Month: June 2016
FEIO launched in Paris,France
French European Indian Organization launched in Paris
The aim of French European Indian Organisations is to promote entrepreneurship and facilitate industrial growth as trade and industry form an integral part of economic development of the country and for any Organization assisting them to network within the country and overseas for strategic partnerships either technical or commercial or in the terms of businesses, corporate houses, organizations, government agencies, Consulates or Embassies. Recently French European Indian Organization had a soft launch at the Indian Embassy in Paris, Which was inaugurated by The Ambassador of India Dr. Mohan Kumar, The Minister (Consular) Pankaj Saxena, First Secretary (Press& Culture) Lavanya Kumar and First Secretary (Community Affairs) Dheeraj Mukhia. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Satish Reddy, President of the French European-Indian Organization said that “I am happy to be in this organization as there will more than ten lakhs members registered in Europe comprising a cross-section of the business community with us as this will help them to have bilateral trades with France, Europe, and India where they get a chance to interact with each other and we are also planning members in India also. FEIO plays an advocacy role on a wide range of matters and acting as an impetus to growth and development of businesses, on policy and implementation matters.” Vice President of FEIO Ms. Jasmine Marecar expressed hope that presence of Mr. Satish Reddy in India will allow the association in promoting cultural and economic relations between India and France.
After talking about the relationship and opportunity Satish Reddy further added about his organization and his goals. ” French European Indian Organization is based in Paris. It registered at “Préfecture du Val-de-Marne” in France. It caters to the Social, Economic and cultural activity. The Aim is to get all the people from Indo-France and Europe in terms of peace and Harmony. France-Indian relationship has become increasingly strategic, even as one could argue that it has yet to realize its full economic potential. FEIO wants to play a bridge to get cultural tie-ups and business opportunity for France and the European community between them and Indian people. To promote the destination of both the countries as they could get a tourism boost The cultural activities also let people get familiar regarding their traditions and food habits. FEIO aim is to get maximum people to join this association and build a human chain and bridge in one platform” he added.
Indian Ambassador Dr. Mohan Kumar appreciated the aim and vision of FEIO and said, “It is very good that the organization is getting both the countries together as the members and its community can help the world and India to grow bigger.” He emphasized the role of Indo-French friendship associations in promoting people to people contacts and cultural relations between India and France.
Celebration of International Day of Yoga on the river Seine in Paris
Embassy of India, Paris is organizing a series of events on Yoga on the occasion of the Second International Day of Yoga. As a part of these celebrations, a Yoga event was organized on 21 June on the river Seine onboard the famous Bateaux Mouches boat sailing from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral. While the boat sailed past the prestigious monuments of Paris along the Seine river, the participants performed Yoga asanas in a rhythmic fashion. Yoga on the boat also drew the attention of thousands of tourists thronging the banks of the Seine.
Immersion into Yoga began with a session of meditation by the Yoga gurus of Art of Living. Ambassador of India, Dr. Mohan Kumar appreciated the enthusiasm of all participants and emphasized that for beginners, the International Day of Yoga is an introduction to the universe of Yoga and for the regular practitioners, it is another step in their journey of self-discovery.
Earlier on 18 and 19 June, Yoga events were organized by the Embassy at La Villette park and at the iconic Eiffel Tower respectively in Paris. Yoga demonstrations at famous touristic sites in Paris generated much enthusiasm in Yoga among the thousands of tourists and EURO-2016 cup fans visiting Paris. In addition to mainland France, Yoga events at overseas territories like Guadeloupe, Martinique, and the Reunion islands provided a chance to the Indian diaspora to reminisce their cultural heritage from India. Various cities like Strasbourg, Gretz-Armainvilliers, Nantes, Morlaix across France also joined in the celebrations of the Second International Day of Yoga.
Actor Tanuj Virwani goes in a Footloose way
Actor Tanuj Virwani who has been very busy lately filming multiple projects and has had to squeeze his schedule in order to spend time with his friends and for himself. Recently Tanuj was seen having blast in Las Vegas and has also shown off his new hairdo an “Angular Fringe Haircut” blonde look that suits the style of the time. The actor posted a photo of her edgy new undercut after doing the “One Night Stand” one of the most hotly anticipated film in years thanks to an all-star cast consisting of Actress Sunny Leone. The angular fringe has emerged a trend. Tanuj hair style shows how the asymmetrical line of this haircut is insanely beautiful: it’s absolute, strongly conceptual and it enables you to play with your hair in a funny way. In fact, the hair must be longer with a short side, and you can do a different kind of hairstyle with this cut. As Tanuj was not alone on his vacation, he was seen spending his time and shaking his leg on the steps of none other than the Step Up series choreographer Jamal Terry Sims. Jamal has worked on nearly 32 films including films like Footloose and Step Up 1-5. He has also worked with artists like Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears to name a few. Jamal Terry – Sims has been roped in to compose dance moves for a special song in the film which features Shruti Haasan performing mind blowing steps.
Tanuj said, ” It’s been a fabulous experience observing and learning from Jamal. He’s the most down to earth and chilled out guy . And his entire dance troupe was beyond fantastic this song is going to be a chartbuster.”
Legendary actor Kamal Haasan is making a film with his daughter Shruti Haasan while Tanuj Virwani and Akshara Haasan are assisting him in Los Angeles.
Euro Cup and Yoga Festival at Eiffel Tower Rocked Paris
Embassy of India, Paris is organising a series of events on Yoga on the occasion of the Second International Day of Yoga. As a part of these celebrations, a Yoga event was organised at the iconic Eiffel Tower on 19 June 2016 in Paris. The event saw an overwhelming response. Due to constraints of ongoing security measures, the participation had to be limited to 300 Yoga enthusiasts chosen through a lucky draw out of more than 2000 registrations received. The youngest Yoga enthusiast was a 6-year old (boy) while the oldest was the 92-year old senior citizen.
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador of India, Dr. Mohan Kumar emphasized the importance of Yoga for a healthy and balanced life. The event commenced with a meditation session by the teachers of the Shivananda Yoga Centre in Paris. Synchronised asanas and mudras by the participants at the foot of the iconic Eiffel Tower were a visual delight.
Earlier on 18 June, another Yoga event organised by the Embassy at the La Villette park in Paris drew more than 2000 participants. An important part of the event was a narration of personal experiences of several individuals who immensely benefitted from Yoga. Their addresses drew much applause from the participants.
On 21 June, the Embassy of India will organize Yoga on the river Seine onboard the famous Bateaux Mouches boat sailing from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral. Meanwhile, news of celebrations of the International Yoga Day is being received from many other parts of France including from the cities of Gretz, Strasbourg, Avignon and the overseas territories like Guadeloupe and Martinique islands.
Managing Director of World News Network Satish Reddy said, “I am glad to be the part of this International Yoga Festival in Paris. Yoga is an ancient science which leads to health in the body, peace in the mind, joy in the heart, and liberation of the soul. I am happy that Embassy has done a very good job where thousands of French and Indians have come toward to Celebrate Yoga day and It can be said that Euro Cup and Yoga Day is the most rocking events in France.”
Others who were present at the event are Mr. Manish Prabhat (Deputy chief of mission) Mr. Lavanya Kumar (First cultural secretary ) and Mr. Suresh K Sharma (Attaché Cultural).
International day of yoga at France, La Villette
The Second International Day of Yoga was celebrated with great enthusiasm in Paris on 18 June at La Villette. The International Day of Yoga was an initiative launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was adopted by the United Nations to promote Yoga for a healthy life style.
More than 2000 Yoga enthusiasts of all ages participated in these celebrations at La Villette in Paris. Several Indo-French cultural associations, friendship groups, Indian diaspora and Yoga schools like Art of Living, Swami Shivananda Yoga centre, Tapovan, Yoga& Co, Sahaja Yoga, Isha Foundation and others actively contributed to the success of the event. Speaking on this occasion, Ambassador of India, Dr. Mohan Kumar gave a brief overview on the origin of Yoga and emphasised the importance of Yoga in modern lifestyle. He exhorted the youth to regularly practice Yoga for personality development and stress management. The initiative by the Government of India seeks to reclaim the Yoga heritage of India and underline its soft power and wellbeing for all.
The event commenced with sufi songs and traditional Baul song from West Bengal followed by meditation. The event bore a festive look with the participants rhythmically performing different asanas and mudras of Yoga. The event provided an excellent opportunity for all Yoga enthusiasts and the amateurs alike to understand the benefits of Yoga on health and its role in self-realisation.
The International Day of Yoga event in Paris was endorsed by several French and Indian film actors. Famous personalities like Simon Frenay, a renowned French actor and Edgar Morin, an internationally renowned French Philosopher participated in the event. Stéphane Haskell, who heroically defied the physical disability of pony-tail syndrome and its associated lifelong suffering with the assistance of Yoga narrated his personal experiences with Yoga.
On 19 June, Embassy will be organising another International Day of Yoga event in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower with participation of 500 people. On 21 June, more than 100 people will perform Yoga on board a boat in the river Seine sailing from the Eiffel Tower to Cathedral Notre Dame.
Apart from Paris, the International Day of Yoga was celebrated with great enthusiasm in several cities of France including Strasbourg, Nice, Avignon, Angers, Gretz, Samoens, Toulouse, Nantes, Gouvieux and in French overseas territories like Guadeloupe, Martinique and the Reunion Islands. More than 7000 people across France joined in these celebrations and spread the message of ‘Yoga for peace and harmony’.
Others who were present at the event are Mr. MANISH PRABHAT (Deputy chief of mission) Mr. LAVANYA KUMAR (First cultural secretary ), Mr SATISH REDDY (Managing Director world news Network), Ms JASMINE MARECAR (Assistant Prosecutor), Mr VIVEK CHIB, Mr. Venugopal Menon (Second secretary Bolateral relations), Mr. Suresh K Sharma (Attache Cultural) and Mr. Satya Paul (Protocol Officer)
INLD leader Abhay Chautala Accuses Congress MLA for Conspiracy
Rajya Sabha election from Haryana got a dramatic turn of events, as the Congress on Friday decided to vote for controversial lawyer R K Anand, who is pitted against a BJP-supported independent candidate and media baron Subhash Chandra. Where Media baron and BJP-backed Independent candidate Subhash Chandra unexpectedly won in the Rajya Sabha polls on Saturday after the 14 votes of the Congress were declared invalid, lawyer R K Anand, who was backed by the INLD and Congress, had the numbers to sail through as on Friday, the Congress openly came out in support of Anand. The INLD and Congress have 19 and 17 legislators in the Haryana assembly respectively. Had they all voted for Anand, he would have won easily. But the votes of 14 Congress MLAs — all belonging to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda camp — were rejected. INLD leader Abhay Chautala alleged that the Congress MLAs apparently voted RK Anand but at the time of voting marking pen has been changed due to this the vote getting cancelled and Anand got defeated by Subhash Chandra. The Haryana Assembly has 90 members. Out of 90 votes, Singh got 40, Anand 21 and Chandra got 15 votes while 14 votes were rejected.
Abhay Chautala accused Congress legislators of getting their votes rejected during the election. He said, “We always doubted Congress intentions. We knew Congress could be bought. Votes of 14 Congress MLAs were rejected, thereby benefitting the BJP. While they voted for Anand, they used the wrong pen. They call us the B team of BJP and said they were voting against BJP as it is a communal party. But their claims are now exposed. B S Hooda left the ballot paper blank. It is a conspiracy against the Nation.” All 17 Congress MLAs were against voting for Anand, who was backed by state rival INLD — but their objections had been overruled by their party high command.
Abhay Chautala who will be now focusing on his party and conspiracy which has been played at the time of the election. He said, “From now on common man will understand their tactics and plan to fool people with their fake promises. It is now on people whom they trust in future.”
Nilfer Ansari
INLD leader Abhay Chautala Accuses Congress MLA for Conspiracy
Rajya Sabha election from Haryana got a dramatic turn of events, as the Congress on Friday decided to vote for controversial lawyer R K Anand, who is pitted against a BJP-supported independent candidate and media baron Subhash Chandra. Where Media baron and BJP-backed Independent candidate Subhash Chandra unexpectedly won in the Rajya Sabha polls on Saturday after the 14 votes of the Congress were declared invalid, lawyer R K Anand, who was backed by the INLD and Congress, had the numbers to sail through as on Friday, the Congress openly came out in support of Anand. The INLD and Congress have 19 and 17 legislators in the Haryana assembly respectively. Had they all voted for Anand, he would have won easily. But the votes of 14 Congress MLAs — all belonging to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda camp — were rejected. INLD leader Abhay Chautala alleged that the Congress MLAs apparently voted RK Anand but at the time of voting marking pen has been changed due to this the vote getting cancelled and Anand got defeated by Subhash Chandra. The Haryana Assembly has 90 members. Out of 90 votes, Singh got 40, Anand 21 and Chandra got 15 votes while 14 votes were rejected.
Abhay Chautala accused Congress legislators of getting their votes rejected during the election. He said, “We always doubted Congress intentions. We knew Congress could be bought. Votes of 14 Congress MLAs were rejected, thereby benefitting the BJP. While they voted for Anand, they used the wrong pen. They call us the B team of BJP and said they were voting against BJP as it is a communal party. But their claims are now exposed. B S Hooda left the ballot paper blank. It is a conspiracy against the Nation.” All 17 Congress MLAs were against voting for Anand, who was backed by state rival INLD — but their objections had been overruled by their party high command.
Abhay Chautala who will be now focusing on his party and conspiracy which has been played at the time of the election. He said, “From now on common man will understand their tactics and plan to fool people with their fake promises. It is now on people whom they trust in future.”
Nilfer Ansari
Actor Manish Raishinghani and Actress Avika Gor got French touch
2016 Cannes Festival will be memorable for the duo as Television Actor Manish Raishinghani and Actress Avika Gor who had launched their short film poster “Almost” at the Festival which got everyone attracted up with the style of writing, Direction and acting and this is where they got to showcase their talent. The Duo had sold their short movie rights to the French Producer Sonia Zhang who was seen very much impressed with and very soon will be entering into the Bollywood industry. She said, “I am impressed with them and their products and more importantly their ‘different’ thinking… the best part is they are very good actors and they have amazing knowledge and ideas to create magic behind the camera as well. I am looking forward to working with these two buzzing energies very soon.”
Actor Manish Raishinghani Said, “I am super happy about the response we got in Cannes for all our films and this is the icing on the cake… I am glad that Avika and I have both have successfully learnt the art of not letting success reach our heads or failure reach our hearts, all I can say is we are in absolute gratitude to all our people, our teams, coz all this wouldn’t have been possible without our fabulous friends and people who are unconditionally there to support us every time we decide to make something… I am super glad that all our products are acknowledged and appreciated at such gr8 level… ”
When asked about the film which is making news right now they said ” ‘Almost’ is all about Renu ( the protagonist) an architect by profession is leading a perfectly perfect life where she is born with a golden spoon and now getting married to her love who is a perfect man in the conventional world… it’s a smooth sail and a beautiful ride till Siddharth’s friend Yash enters her life and how it transforms Renu and takes her on a different trip… the trip where her heart takes over the driving seat… How she discovers herself… how she discovers the writer within her… and how she discovers her true love… well almost!” He winks!
Actress Avika Gor who was quite happy said, “It’s really a great news for all of us .. we both celebrate every bit of film making in front of and behind the camera n now it’s time to celebrate the success of our films at world level… ”
Nilofer Ansari
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