Water Management: When teacher is Aamir Khan whole equation of learning changes

Indian film celebrity Aamir Khan is shepherding a very revolutionary campaign – making Maharashtra drought-free in five years. The movie star started the initiative with hopes of galvanising the rural population to go back to fundamental lessons of water management taught by their ancestors Historians will tell you that an explosion of creativity occurs the moment the world starts complaining that there is nothing left to invent, or that the search for solutions has come to an end. This explosion is fate’s way of reminding us that there is always something just over the horizon of knowledge. Social entrepreneurs are now using their talent to bring lasting solutions to several entrenched social problems at a time when the world has never needed them more. Indian film celebrity Aamir Khan is shepherding a very revolutionary campaign – making Maharashtra drought-free in five years. The movie star started the initiative with hopes of galvanising the rural population to go back to fundamental lessons of water management taught by their ancestors. The government has been purveying...

Read More........ → May 21, 2018

Salman Khan and Preity Zinta to co-own IPL team?

Salman Khan and Preity Zinta were co-stars in several films like Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Jaan E Mann, etc. Now, they might be partners in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Preity Zinta and her ex-partner Ness Wadia co-own the team Kings X1 Punjab. If the buzz and the reports are to be believed, Salman Khan is well on his way to becoming a co-owner of the team. “Salman was the chief guest at this marathon that was organised by BJ Wadia hospital for underprivileged children. Post the flag off, Salman was seen talking to Ness. The two were discussing the IPL in great detail,” says a source. “There is no clear indication that he will pick up a stake in an IPL team his interest in it has only grown with time. He has been making enquiries with Ness. In fact, he has also been asking his other friends about the same. The actor is trying to work out how he can get a piece of the IPL pie as he loves cricket and has a lot of cricketer friends,” adds the source. Salman Khan is already an active participant in the Celebrity Cricket League and his brother Sohail Khan owns the team Mumbai Heroes....

Read More........ → February 15, 2014

Sex Determination Case Bombay HC Issues Notice To Shah Rukh

The Bombay High Court has issued notices to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, his wife Gauri Khan and the BMC on a petition filed by social activist Varsha Deshpande, challenging a magistrate's order refusing her application for documents pertaining to the couple's youngest child AbRam, who was born through surrogacy. Deshpande has alleged that SRK and his wife had conducted a sex determination test before AbRam’s birth and she has filed a complaint in the magistrate’s court seeking action against the Bollywood power couple and Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital under the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act (PCPNDT). In September this year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had given clean chit to the Khans and they informed the HC that allegations leveled against the superstar and his wife of conducting pre-birth sex determination tests of their surrogate son AbRam were baseless. Varsha has now sought documents pertaining to the surrogacy process and documents collected by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its...

Read More........ → December 12, 2013