Fashion and You:Indulge Yourself

Fashion and You:Indulge Yourself

United Colors Of Benetton Presentation

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United Colors Of Benetton Presentation

New 'NEWS' Media

New means of communications have emerged in the past few years and are making great strides in the world of communication today. Internet has become the strongest tool in the hands of Indian NEWS media industry these days and the trend it to elevate. Presentation below explores what all is going in this sphere.

New 'News' Media.

Road trip to Rajasthan

Standing tall!

That's d way!

Space!

the loner!

where to go?

meeting horizon

in between

Celebrating Delhi from 18th – 23rd September, 2010

In the season of festivals and refreshing rains, the moods of people around the city are on high. Everyone seems to enjoy the festivities. Taking the opportunity of this setting, Department of Art, Culture and Languages is celebrating the aesthetics and culture of the capital with Jashn-e-Dilli from 18^th - 23^rd September, 2010 at Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Milia Islamia.

'Ghalib' starring Tom Alter

The festival will open with two-day long play on ‘Ghalib’ presented by Pierrot’s Troupe presentation; starring Tom Alter. On 20^th & 21^st September, IPTA (Indian People’s Theatre Association) will showcase ‘Kaifi aur Main’ starring ‘Javed Akhtar’ and ‘Shaban Azmi’. The play is written by ‘Javed Akhtar’ and directed by ‘Ramesh Talwar’.  On last two days of the event i.e. 22^nd & 23^rd September, ‘Eidgah’ will be staged starring Neeta Mohindra. All the plays will be showcased after 7pm everyday. 

'Kaifi aur Main' starring Shabana Azmi

Delhi has a rich mix of cultures, traditions, beliefs and languages. Hindi and English mixed with Urdu make it stand on a different platform when it comes to vocal culture of Delhi. Various hues and tones of Delhi will be presented in this six day long festival. Passes will be available from 17^th September, 2010.  

Copyrighting Bikaneri Bhujiya or Goan Feni ....local brands are getting conscious

We Indians are now getting aware of our rights over our properties. After the patenting of Basmati by US firm RiceTec Inc, we have learnt a good lesson and are claiming rights over our intellectual properties. The Registrar of Geographical Indications (GI) has accepted claims by more products, calamining rights over the products for local prestige. Getting GI tag ensures that none other than those are registered, authorized producer of a particular product. 

Darjeeling Tea, the first brand to get a GI tag

The products like Bikaneri Bujiya from Rajasthan, Guntur Sannam chilli,  Hyderabadi haleem, Mahabaleshwar strawberry, Paithani sarees from Maharashtra, Kinnauri shawl from Himachal Pradesh, Kasaragod sarees are claiming GI tags. 

Bikaneri Bhujiya

Madhubani paintings

The first product to get a GI tag was Darjeeling tea. The next to follow was the aranmula kannadi from Kerela ( a mirror of highly polished metal). The list then follows Mysore sandalwood oil, Madhubani paintings, Thanjavur paintings, Konark stone carving, Jaipur's blue pottery, Laxman Bhog mango of West Bengal, Kashmir's pashmina, Tirupati's laddu and Goan feni. 

Kashmiri Pashmina

It is encouraging to see that we are aware of our copyrights and are aware of rightful claims of our manufactured products. This helps the preservation and promotion of local traditions and helps to build a brand. It also ensures that one gets the credit of what one is producing. 

From yester years....

The new millennium is just nine years old and we have already witnessed recession and a boom. Almost everything has changed and some of it beyond expectations. Internet, mobiles, multiplexes, and media, the entire lot has changed us completely as customers. With time everything turns old and is replaced by something new. Last decade has left behind some of those usable items which were so new and innovative few years back.

The photo film market was booming in 1999, with 10 million films bought as Indians took to photography. The digital camera was almost non-existent at that time and only 30,000 units were sold in 2001-02, within three years and in 2009 sales are expected to grow 1 million units. Film role consumption has been declining in same measure.

Same goes with Greeting Cards–Rs 200 crore industry has shrunk to Rs 75 crore over a decade. With introduction of e-mails, SMS’s, the need for buying and sending greeting cards has reduced when messages can be sent in a click and free of cost. Floppy Disk shares the same story of rejection. A device on which one can carry files, photographs and even songs from one place to another was regarded as ground breaking discovery. People used to flaunt those colorful floppies till CD’s and then pen drives come into play.

Life moves on and so does things we use. What used to be fresh and innovative yesterday is old and obsolete today. Exciting would be to know the replacements of innovatives of today.