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Local Kungfu 2: Story behind-A Hope for Assamese Film Industry

Posted by Rathin | May 19, 2017 | Articles, Associations & Partners |

Local KungFu 2 is an Assamese Martial Arts comedy film. It is directed by Kenny Basumatary and produced by Durlov Baruah. It is the sequel to 2013 film Local Kung Fu. The sequel is based on William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. The film-makers successfully raised money for post-production through crowdfunding @wishberry.com and the film was released on 19 April 2017. The Assamese Film Industry is running through a rough patch for last 10-15 years. There are very few producers who like to invest in Assamese films these days. The reason behind is the mentality of the audience where a Hollywood or Bollywood...

Parindey Youth Foundation | NGO | Humanity and Peace

Posted by Devarshi Bhargav | May 18, 2017 | Articles |

Parindey Youth Foundation, Nagpur was founded by young, intellectual and dashing Avi Agarwal, the president and the team during his undergraduate days back in 2011. The main motto of this young and dynamic team is to spread joy and happiness to the needy. They connect to orphanage homes, specially abled child, and kids on streets. Their fundraising campaign is the unique one out of all these kind of organization. These young people collect scraps from their locality and sell to fund the events. The annual cultural event, “Navtej” is a regular event done every Diwali for the orphans and...

Editorial- May’17- Passion

Posted by Rathin | May 17, 2017 | Editorial |

Hello Passionate fellas We are back with our May issue on the theme of Passion. Passion as we know, is something that we do just spontaneously and with a thrush from inside. We cannot help ourselves by not doing it. We need to do it like we need water to quench our thrust, like air to breathe. It is something we need to live. It is like fire whose aim is continue burn and not stopping until the thing is done. This is something inside fire that doesn’t allow sit idle or being lazy. We become happy doing this....

A trip to Khajuraho and Panna

Posted by Rathin | May 17, 2017 | Travel Blog |

Incredible India they say! They are absolutely correct in their saying. It has been an awesome experience to visit Khajuraho and Panna. Be with me for another 15 minutes to know about the trip. Khajuraho is situated in the soul-heart of Northern Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This destination is most sought-after among the foreign tourists for ancient and marvelous temples, exquisitely stone carvings. Khajuraho is a small sleepy town, but a thousand years ago it was a large people’s city. These temples were constructed during the rule of the Chandela dynasty. The temples of Khajuraho are dedicated to...

Dahi Potol/ Parwal- TM food Corner by Lipika

Posted by Lipika Debnath | May 15, 2017 | TM Food Corner |

Dahi Potol/Parwal is one of the best Bengali dish/ recipe. Dahi Potol/Parwal recipe is very simple and tasty. [marker bgcolor=”#dd0b0b” textcolor=”#efefef”]INGREDIENTS:-[/marker] Yogurt 1/2 cup Parwal 250 grams (Pointed Gourd) Onion paste 1/2 cup Oil 1/2 cup Cloves 4-5 Green cardamom 3-4 Cinnamon 1-2 sugar to taste Salt to taste Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon Red chili powder 1 teaspoon Ginger-garlic paste 1 teaspoon [marker bgcolor=”#dd0b0b” textcolor=”#efefef”]DIRECTIONS:-[/marker] Method for Dahi Potol/Parwal: Wash the Potol/Parwal in a fresh water Scrap all the Parwal vertically/ lengthwise leaving streaks of skin on alternate strokes Chop off the Parwal pointed end at both side Mix...