Faheem Bhat is regarded as one of the famous literacy artists of all time in Kashmir. His novel ‘Wandering for love’  is one of the fast selling books in 2016 to 2017 in across India which is because of the influence and social media of Bhat. 

After the success of his book, Faheem Bhat decided to start his own self-publishing house in Kashmir. Opening Kashmir’s first self-publishing house was very uphill but Faheem turns the story upside down. 

Faheem started his own self-publishing house ‘Lieper Publication Pvt. Ltd’ with a tagline of ‘We turn writers into Author’s’ And within a year of existence the tagline got changed to ‘Kashmir’s first and fast-growing self-publishing house’

Lieper Publication has been started to be counted among prominent self-publishing houses. It has a tremendous following on social media. 

And the CEO of Lieper Publication, Faheem Bhat is one of the known social media personality as well.

He has been the example for youth in Kashmir for his dedication, hard work, and contribution towards literature which is exceptional. 

Talking about his future plan, he said he is finding the key to something big and unless he won’t get it,  he would like to keep all to himself.

May he grow a lot wiser insubstantial and all his dreams come true.

The people belonging to the photography community are our eyes to the world. They can make anything appear like a picturesque. And when it comes to weddings, their imagination runs wild. 

Honoring the passion of photography, we introduce you to Lakshya Chawla, a spirited young man and one of India’s best wedding photographer. 

Lakshya has a keen eye for detail and vision which defines a picture perfectly. He beholds expertise in the elements of art which helps him to make conscious choices while capturing a picture.

His instincts and perfect timing to click pictures make every wedding photo as scenic as it could be.

Apart from capturing happy moments, Lakshya loves to travel around the world and is an ardent travel photographer too.

Lakshya did his MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. Photography was Lakshya’s passion since 2011 but never imagined it to be a career. But, you never know what is stored for you in life.

As a hobby, Lakshya used to click pictures all around. Back in 2013, he clicked some stunning pictures in his sister’s marriage. The event got the eye of many people. Eventually, his sister’s marriage changed his fortune as he started to get inquiries for Wedding photography.

Soon after his sister’s marriage, he already had his calendar booked for months. This was the time when Lakshya decided not to sit for campus placements and give photography a full-time shot. 

He started photography as a profession in the year 2013-14. When he was in the 2nd year of his MBA. By the mid-second year of his MBA, Lakshya was getting regular work and he started to take his profession more seriously and consulted his professors to make wedding photography into a successful case study.

Lakshya took courses like digital marketing, new venture planning, consumer behavior, etc., which actually helped him to shape down his very own venture by the name of Shutterdown.

Till date, Lakshya has shot more than 300 Luxury Weddings, 100 of them being destination weddings. Lakshya with Shutterdown has shot weddings across the globe including places like Austria, Germany, Prague, Thailand, UAE, Indonesia, Tanzania, Kenya, Sri Lanka, etc. and winning more than 10 national and international wedding photography and film making awards.

Lakshya recently collaborated with Jasleen Royal from Bollywood to create their song cover which gathered more than 1.5 million views on Youtube.

(Visit his site www.shutterdown.in and enjoy more of his work. For more details, you can directly reach him at ( lakshya@shutterdwon.in)

Life is all about not giving up on your dreams. One of India’s top bloggers Pooja Raina left her job after she gave birth to her second child after a gap of 7 years. After her child’s birth, Pooja didn’t work for few years as she wanted to see the growing up days of her toddler.

Later, when she was ready to get back to work, she wasn’t sure of what she exactly wanted to do. That’s when her friends suggested that she can start blogging as she has a vast knowledge of beauty, fashion and lifestyle. That’s exactly what Pooja Raina did and because of her blog called ‘Makeup and Body Blog’ she made it to the list of ‘Top 50 lifestyle bloggers in a span of just 2 years. 

About the same, Pooja Raina said that children and career are equally important tasks and one is responsible how the future shapes up for each. Pooja said that she keeps her posts authentic and makes sure to do something different so that people get to see unique content on her blog. 

Pooja Raina also said, “For me being into fashion and beauty is all about sharing my personal style with the world. Always remember that your style should reflect your individuality! Own your style, be proud of it, and embrace fashion as a way to express who you are and who you want to be.”

At this stage, Pooja Raina feels like a strong and independent woman. She is happy that her profession gives her the liberty to create her own schedule and also time to be with her kids.

Tejashree Jadhav is one of the most stunning Indian actresses. The actress has been a part of several movies, TV shows as well as a web series. The actress, who comes from a defense family background, also does some charity work.

Tejashree is quite happy with the kind of work she is doing but wants to explore more content in all the three mediums. The actress is a Mass Media student and has also done experimental theatre and Marathi plays for a few years. Tejashree has been a part of a few Hindi TV shows like Akbar Rakt Se Takt Tak (Sashi Sumit Production) and also played the main lead in the title track of Tamil movies, Atti, Gilli Bambaram.

Along with being a part of movies and shows, actress Tejashree Jadhav has also done Hindi Web series with Arvind Baddal Productions. Thanks to her good looks and charm, Tejashree has appeared of several printed ads for traditional and western garments and have featured in a lot of popular magazines and South Newspapers (Kollywood and Tollywood).

Actress Tejashree Jadhav is open to doing more content-based work in all the three mediums. She has quite good offers and will soon announce her next project soon. Currently, she is working on a very promising nationalist content. 

She believes that it is important to her that whatever roles she chooses to do has a certain impact on the audience as their appreciations keep her going on to do the best.

We have seen many businesspeople in the past who started their journey with nothing but sheer will and motivation, which encourage them to achieve a great life.

Today we will share a story of a businessman who started his journey from his small town and now top business tycoon of North India, holding multiple businesses “Arjun Singh Rawat”.

Son of Soran Singh Rawat and Vimla Devi is the founder of news channel called “News 1 India” and also successful infrastructure developer of North India. Arjun Singh was good in studies which helped him a lot in his life while he was growing. He was totally different from others in his town in UP. Arjun Singh Rawat was full of dreams, and he wanted to achieve something prominent in life where his family can live a luxurious life.

He was never afraid of hard work, and that’s the main reason for his success, he has gone through many sleepless nights, financial crises. He has seen many worst days in his life, but as we say there is will there is a way. He overcomes all his obstacles and tried everything to gain some work and soon after his studies he bagged a project from the government at an early stage in his life, and that too was of his town, and after that, there was no looking back for him.

Walking for hours to reach his destination, no money to even eat one-time food is now having everything in his life which every young one dream to have in their life, all thanks to his hard work and dedication to achieve something big in life. He has a beautiful family who always supported him in his tough time.

Arjun Singh Rawat was growing in the Infrastructure business, and with the experience, he was adding many things to his company which helped him gain more success and fame in North India, right now he is the first name of North India when it comes to infrastructure business.

What has helped Arjun Singh Rawat to achieve big in his life was to learn new things and work hard on what you believe. He was not worried about hardship; he was concerned about his dreams. So the humbled beginning is now and big empire.

Arjun Singh Rawat believes Dreams and Dedication are powerful duos, instead of worrying about failures, think about changes you can create, as we say struggles in life helps you develop strength in life for better tomorrow, so come out of the comfort zone and work hard to achieve big in life like Arjun Singh Rawat did in his life.

Theunaffordablebeast is as popular and loved as a Bollywood star with amazing fanbase on Instagram. He has more than 50k Followers in a little time, Theunaffordablebeast aka Aayush is India’s fastest growing Male blogger and nation’s new heartthrob.

As social media has helped a lot of people share their amazing work and impress their followers with the same, it has also helped Aayush in gaining popularity.  Theunaffordablebeast is being able to be a part of many fashion shows and has helped in creating a new style every day.

Aayush’s good looks, charm, style, and super cool personality helped him earn a lot of admirers on apps like Instagram TIK TOK and many others. He didn’t work in any movie or a show, yet his fan following is incredible. 

Initially, when Aayush | Theunaffordablebeast started his blog it was all about basic fashion and styling. Slowly, he began sharing videos of his daily dress ups and styling on Instagram. It didn’t take much time for him to come into the limelight.

He also has a huge girls fan following who often reshare his photos and videos.  Without having done any movie or show, the handsome boy has a fan frenzy no less than any Bollywood actor.

He might soon be seen working with big ventures for fashion and styling purpose. Well, Aayush aka Theunaffordablebeast has already worked for many Brands which is superb. Despite having no contacts, he is being approached by several brands and it’s truly inspiring.  He has been collaborating with some big brands in India and the US as well and has been giving some good reach with his great audience.

In no time, this boy from Rajasthan will soon achieve bigger things. With his understanding of fashion and styling, Aayush will soon be seen working with bigger products and brands and his fan following will only go up.

Recently Jharkhand State has found Medanta Hospital’s negligence in kidney transplantation case. The allegation of negligence in the kidney transplantation of patient Rajesh Kumar Paswan in Medanta Hospital Ranchi has been found correct in the departmental investigation. While reviewing complaints in the weekly review program of Jansamvad Kendra on 4th June 2019, Principal Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal ordered action against hospital management and returning the entire amount taken for the treatment to the patient. 

The family members of Rajesh Kumar Paswan complained in the Jansamvad Kendra that a doctor of Medanta Hospital Ranchi who had transplanted the kidney of the patient was threatening to kill them and asking them to take the case back which was against them in the police station. Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal said that if the doctors are threatening, then they will have to face legal action against them. 

Other shocking revelations were made by Hanish Patel he said, “ His father Rasik Lal Patel who got brain stroke on 23rd March 2019 was brought to Medanta Hospital in Ranchi for treatment, he stated that the first aid given to him was not proper. No senior doctor was available at that time and no Neurosurgeon was called to attend the patient.”

He said, “Doctor came to visit on 24th March afternoon to see the patient.” The patient was attended by Neurosurgeon after 12 hours of admitting in the hospital.

On 24th March when I met another Doctor in the evening he stated that “ We were giving instructions over “Whatsapp Group” for the treatment of the patient.”

Thousands of patients die due to medical negligence in hospitals across India, the number steadily rising. Doctors, on the other hand, are ruing the fallen doctor-patient trust which they say is the lowest today.

Read – Even Medanta Hospital’s Staff Claims the hospital is doing the business on a commission model.

More than 1.4 million displaced people in over 60 refugee hosting countries will need resettlement next year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday, while also supporting a call for far greater protection for vulnerable LGBTI individuals seeking asylum.

According to UNHCR’s Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2020 report, those with the greatest needs include nationals from Syria (40 per cent), South Sudan (14 per cent) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (11 per cent).

“Given the record numbers of people needing safety from war, conflict and persecution and the lack of political solutions to these situations, we urgently need countries to come forward and resettle more refugees,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

Globally, resettlement needs in 2020 are set to rise by one percent compared with this year, driven by increased displacement in Africa and the Americas, which account for six and 22 percent respectively.

At 450,000 people, the East and Horn of Africa region has the highest resettlement needs, reflecting ongoing insecurity in South Sudan despite a 2018 peace agreement, and protracted refugee situations in DRC, Central Africa, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, according to UNHCR.

This is followed by Turkey (420,000), which hosts 3.7 million refugees, the wider Middle East, and North Africa region (250,000) and Central Africa and the Great Lakes region (almost 165,000).

There has to be more equitable sharing of refugees: Grandi

“With the overwhelming majority, 84 per cent, of the world’s refugees hosted in developing regions facing their own development and economic challenges and whose own populations may live below the poverty line, there simply has to be a more equitable sharing of responsibility for global crises”, Mr. Grandi told Member States attending consultations in Geneva on resettlement for refugees.

Resettlement involves the relocation of refugees from a country of asylum to a country that has agreed to admit them and grant them permanent settlement.

It is regarded by UNHCR as a life-saving tool to ensure the protection of those most at risk or with specific needs that cannot be addressed in the country where they have sought protection.

In a bid to provide more vulnerable refugees with a new home in a third country – and amid significantly fewer resettlement opportunities globally in the last two years – UNHCR and partners on Friday unveiled an initiative in support of resettlement and other legal alternatives to enter countries, such as family, work and study routes.

Bid to resettle three million refugees globally by 2028

By the end of 2028, the objective of the strategy is to expand so-called “third country solutions” for three million refugees, with one million resettling in 50 countries and two million benefiting from alternative pathways.

A Global Refugee Forum is to be held in December in Geneva, which UNHCR believes is a “critical opportunity to galvanize support through commitments and pledges” from States and other relevant stakeholders.

“History has shown that with a strong sense of purpose, States can come together to collectively respond to refugee crises, and help millions to reach safety, find homes and build futures in new communities,” Mr. Grandi insisted.

UN rights experts urge more protection for LGBTI refugees

In a related development, UNHCR has added its support to a UN-appointed independent rights expert’s call for many more States to increase protection for the LGBTI community and to be more aware of their “unique vulnerability”.

Today, only 37 States grant asylum to individuals on the basis of persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity, according to UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Türk, and the UN Independent Expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz.

“For many LGBTI people, the trauma and persecution start well before their actual flight to safety,” Mr. Madrigal Borloz said. “Persecution often manifests through laws that criminalise sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or that are discriminatory.”

LGBTI people are also exposed to disproportionate levels of arbitrary detention, police abuse, violence and extrajudicial killings by both State and non-State actors, the Independent Expert said, “as well as abuse in medical settings, including forced sterilisations and so-called ‘conversion therapies’”.

Echoing that message, Mr. Turk added that many LGBTI refugees continue to face prejudice and violence in countries of transit and host countries.

Türk said that, even in locations where LGBTI refugees are more accepted and services are accessible, many choose to conceal their sexual orientation and gender identity for fear they might be targeted or marginalised, particularly in densely populated areas.

It is, therefore, crucial to create safe spaces and services that are designed in consultation with LGBTI people and their organisations.

India blessed with many royal palaces in Rajasthan, which were made by our Brave Rajput Kings. And their Royal heritages Mahels, Havelis are handled by their young blood from decades. If you see the primary source of income in Rajasthan is Tourism, and these palaces are not only bringing tourists from worldwide, but they are also giving good returns to people of Rajasthan and even a special place in the heart of tourists who are coming from different areas of the world. 

When we talk about Royal Palaces and hotels which are the pride of India, the first name which comes in mind is Shahpura family & their Royal Shahpura Hotels. Maharaja Surendra Singh is the founder of Shahpure hotels, and now his Rich legacy is continued by his son who is a talented, enthusiastic and dynamic personality; he is a 21st century Royal Entrepreneur who is making his name count worldwide with his work – Digraj Singh Shahpura.

Digraj Singh is a popular name in the list of top hotelier of India. He perfectly defines the meaning of Royal Hospitality with his hotel business. Digraj Singh is not an only popular name in Hotel business, but he is immensely popular in his other works too, His designed jewellery and Royal collection of clothes are of top-class, he knows how to showcase Indian Rich culture with jewellery and Royal outfits.

Digraj Singh is planning to expand his hotel business to a more significant level where tourist can enjoy the luxurious outings, and they can feel the Royal taste of Rajasthan when they enter to Shahpura hotels and mesmerize them with the highest quality of hospitality which they have never seen and explored anywhere in the world.

Shahpura Hotels is already a renowned Brand in the hotel business across India, but Digraj Singh wants to do something new in it by adding more luxury to it and take hotel business to the next level more of international standard. Where people not only enjoy the rich heritage of Rajasthan, but they should also enjoy the hospitality of Shahpura Hotels.

Due to Digraj Singh’s and his team effort recently in 2018, they won the most prestigious award of best Luxury Heritage hotel; His hotels come in worlds best heritage hotels, which is and an honorable thing for every Indian.

Today, the Goods and Services Tax regime enters its third year. The monumental restructuring of one of the world’s clumsiest indirect tax system was not an easy task. The challenges to implement the GST were compounded by some outlandish and exaggerated comments of the not so well-informed. It would, therefore, be only fair to look back the last two years and analyse the implementation and the impact/ consequences of the GST.

The pre-GST regime

In a federal structure, both Centre and States were entitled to impose indirect tax on goods. The States had multiple laws which entitled them to impose taxation at different points. There were twin challenges. Firstly, to get the States to agree because some of them felt they were losing their fiscal autonomy to tax and, secondly, to develop a consensus in the Parliament. The States were scared of the fear of the unknown. The critical point which enabled the Government to persuade the States was to cushion them with a 14% annual increase from the tax base of 2015-16 for a period of five years. 

The GST merged all these seventeen different laws and created one single taxation. The pre-GST rate of taxation as a standard rate for VAT was 14.5%, excise at 12.5% and added with the CST and the cascading effect of tax on tax, the tax payable by the consumer was 31%. The entertainment tax was being levied by the States from 35% to 110%. The assessee had to file multiple returns, entertain multiple inspectors and additionally face the inefficiency – trucks being stranded at the State boundaries for days altogether. 

The GST changed this scenario completely. Today, there is only one tax, online returns, no entry tax, no truck queues and no inter-state barriers.  

Consumer and assessee friendly

After two years, one can confidently argue, without fear of contradiction that GST proved to be both consumer and assessee friendly. The high taxation of pre GST era pinched the consumers’ pocket and acted as a disincentive against tax compliance. The last two years have seen each of the meetings of the GST Council reducing the tax burden on consumers as the tax collections improved. An efficient tax system certainly leads to better compliance. The 31% tax, which was temporarily 28%, has seen the largest single reform. Most items of consumer use have been brought in the 18%, 12% and even 5% category. Only luxury and sin goods remain in addition to some white goods. A sudden reduction of all categories can lead to a massive loss of government revenue leaving the government without resources to spend. This exercise had to be done in a gradual manner as the revenues increased. The Cinema tickets, earlier taxed at 35% to 110%, have been brought down to 12% and 18%. Most items of daily use are in the zero or 5% slab. The loss to the revenue on account of this reduction collectively has been more than Rs.90,000 crore annually. 

Widening tax base and higher revenue

The assessee base in the last two years has increased by 84%. The number of assessees covered by the GST were around 65 lakh. Today, they are at 1.20 crores. This obviously leads to higher revenue collections. In the eight months of 2017-18 (July to March), the average revenue collected per month was Rs.89,700 crore per month. In the next year (2018-19), the monthly average has increased by about 10% to Rs.97,100 crore. The fear of the States today is that for the first five years they get a guaranteed 14% increase. The lurking doubt is as to what will happen after five years? Every State has been paid its share of tax as also from the compensation fund, if necessary. We have just completed two years of GST. Already after the second year, twenty States are independently showing more than a 14% increase in their revenues and the compensation fund in their case is not necessary. 

Simplification and compliance

Businesses upto an annual turnover of Rs.40 lakh are GST exempt. Those with a turnover upto Rs.1.5 crore can make use of the composition scheme and pay only one percent tax. There is now a single registration system which works online and the procedures for the trade and business are reviewed and simplified regularly. 

A response to certain misconceived ideas

Many warned us that it may not be politically safe to introduce the GST. In several countries, governments lost elections because of the GST. India had one of the smoothest transformation. Within the first few weeks of the implementation, the new system settled down. There were a few protests in Surat. The issues were resolved. The BJP won all the Assembly seats in the Gujarat poll in Surat. In 2019, the BJP won the Surat seat by the highest margin in the country. Those who argued for a single slab GST must realise that a single slab is possible only in extremely affluent countries where there are no poor people. It would be inequitable to apply a single rate in countries where there are a large number of people below the poverty line. The direct tax is a progressive tax. The more you earn, the more you pay. An indirect tax is a regressive tax. In the pre-GST regime, the rich and the poor, on various commodities, paid the same tax. The multiple slab system not only checked inflation, it also ensured that the Aam Aadmi products are not exorbitantly taxed. Illustratively, a Hawai chappal and a Mercedes car cannot be taxed at the same rate. This is not to suggest that the rationalisation of slabs is not needed. That process is already on. Except on luxury and sin goods, the 28% slab has almost been phased out. Zero and 5% slabs will always remain. As revenue increases further, it will give an opportunity to policy makers to possibly merge the 12% and 18% slab into one rate, thus, effectively making the GST a two rate tax. 

The Role of the GST Council

The GST Council is India’s first statutory federal institution. The Centre and the States jointly sit and decide. Both have pooled their fiscal rights in a collective forum to create one common market. My own experience of two years while chairing the GST Council, was that Finance Ministers’ of States, notwithstanding the political position their parties take, have displayed a high level of statesmanship and acted with maturity. The Council worked on the principle of consensus. This has added to the credibility of the decision making process. I am sure this trend will continue in future.

Source – (The article has been taken from Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Facebook Post.)