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8Mar/080

Rare: Female Indian Detective Bhawana Paliwal

Meet Indian women detective Bhawana Paliwal

Women are there in all types of job stream, teaching, secretatrial work, police, doctor etc.etc.  But her job is different.  Meet  Bhavna Paliwal of New Delhi is, a private detective being hired by Indian brides to investigate about their suitors.

Bhavna Paliwal, is among one of India’s wedding detectives, who are being hired here in growing numbers to dig out out the truth about prospective mates.

In India, hiring a wedding detective like that of Paliwal has become a familiar prenuptial habit, as important as the heavy wedding gold and the multi-cuisine ten-course meal served on plates.

Confidential detectives are in business in India for several years but today their services are more essential than before. As there  is a tremendous enhancement in the business class of Delhi, so is the augment of dowries. Those dowries, in turn, have boosted the encouragement for hoax.

Grooms from United States come in haste, marry, then rush back home with the booty, leaving behind what have become known as “abandoned brides”. Meanwhile, in India, young couples who meet over the internet are getting away with lies that gossip would once have exposed.

Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com, an internet portal that celebrated its millionth match last year says,

1Mar/086

6th pay Commission

The 6th Pay Commission is in the process of discussing pay aspects of the Central Government employees with various other organizations. We have received one such copy from our sources, which the employees can read and relax and sent your comments too. It may be noted that the pay structure is only a draft and no final decision has been taken on this revision:

6th pay
REPORT OF THE SIXTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

HIGHLIGHTS

Report  submitted  to  the  Government  on  March,  24,  2008.  The  18  month  tenure  of  the
Commission was till 4.4.2008.

Full text of the Report available at http://india.gov.in and http://www.finmin.nic.in

Salient features of the Report

12Feb/080

Valentine’s Day

One of the main legendry story of Valentine's Day is named after a  Roman priest called Valentine in the period of the birth of Christianity in Rome during the third century. The Emperor at that time, Claudius II, regimented the Roman soldiers not to marry or get engaged as he was of the view that an unmarried or affianced man would be more trustworthy to the defence force. Valentine nonetheless, did not accept this as true in this new rule and thus he secretly allowed many to get married  and was witness to it. He was in the long run caught, detained and beheaded by the emperor's supporters. Valentine was beheaded on the 14th February. He was ultimately made a saint and Valentine’s Day is in memory of him.

Valentine’s Day

Valentines Day  is basically a Christian festival, occupied by the English folks to America, popularised in America, and the so called privileged Indians, due to their canopy adoration of anything western, singled out this one up also and in full swing started celebrating this. This was further aided by unashamedly western media and the gifts and other related commercial folks - who found a good economic sagacity in encouraging the carnival.

Many times we see anti-Valentines Day protests witnessed annually in India.  Hundreds of protests take place across the country on February 14th against the celebration of Valentines Day. Valentines cards were burnt, slogans shouted, and in some cases, couples were beaten up who were found making shows of liking that the protesters deemed out of place. Without knowing the heads and tails of this sacred day, the hindus make a fuss of in all these activities . In Christianity the sacred days of great Saints are celebrated by observing prayers, fasting and feasting. Nowhere it is written that couples should adore on this day or exchange expensive gifts and other paraphernalia associated with it. To know the origins of Valentine day, you have to be a Christian first.

I would say Hindus are a copy cat race or they suffer from failure complex. I am yet to see the Indian Christians or even the English celebrating diwali, holi, navratri or any other hindu festivals , with so much trumpet blast and embellishment, although the English ruled India for 250 years.

If you are really in affection in any kind of relationship, whether it is husband-wife, brother-sister or even in an ordinary friendship you don’t really need any unique day to celebrate.

28Jan/083

Homage to Legendary and the Eternal Tragic Queen Madhubala

Homage to the legendary and the eternal tragic queen Madhubala on her Birthday/Death Anniversary in February

Her childhood days

Madhubala is India's Hindi film industry’s, delicate, semi-tragic, mortal survival. She remains a seductress even 35+ year after her demise.

 Madhubala on her Birthday/Death Anniversary in February
Madhubala's father, was Ataullah Khan, a Pathan who had immigrated from the Pakistan. She was born, February 14, 1933, Valentines Day, in the Malad suburb of Bombay. Her birth name was Mumtaz Khan, the third of 11 children. Bombay Talkies studio was located in the Malad suburb where the Bombay Talkies was located. She was interviewed  at the age of 8 by DeviKa Rani and Himanshu Rai, for an audition. Having impressed by her performance they put her in the movie Basant. The song was a super hit, after she acted in many films as a child artiste.  

Under the direction of Kidar Sharma, at the age of 13 Mumtaz was signed as heroine opposite  Raj Kumar who done the debue with this movie. It was on this film that producer Devika Rani gave her the name Madhubala, which means, "young maiden made of honey". After that she acted in 17 movies, even when madhubala was not 17.

Madhubala grew within the studio complex. When her friends went to school she gave shooting for the movie, her father was very possessive about her and he doted on her money. 

Chemistry with Dilip Kumar

She featured with Dilip Kumar in the film Tarana and their off screen affair too started and it is said that this was one of the legendry tragic love affair.

Madhubala and Dilip Kumar

Madhubala and Dilip Kumar were deep in love, but her father opposed. He did not like the affair, as whole her money, property etc. was under his control. Their affair was at that time took to court also as Madhubala’s father did not allow her to go got location shoots with Dilip Kumar. Since her family was totally against the affair, it ended up on a bitter note. Dilip once told about Madhubala that "I love this woman and shall love her till my dying day." The affair though, had come to a bitter end.

Her love affairs

Old stalwarts say that her first director Mr Kidar Sharma, who gave her first break was in deeply love with her, but madhubla never reciprocated, he was a married man too. Later film Mahal was made by Kamal Amrohi, they too had a serious love affair. Film Mahal was a super hit due to their serious affair.Amrohi was again a married man,madhubala told him to divorce his first wife, she even offered him lakhs of rupees for that. But he wanted to be devoted to his first wife. She became heart broken and then left him in sway. 

Madhubala was proposed by three men, Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan and Kishor Kumar.  She selected Kishor.They had a civil marriage and Kishore converted to Islam and was renamed Karim Abdul . His parents refused to attend the wedding and never really accepted Madhubala as they thought she had broken their son’s marriage. When Madhubala went to touch her father in law’s feet they moved away. 
  
She moved back to her bungalow because her inlaws were torturing her. Madhubala realised that she had made a mistake in marrying Kishore; who was ineffective and parsimonious. What a catastrophe!! 

The Screen divinity

The Screen divinity

She is considered the most beautiful woman to have ever appeared on the Indian film screen. Her untimely death and tragic romance with Dilip Kumar has superior her to legendary significance. Many journalists have claimed that Madhubala was very immoral, and obsessed many lovers.  May be it is the thoughts of these journalists’ conjecture. Madhubala was lively and flirtatious, yet this is no proof of carelessness.

28Jan/080

Bollywood Stars Rumors and Facts

The world is a global marketplace and where once India was faced with watching Hollywood reruns, Bollywood is now one of the largest most powerful motion picture production facilities in the world.

Statistics: 1000 Hindi-language films are produced every year. Ticket sales exceed 3.6 billion.

Bollywood Stars Rumors and Facts

Hollywood has its stars, so too does Bollywood and while the world's tabloids may focus on Britney Spears, Yana Gupta and Abhay Deol are not far behind with a relationship that was secret, but now has been made public.

Randeep Hooda and Sushmita Sen are rumored to be having secret meetings on horseback, but the rumors were denied... "Where do you hear all this? Its complete rubbish," laughs Sushmita. Aishwarya Rai has no intentions of quitting movies simply because she is married; and is paired with Gerard Depardieu in the film Asterix at the Olympic Games.

Another of Bollywood's babes Monalisa (real name Antara Biswas) continues to draw attention and gasps from men (and some women) across India as she posses in revealing photographs and videos. Talking of photoshoots Gauri Khan graces the cover of US magazine "Vogue" and tells all in an expo'se.

Deepika Padukone a beautiful Bollywood heartbreaker, makes movies (latest Om Shanti Om) and works toward a Bachelors degree at Indira Gandhi National Open University. Heartbreakers John Abraham and Bipasha Basu have exchanged rings and will be married soon. Bollywood may never be the same with these eligible Bollywood stars getting hitched.