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  Title - Ramayana Unravelled : Logic & Lessons Author - M.D. Mundhra Genre - Myths, Legends & Sagas Publisher - M.D.Mundhra for Om Namah Shivay Educational Happiness Trust ISBN - 978-819-483-580-6 Ramayana is one of the two epics which Hindus revere the most. It is shown on National Television and on other private channels for few decades. There were numerous books printed in various languages across the globe and is being sold/circulated. Some of the authors have even gone a step ahead to decipher their connection to various other things which this Earth has to offer. One of them is Logic and Lesson which is associated with it. This is done with ease by M.D.Mundhra (though I am sure that he would have spent a lot of time in getting this done and we read it to grasp what it has to offer). I was blown over by the cover page and the concept. I started reading it nd found myself absorbed in the beauty of so many lessons which this great epic could teach and make it fresh as I...

  New Delhi, March 15, 2021:  Global Top-2 TV Corporation TCL has come up with exciting offers on 4K, 4K UHD, and 4K QLED TVs, both on online and offline platforms. As part of the ‘TCL Shopping Days’, which is an offline sale event starting today, the brand is selling C715 and P715, starting at INR 61,990 and INR 35,990, respectively. While the C715 will be available in a 55-inch variant, the P715 will come in two variants: 43-inch and 55-inch. The event will run till March 31, 2021. Prime Shopping, on the other hand, is an online event, starting from March 12 and will be live till March 15, 2021. Under this, the brand will be selling P715, P615, and C715 on Amazon. The P715 will come in two variants: 43-inch and 55-inch at INR 35,999 and INR 48,499, respectively. The P615 will also be available in two variants: 55-inch and 65-inch at INR 42,499 and INR 59,999, respectively. P615 A mid-range 4K Android TV, P615 supports 4K HDR and comes equipped with a micro dimming feature fo...

  National  | March 15, 2021:  While all other sources remained stagnant, funding from family philanthropy has tripled its corpus, growing to approximately INR 12,000 crore in fiscal year (FY) 2020, accounting for almost two-thirds of the increase in funding since FY 2019,  according to the  India Philanthropy Report 2021 , co-created by Bain & Company and Dasra.   This report, the 11 th  in an annual series, shares a comprehensive perspective on the growing philanthropic space in India. It notes that in FY 2020, private-sector funding totalled about INR 64,000 crore—close to 23% more than in FY 2019. Private- sector funding stems from four sources including foreign, corporate, retail, and high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) or families. While foreign contributions account for a quarter of all funding, domestic corporation donations also known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) account for 28% and retail investors account for another 28%. The r...

  Title - Of Beasts & Beauty Author - Bindu Genre - Fiction Publisher - Rati(an imprint of Garuda Prakashan Pvt Ltd) Cover Design - Chaitanya Swaminathan ISBN - 978-1-942426-40-0 This book is a collection of non-conventional short stories with a fresh approach. The title is very apt for this book since it talks about both the aspects - beauty and the beast in great detail. There are 13 short stories and each one of them comes out with a different perspective. Though the stories are set to happen in our day to day life, the way it is portrayed makes it real special. To be honest, the stories were written in a simple English but the way it is written is similar to that of a Christopher Nolan movies wherein you may tend to understand as to what is happening but in reality, it may be entirely different. This comes as no surprise since it comes from Bindu Swaminathan Tandon who held managerial position in Bennett Coleman & Co. I have given some of the observations from this gem ...

  Title - We Met For A Reason Author - Subrat Saurabh Genre - Fiction (Romance) Publisher - Notion Press ISBN - 978-1-63781-675-2 An unusual love story which takes few twists before ending on a happy note. Loved the way author has used the characters where each and every role was given due importance. This begins with Karan Dewan, the protagonist Anika Mr Nair Dhruv Shanaya Sharma and Shalini Pandey Karan was a carefree guy who never took relationships serious. He was slim, tall and handsome and was in a high paying job in Stockholm, Sweden. He meets Anika at his workplace and impresses her through his persistence and approach. While things were going fine, he was sent to Mumbai. After reaching Mumbai, he meets his good friend Dhruv. He also meets an aspiring model Shanaya Sharma. When things were about to take off, something happens. After all these events, our man meets Mrs Shalini Pandey. There are some intimate moments in this story and hence it isn't fit for kids/school studen...

  New Delhi, 5 March 2021:   Breakthrough   India , an organization working to make violence against women unacceptable, today released its first ever study on Bystander Behavior. The study aims to understand and provide insights on bystander's thoughts and experiences when they witness violence in public and private spaces and how these inform their decisions about whether or not to intervene. The study was conducted in two phases from July-August and September-October 2020 with support from Uber India and IKEA Foundation.   In 2020, Uber partnered with Breakthrough to help reduce violence against women in public spaces, in line with its global  Driving Change  mandate and programme. As part of the collaboration, Breakthrough launched the #IgnoreNoMore campaign to encourage bystander interventions and support collective action to end gender-based violence in public spaces. The #IgnoreNoMore campaign underscored how bystanders can become agents of change ra...