A 26-year-old man was arrested by Wadala police for allegedly making obscene video calls and talks to more than 100 women. The arrested accused identified as Sambhaji Hussainkar, who originally hails from Kolhapur but he resides at Worli, Mumbai.
According to police the accused used to select the women and girls after checking their profile pictures on WhatsApp, using an app and following which he would call women and girls and show his private parts to them. The incident came into light when a 17-year-old girl, who is a resident of Wadala was getting a video call from the accused since Saturday.
As per the girl’s statement initially, she avoided the calls as it was an unknown number. However, the accused kept calling her. Then she thought that it might be some relative who is trying to reach her, hence she answered the call. After briefly greeting her, he started making an obscene conversation. And before she could disconnect the call Hussainkar started showing his private parts. Police said, after disconnecting the calls the accused kept video calling her. So finally she told her parents about it following which her parents lodged a complaint at Wadala police station.
After that police have booked the accused for stalking and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The Deputy Commissioner of Wadala Police Station Rashmi Karandikar said, “Through technical details, we managed to trace the accused in Worli area on Monday morning, two days after the incident.”
Police said, in the past also Hussainkar had been arrested by the Worli police for molestation case. The accused used an app to access phone numbers and would only contact women and used to check WhatsApp profile photos, and if they were females, he would call them, said police.
Since 2014, BJP IT cell has used social media to tarnish and defame many opposition leaders by circulating fabrications. Taking the cue from WhatsApp forwards BJP leader Anantkumar Hegde accused Devendra Fadnavis’s 80-hour power stint in Maharashtra as planned “drama” to protect Rs 40,000 crore in central funds and return it safely. One BJP leader taking on another BJP leader has embarrassed BJP. The controversy-prone MP from Karnataka also said that it took “15 hours” for Mr. Fadnavis to make sure the money was safe.
While campaigning in Yellapur in his Uttara Kannada constituency for by-polls Hegde said “You all know that recently in Maharashtra for just 80 hours our person was Chief Minister, but soon Fadnavis resigned. Why did we have to do this drama? Didn’t we know? Despite knowing we don’t have a majority, why did he become Chief Minister? This is the question everyone is asking. He said “more than Rs 40,000 crore” was under the Chief Minister’s control. “If the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena came to power, certainly that Rs 40,000 crore would not have gone for development and would have been (misused),” said the MP. “This was all planned earlier. It was decided that whatever happens, a big drama was necessary. Which is why there was an adjustment and he became Chief Minister. In those 15 hours, Fadnavis made sure the money went where it was supposed to go… it was kept safe. It was all returned to the Centre. If it had been kept here – the next chief minister -you know what would have happened,” Hegde claimed.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Devendra Fadnavis dismissed BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde’s statement. Neither the Centre asked for any funds nor the Maharashtra government sent it back, Fadnavis asserted even as the opposition Congress and the Shiv Sena slammed the former BJP Chief Minister. Fadnavis, however, dubbed Hegde’s claim as “absolutely wrong”, and said nothing of that sort happened.
“It is absolutely wrong and I refute it completely. A company of the central government is implementing the bullet train project, where the Maharashtra government’s role is restricted to land acquisition only. Neither the Centre asked for any funds nor the Maharashtra government sent it back,” Fadnavis told reporters. The reports are “completely wrong”. The Maharashtra government has no role in the bullet train project other than land acquisition, he asserted. “Not a single rupee of Maharashtra government has been returned to the Centre from any other project,” the former Chief Minister said. “I have not taken any such policy decision during my tenure as a chief minister or caretaker CM. Those who understand the accounting system of the Centre and States, they would know no such transfer of funds takes place,” he said. Fadnavis said the state finance department should conduct necessary inquiry and bring out the truth. “It is wrong to issue such a false statement and seek (our) reaction over it,” the BJP leader said. Fadnavis also said that he was not aware of whether Hegde made such a statement or not.
Sanjay Raut, a Rajya Sabha member of the Shiv Sena, tweeted that it was “treachery” if an 80-hour Chief Minister had moved Rs 40,000 crore from Maharashtra to the Centre.
Bjp mp @AnantkumarH says @Dev_Fadanvis as CM for 80 hours, moved maharashtra’s 40000 cr Rs to center ? This is treachery with maharshtra , महाराष्ट्र के साथ गद्दारी है @Officeof UT
NCP leader Nawab Malik said that it was not possible to transfer such a huge amount of Rs 40,000 crore back to the centre, saying such reports were being spread to hide the BJP’s defeat in Maharashtra.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted: “A union minister opened the Pandora’s box of Modi government; BJP’s anti-Maharashtra face has been unmasked. Was the federal structure being trumped? Was Rs 40,000 crore meant for the welfare of the public and farmers withdrawn due to a conspiracy? Prime Minister, Reply! (sic)”
एक केंद्रीय मंत्री ने खोली मोदी सरकार की पोल,
भाजपा का महाराष्ट्र विरोधी चेहरा बेनक़ाब हुआ
क्या संघीय ढाँचे को पाँव तले रोंद दिया गया,
क्या जनता व किसान की भलाई का ₹40,000 करोड़ एक षड्यंत्र से वापस ले लिया गया?
Fadnavis was sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister on November 23, in a surprise oath ceremony at 7.50 am. Also sworn in with him was Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who had promised to bring enough MLAs to help the BJP reach a majority. Mr. Pawar failed to make good on his promise and Mr. Fadnavis resigned on November 26 after being asked by the Supreme Court to prove his majority within a day.
The Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the new Chief Minister two days later. Mr. Thackeray is leading a Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance that was formed after the Sena broke away from the BJP, its ally of over 30 years, over power-sharing.
Every government does advertise its schemes and achievements. I suppose they must be having budgets set aside for advertising too. But the fact is that these days the political parties are willing to spare ambulances and public toilets as a publicity tool for their candidate and political party. We all know covering the ambulance van is not possible, not the walls of public toilets. These political parties during their tenure invest in such crucial pockets to make the best use of them during election protocol. It does seem that the money could have been put to better use, but then the fact is that everything is important in some way and a lot of seemingly frivolous government expenditure actually helps in keeping the economy going. Government expenditure has to be spread out across sectors. The money spent on advertisements and publicity helps provide liquidity to the media sectors as well as allows the government to reach out to voters. Any government expenditure in India is money being put back into the economy, which generates employment and also further income for the government in the form of taxes. It doesn’t seem appropriate to spend public funds with the intention of popularising itself but every government has done it and will keep doing it.
The ruling government is always alleged of spending inappropriate funds on its own PM’s and party’s publicity. During these years Modi government spent lots of money on publicizing their agendas but no control over his ministers. From giving illogical, offensive statements to killing witnesses, in all these occurrences PM Modi was a mute spectator. Big promises, of giving a huge chunk of 15 lakhs to every Indian (indirect benefits of the same amount), bringing back all the black money, etc. were the main promises given by Modi to win the election. But now the party members simply call them as jumlas. Demonetisation should have been the second step. In the first step, the government should catch the known defaulters and other’ who fled from India. They already knew many politicians, bureaucrats who hold billions of black money. They must be the first targets and if handled properly then demonetisation can be postponed and implemented with proper planning and correct implementation. But the government chose to make the common man a sufferer.
They opposed the FDI when implemented by UPA. It’s impossible for a normal retailer to compete with brands like Amazon, Walmart, etc. It will destroy the traditional markets of our country and bring a monopoly of big brands only. Data point out that economic slowdown did not begin in 2019. It had been building up over time. Declining growth in consumption has been held as the primary factor for the current economic downturn. It is about money in the pocket. Data tell that wages have been falling since January 2018 both in agriculture and non-agriculture work. Consumption had begun its slide from a high of almost 10 per cent in September 2018 quarter. It continued to decline till it reached an 18-quarter low of 3 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2019. Private consumption has improved to 5 per cent in the September quarter. It is a real good news. But the damage has been done. Similarly, investment has gone from about 12 per cent growth to 1 per cent in quarter ending September 2019. It was 4 per cent in April-June period. This happened despite Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting almost a parallel budget after her July Budget speech in Parliament.
The Modi government announced a Rs 70,000 crore recapitalisation of banks. She also announced another Rs 20,000 for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) through liquidity support to Housing Finance Corporations (HFCs). In addition, a Rs 1 lakh crore credit guarantee scheme was announced for purchase of pooled assets of NBFCs and HFCs. In simpler words, the government (or, the tax payers’ pool) was to bear the risk of these financially imprudent lenders. Incentives were announced for almost every sector of the economy including a waiver of super rich tax. But economic malaise is deeper. It has a lot to do with agricultural distress and sinking of real estate ship. Agriculture has been under stress now for about two decades. The past 10 years have been particularly bad for those dependent on agriculture. The worst sufferers have been the marginal farmers.
Economy watchers have found a connection between agricultural decline and supply of labour to the real estate sector in India. Till real estate kept doing well, earning in rural India and thus the consumption by rural India helped GDP sustain a handsome growth rate. Shifting of labour to real estate also supplied the capital to marginal farmers for agriculture and maintained viable farm wages. But as an HSBC report earlier this year showed that the NBFCs crisis triggered a virtual collapse of the real estate in India. The real estate was heavily dependent on NBFCs for borrowing which, the HSBC economists found, had increased from 35 per cent in 2011-12 to 60 per cent in 2018-19. They asserted that the real estate in India can only revive when NBFCs again start lending money to the construction players. The public sector banks are in heavy debt. They have become too risk averse. They are not in a mood to fund any risky business at the moment. Mudra loan has, meanwhile come as a big dampener. Recent reports say, proving the skeptics right, only 20 per cent of total loans disbursed under Mudra scheme actually turned into a new business. Allowing Reliance JIO was the biggest favour where government preferred to be blind. Now some may argue that Reliance invested a lot on 4G and it’s their initiative. Then what if tomorrow Microsoft wants to invest same amount of money for 5G and snatch all the customers of telecom from JIO?
A mute spectator in Education field appointments and tuition fees hike, students have taken up to the streets for their rights. State wise; Caste wise politics are a license to people for creating chaos. Changing Supreme Court decisions, appointing President on the basis of caste etc. are some points where PM Modi not only failed big time but also contributed in bringing country backward. Many fake pages are running on social media by promoting lies (both supporting and against the government). It can be tamed down with an agreement with social media barons but BJP IT cell was aggressive than anyone in spreading fake news and PM rather felt comfortable with it. He himself distorted the facts and blatantly spread lies through his election speeches.
Earlier BJP had many commanding leaders in the party, who could uphold the position fearlessly, were brave enough, competent and intellectual. Now the entire power is limited to Amit Shah. No one in the party has the courage to go against him, talk anything against him, oppose him. He is the one who brings more bad practice in politics. He can go to any extent for the power. PM remains either a mute spectator or found supporting him; but he never reinforced a healthy democracy. Lastly, at times, PM has always cursed the opposition for his failures too. The Mantra that “they had not done anything in 60 years, we are at least doing something” is again a bad practice. We know they had experienced failures.. And that’s why BJP has got the chance. So, work instead of wasting time and resources on the comparison. Advertisement, publicity, money spending, propaganda and far more are credited to the Modi government, but still, if we look at the larger picture.
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Manoshi Sinha’s book “Saffron Swords” tells us the story of those Indians who fought valiantly against invaders and armies, based on an immense moral courage. Earlier, these stories, written by Marxist historians, were presented to us in a language designed for deceit. A brilliant book that talks of unknown kings, queens and common people who fought the invaders, yet, never made it to our history books. A perfect gift to let our kids / grand kids know about our glorious past.
One of the defining characteristics of history writing by historians of India is that they make it bereft of ideas. As a social scientist would tell, this is one of the classic ways in which historians can hide, distort a part of history as it really happened, and present their own version for future generations; the argument being that if history textbooks generate ideas and are taken seriously by readers, they will make the study of history ‘contingent’. Events of the past will then be seen as that could have gone either way, making the reader go deeper and search for more ideas.
One of consequences of that will be to explain why right people armed with the right ideas didn’t always win. This process generates empathy for those who fought and struggled valiantly and be an inspiration.
Manoshi Sinha’s book Saffron Swords does exactly that. It tells us the story of those Indians who fought valiantly against invaders and armies, based on an immense moral courage. To me, this book will do what our textbooks haven’t been able to do for the children of India and many adults like me. It will generate ideas for us to look deeper in the history we haven’t been exposed to as part of our education.
How much do we know about the valorous saga of our ancestors from the east to west, north to south of Bharat? Unfortunately very little! Were we always defeated? It is a Big No. But we have been projected as losers. During the last 1300 years, our ancestors across the country put up a brave resistance against invaders, first against Islamic invasion and rule and later the British. Hundreds and thousands of our warriors won battles and many fought until their last breath defending the motherland.
Indian History text books have hardly glorified these real warriors of the soil. We have grown up reading more about the glories of our invaders. A nation’s citizens, who are ignorant about the brave feats of their ancestors, tend to deviate away from their roots, historicity, and their sense of belongingness for the motherland. Saffron Swords that contains 52 tales of valour, is a tribute to the unsung warriors of India, both men and women, from the last 1300 years. This book is the first in its series.
Indian history text books hardly glorify the exploits of Indian warriors who won in battles against Islamic invaders. Many freedom fighters, who played an instrumental role in freeing India from clutches of the British, have not found a place in history. Instead, it is the invaders who are glorified. From the north to the south, east to the west, there are hundreds of winning exploits of warriors, both men and women. Fifty two stories are inspirational to further bring about pride in our glorious past. I read each and every story like an episode. It is time history text books are rewritten.
This book deserves to be in our school syllabus. It reminds us of our brave ancestors who sacrificed their life but we forgot them because of adulterated history.
The rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinary doctor shocked the nation. The incident has reminded the nation the 7 years old incident of Nirbhaya gang rape case that shocked everyone triggering a nationwide outrage. The protestors are rightly demanding death penalty for the accused. Every day the newspaper reports about rape incidents. In majority of rape cases the accused is known to the victim. It is clear that violence against the weaker sex brings out the manly demeanor of our society where oppression of women is deemed as a custom. Expressing concern over the rising cases of rape reported across the country, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in the recent amendment passed in Parliament showed that the “nation will not tolerate” crimes against women. While serious law reform is the need of the hour, it also should be taken into consideration that the planners, administrators, and law enforcement agencies work efficiently and diligently in that direction. This diminishing social protection has made working and college going women in the city vulnerable to crimes like eve-teasing, molestation and rape.
It is noticed that the prevalence of crimes against women in a certain place depends on a large extent to the social ambience of that place. The punishment for battering, molestation, sexual molestation and unlawful threat must be increased. Projects must be launched for a better cooperation between the police, the social services and other relevant parties. Government should come out with much more essence and urgency to check the indecent behaviour against women folks, and the need to chart out stern measures on the part of administrative authorities for curbing down such events. People also need to come out with determination against such evils and not be a moot spectator wherein a daughter, or a sister, or a wife, or a mother is crying for alms. In our country, rapists act with impunity as they know they can get away with their crime. Unless laws are strengthened to punish wrong-doers and justice is delivered speedily this crime will continue unchecked and our daughters will continue to suffer.
In his Mann Ki Baat radio address, the Prime Minister said: “No civil society can tolerate any kind of injustice towards the woman-power of the country. The nation will not tolerate those committing rapes. One would find that the scenario for women seems grim indeed and this will continue so long as the basic social and economic structures remain unchanged and the law and order agencies show indifference. Public display of big hoardings only serves to excite the young minds. Laws alone cannot put an end to evils that are endemic in the social structure; the government can at least make some attempt to take its own enactments seriously. Crime is endemic to the human condition, but a crime specifically directed at one sex is most despicable and unfortunately, the one that is punished least. According to the Government’s statistics twenty five rapes are committed in the country everyday but the unofficial record is in very large number.
(This is the first part of the article and the remaining portion will continue tomorrow)
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
Delhi government deserves all compliments in taking supersonic decision to recommend rejection of mercy petitions filed by accused of infamous Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts. Now it is time that Lt Governor of Delhi clears file for rejection immediately forwarding to Union Home Ministry for further forwarding to President of India. All such formality of file-movement can be done even on a single day thus President of India creating a record for decision-taking on mercy petition held earlier by the then President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma who decided to reject a mercy-petition in record six days of filing it.
Supreme Court should also rise to the occasion by dismissing all petitions filed before it by Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts. If there is some rule about sending some reminder, it should be repealed. In case, the officer concerned sent any such reminder at his own, he should be terminated from service for showing undesired courtesy to such criminals.
Ensuring hanging on December 16 which is the anniversary of the heinous crime will provide a sigh of relief not only to parents of Nirbhaya but to entire countrymen giving some hope of fast justice in case of recent repeat-incident by rape-cum-murder of veterinary doctor Priyanka Reddy.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Govt to replace honey-cubes with sugar cubes
It refers to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on November 28 informing Lok Sabha that Union Government will be encouraging use of honey-cubes to replace sugar-cubes with dual purpose of increasing job-opportunities for farmers and tribal, while giving a healthy alternative to replace traditional sugar-cubes.
Central government should also consider replacing admittedly harmful cola-drinks with traditional Indian-styled soft-drinks with flavour of rose, kewra etc. It may be recalled that almost half-century back, a famous rose-drink manufactured by a famous private confectionary company registered at Gwalior was a popular drink for persons of all ages. Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) should take a lead in preparing concentrates for soft-drinks based on flavours of rose and kewra which can be used by soft-drink manufacturers not only to replace cola-drinks in India but even dominate global-market by breaking monopoly of harmful cola-drinks in tune with ambitious -Make in India- concept of Prime Minister. It will rather earn foreign-revenue for the country rather than Indian money being drained out to multinational cola-manufacturers.
Madhu Agrawal
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
Politicians of India are curse, on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi shouting slogans “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” (save girl child and educate her). But that was for political mileage in reality the picture is very cruel and no state government or central government has made any efforts to save girl child. Rape, abuse, molestation, honor killing all this is happening on daily basis but law is clueless. There are many reasons of child marriage in India and multiple barriers to its elimination. Poverty, weak enforcement of laws, patriarchal social norms intended to ensure family honour are significant factors that increase the risk of girl being married off while still a child. Also, girls from poor households are more likely to marry as children, since marriage becomes a solution to reduce the size of the family. The cost of marriage plays a big role in families sliding further into poverty, and these high costs contribute to girls being forced to marry when other ceremonies are taking place in the family or when older siblings are being married. Neither government could address poverty or girl’s safety. Some of the BJP leaders were more vocal in advocating child marriages.
Child marriage is another curse; India has largest number of child brides in the world. One out of every three women (20-24 years) in rural India is married before she is 18. Globally, the proportion of women aged between 20 and 24 (who were they were married before their 18th birthday) dropped from 32 per cent around 1990 to 26 per cent around 2015.
Evidently, early marriages have social acceptance and this attributes to the low number of reported cases in India. Girls standing up to stop their own marriage also get resolved without any case lodged against parents. As per NCRB, 169, 222 and 280 cases have been registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively, and in 2016, it is 326. This indicates that reporting of child marriage has increased. Another dilemma is lack of age proof. Birth certificates are not made for girl children and hence reporting becomes difficult. Child marriage is a violation of child rights, and has a negative impact on physical growth, health, mental and emotional development, and education opportunities. It also affects society as a whole since child marriage reinforces a cycle of poverty and perpetuates gender discrimination, illiteracy and malnutrition as well as high infant and maternal mortality rates.
Child marriage can be seen across the country but it is far higher in rural than in urban areas. Girls from poorer families, scheduled castes and tribes, and with lower education levels are more likely to marry at a younger age. Because there are limited education opportunities, low quality of education, inadequate infrastructure, lack of transport and therefore concerns about girls’ safety while travelling to school significantly contribute to keeping girls out of school and therefore tend to favour child marriage. Although there is widespread awareness of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 (PCMA) and the illegality of child marriage, individually people feel that the traditions and norms are stronger than the law and the institutions and rarely report cases. On top of this, there is limited capacity among officials and lack of willingness to go against community decisions, since officials are themselves part of the community. And above all politicians to gain vote assure further non-interference. We might be fighting for equality, no gender biases but girls are often seen as a liability with limited economic role. Women’s work is confined to the household and is not valued. In addition, there is the problem of dowry. Despite the fact that dowry has been prohibited for five decades (Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961), it is still common for parents of girls in India to give gifts to the groom and /or his family either in cash or kind. The dowry amount increases with the age and the education level of the girl. Hence, the “incentive” of the system of dowry perpetuates child marriage.
Law enforcement to prohibit child marriage is relatively weak. Limited detailed knowledge on how to apply laws and little understanding of the consequences of the laws, as well as limited trust in institutions enforcing them, undermines the implementation of the PCMA. We all know that the Child marriage is widespread across India, with nearly half of brides married as girls. While there has been a decline in the incidence of child marriage nationally (from 54 per cent in 1992-93 to 27 per cent in 2016) and in nearly all states, the pace of change remains slow, especially for girls in the age group 15-18 years. There are also variations across different groups, particularly excluded communities, castes and tribes those are the vote bank of political parties. Drop out of school, have a low-paid job and limited decision-making power at home. A girl with 10 years of education has a six times lower chance of being pushed into marriage before she turns 18. They face violence, abuse and exposure to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases because they have fewer skills and less negotiating power. Nearly 13 per cent of married girls between 15-19 years of age experience sexual violence by their husbands compared with 10 per cent of women experiencing such violence between the age group of 30-39.
We the people randomly talk about it, present statistics and feel bad about it but just feeling bad is no solution to growing problems. Hope every citizen senses responsibility and the politicians who advocate early marriages realise what they are up to.
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Gateway of India would be kept closed for four days from December 1 to 4th. Indian Navy is carrying out some crucial work there during these four days. Commuters travelling to Alibaug, Mandwa or Elephanta Caves during these four days may have to go via Bhaucha Dhakka. Gateway is a tourist destination and every day lakhs of visitors visit the monument. December 4, is celebrated as Navy Day in India. Every year on this day, beating the retreat is celebrated and this year it won’t be different.
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument built in the early twentieth century in the city of Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was erected to commemorate the landing in December 1911 at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai (then Bombay) of King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary, the first British monarch to visit India. At the time of the royal visit, the gateway was not yet built, and a cardboard structure greeted the monarch. The foundation stone was laid in March 1913 for a monument built in the Indo-Saracenic style, incorporating elements of 16th-century Gujarati architecture. The structure is an arch made of basalt 26 metres (85 feet) high. The architectural design of Gateway of India was fashioned by architect George Wittet.
After its construction, the gateway was used as a symbolic ceremonial entrance to British India for important colonial personnel. It has been called a symbol of “conquest and colonisation” commemorating British colonial legacy. The gateway is also the monument from where the last British troops left India in 1948, following Indian independence. It is located on the waterfront at an angle, opposite the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel and overlooks the Arabian Sea. The Gateway of India is a monument that marks India’s chief port and is a major tourist attraction for visitors. The total construction cost of this monument was approximately 21 lakhs and the entire expense was borne by the Indian government. In March 1911, Sir George Sydenham Clark who was the then Governor of Bombay laid down the monument’s first foundation. This plan was approved in 1914, the reclamation at Apollo Bunder was completed in 1919. It took four years to complete the construction of the monument. The monument is built in yellow basalt and indissoluble concrete. The best time to visit the Gateway of India is from November to March.
Mumbai : The most-awaited song of the year, Munna Badnaam had set the fans on social media buzzing with just the teaser release. After receiving a great response on the 2 songs out already, the entire film team has high expectation from this as well. The cheery and resounding song, Munna Badnaam was launched in association with Set Wet, the no. 1 hairstyling brand for men in India.
The makers of the film, associated with the uber-cool and youth brand Set Wet for the song. The hairstyling brand that’s most sought-after among the millennials not only had our Chulbul Pandey aka Salman Khan but also the latest Bollywood sensation, Warina Hussain grooving on its dance steps.
Salman conveys through the song, how he’s winning the hearts and being effortlessly stylish in the film. “Muchhon ka pahad bana ke and Set Wet ka Gel laga ke” seem to be his ultimate advice for all young munnas out there.
The song seems to be on the next on-loop playlist of everyone with brand announcing the #BeDabanggWithSetWet and #StyleLikeChulbul challenge. Viewers have to participate by sharing their dance video doing the hook step on the signature lyrics using the hashtags on social media. The entries will be judged by Salman Khan Films and a few lucky winners will stand a chance to win exciting hampers from Set Wet. While 1 mega-winner who perfects the Chulbul style with Set Wet will get a chance to meet the star himself.
Talking about her association with the song, Warina Hussain says, “It feels amazing to have been able to work with Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Prabhu Deva and get grooving with Set Wet doing the hair-game on point for men. It is my first special song and that too with Salman Sir. I am super excited, infact we actually bonded really well. And I must say Salman Sir looks effortlessly stylish in the song, Set Wet ka gel lagake”, she says with a laugh!” “I can’t wait to see all the fans take the #BeDabanggWithSetWet challenge and flaunt their #StyleLikeChulbul“
Producer Arbaaz Khan commented, “Munna Badnaam is a fun and energetic song. And I am glad we partnered with an equally fun and uber-cool brand, Set Wet. For Munna Badnaam, we are hopeful that it will set the standards high with Set Wet setting the temperatures even higher. I am excited about the challenge #StyleLikeChulbul and look forward to seeing all the entries. I have also started using Set Wet to hopefully to refine my hair-style game to match Chulbul”, he laughs off
The song is a new spin on the popular 2010’s famous item song, Munni Badnaam. The song features a dance-off between Salman Khan and Prabhu Deva along with actress Warina Hussain setting the temperatures high. Sung by Kamaal Khan, rap by Badshah, the song has been choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.
Political parties often dump their ideological baggage to come together and the adhesive being their fervent desire to cling on to power like a limpet. There is a tide in the affair of men, which taken at the flood, leads to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries. For the time being it is united colours of Uddhav Thackeray and Sena gets cracking. The trio of Sena-Congress-NCP can work in peace. It is likely to stick in alliance crew given the diametrically opposite stances of two of the stakeholders in the current government. But this is where, the septuagenarian Sharad Pawar steps in, the buffer element in the reaction. For now Uddhav is the man of the moment.
The Tug of War finally gets over. The nail-biting scenario has emerged as a political power shift. I Hope for a better future of Maharashtra. It’s time for the newly-power packed alliance to work effectively and impressively. It’s time to leave a mark on grabbing this opportunity that had become available after a series of omissions and commissions.
Please provide five years of clean and efficient government and make Maharashtra a model state in every respect so that the rest of Indian states can follow your role model. Post poll defection is breach of trust, it is rather shameful for Sena to go with pre-poll enemies. Has the ‘Tamasha’ ended or it has begun only now? The biggest volte-face we have seen in the recent times on the part of Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of three days duration, who has tendered his resignation citing ‘personal’ reasons which he could not foresee all of three days ago and which made Devendra Fadnavis to tender his resignation too. What one can make of these developments except to come to the conclusion that the power hungry politicians will go to any length to betray the electorate to self serve their selfish interests.
Whatever happened in Maharashtra BJP’s core committee will make postmortem of it. Both, Amit Shah and PM Modi has to amend campaign. In particular Shah has been more aggressive whereas Modi has been making show offs like how he has been getting response in foreign countries where ever he goes to attend various conferences or scheduled visits. Not only the state’s local issues must be seen but corresponding solutions should be worked out. Unless it is not done the future of BJP shall become bleak.
No doubt; India do have a robust system, judiciary, legislature, administration corrects occasional turbulence. Remember, “absolute authority corrupts absolutely.” Fadnavis was by far the cleanest and most non-controversial CM that we have had in the recent past. The state of Maharashtra will miss him. He was the first Chief Minister in 50 years to rule the state for full five years. We hope that implementation of all the commitments made by Maha Vikas Aghadi in CMP will start within the first 50 days. All parties including youth bodies should also form joint action committees to keep an eye on the implementation of CMP.
It would be a great turning point in Indian governance levels, if this seemingly “poisonous” churning inside the Maharashtra cauldron turns into a disruption to take things forward in a new bonhomie that works for the Good of the People. Time would tell more.
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
A 26-year-old man was arrested by Wadala police for allegedly making obscene video calls and talks to more than 100 women. The arrested accused identified as Sambhaji Hussainkar, who originally hails from Kolhapur but he resides at Worli, Mumbai.
Since 2014, BJP IT cell has used social media to tarnish and defame many opposition leaders by circulating fabrications. Taking the cue from WhatsApp forwards BJP leader Anantkumar Hegde accused Devendra Fadnavis’s 80-hour power stint in Maharashtra as planned “drama” to protect Rs 40,000 crore in central funds and return it safely. One BJP leader taking on another BJP leader has embarrassed BJP. The controversy-prone MP from Karnataka also said that it took “15 hours” for Mr. Fadnavis to make sure the money was safe.
Manoshi Sinha’s book “Saffron Swords” tells us the story of those Indians who fought valiantly against invaders and armies, based on an immense moral courage. Earlier, these stories, written by Marxist historians, were presented to us in a language designed for deceit. A brilliant book that talks of unknown kings, queens and common people who fought the invaders, yet, never made it to our history books. A perfect gift to let our kids / grand kids know about our glorious past.
Gateway of India would be kept closed for four days from December 1 to 4th. Indian Navy is carrying out some crucial work there during these four days. Commuters travelling to Alibaug, Mandwa or Elephanta Caves during these four days may have to go via Bhaucha Dhakka. Gateway is a tourist destination and every day lakhs of visitors visit the monument. December 4, is celebrated as Navy Day in India. Every year on this day, beating the retreat is celebrated and this year it won’t be different.
Mumbai : The most-awaited song of the year, Munna Badnaam had set the fans on social media buzzing with just the teaser release. After receiving a great response on the 2 songs out already, the entire film team has high expectation from this as well. The cheery and resounding song, Munna Badnaam was launched in association with Set Wet, the no. 1 hairstyling brand for men in India.
