New India Journal

Chennai : Aarrush Ashok, 8-year school boy from Rajapalayam (Tamil Nadu), has got his name featured for performing Silambam,  a traditional Tamil martial art, with fire burning on both the poles for 50 seconds, as confirmed by the India Book of Records (IBR). Expressing his happiness over getting the record in his name, Aarrush said, “I have always wanted to do our traditional martial art with a twist and have managed to perform it by doing Silambam with fire burning on both poles. When the World is running towards westernization I wanted to excel in one of India ’s famous martial arts 'Silambam', adding a bit of thrill with fire, accomplishing the task at ease and make India proud. I even hope that someday soon, Silambam would be introduced in the Olympics.” He practiced twice a week. Otherwise also, he had been learning the basic Silambam for the past two years at school, as an extra curricular activity. On asking what was the main challenge, he said, “We tried to do the...

Ludhiana: As part of the CSR initiative of Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan (BSGSS), an NGO mentored by former civil servants, Nandita Bakshi, and Vijay Kumar Jha, launched a new training session at its Skill Development Training Centre for Women. The NGO has been functional in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and UP for the past two decades.   The training centre conducts programmes for women in four disciplines, namely Cutting-Tailoring, Beauty Culture, Computer Operation and English Speaking. The programmes have enabled the beneficiaries to learn new skills and boost their confidence to realize their potential and explore new opportunities for employment and income generation.   B V Gokhale, Chief Manager-HR and Rajesh Kashyap, Executive (Ben-Admn) NR of BPCL, interacted with 30 beneficiaries from the  previous batches to evaluate the efficacy of the project being run at at Dorangla in Gurdapsur district. Ov...