Ample Missiion's Adivasi Welfare Mission

Team Ample Missiion, a NGO involved in philanthropic work, had recently organised a health outreach programme for tribal women in one of the Adivasi villages located in Aarey Colony, Mumbai. To improve the lives of one of the most impoverished sections of our society, they distributed first-aid kits, sanitary pads and soaps to the residents. They also conducted a hand-wash awareness session, a basic necessity that is often overlooked. “There is an urgent need for more such health initiatives for the tribal population, including a regular health check-up camp. In the coming months, we will look into the same,” expressed Dr.Aneel Kashi Murarka - Founder, Ample Missiion. Check out the adjacent pictures! 

Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka & Team Ample Missiion distribute milk to the needy on Maha Shivaratri

On the occasion Maha Shivaratri, team Ample Missiion, that is into a lot of philanthropic work, distributed flavoured milk bottles to the needy in the areas of Goregaon & Malad in Mumbai. “Every year, during Maha Shivaratri, so many litres of milk is offered to the Gods in our country. We, at Ample Missiion, thought the better of it. We wanted to help the people who are deprived. And their expression of gratitude was priceless! We all felt so blessed,” shared Dr.Aneel Kashi Murarka, Founder – Ample Missiion.

'स्कारफेस' मूर्छित जिंदगी की चीखती तस्वीरें

 ''पिछले बीस सालों से फोटोजर्नलिस्ट होने के नाते मैंने हर रोज कई तस्वीरें खींची हैं, पर उनमे  से कुछ चेहरे ऐसे थे जिन्होंने मेरे दिल पर एक गहरा घाव छोड़ा ! ये एसिड पीड़ितों की फोटो डॉक्यूमेंट्री एक ऐसा अनुभव है की जब भी मैं इनमे से कोई भी तस्वीर को देखता हूँ और उस व्यक्ति की कहानी दोहराता हूँ तो मेरे आँखों में आंसू भर आते हैं ! ''

शिरीष शेटे कहते है  ''स्कारफेस' का पहला प्रदर्शन प्रेस क्लब में किया है और मैं चाहता हूँ की इनके चेहरे देख हर व्यक्ति उनके  दर्द को समझे,महसूस करे और उनके हक़ के लिए लडे '' ।

शिरीष शेटे के साथ शामिल थे इस प्रदर्शनी के मुख्य अतिथि डॉ। अनिल काशी मुरारका जिनकी संस्था एम्पल मिशन एसिड विक्टिम्स को सवावलम्बी होने में मदद करती है,और महिला वित्तीय विकास महामण्डल की पूर्व उपाध्यक्ष ,महाराष्ट्र संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ की सदस्य और गवर्निंग काउंसिल सदस्य  मेघा पाटिल भी शामिल थी ! 

डॉ अनिल काशी मुरारका कहते है '' जब दौलत बी जो एक ''साहस ' नामक सामाजिक संस्था चलाती है जिन्होंने मुझे  इस संस्था द्वारा की जा रही सेवा के बारे में बताया, तब मुझे गर्व महसूस हुआ की एक एसिड विक्टिम्स  खुद कई औरतों की मदद कर रही है !''

''हमने हमारी संस्था एम्पल मिशन के द्वारा इस साहस को समर्पित वेबसाइट बनाई, उन्हें फैशन शो में वॉक कराया, और उन्हें स्वावलंबी बनाने की कोशिश अभी भी जारी है !'' 

प्रदर्शनी के अलावा शिरीष शेटे, डॉ अनिल काशी मुरारका और राइटर डायरेक्टर और समाज सेविका अनुषा श्रीनिवासन अयर ने ''तेजाब टेल्स'' नामक बुक की घोषणा की और मुखपृष्ठ का अनावरण किया ।

शिरीष शेटे कहते है '' ये किताब मेरी फोटो डॉक्यूमेंट्री है जिसे डॉ अनिल काशी मुरारका जी पब्लिश कर रहे हैं ! इस किताब की कॉपी अनुषा श्रीनिवासन अयर लिख रही हैं ! मैं चाहता हूँ की जिन चेहरों को देखने से लोग कतराते हैं, उनपर जब  कॉफी टेबल बुक बनेगी, जो वो हर उस जगह जाए जहाँ से इन एसिड विक्टिम्स को मदद मिले ।सामाजिक परिवर्तन लाने के लिए हर एक व्यक्ति को खुद से परिवर्तन की शुरुआत करनी चाहिए ''।

Art Patron Nisha JamVwal Presents Solo Show of Famed Artist Ritu Dhillon

Art Patron & High Priestess of Luxury Nisha JamVwal hosted the unveiling of Ritu Dhillon’s The Thinking Man at a grand art Champagne sundowner where Bombay’s glitterati including Zarine Khan, Suzanne Khan, Nisha JamVwal, Ritu Dhillon, Laila Khan, actor Sonu Walia, Nawaz Modi Singhania, Maya and Sunil Alagh, Brinda Miller, Aahna Miller, Consul General of USA in Mumbai Edgard D Kagan, Consul General of Israel in Mumbai Yaakov Finkelstein, Consul General of New Zealand in Mumbai Ralph Hays with wife Sonia Hays, Fitness Guru Mickey Mehta, Consul General of Canada Annie Dube, media baron Ashok Advani, Consul General Israel Yakov and Nurit Franklin, Richard Rothman and wife Tabu,  Designer Poonam Trivedi, Tanuj Garg, Sonu Walia, Ajoykant Ruia, Shashi Bansal, Dr. Mukesh Batra, Parvez and Roshni Damania, Architect Prem Nath, Shanti and Kasturi Chopra, Cyber Crime Chief Cop Brijesh Singh and Income Tax Officer Anjali Singh, Dr. Swati Pandey Director Film Institute were enthralled by the sparkling evening hosted by Nisha JamVwal, the artworks, the cuisine and floral decor at the prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. 

Nisha JamVwal, superbly popular with the city’s glitterati and an award-winning luxury consultant and interiors architect known for her penchant for motivating and inspiring women achievers and promoting brilliant talent averred, “Ritu is an artist for the thinking discerning lover of art. I am currently immersed in the journey of her ‘Thinking Man’ sometimes contemplative, sometimes disturbing, sometimes provocative. Ritu’s ‘Thinking man’ immersed me in his contemplations and took me away from my everyday life into his deeply questioning rumination about our sometimes disquieting world order. I am at once uplifted as I am unsettled by his reverie.”

Curated and hung by Jamwal and inaugurated by Zarine Khan, Suzanne Khan and Jamwal, Ritu Dhillon’s solo show was an instant hit, not just with the casual viewers, but also with renowned collectors and lovers of Art who stayed and enjoyed the soirée.

Said an understated Ritu Dhillon, “An exciting evening indeed! Where the viewer is able to make the story of the protagonist their own story - it is then that our communication is complete”

Perhaps the Jehangir Art Gallery hasn’t seen such a swish evening in a long time that Nisha JamVwal managed to conjure with her enigmatic persona, swish in her magnificent in a Ravage by Raj Shroff roseate summer georgette gown.  

Dia Mirza, Asif Bhamla & Swanand Kirkire at Bhamla Foundation's #HawaAaneDe Shoot

#HawaAaneDe - Bhamla Foundation &  Ministry of Environment's Anti Air Pollution Anthem Ahead of This World Environment Day

#HawaAaneDe - Bhamla Foundation &  Ministry of 

Environment's Anti Air Pollution Anthem Ahead of This World Environment Day

In a joint collaboration with the Ministry of Environment – Government of India, Bhamla Foundation, in association with Dia Mirza, the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India, Asif Bhamla, through Bhamla Foundation, has curated a special anthem, to promote practices healthy for the environment, keeping in line with the UNO’s agenda environment health, at C'est La Vie, Bandra.

Air pollution, the ‘silent killer’ that claims thousands of lives daily, has become a growing concern world over. It is primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuel, thereby leading to emissions, finally leading to air pollution as we know it today. Pollution has been around us for decades and it consequences can prove to be deadly. We have been unable to contain the dastardly aftermath of the growing menace. According to the United Nations Organization (UNO), approximately 4.2 million people die prematurely, as a result of exposure to ambient air pollution. 

The #HawaAaneDe video was teased by Dia Mirza while she shot for it with Swanand Kirkire, who has penned for the multi-artiste featuring track. The anthem is written by National award-winning lyricist Swanand Kirkire. The song is set to voice by Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan and Ayushmann Khurrana among others. The anthem is an Asif Bhamla led Bhamla Foundation initiative. 

“The members of the entertainment fraternity have come together with our Bhamla Foundation with a hope to make a lasting difference, so our sons and daughters can breathe air that won’t harm them. This is the time now, to make a difference, before the very air we breathe, kills us! And hence the initiative,” averred Asif Bhamla, President – Bhamla Foundation. 

Bhamla Foundation, in the previous year, created the #BeatPlasticPollution anthem on the lines of United Nation’s ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ initiative. The trendy anthem based on the need to curb plastic usage as the name suggests, went viral on media, garnering a lot of traction. Bhamla Foundation, had earlier, also set the environment protection thought in motion through their sapling plantation drive.

More power to such initiatives!  

AMITABH BACHCHAN BLESSES POWER WOMAN SMITA THACKERAY’S MUKKTI CULTURAL HUB, FILM FRATERNITY EXTENDS SUPPORT

                                             

Amitabh Bachchan blesses Power Woman Smita Thackeray's Mukkti
 Cultural Hub
 in Model Town, Andheri West

After having relentlessly worked towards the causes of Women Empowerment, HIV-AIDS Awareness, LGBTQ Rights, Environment Protection and such others, Power Woman and Social Activist Smita Thackeray is now on a mission to propagate Art and Culture. Owing to the dearth of cultural hubs in the Western suburbs of the city, Smita Thackeray's the Mukkti Cultural Hub in Model Town, Andheri West, where Art in the form of dance, music, paintings and performance can be practiced and showcased, comes like a breath of fresh air.
While Mega Star Amitabh Bachchan gave his blessings to the Mukkti Cultural Hub, filmmakers and celebrities of the likes of Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, Sonu Nigam, Shekhar Suman, Gautam Rode, Pankhuri Awasthy, Makarand Deshpande, Ila Arun, Dolly Thakore, Guneet Monga, Indra Kumar, Archana Kochhar, Manyata Dutt, Neeraj Kabi, Mohomed Morani, Lucky Morani, Onir, Ramesh Taurani, Rekha Chaudhari, Sangeeta Ahir, Shiamak Davar, Ajay Kapoor, Sanjay Chhel and many others walked in hordes to extend their support Smita Thackeray and her team.     

Enthused Smita Thackeray, “Andheri does not have many multi-use spaces for artistic and cultural expression. This World Culture Day week, we have added a new vantage point in the form of the Mukkti Cultural Hub in Model Town, Andheri West, that will cater to the needs of people in Performing Arts and we are hoping for it become the hub of entertainment in the suburbs. I am overcome with felicity today that Shri Amitabh Bachchan and the rest of the film industry has come forward to support me in this cause.”
                                     

Mukkti Cultural Hub has an auditorium capable of accommodating 378 people, 680 sq. ft. of  workshop space, 1000 sq. ft. of open terrace space, a 2500 sq. ft. dance studio. Every detail is taken care of, not just infrastructurally, but also ideologically, by providing State of The Art equipment, alongside wheelchair accessibility in all spaces. Mukkti Cultural Hub is hoping to become a junction of intersection for a wide variety of artistic and intellectual pursuits, pulling in diverse crowds through its doors.

Rajkummar Rao, Asif Bhamla, Shaan & Saher Bhamla at the shoot of Bhamla Foundation's anti air pollution anthem #HawaAaneDe

After the widespread success of the #BeatPlasticPollution anthem, 'Tik Tik Plastic, actor Rajkummar Rao and singer Shaan along with Asif Bhamla and Saher Bhamla of Bhamla Foundation have come together at a studio in Andheri West for an anti air pollution anthem titled #HawaAaneDe. Rajkummar Rao and Shaan pledged their support to the cause of air pollution during the shoot of the song.

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