Apart from being a successful stylist and fashion designer, Neha Menghwani from Stylessential is known for creating super stylish and unique looks. Her feed is beautifully curated and edited – vibrant and exuding happiness just like her! In a short span of time, she has managed to become an inspiration to many. From styling Bollywood superstars like Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, etc., to have a successful blog where she shares all things fashion, beauty and travel. From designing for & styling the very same actors for fashion shows to now sitting front row at the same shows – she has definitely cracked the code to be successful without having any industry connections.

Right from childhood, she was creative. She would try to draw and paint on the floor using her mom’s cosmetics when she was one. This love for art just grew as she became older and turned into being a professional artist selling her work in school and dancing professionally when she was in college, without formal education in either. “I was offered a dance instructor job at age 17 by Rahul Saxena when he spotted me breakdancing at a college fest. It was so surreal but I always had the pressure to study and because of board exams, I couldn’t take it up.” However, she doesn’t consider that as a missed opportunity as everything happens for a reason. She soon realized that even though she topped Mumbai University, that would be the end of her education and she would finally listen to her heart and pursue her passion. “I definitely tried my hands at a lot of things – it is okay to not know what you want to do in life – I tried dancing, CA, advertising, changed colleges, it was a lot of trial and error to finally come to terms with what my one passion was from the beginning. Once I realized that nothing else gave me happiness – I worked my ass off for the career I have today.”

Contrary to popular belief, blogging is not just about freebies. It sure has a lot of perks but it is tough to survive in this competitive environment where every second person calls themselves an influencer. So what differentiates her from others? “I started working with big brands and on huge campaigns quite early and only chose to work with certain brands that I personally used. This gave me a lot of credibilities. Brands and followers came to me because of my content and I hope it continues to stay that way, although it has always been a number game.” However, she doesn’t focus on that and advise upcoming bloggers to just block all the negativity out. “I used to work 14 hours Mon-Sat, and shoot 6-7 looks on Sunday after planning, directing, location hunting, editing, posting daily, and whatnot. I did it because I loved it despite how sleep-deprived and tired I was, and if you love it too, I’m sure you’ll find a way.”

Aashi Adani is an Indian fashion blogger and beauty YouTuber. She has a reach of over 1,50,000 people on all her social media combined. She has worked with some great brands like Aldo, Garnier, MAC, Myntra, Amazon and many more.

Family Life and Education:

Aashi was born on 19^th June, 1998 in Mumbai to Gujarati-speaking parents. Her father, Nilesh Adani, is a businessman, and her mother Dipti Adani was a beautician. Her older sister Pranali Adani is an HR head at reputed agency in Mumbai and is happily married. 

Aashi Adani was educated at Mumbai’s Walsingham House School. She did her Junior College from Jai Hind College and graduated in bachelors of Management Studies from Lala Lajpatrai College. She is currently pursuing Master’s in Commerce from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.

Work before Blogging:

Aashi has always been a hard worker and juggled multiple jobs before finally starting her blog at the age of 17. Right after her 10^th standard she spent her holidays tutoring children under the 4^th grade and also conducted multiple dance workshops. She soon landed an internship at Genius Inc, a coaching center in Mumbai where she managed daily activities for about a year. While interning, she also had a little start up that sold fast fashion clothes called ‘The Urban Darji’ with her best friend Vedika Parekh.

It was right before her HSC exams where she stopped working and focused all her time studying. After her HSC exams, and a lot of motivation from her friends, she started her fashion blog ‘Dress It Out.’

Hobbies:

Aashi has always enjoyed dance and has done a couple of classes from Shiamak’s Dance Academy and Danceworx, Mumbai. She also loves learning new things and has enjoyed video editing and photography which learned after establishing her blog. After a long day she likes to drink some hot chocolate and watch Netflix in bed. She loves travelling and has some amazing vlogs on her YouTube channel as well.

Journey to Stardom:

She started her blog ‘Dress It Out’ and later changed it to aashiadani.com in 2018. After covering a lot of fashion trends in articles, she also started doing some beauty tutorials which were very well received. After gaining massive popularity on Instagram, she also started her own YouTube channel in 2019. She does a lot of helpful videos and super honest reviews about launches in the industry. 

Her content has a lot of people hooked to her, including us and we can’t wait to see what else she surprises us with.

Check out Aashi’s work here – 

Blog – https://aashiadani.com/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/aashiadani/

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoorvG4f0ILFoYJC9OM2R8Q

Gear up for some culinary food delight if you have a knack for authentic Delhi’s food and Indian desi cuisine with a fine blend of spices. A quick bite outlet and home delivery food joint, Â‘Delhicacy, the old Delhi Cafe’ at Galleria, Gurugram has come up with an enticing fusion of Indian street food as ‘Chaat la Raza’ that satiates your gastronomical temptation.

At the recently concluded India Craft Week at Aerocity, Delhicacy’s Chaat la Raza food kiosk appeared to be the cynosure as it was the official food partner for the ICW event.

Although Old Delhi has the distinction to serving some mouthwatering street food on carts, Delhicacy offers the same with a blend. It is a home delivery multi-cuisine restaurant.

Veg Biryani:

Served in an eco-friendly bowl, Veg Biryani was cooked in rich aromatic spices like ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin and cloves. Roasted paneer peppered with fried onion slices, carrot, pea, tomato and beans is always the cornerstone of veg biryani.

Raita is an all-time essential for Biryani anywhere in this world. Different places, different taste, but settings are same. In Southern India, you will get coconut gravy served with Biryani while in Old Delhi, some restaurants serve mint or coriander chutney. Here you get Dahi Raita seasoned with in an earthen glass (Kullhad) that catches your fancy as the order is served.

Gulab Jamun

Nothing can replace Gulab Jamun as dessert after meal. This sweet delicacy instantly hits your taste buds in the first scoop. Its enchanting taste and smooth texture is the hallmark of the authentic Gulab Jamun. And, Indians cannot resist the temptation for this delectable sweet as and when it is served hot in a desi earthen pot.

The On-Site Food Manager of Chaat la Raza and entrepreneur, Priyanka Sapra, takes pride in sharing the culinary delight of Delhicacy. She believes that traditional Indian street food would survive for long if there some adds on.

She says, “Delhicacy is all about the Delhi’s food and cuisine. The walled city of old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk is the hotshot destination for street foods and your favorite snacks. We cater the same authentic taste to everyone here at Delhicacy. This venture was started by Mr. Prabal Goel. Now we have started Chaat la Raza where we have given a blend to the Indian spices.”

About Chaat la Raza

Chaat in India is the most popular street that is loved by foodies all over. Frank Herbert’s epic narrative quotes in his fiction named ‘Dune’, ‘he who controls the spice, controls the universe.’ Indian Chaat can be the ideal demonstration of this famous quote. Chaat la Raza isn’t only controlling spices but also giving it a global fusion that might cheer up the mood of the evening snacks. Chaat la Raza offers this delightful street food in even more delectable way by blending the Indian spices with other ingredients all over the world.

Who would have thought of ‘Fruity Golgappe’, Golgappa Shots, and ‘Patila Matar with Pita Bread and Lavash Sticks’? You get this fusion at Chaat la Raza. It also serves Palak Patta Chaat, Pav Bhaji, Parantha, Tikki, Chole Bhature and other Indian fast food, North Indian food pure vegetarian food.

Showering praise over the delicacy of Delhicacy, PRO of ICW says, Mr. Abhishek says “They {Chaat la Raza} are wonderful. The idea of having such a fusion is amazing. I have fallen in love with the matar kulcha they serve.”

The second edition of India Craft Week was a five days event held from 4^th to 8^th December at Aerocity. The objective of ICW is to create an ecosystem where contemporary brands, independent artists and designers come together to share their ideas and show it to the world. It aims the uplift of craftsmen and artisan of the country from rural areas. There were Mithila Painting, commonly known as Madhubani Painting, Phad painting, Kalamkari, Kalighat Patua and shadow puppetry.

So next time you drop by this quick bite outlet and get parceled some delectable snacks for your family and friends.

Address: Shop No-SF 14,
Galleria DLF-IV, Gurugram
Cont: 9953956543, 9899097873

The Indian Centre for Endometriosis has been launched as a one-stop destination for all information on endometriosis.

Brainchild of Dr Abhishek Mangeshikar, an endometriosis specialist, the Mumbai-based Centre is actively dedicated to empowering women by spreading awareness about endometriosis and debunking the myths associated with this condition. It endeavours to direct women suffering from this debilitating disease the right way, at the right time by curtailing delay between the onset of symptoms and clinical diagnosis and expediting correct treatments.

Endometriosis is an abnormal growth of tissues similar to the uterine lining with common symptoms like intense pelvic pain, infertility, bloating, diarrhea or constipation, painful sex, heavy periods and sometimes even loss of kidneys or lung collapse. The  Indian Centre for Endometriosis (ICE) is a knowledge bank about endometriosis providing correct information on endometriosis, ample research data, white papers, key developments in the field of endometriosis in India and around the world, FAQ’s, and treatment procedures.

One of the key objectives of The Indian Centre for Endometriosis (ICE) is to liaise with health professionals and researchers and to raise funds for research on this condition.

Speaking about the launch, Dr. Abhishek Mangeshikar, Director and Consultant Gynecological Surgeon at ICE said, “It is alarming that around 25 million women in the country suffer from endometriosis and that this number is increasing every year. Hence, it is important to know that a country like India needs a dedicated platform on endometriosis to reassure a woman that she can lead a normal life despite the endometriosis. It is our endeavour at The Indian Centre for Endometriosis (ICE) to provide the necessary support and therapies to woman suffering from this condition and provide the best solution to help her lead a wholesome and pain free life that she rightfully deserves.

Dr. Prashant Mangeshikar, Consultant Gynecologist at ICE said, “It is a moment of honour to be able to launch a platform that offers information on multiple aspects of endometriosis. It is extremely important for women to know that if they are suffering from endometriosis there is hope and respite, especially in a country like India where menstruation is not discussed openly and menstrual cramps are dismissed as part of becoming a woman. Alarmingly, endometriosis is as common as diabetes. It affects all ages of women from as young as 8 to as old as 80. Through Indian Centre for Endometriosis (ICE), I look forward to a holistic approach of not just creating awareness by updating key information on endometriosis backed by evidence based medicine, but also by highlighting which treatments work and which ones are highly unsuccessful.”

According to the Endometriosis Foundation of America, an estimated 176 million women suffer from endometriosis worldwide and it affects more women than breast cancer. It is startling that many have not heard of it and the disease has not got the attention it deserves typically because it is not terminal. It cripples the quality of life and costs the country 22 billion dollars a year in lost productivity and treatment costs!

The ‘All India Loktantra Senani Joint Action Committee’ observed a ‘silent satyagraha’ at Raj Ghat in Delhi on Wednesday. The ‘Emergency senanis’ across the country staged a silent protest. 

Sharing their ordeal during the repressive regime of emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, there was considerable anger among the volunteers and fighters who were jailed between 1975-77.

Vijay Kumar Sharma, Chairman of the Welcome Committee, said, “Previous governments made promises to protect the interests of the loktantra senanis but nothing satisfactory could be done. Only Mulayam Singh Yadav’s government paid attention to our demands and gave many facilities.  Today we demand the central government to give fair compensation to the senanis and respect them. “

He added, “We have four major demands. Firstly, the government shall bring a white paper over the salary and amenities enjoyed by the MPs and MLAs. The second is to publish a white paper on the funds of the ‘Swatantra Sainik Samman Yojana’ in the 1980 and 2017-20 schemes. The funds of thousands of crores spent should be accounted for. Third, is the prohibition of the self-declaration of pension and facilities by the MPs and MLAs. They do not need special privileges if they call themselves ‘jansevak’. The fourth demand is to prevent the state governments from discontinuing the pensions of senanis. Governments have ignored their demand for long. We need justice to be ensured.”

Sharing bitter memories and ordeal of the Emergency regime, Prem Bihari Rai, 70, a senani from Azamgarh, said, “I was picked up and put in jail early in my life as a student. I remained in jail for 21 days. Indira government-dictated everyone from one yardstick. Many were picked up and tortured. Today the rights and voice of those fighters are being suppressed. PM Modi government should respect us. Modi himself was a witness to the emergency period. “

The committee asked the government to take action against those policemen and officers who were involved in vandalism during the dreaded emergency period. Many fighters with their moist eyes recounted the dark days of emergency. More than one lakh volunteers were imprisoned and suffered torture and inhumane conditions during the emergency at the hands of the then autocratic government. Committee members have been raising their demands and concerns for a very long time. They believe that the warriors of emergency and leaders who sacrificed their lives to save the democratic fabric of this country remain forgotten. It is an ungrateful, inhumane and indecent act.

Delhi chairman of the welcome committee Vijay Sharma {45, who went to jail during the emergency}, Rakesh Jain, secretary and Om Shakti ji Babu, general secretary conducted the peace march. 

Members of the committee also paid their obeisance at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat. Thousands of volunteers of the Committee participated in the Satyagraha. 

There will be a hunger strike by the committee at Jantar Mantar on Thursday as well. They will also put their points before the MPs. The committee will further request the government to bring a Bill in the Parliament to secure the rights of loktantra senanis.

There is a dichotomy of conflict and beauty associated with Kashmir.But a magical musician from Baramullah Kashmir has added a third dimension to it i.e Music.Music that transcends all the barriers and soothes the hearts and soul.

Ever since his childhood days Jaan Nissar Lone was inclined to music and would feel music as something intrinsic to his being. An Alumnus of JNV Shahkote Jaan had first tryst with music at the very place only where he would amuse his friends with his magical voice and natural compatibility with any musical instrument.Least did his friends know that he is going to craft magic in future and be a representative of Ethnic Kashmiri Music..

Jaan Nissar formally joined the prestigious Trinity Music School for Western Music and reputed Patiala Gharana for Indian Classical Music..To prove his prowess Jaan Nissar moved to Mumbai( Every Artist’s dream destiny) ..After his share of struggle in Bollywood Jaan Nissar got offers to compose music for many movies which include . . . 

CHHOO LEY AASMAAN,

SHUDRA..THE RISING

18.11 a code of secrecy

JD

HALF WIDOW

PRANAM,

VICTIM

His upcoming film is “Ginny Weds Sunny” directed by Puneet Khanna and produced by Vinod Bachchan.

And Currently he’s done Music for a very popular web series “The Family Man” directed by Raj & DK starring  Manoj Bajpai, are some of his accomplished Bollywood movies & Web series so far.

Shudra…The Rising was critically acclaimed work which got Jaan Nissar a recognition. One of the leading Directors of Music Industry suggested Jaan Nissar to be more focussed on Sufi Music as that is something Jaan is made for.Thus came time for hit numbers like 

ALLAH TERI KYA SHAAN HAI( Won Radio Mirchi Sufi song of the year award)

JUGNI (Sung by Jaan Nissar Lone )

DIL TOOT GAYA ( Sung by Kamal Khan).

RUBARU..THE SILENT LOVE (sung by Jaan Nissar Lone)

NAINA HUVE BAWRE (sung by Rani Hazarika)

FARIYAAD (sung by Master Saleem)

KHUDA MEHARBAAN..( A dream project with late Rajat Bharjatiya Ji of Rajshree Entertainment )

Encouraged by Sufi Hits in Hindustani Language Jaan Nissar was determined to showcase the ethnic Kashmiri Sufi music. He came up with the idea of blending Bollywood Voices with Kashmiri songs and the idea worked very well. Within No time Jaan Nissar became a sensation in Kashmiri Music. His works like

•PEER MYANIO

•KHODAYA

•HARMUKH BARTAL

•KATYU CHHUKH NUNDBAANE

•MAENZIRAAT

•SALAM E WAZWAN

Jaan Nissar Lone has worked with many Bollywood popular Bollywood singers which include Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle,Neeti Mohan,Kunal Ganjawala,Jaspinder Narula,Rani Hazarika, Madhshree,Ankit Tiwari,Arijit Singh, Shail Hadda,Shaan,Sukhvinder Singh,Brijesh Sandilya,Labh Janjua,Jawed Ali And many more . . .

I have already set new records in Kashmiri Music with millions of hits on Youtube. Seeing renowned Bollywood Singers like Jaan Nisaar Lone  Sniti Mishra, Rani Hazarika, Ritrisha Sarma, Aishwarya Majmudar, Rini Chandra singing Kashmiri songs many Kashmiri  youth have seriousl followed the trend. Jaan Nissar seriously believes that music is the true bond that binds nations together and appeals all equally.

His coming works include (YAAD MERI AAYI KYUN NAHI) with Actor Rahul Bhat and Diana Khan

•ROUVMUT DILDAR( Kashmiri Number)

• YI CHHU MYON SHEHAR( Kasmiri Number) written by IPS Basant Rath 

• MAST MALANG( A movie based on a Kashmiri boy who rebels the dogmas of society and chases his dreams).

Jaan Nissar with his determination and devotion is set to create new milestones in the field of Music.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (Hyderabad) have developed a low-power device that can monitor electrocardiogram (ECG) and alert patients and doctors in real-time about the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

Cardiovascular Diseases top the list of public health concerns compared to other diseases and have almost become the primary cause of human deaths, as per a survey of the World Health Organization (WHO). The main causes include changings trend in lifestyle, unhealthy eating habits, tobacco usage, low fruit, and vegetable intake and lack of physical activity and a lot of stress.

These factors necessitate developing a personalized CVD monitoring device powered by battery backup and with a very low form factor to achieve unobtrusiveness that works under the emerging cyber-physical system setup.

This area was researched by a team comprising Mr. Vemishetty Naresh. Ph.D. Research Scholar, Advanced Embedded Systems and IC Design Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, and Dr. Amit Acharyya, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering.

As a proof of concept demonstration, the researchers have taken healthy and various unhealthy cases from the Physionet database to validate the proposed method. Their research has been published recently in the peer-reviewed international journal Scientific Reports, online open access, scientific journal published by prestigious Nature Research.

Speaking about the importance of this research, Dr. Amit Acharyya, said, “CVD is one of the deadliest diseases and irrespective of the economy of the country people are getting affected by it. It is manifested in different forms necessitating the early diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis. Hence the proposed work on the classification is going to be of immense help for the society.”

In addition, they also worked on developing different classification techniques and integrating them to make a generic algorithm. A novel System-On-Chip (SoC) architecture is developed in a low complex way by resource sharing concept for the CVD automation. Thus the whole system can cover various ECG abnormalities and finally come up with the prototype board which looks similar to as a smartphone at the patient end.

Speaking about their plans to take this research to benefit the society at large, Mr. Vemishetty Naresh said: “There was an exponential increment in human mortality rate, due to the delayed diagnosis, lack of proper distribution of health care facilities and prognosis centers in the vicinity. There is a need of a robust automated device for the early detection of the vital abnormal ECG signals in chronic CVD patients.”

Access to CVD care in India is relatively poor due to the fact that the primary health care system in India has largely been focused towards the management of communicable diseases, maternal and child health care. Considering the statistics of CVD deaths, the integration of CVD preventive care in the primary healthcare centers in India requires special attention, with a need for innovative models in health promotion.

Cardiovascular diseases healthcare monitoring systems have gained significant importance in recent years owing to their tremendous challenge for portable personal health analysis. With the consideration of portable remote monitoring, it is necessary to develop the remote CVD device having low form factor, consuming minimal power for the prolonged battery life and the device should be reliable enough to extract the significant clinical features for the cardiovascular diseases classification and prediction at an affordable cost.

This work was partly supported by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the ‘Internet of Things (IoT) Research of Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) Programme,’ with the Project entitled ‘IOT Based Holistic Prevention and Prediction of CVD (i-PREACT).’

‘I Heard You Paint Houses’, asks Al Pacino in the 56-seconds teaser of ‘The Irishman’ that was launched by Netflix nine months ago, directed by Martin Scorsese. The sentence was a hint to the movie’s plot. Actually, It’s a narrative non-fiction written by the former defense attorney and investigator Charles Brandt in 2004  that documents the life of an Irish mob hitman, Frank Sheeran, who confesses bone-chilling details of killing James Riddle Hoffa, aka Jimmy Hoffa, whose sudden disappearance became a legend and a mysterious tale in the mid-70s in the United States. Jimmy Hoffa in 60s and early 70s was a powerful labor union leader and the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, IBT. ‘The Irishman’ is based on the book, ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’. 

‘The Irishman’ was the most-anticipated movie of the year as Martin Scorsese pulls off a classic reunion with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. It clearly is the most ambitious project of Scorsese as Al and De Niro have co-starred for the fourth time in their Hollywood career after Godfather II 1974, Heat 1995 and Righteous Kill in 2008. However, they never shared screens in the same frame in Godfather-II and only for 10 minutes out of 170 in the movie ‘Heat’, the famous ‘diner scene’. 

Frank Sheeran

‘The Irishman’ starts with a timeless melancholic melody ‘In the still of night’ written by Fred Perris {The Satins} in 1955. Frank Sheeran {Robert De Niro} narrates the story sitting in an old-age home. 

A World War II veteran, Frank, is a truck driver who exports beef for a private company lands up in trouble over the charges of theft as he supplies beef secretly to the rival side that saves extra dime for him. He consults a lawyer, Bill Bufalino {Ray Romano} to get away with this. Bill is the cousin of mobster Russell Bufalino {Joe Pesci}, whom Sheeran already had met once met at a gas station before getting introduced by his lawyer Bill in a bar.

The plot unfolds in a bit nonlinear projection like we see in the Scorsese’s movies Shutter Island and The Wolf of Wall Street but I would hesitate say Tarantino’s or Christopher Nolan’s way, they are extreme. 

Loyalty 

Sheeran opens up to Russell about his past life, his role in WWII under a General named Patton. Bufalino finds a loyal man in Frank Sheeran and assigns him some ‘side jobs’ like trafficking trucks filled with arsons. Sheeran also whacks people on the cue of his boss Russell. Every time he kills, mostly on point blank, he throws the weapon in a river which he describes as, ‘..there is a spot in the Schuylkill River, everybody uses it. Today if they send divers down there, they’d be able to arm a small country.’

The scene jumps where Russell and Sheeran with their wives are driving in Russell’s car to the wedding of Bill Bufalino’s daughter. The car trip helps narrator Sheeran to return to the events. There are interludes of the Presidential election in the US and the tensions between Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionary rebels and the US army. 

Rise of Hoffa and Guilt of Sheeran 

Sheeran first talks to Jimmy Hoffa {Al Pacino} over the telephone when Hoffa asks, ‘I heard you paint houses.’ Sheeran in his narration says that ‘Hoffa in 60s was like Elvis’, and ‘in 70s he was like ‘The Beatles’. Jimmy is a towering personality and loved. He is a charming, short-tempered and hot head leader of the union. He never wants the Democrat John F Kennedy to be the President of the US, unlike his friends and other union members. Sitting with his family, he abuses JFK and the other Irishman in the same breath as Kennedy wins the election and becomes the 35^th President of the US. Threatened by the change in the status quo of his union, Hoffa in public speeches persuaded people to unite against the government and big businesses as they were on to tear apart the union.

In the early scenes, Sheeran’s daughter Peggy (Lucy Gallina as a child and Anna Paquin as an adult) don’t feel very highly of her father. One scene where Sheeran thrashes a nearby grocery guy for allegedly shoving Peggy. It was the turning point of events in Peggy’s life. She hardly has spoken two-three sentences in the film but her eyes filled with pity and remorse for the evils of his father is evident that she didn’t like him. You might think that women in the movie are inconsequential, rightly so, but the silence of Peggy is worth thousand words and actions that drive Sheeran feel inferior to the world and Hoffa. Peggy was in awe of Hoffa. She treats him like a father figure, which she never could for her own father. Usually silent and tensed, Peggy giggles and spends time with Jimmy Hoffa. It irks Sheeran but he couldn’t do anything. Meanwhile, Russell too tries to be amicable with the little Peggy but fails. 

Joe Pesci Quiet Return Is Exemplary

‘The Irishman’ has some similarities to the Scorsese’s classic mob epic, Goodfellas {1990}. But there is less violence than Goodfellas. Joe Pesci’s character of Russell Bufalino is a cool-headed mob leader who doesn’t show off his power to the wise guys. Unlike Pesci played short-tempered and fragile mob character in Casino and Goodfellas, he and quiet and savage as Russell in ‘The Irishman’. He was out of the business of movies for quite some time. Pesci’s quiet and pious return to screens might leave you awestruck at the acting prowess of this brilliant actor. There is still left in his tank. The last scene where he says to his friend Sheeran, ‘I am going to Church.’ Thereafter he goes to the graveyard.

Frank Sheeran is at the center of the play but always away from the epicenter of the main events. He is more like a contract killer who enjoys the patronage of mobsters, referred as wise guys among the others. He is loyal only to his boss Russell. Once a wise guy, Joe Gallo aka Crazy Joe misbehaves with Russell in a bar, Sheeran recreates a masterpiece to kill Joe inside a diner where he was celebrating his birthday with family. Crazy Joe was mentioned even in Goodfellas when Henry narrates the flashback of the crime in New York. 

Racist Slur

Jimmy Hoffa was charged of fraud by the federal agencies and sent to jail right after the assassination of JF Kennedy. Inside there he meets Anthony Provenzano {Stephen Graham}, nicknamed ‘Tony Pro’, whom Hoffa isn’t very fond me. Long simmering tension between the two escalates inside the jail when Hoffa addresses Pro, ‘You People’, which Tony Pro takes as a ‘racist slur’ and punches Hoffa a several times in his face. 

Hoffa gets the Presidential Pardon and his parole as Richard Nixon elected as the new President. And it ignites the fall of Hoffa

Betrayal of Sheeran and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa

Four years out of business, he was overpowered by Fitz  {his aide} with the support of Tony Pro. Hoffa in an attempt to get the control of the union back disappoints a lot of his friends and enemies. Russell tries to convince him to not rebel for the union President post and step down. Adamant of his motive, Hoffa refuses every suggestion coming his way.

The car trip scene comes in and meanwhile Russell in the commanding tone orders Frank to do the thing for Hoffa. He says that he tried his best to persuade Hoffa to step down but Hoffa was too stubborn to listen. A meeting in the name of compromise was fixed by the mobsters. It was all a plot to eliminate Hoffa. Frank was briefed about the plan. He was sent to Detroit by a plane. Hoffa expected meet his loyal man Sheeran before the meeting was scheduled. But Sheeran overrides him and goes straight to the place where the set up was done. He meets Jimmy Hoffa there. Hoffa complains why Sheeran didn’t show up early to pick him up. Sheeran says there was a change in plan. They reach the place. Hoffa, confident and brave, goes inside the house first followed by Sheeran. He sees no one there. Hoffa asks Sheeran to leave quick. Hoffa turns to the door. Sheeran follows. He picks out a gun from his waist and shoots Jimmy Hoffa in his head point blank. Hoffa disappeared. 

Scorsese’s Masterpiece

Frank Sheeran in last scene is filled with remorse, guilt and pity for his deeds. He confesses to a Bishop of a church. He wants to talk to his daughter Peggy too but she ends all relations with her father after the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, who she adored and loved.

The real-life story of gangsters is more than a mob epic. It is also more than a tale of loyalty vs betrayal. 

A 3 hours 28 mins movie can be boring, particularly if it not in the form of Series on Netflix, but Martin Scorsese in ‘The Irishman’ has pulled off a real masterpiece by not letting any loose ends in the script, meticulously written by Steven Zaillian. This melancholic mob epic is so far the most ambitious project of Scorsese. 

(‘I Heard You Paint Houses’: This actually is a type of mob code. Sheeran didn’t paint houses, ever. ‘Paint houses’ means killing people and leave the stains of blood on the floor and walls.)

Smart classes and mobile technology is not only transforming education in highly paid private schools of metropolitan cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, but it is gradually making inroads in the government schools set up in the backward and rural areas of Rajasthan. 

Pragyan, a project launched in 2018 by EdIndia Foundation in collaboration with the Rajasthan Council of School Education, is gradually transforming the learning environment in 100 schools of Jaipur and Sawai Madhopur districts of the State by use of technology through educational audiovisual (AV) content on smart TV and mobile App. 

Pragyan focuses on positively impacting the quality of teachers and teaching methodology to make classrooms more interactive with teachers using simple technological tools to prepare for classes and teaching through e-content to encourage students to inquire, ask questions and develop critical thinking ability instead of rote learning.

Under the Pragyan project smart classrooms have been set up in 100 schools of Jaipur and Sawai Madhopur. Each school has been provided a 32” smart TV, internet router and Pragyan mobile App for teachers for accessing e-content for English, Maths and Hindi for classes 2^nd to 5^th. The e-content is based on state government textbooks while mobile App provides content for teachers to plan and prepare, including lesson plans, activity ideas, worksheets and for students content videos and power points. Pragyan also provides mobile based virtual classroom sessions for teachers and is making efforts to enhance teachers knowledge and expertise in ICT on Tech-pedagogy. The project was rolled out in August, 2018 when EdIndia signed a three year MoU with RCSCE and since then about 250 teachers and 5500 students have been positively impacted in the state, informed Pallav Tiwari, head of Pragyan project. 

 Teachers associated with the project shared how Pragyan has impacted teaching and learning in schools. “For past one year I have been associated with Pragyan and teaching Maths has become fun now with students being interested in the subject. I have attended workshops and prepare daily for teaching in the classroom by going through the videos on various lessons on Pragyan mobile app and use it to explain students in simple language with examples from their life. Even complicated topics such as fractions explained to students through educational videos on smart TV giving them clarity of the subject. This way classroom has become interesting with focus shifting from maintaining discipline to make students curious and encourage them to ask questions and develop critical thinking ability. It has also impacted the board result of class fifth students,” shared Rekha Batra, teacher in the Government Upper Primary School, Narsimhmapur Mahal, Jagatpura.

Shankuntala, head mistress of the school who teaches English, said that educational videos have made it easier for students to grasp the concept and learn the subject. “The workshop organized by Pragyan made us aware of the new methods of teaching. Despite time constraint due to my BLO duties, I make a point to go through the lessons shared on Pragyan mobile app so as to learn new ways of teaching which makes students interested in the subject. Now I encourage students to make simple sentences in English about the things and people around them by using the words that they have learnt in smart class through animated videos. Even for writing essays instead of dictating, I encourage students to make sentences on any topic by looking at the objects around them. They may even make sentences in Hindi and then translate it into English, she said. However, initially Shakuntala had faced resistance from parents who were apprehensive about the use of television by school. When she explained and even showed them that the TV would only show educational content, they relented. 

Sushila Dhabai, Maths Teacher in GUPS, Sindhi Sanganer School, was earlier very sceptical about use of technology, but gradually has warmed to the idea. Encouraged with the response of students, she now even makes her own videos of teaching through smart classes and sharesthem to get feedback from Pragyan team. She is also encouraging other teachers to join the mobile App to make their teaching more effective.

“When Project Pragyan started I thought it is more admin related work that will burden us. I also had resistance to technology being never much compatible with use of smart phone and TV. However, following regular support of Pragyan team members and workshops organized by them, I now understand the utility of e-content in classrooms. Earlier, Í used to base my preparation only on textbooks and teaching used to be monotonous. Also, I could never get whether students have actually learned the concept or not.Now I use technology without any hesitation. Through smart classroom I now use simple animation videos on dividing chocolates to teach complicated topics like fraction.It has become easyand fun for me and students also comprehend easily. So, our job has become simple and result has improved with our school being awarded for 100% result,” Sushila shared.

Concurring with her, Rinku Jain, English Teacher in the Government Girls Upper Primary School, Sec -3, Pratap Nagar, said, “Since Pragyan has started working with us technology has become a regular component of my day-to-day classroom practice. English learning had never looked that easy with the blended mix of regular teaching and e content being played on Smart TV.”

 Noticing the growing interest of students in smart classroom, Ritu Rani, Head Mistress of GUPS, Tiba Sheopur has arranged one more Smart TV from another source so that students could get maximum benefit. Ram Dayal, Maths teacher at GUPS, Dehlawas, shared that smart classrooms have made management of students easier for schools.  “With the limited number of rooms available for us in an upper primary school, there was challenge to manage and run classes. Tougher it gets when we struggle to teach different topics for three classes in a single room. With the Smart class in place, we now select and use AV content which can cater to the needs of all three classes where class 3^rd student is also engaged along with class 4^{th  and} 5^th in the same subject,” he shared.

Lalita Gupta, Head Mistress of a Sanskrit school with 189 students, found that the oral learning of students has improved through smart classes. Their grasping of grammar is better. Maths teacher Shyama of the school found the activities conducted by Pragyan team members very helpful not only for maths, but even for learning topics in Hindi.

Ayan Chatterjee, Head of EdIndia Foundation, said that EdIndia believes that technology can change the education landscape of India. It is envisaging to create sustainable educational interventions leveraging ‘viable technology’ to mitigate the effects of unavailability of municipal teachers, while leveraging key teachers in reaching out to larger student audiences. It focuses on government education system to help teachers equip with child centred pedagogy and impact student learning by building conceptual understanding and developing critical thinking skills. It is leveraging the use of virtual classroom infrastructure to provide ongoing professional learning and development to teachers and students. Regular monitoring and assessment of teachers’ performance is done using an 18 point indicator framework using e-tools. Apart from Pragyan, EdIndia had set up Virtual classrooms in 480 schools of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai in 2012. Currently, it runs the Data Support project in 1500 government as well as government aided schools in Mumbai. This project leverages data analytics to convert data based on student’s assessment into usable dashboards for informed decision making. 

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