Category: Arts, Culture & Entertainment

** 104-ft tall national flag hoisted at 10,000-ft altitude in Arunachal’s Tawang

unachal’s Tawang

  • Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Kahndu congratulated the Army, the Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Tawang district administration and local MLA Tsering Tashi for the feat.

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu hoisted a 104-feet tall national flag at Ngangpa Natme (Buddha Park) in Tawang, a Buddhist pilgrim town bordering China. It is the second-highest national flag at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Speaking to the media, the Arunachal CM said that the monumental national flag has been dedicated to all the patriotic people of the state.

** PM Modi to unveil ‘Statue of Equality’ today in Hyderabad

he 216-feet tall ‘Statue of Equality’ commemorates the 11th-century Bhakti saint Ramanujacharya.

“Sri Ramanujacharya worked tirelessly for the upliftment of people with the spirit of every human being equal regardless of nationality, gender, race, caste or creed,” the PMO said.

Made of five metals – gold, silver, copper, brass, and zinc – the Statue of Equality is among one of the world’s tallest metallic statues in sitting position, according to the PMO. The statue is mounted on a 54-feet high base building, called ‘Bhadra Vedi’. The floors of the building are dedicated to a Vedic digital library and research centre, ancient Indian texts, a theatre, an educational gallery detailing works of Sri Ramanujacharya.

The statue has been conceptualised by Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Sri Ramanujacharya Ashram, the PMO stated.

** Kerala’s famed Nehru Trophy boat race to be held in UAE

The race, named after former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, will be held on March 27, 2022 in partnership with International Marine Sports Club Ras Al Khaimah and TheBrew Media FZC LLC, at the Al Marjan Island.

** Padma Shri awardee donates helicopter his family decided to gift him for medical emergencies in Surat

This time, Savji Dholakia has decided to donate a Rs 50 crore brand new chopper gifted to him by his family for medical and other emergencies in Surat.

Fifty-nine-year-old Savji Dholakia of Surat, the owner of Hari Krishna diamond company who was conferred the Padma Shri award recently, has made headlines again.

He has already built over 75 ponds at his native place in Lathi taluka of Amreli district in Saurashtra. All of these ponds were made on barren government land in different villages in Akala, Dudhala, Lathi village, etc.

He had made headlines earlier after rewarding his employees with as many as 500 cars, 471 jewelry sets, and 280 two-bedroom flats as a loyalty program. 

** From Bow Bazar to Jerusalem: an Indian tour guide In Israel

For three decades, Rolley Horowitz has introduced visiting Indians to Israel.

During that visit, she surprised him by revealing that her original name is actually Savitri Mehta.

Preaching gospel of Jesus

The journey of Ms. Savitri from Kolkata’s Alipore to Israel began way back in the early 1960s when, at the age of 12, Savitri, daughter of the Military Attache in Indian Embassy in Tokyo rebelled against her parents Brigadier C.S. Mehta and her mother Sunita Roy.Ms. Savitriarrived from her Japanese lessons and declaredthat she would embrace Christianity .

She began as a volunteer in a Christian organisation but after studying in depth about ancient Christianity, she chose to become Jewish in 1989. 

Months before Israel and India were to establish ties on January 29, 1992, Ms. Roley married Michael Arthur Horowitz, a barrister who was noted for fighting war crimes. Soon after the establishment of India-Israel ties, she and academic Shalva Weil and Indian conductor Zubin Mehta set up an organisation to foster India-Israel relations.

Kolkata / Goa /Israel

** Watch | First pod hotel at Mumbai Central

A video on the first Japanese-style capsule hotel in India

The recently inaugurated ‘pod hotel’ at Mumbai Central Railway Station is the first of its kind in India.

It was introduced by the Indian Railways as an inexpensive stay option for travellers.

The ‘pod’ or a ‘capsule hotel’, was first developed in Japan. It features a large number of small, bed-sized rooms known as capsules.

** This scientist cycled more than a thousand kilometres to explore Kerala’s lighthouses

Ayyappan Nair covered the Kerala coast on a bicycle to visit and photograph the lighthouses in the State

After more than a thousand kilometres on a bicycle, covering the coastline of Kerala later, Ayyappan Nair is raring to hit the pedal again.

Discussing how he photographed 20 of 21 lighthouses in the State, Ayyappan says he was was overwhelmed by the warmth of strangers he met on the way. “The trip has motivated me to learn about the heritage and syncretic culture of the State, which has drawn traders from Egypt, ancient Arabia, China and East Asia,” he said

Kerala

** Winner of UNICEF Photo of the Year 2021 on the changing face of the Sunderbans

Supratim Bhattacharjee, whose photograph from his Sinking Sundarbans project was chosen, shares why he chooses to be a visual storyteller of humanitarian crises.

The photograph was chosen among thousands as the winner for 2021 by UNICEF Germany, which once a year awards photo reports that document the personality and living conditions of children around the world. This year both first and second place have been awarded to Indian photographers.

The photograph was chosen among thousands as the winner for 2021 by UNICEF Germany, which once a year awards photo reports that document the personality and living conditions of children around the world. This year both first and second place have been awarded to Indian photographers.

Mumbai

* Hoysala temples are India’s nomination for World Heritage tag

The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala — the famed Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somananthpura in the State — has been finalised as India’s nomination for consideration as World Heritage for 2022-23. These protected monuments are on UNESCO’s tentative list since April 15, 2014, a PIB release on Monday said.

As part of the first step, the dossier to the World Heritage Centre, which will take up technical scrutiny, was submitted by Vishal V. Sharma, Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, to UNESCO Director of World Heritage Lazare Eloundou on Monday. “India is proud to nominate the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas for UNESCO’s World Heritage List! Art Historians recognise the exceptional sculptural artistry of the ensembles to be among the masterpieces of Asian art,” Mr. Sharma tweeted.