Not everyone like Ali Hamza Afzal have the vision, innovation and creativity to become a musician artist.
He illustrated being a musician has effected me in many positive ways. Learning music at a young age taught me responsible, how to communicate with others more quickly and effectively. He also like to create his own music in his free time. He believes that musicians are born just like anyone, but somewhere they notice something happening in their heads, like an inner orchestra that beings to play.

Every budding artist is looking for a platform to get themselves featured and make their presence in the digital world. However, there are very few opportunities present for them.

When one uses both hands to play an instruments or even just casually thinkers around on a musical instrument, studies have shown that the brain is making synapses or connections, hence increasing one’s level of creativity.
Music is the essence of life. Everything that has rhythm has music. Our breathing also has a rhythm. Thus, we can say that there is music in every human being or a living creature on this globe. It’s a purest form of worship of God and to connect with our soul.

But him hard work and dedication have helped him crack a deal with international clients as well!
Now, Ali Hamza afzal aims to build as much client base as he can and then open her luxury salons all over India.
He wants to be the best in the industry and is working hard for him aim.

Ali Hamza Afzal says him will not forget even a single effort that people have put in him and the trust they have shown towards him. He would encourage others to do what it takes and put all their efforts into succeeding and being the best version of themselves!
You can connect with him on Instagram- @alihamzafzal

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Amrita Sharma, author of the book “Taken For a Metro Ride”, talks about several issues in her book, including mindfulness, living in the moment and the value of sharing. But what her book highlights is mental health – an issue which many in India still approach with an Ostrich mindset, by burying our head in the sand and pretending it doesn’t exist.

Excerpts from the interview:

What is the book about?

My book “Taken For a Metro Ride” is about people, about life, about metro rides and also about issues we push under the carpet. In my book, there are two protagonists – one is the girl through whose experiences we learn about life and the other is the metro, which becomes the stage where all different kinds of stories unravel.

Through this book – “Taken For a Metro Ride” – I wanted to integrate personal and impersonal, profound and profane, obvious and the ambiguous, and take the readers on an extraordinary journey, with the metro playing the supporting role in my protagonist’s voyage of self-discovery.

What motivated you to write the book?

All of us travel to work every day and most of us find it difficult to pass the time, especially if the journey happens to be a long one. Most of us end up depending on books, mobile or other gadgets to fill that time. I would do the same, till the time I realised that my eyes got practically no screen break. That’s when I started observing people, listening to their conversations and sometimes just trying to understand the diverse personality types through their varied behaviour patterns. I realised to my surprise that everyone travelling in the metro was a story – and that got me really interested. The book actually encapsulates all those experiences and observations.  

Your book highlights the issue of mental health. Please tell us why

Believe it or not, I heard many people talking amongst themselves in the metro how somebody in their family or in their wider circle was ‘depressed” and seeing counsellors and psychologists. They would talk about it in hushed tones and refer to it as if it was some kind of a curse or a contagious disease. That got me thinking. Today, in the stressful life we all live in, depression and mental health are a reality and we cannot hide from it. You never know, but someone in our extended family, our neighbourhood, our wider circle could probably be struggling with it right now, and is afraid to talk about it or seek help because of the stigma still attached to it in India. When it comes to mental health, we seem to behave like the ostrich, thinking that the problem will disappear if we bury our head in the sand and not see it. That is why I decided to weave the issue into my story – to create more awareness about it. Today, there is an urgent need to accept that the issue of mental health exists and needs to be addressed, and that we must empathise with those struggling with it.

What drew you to the issue of mental health?

I have been a student of English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) in Delhi and many of the classics introduced me to the workings of human minds and its underlying psychology. I also read several books that touched upon the issue of mental health, including Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger  and of course Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, to name a few. Some recent ones that I read on the subject include The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho. I really feel people should read more on the issue so that they can understand what people with mental health go through.

What would you like to tell our readers?

I would like to tell them three simple things (a) learn to be present in the moment (b) be mindful and aware of people around you  (c) nothing is more precious than your life and your health – both physical and mental.  That’s why it’s absolutely okay to reach out when you think you need help.   

In a massive tale of twists and turns and a weekend full of soaring political temperatures in Punjab, finally, the state gets its new Chief Minister in Charanjit Singh Channi. The 49-year-old MLA will be taking the oath today.

Harish Rawat, former Uttarakhand CM, and Congress in-charge of poll-bound Punjab, on Sunday evening, announced that Charanjit Singh Channi will be the new Chief Minister of Punjab after former CM Captain Amarinder Singh, on Saturday tendered his resignation to the new Governor of Punjab, Banwarilal Purohit.

Channi, the new CM designate, who belongs to Ramdasia Sikh Community, will be the first Dalit Sikh leader to become the Chief Minister of the Northern State of Punjab. A 3-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chamkaur Sahib Assembly Constituency in Rupnagar District, Channi was the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly from 2015 to 2016 during the previous SAD-BJP government. Channi has also been a staunch critic of former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and was one among the four cabinet ministers who protested against Captain. The new CM-designate had time and again criticized Captain for not doing his work sincerely and not paying any heed to the decisions taken by the Congress party. Channi even went to Dehradun and met Harish Rawat last month.

These developments come after Captain Amarinder Singh submitted his resignation letter to the Governor on Saturday. The former CM, after resigning, gave a slew of interviews to all the major TV channels. He attacked PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu aggressively. Captain even said “I feel humiliated but I won’t budge down, I am a soldier and I will fight back. He targeted Sidhu by alleging he has close ties with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, and even said Sidhu could be a threat to Punjab and National Security. As per sources, he was likely to resign as he has been miffed with the Congress High Command on how they have promoted Navjot Singh Sidhu and sidelined him. However, Captain has not commented anything on his future prospects in the grand old party except saying “I will discuss everything with my friends, colleagues, and well-wishers and will come to a decision after that.”

Soon after Captain’s resignation, Congress was in a hurdle. Harish Rawat and Ajay Maken, after the CLP meeting on Saturday, said Congress High Command will take the decision on a new CM face. On Sunday afternoon, speculations were that Sukjinder Singh Randhawa will the new Chief Minister but in the early hours of the evening, it was decided that Charanjit Singh Channi, a 49-year-old MLA will be the new CM. This move is seen as a smart attempt to balance the caste equation of the state by making Sidhu, a Jat Sikh, PPCC President as well as catering to the Dalit Community by promoting Channi as the Head of the State.”

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Scientists at US university have invented the world’s whitest-ever paint which could help in cooling the heating Earth. With their unique creation, the paint has entered the Guinness World Records as the whitest ever made. A mechanical engineering professor at Purdue University said, “ When they started out, their goal was to create a paint color which would reflect sunlight away from a building. That’s where all the white comes in”.

Through phenomenal reflective properties, the whitest paint from Earth can absorb 98.1 percent sunlight and reflects infrared heat allowing the surface to cool by 4.5C below the ambient temperature minimizing the use of air conditioners. Ruan expressed in a statement, “Applying the paint on an area of about 1,000 square feet could produce cooling worth 10 kilowatts- having more powerful cooling than most powerful air conditioners”.  

“Typical commercial white paint gets warmer rather than cooler. Paints on the market that are designed to reject heat reflect only 80-90 percent of sunlight and can’t make surfaces cooler than their surroundings,” Purdue University said in a statement.

“When we started this project about seven years ago, we had saving energy and fighting climate change in mind,” said Ruan, in a podcast episode of “This Is Purdue.”

“Our paint can help fight against global warming by helping to cool the Earth – that’s the cool point,” said Prof Xiulin Ruan at Purdue University in the US. “Producing the whitest white means the paint can reflect the maximum amount of sunlight back to space.”

Some resources have told Purdue Researchers are on their way to collaborate with a company to introduce the supercooling paint in the market. The qualities that are enhancing the value of new paint are a high concentration of barium sulfate, a chemical compound also used in cosmetics, along with different particle sizes of barium sulfate.

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“Download the BUYZONE App now and get exciting products of your choice on best deals.”

As evident, there has been a significant shift of customers from offline purchases to online purchases in recent times, along with the surge of online shopping. Besides, the taste of the customer’s choice has been shifted in terms of product preference and its loyalty. There is no doubt that e-commerce platforms have been a significant escape for every business, irrespective of its size, thereby making itself chief support for all kinds of brands. Fundamentally, BUYZONE is an e-commerce venture that has extended its services to the customers across all kinds of products in all the categories with its rigid structure.

After almost a decade of experience and achievement in the field of the B2B sector, Brandzone Entertainment Pvt Ltd has finally launched its sister company BUYZONE. Founded by Adhnesh, Vij BUYZONE came into existence in August 2020. It is an e-commerce company for the B2C sector with many E-gift vouchers, products, and digital stores. All the products listed on BUYZONE are branded, and the consumers already love the app. The products sold at BUYZONE already adhere to the new era consumer standards who are enthusiastic online shoppers and believe in quick purchases & quick deliveries.

The products listed on BUYZONE are sold directly by the respective brand, which certainly increases the authenticity& credibility of the product. This makes it a one-stop shop by bringing all-powerful brands on one platform. Besides selling these powerful brands, BUYZONE has partnered with them to provide customers with instant discounts while shopping online to benefit the consumers directly. Various platforms sell branded products at heavy discounts, but their authenticity always remains in question. However, on BUYZONE-quality, authenticity, and credibility can never be doubted.

Numerous brands don’t have the format of e-gift vouchers, but BUYZONE has compiled a wide range of e-gift vouchers on more than 150 top national & international brands, both B2B and B2C can be avail of this service. Be it a corporate or an individual, and there is something on BUYZONE for everyone. All the customers are provided with exciting & valuable offers and discounts gifted directly from the brand itself, with constant customization based on the demand of the product. Their wide range of e-gift vouchers is offered in various categories: fashion clothing, electronics, travel, beauty products, groceries, and so on.

Apart from the e-gift vouchers & products, BUYZONE also brings digital stores to your city. There is always a traditionalist in all of us who believes in the touch & feel of the product before purchasing it.BUYZONE allows you to do so through the medium of digital stores. On the BUYZONE app, you can discover your nearest store from where you can purchase products from their immense inventory of electronic goods&get instant delivery at your doorstep. Besides these, BUYZONE also installs 24×7 accessible vending machines in corporate offices, service centers, residential societies, gymnasiums, clubs, restaurants, and so on.

Be sure that, if you are on the BUYZONE app, you’re in for a treat!! Download the BUYZONE app on the play store and app store and start significant savings now!

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What makes him stand out? It’s his unique style, rarely seen in the present breed of music talents.

Hundreds come knocking doors, wanting to have their share of space, their own slice of stardom in the sizably voluminous world of music, which exudes extreme competitive environment, where it’s all about survival predicated on sheer aptitude. No matter how good you are in your art, there’s always someone else having an edge, which makes you fall off the track before you know it. Out of the astronomical numbers endeavoring to mark their presence, only a few reach the cessation spot and enter the realm which transmutes their lives 360 degrees. Today, we talk about the privileged few who’ve managed to get past the iron gates predicated on their relentless work and pristine aptitude, which has pushed them an inch more closer to stardom, Lokesh Latta, more popular as Bramha, being one of them.

Defying all odds, facing the gravest of challenges all throughout his peregrination, Lokesh has managed to leave his footprints where many seldom reach. Going way ahead in his music career as a songwriter, electronic musician, and record producer, he’s done it on his own, reaching where he deserved to be. All of 28, and ready to take on the industry, he’s got people take notice of him, boosting the possibilities of him striking the right targets which can get him to top the game. When was the point of realization that music was soul for him, we ask, “the journey dates back to my higher educative years, though playing different musical instruments as a child had already got me proximate to this craft.” We learn that his source of inspiration has been Indian old folk rhythms and sounds that makes an impeccable blend for engendering music with a distinct tinge. Folk music with bass integrates up to a prodigiously impressive outcome, says Lokesh.

He’s already surmounted halfway with his creations getting appreciated by a wide audience base. The biggest confidence booster for him has been the success of his first commercial single ‘Banna Re’, which crossed more than one million plays on Spotify Editorials and Turban Trap, reserving his spot at the top. Followed by his next Hairat and Dooriyan, which got him recognition. Today, this music creator drives and speeds up the momentum by giving music that spells magic. There’s much more to come from this powerhouse in the near future. Stay tuned.

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Karna The King  of Anga , was launched and celebrated at Bella Italia Holiday inn, Aerocity, Delhi on 17th September 2021. Book launch was followed by a revealing ceremony and brief discussion on the book with few honourable guests and Publisher( Simon & Schuster India ). Kevin Missal aims to portray the story of friendship, Love , betrayal and power through this magnum opus Iron Age of Indi around 900 B.C.E.

Born in the arms of the Ganga, Vasu (Karna)grew up in the raging province of Anga. His life shaped by a fate that failed to be just—neglected by his own, stripped of his birthright—he was raised to be lost in an abyss of desires and disappointment. Cursed by his guru, hurt by the only woman he loved, ostracised from society for being the son of a suta. With his only armour—hope—he ventured on an unforgettable journey alone.

This is Vasu’s tale of survival, of endurance, of abiding courage in the face of all adversities. And eventually, of blossoming into the greatest warrior of all time… KARNA. In an ultimate battle against his archenemy—the insidious, dishonorable, and all-powerful, Jarasandha, for a title he knew he deserved.

From a sutaputr to a leader of the people, this is a saga of betrayal, lost love, and glory. Kevin has recreated an epic hero through his story.  The book is available in all the leading book stores & e-commerce portals such as amazon and Flipkart.

About Author –
Kevin Missal is a 25 year old author and entrepreneur who has had runaway successes with his Kalki series. He has sold over 200,000 copies, translated in more than 5 languages and sold two film rights. His books have been published by Harper Collins India, Simon and Schuster India and Penguin India.
Carving his own niche and style in the writing world, Kevin has manifested a hold on his readership. He weaves words in a way that is utmost relatable and has a character development that vouches for engaging and attractive chapters.
He is a TedX speaker, nominated for Youth Achiever 30 under 30 of Hindustan Times. He is also an entrepreneur, his company “HubHawks” is a creative marketing agency working with top brands.

– By Shivam Madaan

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Singer Jazim Sharma who is known for his amazing vocals and outstanding composition once again comes up with his new ghazal Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai under his label Jazim Productions. The Music video also features Anushka Ramesh in the lead. This fresh composition is truly a soul stirring track that takes the listeners to the soulful romantic journey. The track is all about a true love.

Talking about the song Singer Jazim Sharma says,” I’m very blessed that by this song Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai I got an opportunity to work with Farhat Shahzad Sahab. I’m very thankful to him that he chooses to work with him.
Also, I would like to thanks to our listeners for showering love on this track. I’m trying to keep our culture alive with our traditional music. By my production I’m looking to create a music that touches hearts” he further adds.

“Jazim Sharma is the rising star of ghazals and he has done true justice with my poetry. I’m really happy to work with him and looking forward to work with him in the future as well. My blessings are always with him”, Farhat Shahzad

The ghazal is penned by Farhat Shahzad and composed by Anurag – Raj. The song is available on Jazim Productions Youtube Channel and streaming platforms.

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The U.S. is flying Haitians who camped in a Texas border town, back to their homeland. The superpower is also blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.

More than 320 migrants arrived in Port-au-Prince on three flights on September 19, and Haiti said six flights were expected on September 21. In all, U.S. authorities moved to expel many of the 12,000 migrants camped around a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, after crossing from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico.

The U.S. plans to begin seven expulsion flights daily from September 22, four to Port-au-Prince, and three to Cap-Haitien, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Flights will continue to depart from San Antonio but authorities may add El Paso, the official said.

The only obvious parallel for such an expulsion without an opportunity to seek asylum was in 1992 when the Coast Guard intercepted Haitian refugees at sea, said Yael Schacher, senior U.S. advocate at Refugees International whose doctoral studies focused on the history of U.S. asylum law.

Similarly, large numbers of Mexican migrants were sent home during peak years of immigration but over land and not so suddenly.

Central Americans have also crossed the border in comparable numbers without being subject to mass expulsion, although Mexico has agreed to accept them from the U.S. under pandemic-related authority in effect since March 2020. Mexico does not accept expelled Haitians or people of other nationalities outside of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

When the border was closed on September 19, the migrants initially found other ways to cross nearby until they were confronted by federal and state law enforcement. An AP reporter saw Haitian immigrants still crossing the river into the U.S. about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) east of the previous spot, but they were eventually stopped by Border Patrol agents on horseback and Texas law enforcement officials.

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The passionate singer and performer is all excited for his upcoming live concert in SCB Medical College, Orissa, on 26th September 2021.

When people talk about how youngsters have been taking over different fields and making waves in the same, they also mention about how these individuals have been making the most of the opportunities and creating newer ones for thrusting forward in their respective niches. The younger brigade is also taking over the music industry, thriving off of their unique tonal qualities, sound, and musical craft as singers and performers. We came across one such highly driven and high-performing musical artist, singer and performer named Mitul Kaushik, who is enthralling audiences with his outstanding musical talents and skills.

Wondering who is Mitul Kaushik? Well, this young guy was born in 1996, and from the very beginning, if anything that attracted him the most, it was all things music. Realizing his true purpose, he began developing his musical craft, honed his skills, and kept learning and practicing, which ultimately made him a talent par excellence in Bhangra, Punjabi, Indi-Pop and Bollywood music. Mitul Kaushik hails from Sonipat, Haryana, India and from there, with his tremendous talents in music, has made a name for himself across the country. By participating in several singing competitions in his school days, he also developed great confidence to perform in front of large audiences.

Right now, he is garnering more headlines because he is all set to do a live concert soon to be held at SCB Medical College, Orissa, on 26th September 2021, under Rudraksh Entertainments. The much-talked-about singer would perform live and make people sway to his tunes with his melodic voice.

Mitul Kaushik had even participated in “Rockstar ki Khoj” a reality show, which earned him great recognition and name and landed him with multiple other offers for event performances. His soothing voice has spellbound listeners with many of his albums and tracks like Mauli Ali and Satrangi Piya, among others. His songs are available on almost all streaming sites and gained him an increasing number of views and streams. Mitul Kaushik has even sung the world’s smallest Ganesh Aarti, which imprinted his name in the Guinness book of world records.

He has travelled the world and performed at over 500 shows, proving his prowess and excellence as a singer. The young talent showed his skills in a short film as well titled “Ann” with Bollywood actor Rahul Roy and actress Nyra Banerjee released by Unibox Productions.

Mitul Kaushik’s impeccable musical genius is turning people’s heads and giving him more and more opportunities to entertain audiences with his true talents.

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