August, 2019: Haunted by heartbreak, she mustered the courage to harness her inner demons and transform them into strength by pouring out her feelings into soul stirring lyrics. Currently, the only multilingual singer-songwriter in Kolkata, Malini Banerjee released her original Bengali song “Aami Haarte Raaji Noi” that talks about a woman and her victorious fight against sexual injustice and domestic abuse. Chief guest Chaitali Das, jute revivalist, Mrs International Classic 2018 and Fortune Most Power Women US State Department Alumna and guest of honour Amyt Datta, guitarist, composer, producer and mentor and Sidhu released the song at Topcat CCU on August 7 along with musicians Bodhisattwa Ghosh and Gaurab Chatterjee.

“Aami Haarte Raaji Noi” also brings together a bunch of musicians who are nothing less than a ‘dream rock band’- the kind that ruled the music scene in the late 90s and early 2000s, but hasn’t been heard, of late. The song has been arranged and produced by Bodhisattwa Ghosh, who has also performed guitar duties, while Aakash Ganguly is on bass, Gaurab Chatterjee on drums and Sudipto Paul is on keys.

দেশের সেবায় নামছেন প্রখ্যাত প্রোডিউসার "অয়নজিৎ সেন"

প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদি কে দেখে অনুপ্রাণিত হয়ে দেশের সেবায় নিজেকে উজাড় করে দিতে চান সিনিয়র সাংবাদিক এবং টলউড ও বলিউডের প্রখ্যাত প্রোডিউসার অয়নজিৎ বাবু। ইতিমধ্যেই তিনি ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টিতে যোগ দিয়ে সেই ইঙ্গিত দিয়ে রাখলেন, মূলত প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদির কিছু দুঃসাহসিক কার্যকলাপ যেমন,নোট বাতিল, জিএসটি,সার্জিক্যাল স্ট্রাইক এবং পুলওয়ামা কান্ডের পর পাকিস্তান কে যোগ্য জবাব,এছাড়াও সাম্প্রতিক কালে জম্মু-কাশ্মীর থেকে ৩৭০ ধারা বিলুপ্তিতে তিনি আরও বেশি উৎসাহিত হলেন। দেশ অথবা রাজ্য দুটি ক্ষেত্রেই নিজেকে নিয়োজিত করতে চান, বিজেপির রাজ্য নেতৃত্ব ও এই ধরনের একজন মানুষ কে পেয়ে আপ্লুত।

অদম্য মানসিকতার বিরুদ্ধে লড়াই করে, সফল অভিনেত্রী "দেবশ্রী"

টলিউডে সহ-অভিনেত্রীদের মধ্যে  অন্যতম তিনি, শারীরিক অসুস্থতাও হারাতে পারেনি তাঁকে। সংগীত শিল্পী হিসেবে আত্মপ্রকাশ, এর জন্য সুদূর বেড়াচঁাপা থেকে কলকাতায় বিখ্যাত রবীন্দ্র শিল্পী শ্রাবণী সেনের কাছে গান শেখা এবং দেখার তাগিদে এর ওর কাছে প্রচুর ছোটাছুটি করেছিলেন। এর পিছনে বাবা মায়ের প্রবল উৎসাহ ছিল, একটা সময় শারীরিক অসুস্থতা ক্যারিয়ার প্রায় শেষ হতে চলেছিল। কিন্তু গুরুমা লাজবন্তী রায়ের তত্ত্বাবধানে ফিরে আসার লড়াই শুরু করে দেন।ভিডিও মিউজিক আ্যলবাম করতে করতে অভিনয় জগতে প্রবেশ করার পর বিভিন্ন মেগাসিরয়াল যেমন, জয়ী,সাত ভাই চম্পা, রাখী বন্ধন প্রভৃতি তে সহ অভিনেত্রী ছিলেন। এরপর জিতের বাঘ বন্দী খেলা,আড্ডা ও হিন্দি সিরিয়াল "তেরি গলিয়া' তে অভিনয় করেন।
স্টেজ পারফর্মেন্স এর সময় সংগীত এবং অভিনয় সমান্তরাল ভাবে করে দর্শকদের মন জয় করে নেন। মুখ্য চরিত্রে অভিনয় করেছেন একটি বাংলা সিনেমায়,এখন শুধু রিলিজের অপেক্ষায়।

DOSHOR’s Expo

"Pre-Puja Fashion & Lifestyle Exhibition-cum-Sale” is going to be held by DOSHOR Event Management on 8, 9, 10 and 11^th Aug. (12-9 pm) at Dumdum Subhashree Hall, near Private Road Bus Stop.   The Expo will have exclusive collection of garments, jewellery & many more upto 50% discount on all products.

    “The main motto is to empower women and youth to do something meaningful, to earn in life and also to promote creativity,” remarked Ankita Sinha, organizing official of DOSHOR.   

BTM's 'Pre-Pujo Sale'

 BTM is organizing 'Pre-Pujo Sale', an expo-cum-sale of boutique, jewellery, cosmetics, hand-crafted products, gift items, foods, etc. at Jai Hind Banquet, Bhawanipur (beside Bijoli Cinema) on 15, 16 & 17 August, 11 am - 8 pm.

    A few years ago, a group of strong women, led by the dynamic Paromita Ghosh, have united together to form BTM, a popular group in Facebook. BTM members take a stand not only to create their identity, but also to fulfill dreams of many ladies who have given up their aspirations and also many under privileged people.

   This will be BTM's 3rd exhibition. BTM members have decided to inaugurate this expo by children on 15th Aug. morning during a colourful I-Day celebrations.         

PhonePe clocks 335 Million transactions in July

 

PhonePe, announced that it has achieved an annual TPV (Total payment volume) run-rate of $95 billion while clocking 335 Million transactions in July. PhonePe’s TPV run-rate has grown nearly 5X in the past year, since crossing the $20Bn mark in June 2018. This phenomenal growth has come on the back of the exponential expansion of PhonePe’s merchant network, both online and offline.

PhonePe has invested aggressively on its marketing activities this year and was the official co-presenting sponsor for the TV broadcast of VIVO IPL 2019 and the Official co-presenting sponsor for the TV broadcast of ICC World Cup 2019.

Sameer Nigam, CEO and Founder PhonePe said, "We are thrilled by the rapid adoption of PhonePe services across India. Last month alone, the PhonePe app was used by 60 million users. This means one out of every 15 Indian adults used the PhonePe app in July. This is both very exciting and very humbling for our company which launched less than 3 years ago.”

Talent Round of "India's Best Face1" at 'Hello Kolkata Studio'

    Mrs. Bindiya Bhattacharjee, Founder & Owner Of India's Best Face1 conducted 1st "Talent Round" of IBF1 on 4th August at 'Hello Kolkata Studio', IA-60, Sec-3, Salt Lake.

    About 20 talented youngsters put forth their talent in acting, singing and dancing.

    The versatile Jury Members included Mrs. Bindiya Bhattacharjee, Om Prakash Ladha (Veteran Actor), Sam Kapoor (Producer) and  Asish Basak (Writer & Film-maker, Editor-Director - 'Hello Kolkata').  

      The esteemed Guests of Honour were Kinkar Banerjee (Founder of Bengal Art Factory & Art Exhibitor), Farooque Mallik (Human Rights Gen. Secretary), Md Ehteshamul Haq, (WBTMC Minority Cell, Gen. Secy.), Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal (President of The Global Academy) and Mrs. Irani Mitra (Fashion Designer).
      Sponsors of  'India's Best Face1' "Talent Round" are from Guwahati Assam:-  Mrs. Kiran Thakuria (Hawain Guitar Player), Mrs. Malinapriya Das (Samaj Sevika), entrepreneurs Bandana Das and Vikas Kukreja (Owner of KID'S GURUKUL PRE-SCHOOL).

IBF1 Members are Amir Khan, Ksd Das, Sufal Roy, Speaker Md. Ishtiaque Alam.

Save Water Save Life -

On 4th of August a successful rally was held near Dumdum Sithir Mor at 5 pm in evening organised by Kolkata Alor Disha Social Welfare. This rally was smoothly conducted by the members present in the this organization and many people also supported this rally which highlights on the simple cohesive step "Save Water, Save Life” to spread awareness of the environment among the peoples. This initiative was taken only to support conservation of water and the main reason of this rally was to list the ways of saving water to support life and the possible ways to reserve water saving methods.

The honoured guests who were present as the great supporting hand were felicitated with prizes and without their cooperation this wouldn't be possible were-Babu Manna(Founder of World Rabindrik Foundation and Researcher at Rabindrabharti University and General Secretary of North Kolkata Jai Hind Bahini), Amartya Dey( Advocate at Sealdah Court and legal cell advisor North kolkata Jai Hind Bahini), Subrata Lahiri (honourable film director and editor), Gopal Bose( well-known tabla player in India), Diptyajit Bose( a visual artist and Researcher at World Rabindrik Foundation ), Saikat Neogi(Officer-in-charge of Sinthee police station).
This rally was magnificently organized by Amit Basu Roy Chowdhury-the welfare Secretary of the Kolkata Alor Disha, who beautifully started the main motive to established the idea of saving tree in  different parts of India to save life.

FedEx announces 'FedEx Cares 50 by 50'

   

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is proud to announce the next stage of its global community engagement program–FedEx Cares 50 by 50,a new journey to deliver hope, change and new possibilities for 50 million people by the company’s 50^th anniversary in 2023. FedEx launched the new strategy after exceeding its goal to invest $200 million in 200 global communities by 2020 six months early.

      “At FedEx, we believe that when we connect people and possibilities, we can change the world,” said Raj Subramaniam, President and COO, FedEx Corporation. “FedEx Cares 50 by 50 will allow us to continue to work with some of the world’s top nonprofits to support the change in social challenges like sustainable transportation, road safety and youth unemployment. We will also focus on the unique needs of local communities where we live and operate by creating connections with community leaders and supporting nonprofits. In short, we are delivering hope, change and new possibilities for 50 million people.”

FedEx Cares 50 by 50 launched last week at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational hosted at TPC Southwind in the U.S., Memphis, Tenn.

Friday & Co. presented 'SAMSARA' premiere at Acropplos Mall. 

Tere Nam Ka Dewaana' by 'Daffodil Incorporate

'Daffodil Incorporate', a premier event management concern, had presented 'Tere Nam Ka Dewaana' in fond memory of the legendary Md. Rafi at Mahajati Sadan on 31st July eve. 

   Eminent singer Jhumki Sen regaled the audience with her wonderful performance, along with several other high-profile singers.        

   Rudra Sen, MD, 'Daffodil Incorporate' presented mementos of appreciation to several dignitaries.

The Third Edition of Dance Bridges Festival Explores Intimate Stories from Around the World

 Dance Bridges Festival has become a much awaited encounter for performing arts aficionados, placing Kolkata firmly on the map of international arts festivals. This dance biennale founded in 2015 by Vanessa Maria Mirza supported by an international team based in the U.K, Taiwan and France has grown from strength to strength. Now in its third edition, there will be no less than 40 artists hailing from 15 countries to take part in this 5 day art extravaganza working around the theme of “The Sense of Intimacy” from August 1 to 5, 2019. Apart from Vanessa, associate director Dam Van Huynh from UK and artistic programmer Pierre Palluet were also present for the curtain raiser. 

The opening day performances took place at ICCR featuring Asomates Dynameis Dance Company (Cypress), Tijmur Dance Theatre (Taiwan), Gabrielle Revlock (USA) a piece by Vanessa Maria Mirza and Martin Piliponsky Braier (Argentina). The festival saw participation from other renowned dance groups and artists like Massala Dance Company, Florent Schwartz, Harm Weistra, Julianna Ottlick, Compagnie Humaine, Dadans, Papia Chakraborty, Buoyant Performing Arts, Syimah Sabtu, Subhajit Khush Das, Stefano Fardelli, Parth Bharadwaj, Pintu Das, Van Huyhn Company, Pietro Marullo, Casey Avaunt, Diya Naidu, Purnendra Meshram and Vanessa Maria Mirza.

An exciting and inspiring sporting event Zee Bangla Football League'19 ends with a special felicitation ceremony .
 

ZEE Bangla presented a splendid cultural program and awards ceremony. This Program was held on 31 July at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata. Where came as a Chief Guest Mr Sourav Ganguly (Former Indian cricketer) and also came those celebs of sports & culture sector who had graced the occasion.In this year Zee Bangla 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' joint runner up singer Gaurav and Snigdhajit was showed their talent by sing some songs for the audience.

 Actually East Bengal and Mahun Bagan was joint winners in this tournament (ZBFLU19). Both team had got 40 lakhs as a prize money. Keshab Dhara (SBD) got the 'Golden Glove' as the best goalkeeper, Subha Ghosh (MB) got the 'Golden Boot' as the top scorer in this tournament and Deep Saha (EB) got 'Golden Ball' for being the player of the tournament.