Saturday 25 January 2020

Aseem Chahbra's Book on Actor Irrfan Khan Unveiled


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 25th Jan, 2020:- After penning biographies on actors Shashi Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra renowned author Aseem Chhabra has now come out with a book based on actor Irrfan Khan. The book titled “Irrfan Khan, The Man, The Dreamer, The Star” was unveiled at Press Club, Sector 27, here. The book was released by the author and Mitul Dikshit, Chairman, Adab Foundation. The book launch event was organised by the city based NGO 'Adab Foundation' which works for promotion of the arts & literature in the region.
Drawn from personal interviews and told through many voices, author Aseem Chhabra, who is a freelance writer based at New York traced down renowned Indian Actor Irrfan Khan’s personal and artistic life in its many shades.
 Speaking on the occasion Aseem said that after writing two books on Indian celebrities, I was looking for another interesting actor’s life to explore. Among other things, what attracted me in Irrfan is a parallel career, as he has also acted in Hollywood apart from Bollywood and is admired well by the audience.
Mitul Dikshit said that Adab Foundation keeps organising pertinent events related to art, photography, performing arts, literature etc. Under the aegis of Adab Foundation the Chandigarh Literature Festival is held every year. The book on Irrfan Khan was unveiled formally by conducting an interactive session   on the same which saw the author in discussion with me and a senior journalist from this region - Shayda Bano, who is also a part of Adab Foundation.
Aseem added that he has been a big fan of Irrfan Khan since he saw him in his early films –Haasil, Maqbool, The Warrior and his other key Indian films, The Namesake, The Lunchbox, Piku and Talvar. So, the book celebrates Irrfan Khan through his work while also tracking his personal life and his passions whether for acting or flying.
Asked about the challenges he faced while writing this book, Aseem said that the biggest challenge was that he started working on the book around the time Irrfan had shifted to London to get medical treatment for neuroendocrine tumour. While he was in touch with him in 2018 and he knew he was working on this book, He was not able to interview him. But it helped that many directors, actors and friends of Irrfan were willing to talk to him.
Talking about his first interaction, Aseem said that in the fall of 2006, he was in Queens, New York, walking to the subway station near his home. When he took the call, the person at the other end asked, “Hello!! Is that Aseem Chhabra?’ He responded yes and he then added ‘Sir, main Irrfan Khan bol raha hoon, Mumbai se (Sir, I am Irrfan Khan calling from Mumbai).
He was standing on a street corner, with cars and buses passing by and Irrfan Khan was on the phone with me. He had read a profile he had written on Mira Nair in which he mentioned he had seen The Namesake. Earlier in September,he had attended the world premiere of the film at the Telluride Film Festival. Irrfan was in India and he had yet to see the film. And so he wanted to hear from him what he thought of the film. He told him that he loved it and his performance had made him cry.
Eventually he met him face-to-face when he came to New York the next year to promote A Mighty Heart.
Aseem summed up that 244 pages book is rich in detail and peppered with anecdotes, which depict the life and work of the actor that begins in a small household in Rajasthan and culminates in his face gazing down from billboards in Hollywood.

सुभाष जयंती के अवसर पर योग प्रतियोगिता


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 25th Jan, 2020:- नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस की जयंती के अवसर पर योग सोसायटी चंडीगढ़ ने पतंजलि योग समिति, युवा भारत, महिला पतंजलि योग समिति, भारत स्वाभिमान न्यास के सहयोग से चंडीगढ़ की चारों दिशााओं अर्थात उत्तर, पूर्व, पश्चिम दक्षिण दिशाओं में स्थित शिवानंद आश्रम सैक्टर 29, कम्यूनिटी सैक्टर-40, सटैपिंग स्टोन सीनियर सकैंडरी स्कूल सेक्टर 38 पी.जी. कालेज सैक्टर 46 मे योगासन प्रतियोगिताओं का आयोजन किया गया। इस अवसर पर बच्चों को महान सैनानी के जीवन से जुडी बहुत सी घटनाओं से अवगत कराया गया।
इस संबंधी जानकारी देते हुए आर.आर.पासी ने बताया कि इन प्रतियोगिताओं में शहर के करीब 194 बच्चों ने हिस्सा। उन्होंने बताया कि पहला दूसरा स्थान हासिल करने वाले प्रतिभागियों को सम्मानित भी किया गया। इस अवसर पर समिति के सभी पदाधिकारीओं ने बढ़-चढक़र सहयोग किया।
पूर्व क्षेत्र के पुरूष विजेताओं में 9 से 14 वर्ष आयु वर्ग में आर्यन, चंदर, 15 से 25 आयु वर्ग में महेश ईश्वर, लाल जीत, महिलाओं की 9 से 14 आयु वर्ग में सृष्टि, निशा कृति तथा 15 से 25 आयु वर्ग में प्रियंका, रोहिणी ने क्रमश: पहला, दूसरा तीसरा स्थान हासिल किया।
इसी तरह पश्चिमी क्षेत्र के 9 से 14 आयु वर्ग  के विजेताओं में आदित्य बंसल, केशव मेहरा पारस शर्मा, महिला वर्ग में हर्षदीप कौर, जसमीत कौर प्रगति सिंह ने पहला दूसरा स्थान हासिल किया। 15 से 25 वर्ष आयु वर्ग में गौरव सिंह प्रियंका कौचर, रोमा बिष्ट आयुषी बिष्ट ने क्रमश: पहला, दूसरा तीसरा स्थान हासिल किया।
उत्तर क्षेत्र के 9 से 14 वर्ष आयु वर्ग में सुबोध, विश्वास प्रथम शर्मा, महिला वर्ग में गुरलीन कौर, समृद्धि, यशीता, 15 से 25 आयु वर्ग में पपसना, अंजली, ने तथा दक्षिण क्षेत्र में दिलीप पाल, मंथन, वीवान, मानिक, दलीप सिंह अभय मिश्रा महिला वर्ग में राशि, असमीता राणा, कुमकुम शर्मा, ज्योति, सिमरदीप कौर, ज्योति आंचल विजेता रही।