Parull Mahaajan, Social Activist

Parull Mahaajan is an Inspiring Versatile Lady who wears many hats at the same time. A Lawyer, Interior Designer specialising in green and sustainable designs , Advisor Delhi Literature Festival and Bharat Niti and Social Activist working closely with the Government for promoting various causes like Environment Conservation, Swachh Bharat, Women Empowerment, Women Menstrual Hygiene to name a few. She also promotes the Indian weavers and artisans by curating events to promote Khadi, Handloom and Indian Handicrafts. In November 2017 Parull curated the Fair Trade Forum Sustainable Fashion Walk with a participation of about 70 countries in NIFT Delhi and made the Ambassadors and Diplomats walk the ramp wearing Indian Handloom Apparel. She recently did a 3 day event in Varanasi in April 2018 where she curated the fashion show, panel discussions and cultural events to promote Banarasi Fabrics from Local to Global with the Eastern Uttar Pradesh Exporters Association and Ambassadors of 12 countries were a part of the event.
Parull has recently been made the General Secretary of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation to take forward the Vision 2020 of Dr Kalam.
Parull works with several Embassies in promoting Social Cultural Diplomatic and Economic Relations between India and those countries.
Parull has been honoured with several Awards for Excellence in the field of Eco-friendly and Sustainable Interior Designs as well as her Social Service to the Society by many organisations including the United Nations. Her articles keep featuring in many newspapers and magazines and she features on many television shows. To sum up she is not just a lady but an Institution in herself.

Gaurav Gupta, President, Rajasthan academy hosted 28th Kavyitri Sammelans & 7th edition of Naari Gaurav Samman

 Gaurav Gupta, President, Rajasthan academy hosted 28th Kavyitri Sammelans & 7th edition of Naari Gaurav Samman at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre.  The moderating session was conducted by Ms. Suman Maheshwari in an excellent way. Female members of Rajasthan Academy shown their hidden talents by reciting many poems in the programs. Women from all fields were honored for their excellent work in their respective fields such as Social Welfare, bravery, judiciary, education, women empowerment, and child-upliftment etc.


People spotted at the event were- Major General G D Bakshi, Ram Niwas Goel, Speaker Delhi assembly and Mani Condi, ambassador of Togo, Padambhushan Raja Radha Reddy, Nisha Bhargava, Uma Malviya, Pravesh Dhawan, Shanti Sharma, Alka Maheshwari, Neelam Anand, Sunita Bansal, Mamta Mishra, Pratibha Singhal, Pushpa Sharma, Aarti Gupta, Dr. Amit Kaur Puri, Aruna Makhija, Aruna S Purohit, Dr. Blossom Kochhar, Kaushalya Reddy, Kavita Kumar, Kiran Chopra, Leher Sethi, Madhavi Advani, Manisha Dhingra, Parul Kumar, Parul Mehra, Pienaal G. Waankhaday, Priya Jain, Rochika Agarwal, Suman Doonga, Dr. Urmila Sharma, Dr. Vibha S Chauhan to name a few…



Special Soiree hosted by H.E Rabie Narsh, Ms. Parull Mahaajan, and Mr. Amarjit Bakshi

H.E Rabie Narsh, Ambassador of Lebanon, and Ms. Parull Mahaajan, Chairperson of the Indian-Lebanese Friendship Society along with Mr. Amarjit Bakshi, CMD Central Park, hosted a special soiree to promote Social, Cultural and Economic ties between India, Lebanon, and other countries.
The event was attended by Bureaucrats and the Ambassadors of various countries like Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Brunei, Palestine, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Djibouti to name a few.
The hosts received the guests in a warm atmosphere, and, with the vibrant presence of the Indian-Lebanese Friendship Society, everyone was received in the Traditional Indian Way.

“Destiny is everything that makes tomorrow possible. Don’t let it stop you – tomorrow has not arrived yet!”

-Olympic Mind Coach /Author of ‘IT’S EASY TO BE YOU’ – Radhika Kawlra Singh

The idea that something or someone will create a miracle that works to meet your needs and the road less taken will appear out of nowhere, is a fallacy. Each human mind is responsible to take itself forward to meet its goals, find success and feel right. The human mind is ninety per-cent sub-conscious: it picks up all the information it is exposed to and stores it for retrieval. It is your engagement with your choices that creates your tomorrow. Destiny just fits itself to include your experiential state.

Traditional psychology believes that it is the personality traits: your beliefs, motives and traits that will determine your behavior and situational factors are simply irrelevant. On the other hand environmental psychology, confirms all contributing factors that infringe on the human from his physical ecology to his social ecology. The study of the subconscious mind, throws light on how the process of accumulating your life experiences unlocks your inner genius. It is the correct in-put that the mind receives that creates a correct trajectory. 

The quotation above is a reminder that it is YOU that creates your tomorrow. The emphasis is first on how you perceive the information that is reaching you.Life as you witness it is a sum of what you have gathered from what you are allowing yourself to receive, internalize and the way in which you are responding to the information. I quote from It’s easy to be YOU – ‘Being you is certainly a gift. You remain a seeker moving through your journey using time, relationships, attachments, memories, success, failure, losses and a wealth of ideas, beliefs and perceptions.” It is the company you choose to keep and the relationships you create as a result, that guide and assimilate your sense of purpose and pave the way for the genius within you to surface through ordinary events in your life.

You are unwrapping the gift using all your senses, which only means you have to decide what kind of information you are opening up your senses to? What part of the information that is available and around you, should you remain sensitive to? If you are an activist or a journalist; you need to know what is happenning in the world, if you are a doctor you wish to keenly be interested in the new pharmaceutical developments everywhere. Likewise, when you are looking to focus on what you need as information that makes you contribute to your self-development and your holistic contribution as a result of your evolution – you remain more sensitive to that kind of information. Your conscious mind receives and your subconscious mind absorbs infinite information. When you open yourself up to taking in too much data – it starts to interfere with how you think,behave and act. 

You must first start to create your filters. This can happen in your daily routine; you may process what part of the information you received today is helpful for your tomorrow. You may reflect on unique aspects of the day. As a result you may come into the awareness of humanitarian principles of love of each other and of the environment and earth. This happens because you keep space to intuitively be guided to remain open to larger things that matter. Tomorrow awaits your genius interpretation of what will be required for your children and the chidren of your children. It simply is the ongoing daily thought cleansing routine, that will help you nurture the one big idea. This is because it is the one big idea that can work to influence many lives simultaneously. It is only then that you will be considered and known as a genius.

The ultimate cause of all dis-ease and dis-comfort is a sense of low self worth, that allows you to nurture stress. The fight and flight response in your body triggers a series of chemical hormones that create a state of experiences where you tend to breath shallow, your heart beat increases, your blood pressure rises and amongst other things you feel nervous and not in control. In that state as you hit out to others, you also damage your own state of mind and being. This repititive patterns becomes habitual and you are no longer able to connect with your goal or work to achieve any kind of success. 

The task that you must regularly use is one that de-limits yourself. You do that by self-reflection. Self-reflection does not have to be meditative or analytical. Self-reflection can be an easy exercise. You create a routine of writing down, or thinking about or even feel all the things about your life that make you feel ‘not so good’, and then you imagine how you would feel in the absence of the energy of those things. When you use your imagination over and over again; you are replacing what you do not need with what you do need. Once that happens many times over the subconscious is already starting to look for reasons and ways in moving forward to meet your now active imagination. It is that simple. On the contrary when you dwell on what is coming in your way – the genius within you never shows up. The genius is buried within the layers of your programming. It shows up when your mind is clear and the information within you is aligned with your purpose. 

To sum it up simply get out of your own way. Stay reflective on the choices you make and on the things that your mind remains in seeking of.Here is a Quotation from ‘IT’S EASY TO BE YOU’“The greatest inventions are born of the mind that never stops trying. The question is have you eagely tried to take up challenges, failed or felt disillusioned?How about regenerating magic?. Maybe you should as all magic is mystically connected to a trigger that lies within you!”  – Olympic Mind Coach /Author of ‘IT’S EASY TO BE YOU’ – Radhika Kawlra Singh

Delhi Literature Festival 2019, the three days Literature Festival held at Dilli Haat

The Delhi Literature Festival was organised from 8-10th February, the seventh edition of three days Festival at the Dilli Haat, INA. The Delhi Literature Festival 2019 was inaugurated by Rashmi Singh IAS, Secretary, NDMC in the presence of Sangeeta Bahadur, Author Kaal Trilogy and Indian Ambassador to Belarus, Dilip Pandey, Author & Member, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Bharati Bhargava, Founder Director of Delhi Literature Festival along with Rama Pandey known TV & Theatre personality.

The Festival started in the afternoon by a live performance of Charag-e-Harf by the Writer’s hub from Lucknow, followed by the session on Your Prime Minister is Dead (Vitasta Publishing)  by author Anuj Dhar followed by the next session onPadmavat- An Epic Love Story (Rupa Publications) by Purushottam Agarwal in conversation with Dr.Babli Moitra Saraf.

The evening session was on the popular book Bihar Diaries(Penguin Random House) by Amit Lodha IPS in conversation with Parull Mahaajan Advisor Delhi Literature Festival, followed by A Tribute to late Amrita Pritam- with panel discussion with Lavleen Thadani renowned Film & Theatre Personality, Laxmi Shankar Bajpai, Eminent Poet along with Sumit Mishra, Eminent Poet. The Session was presented by Palka Grover, Advisor Delhi Literature Festival.

The Second day of the Festival started with the Art of Story Telling with Victor Ghose, Indian writer in the historical fiction genre as well as in the paranormal short story genre, most notably the Eric Roy stories: The Job Charnock Riddle in 2016 and the Tomb of God (to be published in 2019) along with live performance on guitar followed by a Session on Hindi literature with acclaimed Hindi writers & poets including Maitreyi Pushpa, Anamika, Alpana Mishra in conversation with Prem Bhardwaj, Editor, Paaki Magazine at Delhi Literature Festival was quite interesting. As they all were discussing the importance of Hindi Literature .

Parull Mahaajan with Amit Lodha

The evening session was full of Masala with Jonathan Gil Harris- Author of Masala Shakespeare (Rupa Publications) with Dr. Amna Mirza. Followed by a session on When History Meets Mystery- writing the Indian Historical Crime Fiction; Kaalkoot- The Lost Himalayan Secret (Treesahde Books) by S Venkatesh in conversation with Lipika Bhushan. The next session was on Infinite Variety, A History of Desire in India(Speaking Tree) by Madhavi Menon in conversation with Pallavi Rebbapragada, Author at First Post. The last session on Day two was “Kama- The Riddle of Desire” (Penguin Randomhouse) by Gurcharan Das in conversation with Rachna Sharma.

The third and concluding day of the Festival started with Sufiana Mushaira curated by Mridula Tandon, Sakshi NGO along with Shayar Azhar Iqbal, Taruna Mishra, TarkashPradip, Irfan Khan Sikandar, Meenakshi, Jijivisha and ZeeshanNiazi. Followed by the next session on Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From (Juggernaut) by Tony Joseph in conversation with Dr.AmnaMirza. With the General Elections round the corner, in the evening the Festival, witnessed interactive session on topical subjects including the book “The Contenders- Who will lead India Tomorrow”(Simon and Schuster) by Priya Sahgal. The next Session on Mehr (Rupa Publications) by Sidhharth Gigoo in conversation with Samriddhi Goyal was quite engrossing and intense. And the Concluding Session of this year’s Festival on Ayodhya: City of Faith, City of Discord (Aleph Book Company) by Valay Singh in conversation with Anup Sharma, Columnist &Storyteller.

Tony Joseph in conversation with Dr. Amna Mirza

The Delhi Literature Festival organisers acknowledged the support of the Delhi Government, Department of Art, Culture & Languages, NDSWA, URJA and the Delhi Book Lovers amongst others.

Best barbeque deals to celebrate this winter with lip smacking dishes

With the peak of winters upon us, and a plethora of house parties with friends and loved ones on the anvil, one of the much beloved traditions is the outdoor barbeque, often set, adjacent to that bonfire. The modern barbeques don’t take up too much space, can be handled by amateur chefs, and are portable to boot. The only conundrum? Finding their perfect fit of the right barbeque for your specific need. To make life easier, here’s a list of some great barbeques that can be bought online:

  1. Fabrilla Silver Hard Anodised Stainless Steel Barbeque With 5 Skewer

Fabrilla silver barbeque is made with hard anodized stainless-steel body. It comes with handles on both the sides which allows easy handling and can be carried anywhere by folding the barbeque. No matter where you are, it is ideal for taking to parties, picnics, festivals. With this portable barbeque you can easily cook, portable design for easy storage and transport.

Original Price-  Rs.2,975

Price on Snapdeal– Rs.1,910

2. Prestige PPBB-02 Barbecue

One can cook variety of stuff ranging from steaks to paneer tikkas to grilled chicken, in absolutely no time with this amazing grill by Prestige. This tandoor has foldable legs, and its light weight makes it convenient to carry from one place to another. The grill comes with the unique air damper facility that regulates the airflow and temperature during cooking.

Original Price- Rs.2995
Price on Flipkart- Rs.2,799

3. Prestige Barbecute Coal Barbeque Grill

The quick to assemble Prestige Barbecute Coal Barbeque Grill comes with two sizes of skewers which makes it a perfect house party partner to cook lip smacking dishes. It is portable because of its compact frame and hence, can be carried along for camping and other outdoor parties. Easy EMIs at Rs.260 per month is also available on Amazon.

Original Price-  Rs.6,995

Price on Amazon– Rs.5530

4. Atraco Mild Steel Barbeque

The Atraco mild steel barbeque bucket comes with 1 Grill And 3 Sticks. It is lightweight and perfect for tailgating at sporting events or picnics. The grill is easy to clean with grill scraper. 
Original Price-  Rs.995 

Price on Snapdeal– Rs.775

Under Rs 500 Home Essential Gifts for newly weds

Wedding shopping can be a tiresome affair for most couples. Add to that the burden of setting up a new house.  Here’s a list of absolute essentials that you can gift the newlywed couple:

CookWare

Newlywed cookware set with five piece or less won’t break the budget and will go a long way for a couple that’s setting up a new house.  
Link: https://www.amazon.in/Home-Creations-Stainless-Steel-Serving/dp/B07JJHVVB5/ref=sr_1_14?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1544594926&sr=1-14&keywords=cookware+sets&refinements=p_36%3A3444810031

Original Price: Rs.899
Price on Amazon– Rs.347

Bedsheets

For young couples especially, married life can come as a bit of a shock. With so many other arrangements, they juggle on how to register for bedsheets and kitchen appliances. A good night’s sleep on a cozy and comfortable bedsheet can be the best option for gifting.

Link: https://www.snapdeal.com/product/phyto-home-microfibre-double-bedsheet/636142216484 
Original Price- Rs.999

Price on Snapdeal: Rs.355

Super-Soft Towels Set

Fancy bath towels definitely fall under the list of things that would be nice to have, but also feel a bit superfluous–in other words they make the perfect gift. Short of gifting friends a bathroom renovation, towels are the best way to give the often neglect the space an instant spruce.
Link: https://www.myntra.com/towel-set/bianca/bianca-red-solid-set-of-6-500-gsm-cotton-towels/4629005/buy
Original Price: Rs.678

Price on Myntra- Rs. 440