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Amitabh Bachchan gives a behind-the-scenes interview for the English and Hindi language versions of the TeachAIDS animations at his office in Mumbai, India.
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I normally wear turbans at one-time I had the largest collection of hats stetsons bowlers derby etc I loved hats I still have some and some of my stetsons were worn by Mr Adnan Sami and Mr Amitabh Bachchan ..I was crazy about Australian cowboy hats two of them I gifted to Mr Girish Mistry .
I gave Govinda a unique one in Maharajah and all the hats caps in Tridev worn by Mr Naseerudin Shah were from my collection.
Now I have a lot of Karakul kashmiri caps my love for wearing turbans began from Khuda Gawah as Mukul Anand Sab made me tie the Pathani safas for Dannyji that I got from a son of Mr Karim Lala who had their shop at Dongri .
But wearing the pathani safa used to get me into trouble at the naka bandis with the Mumbai cops ..so I began tying it the Rajasthani way more of bandani etc the length of my safa has been 4 .5 meters but this Urus at Makanpur Syed Masoom Ali baba advised me to grow my dreads and wear a 9 meter safa I got this 9 meter safa from a friend it was his family safa so today I wore a black 9 meter safa made from imported Egyptian muslin I had it dyed I will post the picture later I will get another dyed in saffron for the Hindu part of my cultural ethos .
My dreads are on hold till my diabetic dry boils heal...the only problem in long hair is they make it very difficult for me to do Kamazani during Moharam.
And my bald head has more furrows than you will see on a field ..
Lol .
Last night I was at Mr Shakti Kapoors house I had tailored two sexy waistcoats for him and he is a real rock star ..he has been my guardian angel in Bollywood ..I have given him unique looks but the best look was as Marathi women with Mr Kadar Khan in Eena Meena Deeka ...we go a very long way back .
Shiva Shakti Foods in one of the shops I use regularly and it’s on 4 - 6 Macdonald Road, Leicester, LE4 5HD. It caters for all things Asian in the heart of the Asian shopping area –Belgrave Road.
Rajesh Pabari is one of the three brothers who own and runs the shop.
He has a jovial personality, very friendly and always cracking jokes with you as you come to the till. He puts a smile on your face and I highly recommend you go and meet him.
I asked Rajesh Pabari the history of his shop. Its only when you talk to the person that you meet the real person behind the till. Their hopes, dreams, struggles and how they arrived where they are today. We all have our stories.
He said his father Dwarkadas Pabari bought a single terraced house on 4 McDonald Road in 1982 to open a shop that would cater for all the Asian food stuff. Dwarkadas was married to wife Manglaben.
Rajesh said the people in the area appreciated the shop where their daily Asian goods could be purchased.
His father passed away at a young age of about 47 and the three brothers had to grow up quickly learning the skill. Hasmukh was the eldest of the three brothers. He took over the business and quickly learnt the ropes of shop keeping.
The family bond was strong. His other two younger brothers Rajesh and Kamlesh left study to join in running the shop. After their father’s death the shop could easily have closed down but their hard work and sheer determination paid off.
The business was made successful and an opportunity arose to buy the house next door. They managed to secure its purchase and expanded the premises.
As luck would have it, a few years another opportunity to buy the third house also came knocking.
Today they have converted these three properties into a mini supermarket that caters well for the much needed Asian food supplies. It is run by sons oldest Hasmukh, then Rajesh and youngest Kamlesh Pabari.
Rajesh told me one of the highlight of working here was when a couple met in the same shop after many years. Apparently as children both of them used to come to the shop with their parents. The couple remembers their lives as childrens playing and running around in the shop. The boy’s family believed to have moved to London, but many years later the girl and boy met each other in the same shop! They became good friends and were married only 2 years ago (2016). Rajesh thinks the wedding may have been on Valentine’s Day. Perhaps Rajesh can fill you in with more if you happen to visit the area.
Some of the other highlights of working in the shop is that they have seen a fair few celebrities in the area and even inside their shop!
Its not everyday that a big film star from India turns up in your shop in Leicester. But this is exactly what happened when Bollywood Film actress Simi Ghrewal dropped in to buy a box of mangoes. Excited as they were, they did maintain a professional and friendly attitude.
Dev Ananda once dropped in to buy some fruits and Tun Tun also dropped in to do some shopping.
Rajesh said he remembers Teresa May also dropping into his shop for something –which he cant remember now. Off course Keith Vaz and other Councillors also drop by.
Rajesh said the BBC has quite often done interviews of them whenever something occured in the Belgrave area to obtain opinions. One such time was when Mega Star of Indian film industry --Amitabh Bachchan arrived at the Belgrave Commercial centre exactly opposite their shop in 1990! They had good view of the star from their upstairs window.
I was there too! I remember thousands packed into the car park of the Belgrave Commercial centre to get a glimpse of the star. I have a cutting from the Leicester Mercury of that day.
Another amazing event he remembers was when two ladies in their 70s suddenly started to hug and laugh out loudly with joy and tears. Rajesh asked what was going on. Excitedly they said that they had just met after 40 years of separation! They used to be good friends in Africa, but after coming to UK they lost contact. Strangely they both lived in London and only a few blocks away from each other but never managed to bump into each other. And after 40 years -- most strange -- they both happen to be in Leicester at the same time and both happen to be in his shop! What a meeting that must have been. You can’t make this up!
Belgrave Road is not only a major shopping area of all things Asians, it is also an ‘educational centre’ where school children from different schools come on trips in the summer to see and learn about the cultures of Indians in Leicester. I have quite often seen these school children myself. Rajesh said that his shop has become one of the must visit places on Belgrave Road to see the many variety of Indian foods on sale. Their shop has become a sort of ‘cultural hub’ for learning.
Leicester College has conducted an interviews of some of the shops in the area and his was one of them. The college said they will revisit this interview in 50years times to see how the area has changed or developed.
He said the BBC and Central TV have been in his shop quite a few times. One time to interview a chap who grew a very large onion. Rajesh thinks the chap may have won an award but cannot recall at the minute. However he did manage to take a photo which was stored in his phone. I asked if I could take the photo as well and he kindly obliged.
My other photos also shows Rajesh in the shop and the inside of the shop. He also me some of the other photos he had stored in his phone. A picture of a large water melon that he sold in the shop. A picture of him holding very large mangoes he obtained from Indian after the Mango ban not too long ago. 2015 I believe. A very large custard Apple that was sold for about £18.00! A large slice of Jack fruit sold for £6.49.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed writing.
The photos are for your pleasure.
Don’t forget to say hello to Rajesh and his brothers if you are in the area.
He still has many stories to tell.
Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, India, Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18, India, Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge, India, Johan C. Aurik, Global Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board, A.T. Kearney, USA and Sanjeev Sharma, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, ABB, Indiaat the India Economic Summit 2016 in New Delhi, India, Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Politician, Actor Shatrughan Sinha and Jaey Gajera snapped together at the launch of Sinha's biography 'Anything but Khamosh'
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Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, India, Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC, India, Susmita Mohanty, Chief Executive Officer, Earth2Orbit Consulting, India, Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of.Drinking Water and Sanitation, India and Amarjit Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources of India, India captured during the Session:"Water-Secure India" at the India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi, India, Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015
2015 FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
San Francisco, CA, USA
7:30-8:30 am
BREAKFAST CONCURRENTS
INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING
Traditional manufacturing methods are being supplanted by technology-enabled approaches. These new systems are dramatically improving productivity, changing the nature of supply chains, and disrupting industries on a global basis. Significant trends include the Internet of Things, the continuing improvement in artificial intelligence, and other new technologies such as 3D printing. This session will explore the manufacturing revolution and put the spotlight on future trends and their implications for global business.
Panelists:
Maximilian Conze, Chief Executive Officer, Dyson Limited
Joseph M. DeSimone, CEO & Co-Founder, Carbon3D
Helmuth Ludwig, Executive Vice President, Digital Enterprise Realization and Chief Manufacturing Officer, Siemens Corp.
Mike McNamara, Chief Executive Officer, Flex
Jerome A. Peribere, President and CEO, Sealed Air
Moderator:
Brian O’Keefe, Fortune
Introduction:
Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Intelligent Manufacturing Track, hosted by Make in India
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Prem Chopra and Jaey Gajera snapped together at the launch of Shatrughan Sinha's biography 'Anything but Khamosh'
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Muhurat of Dharam Kanta, August 1978. Sunil Dutt switched on the camera and Amitabh Bachchan gave the clap.
From the left (front row): Sunil Dutt, Sulakshna Pandit, Reena Roy, Sultan Ahmed (producer/director), Amitabh Bachchan .
From the left (at the back): Rajesh Khanna, Raaj Kumar
Shah Rukh Khan at Madame Tussauds London in the Bollywood zone along with Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan.
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Amitabh Chandra
McCance Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
Esther Krofah
Senior Director, FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute
Pat Furlong
President and CEO, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
In the 1975 blockbuster, Deewar, the baddie played by Amitabh Bachchan asks his upright police officer brother, ‘mere paas bangla hai, gaadi hai, paisa hai, tere paas kya hai?’ (I have a bungalow, car, and cash, what do you have?). And pat came the reply, ‘mere paas maa hai.’ (I have got my mother)…
Well, that was the Bollywood of yesteryears with its high pitch melodrama. The industry, starting 90s have gone for a major course correction with a new and energetic breed of filmmakers challenging accepted social and moral clichés. And for once, the audience have been receptive to this trend of film making embodied by young guns like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, Dibakar Banerjee, to name a few.
So when music director A R Rehman exulted ‘mere paas maa hai’ while on stage to collect his multiple Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire, I was somewhat perplexed…
here’s to the memory of times past, with a wish to re-visit and not re-enact…Jai Ho!!!
Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, India speaking at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 17, 2017
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Amitabh Chandra
McCance Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
Esther Krofah
Senior Director, FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute
For all the non-Hindi speaking friends, the first line on the pic is taken from a beautiful song from a Bollywood movie from 80s. Keukenhof was an unknown name to most of us (atleast to me) until we came across this beautiful song from movie Silsila. It was beautifully shot in the Keukenhof gardens and trust me when I visited the place, my mind of just visualizing scenes from the movie.
One word to describe the place - BEAUTIFUL.
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K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Duke University
Amitabh Chandra
McCance Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University