In the hurry and hustle of Mumbai city, Vi joined hands with the lunch delivery network, the Dabbawalas, for a network test. They helped Vi to test their network across the nooks and corners of the city. From the different corners of the city, they kept sending feedback.

The network engineers, with the feedback, assessed the signal strength in real time. They also kept fixing the weaker spots along the way. This way, Vi managed to do the network test with the Dabbawalas.

This could have been practically more challenging when those who don’t know the inside out of the city opted to do it. Dabbawalas are a prominent household name in Mumbai city and they reach every corner in the city with ease.

Dabbawalas

The Dabbawalas are a lunchbox delivery and return system. They deliver hot lunches from homes and restaurants to the people who are at work in Mumbai, India. The lunch boxes are picked up in the morning by them. To deliver, they use predominantly bicycles and railways.

In the late 1800s, in the almost absence of fast foods and canteens in Bombay, while migration was in huge numbers, all the migrants left early in the morning for offices and often had to go hungry for lunch. These working people belonged to every community and they had to be fed from their home.

In 1890, Mahadeo Havaji Bachche started a lunch delivery service with a hundred men. This was a successful venture and the service grew quickly. The name ‘Dabbawala’ means ‘one who carries a box’.

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The coronavirus is a type of virus. There are many different kinds, and some of them can spread disease. The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which was identified in 2019, caused the COVID-19 respiratory disease pandemic.

It started spreading worldwide at the beginning of the year 2020 like fire spreads in a forest. In India, lakhs of people were affected by the outbreak of Covid-19. Numerous Jumbo Covid Centers were opened in different cities in the country itself. The Jumbo Covid Centers accommodated a lot of covid affected patients.

But there had been cases earlier that fraudsters are creating fake Instagram accounts using the name of Jumbo covid centers, one such incident was recorded yet again.

The dean of the BKC Jumbo Covid Center, Dr. Rajesh Dere, reported the incident to the Mumbai Cyber Police after con artists used his name to open a fake Instagram account and begin requesting donations from his patients and students.
Dere learned what was going on Friday night after getting a call from one of his students.
The scammer revealed details of a digital wallet where users may send money. But none of Dere’s relationships contributed.
Police are trying to find out who created the fictional account that is so similar to Dere’s.

This is reportedly the second time swindlers have created a fake account in Dere’s name on social media.
Before this, the doctor’s name was used to create a fake Facebook account and demand payment. Dere had also reported the incident to the police at the time.

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Who thought there would come a time when the world would almost be stranded inside their homes. But the pandemic and its lockdowns brought in new realities and even ushered in a new era of Work From Home.

But as the old saying goes, ‘All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy,’ people soon realised the ill effects of a sedentary virtual lifestyle. And that’s when, out of the blue, a whole new concept of an online education of dance took birth.

Online learning suddenly seemed to be more exciting than ever. And though dance requires more of a person-to-person interaction in teaching, dance teachers and academies around the world, did find ways to teach it through the computer and mobile screens.

One such academy is SS Ballet Academy (SSBA) headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Founded by entrepreneur Pratyusha Chhajer, SSBA follows the Vaganova Method of ballet dance, which was made internationally famous by Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova.

Starting out in Indore, SSBA shifted its headquarters to Ahmedabad recently and plans to expand, with branches in Mumbai and Delhi in the near future. It is a member of the internationally prestigious Conseil International de la Danse (CID) certification, which is an official partner of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (popularly known as UNESCO).

Talking about the online dance classes boom, SSBA’s founder Pratyusha Chhajer says, “Online classes not only offer a great opportunity to learn a new dance form, but also build confidence of the students, that too, while they enjoy the comforts of their home atmosphere.”

“Though it’s not the most ideal way of learning dance, it offers an opportunity to many outstation students who can’t manage to come to a new city to learn,” she remarks.

SS Ballet Academy aims to train newcomers and continue to take professional dancers under their wing, to help them reach a world stage.

“The online classes have given them a new chance to opt for distance training and continue their dream of becoming ballet artists,” adds Pratyusha. She further informs, “Inspite of the challenges, we are happy to have a good strength of ballet dancers joining SSBA and continuing their practice with us. They have been participating in different examinations and getting onto the next level.”

As soon as the pandemic situation gets completely normal, SSBA will restart the regular classes, but has decided to also continue with online classes.

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Da Makeup Lab (DML), India’s number one makeup and prosthetic design studio, is in an expansion mode. Located in the posh Versova locality of Mumbai, it has fast emerged as the leading outfit for makeup and prosthetic requirements in the entertainment industry.

The premier state-of-the-art studio has opened a new workspace to incorporate more projects. Apart from its main facility, a workforce of around 25 skilled workers have begun lending their talent at the new facility in Versova itself, to create some of the amazing looks produced by the lab.

The rising

Led by makeup and prosthetic character designer Preetisheel Singh D’souza along with her work and life partner Mark D’souza, DML has curated looks for some of the biggest movies in Bollywood.

It’s profile includes names such as Bajirao Mastani, Padmaavat, 102 Not Out, Housefull 4, Mom, Bala, Chhichhore, Bunty Aur Babli 2, the Southern megahit Master and the recent blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise. The lab has also curated looks for various advertisements featuring names such as Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar and Ranbir Kapoor.

Creative genius

Preetisheel Singh D’souza has won the ‘National Film Award for Best Makeup’ for the pre-Mughal historical epic Nanak Shah Fakir. She has been featured by international media among the top 5 makeup and prosthetic designers in the world, along with Hollywood stalwarts such as Kazu Hiro, Christian Tinsley, Jordu Schell and Neill Gorton.

Her creative genius in the field has worked like a Midas Touch for many a movies, some of them emerging as the biggest box-office blockbusters of recent times.

Force behind the workforce

The company’s co-director Mark D’souza has a degree in Design Studies from the prestigious Griffith University in Australia. Earlier, he dabbled in VFX and animation. While his wife Preetisheel handles the talent and artistic departments of the studio, he handles the business and is the backbone of the company.

Mark’s guidance and expertise has helped DML witness tremendous growth in clients and has led the transformation from its initial days, to the full-fledged state-of-the-art makeup and prosthetics company today.

The future is here

The coming year will also see Da Makeup Lab launching a school for select students of the art. And as if all this isn’t enough, DML has various new projects lined up for release in the coming months. The firm has handled the makeup and prosthetics for top artistes in upcoming films like Gangubai Kathiawadi, Bachchhan Paandey, Ram Setu, OMG 2 and more.

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In an unfortunate incident today at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, 3 naval personnel lost their lives in an explosion in an internal compartment onboard INS Ranvir. Responding immediately, the ship’s crew brought the situation under control. There is no major material damage.

In an unfortunate incident today at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, 3 naval personnel lost their lives in an explosion in an internal compartment onboard INS Ranvir. Responding immediately, the ship's crew brought the situation under control. There is no major material damage. pic.twitter.com/c9wJUieCCj

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2022

More details are awaited

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At 9am IST on Thursday, October 28, India’s legendary Bollywood PR guru Dale Bhagwagar put up a message on his Facebook. It read, “I have a feeling META times are coming. #ThatDaleFeeling”

Though it’s no secret that since Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg had earlier mentioned the term ‘metaverse’ calling it the future of the internet, everyone was guessing about him rebranding Facebook and what the new name would be. People were not even sure whether he was planning to rename Facebook or have a new name for the parent company to its platforms of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculos and others.

But the Mumbai-based Bollywood publicist guessed the EXACT name and posted that “feeling” message almost 10 hours before Zuckerberg actually made the announcement, speaking during the live-streamed Facebook Connect event that its new name will be Meta.

https://www.facebook.com/dalebhagwagar/posts/10225931541410718

Now anyone who knows Dale on his Facebook would be aware that he often puts up these so-called “feelings” of his… which he probably guesses. Strange coincidence is, they always happen to come true!

But what still boggles us is how the heck did he guess the exact name, before any media outlet in the whole wide world. We tried to find out, but the publicity expert isn’t telling.

So who is Dale Bhagwagar? Popularly known as Bollywood’s only PR guru, Dale Bhagwagar tops the list as the best Bollywood publicist in India for having introduced the maximum PR trends in the entertainment industry. His futuristic PR methods often set the agenda for the entertainment public relations industry for the times to come.

Over the years, his Mumbai-based PR agency Dale Bhagwagar Media Group has handled the personal PR for more than 300 Bollywood celebrities including topmost names such as Hrithik Roshan, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Chopra and films like the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Don and Farhan Akhtar-starrer Rock On, apart from handling crisis management for around twenty Bigg Boss contestants.

Staying ahead of the curve with revolutionary PR strategies, Dale Bhagwagar is also the most famous Bollywood publicist ever. A simple Google search in his name brings up thousands of results.

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