Fitting-in is not Fitness. And greater than Fitness is ‘Wellness’!

While there is so much noise about being in shape, losing the extra inches, body shaming, overweight and underweight issues, importance of outer appearance, including innumerable others’, we have a modern age entrepreneur, a Lady Boss, Bulbeer Gandhi strongly claiming that “Fitting-in is not Fitness, and that greater than Fitness is ‘Wellness”. The fever of “Fitting-in” is not just been mushrooming but spreading like a virus across peoples’ personal and professional space; for over valuing God’s gift of life we are often engrossed in worrying about meeting society’s parameters of being perfect, or close to perfect.

In the said situations of chaos today our society needs more people like Gandhi, who could stand up for “Fitting-in, is not the judging limit for any society or a body to decide whether one FITS-IN or not”. Gandhi says it is important to not let craziness of meeting society’s pressure get on to us; for she believes that the outer world should not get to define what’s right for you.

Gandhi rather emphasizes on one to realize that “Balance can't be taken for granted; it must be maintained — both in mind and body. And that’s exactly where she has derived her principle i.e. “Fitting-in is not Fitness, and that ‘Wellness’ is greater than Fitness”. Gandhi further endorses that while it is important to follow general physical fitness and targeted exercises to improve balance, it is equally, in fact more important to stay mentally active to maintain brain health. After all a sharp mind helps you to think — and stay — on your feet.

Whether you are working or not your schedule will always be unpredictable, says Gandhi. You will have conflicting responsibilities that pull you in multiple directions at once. You will travel too much, have late hours and cross time zones: all things that wreak havoc on your body. Your health - both physical and emotional - are critically important. Keeping yourself in mentally sound and tip-top shape is the requirement for being a great leader or a great home-maker.

The regime Gandhi advises everyone to follow for managing metal health includes regular yoga or meditation, socializing with loved ones, sleeping for 7-9 hours every night, doing something creative, eating right and most importantly loving and nurturing ownself. In addition she also recommends infusing concepts that promote mental and physical health into special occasions; she believes it is one of the best practices through which you can pass on good habits to your kids, family and friends. As for her very recent birthday she was seen celebrating the occasion with her kids, family and friends doing core-strength training and power yoga.


“Put yourself at the top of your to-do list every single day and the rest will fall into place”, says Gandhi, in addition she also stated that her wellness regime not only helps her in her personal space but professional too.

Gandhi who is known for turning the Lifestyle arm of ABEC Exhibitions and Conferences Pvt. Ltd into a triumphant and indispensable corporate chapter says that, being the Director of an exhibition company isn’t for wimps; atop the said if you are a woman then it is completely a different story. All the metal that she has proven is considered parallel to substance by the industry leaders; and what’s impressive is that she has never hesitated from giving an equal credit to her wellness regime for all her success.

It is high time that we get on to living and leading a healthy and quality life than to live for pleasing others.

Viraf Sarkari talks about beautiful and entertaining story of BalleBalle-The Musical

Wedding season arrives and Wizcraft is back with a magnificent Broadway-styled musical comedy which combines the popularity of Bollywood music and the craziness of an Indian (Punjabi) wedding. 

Lets get up close with Viraf Sarkari on his new Broadway style musical "Balle Balle" 

Editor :      What is Balle Balle all about?

 Viraf : Balle Balle is a Bollywood Musical Comedy. It is hilarious, heartfelt and revolves around the chaos of love, arranged marriages and weddings. It is modern Bollywood’s biggest original Blockbuster and a glorious addition to the world of family-friendly Musicals. Bursting with color, invention and spectacle, Balle Balle flits between comic zip and dramatic grit as it immerses the Audience immediately into the day’s long affair that is the decadent, colorful process of Indian weddings. This captivating revue has exquisitely worked-out its lavish physical details with the brightest talents enacting the bumbling romances of multiple star-crossed lovers in an exuberant mix of iconic Bollywood songs, sumptuous costumes, breathtaking visual sets and sizzling choreography.

Editor : What makes it different from other theatricals?

 Viraf : It’s not a conventional classic theater play but a musical and that’s what makes it different. What I have done before in Zangoora, Jhumroo and Jaan-e-Jigar is all a fantasy space where as Balle Balle is a contemporary style which sets it apart from rest of the plays.

Editor :   What is the idea behind the entire concept?

 Viraf : The idea is to create something which showcases our Indian culture through a wedding, how it is celebrated and the fun families have during a wedding. People who are into the theatre business are into it more for hobby & passion including actors, technicians etc. their production budget is very small and therefore very few people would take up theatre as a profession. We have actually changed that, we have hired actors, dancers, crew and cast and trained them, given them employment. Also theatre is mainly seen as a weekend activity.  There are plays on Saturdays- Sundays only. Nobody has ventured out into 7 days a week kind of a running model. We are venturing into this by following a Broadway, West end model by staging 8 shows in a week. This way we are trying to professionalize the theatre industry. Our productions are quite different from what you see in regular theatre. This way we are trying to professionalize the theatre industry. Our productions are quite different from what you see in regular theatre.

Editor :   Which cities/city does Balle Balle plan to tour?

 Viraf : Initially we are Kick starting this musical in Mumbai and then later we will tour the world.  For 2018, we plan to start traveling across the world, including United Kingdom, Europe, USA, Asia Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Middle East and Thailand.

Balle Balle has been directed by Viraf Sarkari and produced by Andre Timmins, Sabbas Joseph and Viraf Sarkari.

With a Bollywood themed production and an interesting story line, it will keep the audiences hooked to their seats guessing the conclusion right till the end!


You will feel, laugh, cry, dance and applaud every moment as the musical unfolds.
Watch Balle Balle Trailer Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=j81t8Ln48J8

SWIM WONDER MASTER AARYAN BHOSALE OF MUMBAI WINS FIVE GOLD MEDALS WITH CHAMPIONSHIPS

 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI organized 24^th State Level open Swiming Competition on 05.03.2016 and 06.03.2016. Master Aaryan Bhosale (12 Year old) a swimmer from Hiranandani Forest Club, Powai has made Hat-trick by winning 3 gold medals with Championship on the first day of the competition in under-14 Boys Group.    

On the second day the Little Swim Wonder dared to take part in Men’s Open competition and won two Gold Medals, two silver medals and also won Championship in the “Men’s Open State level Competition”. For his exceptional performance with two Championships in the State Level Swim Gala, Master Aaryan Bhosale has been declared “Best Swimmer of the Meet”.  He is a 7th Standard Student of Kendriya Vidhyalaya, IIT Powai. Now he is preparing for Sub-Junior National Level Competition Scheduled in June, 2016 under the able guidance of Dr. P. Mohan Reddy. His sister   Maitrayani Bhosale won 8 Medals in two days with Runner up Trophies in her group and womens open group.  Credit for their physical fitness goes to trainer Mr. Ravindra Agane.

Apeksha Fernandes also won Runner up in Girls under-12, Sagar Malandkar won 1 gold, Amber Malandkar won 3 Bronze Medals.  The Forest Club Relay Team Girls u-12 won one Gold Medal and Boys Relay Team under 14 won one Silver Medal.

In this competition, competitors from Maharashtra have participated and made it grand success.

Tata Sky Launched Comedy Service on DTH

Tata Sky, pioneer of innovative services in the DTH industry, has added a new service to its diverse bouquet of content named Tata Sky Comedy. This would be the first ever interactive service on DTH in India that provides a single destination for all formats of Hindi comedy content.

The service was launched today by Pallavi Puri, Chief Commercial Officer at Tata Sky, along with Hiren Gada,‎Director, Shemaroo Entertainment the content partner for the service. The launch event provided a glimpse of the service, unfolded by stand-up comedians Sugandha Mishra and Sahil Khattar, who are also a part of the service.

The service is packed with rib-tickling content that is refreshed daily and plays 24X7, ad free. Tata Sky has partnered with Comedywalas, a unit of Shemaroo Entertainment for exclusive and new content such as Bollywood Tadka and Comedy Fatafat. The interactive section of the service features Jokes, Fun Quizzes like Dialogue baazi (based on dialogues from Bollywood movies) and a popular comic strip Suppandi, all of which is refreshed daily.

Filmfare’s fresh cover pair

The Kapoor & Sons fever has gripped b-town and the latest Filmfare cover with Alia Bhatt and Fawad Khan is trending in the right circles. The media and the fans were in a tizzy as the hot new onscreen couple launched the new Filmfare cover at the Reliance Digital Store, Juhu, Mumbai.

Filmfare is the quintessential film buff’s one stop for everything lifestyle in B-town. The latest issue features exclusive content on where your favourite stars are travelling, dining and shopping. Not just that, the magazine also has the low down on how to be as glitzy, glamorous and good looking as your favourite stars. It also features the latest scoops from showbiz. The latest issue has exclusive interviews with Alia Bhatt and Fawad Khan. Alia shares her appraisal on her films and even spills the beans on what’s next on her plate. Fawad on the other hand talks of his new life on the glitzy highways of success. And if that isn’t enough, you have a stellar photo shoot with the two stars posing together. 

Partnering this exclusive launch was India’s leading consumer electronics name Reliance Digital. Its mega stores house over 150 international and national brands and over 4000 products. It’s here that you can experience the best potential of each product in an ambience that simulates your life style. Reliance Digital helps you make intelligent buying decisions, and offer complete product life cycle support – ResQ – their proprietary advisory and post-sales support service. With Reliance Digital you get the absolute best – Sony, LG in Home Entertainment, and Nokia, Samsung in mobile phones, to Panasonic, and Toshiba in Home Appliances. 

All the action happened at the Reliance Digital Store in Juhu. A One stop shop for digital products, mobiles, laptops, appliances, computers, gaming consoles, tablets, wireless phones, high-end TVs, cameras and camcorders. The hospitality for the event was warm with Juno’s Pizza, from Kemps Corner, Mumbai. It was a perfect complement to the pizzazz of Alia and Fawad.

Ducab brings global training & certification sessions on high-quality, fire-rated cabling products to India

Industrial and safety experts from (Dubai Cable Company Pvt Ltd) Ducab, the UAE-based leading manufacturer of high-quality cabling solutions, conducted first of its planned series of fire safety seminars about the importance of selecting certified Fire Performance cables and cabling accessories in New Delhi. With nearly 4 decades of experience in partnering with mega projects across the globe, Ducab is now pioneering its globally-recognized PowerOverFire campaign in India to showcase its fire certified cables for the ambitious Smart City power networks.

Having supplied cabling solutions throughout the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa, Ducab’s expertise includes infrastructure applications across the Construction, Defence, Public Transport, Fire Safety, Utilities, Mining, Railways, Renewable Energy, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, and Marine sectors. With a client portfolio in India that includes L&T, ABB, Siemens, as well as a project expansion of the Delhi Metro (DMRC), Ducab is continuing its legacy to service the Indian market and support the Indian manufacturing sector by importing certain raw materials into UAE that are made in India. The Indian electrical industry secures volumes of its annual copper wire requirement from international manufacturers, and Ducab’s plant in Abu Dhabi provides a full 25% share of this market.



Ducab’s PowerOverFire seminar is a certificate Continuing Professional Development course conducted free of charge for developers, design consultants, contractors, and senior engineers in the electrical and civil defence industry to understand the dangers of choosing uncertified cabling. The knowledge-sharing seminar highlights the current British Standards for Fire Performance cables, incorporating a guide for the correct selection and installation of FirePerformance power and control cable systems, for life safety and firefighting applications. Participation in the seminar was by invitation only, and all the attendees received a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificate.



The Ducab PowerOverFire technical education seminars were led by Ashish Chaturvedy, and Tom Roberts, responsible for Fire Performance Business Development, and supported by Shailendra Singh for sales development at Ducab.



Commenting on the seminar, Ashish Chaturvedy, responsible for Marketing at Ducab, said, “Consciousness about high quality cables is growing in India, a strategic region which is embracing diversified business opportunities with the UAE. Ducab’s operations in India are bolstered by its support to India’s ‘Smart City’ and ‘Make in India’ initiatives, in which the company sees huge transformative potential. Ducab is always open to speaking with like-minded Indian businesses and is constantly seeking growth opportunities, organic and otherwise, for future business development.”



Ducab’s specialized range of LPCB certified FirePerformance and fire-retardant cables, branded FlamBICC, adheres to stringent standards adopted by the civil defence and standardization authorities the world over. If a fire occurs, it is often the cable insulation that generates the most smoke, hindering visibility and causing maximum damage. Eliminating this hazard, Ducab’s FlamBICC is a certified range of low-smoke and halogen-free cables. More details can be found at www.ducabpoweroverfire.com.


· Established partnerships with leading Indian companies - DMRC , L&T, ABB, Siemens

· Ducab supplies 25% of India’s imported industrial-use copper rod and wire from plants in the UAE

· Range of products relevant across Construction, Defence, Public transport, Fire safety, Utilities, Mining, Railways, Renewables Energy, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, and Marine sectors

· Leading Gulf manufacturer sees huge potential of investment in India through Make in India and Smart Cities initiatives


About Ducab

Ducab is a leading provider of cables and wires solutions, and the first choice for many prestigious clients and contractors due to its record of quality and customer service.

Jointly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai and Senaat (General Holding Corporation, Abu Dhabi), Ducab operates five manufacturing facilities in the UAE, that include Ducab Jebel Ali, Ducab Mussafah 1 Factory, Ducab Mussafah 2 Factory, Copper Rod Factory, and Ducab High Voltage (HV) Cable Systems Factory. It also acquired its first overseas plant, AEI Cables UK, earlier in 2014. The company has a manufacturing capability of over 115,000 metal tonnes of high, medium and low voltage cables and 110,000 tonnes of copper rod and wire per annum.

Through its innovative journey, Ducab has continued its strong rate of growth in specialised products by introducing product lines that are designed for particular sectors, such as PetroBICC, designed for the Oil, Gas & Petrochemical sector, RuBICC, with flexible rubber cables, FlamBICC, the FirePerformance cable series, and NuBICC, which is our 60-year certified cable range for nuclear power plants.

The product range includes High Voltage cables up to 400kV, Medium Voltage cables up to 33kV, Low Voltage power cables, control & auxiliary, wiring and lead-sheathed cables, Low Smoke Zero Halogen cables, and Fire Performance cables, copper rods and wires, cable components and cable accessories.

Ducab has supplied electrical cables to a number of landmark projects in the UAE, including the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro, Emirates Palace, Burj Al Arab, Atlantis the Palm and Yas Marina Circuit. With record sales of AED 5.1 billion for 2013, Ducab is a regional leader in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of copper and aluminum cable products for the defence, energy, industrial, construction, rail, specialty and nuclear energy sectors.

Ducab is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and also has certification to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety issued by BASEC (British Approval Services for Cables). Ducab cables are also approved by the Loss Prevention Certificate Board (LPCB) and Lloyd's Register, UK.

Earlier in 2014, in a joint venture with Senaat, Ducab announced the formation of Ducab Aluminium, a 50,000tpa aluminum rod mill. When complete in mid 2016, the new plant will manufacture Electrical Conductive (EC) grade aluminum alloy rods, wires, and bare overhead conductors. Environment-friendly processes will be employed within the mill, and liquid aluminum will be supplied from the EMAL smelter in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi.

Party at The LINK ROOM with skilful bartenders, live musicians and cocktails galore

WHAT : Party at the LINK ROOM, with skilful bartenders, live musicians and cocktails galore!


WHERE : Off Linking Road, Bandra, 


WHO : Dina & Vindoo Singh, Krishna Kumar Singh, Shane and Falguni Peacock, DJ Akbar Sami, TV's power couple Sayeeda & Naved Jaffery


 

Bandra's buzzing nightlife and several party spots have always been on Mumbai's party map. Last night, spotted at an exciting party at Bandra, many celebrities and our favourite Bandra boys were seen partying till the wee hours at the LINK ROOM.

 

Not a party to miss, the bar tenders impressed the guests with their exciting and daring bar tending skills while the guests were seen enjoying each other's company over food, cocktails and live percussionists.
Seen enjoying the night were celebrities like, Dina & Vindoo Singh, Krishna Kumar Singh, Shane and Falguni Peacock, DJ Akbar Sami, TV's power couple Sayeeda & Naved Jaffery, and several others.

 

Since no great party is complete without a deadline extension,, the party continued on the terrace gardens of the hall with an additional bar set up overlooking Bandra's buzzing Linking Road. Sounds like the perfect plan to celebrate Mumbai's blessed chilly weather doesn't it?