How Chennai's Sanah Sharma is bringing hardcore Science concepts into her fashion line

So how did this Chennai-based, Pearl Academy alumnus get on the road to discovering her famous Planar Flux technique in design? She explains, "A major part of sustainability is dependant on the design and in India, everyone lives in a misconception that sustainability depends on the type of material we use in design such as Jute, Khadhi, Tencel and Rayon. This idea of the Planar Flux occurred to me in my final year of college when I leaning towards researching sustainability. This technique draws inspiration from Mathematical Topology - these concepts of multidimensionality were applied to fabric consumption and garment construction. In simple words, I infused human-kinetics and mathematical topology to formulate the Planar Flux technique. This technique has served me well and eliminates the 15% wastage that is usually generated in garment construction. Planar Flux was also adopted in the syllabus by the Iowa State University. So far, so good for me, but I won't stop working till this becomes a big deal in India as well." Ideas don't just pop and bloom out of nowhere. It takes time and effort! In light of this, Sanah explains how she invested her time and did all her homework before Planar Flux was fully threshed out, "When I started off with this technique, I was looking at the sustainability aspect of it, and initially, everything I designed was not zero-waste. There was a certain amount of waste and I would estimate the wastage to probably be 5%. But anyway, I was looking to be mentored by a tutor and designer from the Royal College of Art. He was a source of inspiration and when he saw samples of my work, he seemed pretty darned by it (in a good way). That is when I knew that there are possibilities of higher demand for the products I designed. Post this, I read a lot of research papers on Physics and Maths and tried applying it till I got to the zero-waste technique in designing. I further went on to win the International Zero-waste Design Competition by Faculty of Design, at the 5th International Scientific Conference for ALICE held in the City of Design, Ljubljana. That was thrilling and it expanded my customer base and reach on an international level. But if you ask me I would definitely want to reach a wider audience here in India," she adds. While thinking of the future and what it has in store might intrigue or overwhelm most, Sanah has got it all planned and figured out. This is what she had to say, "I am currently setting up my online store and I am hoping that it will be up and running in the near future. I am planning to collaborate with institutes and do workshops on sustainability more often than usual because I like teaching. My mentor and I have plans and collaborations to look forward to and I am super-excited for everything that this year holds for me." (This story was first published in www.edexlive.com) Dailyhunthttps://about.me/juck

Creating a bamboo heaven at Koonammavu

There are a lot of advantages for growing a bamboo garden; the main reason being plenty of fresh air. The garden will be known as Koonammavu's oxygen hub in the future," he says. All 34 varieties of the shoots were collected from different states. Other than just giving an exotic touch to any garden, bamboo has a lot of benefits. While Bambusa Tulda collected from Bengaluru is mainly used in the paper pulp industry, Bambusa Vulgaris is used for making huts, furniture and musical instruments. Apart from this, they are also used for medicinal purposes. The extract of the leaf of Vulgaris is used to treat tuberculosis. Bamboos such as Bambusa Polumorpha and Phyllostachys Parvifolia are edible. Another variety is Bambusa blumeana, which is mainly used for making furniture, kitchen utensils and also to prevent soil erosion. The bamboo garden at the school is already giving positive vibes to students. "We are planning to grow more varieties. For this, I have contacted Kerala Bamboo Research Centre at Peechi and they have assured to help us," said Fr Poulose. The school has a nature club in which students take the initiative to plant trees and look after them. Apart from the bamboo garden, they have also set up a paddy field and has a herbal garden. Paddy field was set up so students can experience and understand the effort put by the farmers in growing crops and also to give them a practical knowledge rather than just a theoretical knowledge. It was a whole new experience for students to get into the field and to do something different. Dailyhunthttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/158797/Default.aspx

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Lentils with a side of rice: the save-the-world diet?

While richer nations must drastically slash their meat consumption, regions such as South Asia currently experience a dearth of calories and protein from a lack of red meat. Livestock farming is catastrophic for the environment, producing up to 18 percent of global greenhouse gases and contributing to deforestation and water shortages. Under the new regimen, adults would be limited to 14 grammes of red meat a day -- equivalent to half a rasher of bacon -- and get no more than 30 calories from it. A quarter-pounder burger patty contains roughly 450 calories and North Americans alone consume more than six times the current daily recommended red meat intake of between 50-70 grammes. The diet recommends no more than 29 grammes of daily poultry -- around one and a half chicken nuggets -- and 13 grammes of eggs, or just 1.5 a week. Fruit and veg up The team said consumption of fruits, vegetables, and legumes such as chickpeas and lentils must increase more than two fold, particularly in poorer nations where more than 800 million people get insufficient calories. More wholegrain foods such as barley and brown rice are needed, but starchy vegetables like potatoes and cassava are limited to 50 grammes a day. The authors of the report noted that the ideal diet would vary from region to region, stressing that their menu was designed to show how everyone could get their 2,500 daily calories, keep healthy and aid the planet. 'Eating less red meat -- which is mostly a challenge in changing human behaviour -- is crucial,' Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Impact Research and one of the authors, told AFP. 'But something equally dramatic that is less talked about is the reduction in conventional cereal and tubers, and the transition to nuts, fruits, vegetables and beans as a principal source of nutrition.' Good news for nut lovers The authors estimate their diet would improve intakes of most vital nutrients while slashing consumption of unhealthy saturated fats. Healthy sources of fat such as nuts and seeds receive a boost: You could eat up to 75 grammes a day of peanuts, but would need to cut back on other unsaturated fats such as oily fish on those days. Ultimately the new diet could globally prevent up to 11.6 million premature deaths per year, according to its creators. Dailyhunthttps://www.fanfiction.net/u/11366913/

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On Heath Ledger's 11th death anniversary, Dark Knight fans post emotional messages for the Joker actor

All of your work is still very present in the film industry and in our hearts,' one fan tweeted. 'Never give up on the things in life that make you smile,' another person tweeted, quoting Ledger.  On The Dark Knight's 10th anniversary, 10 films inspired by Christopher Nolan's monumental trilogy Others shared pictures of the late actor, and of his final interviews, given to promote the film I'm Not There. Ledger had the Joker's long hair during that time, and was asked by some interviewers about his performance. When Ledger died, a narrative was floated around the internet which blamed his deep dive into the Joker character as having contributed to his death. Michael Jai White, one of Ledger's co-stars in The Dark Knight, in an earlier interview to the Hollywood Reporter, dismissed this idea. 'It upsets me that Heath gets put in a category, like he was a method actor who inhabited this darkness that consumed him because people write that story in their head,' he said. 'And that couldn't have been further from the truth. Heath was playful. When the director would say 'cut,' he would go back to this easygoing, very affable type of guy. Even when there was a day player or people in shorter roles, naturally they tend to give him his privacy and space, but Heath would be on the one initiating the conversation. He was that type of guy.' Here are some more tweets: In Loving Memory of Heath Ledger April 4, 1979 - January 22, 2008 pic.twitter.com/KJo4j3ozGa — femme fatale (@eliesaaab) January 22, 2019 "Never give up on the things in life that make you smile" Heath Ledger (April 4, 1979 - January 22, 2008) pic.twitter.com/884Bt2vW3Z — harman. (@woIgang) January 22, 2019 "When I die, my money's not gonna come with me. My movies will live on for people to judge what I was as a person." — Heath Ledger. pic.twitter.com/2UmCAGsgHI — kaz. (@galensdeathstar) January 22, 2019 some of Heath Ledger's artwork  pic.twitter.com/FYdpwlymAU — 풍풆풂  (@justgyllenhaal) January 19, 2019 It&dhapos;s been 11 years since we&dhapos;ve lost #HeathLedger (4/4/79-1/22/08) pic.twitter.com/BrRWEcpb4O — ~Oracle (@4eyedRaven) January 22, 2019 On #OscarNoms day, we remember Heath Ledger who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as The #Joker in 2008&dhapos;s #Batman film The Dark Knight. Ledger passed away on this day in 2008. Learn about his legacy to the Joker figure https://t.co/hOrobWMmGF pic.twitter.com/u8M7Mat7LH — Darknight Archivist ✌驪 (@HistoftheBatman) January 22, 2019 Today we are thinking of the late Heath Ledger. Ledger featured in Home and Away in addition to other television appearances. Ledger also won an Oscar, Golden Globe and a BAFTA award as the Best Actor in a Supporting Role as &dhapos;The Joker&dhapos; in The Dark Knight. pic.twitter.com/jUHidCKPby — Elstree Studios (@ElstreeStudios) January 22, 2019 Today its 11 years since Heath Ledger passed away. The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) is and will always be my favorite preformance of all time. I miss him so much. Rest in peace pic.twitter.com/HXlQscTj5M — Hermione (@spdrvrs) January 22, 2019 Everyone you meet always asks of you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are Happy - Heath ledger— Billionaire Mindset (@IntThings) January 16, 2019 function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}Dailyhunthttp://profile.hatena.ne.jp/seenveensz/

Why Cheat India movie review: One is left wondering, why?

Out of the multitude, the ones who make it, by hook or by crook, are survivors the entire nation looks up to; the ones who don't are losers who have nowhere to go. As many reports suggest, quite a few from among them, commit suicide too! Education, that is, perhaps, society's most critical responsibility, is at its lowest ebb. So, then, is the faulty education system? Or the over ambitious parents who are to be blamed for all the disastrous mess? Whatsoever is the cause, it's the scariest situation that needs immediate attention, and hardly anything is being done to address it! If you thought that Soumik Sen's Why Cheat India comes up with an answer, or at least looks at the aforementioned psychological concerns among children and their behavioural issues that often lead to suicides with grave concern, you'd be disappointed. While it does focus on a number of existing malpractices in our country's education system, or the whole concept of buying one's way through education, jobs and earnings, it loses track midway, and becomes yet another film where there is a 'hero' who may have erred, but still has a heart of gold. In any case, whatever wrong he commits, it wasn't only because the education system has not been evolving, but it was the combined misfortune of too many helpless victims that made him go wrong. As a theme, Why Cheat India picks one of the most pressing stories on the education system of India, with more and more gullible students desperate to please their families' dream get trapped in the quagmire of cheating, only to procure a seat in their desired college. It also focusses on the small towns of Jhansi and Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh where multinational companies have not heralded a vision for middle-class Indians to the extent that they have in cities like Gurgaon, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, to name a few. Despite three attempts, Rakesh Singh (Emraan Hashmi) could not make it to the medical exams. On the other hand, his brother who earned himself a degree in medicine makes a fortune in the US. He is quick to divert his attention to running a business that decidedly, helps many students attain their achievable dreams: by enrolling some of the brightest students into his game plan, he makes them sit for proxy exams for rich, but undeserving students who are unable to clear the entrance test. And thus, he makes them earn a degree. His so-called humanitarian act serves a twofold purpose: some unworthy students go on to fulfil their parents ambitions and become the prized catch for many. It also fills the coffers of many in the close nexus — professionals, ministers, school authorities, not to forget the go-getting pushy parents, even as quality education goes downhill and scams flourish in the country. One such bright boy, Satyadeep alias Sattu (Snigdhadeep Chatterjee), comes from a middle-class family and lives in morbid fear of his strict father's aspirations to dream of a better life. His impressionable mind serves as the most likely prey to Rakesh's scheming plan. Singh becomes almost ruthlessly smug (both as a character and as an actor too) to spearhead his ambition as the lead of the education mafia, and even behaves as if the entire nexus of many powers that are central to the scam are under his thumb. To be fair, Why Cheat India opens with some believable shots of Jaunpur and the intricacies associated with the aspirational middle class family. It soon, falls short of ideas to take it forward. Where it also falters is its skin-deep study of the wrongs in the system. The story fails to dig deep into what ails the entire world of men and women that ends in a malaise few can recover from. Hashmi may not be in his erstwhile mode of gangster-romantic-eternal lover that he has always played. But his slick fixer look is less earnest, and more swag. Whosoever gets into a fulltime business of making millions fraudulently runs the risk of looking hassled and bogged down by pressure, no matter how many strings he could pull to escape any eventuality. Not Hashmi. He delivers lines with an arrogant brash throughout. On the other hand, some unknown faces, especially those of Singdhadeep Chatterjee's as Sattu and Shreya Dhanwanthary's as Sattu's sister Nupur, who falls for the charms of Singh, are far more convincing. One wished there was a little more of them. For a narrative that has all the elements culled out from real incidents (almost everyday the newspapers are replete with stories of many teenagers unable to cope with the pressures of exam and parents, and taking their own lives) writer-director Sen has not invested much on the underlying grey area of drive, determination and desire getting eclipsed by malpractices. Or, the justification that most people tend to offer and turn dishonest and deceitful. In the climax — taking place in a typical courtroom — Hashmi's submission is as dramatic and theatrical as for one who was accustomed to seeing Sunny Deol in the 90s in potboilers. The only difference is: Hashmi's decibels don't hurt your ears. Or your sensibilities. The overstretched film also makes you wonder why the CBFC insisted on affixing 'Why' before the title 'Cheat India', when in reality, the title serves as a homonym: the first meaning eggs you on to go ahead, and deceive and double-cross to one's detriment or to one's heart's content; the other gives the image of the vast country as the one with unscrupulous morality as the basic fibre. No, I don't subscribe to the latter, but I respect any writer and filmmaker's creative efforts, and hence, would not be judgmental about their intents! ... Dailyhunthttp://www.feedbooks.com/user/4844083/profile

Land protest halts Gujarat highway

and was to be acquired from 63 mostly tribal villages, spanning four Lok Sabha seats, for a 93km road connecting Surat with Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, as part of the flagship Bharatmala project that Modi had launched in October 2017.Mandaviya's comments betrayed his anxiety about a possible tribal backlash."Only a primary survey was being carried out. This was not final. But some people were misguiding the villagers," he told reporters at the Surat circuit house on Thursday after a meeting with the agitating farmers."I want to assure the villagers that no land would be acquired without consultation with the farmers and the people's representatives - MLAs and MPs. I have ordered suspension of all work related to the project."Such is the BJP's nervousness that Mandaviya went on record saying he wouldn't mind a detour by an additional 25-30km but "the farmers should not be disturbed".Rupani said in Dang: "We are suspending the project for now. No land will be taken without talking to the farmers."In the 2017 Assembly polls in the home state of Modi and party president Amit Shah, the BJP won 99 of the state's 182 seats against the Congress's 77, watching its 2012 margin of 60-odd seats whittled down to just over 20.The BJP holds all the state's 26 Lok Sabha seats and is desperate to retain all of these at a time it is being increasingly seen as unsympathetic to the weaker sections like Dalits and tribal communities.On Monday, the displaced tribal villagers in Kevadiya colony where the Vallabhbhai Patel statue has come up will hold a demonstration demanding rehabilitation. Kevadiya is about 190km from Navsari."In such a situation, the government could not risk alienating the farmers and tribal people in four Lok Sabha seats. It could have had an impact on other seats as well," a BJP source said.Anant Patel, the Congress MLA from Vansda who had led Thursday's march, is not impressed with the announcements. "This is a lollipop: we are not going to stop our movement," he told this newspaper over the phone.He said the boycott of Modi's January 30 meeting was on. "They have arranged 80 buses for Vansda and 200 to 250 for Chikhili and Gandevi. No villager will attend any programme by Modi until he scraps the entire project," Patel said.Balubhai Patel, a resident of Pratapnagar village in Vansda, said: "About a month ago, some people came to measure the land. They said they were doing a survey for the Bharatmala project. We won't give up our land. That's why we have been protesting."The Bharatmala project envisages the development of 44 economic corridors, 66 inter corridors and 116 feeder routes. It was designed to develop highways across the country, including border roads, international connectivity roads, coastal roads, port connectivity roads and ring roads, measuring up to 65,000km.The first phase had a target of building 24,800km of roads by 2022. But the project has been marred by delays. 1674893 1671941 Dailyhunthttps://www.avitop.com/cs/members/zeeeneetaac.aspx

ED attaches assets worth Rs 2.09 crore of Rajasthan firm in chit fund case

It added that the company and its directors Satyendra Sharma and Sandhya Sharma acquired various immovable and movable properties 'out of the proceeds of crime'. The ED has attached a total of Rs 7.55 crore properties in this case so far. A charge sheet has also been filed by the ED in the case and the main accused Satyendra Sharma has been arrested and his bail has been rejected by the Rajasthan High Court, it said. Dailyhunthttp://www.feedbooks.com/user/4883150/profile

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