This MP stands with her people in times of need and hence remains their favourite leader

May 21, 2020, 6:02 AM

She is the princess of Jaipur, but has set her roots deep and strong in the rich legacy of Rajasthan. She is also a Member of Parliament whose priority is to become voice of people from her constituency.

This MP stands with her people in times of need and hence remains their favourite leader.

Any idea whom we are talking of?

Yes, we are talking of Princess Diya Kumari who is an MP from Rajsamand.

This MP stands with her people in times of need and hence remains their favourite leader

Besides, being a doting mother, this princess has been helping thousands of underprivileged women in the state to stand firm on their feet via her NGO Princess Diya Kumari Foundation. The organisation has been scripting a success story by helping thousands of underprivileged women of Rajasthan to become self-reliant.

The main focus areas of this NGO are skill building, sustainability, promoting heritage crafts and girl education, women’s empowerment, and facilitating health programmes.

According to the Princess, “Rajasthan women are known across the globe for their entrepreneur spirit. They have taken the handcrafted legacy from the state to the global world. So this NGO helps them learn new skills,” she says.

One amongst the women who has become empowered Mother with PDKF is Kushboo who is from Aidana, a small village in Rajasthan.

She was married to an alcoholic and was subjected to regular taunts from her in-laws. Her husband would never stand up to his parent to defend her.

Coming to PDKF changed her life and empowered her. Now with her monthly financial contributions, she has earned the much needed respect of her in-laws.

I now aim to educate my children to give them a better life, she says.

Another woman, Meena is from a small village Aidana, Rajasthan. She is a determined ‘Super Mom’.

She does all the household chores and takes care of her 4 children. Aiming to provide more for her children, she is an active contributor to their household income by stitching products at PDKF.

I have been dreaming that my children will ‘make it big’ and am encouraging them to study hard for a better life, she says

Indian kitchens busy making herbal kadhaa to fight COVID-19 battle

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May 21, 2020, 5:55 AM

Indian kitchens busy making herbal kadhaa to fight COVID-19 battle

As the COVID-19 crisis strikes the world, the Indian kitchens these days are busy making kadha, a herbal syrup, which according to Ayurveda, boosts immunity against diseases, like swine flu, chikungunya and other seasonal ailments. It may also prove effective in strengthening the immune system against coronavirus too, says AYUSH experts.

This Ayurvedic home remedy protects you, making you stronger from within and is also effective in fighting seasonal infections, they say.

The formula being used in Indian households to make this kadha is quite simple. Mix Pipal, dry ginger and black pepper and boil it along with tulsi in one litre of water. Continue boiling it before it is reduced to half.

Once ready, it needs to be consumed when it is hot.

There is a strong trust amongst people in India about kadha that it develops immunity in human body to fight infections.

In fact, in many states of the country, kadha is also being distributed to thousands of people by Ayush department during COVID-19 crisis to boost the immunity of people.

Indra Kumar Jain, Deputy Director of the Ayurveda Department in Jaipur, says, “The kadha is made of different herbs, including ginger, jaggery, munakka and black pepper.”

“If the immune system of our body is strong, it can fight any infection. Further, as this ‘kadha’ is made of pure Ayurvedic medicines and herbs, there is no side effect, and it can be used by anyone,” he said.

The officer said, “As Coronavirus is quite new and the world remains busy finding ways to develop a medicine, we are providing ‘kadha’ that can boost immunity in fight against viruses.”

As this Ayurvedic drink can be made with herbs and spices which need to be boiled in water to extract their benefits, this kadha is being made by thousands of families in Indian Kitchens.

Being the most inexpensive home remedy, it strengthens your immunity and fight infections which is the need of the present hour.

JAS-20 coming to Jaipur from October 2-5 with all its glittery sheen

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May 21, 2020, 5:52 AM

JAS-20! Doesn’t this name excite you? We know it does excite all the jewellery lovers as it brings the most exquisite and pristine designs from the jewellery world right in front of you

So this year, JAS-20 is all ready to bedazzle yours eyes with its most aesthetic jewellery range as it is being organised from October 2-5 at the JETC campus at Sitapura this year.

In the wake of worldwide pandemic Covid 19, many events scheduled from March to July including the Gems and Jewellery shows have either been postponed or have been rescheduled. In the same series, Jewellers Association has rescheduled JAS-20 from October 2-5 in the ongoing year which was earlier scheduled to be held in April 2020.

Traders from Bangkok and other foreign countries besides Gems and jewellery traders from Mumbai, Gujarat, Kolkata, Delhi, Chandigarh and various parts of the state will showcase their most aesthetic jewellery designs in JAS 20 this year. JAS-19 has been a huge hit amongst the customers as well as traders for the bedazzling sheen of jewellery it brought in.

Meanwhile, the importance of JAS-20 increases many times because it will be the first jewellery show of this year to be organised in the country, said Jewellers Association Chairman Sanjay Kala and Secretary DP Khandelwal.

JAS convenor Ramsharam Gupta said that out of 350 booths, 130 booths shall display rough, as well as semiprecious and precious stones. The other 170 stalls shall showcase exquisite designs of Kundan and Meena, diamond and colour stone jewellery. The other remaining stalls shall display tools, machinery and publication related to jewellery making.

Energy healing meditation can fight smart with COVID Virus

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May 21, 2020, 5:51 AM

At a time when the world struggles to get out of the clutches of the COVID-19 virus, there is one question raging in the mind of each person, ‘What can be the best tool to fight the COVID-19 batte’

As this question rages in each and every person’s mind, a few patients who recently turned negative from COVID-19 positive have quoted the energy healing mediation technique as one of the significant tools in a fight against the unseen virus.

While the first patient was M.M. Ali, whose condition improved following the meditation technique in Jaipur, the other patient was from Jodhpur named M. Uttamchandani (61) who after testing positive 5 times positive turned negative soon after he followed the meditation techniques.

Ali, the first corona patient credited meditation for his quick recovery as he recovered within a week, the other patient Uttamchandani (61) came out negative on April 28 after he started practising this technique from April 22.

One Naman, an alumnus from the New York Film Academy, recently made a 95-minute film on this meditation technique which features interviews of doctors and patients.

Naman is confident that a patient’s immunity definitely improves as one starts following the meditation discipline.

At a time when coronavirus broke out, Naman sent a few clips of his film to Wuhan (China), Italy, South Korea, and to New York City.

He is in talks with the health department of USA to work out a research on this energy meditation technique.

Even in India, as the government has put out an advertisement through its science and technology department (under SATYAM) inviting research work on yoga and meditation techniques which can build immunity and fight covid-19, he has submitted his paper work for this research hoping to get the research approved.

He says, “Monitoring the recovery time from Covid-19 can be done by reviewing the amount of antibodies and healthy plasma levels in these patients, which can then give researchers a vital proof on this meditation technique’s effect on humans.

Maharani Gayatri Devi: She started a ‘pardah school’ to kill pardah system for women!

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May 21, 2020, 5:48 AM

Do you know there is an educational institution in Jaipur which came up as a pardah school to eradicate the pardah system from society?

This school was none other than the Maharani Gayatri Devi School which was started by the erstwhile queen of Jaipur, as a silent revolution to fight against the evil of pardah system dominating the desert region in those days.

She started this all-girls school in 1943 after feeling sad to see the plight of women covered under pardah in different parts of the region. The queen was from Cooch Behar and was quite well-educated queen, had a global outlook and a good exposure to the world. After coming to Rajasthan, she was pained to see girls spending their lives in purdah.

One fine day, Sawai Man Singh sought an advice from her queen to find a solution on girls’ education.

The queen immediately suggested a school for girls. The idea was that once girls go to a school, there will be no purdah in a few years.

Her ultimate aim was to liberate girls from the clutches of purdah system and hence she approached a few families to send their daughters to school.

The queen herself made door to door visits asking the elites to send their daughters to school since in those times, education for girls in the desert state was a novel idea.

With her hard efforts, 24 girls enrolled on the school register.

Initially, these parents were quite apprehensive of sending their daughters to schools. Hence, the queen rolled in a ‘purdah’ bus for these girl students. The bus, highly curtained, had one teacher escorting each girl into it. The curtains were quickly fastened to the bus’ windows as soon as they boarded it.

Also, the bus was divided into two parts by a curtain between the driver’s cabin and the rest of the bus. The other part of the bus was occupied by girls, teacher and the maid.

Now, the school has completed 75 years of its operations, liberating girls from the clutches of the purdah system. The girls built their own recognition and identity in diverse streams be it politics, Army, sports, art and culture and civil services, says Colonel S.S. Sangwan (Retd.), Administrative Officer of the Maharani Gayatri Devi School.

From Meira Kumar to Savitri Candy to Apurvi Chandela, this school continues churning out new talents which are making a mark on the global map.

Taragarh Fort in Ajmer bespeaks sagas of fierce battles

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May 14, 2020, 12:53 AM

Overlooking the city of Ajmer is the spectacular fort of Taragarh, whose ruins tell sagas of fierce battles fought amidst its high walls and the ravery of its valour knights. It is an outstanding example of Rajasthani style of architecture. The great Chauhan clan king Ajaypal constructed this massive structure on a steep hill in 1354 A.D. as his stronghold. Being on a strategic location, this high-walled fort was used for military purposes by Chauhan rulers, Mughal emperors and even by the British as their sanatorium. An intelligent feature of this fort was its secret tunnels that crisscrossed the entire b hill side. These secret passages allowed the king and his ministers to evacuate the fort and flee towards the hilly forest to avoid imminent danger from their enemies. But unfortunately maps of
these fascinating tunnels are lost.
Sprawling on a hillock, Taragarh gives a fantastic panoramic view of the city of Ajmer. No wonder it’s an adventurous tourist attraction and a favorite spot for photography! Let’s us now tell you about the 5 unique features of this hill fort.

Taragarh Fort in Ajmer bespeaks sagas of fierce battles — Taragarh Fort stands strong bespeaking many interesting tales

1. Huge Gateways: You will find 3 major mammoth entrance gates of the fort but unfortunately major part of them lies in ruins today. They were named as Laxman Pol, Phuta Darwaja and Gagudi Phatak. These impressive gates were of good height with thick walls that could fail all the efforts of the enemy to conquer the fort. A beautiful embellished stone sculpture of elephants will greet you at the front entrance.
2. Stone Water Reservoir: Large water reservoirs were meticulously carved out of base rocks of the fort. They could store gallons and gallons of water which was used for drinking and public welfare works during the draught times. An interesting fact is that if all the water was released at the same time the houses at the foot hills would wash away.
3. Bhim Burj Battlement: A massive battlement tower is situated in the fort complex which houses the super large canon called ‘Garbh Gunjan’. Being the proud second largest canon in India it attracts a lot of tourists. This canon made noise like a heavy thunder and could be heard till miles away. Even the soldier igniting it had to run away to save his eardrums.
4. Miran Saheb ki Dargha: This shrine is dedicated to the brave governor of the fort who died while defending Taragarh against a strong enemy invasion. Miran Sahib was an ace military general full of love for his motherland. People come here and pay their respect to this great
warrior.
5. Rani Mahal: This palace was built to house the queens and concubines of the rulers. The ladies of the royal household lived a life of luxury within its murals painted walls and stained glass windows. But presently it has lost its shine and charm but you can still get glimpses of its glorious past by its charismatic ruins.
We would say in the end that do get you camera lenses ready when you set out to explore the
magnificent ruins of this towering fort.

Bird House: Well defined place for Birds – Apna Sansthan Jaipur

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May 13, 2020, 10:22 AM

Believe it or not! There is an NGO, Apna Sansthan in Jaipur, which is making and designing plush flats for birds to help these mute animals get a well defined place so that they can cover themselves during rain and heat.

“With trees getting depleted with times, it is tough time for these birds. They have no place left to rest and to make their nests. Therefore, we are making and designing these flats for birds which range between 1 BHK and 5 BHK,” says Apna Sanshan Founder Ashok Sharma adding that this NGO who has been busy providing shelter to these homeless birds since May 2018.

These bird houses are available in four variants namely wooden house, mud house, stable house and hard board.

While the wooden houses are decorated houses which are water proof and less expensive, the mud houses are mostly in demand in Rajasthan and are being made by potters.

“Each piece of this mud house costs around Rs 60 with transport charges.

The hardboard comes next and then comes the stable house. One such stable house was created in Jhunjhunu which was a 10-floored apartment which had 1100 houses, Sharma informed.

Many people are contributing to the case by donating decent amount to help these birds who keep searching for shelter in summers and rains,” Sharma said.

“Basically, this 10-floored apartment is huge wall with 1,100 pockets available for birds to rest.”

Bird House: Well defined place for Birds - Apna Sansthan Jaipur

The NGO, engaged in water harvesting, sapling plantation, among many other activities, took inspiration from one Amritadevi Vishnoi who sacrificed herself to save trees. She was given support by her daughters and other 363 people who also came forward to Gove their lives for the sake of saving trees.

This isn’t lockdown but a time for spiritual development, says Kailash Kher

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May 12, 2020, 7:18 AM

Renowned singer Kailash Kher said the lockdown imposed in the nation to battle corona basically is a time for spiritual development and meditation. This is a time when nature is re-building itself, he said.

Kher was live on facebook session being organised Churu Police, Filmisthan and Sampriti Sansthan.

Before getting into music world, I introduced myself to spiritual world by coming under the shelter of saints. After getting immersed into spiritual world, I started singing. Hence my voice is also called as spiritual voice, said Kher speaking to audience.

This isn’t lockdown but a time for spiritual development, says Kailash Kher

Speaking on his nature is undergoing a process of rebuilding itself, he said, “These are times when air is pampering us, rivers are singing lullabies and hence people should bring in spiritual development.”

Kher is known for his Sufi voice and has given many mesmerising, heart touching songs.

Speaking on the live session, Kher further said, “Music, art and culture reside in each and every household of the nation.”

“What we need is discipline to realise our dreams into reality,” he suggested

Kher was speaking as a part of Mera Churu-Mera Farz programme which has been conceptualised by Churu SP Tajaswini Gautam.

He said that the need of our country is to have more such officers like Gautam.

This singer further said that our country shall prosper when we start loving and trusting each other. “In fact, we can help boost our nation’s growth by following the principle of trusting and loving each other, just like Churu people are doing.

People are trusting the administration here and administration at the same time is trusting poeple,” he added.

Tribal women contribute in COVID-19 battle by stitching PPE kits in Rajasthan

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May 11, 2020, 2:43 PM

Even the untrained but skilled hands are contributing whatever they can to fight this dreadful battle in India.

In this context, let us take example of Rajasthan where a tribal belt is speaking all different story with around 700 tribal women busy stitching PPE kits for corona warriors in Dungarpur.

This is a small tribal town where a rainwear company has been allotted a task to make 1 lakh PPE kits by the union textile ministry.

Tribal women contribute in COVID-19 battle by stitching PPE kits in Rajasthan — Deenbandhu Trivedi, owner of the company making PPE kits in Sagwada

Deenbandhu Trivedi, owner, New Zeel Rainwear, says that the company had set up a priority to hire widow, divorcee and single women to ensure they remain self dependent during COVID-19 times.

Hence, we hired 700 women who were trained by us a few months back under skill development programme.

As these women resided in Banswara, a town situated 50 km ahead of Sagwada, we gave them a pick and drop facility as there is no source of transportation available in the country during lockdown.

Now, these women are earning Rs 9500 a month here which is decent enough for their survival, he adds.

“When the union textile ministry ordered us to manufacture one lakh PPE kits, we went in dilemma which was from where to bring a skilled staff.

We wanted to give a quality work while helping the women at the same time. Hence, we decided to select the tribal women in Banswara.

“Our vehicles now bring them daily from home and drop them back. We also distribute free of cost lunch to them,”

We have a trained technical staff which has been guiding them in each step. We have made them aware that after cutting and stitching, the kits need to be tapped so that the PPE kit becomes water and air proof. The tribal women are quick to have learnt the art, he says.

This woman IPS officer in Churu beats COVID-19 crisis differently!

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May 4, 2020, 8:24 AM

This is the story of a woman IPS officer in Churu who managed to beat Corona differently; she did not had to lathicharge people to ensure they stay inside their houses during lockdown nor had to go strict with them, but instead, she started live streaming of sessions by renowned celebrities during evening hours from 5 pm to 7 pm so that people could listen to their favourite stars while remaining engaged in creative discussions.

The time slot-5 pm to 7 pm witnessed people coming outside theirs homes in large numbers to buy milk, grocery and vegetable. However, the live sessions of these stars hooked them to their phone and computer screens. The streets turned deserted as people started staying indoors listening to what their favourite stars were saying.

Recently, she invited Anguri Bhabhi famed Shubahngi Atre (Bhabhiji ghar pe hain) for facebook live session.

Many people raised different questions to her. Surprisingly, she replied to the answers with her most famous dialogue—‘Hai Daiya’ and said, “Lockdown ko sahi se packde rahe.”

This actress inspired people to use this lean period as an opportunity and said, “I am using this opportunity to hone my dancing skills.”

Tejaswini Gautam also invited Padma Shri recipient Paralympic Gold medallist Devendra Jhajhadiya, Theatre Expert Satya Kaushik, Management guru N Raghuraman and kathak dancer Gargi Malkani for FB live sessions.

Jhajhadiya said that he had to wait for 12 years for the olympics. So you too can stay inside your houses for a few days.

Theatre Expert Satya Kaushik asked people to read a lot during lockdown while management guru N Raghuraman shared success tips for all.

This woman IPS officer in Churu beats COVID-19 crisis differently!

Gargi asked people to stay inside their homes and help Churu become Corona-free.

“Connecting with art helps a person become sensitive in his approach. Let’s take the example of Tejaswini, she said adding, “She was connected with the theatre world and therefore she came out with an innovative idea which is making people creative in this district of Rajasthan.”

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