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Book on Srimanta Sankaradeva launched

Calcutta Tube Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:30:40 +0000

(IBNS): Debutant author Dr. Bimal Phukan launched his book ‘Srimanta Sankaradeva – Vaishnava Saint of Assam’ at a bookstore here in the presence of noted Bengali poet and novelist Sunil Gangopadhayay.

The event was organized by Oxford Bookstore Kolkata in association with Kaziranga Books.

Ashis Sanyal, the Bengal chairman of the World Poetry Festival, was also present at the launch which was followed by a discussion to throw a light on the life of Srimanta Sankaradeva.

Dr. Bimal Phukan is a graduate from Jadavpur University and a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers in both English and Assamese language.

“This book provides a concise and comprehensive introduction to the life of Sankaradeva, the 15th century poet saint of Assam. It gives an overview of the life and works of Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568), the founder of Assamese Vaishnavism and one of the finest writers of devotional verse in Indian literature,” said Phukan.

“This book is an effort to create an interest among people on Srimanta Sankaradeva, a great religious reformer and a colossal figure in the cultural and religious history of Assam,” he added.

(Reporting by Shreejata Niyogi, images by Rajreeta Sen)

Roopa Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee shoot for Bengali Film ‘Namte Namte’

Calcutta Tube Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:30:04 +0000

Kolkata, May 13 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): Tollywood actors Roopa Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee, and Rajatava Dutta gathered on the sets of Rana Basu’s Bengali debut film Namte Namte to discuss about their roles in the movie here on Thursday.

Namte Namte is based on author Dibyendu Palit’s story “Trata” that highlights the burning socio-economic issue.

In the movie, Rajatava Dutta and Roopa Ganguly are playing man and wife who are struggling to keep with the day to day demand.

It is a depiction of how the family struggles to survive.

Saswata Chatterjee, who is still enjoying his national fame as the deadly assassin Bob Biswas in Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani, will be essaying the character of a goon from whom Rajatava’s character asks for help.

Commenting on his role, Rajatava said: “I am playing Anandababu who is a common man. Some day his condition reaches such a point that he is compelled to take help from a goon.”

There are total six songs in the film and singers like Sreya, Anupam, Sidhu and Mir have sung for the film.

(Reporting by Tania Roy)

Sher Singh joins Magic Bus for poor kids

Calcutta Tube Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:29:54 +0000

(IBNS) Lifestyle brand Shersingh.com along with NGO Magic Bus have launched a social media programme called #BEASPORT to keep India’s most impoverished children in school by harnessing the support of Internet users around the world.

Founded by Sonny Caberwal the #BEASPORT campaign brings together India’s top Bollywood, cricket and fashion icons, leading companies like Clear Trip to show how everyone can easily make a difference with the click of a button.

Each time a video is viewed on the #BEASPORT site- www.BeASportCampaign.com- a donor has pledged to donate actual money to the Magic Bus programme.

#BEASPORT marks one of the first times top Internet and media companies are coming together to apply innovative social media and e-commerce principles to help scale and develop a non-profit initiative.

The #BEASPORT programme was launched with leading cricketers like Zaheer Khan, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, and Muttiah Muralitharan, who participated in the first Google Plus hangout, where they spent time with Magic Bus children online.

The theme of the programme content is “One Journey Inspires Another”. Leading media companies from the online and offline world will help produce and drive views of this content, with the goal being to get 1 million people to participate this summer, and by the end of 2012, 10 million global participants.

“We developed Sher Singh to create a global lifestyle brand from India, which represents a new global generation- a generation that’s empowered, lives online, and most importantly, cares about making a difference,” said Sonny Caberwal, the founder of #BEASPORT, and co-founder of Sher Singh.

“We’re proud to play a role alongside some of India’s most forward-thinking companies in demonstrating how Indian innovation can be applied to a brilliant NGO investing in India’s future through education.”

Talking about the campaign, Matthew Spacie, Founder and CEO, Magic Bus, said, “This campaign is trying to profile the exceptional journey of individuals, many of them sports men and women to get to where they are now. ”

“Similarly, Magic Bus takes children and youth, living in poverty on a journey from childhood to livelihood through a world class mentoring programme which uses the metaphor of sport to change behaviours in nearly 3,000 slums and villages and over 200,000 children across India.

“Sport with mentoring can be used to get children to re-enrol in school, lead healthy lives, confront gender problems and move from poverty. 60% of adolescent children don’t complete school. We are hopeful that this social media campaign will generate much-needed support to enable Magic Bus to help keep a child in school.

MCKV Institute ties up with VECV

Calcutta Tube Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:26:43 +0000

(IBNS) MCKV Institute of Engineering (MCKVIE), a premier engineering institute of Eastern India, and automobile major VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (VECV – A Volvo Group & Eicher Motors JV) have joined hands to set-up MCKVIE – Eicher Centre For Automobile Technology, a state-of-the-art automobile training centre.

It was inaugurated on Thursday by West Bengal minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay at the MCKVIE campus at Liluah in Howrah.

“The faculty members of engineering colleges/institutions, industry personnel, mechanics, dealers, students of degree and diploma colleges, vocational institutions, Industrial Trade Institutes etc. will be benefited immensely by knowing the latest Automobile technological knowhow across various spheres through this centre,” said K. K. Kejriwal, Managing Trustee, MCKV Institute of Engineering.

“The objective of this endeavour with MCKVIE is to teach students on the latest automobile technology and prepare them to face the challenges of the industry,” said Vinod Agarwal, CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

Kolkata hosts Kaviguru Rally

Calcutta Tube Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:25:59 +0000

Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS): West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra flagged off the 13th edition of Kaviguru Rally 2012, presented by real estate developer Siddha Group and organized by the Bengal Motor Sports Club, from of Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday morning.

The rally, organized as a tribute to world bard Rabindranath Tagore, will conclude at 4:00 pm at Santiniketan town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

The rally, approved by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), witnessed participation from the motor sports enthusiasts from the city.

A total of 30 four wheelers (consisting of mostly Esteems, Gypsies and Cedias) and 19 motorcycles took part in the rally.

The rally will cover a distance of 300 kilometers and will traverse through the treacherous terrains of Sonamukhi Jungle.

This year the vehicles will pass through Durgapur, Murshidabad and Bishnupur before reaching Santiniketan.

The rally offers Rs. 1 lakh as prize money with the four wheeler winner standing to win Rs. 25,000 and the two wheeler champion to get Rs. 15,000.

“We are amazed to see the enthusiasm being exuded by all the participants,” said Sanjay Jain, Managing Director, Siddha Group.