Starting with a fantasy series titled Gunpowder, Ukiyoto Publishing aims to reach the audio visual segments with its productions and story tellers. Gunpowder Series I and II heralds few of the best short stories that can be adapted into films, ott and web-series.

Tamikio L. Dooley, an award winning author from U.S. has her storyline based on one having spirit of nature and enjoying life’s imagination. Tamikio writes fiction of crime, mystery, thriller, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, western, and paranormal.

Tanay Sengupta, a 27-year-old for whom writing is a profession as well as passion has co-authored a book and has contributed to a few anthologies. His work in Gunpowder II is worth considering for a visual creation.

21-year old Heenal Hemrajani has her storyline based on Ishana’s memory loss post an accident. Ishana has a perfect and loving family but does not know if they are hiding a dark secret till a CBI agent tells her one day that someone was trying to kill her. Heenal has been writing for five years and is working on her first novel, The 9th Immortal: Saviour of the Vedas.

Another young creator, Prateek Boga is a student, poet, writer and a freelance artist. He has written many poems and prefers working on non-fiction. His motivation is ‘to try and give a soul to the words’.

Koushik Majumder, who likes to write about human relations and societal issues, has his story about a real estate salesman whose ex-girlfriend married a rich person when he was struggling to get a job and he accidentally comes in contact with her later. The story discusses the mental turmoil that he goes through while selling the apartment and what happens when he meets her again.

Debanjali’s story is about a run-away bride who took hell of a time to decide either to give up on her dreams or to bid adieu to the marriage that may have landed her in an unseen struggle to pursue her career. Yashika is a careerist who didn’t think twice to escape from her home on her wedding day speaking her mind to her parents. After seeing failures and taking a risk worth, she finds hope which helps her to establish a career of her own. Debanjali made a mark as an International author in her late twenties but that was just the beginning and she wants to make it big with her stories.

Shrutidhora’s story, The Best Garden is about Fairy-tale binaries of the beautiful and the ugly, the truthful and the liar do not find an exact reflection in reality. Opposites collapse, contrasts slide into one another in this surrealistic story where a suddenly homeless weed, a metaphorical catalyst for a subtle but massive transformation in human lives, arouses desire and attachment in the barren life of a lonely woman, only to leave her with tragic consequences. As truth and untruth masquerade as one another, one cannot discern the distinction between them anymore. Shrutidhora aspires for a reality which is based on fiction, knows fiction as the only form of reality and builds stories which stand at the intersection of reality and fiction.

Falguni Das has a unique storyline, “The Legend of Mount Peri” which is a folklore of an ancient fairy who has a wonderful life along with her few mythical creatures. One day a stranger lands on the island unknowingly what lies inside and since then everything changes. Falguni wrote her first solo title ,“Dimitri” which was released in Jun’20. Adding more to her success stories, Falguni had impressively penned down narratives in two other anthologies within a span of one month.

Abdul’s Trichomania is about a passionate lover who makes his deepest and darkest fantasy come true. Abdul is a passionate teacher of literature and creative writing and uses the experience gathered in two decades of interacting with young minds into producing narratives that belong to the horror /thriller genre. 

Akshita’s story, Veere Zone is based on highly exaggerated true events about Turvi, Urmi, Vanaya, and Wishi who are four not-so sane childhood best friends brought together under paternal guidance and their first adventurous all-girls trip. The story is about the crazy journey of how their first all-girls trip was not only a battle against their Indian families but the hilarious odds, the cringy mainstream episodes, and dramatic tales that happened with them there. Akshita is a cynical writer with a comedian in making. Her first novella Two Way Lane is a rom-com story that has been translated into Japanese.

Lakshmi Priya, a poet, painter and postmodernist portrays in her story, The Library as the perfect place for a Bibliophile’s deepest fantasy to come true where a chance encounter which defies the laws of physics changes everything.

Phoenix is a legendary bird that is known to rise from its own ashes. This determination can be seen in Puja Mandavia, a fashion brand and media agency owner. She had been brave to tackle all the problems and challenges that life had thrown at us from the very beginning, but, some problems are just inescapable.

She was born in Gujarat and later moved to Mumbai when she was 14yrs old. The dreams grew bigger when she came to the city of dreams. Being Fascinated with fashion industry she desired to be a part of bollywood as a designer. She always wanted to be an entrepreneur and believed in learning all kind of skills. She wanted to study fashion designing abroad, but due to unfortunate situations she comprehended with this fact by agreeing to study law to become a solicitor. But, her father, who has been her source of constant support. She had always heard tales of traditional and historic fabrics from her father as a child and her father, a connoisseur of traditional Indian fabrics, absolutely loved to share his knowledge of clothing with his daughter.

They helped her get into designing field and pursue her education as well as a career in the field. During the progression of her studies in fashion designing at the age of 18, she started working at a multi-designer store . During this time she got her hands on costume designing and styling for major television channels like Colors and B4U as an intern . Alongside, she was also assisting some eminent fashion designers as a freelancer where she used to design outfits and establishing client relations. When she was 19, she acquired her very first individual and independent client order and after that, there was no looking back. She has a track record of more than 100 successful advertisements as a costume designer and stylist. She has put her hands over quite many sectors from advertisings, music videos and media houses to sharpen her skills as well as enhance her creativity. She was already exporting her designed clothes successful throughout this time.

She partnered with one of her friends to create a successful media agency for production, social media brand management and brand consultancy. Due to situations she had gained a bit of weight which got self-doubting elements into her. But, she struggled and got back to her feet. She knew she would have to start from ground zero again, but, she did not hesitate to return. She came back with a bang blogging and gathering support for herself. The universal law of success proves that criticism and support come hand in hand. She dealt with both quite effectively. Upon being asked in an interview regarding how she dealt with criticizers, she said that they are the consistent scope of improvement to her as she gets stronger the more someone tries to pull her down. She has started blogging at full force, making people develop a taste for fashion gradually, and she is improving her public relations. She is on her way to launch her clothing brand very soon for people. She is back into the industry again with brand management, consultancy and publicity for major brands along with her fashion designing.

Being a beautiful and strong person inside out, she has led the revolution of the fashion industry in the current times. She is standing against the odds of social body shaming and beauty norms. She is not only creating a beautiful world for herself but, also for many people in this world.  

Her social media links :

https://instagram.com/pujamandavia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/puja-mandavia-9591a73b

It isn’t everyday that you see a gold-medalist athlete walking the ramp for a celebrated designer like J.J. Walaya! But Davinder Singh was not born to do things that you see every day. His mission in life, right from the start, has been to do things differently, be it sports or life.

Born on July 20, 1991, to Harbhajan Singh, a retired officer of the Punjab Police, and Baldev Kaur, a home-maker, Davinder was inspired to become a sportsperson right since childhood. This was because his father was an accomplished long jumper and his sister, Manjeet Kaur, is a record-holder sprint runner. Together, Davinder’s family pushed him towards a career in sport and nurtured his natural talent for athletics. 

As a teenager, Davinder joined a sports academy in Jalandhar to begin his sports journey under the watchful guidance of coaches Ram Partap Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Happy. Hard work and perseverance saw Davinder playing district, state and then national level sports events. In no time, his personal tally had 16 medals in it. The medals kept pouring in and today he is touted as an athlete to watch out for. His personal best is sprinting 400m in 47.21 sec at Chennai in 2013 & running 4x400m in 3.06.00 min.

So far, Davinder Singh, whose friends call him “Malai”, owing to his complexion since childhood, has earned gold, silver and bronze medals in different track & field events right from National Games to different regional contests. One of his best performances has been sprinting 400m in 47.32 seconds at the “51st National Interstate Senior Athletics Championship” in Bengaluru, for which he won the silver medal.

He is a role model for the aspiring athletes of the country. This is one role that this tall and handsome athlete takes very seriously. This is why, when he was invited to the reality show, Mr. Punjab, as a special judge, he was seen encouraging young contestants to pursue a career in sports.

Now, Davinder Singh has donned a new avatar on his Instagram handle, davinder_singh400m. Gone is the sweaty athletic wear and, in its place, Davinder is seen showing off the most stylish outfits, obviously thanks to his role as an influencer for youngsters. He has featured in quite a few music videos of Punjabi music industry. And the 71k+ people who follow him on Instagram are proof that this sportsman is headed for a bright future, be it in the arena of sports or glamour!

Holding the commanding reigns of two equivalently prominent firms in his hands, Ahmed Alawadhi is the noteworthy CEO of –AM Properties, Michigan, in the USA, and Silverline real estate, in Dubai UAE. An influential and remarkable personality, Ahmed always holds the conviction of creating windows in his work-sphere that cater to regional buildout. He has influenced and encouraged others with his undying endeavor to procure his stance at the pinnacle.

Ahmed could be counted as a perfect paradigm of an investor. With a planned track and gifted intellect, he procured his bachelor’s in International Business And Marketing and a Masters’s degree in Business Management from the revered and glorified universities of the world. Psyched up to institute modernism and innovation in his work environment, being geared up with profound international conversance, Ahmed started zeroing down on locations of paramount potential, apt for development provoking investment.

A defined skillset thrusting him upwards, Ahmed is well-equipped with peerless negotiation and leadership skills. Clutching the opportunity in Michigan, observing a keen disposition towards the residential projects, Ahmed sowed the seeds for AM properties in 2004. Venturing into the North Carolina market, as his next stop, he procured the commercial and retail markets in the Fayetteville area, NC. Identical to a seer, who has the flawless idea of the future, Ahmed also seems to have crystal clear intelligibility about his plans.

Ahmed’s second firm was also a result of his sheer prudence and foresightedness. Prospecting for opportunities, he discovered that Dubai extends ginormous support to the real-estate environment. A sustained growth, with sundry transactions, Dubai has a near-to-perfect state of affairs for investors. He established Silverline real-estate, his second firm, as a result of these observations. The real estate firms are healthily proliferating in Dubai, independent of circumstantial basis.

A quester who pursues clues to win his quest, Ahmed is nonetheless. The establishment of Silverline didn’t turn him complacent but stirred him into more invigorating action. A passionate and enthusiastic traveler, who is keen on visiting the striking and unconventional locations, he came across the engaging and propitious market of Minsk-Belarus. An untouched arena with an awe-inspiring scope of development, he always had a deep sense of comprehension of such a window of opportunity. Ahmed as the torch-bearer, as a result of his cognizance, Silverline Real estate was successful in leveraging first-mover advantage and snatching many great assets at a great price. With Silverline, he has laid a large real estate portfolio for elevated net worth clients and investment banks.

Do you love what you do?  Are you doing your work for the sake of doing? Love for self arises when we find what we love to do and grow in it. Self love emerges out to the most underrated word in the society but it is the most important aspect of growth and happiness. Mr. Hemant Kumar one of the renowned bodyweight fitness coach and core members of Aesthetic Being Fitness believes in this notion.

Mr. Hemant Kumar Rajput is born and brought up in Delhi. Since birth he was physically weak and hence suffered from a lot of illness and sickness. He was bullied too due to his physical weakness. This created a huge amount of mental instability to him. To cope up through all these negative factors he decided to cater his focus towards fitness. And from there his journey began to this industry and also towards self love.  Hemant switched to bodyweight training from weight training. He is a certified bodyweight fitness and Calisthenics coach.

Hemant has 8 years experience into this field. He believes self love is crucial for living. His love for fitness and self growth has made him sustain in fitness industry for years. He has suffered from depression and anxiety during his initial days. And what helped him to overcome this was fitness, which he loved. He says bodyweight training is something he loves to do and hence it helped him to overcome depression too. He suggests people should find something which they can do for years without anyone’s help and need. If they find it they should try to master in it.

When we asked Mr. Hemant about his inspiration, his answer made us ponder more about living a meaningful life. Mr. Hemant told he grabs inspiration from each and everyone around. The way people work towards something, with full of passion and dedication inspires him to work harder. He mentioned if any person in this world can be successful others too can only hard work and dedication plays the role of game changer in it. Beauty of everything is in the struggle and the process of  it. According to Hemant one should never stop learning and growing. We should attain the maximum level of self love so that we grow along with the process.

With pure dedication towards fitness Hemant has huge following over his instagram page where he advises people about fitness and way of happy living. Mr. Hemant possesses a vision to grow bodyweight training which includes Calisthenics, Animal flow movement, Capoeira and much more in the whole country.

Over the past decade, the start-up ecosystem in India has brimmed with young minds with the country having entrepreneurs at a median age of around 20 years.

For this millennial generation, age is truly no bar in order to break the stereotypes and carve out a unique niche for themselves. One such of a small town mind caught our attention, who has been talking of the town on social media lately.

A young entrepreneur named Rahul Kumar Pandey broke the odds and has made it big in the influencer marketing space. Rahul started his journey to the top with literally no connection and empty pockets. Currently, he is one of the most desirable names in the digital marketing field in the country, that too at the young age of 25.

He is the first one to have established Bihar’s first-ever Influencer Marketing agency by the name of FNF MEDIA. He has worked with big names like EaseMyTrip , Balaji Telefilms, TCL, Amazon, and many more.

Popular in his industry niche, However, his journey from a small-town boy to India’s youngest entrepreneur has been nothing sort of a roller coaster ride.

Completing his bachelor’s from Noida International University, he first started as a Civil Engineer. However, he left within a month and moved on to explore greater horizons. Despite so much of criticism for a place like Bihar, having people with an orthodox mindset, Rahul still managed to overcome all that, and strongly broke the stereotypes.

Having absolutely no background of being an entrepreneur, Rahul started his journey afresh, and never looked back. Within three years, he managed to convert his agency’s turnover of about 10 million rupees. His agency FNF MEDIA was even shortlisted for ‘Startup of the Year in Influencer Marketing’ by Silicon India Magazine, in 2019.
His ‘Earn From Home’ – An influencer outreach program is helping a lot of college students, housewives, and a vast portion of our society who are keen to earn and work from their home in this pandemic situation of COVID-19.

Inspiring entrepreneurs like Rahul Kumar Pandey are indeed changing the game for their generation and taking Indian start-up and digital ecosystem to the next level, altogether. These new-age young entrepreneurs, every now and then, proved themselves with their out of box thinking, leadership skills, and distinctive execution styles.
We wish him all the best for his future endeavors!

In March 2019, Tencent’s Timi Studios became the bearer of good news for countless gamers, when they released the mobile version of Call of Duty (COD). The excitement across the world was palpable as the creators saw 100 million downloads in the first week of the launch. Among these shooter-game enthusiasts was a young player who saw this as an opportunity to turn his love for COD into something big. What started as a pastime to blow off some steam, turned into a passion for Sanjog Bhushan aka Infinity. With this launch, he was no longer restricted to his desktop, which served as motivation for him to start competing with international players.

Infinity’s COD love mostly stems from the amount of planning and strategizing the game requires. It’s not just about a kill streak for him, like many young adults, he enjoys the war-like experience that the game has to offer. Notorious for his aggressive stance on the field, Infinity doesn’t shy away from marching headfirst onto the battleground and challenging his opponents. The thrill that comes from rendering your opponent worthless by surrounding them and laying their plans to waste, baffling them when they think they have an upper hand and, striking them at their most vulnerable, is what gets him going. His 4-finger claw technique enables him to make his moves faster meanwhile getting a better grip on his device.

When he joined Aman Khurana’s clan in season 3, he had no clue of the possibilities this collaboration would present. They met during a match and came together to form one of the best teams to play COD mobile, calling themselves The Legends Room (TLR). TLR mostly plays Battle Royale, taking part in various tournaments, in and outside India; a battlefield where a total of hundred players fight till their deaths, with the last standing player or team winning the match.

It was during the starting phase of this collaboration that he explored tactics other than his initial manner and excelled under his friend’s guidance. With time, his gameplay became a combination of aggressive and supportive, adding varied skills to his list, gradually making him an all-rounder. He went on to become one of the exceptional players of the team eventually leading the tournaments that followed. Along with Aman Khurana aka Godkiller, and his ruthless team, Sanjog led the team to many victories. In Tier 1 Super League, a tournament that went on for two and a half months, they bagged the third position. Here, he was announced as the ‘Most Promising and Upcoming Player’. Due to Infinity’s striking abilities, his presence of mind and, his on-ground agility, that makes the rival squads nervous; he has become one of the best Battle Royale players in Asia.

TLR, with the combined leadership of Infinity and Godkiller, became India’s only team to play in the Global Tier 1. They are all set to win the upcoming Asia Regional, where Battle Royale team will be led by Infinity and the Multi-player team by Godkiller; they have been eagerly preparing, waiting to practice their moves on the opposing squads in the future Tier1 tournaments in India and around the world.

They are a big clan with each member demonstrating their uniqueness in the arena. They sprint into every match with a different strategy; unpredictability increases their chances of defeating their opponents. Firing his shots according to the on-field situation is one of the principles that he stands by. He is fully aware of the new challenges every game presents and how the opposition’s defence evolves with every game. Therefore, he concentrates on what the game demands rather than a fixed, familiar plan, giving him the domination on the battleground.

Sanjog Bhushan believes in taking an Affiliative leadership approach with his teammates. He lets every member show their skills, acknowledging their efforts on the field. He even believes in stepping back to let his team member score. Their clan is a fine example of comradery, each player with their singular talent, supports and encourages the other. They believe in looking out for each other on the field.

Sanjog Bhushan aka Infinity starts his matches by prepping his team for gruelling face-offs while setting an example with his tactics as they go along. Their post-win celebrations are filled with each player narrating the stories and their favourite moments from the game, which, in the future, will not be confined to their team. There are certain rumours of a gaming house brewing, a place for this talented lot to share their chronicles with more like-minded people.

“Our journey towards our goal is not straight, it is full of unpredictable situations but your belief and dedication determines whether it affects you or not”, shares Shweta Kothari about her experience about chasing her dreams. She started her career in her hometown Surat as a show stopper and her achievement of being awarded as Miss Fresher motivated her to polish her prowess in her career and she dedicated herself wholly to secure a place for herself in the industry.

Hope is that concrete which serves as a foundation to all our cherished objectives and it is the attitude of rising high above the horizons which makes a big difference. Having realized this success mantra, Shweta made sure that made appropriate use of all opportunities that crept in her path towards her aim and ensured that she put in her level best to seek the recognition that she yearned for since the beginning. Her hard work resulted in success, she won various titles over the years which include Mrs.India in 2018 awarded by Mugdha Godse, Mrs.India Universe 2019 (Runasio Company) awarded by Runa Karmakar, etc.

The recognition and accolades that she received for her efforts encouraged her to put in more effort to improve herself in every way possible. She was a jury member in Miss. Jamnagar in 2016, jury member in Gujarat Rising Star in 2018, jury member in India’s Superkids in session 2019, jury member in Mrs. Gujarat 2019 show.

Shweta adds, “While chasing what I have longed for since the very beginning, I concentrated on my goal and maneuvred my best efforts to prove my potential in whatever task I was assigned”. She is the founder and Managing Director of ‘Namoh Motion Pictures’ and also has her own YouTube channel for online content promotion and marketing. “Mahi Mera” is a song that is produced and is featured by her. She owes her success to her parents, her husband Mr.Gaurav Kothari and family and further adds that she aspires to explore all opportunities that come in her journey towards perfection and do her level best to accomplish it.

Snappy beats aka Prateek Kumar started off his career in 2016. From the very beginning, he was mesmerized about music, according to him – “Music is that fine line between the notes that awakens your soul and pulls the strings of your heart in ways that you can’t even decipher. It connects people when words fall short of emotions.” His perspective towards music motivated him to spend all day in making melodious tunes and his hard work resulted in an enormous success of his debut song – “Akay’s Jordan”. He has worked on a lot of projects after that, they are – Backyard by Gurj Sidhu, VIgad Gaya by Gippy Grewal,  Jatt da Mukabla by Sidhu Moosewala, Fuel by Gippy Grewal, Full album of DIljit Dosanjh – Confidential, I’m better now by Sidhu Moosewala, Surma Kala by Jassi Gill, Viah by Jass Manak, etc.

Ever since then, his music career has been a roller coaster ride but he made sure that he didn’t let the intrusions stand in the path of his target. While talking about his inspiration to dive in this music career he says that he was inspired by AR Rahman and Dr. Dre. Music is a world within itself, it has a language that we all can understand. Knowing this charismatic aspect of music, encouraged him to establish his career in music.

Right now, he is working on his first music producer album by collaborating with lot of talented and fresh musical artists. He aims to represent Punjabi music on an International platform by working with International artists. He further adds that music carries an aura of teaching you things in its own way, working on music helps us to discover new things that we never even thought about. He hopes to replenish his knowledge by working on music and endeavors to achieve his goal of being a well-established music artist.

Harmandeep Singh is a normal guy who dreams big just like any of us but his determination to achieve those goals is something which makes him different from any of us. He was born in Patiala,Punjab and today he lives in Brampton, Ontario,Canada. He is a student of tourism in St Lawrence College. This nineteen year old guy loves travelling. He is also fond of music, videography and photography. He is a singer and rapper. His dream is to become a famous singer and he is very passionate about it. He wants to work with his favourite singer Karan Aujla.

Harmandeep comes from a middle class family. His family supports him to become a famous and a successful person. While other people of his age are busy figuring out about their future plans, Harmandeep has already started working on his plan on becoming a businessman. His goal is to start his own restuarant franchise. When he was asked about his goals,he said “I have seen that there are a lot of people who love food. Restaurant business is a very profitable business. People’s love for food is the thing which motivates me towards my dream of starting my own restaurant franchise.” He also loves to help other people. He believes that his business will also help in reducing unemployment which is one of the main problem in today’s world.

Harmandeep is very ambitious. He is working really hard to live his dreams. His plan is to complete his studies. Today he is a successful artist and an influencer but that doesn’t make him forget his roots. His plan is to start his business after getting his work permit. Then he will keep working on his plan until he gets the permission to become a permanent resident of Canada. Even though his dreams are big, but his determination and passion will keep him moving. He doesn’t believe in giving up and that will make him successful. He doesn’t let his fear overpower him. When he was asked about his success he said “Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits” and that is something we should all learn inorder to grow professionally as well as personally.