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Rio Olympics 2016

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Rio Olympics 2016  is concluding in less than a weeks time. And India as a country hasn’t really performed well Again.

In its 100 years since olympics. India as a country Has  won 9 Golds.6 Silver.12 bronzes. Thats shows in the country of more than 30 Prominent Billionaires,We can only produce a handful of Athletes to compete on a global platform.

Rather than strategising how to make a British-Indian sport  garner more eyeballs, introducing the americans  With Cricket ,A  National Game of our country. No,actually not Hockey is our national sport. Cricket has been in our blood because of the fame and money that we earn,But we can do that with any sport if we encourage the youth to practice and help them with resources to fulfil their dream of not only participating but  winning also.Why not invest and  make strategies  of how to make potential talented youth to follow their dream.  

In 1927, the provisional Indian Olympic Committee formally became the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)-its main tasks was to promote the development of sports in India, choose host cities for the national games, and send teams-selected from the national games-to the Olympics 

1928 national games, it selected seven athletes to represent India at the next Olympics

At the 2008 Olympics ,Abhinav Bhindra  won gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games

The  2012 Summer olympics  saw an 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games, and set a new best for the country with six total medals. Wrestler Sushil Kumar  became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals since  Norman Pritchard  in 1901. However, both of Norman Pritchard’s medals were silver, whileSushil Kumar  had one silver and one bronze.

This olympics 124 team members were sent and  Sakshi Malik   wins Bronze Medal in women’s 58 kg freestyle wrestling becoming first Indian woman Wrestler to do so.

And a historic win for P.V Sindhu winning a silver in badminton for india.

The Indian Olympic Association’s most important task was 

Securing Funding: One of the Indian Olympic Association’s main early challenges was to secure funding, so that it could send the national team to the Olympics and finance the related costs of transport, room, and board. It obtained funding from the Indian government, from the state governments, and from various state sports federations.

But,nothing has changed in the last 70 years.  

IOA President Yadavindra Singh’s appeal for funding in 1948 stated: “We need about 3 Lacs of rupees to finance” the Indian Olympic team for the London Olympics; that “the youth taking part in these games become ambassadors of goodwill” for India; and that “careful selection, intensive training and proper equipment is most essential” to field a competitive team, but that the Indian Olympic Association is “greatly handicapped for want of sufficient funds” for these tasks

To such an extent that about 4 years ago :

On 4 December 2012, the International olympic Committee   suspended the IOA on the basis of corruption, government interference, and not following guidelines of the IOC. Several members of the IOA have been charged with crimes.

The IOA was formally banned for not following the Olympic Charter  in their elections, instead following the Indian government’s Sports Code. The IOA held elections under the Indian Sports Code due to a directive from the Delhi High Court  . On 15 May 2013, International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to lift the ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as Indian representatives from the government and sports bodies reached an agreement with IOC officials

What is the point of having Bollywood celebrities as Ambassador,If they aren’t helping athletes by providing them the resources? What is the richest indian wife’s doing  by becoming part of the international olympic Committee ?   

Salman Khan was named goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Its easy to bring in leagues and international players as the are easier to make More money.

But its a challenge, A real challenge to make a nobody a somebody by helping them giving a path to succeed.   

Kotak Vs SBI

How Ironic it is to have a conversation with your Dad,Saying the Bank (kotak Bank)isn’t like the SBI(State Bank Of India) a Synonym For ICIC and Kotak. 

Since, The bank is on my way towards the class that  I attend,Dad just told me to go to the bank first and then head to  my class.

The Rains  were too heavy,Even if  I were are late for 15 minutes,It  know it won’t matter ,nobody would come on time.But,Since I am a stickler for time,I was adamant please drop me off first. 

After my class was done 12:30,I visited the Bank again, there was No lights at 10:00 am and hence had to visit again.

No lights still,Its not been there since last night.No Back Up ?

And.I headed to the other branch a few kms away and  me being the  4th Person in Queue. Presumed it’s a matter of 20 minutes but the guy in frontWho was just done banking,told me its been 20 minutes since  he has been standing.He counted and told me you are 4th person,You will take about 60-90 minutes before you leave.I could have left that moment but again I would have to stand in queue,May be a longer one since two branches from the city  were not functioning.All because of the heavy rains in the city flooding low line areas.

45- 60 minutes Later, My mom came in and asked why are you taking so long ? Its my turn next I told her,  I should be done in 15-20 minutes.

In those 45-60 minutes I met one of the representative and asked him why isn’t the other counter open.Sir, We only have one here.

Now,You understand when I am comparing this to a pathetic bank with senior representatives like government employees.

Just When,My turn came to deposit money.A representative from the bank,Asked him how long have been standing,I told him its been a while almost 1 hr 20 minutes, I also  told  him you knew this problem  will come up as soon as the  other  two branches were shut .Why does it take you long to act upon what should be done? The New counter was being set up at 13:50 the time I was leaving.Well,Normally the peak time of banking are 10:00-12:30.What  is the point of doing it at lunch time?

Also while my turn,hadn’t come yet and they were still thinking of setting up another counter – I told the person behind me,Who was running towards the counter.If that counter opens – I would go 1st,Since I am in queue.I am making it clear as I don’t want to fight on this issue.

Also at the counter the representative seemed like a government employee,Because he was so slow, and confused my making mistakes in updating the  accounts .  It should have taken about 30-40 minutes,Instead took about 80 minutes. 

Mercedes Benz-Luxe Drive

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Luxe Drive – A Concept by Mercedes Benz,To bring its existing clients and  future probable clients from around the city in India event Was started  last year touring around cities around india To experience Luxury at its best with Three important aspects that highlight the Brand.  Adrenaline.Gourmet.Design. Mercedes Continued  the concept this year too by starting the tour from Kolkata in March ,Moving to Vizag,Vijayawada,Chennai and bangalore in south and finally coming to Nashik  my home town this weekend,It was an amazing experience to experience the three most important elements the brand stands for Adrenaline.Gourmet.Design  

Adrenaline- Experience GLA,A Class and C class driven around by Racing professional through obstacles,features highlighting the off road capabilities of the Suv available with the brand and last,but not the least  got to experience the safety features of the cars with the brand by getting driven around by the professionals,By knowing exactly what ESP – Electronic  stability Program helps you, You  too drive around the GLA,A and C at the obstacles track and full your wish of experiencing a Mercedes. Have a look at the complete range of Mercedes at the event from the AMG’S to the most  recent launched SUV “GLC”.

Thats not all ,got to know about the complete functionality of “ILS”-Intelligent lighting system of the  car and how it helps us.

The Gourmet highlight is getting to feast on the most exclusive food taste  available for your palate with Ritu Dalmia curating some of her finest dishes for the crowd.

Design- A brand known to distinguish and craft a design with the essence of being true to luxury has partnered with  Gauri Khan to showcase her luxurious  furniture designs.

The Weekend had activities for kids too,to engage with the brand – “The kid zone” – PS4 Having the racing games for kids to drive around the Mercedes virtually without being left out to experience the car from the drivers seat just Yet. The Merchandise Store –   A store for the kids and Mercedes fans to,not loose hope if they can’t buy one  car right away,They can surely buy the favourite  model cars 1:1 ratio   from the brand,or buy the accessories .

The fitness Freak could also invest in Mercedes bike,since cycling is still a trend these days 

For the adults and kids both you can end your luxe drive weekend by trying your hand with Golf at a Golf Course set up at the venue.

Ending the weekend with true luxury and living a true Mercedes experience.  

   

Kapoor & Sons since 1921

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Kapoor & Sons  Since 1921

Kapoor and sons the melodramatic movie by Dharma production released on the 18th March.

A typical dharma movie dramatising a simple idea by showing each character to the fullest.A predictable story as it starts from the two sons coming back home to be with their grandfather who is terribly sick and who’s only wish is to have a family photo with the title kapoor and sons since 1921 before he dies.

The movie is character driven , showing the relationship of two brothers.Their conflicts,their similarities and their jealous attitude in sibling of the same gender.

The story was dragged after the interval with not much to show and tell.Shakun Batra’s second flick after ek main aur ek tu.Had high expectations from a cast like Rishi kapoor,Alia Bhatt,Siddharth Malhotra and debutant Fawad Khan ,had all the hype . Rishi kapoors performance and theatre artist like Rajat Kapoor and Ratna pathak’s  chemistry and  expression were well timed.But as far as the juniors go they overacted mostly.

The 140 minutes could be sliced to 120 minutes by making it less about the family photo.

The relationship between the mothers and sons were flawless.

Kapoor and sons since 1921 is like the comeback of the  dharma productions after a long while .

Travel to rediscover yourself !!!

 

Travel -Travelling is a feeling of living a life of a particular  people and place within the time you are there .

Travel can make you relate with people of different culture & backgrounds 

Travel makes you rich with experiences and poor with money 

People Travel to realise that ,people are almost the same everywhere 

Travel makes you realise  ,it’s already tomorrow in another country.

If you travel frequently ,You will know why we people travel ,we travel to keep our state of mind occupied with work or be at peace by searching for the meaning of what else can we do .Travelling is being you in another place .Travelling means to try now or never,I don’t know when I will be back here or will I ever be back here?Travelling makes you realise  that there are more like you, you aren’t the only one.

Travel in my view stands for :

T-Time

R-Reach 

A-Around 

V-Vision 

E-Evolve 

L-Lost