Music festivals have lately started getting a lot of people in attendance, especially the millennials and the youth. Attending music events is a great way to relax and it also helps to socialize with the people who have the same preference of music. Not Dillon, a DJ, songwriter and a music producer started his journey after he attended several music festivals. Before you get confused, we tell you that he did several odd jobs including at Apple until he discovered his passion for music. After attending various concerts, he met a group of DJ friends with whom he performed at three different music festivals. After that, he never looked back and decided to convert his passion for music into his profession.
His birth name is Dillon Shamoun and he hails from Detroit, MI. His career began 3 years ago and the young man has already hit the top of Spotify’s curated playlists and his releases have been on the top trends on Sound Cloud as well. When asked about how a daily routine looks like in his life, he said, “I am early to bed and early to rise, person. I wake up at 6 AM and go to the gym. By 8 AM, I eat and read and from there I work on music and social media growth with a side of credit repair from 9 AM to 7 PM. I love to live a simple lifestyle.” Besides this, he recently took everyone by storm with his song ‘Back to the Start’ along with Laura Page. The song received a lot of positive response from the fans as well as the viewers.
A Kinesiology major from Michigan State University, he is making the loudest roar in the music industry today. With ever-growing popularity on social media, he has got over 10 million streams on the music which he has created. At just 23, Dillon has proved that he is here to rock and roll. With his sincere dedication and hard work, Dillon is all set to perform live on an international tour soon. Giving a final piece of advice to all the aspiring musicians, he said, “Never stop and always keep going. The only difference between you and everyone else is timing, how they used it vs how you use it. Be effective and efficient in your work and you would be unstoppable.”

Vinnie also is known as Vinod Kumar, who started off his career as a School Teacher and then progressed as a social service personal with his imminent need to ensure spreading happiness in the world and especially the once who needed it most. As his social service activity grew in the underprivileged students in the government school in Chandigarh and moved on the different faced of life, he moved ahead as a makeup artist and came to meet several celebrities and people with twisted sexuality. As he worked as a make Artist and stylist, he was in close touch with the various folk of the fashion industry and understood that all that glitters has too many tears within. 

He understood that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, LGBT organizations have always begin looked upon as downgraded and isolated from the society and left to struggle their own battles along with all the humiliation from the society. This kind of downtrodden attitude by society and conservative Indian thought process, lead him to work with the Human Rights Law to get the LGBT community its right to live freely with all the respect that they desire in the society to live with their head held high and up in the society. Also to get them the privileges in society like others, Vinnie turned into a blogger on Instagram, getting the society to give the limelight and the importance to the LGBT and other such sensitive issues that the society is struggling with by and large. 

His struggle has been very effective to bring curtain massive changes in the society and especially the conservative Indian society which doesn’t want to think beyond its set limited terms.

To run a successful social media page, you need exceptional talent, and it should attract every age of people to gain success with your page. 

Vishal Ahuja is doing exactly a thing that is needed to run a successful page on a social media platform. He is an admin of the popular Instagram and Facebook page called @dankstory.

@dankstory was started in 2017 by Vishal Ahuja to entertain people with his humor, and he immediately got success in one year as followers list touched 100K in one year’s time and in two years’ time he is having a family of more than 167.K on Instagram and Facebook. 

@dankstory is a highly popular page on Instagram, and every post on the page is read liked and commented by page lovers. Vishal Ahuja’s constant updates with light humor have able to keep people loving this page from the past few years. In fact, more and more people are connecting to this page of Vishal Ahuja.

Vishal Ahuja does lots of research online, and he also loves to write, and his qualities are helping him gain more fame in social media. 

Vishal Ahuja is growing as a renowned name he also wants to be an Entrepreneur in the coming years. Other than social media, he loves to play chess. He feels chess is good for the mind, and it makes your mind sharp.

Looking at his page growth on the social media platform, we feel @dankstory will create many more records in the coming years. It will great to see how he tackles this huge fan following because growing popularity on social media also adds responsibility to you and Vishal Ahuja is still young it will be great to see how he works in the future.

A public meeting was organized at the Sadar Bazar, Kranti Check in the Delhi Cantonment Assembly constituency in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Population Register. BJP MP from New Delhi Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi was present as the chief guest and keynote speaker at this public meeting. BJP councilors, former councilors, district divisional presidents, ex-army officers, ex-servicemen, martyrs’ families and thousands of women and dignitaries from the Cantonment Assembly appeared in support of the bill.

Mrs. Sayali Bhagat, former Miss India, and film actress welcomed Dr. Meenakshi Lekhi with a bouquet of flowers. 

Speaking on the Citizenship Amendment Act, Honorable MP Smt Meenakshi Lekhi said, “This law is not going to harm any Indian citizen. The CAA is for the oppressed and persecuted minorities who have been facing atrocities over religious affiliation for a long time in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.” Opposition parties are misleading the people. They are distorting the nature of this bill and presenting it to the public. Some anti-social elements have instigated riots and arson public assets in the country. They plot to destroy the integrity of the country they will never succeed in their designs. “

She thanked the visitors who came to the meeting and said, “Opposition parties are going from place to place saying that your citizenship is threatened while CAA is not going to affect any Indian citizen. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, realizing the anguish of the relatives of the people of India, has got this bill passed by Parliament. Let some elements not create an atmosphere of confusion. Be aware.”

Mrs. Meenakshi Lekhi urged all the people present in the meeting to go from place to place at their level to explain and educate the people about the propaganda and features of this bill of opposition so that this confusion can be cleared. She said, “Rumors are being spread among the people regarding national citizenship registration. Today, no citizen of India will have any problem with CAA. This is to prevent intruders who enter India illegally and are involved in terrorism, theft, and crime.”

The Chairman of Delhi Cantonment Development Committee, Dr. TC Rao said in his address, “The Delhi government has been adopting a policy of discrimination for the last 7 years for the Delhi Cantonment Assembly.”

For this, Dr. TC Rao repeatedly made pressure to get the concession in electricity, water, education, and subsidies being made in the rest of Delhi. He said that the present Kejriwal government is not allowing the public welfare central government scheme to be implemented in Delhi, especially Ayushman Health Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, etc. Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took a historic decision to get the ownership of the people of 1750 colonies registered.. He further said that Honorable Shri Narendra Modi did the work of creating history by constructing concrete houses in slums. 

Lieutenant General JBS Yadav, former deputy chief and patron of the Martyrs’ Family Welfare Foundation also supported the bill in his address and urged the countrymen not to let the opposition’s propaganda dominate them and make their decision only by considering the subject. 

“The BJP government is dedicated to the welfare of farmers, laborers, and jawans. The 40-year-old demand was fulfilled by giving soldiers one rank one pension.”

On this occasion, Shri Rajesh Goyal, District General Secretary thanked all the incoming ex-military officers, ex-servicemen, families of martyrs and women of the region for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act. This public meeting was attended by Air Vice Marshal Ajit Singh, Major General Ravinder Singh, Major General Ranjit Singh, Major General Ahlawat, Colonel Mahavir Yadav, Brigadier OP Yadav, Wing Commander Shish Ram Yadav, Colonel Gopal Singh, Colonel Santpal Raghav, Colonel Kanwar Pal Singh Rana, Mr. Brijesh Tanwar, Mr. Ravindra Sahni, Mr. Ashok Tanwar Former Vice President, Mr. Ram Singh, Mr. Kailash Arya, Expander, Mr. Ravindra Tanwar, Divisional President, Mr. Jag Lohia, Councilor, Mrs. Priyanka Chowdhury, Councilor, Colonel Narendra Chowdhury, Colonel Roshan Lal Yadav and family more than 35 martyrs and was attended by more than 3,000 from Delhi Cantonment assembly area.

Bharat Ratna, Professor C.N.R. Rao has said that the future of the country depended on science and technology and the future of science lay on the children who with their hard work and sincerity can work wonders in science. He was addressing the inaugural session of the Rashtriya Kishore Vaigyanik Sammelan (Children’s Science Congress), a part of the ongoing 107th Indian Science Congress being held at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru today. Eminent Scientists from India and abroad called on the numerous children gathered at the event to be determined, believe in themselves and be prepared for unexpected results in their pursuit of science.

Professor, Ada Yonath from Israel, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 advised the young children that in science everything would not go the way they want and that they should be prepared for the unexpected. “Even if things do not go your way, believe in yourselves and do not look for advice from others” she added. 

She recalled that as a child she wanted to pursue science as a hobby and had set up her experiment to measure the height of the ceiling of her balcony.

She referred to the inspiration which she received from Professor G.N. Ramachandran, FRS who was known for the formulation of the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure and for proposing the triple-helical model for the structure of collagen. “I had thought that I had lost the first experiment as a scientist, but that experiment was later presented by my guide at a conference in India and appreciated by Professor Ramachandran.

He stressed that science does not require degrees but dedication, doggedness, and tenacity and mentioned that many of the great scientists like Michael Faraday, had made phenomenal contributions without degrees.

He also mentioned the timeless work of great Indian scientists like Sir C.V. Raman, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Professor J.C. Bose who went out of their way and carried out scientific research despite constraints of time, finance and facilities.

The Rashtriya Kishore Vaigyanik Sammelan (Children’s Science Congress) prominent event of the Indian Science Congress, was inaugurated by the Nobel Laureate Prof. Ada Yonath, Bharat Ratna Prof C.N.R. Rao in the presence of Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Head, NCSTS, Department of Science and Technology (DST) and other dignitaries.

Children Science Congress is financially supported by NCSTC, DST. The main objective is to provide a unique opportunity to children of the age group of 10-17 years to use their scientific temperament and knowledge and to quench their thirst for creativity by conducting scientific experiments to solve problems identified by them. The students also get an opportunity to interact with scientists and subject experts.

Every year about 7-8 lakhs school children in the age group of 10-17 years participate at various levels from the districts, states & union territories. Around 2 to 3 best projects from each state are exhibited in the Indian Science Congress. Several projects made by students are being showcased in the University of Agricultural Science campus and students had the opportunity to listen and interact with the Young Scientists and Nobel Laureates.

During the event, Infosys ISCA Travel Award 2020 was also given to the top 10 students for their best write-ups for innovations in the field of Science & Technology.

The first step toward success is getting started. We live in a generation of self-made entrepreneurs who have made a mark with their wealthy lifestyle. Frankie Quiroz is an entrepreneur and the founder of ‘Tuned in Tokyo’, a premium brand of automotive apparel. At a very young age, he has started earning money in millions making him one of the youngest businessmen in the world. The 27-year old entrepreneur is the owner of several clothing brands. ‘Tuned in Tokyo’ is his first 7-figure clothing company which has been a money-spinner for him. 

Born and brought up in a small town in Riverside, California; he never had access to luxury as he belonged to a lower-class family. Moreover, Frankie had a tough time while pursuing his education as he attended over 14 different schools due to his poor financial stability. However, the young boy always had a desire to start something of his own. After working at different places for years, he started his own business which has now got a social media network of 30 million followers. In 2009, he sold shirts and then he built his own empire with ‘Tuned in Tokyo’ which has got more than 1 million followers on Instagram.

Having a business mind, he has made his investments at several places and his businesses have reached 8-figures in online sales annually. “As a kid, I always wondered what made me distinct from others. I discovered the fact of how to make money through different sources. I had no guaranteed business and whatever I have achieved today is because of the mistakes I have earlier made and the people I have met in my life”, quoted Frankie. Digital marketing and branding have been his second language and the businessman has enhanced various strategies to a new level. Besides this, Frankie Quiroz has been a constant guide for next-gen entrepreneurs.

It was a year that began with whispers of concern about India and ended with loud criticism. The awe felt around world capitals for Narendra Modi’s massive electoral mandate vanished quickly in the face of his many domestic moves.

From bisecting Kashmir to enacting new citizenship laws, the world watched Modi’s relentless drive to alter the nature of things. When students and civil society rose in protest, they were branded as opposition stooges and thugs to be subdued.

The economy, meanwhile, kept sinking – it was as if the numbers weren’t reaching Modi. Delusions were the currency. The shine was rapidly coming off but nothing a rally of the faithful couldn’t fix or flat out denials couldn’t counter.

Diplomats from friendly countries asked worriedly, “Is India changing from a secular, pluralistic country to something else?” They were afraid to use the word “majoritarian” and still are.

This week Ken Juster, the US ambassador to India, pointedly changed background pictures on his Twitter profile which now catalog his visits to important sites of all India’s major faiths. It was one way of sending a message.

As questions multiply, Indian diplomats have few real answers. And no one should blame them – they have the toughest job. Who can credibly answer why the UP police arrested minors or a chief minister called for “revenge” against protesters?

That’s where we are. It’s hard to deny that 2019 was the year when Modi’s domestic adventures robbed the bank of goodwill accumulated over time, including in the early years of his own tenure when many foreign governments saw him as an agent of India’s rise.

But today it’s a very different scenario. From India’s neighborhood to the “far” abroad, governments are wondering what the end game in Kashmir is, where India is really headed and whether it can rise and shine anytime soon. Because at this time, the Modi government seems mired in the pursuit of aims that won’t create jobs or modernize the military for real “chowkidaari” against real enemies. How long can the young be deployed in pointless “dadagiri” about the culture of cows and nostalgia about a distant past filled with miracles?

The claim that everything – Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens, continued detention of Kashmir’s former chief ministers, crackdown on protestors, Internet shutdowns, police excesses — is a “domestic” issue and therefore of no concern to the outside world is simply not credible.

In the end the BJP does and must care about its image abroad or it wouldn’t deploy scores of Internet troops to denounce and denigrate critics with alacrity. The prime minister certainly seems to embrace his carefully cultivated image of a “world statesman” who is engaged from Africa to

Asia, hobnobbing with leaders.

But India’s image took a beating this year. The willingness to believe New Delhi’s version of events diminished in direct proportion to the ineptness and heavy handedness on display across the country. Official versions simply don’t stand up after a point.

It actually began quietly earlier in the year when independent experts questioned the success of the Balakot operation while US officials twisted themselves into pretzels in order not to embarrass New Delhi. But it doesn’t mean they weren’t assessing Indian capabilities for real.

Official America even worked to deliver a big gift during Modi’s campaign – the timing of Masood Azhar’s terrorist designation was not a coincidence. The Trump Administration calculated Modi was the strongman needed for the times as the Americans challenged China on the seas and on trade. Helping Modi was a good move.

The Trump Administration’s steady support for the Modi government, however, hides a big wart – trade disputes — and it’s not something that can be papered over too long. Things will come to a head in 2020 as Trump prepares for his re-election campaign and wants to list trade successes.

The question the Americans ask is if India finds China formidable and deceptive on trade, why doesn’t it resolve its trade problems with the US? They see themselves as the obvious choice and can’t understand why even a small trade deal has proved elusive after years of negotiations.

Tougher questions are in the offing. Here’s one: Was India pulling out of RCEP an anti-China move or an anti-trade move? Down the line, problems in the trade relationship could begin to affect the strategic partnership. Even on defense, Washington can see that there is little money in India’s budget to take spectacular initiatives or buy new systems.

Add to that, the idea that India will be friends with everyone based on issues in this era of multi-alignment. But it can work only up to a point – the idea of being a free-floating balancer in the world will not work. Some choices have to be made at some time because India can’t keep everyone “half happy or half unhappy” and maximize its gains.

Yes, the Trump Administration is committed to India and future administrations might be too, but India is not making it easy by letting the economy slide by refusing to make the hard decisions because one constituency or the other might be unhappy. Global downturn is not the complete answer for India’s slowdown and everyone knows it.

Then there’s the question of a change in the White House in 2020 – what if a Democrat wins? India’s troubles with the Democrats are well known and it would be foolhardy to believe things would be easy.

The larger compulsions of the strategic partnership will likely prevail in the end but cracks in the bipartisan support for India will take time to heal.

This is India’s problem as it prepares for 2020 vis-à-vis the US – rebuilding bridges with the Democrats that were burnt in haste during “Howdy Modi” and remembering that the US Congress is a co-equal branch of government. The irony – New Delhi always believed bipartisan Congressional support was a given and it got cavalier.

Democracies must honor the opposition, not tarnish it. It doesn’t come naturally to some but in the larger interest, it’s the only way.

The views expressed above belong to the author(s).

Source of the Story – https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-question-for-2020-can-india-recover-59705/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Quotes by Shawn Vij 

“Courage only comes with an open heart.”

“Compassion with Capitalism will raise the human condition.”

“Trust yourself, trust your intuition, trust your heart and doors will open.”

“What if companies just had a simple underlying mission, which was making people’s lives better around the world.”

“I am a staunch believer in people being the soul of a company. Their values define the company’s values. And if these employees have surrendered to excessive greed, anger or ignorance, then yes, a company has no soul left.”

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Shawn Vij was born on August 6^th, 1969.  He has raised in the US Midwest, metro Detroit area and currently resides in Seattle enjoying the Pacific Northwest.  

Vij is a Global Business Leader who has worked in various industries from Automotive, Financial Services, Management Consulting to High Tech.  He has held executive positions at Ford Motor Company, Ernst & Young, VISA, Deloitte, Microsoft and Intel Corporation.  

Vij’s father, Yash Paul Vij is a retired engineer and college professor.  His mother, Aruna Vij is a retired housewife having raised three children.  

Vij received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.  He later received a Masters in Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Krannert School of Management – Purdue University where he was Student Body President.  

Shawn Vij first met the Dalia Lama in February 2014 where he became inspired to write his book, Moral Fiber.  The foreword of the book is written by the Dalai Lama.  

Vij is one of the inventors of a ‘System for Personal Authorization Control for Card Transactions.’ In short, the concept is the ability for users to set spending limits online which is used frequently today.  The invention is protected by a patent.  

Shawn loves shopping at Whole Foods.  Co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods endorsed Vij and his book for its outlook on capitalism and human values.  

Vij was nominated to the US Military Academy, West Point as well as the US Air Force Academy.  

Vij’s great uncle is a famous Bollywood Actor, Rajendra Kumar.  

Vij enjoys his free time cooking and trying out new restaurants.  He likes playing chess and watching old movies.  His current iTunes playlist includes Post Malone, Khalid, and Shakira.

When it comes to the opulent weddings, a bride has to ace perfection in everything right from the outfits to the venue. When it comes to having the best looks, they need to zero down the best makeup artists who can bring out their best version by creating the best looks. When we say bridal makeup, one name that pops in our mind is Simran Kaur. A Delhi-based makeup artist and hairstylist who is widely every bride’s top choice during the weddings in Delhi. With proper knowledge about makeup, beauty and, hairstyling, she understands the needs of her clients and creates a personalized look according to their choice. That’s what makes Kaur a notable name among other makeup artists.

Her magical touch has created wonders and to date, she has styled more than 350 brides who have been a fan of Simran’s work. When asked about her styling, she said, “My makeup and hairstyling artistry is very modern and contemporary. When I look at a face, I notice the bare features and I understand what I can do to make the face prettier. Experimenting with looks is something which I love to do and I am glad that all the new looks I have tried on my clients have been appreciated by one and all.” Her experience of 7 years in the industry has truly been enriching giving her some of the trusted clients in her list.

Besides this, she is the owner of ‘Simran Kaur Studio’ which not only offers the best makeup services but also has several beauty courses one can learn. The studio offers professional makeup courses, Personal makeup workshops, and other hairstyling courses. She aims to expand her business in the coming year with several other beauty services. Currently, the makeup artist offers the best services for party makeup, engagement makeup, and reception makeup. Her works have also helped her bag several awards and the latest feather in her cap was the best makeup artist award at the Ravishing Wedding Awards 2018. Giving a royal touch with her bridal makeup, she is widely looked upon as the most trusted name among all the brides in New Delhi.

Northeastern states of India Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura – and Andaman and Nicobar Islands was demanding different time zone as theses face difficulty in managing their routine work schedule. But this long-standing demand of dual times zones in India is not possible because of strategic reasons said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minster of Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences while replying to a parliamentary question. 

He has been asked is there any plan of considering a dual time zone in the country in view of the time gap between Eastern States and Western States. In the reply he said “Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has published certain reports in science journals on this issue, referring to saving of electricity. The matter was examined by a High Level Committee (HLC). This committee comprising Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Director, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) and Chief Secretary, government of Tripura. The HLC after considering the issue recommended not to have two time zones for India for strategic reasons.”

In Northeastern states the sun rises and sets earlier than the official working hours. This natural phenomenon gives birth to some practical problems like it affects the productivity and makes electric consumption much higher. Early sunrise leads to loss of daylight hours by the time offices or educational institutions open. In winter, this problem gets even more severe as the sun sets much early and therefore, more consumption of electricity is required. To deal with this tea gardens of Assam have been following ‘Chaibagaan time’ which is one hour ahead of India Standard Time (IST).

Recently, a study done by team of researchers from CSIR-NPL has been published in the journal Current Science that supported the demand of dual time zones for these states and said it is feasible to have dual time zones for them. The study said that technically it is feasible to have two time zones and two ISTs in India. It recommended that IST-I for most of India and IST- II for the Northeastern region, this would be separated by difference of one hour. At present, the country observes a single time zone based on the longitude passing through 82°33’E. 

Interestingly, before independence, the country was following three major time zones- Bombay, Calcutta and Madras Time. India had no official time zone till 1906 there were three presidencies: Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and three local times for the three cities, depending on where they fell on the longitude. The three-time zones, thus created, were followed by all the states or cities around and near it. Calcutta was set at UTC+05.54, making it +00:24 of the current IST. Madras was set at UTC+05:21 making it -00:09 of the current IST. Bombay was at UTC+04:51, making it -01:19 of the current IST. Bagan Time was at around UTC+06:30, making it +1:00 of the current IST. (India Science Wire)