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Mumbai, (Maharashtra) [India], September 6: Charcoal Eats brings a new delicacy to the table for Biryani Lovers. The Mumbai based Charcoal Eats has recently launched the Truffle Biryani – a delectable dish that combines the delicate mystique of the French and Italian cuisines with the bold romance of Indian flavours.

Truffle, also called the “diamond of the kitchen” is a rare edible mushroom that is highly prized for its unique flavour and aroma. Traditionally grown in southern France and northern Italy, and extremely hard to cultivate, truffle is highly desirable and expensive. Truffle species are highly prized as food, and are used in French, Italian and numerous haute cuisines. Charcoal Eats is the first brand in India to use truffle oi las an ingredient for biryani.

Anurag Mehrotra, CEO of Charcoal Eats said, “We are a young Indian food company, and are always looking to push the envelope harder and further – in terms of our offerings and thought process. While deeply rooted and committed to the rich culinary history and art of India, we like to experiment with contemporary world flavours – making us deeply traditional, yet modern in our approach. We think that our Truffle Biryani is truly unique and no one, anywhere in the world has ever tried making it before. This product will appeal to the discerning, traditional, yet modern Indian consumer”.

Mikhail Shahani, the head of Product Development at Charcoal Eats added, “While some recipes are passed down from generation to generation becoming long-standing traditions, we wanted to explore new regions and ingredients in order to allow our patrons to awaken their palates to new tastes and culinary experiences. We have been working on the Truffle Biryani for over 6 months now –creating something new, and marrying such diverse flavour profiles takes multiple iterations and time. As a professional chef, I have only used truffle for making extravagant pastas, pizzas and duck liver in the past, that too sparingly due to the high cost. But for this biryani, I have been generous. I am confident that our patrons will love it”.

Truffle biryani is not the first innovative product created by Charcoal Eats. Its dum-baked biryani range is unique in its flavours, taste and mouth feel, and in the way it is prepared and cooked.

Charcoal Eats’ offerings are prepared in best-in-class, modern, hygienic kitchens; use best-in-class ingredients; and do not have any preservatives, artificial flavours, artificial colouring or MSG (Ajinomoto).

Established in 2015, Charcoal Eats Foodtech Pvt. Ltd. is a tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer venture that delivers high quality, consistent, and modern yet authentic Indian flavours to its patrons. Its offerings include a signature collection of biryanis, kebabs and rolls. Charcoal Eats serves over 50,000 consumers a month through its 29 outlets across Mumbai and its environs.

September 1: Deblina Mukherjee is an Indian professional classical singer, lyricist and composer. Her new albums ‘Tere Bina Dil’ and ‘Tere Toh Hum’ are ready to make 2021 versatile with her melodious voice. Her album ‘Tere Toh Hum’ is releasing on 29th August under Pride and Prestige Production Company. Deblina herself incorporated the lyrics and tune. Another album, ‘Tere Bina Dil’, has already been released, and the audio version is releasing on 28th August on all digital platforms.

A native of the Bardhaman district of West Bengal, Deblina currently resides in Mumbai, Maharashtra. 28-year-old Deblina is expertise in singing in various languages like Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, and Hindi and Bengali. She is one of the leading singers and vocal trainers in the Indian entertainment industry who has inspired millions of young souls to make it big in the music industry.

Deblina started singing at a very tender age of 4 from her mother, and a year later, she bagged a playback singing assignment for a movie. In the later years, she had undergone professional singing training from eminent Classical Singers Joydeb Ghosal and Sadhu Charan Das, famous folk singers in Radio. The turning point came into her life when she was selected for Sa Re Ga Pa Pa Zee Bangla in 2005 and made it among the top 15 contestants. Deblina is specialized in singing Indian Classical, Bengali movie songs, folk, Bollywood, light music and bhajan.

Achievements

– Honoured as the Best Versatile Singer junior of ZEE Saregamapa Bangla in 2005

– Felicitated with MIRCHI GLOBAL FOLK AWARD as the best folk singer

– Felicitated as “Folklore Thumri” Award at Bangladesh in the year 2018

– Honored as the Best Devotional Singer of “INTERNATIONAL LOKNATHBABA DHAKA” in 2018

– Sang the first playback when she was five years old.

– Declared as A+ Radio Artist at Pasar Bharati

– Member of PPL and IPRS ARTIST

Deblina’s latest Work details

2019 ALBUM “LAL MATIR JELA” LABEL -“NIRJHRER SWAPNA”

2019 ALBUM “TUI MAA DOYAMOYII” – LABEL -“NIRJHRER SWAPNA”

2019 MOVIE “JODIO SONDHYA”

2021 SINGLE “DUMMRU” – D.K DREAM ENTERTAINMENT

2021 SINGLE “RANG BHAR BHAR MARO” LABEL -“NIRJHRER SWAPNA”

2021 SINGLE “BOSONTER EI SUBHOKHANE” LABEL -“NIRJHRER SWAPNA”

2021 SONG LYRICS COMPOSED & DIRECTED – ALBUM “DEKHA HAZARO DAFA” – LABEL -“NIRJHRER SWAPNA”

Deblina is a living example of hard work, patience and perseverance, along with consistency. Her manner of learning and rehearsing music since four years of age has been awe-inspiring for every young artist. Even after she has tasted success, she feels success does not have an ending point. It should be kept going. She has proved her versatility and mettle in different genres of music as she has been a multilingual singer. Her adaptability and willingness to learn has no bound. She embraced her passion and kept moving with it and excelling at it; that has inspired millions of young souls who aspire to build a career in the music industry. Deblina entirely dedicates her success to her parents.

She feels grateful for everything that almighty had bestowed on her!

You can directly contact her for vocal training and singing assignments on Instagram @ https://instagram.com/deblina.2512?utm_medium=copy_link

or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/deblina25/

or www.deblina.co.in

 

 

Covid 19 and Its Impact on the Interior Design Industry

September 3: In 2020 the world was brought to a halt by Covid 19 pandemic affecting countless businesses across the globe. In early 2020, India had to go through a strict lockdown, which impacted the real estate business. Interior Industry which is closely associated with the real estate industry, had a cascading effect, which is still on. The pandemic heavily impacted the interior design industry with suspended raw materials supply, workers relocation, and restricted movement to work sites. Many Interior firms had to shut down their operations due to the reduced number of employees and exit from the market. This, in turn, impacted many in this industry, their jobs and overall financial stability. BVM Instol also had to face the heat of the lockdown and alter their go to market strategy.

At BVM, the team strategized to innovate new ways to sustain and succeed with a positive mindset. The design team worked from home, providing all the design consultancy online. Business survival was their goal and how to ensure that their vendors and staff do not have a negative financial and health impact. BVM ensured under the guidance of their leaders that they tactically make adjustments in their overall process to make much more closely connect with clients and keep the motivation of staff high. During this unfavourable time, the three leaders of BVM stood out by creating and implementing innovative strategies that made 2020- 2021 the best years for the company in terms of revenue and growth.

“BVM never dreamed about success. BVM has worked for it”, say Vishal Sharma, CEO and Founder of BVM. The three champs just worked for it and found their ways.

The Three Pillars of Bvm Instol:

Smita Rashmi, Business Head: Smita is a dynamic leader and plays a significant role in BVM. At the beginning of the pandemic, everything was reactionary, and all businesses had to shift its sales strategy overnight. Smita’s strategy was to give sales the tools it needs to succeed by clearly identifying the ideal client profile, detailing the specific reasons clients will choose us over the competition, and getting clear about issues that will likely drive customer decisions. She quoted, “Our primary goal was to assure our existing and prospective client about the smooth functioning of the design and execution process. The sales team closely coordinated with the operation team to understand the limitation of the lockdown and scope of the crisis to convey a simple and realistic message to our clients. The sales team succeeded in winning new projects being client-centric and client empathetic.”

Aditi Gautam, CMO: Aditi is a creative powerhouse and a passionate interior designer. She manages end to end marketing activities of BVM. As the pandemic started, she created a strong digital marketing strategy to acquire clients and put a powerful social media presence. An MBA graduate in marketing, Aditi believes that marketing is the bloodline of any business and essential elements like positive branding. She quoted, “BVM’s ideology is Culture of Connect. We believe in strong connections, trust and accountability. Our marketing team portrayed the same through social media, and we received a great response from the online audience. The digital presence of brands is the present and the future of marketing. It is of utmost importance to convey the message of authenticity and uniqueness of the company in social media”.

Kirti Sharaf, COO:

As the lockdown started, Kirti had to face various challenges regarding the company’s project management and operational works. The primary issues were vendors suspending their raw material supply and the unavailability of skilled labours. However, she successfully managed to keep the functional work active by creating a dedicated project management team with the available resources at hand. Kirti quoted, “As the business changed during this period of the pandemic, one may be surprised at the new opportunities that arise. These opportunities include experimentation and innovation as part of the operations planning, and they can now help us emerge from the crisis stronger than before.”

Visit: https://bvmintsol.com/

September 3: In an era where people strive hard to maintain the bare minimum work-life balance, there are even fewer who have managed to create a well-balanced career in arts and science. Dr.Ojas Joshi is one of such exceptional personalities. He is an entrepreneur, a technocrat leading a high growth business in the pharmaceutical domain and a successful musician. He holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is a Sangeet Visharad (B.A) from ‘Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, the only school for Indian Classical Music globally. Ojas has even developed expert-level proficiency with the guitar and the piano as if this wasn’t enough.

Dr. Ojas Joshi is the director of Paona Chempro, where he leverages his deep expertise in the pharmaceutical sciences to chart the company’s long-term growth plans. The business venture has experienced rapid growth in the last few years under his able leadership. The venture is the perfect example of how a leader with scientific and technical expertise can do miracles in scaling the business.

Apart from his business endeavours, Dr. Joshi is also a widely known musician and has performed extensively in India and the USA. His Marathi originals and an album of Hindi Bollywood covers are streaming on popular streaming platforms like Saavn, Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music. He has not only built his musical career but has also enabled several others to pursue music as a career path through his music startup ‘Music Jammin’.

Dr. Ojas founded ‘Music Jammin’ in 2012 with a vision to create a community platform for musicians to perform and network. Music Jammin is an ecosystem that inspires, motivates and supports people who want to pursue a career in arts alongside their current jobs/studies. Currently, it has more than 40,000 members across the country and is growing with each passing day.

Along with leading and managing ‘‘Music Jammin’, Dr. Joshi has been motivating and encouraging other musical aspirants to pursue music, especially during the lockdown, by conducting several virtual jamming sessions & Instagram Live sessions throughout the year. He has gained a lot of popularity on social media through these sessions and has taken a step further to enrol and train enthusiasts through his online courses called ‘Get Trained’.

His latest Hindi original, ‘Raabta’ created quite a buzz in the musical community. It was well-received publicly and now is streaming on all popular music streaming platforms. His next original track, ‘Kacchi Dhoop’ is all set to release in the coming week. One look at the teaser and you’ll know it’s pretty promising!

Such is the multi-faceted personality of Dr. Ojas Joshi! His vision in the pharmaceutical business, the music startup and his creative work as a musician are inspiring. It is an impressive example of creating a delightful mix of the arts and sciences.

Kudos to his work! We are hopeful to see him soar even higher!

The Changing Room by Geetika Saigal

New Delhi [India], September 3: Just released one week ago, The Changing Room has already started to impact its readers and is riding at No.1 in Hot New Releases in its genre on Amazon India in the opening week itself. A new-world playbook, The Changing Room, shares with you how to evolve, stay relevant, and ride the wave of change in our uncertain modern times.

The author has interestingly dedicated the book to the year 2020. 2020 has left the work shaken up and changed in ways we had never predicted and were surely unprepared for. It’s made us question our very existence and realise the fragility of life. The author, a Thought-Leader of our modern times, was thus inspired to write a ‘new-world playbook’ that will help you to survive & succeed in uncertain times.

Spanning 10 Moves (in 10 Chapters), The Changing Room decodes the biggest questions that plague us and helps decipher the elusive answers in the most ingenious of ways. The author’s unique writing style, a contemporary mix of logic, science & personal stories, keeps the readers engaged and hooked till the very end.

The book introduces new & refreshing concepts to help the reader unlock the obstacles we all face in achieving success in our lives. From the Triangle of Mediocrity to the Toilet Flush Theory, the Loser Pit to the Magic Molecules, the Triple-S Formula to the Hustle Sack, the Lollipop Effect to Shape-Shifting, the Impact Paradox to the Jaw of Helplessness, and from the Inverted Pyramid to the Transformation Triangle; right up to the Success Sandwich, this book promises to be one crazy ride.

Using graphical representations, simple logic, and raw personal anecdotes, the book connects instantly with the readers who’re flocking to get their answers to the most fundamental questions we battle with every day – from “Why am I stuck?” to “Why is my life not going anywhere?”, from “What should I do after being hit by 2020?” to “How can I succeed like leaders do?”, from “Why and how should I take risks in life?” to “How do I literally transform my life and change my future?”.

The author, Geetika Saigal, is a 5 Time TEDx Speaker, a multi-award winning Success Coach and a Thought-Leader known for her unconventional, unapologetic & highly engaging style of writing speaking & coaching. A Global Corporate Leader turned Entrepreneur turned Writer-Speaker-Coach, her inspirational life journey has been featured in many top publications. Geetika’s 5 TEDx Talks have uniquely addressed critical modern-day topics – Embracing New Barriers, Defining Your ‘Me’ Brand, Reviving the Art of Reading, The Success Formula and Re-defining Your Reality.

Geetika’s debut book in 2018, ‘Finding Your G-Spot’ became an Amazon No.1 Bestseller, won multiple awards and put her on her new mission in life – to ‘Help You, Help Yourself’.  As a highly sought after Success Coach, she is now the Founder of Beeja Education. This award-winning platform combines the power of Online Courses, LIVE Sessions & Continuous Mentoring to empower you with the Mindset, Skillset & Habits needed to succeed in your professional journey. She’s the recipient of the All India Achiever’s Award, Indian Icon Award, Exceptional Women of Excellence Award & Women Super Achiever Award. In her career spanning over two decades, she has held Leadership Roles in multi-billion dollar technology companies in India & Overseas.

If you are struggling to make sense of the new world, are hungry for growth & success, and want to turn your life around and excel in the workplace, this is the book for you. In the author’s own words:

“The new world has new rules.

It’s time to decode them.

It’s time to embrace them.

It’s time to change.

Welcome to The Changing Room.”

It’s time YOU succeed in the new world.

Grab Your Author-signed Copy Now on Amazon (With Free & Lifetime Access to Geetika Saigal’s Bestselling Online Course ‘Re-Invent Yourself’ worth Rs. 5,999/-)

September 2: Who is Deepa Sree? An Instagram influencer, Deepa Sree, is a popular name among young women looking for guidance and inspiration for fashion and beauty tips. Deepa Sree, born in Hyderabad, uses social media to talk about fashion, makeup, beauty tips, and many more. 

Deepa Sree is an Indian Fashion and Beauty Influencer known for her Indo-Western Fashion and Beauty related videos on social media platforms. She is also a fashion designer and stylist by profession. Due to her affordable beauty tips, she has gained a considerable fan base and worked with more than 100+ beauty and fashion brands like Nyka, Clovia, CashKaro, Kama Ayurveda, Voylla, etc.

On November 4th, 1990, Deepa Sree was born in Hyderabad to JS Murthy, a famous Astrologer, and Sundari Jonnalgadda, a professional psychologist. She speaks Telugu, Hindi, Marathi and English fluently.

Deepa Sree also has hands-on Astrology and Tarot Card Reading, which she learned from her father at 14. She pursued Btech in Computer Science and received a Gold Medal for outstanding performance in studies. And later pursued Accessory Designing & a Diploma in Fashion Design from Hamstech.

She started taking an interest in fashion, vlogging on Instagram and other social media channels and gained an enormous following. She has achieved a mark of 64000 followers on Instagram in a short period. Deepa Sree is a beauty and fashion guru and influencer who launched her makeup brand “Dee Beauty” in 2021.

Deepa Sree extracts her energy and passion from networking and bonding with her fan base, whether through creating engaging content on her various social media platforms with multiple types of content such as Product Reviews, Product Recommendations, Product Promotions, and Product Advertising.

Deepa Sree has bought her arenas of passion together and serves as a beauty and fashion expert. She has decided to raise and nourish Deepa Sree as a Fashion Influencer who blends her experience as a stylist and fashion expert to reach out and inform fellow women of similar mindsets on how to balance.

Quotes from Deepa Sree

– I always feel the need for more South Indian representation in the media world.

– I get my energy and passion from connecting more people and engaging

– I create content regularly and create more value for my followers.

September 2: Take wardrobe inspiration from Kritika Kamra as she effortlessly ushers the new season in Marks & Spencer’s latest Fusion Collection pantsuit. Inspired by classic prints designed to give a contemporary look, these super stylish separates costs INR 5999 for a jacket & INR 2499 for the pant.

Inspired by blue pottery, this tailored range includes elevated fabrications, quilted touches, and tassel finishing’s across versatile silhouettes that can comfortably transcend from everyday dressing through spruced up for an occasion.

On sporting the pantsuit from the collection, Kritika Kamra says, “I like style that’s effortless and modern. With @marksandspencerindia, I’ve found the perfect style partner. Their new fusion collection has classic prints and is super chic. I decided to complete this look with minimal jewellery. How would you style yours?”

Style Tip to Try: An Ideal ensemble to wear for Oh! So fancy brunches to glamourous evening parties or simply pair it down with sneakers for the casual look.

@marksandspencerindia

https://www.marksandspencer.in/l/women/fusion-collection/

Shop The Look

Available at Marks & Spencer stores & on www.marksandspencer.in

Follow @marksandspencerindia for more looks!

September 1: Millennial pageants launched Season one of Mr Millennial India. The pageant is organized for the first time by Blackpage Fashion Host Private Limited. The company also hosts Gurugram International Couture week, one of the country’s biggest fashion weeks. Satyajit Mohanty and Sidharth Behera are the makers of the event.

Talking about Millennial pageants, it will be a hunt to find fashion enthusiasts ready to try something new and explore the horizon this field provides. They provide a platform to those that are willing to look beyond the term “enough”. The hunt is to find creative minds and beautiful hearts that believe in breaking the predetermined beauty standards – a blend of grace, elegance, and confidence.

Millennial pageants team believes in grooming the contestants to bring out their best version. Mr Millennial India will be for men who are 18 to 30 with a minimum height of 5’8 and above.

Shamkhan A will be the Show director, while the Digital partner for the event is Brandpackt. Institute of modelling and creative arts will be the talent partner. Skincare partner is Dr. Tvacha, Club partner Waka Waka, Bee Enterprises by Ankita Sule will handle PR and Publicity, and Makeup partners are L A Cosmetics.

Nishi Bhardwaj, Dr Amit Karkhanis, Dr Varun Katyal, Bharat Gupta, Bia Sindhu, Seny P Arukattu, Renuka C Shekhar, Jayalakshmi, Janmoni Das, Riju Muhammed are the grooming experts. While Ryyana Masoom will look after the backstage.

To know more, log in to: https://www.millennialpageants.com

Bengaluru, September 2: The first edition of the ‘Corporate Fashion’ week stylishly debuted in Namma Bengaluru on Saturday, August 28 2021. Team Aikyam has conceptualized a unique and one-of-its-kind event-Corporate Fashion Week. This event has been designed to uplift the mood of women who have been working from home due to the pandemic and give them some excitement in life.

The team consists of women entrepreneurs, actors, models, Mrs pageant winners and fashion designers. It is a combination of women from corporate and the fashion world joining hands to encourage women under the concept – “Be your own label”. It is what the team wants today’s multi-talented women to believe in.

The main focus of the event is to bridge the gap between the corporate world and the fashion world, to prove that women are entitled to more than one victory, encourage women and teach them self-love, self-care, grooming and personality development skills besides helping them to balance work life and responsibilities towards home and family while taking care of themselves.

Interestingly, working women from any profession, from teachers to doctors, engineers, marketers, and IT professionals to entrepreneurs, are participating enthusiastically. There are no age, complexion, height or weight criteria. Both married and single women participated in this event.

The best part about the event is that the finalists will get a chance to wear costumes designed by famous designers from the fashion industry and walk the ramp with pride. The winners were judged on personal achievements, self-presence, intellect, congeniality and confidence.

Speaking to media, Ms Mamatha Kademani, who is also one of the founders of “Team Aikyam”, said, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Ms Rasheeda, the founder of Aikam, said, “You can achieve your dreams if you put your heart into it.”

Founder Ms Shivani De added, “We understand dreams, desires, passion, worries, and fears of women. I will handhold you to become happy and confident souls.

“Winners are as follows;

1. Brand of CFW-Puja Kamak
2. Face of CFW- Prisha. P
3. Dazzling diva-Megha
4. Boss lady-Divya Prabhakar
5. Shining star-Vijayalaxmi

Juries were Vanishree (cine actress),

Annechira Shivakumar (Photographer, filmmaker)

Gangadhar Salimath (Director, producer)

Jayalaxmi( NGO, Sams trust)

September 01: Today in the modern time where people are interested in reading more fictional stories. Mr. Nilesh Kumar Agarwal is now ranked among the top ten mythological authors after Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, Kavita Kane, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, and many others who have done a tremendous job in enlightening the society with a mythological twist. These writers are better being known for spreading awareness about the Indian cultures and traditions in society.

Born in Meerut on 25th Dec 1989, Nilesh Kumar Agarwal grew up in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his schooling at C.J.D.A.V. Public School, Meerut, and graduated from MAISM, Jaipur. His famous book “INDIAN TRADITIONS AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC REASONS” which sold over 80000 copies within just one year, helped him rank among the top ten mythological authors list in INDIA. He has also written many other books like Shiva Vaani, Krishna Vaani, Shree Ganesh, Shiv-Krishna-hanuman-Ganeshjikeupdesh.

His podcast for Shiva Vaani has crossed more than 100000+ views on all platforms, including Spotify, Google podcast, Gaana, Jio Saavn, Wynk, Hungama, Hubhopper, and many others within a month of its release. Mr Nilesh Kumar Agarwal is also the founder of the NGO ‘Nilesh StaallionFoundation’, a crowdfunding platform that provides medical assistance to all living beings and funds environmentally friendly start-up projects.

All his books are written in a very simple language, whether it’s in English or Hindi. You can easily find all his books on Amazon.in, Flipkart.com, Notionpress.com, and all other leading platforms. Sources confirmed that he is now working on a fictional love story related to the dimensional world and also working on combining the paranormal experiences of different people in the form of a book like his earlier book “What do you want to do before you die?” which was a unique concept where hundreds of people from all over INDIA submitted their wishes which they want to get fulfilled before they die. It seems pretty interesting to know that a mythological author is suddenly working on a fictional story.

Readers are eagerly waiting for the release of the book. Mr. Nilesh Kumar Agarwal recently translated a famous book earlier by late Dr. APJ Abdul kalam, which is “Thirukkural”. He translated the book as a co-author in Hindi and English language, making it much easier to read for all the readers so that a large section of society can read it and learn from it. Author Nilesh is constantly working to improve society cultures and make them educated in the right direction.

In Russia, Germany people over there are getting attracted towards Indian culture, but it’s unfortunate to know that due to the strong influence of western culture, people forget about fundamental values and historical importance of their cultures and traditions. You can connect with him through Twitter and Instagram. He was also got nominated as the best mythological author in Udaipur in 2020. He also writes articles in various leading newspapers.