of the likes of Jeetendra, Alka Yagnik, Lalit Pandit, Sumona Chatterjee, Babul Supriyo, Kavita Kaushik among others were seen at the pooja. Check out the adjacent pictures!

कनिका कपूर ने डोल्शे एन्ड गब्बाना के दिवाली बैश में जलवे बिखेरे

रेकॉर्डिंग स्टूडियोज के बंद दरवाजों के पीछे अपनी आवाज से लोगों के दिलों पर जादू चलानेवाली गायिका कनिका कपूर यकीनन एक सबसे स्टायलिश गायिका हैं। डिजाइनर चीजों के प्रति कनिका का काफी लगाव हैं। फैशनिस्टा कनिका कपूर ने हाल ही में लंदन में डोल्शे एन्ड गबाना के इटालियन लक्जरी ब्रैंड के प्रतिनिधियों के लिए दिवाली पार्टी होस्ट की। कपूरथला के अहलूवालिया राजवंश के टिक्का शत्रुजीत सिंह, और ब्रिटिश सोशलाइट सिल्विया ब्रुटिनी के साथ कनिका ने यह हाई प्रोफाइल डी एन्ड जी डिनर लंदन के ओल्ड बॉन्ड स्ट्रीट में होस्ट किया। कनिका ने व्यक्तिगत रूप से इस डिनर के इंतजाम किये थे। प्रवेश व्दार पर फुलों की रंगोली निकाली गयी थी। महमानों के लिए भारतीय पारंपरिक व्यजंनों का समावेश किया गया था। अलबर्टा फेरेटी, मॉस्किनो के प्रमुख सदेह दौलतशाही, कपूरथला के युवराज सुर्या, रूबीना कपूर, रितीका कपूर और छावी सेठ मेंदीरत्ता जैसी कई बडी हस्तियाँ इस डिनर में शामिल हुई थी। इस डिनर के लिए अनामिका खन्ना के डिजाईन कपडों में आम्रपाली के डिज़ाइनर हीरे पन्ने से जडा गले का हार पहन तथा डी एंड जी की डिज़ाइनर बॉक्स पर्स थामे कनिका कपूर किसी देवी की तरह दिख रहीं थी।

ANNA HAZARE BROKE DOWN INTO TEARS RECALLING INDIA- PAKISTAN FIGHT

Kisan Baburao Hazare aka Anna Hazare is a name to be known by every Indian. Anna Hazare, well acclaimed social activist and the former soldier in Indian army has put lot of hardships to eradicate the evil corruption from the country.  The uncommon journey of this common man has been penned down by Shashank Udapurkar in the film ‘Anna’. In a special screening held at Delhi’s Film Division, Anna along with other celebrities and his fans watched the movie.

The film which took 4 year to pen down made this 79 year old emotional during the screening. While watching his own journey over the big screen, Anna broke into tears recalling old memories of India-Pakistan fight. He said “Even at this age if my country requires I would go to the border and would fight for my land”

The fans who watched the film requested Kejriwal Government to make the film tax free for the audiences. 

“KARAN JOHAR AND MAHESH BHATT ARE PAKISTANI SLEEPER CELLS”- ANUPAM SHYAM

The whole India is divided over the Pakistani ban on the artist. Where many people are against it, many are in the support. Anupam Shyam who was recently in the capital to promote his upcoming movie ‘Gandhigiri’ has joined the bandwagon of the supporters of Pakistani artist ban and said “Karan Johar and Mahesh Bhatt are the sleeper cells of Pakistan. They should be beaten by the sandals. There is so much talent in our country and they rope in people from Pakistan, the enemy state.”  

 “They roam the world to shoot a sequence of their film where they haven’t seen the beauty of their own land, India” he said in a press conference.  

Anupam Shyam who has worked in films like Lajja, Nayak, Bandit Queen and many others while digging on Mahesh Bhatt said “People after certain age talk nonsense. They are not in their conscious and senses. So, my advice for them is to start paying attention to their mental health rather than speaking shit. Not only the people even a dog won’t come to pee in the theatres when their movies are released.” 

“Modi is doing well for our country and people. I have seen the time when Congress was in the power and made the country a hell for Indians and now few bastards like these directors are ruining the states and country” he further added. 

Anupam Shyam will be seen in the upcoming movie ‘Gandhigiri’ based on Gandhiji’s values and beliefs alongside Om Puri.

Volunteer with Global Citizen India and The Green Batti Project to earn free tickets to the Global Citizen Festival India!

Volunteer with Global Citizen India and The Green Batti Project to earn free tickets to the Global Citizen Festival India!

Global Citizens to lead efforts in improving infrastructure in Mumbai’s public schools 

●     The first ever offline action will take place on 22 October in Mumbai in support of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Quality Education

●     1000 volunteer slots are available for the Green Batti Action Journey – register now on http://thegreenbattiproject.in/globalcitizenindia

●     The 1000 volunteers who complete the offline action will enter a draw of which 500 will win two free tickets each to Global Citizen Festival India 2016, and the remaining will enter the subsequent online action journey draw automatically

Global Citizen India has partnered with ‘The Green Batti Project’, a platform for development catalysed by India’s youth, to enable citizen-driven participatory action towards improving underserved school infrastructure for under resourced communities.

The partnership was formed to engage India’s youth around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and quality education for all. Quality Education is imperative to achieving the mission of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. By 2020, 64% of the Indian population will be in the working age group, making it a youth-driven country that shapes the economy, and the ability of India to become free of extreme poverty. Only educated and healthy children can lead their communities out of poverty, and all children deserve equal rights to a quality education.

The first offline activity will take place in Mumbai on 22 October where 1000 volunteers below the age of 35 will visit schools across Mumbai to collect empirical data on the quality and quantity of resources available–e.g. sanitation facilities, desks, chairs, blackboards and other key infrastructural facilities. The survey will capture quantitative data with the help of a mobile application to map the infrastructure requirements. By collecting key data from underserved schools, the participants will provide a large amount of ‘real-time’ information that will help address these infrastructural deficits in a tangible manner. The data can be utilised to make focused efforts to improve the state of infrastructure within the schools. After identifying the gaps, governments and corporate partners can be mobilised to invest CSR funds towards these improvements, allowing students to learn more efficiently and teachers to instruct more effectively. This offline day is an opportunity for India’s youth to become a voice for those who are most in need, and collect impactful data in the hopes of holding leaders accountable and ensuring school funds are allocated where they are truly needed most.

The municipal body responsible for these participating schools has played an important part in allowing this action to take place by opening up their school campuses to these young volunteers. With their support, next year’s Global Citizens will participate in a similar offline action only this time, they will return to these campuses to assess the progress made on the changes suggested from the year prior.

Malvika Dwivedi, Program Manager of the Green Batti Project said, "This is the perfect opportunity to encourage young individuals to take the lead to improve infrastructure in underserved schools of Mumbai. The outcome of such a large-scale, data collection drive will provide enough evidence to make a tangible difference, and this is exactly how volunteering efforts should be channelized."

Bhavya Bishnoi, spokesperson for Global Citizen India Festival said, “The delivery of quality education begins with the availability of infrastructural resources such as stationery, desks, toilets, and other key facilities. Due to the lack of available resources in underserved communities, several schools function without the bare minimum infrastructure required to provide quality education to the students. One of the biggest challenges facing policymakers, development professionals, non-profit organisations, and corporate donors is the knowledge deficit in terms of the materials required for a well-functioning school. The offline action of volunteering is an ideal platform for Global Citizens to contribute their time and energy in a meaningful way, specifically, towards enhancing the quality of infrastructure in Indian schools.”

The inaugural Global Citizen Festival India will be held in Mumbai on 19 November 2016, and will be headlined by Coldplay, JAY Z, Aamir Khan, Arjun Kapoor, A.R. Rahman, Arijit Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Katrina Kaif, Malaika Arora Khan, Monali Thakur, Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Sakshi Malik, Shah Rukh Khan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shraddha Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Vijender Singh.

Eighty percent of the tickets to the festival will be given out to Global Citizens who earn them by taking action. For more information about the artists, schedules, and event, please visit www.globalcitizen.in and follow @glblctznIN on Twitter and Facebook, and on Instagram using #GlobalCitizenIndia.

Those interested in volunteering to earn free tickets can register at http://www.thegreenbattiproject.in/globalcitizenindia/