Rajeswari Vaidyanathan and Shannon Benjamin preparing for Next Competition 1st Malaysia WDSF Open DanceSport Championship 2018...

“After successfully bagging the Gold & Silver in World DanceSport Federation Competitions in Taiwan & Thailand in 2017, Rajeswari Vaidyanathan & her partner Shannon Benjamin, the highly sought out couple in India to continuously bring laurels to our country in the field of Latin Ballroom dances such as Rumba, Cha Cha, Jive, and so on is prepping for their 1st competition of 2018 to 1st Malaysia WDSF Open DanceSport Championship 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this month, after a 2 month long intensive training with their new coach, World No.15 Slava Vishnekovs, who has won several prestigious competitions in Europe & Asia including the German Open, Polish & Baltic Championships.

Juggling with time has always been extremely difficulty, especially for Rajeswari Vaidyanathan who also runs the fastest growing Latin Ballroom dance school VR DanceSport in Mumbai, as well as prepare for major competitions globally, to represent India. DanceSport being part of the Indoor Asian Games & World Games, requires rigorous training and practice akin to any other sport. The couple is not only recognised as the best Latin dancers in India, but also as the only couple to dance it in an authentic international way, by several international judges and federations who have seen and witnessed the Latin dancing scene in India.

Spent  a great amount of time training students, adults and kids for social and competitive levels. Due to her training and expertise, she is able to deliver highest quality training in the shortest time. They also have to dedicate several hours a week imbibing the mechanics and techniques and practicing for hours at length. However, the training and being a DanceSport athlete is an expensive proposition and the duo also struggles to find sponsors who are willing to support the sport. Unfortunately, there is no support from corporates, the government or anyone else.

The dance form also requires ample space to practice for which their studio in Tardeo falls short. Despite financial constraints, they have to hire out bigger studios to practice, which puts a huge stress on their already restricted budget. Their favourite place has always been Integral Space in Lower Parel, I love the positivity in this place we always feel satisfied after practicing, adds Rajeswari.

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South Africa Availed The opportunity To Learn The Importance Of Mindfulness with Ishan Shivanand...

In a special convergence of medical science with ancient science, doctors, medical practitioners and professionals of Lenmed Ahmed Kathrada Hospital in Lenasia, South Africa availed the opportunity to learn the importance of mindfulness and meditation in conventional medicinal treatment from award winning global mindfulness master Ishan Shivanand as the latter made his gracious presence to the hospital on Tuesday, 10th July on an invitational session – ‘Mindfulness Prescription with Ishan Shivanand’.

Speaking on the occasion, wellness wizard Ishan laid emphasis on the ironical need for doctors to de-stress themselves and be healthy in order to provide effective treatment, healing & cure to their patients. “Just like the doctors sanitise themselves before and after every patient visit, they ought to sanitise themselves on the emotional, mental and psychic level as well,” the young visionary stated, adding how medical schools such as Harvard had validated through research that mindfulness and meditation lower stress and thus create a perfect ground for faster healing.

The session, which was aired live to the global audience through social media, saw the master offering profound insights for honing the inner self to activate self healing capabilities. He taught the participating doctors meditative techniques, holistic healing protocols & perspective alterations to therapy in particular and life in general. He also harped on the fact that since every patient approaches a doctor in stress, with the hope of finding a cure to his ailments, there was an obvious need for doctors to be fountainhead of positive life force themselves.

In a discourse full of humour, Ishan said that meditation as a complement to medical science was an idea whose time had come and that doctors would see for themselves the convalescence rates improving if they factored in the subtle aspects of a disease, the roots. “A human being is a sum total of the body, mind, emotions and impressions. If we can take an integrative approach to treatment, we can experience more powerful and lasting cure to diseases plaguing man,” he stated.

The medical fraternity on behalf of Lenmed presented a certificate of acknowledgement to the humanitarian for enlightening the doctors in a science beyond science which would act as a support, as an assistant to them on their quest to bringing health & wellness to the world.

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Padma Vibhushan Veteran Classical dancer and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Sonal Mansingh name gets listed in World Book of Records...

Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Veteran Classical dancer and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Sonal Mansingh name got listed in World Book Record this Tuesday, 31st July, it was indeed a remarkable day in the history of dance as Dr. Sonal Mansingh has set a world record for being the Iconic cultural personality of India and as one of the renowned classical dancer by the World Book of records (UK). The notable event which took place at Taste of Punjab, Mumbai was organised by none other than Ballroom dancing king of India Mr.Sandip Soparrkar, who Dr Mansingh calls her Dancing son. This wonderful evening was hosted by renowned film and television actress Prachee Shah along with Sandip Soparrkar which added to the charm of this special occasion. One saw the loving bond Dr Mansingh shared with Sandip Soparrkar and everyone realise that all dancers have a Common heart that joins them forever.

The evening was celebrated in an even more enthusiastic style with Bharatnatyam and Odissi dance performances by the students of Dr Uma Rele’s Nalanda Nritya Kala Maha Vidhyala. These performances added on to the zest, zeal and enthusiasm in the mesmerising evening. Adding up to the guest list the evening witnessed some more big names including Dr. Diwakar Sukul, Chairman- World Book of records and Mr. Santosh Sharma, President- World Book of records who presented the honour to Dr Mansingh in the presence of actress Sharbani Mukherji and many more. While receiving the honour Dr Mansingh said, “I want to thank World Book of Records for presenting me this honour, I feel humbled that through me the Indian cultural and traditions are getting its due recognition”

Overwhelmed Chairman of World Book of Records, Dr Sukul said, “Dr Sonal Mansingh is not just a dance guru but is an iconic cultural personality of India and an epitome of Indian heritage and cultural, we at World Book of Records are delighted to list her name as a part of our Records.” The evening was really one of the biggest days in the dance history. A day that the world would cherish as this day witnesses such passion and unshakable dedication towards this beautiful art form as this day witnesses the best of experts and experiences the evening proved to be a memorable on for the world.

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Singer Ankit Tiwari lend his voice for Shiivam Tiwari – 22Days...

He was the voice behind the ever popular romantic number Sun raha na tu from Aashiqui 2. Apart from being a singer, Ankit Tiwari is also a composer and has scored the music for his songs. Some of his other notable hits also include Teri galiyan from Ek Villainwhich he composed too. This year, he will be crooning again for Shiivam Tiwari in 22Days movie. Ankit Tiwari lend his beautiful voice for Shiivam Tiwari and Song penned by Sagar Lahori music by Parivesh Singh.

“22 days” starring Rahul Dev and Shiivam Tiwari is a Romantic suspense drama. The film produced by Mauritius based business man Adhir Gunness, first Mauritian Producer to produced Bollywood Movie, under the banner of QUATRE BORNES FILMS PRODUCTON.

Actor Director Shivam Tiwari said he is very thankful to producer Adhir, who kept faith in him, to make such a beautiful romantic suspense drama movie, Shivam also thanked his actors specially Rahul Dev, Hemant Pandey, Kritika Mishra, Sophia Singh, Kirti Chaudhary , Rajkumar Kanojia, and Rashmi Ray etc, who cooperated. Film is a story of business man Vishal who faces competition with Omtino Industry, while in race where Vishal is leading, Jenny enters in his married life. How Vishal faces all situation is to be seen on screen.

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Sachin Tendulkar, Mukesh Ambani, Akshay Kumar, Kangana Ranaut, Amit Shah at Mahaveer Jain host’s a special screening of film – Chalo Jeete Hain...

Mumbai: The screening of a special film Chalo Jeete Hain in Mumbai saw the who’s who of the entertainment corporate, and political world present.

Amit Shah (National President BJP) and Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra were the first to arrive for the screening of the film, which is inspired from a childhood incident of Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, Sachin Tendulkar, Mukesh Ambani, Akshay Kumar, Kangana Ranaut, Ajay Piramal, Kumar Manglam Birla, Sajjan Jindal, Uday Shankar , Deepak Parikh, Gautam Singhania, Motilal Oswal and  Prasoon Joshi and many more prominent personlaieties were present for the screening of Chalo Jeete Hain.

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Vinay Anand received Most versatile actor award from International Bhojpuri Film Awards...

Dishum International Bhojpuri Film Awards (IBFA) 2017 created history last year by being the first-ever Regional entertainment show held in London on 30th July 2017. This year, it spread the power of Bhojpuri culture in Malaysia at the 2nd DISHUM IBFA Awards 2018. It was a packed house with entire Bhojpuri industry under one roof to celebrate the 2nd Dishum International Bhojpuri Film awards 2018. Adding a touch of Bollywood charm and to grace the occasion present were Kumar Sanu and Dino Morea.Krishna Abhishek, Ragini Khanna, Payal Rohatgi. Apart from them, the Dishum channel owner Vishal Gurnani, producer Abhay Sinha, Durga Prasad, Ramesh Nayyar, Partha Dey, COO, Dishum Broadcasting Pvt Ltd and Aparna Shah, Founder Director, Dishum Broadcasting Pvt Ltd.

On this occasion, Bhojpuri Superstar and Bollywood actor Vinay Anand got the Most versatile actor award and he thanks all the Bhojpuri film fraternity, and his mom and dad and promised that he will entertain more in upcoming movies.The prestigious awards were given away in front of a packed audience and attended by the who’s who of Bhojpuri and Bollywood entertainment industry. Present were the Bhojpuri superstars such as Manoj Tiwari, Pawan Singh, Nirahua, Ravi Kishan, Krushna Abhishek as well as popular Bhojpuri celebrities including Amprapali Dubey, Madhu Sharma, Akanksha Awasthi, Sambhavna Seth, Rashmi Desai, Payal Rohatgi, who rocked the stage in a glitzy event held in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on 21st July 2018.

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