Saturday, July 30, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Score in Google Plus on 30 July 2016 at 4.50 pm was 14210505 Views

Dinesh Kamath's Score in Google Plus on 30 July 2016 at 4.50 pm was 14210505 Views (Fourteen Million, Two Lakhs, Ten Thousand, Five Hundred Five Views)


Thursday, July 28, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'India will benefit if Hillary Clinton becomes US President' that was published in Newsband

India will benefit if Hillary Clinton becomes US President
Hillary Clinton has been nominated by Democratic Party as its candidate for the U.S. presidential election. This is a moment of pride for both the Democratic Party and Ms. Clinton. This is the first time a major American party is nominating a woman as a presidential candidate. Historical day for America as the Democratic Party has nominated a women candidate for the presidential race. It shows in developed country, it has taken over 200 years a women to become a candidate.
What people like about Ms. Clinton is that she “understands” the concerns of the working people and the need to invest more in education. Ms. Clinton has overcome a major hurdle in the presidential race. She is in a better position to win than her adversary. Ms. Clinton appears to have the edge over Mr. Trump. She got the most number of votes in the primaries. She is in a better position to win women and minority votes than Mr. Trump. Ms. Clinton represents a more inclusive, democratic and efficient America. Everybody believes Ms Clinton is the lesser evil than Trump. Hence Ms. Clinton stands a fair chance to become the first woman president of the U.S.
America needs iron hands to deal with terrorism. At this juncture the USA requires someone with experience in Government. Hillary has it. If elected, she has to build consensus on major issues. The top rich have to be persuaded to be more realistic. The rich are too rich and cannot contribute to mass consumption nor to build industry. The professionals are not getting their reward adequately. There is greater scope for improving the incomes of people at middle and lower levels. Working women require support. The weaker sections of the population require much greater attention. Greater immigration is required to balance the human resources as part of globalization. Start-ups require special attention. The developed world would have to borrow some of the ideas of the developing countries. Consumption leads an economy to grow. Consumption-orientation is possible only when incomes grow in real terms at lower levels and all over the country. Hope Hillary will rise to the occasion.
Mrs Clinton has a lot of personal baggage to clear as well including a probable perjury allegation among others that could become the prominent theme in the contest as the fight now starts. Free thinking people will have some reluctance against a dynasty tendency in the democracy as well. There is much to watch in the ensuing months.

As far as India is concerned, Ms. Clinton’s inclusive way of handling Indo-Pakistan relationship is remembered by all Indians. For India, Ms. Hillary Clinton is an old friend, she would pick up the components of the bilateral relationship effortlessly. The key point for Hillary Clinton to succeed is convince people that she can be trusted. More than any previous election, this is one where the world feels almost as much of a stakeholder as the American people.

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Dishoom, Bade Farishte Ji (BFG), Bad Moms, Ghost Busters and Murder Madhuri) that was published in Newsband


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Dishoom

Dishoom is an Indian action-adventure film written and directed by Rohit Dhawan. The film stars John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem and Akshaye Khanna. The film's score is composed by Abhijit Vaghani and the film's musical numbers were composed by Pritam Chakraborty.
When India's top batsman goes missing in the Middle East, two cops from either side of the Arabian Sea team for a 36 -hour man hunt. Multi starred Dishoom is an Action Adventure film in which there are lots of fighting scenes. The film has decent fighting, dialogues, comedy and also good story. In the film John Abraham and Varun Dhawan are working together on case of missing Virat. Their mission is to find where is Virat and suspect that he is kidnapped by Akshaye Khanna, who is playing villain role. Nargis Fakhri is also playing on Villain side. Thus the film has the two muscular buddies riding on a stylish vehicle chasing someone determinately. John Abraham is wearing brown shervani accompanied by Varun Dhawan, in dark green shervani. John Abraham and Varun Dhawan are doing role of cops.
The film has John Abraham as Kabir Shergill, Varun Dhawan as Junaid Ansari, Jacqueline Fernandez as Ishika, Akshaye Khanna as Rahul (Wagah), Saqib Saleem as Cricketer Viraj and Akshay Kumar in cameo appearance.
The music for Dishoom is composed by Pritam while lyrics have been penned by Kumaar, Mayur Puri and Asish Pandit. The film has songs like "Sau Tarah Ke", "Toh Dishoom", "Jaaneman Aah (Version 1)", "Sau Tarah Ke Revisited", "Jaaneman Aah (Version 2)", "Ishqa" and "Subha Hone Na De (Remix)". 

Bade Farishte Ji (BFG)

The BFG is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. In the film, an orphan human girl befriends a benevolent giant, dubbed the "Big Friendly Giant", who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
The BFG tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows, but Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see the Queen (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.

Bad Moms

Bad Moms is a 2016 American comedy film directed and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Mumolo, Jay Hernandez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Christina Applegate.
Amy Mitchell has a seemingly perfect life – a great marriage, over-achieving kids, beautiful home and a career. However, she's over-worked, over-committed and exhausted to the point that she's about to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other over-stressed moms on a quest to liberate themselves from conventional responsibilities – going on a wild binge of long-overdue freedom, fun and self-indulgence – putting them on a collision course with PTA Queen Bee Gwendolyn and her clique of devoted perfect moms.

Ghost Busters

Ghostbusters is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Feig and Katie Dippold. The third feature film in the Ghostbusters series, it stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones as four women who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. The film also stars Neil Casey, Cecily Strong, Andy GarcĂ­a, Michael Kenneth Williams, Matt Walsh and Chris Hemsworth.
Thirty years after the original film took the world by storm, Ghostbusters is back and fully rebooted for a new generation. Director Paul Feig combines all the paranormal fighting elements that made the original franchise so beloved with a cast of new characters, played by the funniest actors working today.

Murder Madhuri

Murder Madhuri has Ali Mohamed Oosman as Producer-Director and Distributor is Ayub Khan of E4U Enterprises with the cast of the film like Deepshikha Nagpal, Sharad Saxena, Sonali Joshi, Ali Mohamed Oosman and Ayub Khan. The film is based on Delhi bus rape and murder case.

Narrating the gruesome tale of Nirbhaya - the Delhi braveheart - who was raped in 2012 (and later succumbed to her injuries), the film takes us through the aftermath of the incident. Recounting the horrific incidents of the Delhi rape case is enough to run chills down your spine. It is shocking, almost offensive, that a film that is meant to salute the spirit of Nirbhaya trivializes her story. 

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's news 'Birds and snakes feel vulnerable during monsoon' that was published in Newsband

Birds and snakes feel vulnerable during monsoon
By Dinesh Kamath


NAVI MUMBAI: Like every year, there were problems that occurred during rainy season. One of the most prominent incident are falling of trees. The activists are worried about such incident only because falling of trees resulted in death or injury of birds which had built their nests on those fallen trees. These animal activists have sought the cooperation of Navi Mumbai residents to save such birds.
This time, in Navi Mumbai, there has been quite many cases of trees having fallen during heavy rains. There were activists and also city residents who had found birds who were residing on the trees having been in distress.
The activists of the city have managed to rescue quite many such birds in distress. In addition they have appealed to the city residents through facebook, Whatsapp and with other online methods to cooperate with them in saving the birds.
These activists feel pity for those birds who find themselves homeless after they lose their nests which they had made on the fallen trees. Not only these activists, but also other social organizations, other city residents, and fire brigade officials are engaging themselves in the task of rescuing birds in distress.
Besides falling trees which affect the birds, the other creature which finds itself vulnerable during rainy season is snake. These snakes could be small or long. Some snakes are poisonous. The animal activists have also been making desperate attempts to save the snakes. When the rain falls, these snakes tend to take shelter in the residences. When they get trapped somewhere or in danger of being killed by some city residents, the activists play their roles of rescuing them. These snakes are of various types and different lengths and colours.
There are many city residents who panic when they spot the snake and they try to kill it. Such incidents are common particularly during rainy season when the snakes tend to take shelter in residences owing to wet condition outside. They even lay eggs in these homes. These snakes are also seen in market areas where they lie in wait for rats upon which they prey.
The animal activists are trying to create among the residents awareness about how the snakes should be treated when spotted. These activists have created helplines for those who want them to tackle the snakes. During the rains this time, these activists received many calls for help from the residents who spotted snakes.
The activists do face tough time in dealing with the snakes but they yet rescue these creatures somehow or the other. Such is their passion for safety of animals. These activists not only deal with snakes, but also reptiles, scorpions and other creatures who are found inside or near the residences during rainy season. These creatures tend to take shelter in dry homes to escape from rain.

The activists keep on appealing to the city residents not to kill or play with such creatures. They also tell them to be careful since some such creatures are poisonous. They train people in matter of how to deal with such creatures when spotted. They also caution them to keep distance from such creatures since they can be harmful. The activists when informed about these creature rush to the spot where they are lying and place them in safe places or zoos. These city activists treat even animals like humans. Such is their passion.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Tax non-essential food items' that was published in Newsband

Tax non-essential food items
Levying additional taxes on non-essential food items that are rich in fat or calories can effectively alter food choices. There will be dip in consumption levels in foodstuff. Sugar-sweetened drinks will drop in intake. Such foods are also sold by branded restaurants and consumed by the higher middle and upper classes.
If our government is serious about reining in consumption of unhealthy food, then there are several measures it should quickly adopt. The first is to set a threshold limit for fat and/or calorie and tax all foods items that are above this limit. Bringing sugar-sweetened drinks and refined products under the taxable product list should be a priority. There is no reason why packaged food items that have high salt content should not be additionally taxed. Similarly, a very high rate of tax should be charged on food items that contain trans fats. Trans fatty acids pose serious coronary risks.
The food being sold in India market should be regulated and approved by competent authorities; be it a local shops or MNCs. Let us control health and safety concerns at the very beginning itself. Periodic testing and penalties will improve the quality significantly. Why should customers suffer by paying more for junk food? We should also tax non-vegetarian food to reduce global warming, which is a far greater threat than obese people.
Places like MacDonalds are heavily taxed already. The Government has no love for citizens, as there is lot of street food which is not healthy, which is not taxed. They are doing it only to make money. Agreed that there are popular food courts which are producing "food" items not conducive for promotion of good health. Some of them contain items which are not good for health, others are found to be producing items with high salt or sugar content. An international company producing noodles is using maida which is decidedly not good for health but this company puts up claims that its products are "good" for health and also puts wrong information on its packages that it contains wheat flour while it uses actually refined wheat flour which is nothing but maida.
Taxing energy rich fast food is a good idea. Slashing price for healthy supplement will not drag feet from pizza or burger corners. But merely taxing fat rich food is not the solution. Tax subsidies should be given to healthy foods like protein supplements, Soya products etc which will give positive push to the people to change their food habits.

All food items which do not conform to the World Health Organisation standards and specially those applicable to Indians should be heavily taxed. There is no reason why the Cola giants should be encouraged to go ahead with products which are proven to be health hazards especially for the youth of the country.

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Madaari, Ishq Click, Love Ke Funday, Kabali, MCream, Lights Out and Star Trek Beyond) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Madaari

Madaari is an Indian social-thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat, presented by Bharat Shah and produced by Shailesh Singh, Madan Paliwal, Sutapa Sikdar and Shailja Kejriwal and co-produced by Kshitiz Bhardwaj. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Vishesh Bansal, Jimmy Shergill, Tushar Dalvi and Nitesh Pandey.
The film has Irrfan Khan as Nirmal Kumar, Vishesh Bansal as Rohan Goswami, Jimmy Shergill as Nachiket Verma, Tushar Dalvi as Prashant Goswami, Nitesh Pandey as Sanjay Jagtap and Sadhil Kapoor as Cheeku.
We are a burgeoning nation of 125 crore people in which the powered call the shots. The relationship is symbolic of that between a madari (street performer) and jhamoora (sidekick). The one holding the damroo (a small two-headed drum) of power makes the other dance to his tunes. But what if the damroo changes hands and lands in the hands of the common man? And those usually played around with take over the reins of the game? Madari is social thriller pertinent to the current political scenario in India. In this movie, a man (Irrfan Khan) seeks answers and accountability after losing everything in a disaster.

Ishq Click

Ishq Click is a 2016 Bollywood Romantic film, directed by Anil Balani and produced by Ajay Jaiswal and Satish Tripathi. It stars Adhyayan Suman and Sara Loren. The film is based on the life of a supermodel from Mumbai who struggles very hard to become a top model and a photographer who helps her in her struggle.
From Mumbai, a girl; Sophie Dias (Sara Loren), struggles too hard to become a top Super Model and during her struggle she meets a photographer; Aditya Vardhan (Adhyayan Suman), who helps her throughout her efforts and also falls in love with her. In other words, Ishq Click is a romantic movie that revolves around a girl from Mumbai who struggles hard to become a top model. During her struggle, she meets a photographer who helps her out and in the process and also falls in love with her. This is the story of Aditya a struggling photographer holidaying in the beautiful valleys of Himachal Pradesh, where he meets a pretty girl Sophie and happens to click her while sight-seeing. Post which he tries to befriend her but has many failed attempts. He also loses focus from his own career as he can see no one beyond Sophie in his life. On befriending Sophie he persuades her to try modelling in the City of dreams Mumbai. As luck would have it her stunningly perfect looks work well for her career making her one of the topmost models. However Aditya is yet to find his ground as his parents are pushy and career oriented pressuring Aditya to become serious with his career. He also hugely depends on Sophie for money, networking and personal gains. One fine day Aditya meets Ira, daughter of a successful photographer Mr Mehta, at a family event and soon turns to her for his personal benefits. Realizing the struggle that goes into becoming a successful photographer Aditya takes a shortcut by using his connect with Ira to climb up the career ladder. They get married and Aditya now achieves a decent career status. Ira the smart young woman of today, soon gets to know all about Adityas past. She also throws in a legal charge of infidelity against Aditya in support of Sophie. Meanwhile Aditya’s past haunts him and his guilt eats into his peace and he imagines that Sophie has committed suicide due to him. While in reality it is just Aditya’s guilty conscience that makes him hallucinate. What happens to Aditya when ex-lovers team up together is something this love saga shall reveal in theatres soon.
The film has Adhyayan Suman as Aditya Vardhan and Sara Loren as Sophie Dias.
Soundtrack album is by Satish-Ajay. The Soundtrack Have Singers Included Ankit Tiwari, Mohammed Irfan, Nakash Aziz, Neeti Mohan, Amanat Ali Khan, Shalmali Kholgade, Hricha Narayan, Anamika Singh, Ajay Jaiswal. The film has songs like "Mana Tujhi Ko Khuda (Duet)", "Dhai Akhar", "Ishq Mein", "Kuhu Bole", "Mana Tujhi Ko Khuda (Reprise)", "Mana Tujhi Ko Khuda (Solo)", "Ka Dekhun (Duet)", "Ka Dekhun (Solo)", "Abhi Ajnabee Version 1", "Abhi Ajnabee Version 2", "Ka Dekhun (Unplugged)", "Ka Dekhun (Duet) 2" and "Mana Tujhi Ko Khuda (Remix)".

Love Ke Funday

Love Ke Funday is a 2016 Bollywood film directed by Indravesh Yogee with star cast consisting of Shaleen Bhanot, Ashutosh Kaushik, Puja Banerjee, Shamiksha Bhatnagar, Rishank Tiwari, and Ritika Gulati. The film is produced by Faiz Anvar.
The film Love Ke Funday is a romantic love story. The story of the film is of different youth couples who get indulged in different issues but not the usual ones seen in our day to day lives. The suspense will be seen mounting as the film released and goes beyond the interval. This story is about today's youth's point of view and relationship status just like the Face book and Whatsapp status. They change the status when the mood changes. Love is just a game that they understand and want to play it in every way. And they have the same Funday and love ends up on bed. But they forget what will happen when they really fall in love. They forget about the climax of that love game, what will happen when love will play with them. Aryan is a Casanova who doesn’t believe in love. He has one universal triple F formula that he uses in his life. One Soni meets Aryan accidently since she is trying to find true love in this fake world of today. She is literally impressed by him and accepts him as her love guru and slowly begins to love him. But Love as a word in Aryan's dictionary does not exist. Similarly there are love affairs involving Sandy, Annu, Manan, Nikhil, Riya, Jassi and so on. Finally it's all about that who reaches their true love and whose relationship takes a new turn.

Kabali

Kabali is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language gangster-drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Rajinikanth as the title character, whilst Taiwanese actor Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Dhansika, Dinesh Ravi, Kalaiyarasan, and John Vijay star in other pivotal roles.
The film has Rajinikanth as Kabaleeshwaran, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte as Kumudhavalli, Dhansika, Dinesh Ravi as Jeeva, Kishore, Kalaiyarasan, John Vijay, Riythvika as Meena and Rosyam Nor.
During the Britisher’s ruling in India before Independence, many families moved to Malaysia as workers or laborers. The family of Kabaleeswaran is also one among the migrating families. How Kabaleeswaran turned into Kabali to revoke their battle? – that is what the movie depicts. Kabali is setup with Malaysian backdrop. It is a story of an aged gangster (Rajinikanth) who tries to protect his family and his business from his enemies.

MCream

M Cream is a 2014 Indian road movie written and directed by Agneya Singh. It follows the exploits of four rebellious friends who set out on a road trip in pursuit of a mythic drug. The film has been noted for its realistic portrayal of India's new generation.
Several college students from Delhi embark on a road trip to the far reaches of the Himalayas to obtain a mythical form of hash. Figs is the typical cynic one finds lurking in the expansive lawns of Delhi University. Entangled in a web of drugged out delirium, he’s the quintessential rebel. His world is thrown into disarray when his conservative parents begin to chalk out a strategy for his future. Things only become worse when a sudden scarcity of hash deprives Figs of his favourite pastime. Unable to cope with the situation, Figs joins forces with his best friend Maggie on a quest to attain M Cream, a mythical form of hash. They hastily devise a plan to trek to the far reaches of the Himalayas in pursuit of this goal. Maggie ropes in her boyfriend Niz, who’s purportedly headed to the hills on a photo assignment. Unbeknownst to Figs, the trio is joined by Jay, a close friend of Niz. Chaos ensues as the reckless travelers journey across the Himalayan expanse. The road trip results in a series of unexpected encounters that begin to unravel the myriad realities of rebellion. Difficult choices are made and uncomfortable sides are taken as Figs and the others begin to comprehend the mysterious ways of the world we live in.
The film has Imaad Shah as Figs, Ira Dubey as Jay, Barry John as Vishnu Das, Auritra Ghosh as Maggie, Raaghav Chanana as Niz, Tom Alter as Mr Bhardwaj, Lushin Dubey as Mrs Bhardwaj and Beatrice Ordeix as Marie Sartre.

Lights Out

Lights Out is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by David F. Sandberg in his major directorial debut and written by Eric Heisserer. The film stars Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Billy Burke and Maria Bello. It is based on Sandberg's 2013 short film of the same name and features Lotta Losten.
A young woman struggles to protect her brother from a malevolent spirit connected to their mother's past. When Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin (Gabriel Bateman), is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that had once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment to their mother, Sophie (Maria Bello), has re-emerged. But this time, as Rebecca gets closer to unlocking the truth, there is no denying that all their lives are in danger…once the lights go out. Collapse

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by Justin Lin from a screenplay by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, based on the series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series after Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their roles as Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, with Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho and Anton Yelchin reprising their roles from the previous films, with Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella joining the cast.

The crew of the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, are attacked by a seemingly unstoppable wave of unknown aliens, forcing them to abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, the crew find themselves in conflict with a new and ruthless enemy. Thus the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'PM’s diplomatic visit to Africa' that was published in Newsband

PM’s diplomatic visit to Africa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi drew a link between Indian and South African cultures during his four-nation visit to Africa. He spoke about the historical links between India and African nations with a unique warmth. He outlined his focus areas: energy, food and maritime security. He stopped at Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya.
India has been slow to upgrade ties with Africa and we have to be careful of China’s formidable presence in the continent. China’s current hold in trade and investment in Africa is three times India’s, and South Africa, for instance, has a key role in promoting the Maritime Silk Route programme as part of the One Belt One Road initiative. China may be bigger in Africa but India is senior. The cultural links and presence of India is stronger. It is time it should be leveraged. Private players can do it best with a little help from Indian government.
Africa is a continent of 54 countries, and each has diverse reasons to improve ties with India — from sharing low-cost technologies and pharmaceuticals, building on the Solar Alliance and renewable energies, growing markets for each other’s goods and trade connectivity.
Modi’s critics say that he was diplomatic enough to avoid mentioning his concern over racism in India that students and others from Africa often face. But one way Modi was right. You do not wash your dirty laundry in public. But you wear your best clothes when you are being watched. The same goes for the content of the speech. The racial matters would be discussed with the leaders of the African states. Besides, the speech was for Indian diaspora in Africa. What is the relevance of bringing racial matters in India against Africans at that event? It is best to deal with it internally and not give it undue attention in Africa, lest it becomes a talking point there and put Indians there at risk.
It can be a part of the address of the PM when African dignitaries are being hosted in India so that it reaches the Indian people and the African leaders. That is the right audience for it. Nothing will be achieved by giving it the spotlight in Africa.
In addition to racism, the major issue between India and South African nations is the crimes being committed by the people from those countries who come into India for studies or business and get involved in drug trafficking and Internet fraud of bogus lottery and other crimes. By overstaying beyond Visa period they are causing big loss to innocent people from South India and being headache to police.

Thus Prime Minister’s visit to African countries is highly diplomatic during which he emphasised the trade connectivity with African nations and the assurance for eliminating racism. 

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Dinesh Kamath intends to be a Big-Time Actor and Film-Maker

Dinesh Kamath intends to be a Big-Time Actor and Film-Maker

Hi Friends, 
I seriously intend to be a Big-Time Actor and Film-Maker. I've learnt the art of film making in my own hard way and that too with the help of my mobile phone camera. Ive also discovered my own method of making animation films. I've made quite many films - whether documentary or animation or other short films. Another thing is I've learnt the art of Editing too. I can do editing of films with the editing facility that is available in my mobile phone camera. I can also do editing with the help of Window Movie Maker. Editing, as you all know, is an important aspect of film-making and I feel that I am quite a good film editor. As far as acting is concerned, I've performed quite many times in front of my mobile phone camera and these films I have put in my youtube and Blog and Google Plus. To be frank, my Acting performances and Film making abilities have been appreciated by many, if not all. Hence I would like to go ahead and try and become a Big Time Actor and Film Maker. Bye!

Dinesh Kamath as an Online Actor


Saturday, July 16, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Stunning achievement by NASA' that was published in Newsband

Stunning achievement by NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Juno spacecraft has successfully entered the orbit around Jupiter. Unlike its predecessor, the Galileo spacecraft that explored the planet between 1995 and 2003, Juno will study Jupiter much more thoroughly given the array of nine scientific instruments that it carries on board. The scientists now expect to collect enough informat
ion to further our understanding of how the giant planet was formed some 4.5 billion years ago, and of the origins of the solar system. The amount of water it contains and the nature of its core will provide clues about where the planet formed early in the system’s life span.
Juno's 2.8 billion km voyage has once again signalled the triumph of modern science & technology. This successful flight also underscores a basic philosophy for human existence: that scientific method is the most fruitful way of opening up & verifying new horizons of reality. And through this increasing knowledge of our cosmic surroundings comes a new, humble self-awareness: our precarious, contingent existence on this planet
Congratulations to the scientists, astronomers, and even the ordinary people who toiled to prepare the spacecraft and others administrative and lower rung workers without whom such mission would have not been possible.
Juno is currently the most exciting and forward level Space exploration ever, since the NASA embarked on their first First Ten Year timed Mission of "Landing Man on the Moon" that began in 1961, announced by the then President John F. Kennedy. While these are important attempts to learn and earn natural phenomena that occurred at the level of the Universe, and costs trillions of dollars and material resources from the earth getting used up, there are many mundane problems of earth, such as Poverty, Ethnic Fights/Terror problems and Global warming - all of these would have to be answered at the same level of the importance given to Space probes and Space technology developments.

This is indeed a stunning achievement by NASA. We look forward to the day when ISRO too sends spacecraft beyond the Asteroid Belt.

Friday, July 15, 2016

Video: Dinesh Kamath enacts 'Moe Greene and Michael Corleone' scene from movie ...

Dinesh Kamath's news 'Heart Foundation along with Fleet Forum initiates Road Safety programme in ten schools in Mumbai' that was published in Newsband

Heart Foundation along with Fleet Forum initiates Road Safety programme in ten schools in Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Above Picture:- Dr. Jayakar Ellis talking to the students of Mori Municipal School, Mahim.
Above Picture: From right:- Mr. Vivek Sinha, Fleet Forum, Mr. Singh of SVE High School, Dr. Jayakar Ellis and Ravinder Lal at the launch of Road Safety Program.
NAVI MUMBAI: Heart Foundation, a Navi Mumbai based NGO, in association with the International NGO, Fleet Forum, launched Road Safety Education program for the students of 6th, 7th and 8th standards at ten schools in Jogeshwari, Mahim & Matunga from 4th to 8th July 2016 respectively.
The seven-week activity-based training program aimed at spreading awareness about pedestrian and travelling safety among children aged between 12 and 14 years.
During the launch at St. Mary High School, Jogeshwari, the Chief Guest, Senior Traffic Police Inspector Mr. Nitin Yadav, while stressing on the importance of following road safety rules said: “People need to be responsible for their own safety. Unless that happens, the road accident rate is unlikely to come down. It is important to inculcate road safety rules right from childhood.”
Talking at the launch, Mr. Vivek Sinha, Project Manager, Fleet Forum said that safety is one of the top priorities for the School. He said, “Fleet Forum realises that students are the best messengers to spread road safety awareness in the society. This is the reason why we have designed a road safety program for students of this age group”.
The dignitaries launched workbooks that are going to be used for training. The launch also included a Solidarity Walk in which students held placards with road safety slogans and took out a rally on the road.
“This is the third consecutive year where we have been able to teach around 2400 students in 24 schools of Navi Mumbai, Mulund, Thane, Jogeshwari, Mahim & Matunga. The trainers are basically underprivileged youth from Navi Mumbai and Mumbai whom we have trained and they will be teaching these students. We explain to the students on how to be safe, follow traffic rules and through that they can save their lives and of others too” said Dr. Jayakar Ellis, President, Heart Foundation.
“The seven-week awareness programme will educate students on road safety practices through the Active Learning Methodology. This experiential learning technique involves an array of educative activities, such as skits, case studies, discussions, audio/visual sessions and role plays” said Ravinder Lal, Project Coordinator, Heart Foundation who had lost his toes in a road mishap.
Mrs. Prabha Kasturi, Principal, St. Mary High School said: “The role of student in Road safety is very important and we are so elated to have this type of training for our students. We also assure that we will continue to teach the other students in our school too”.
Maya Khade, trainer said “I am so excited to be part of this unique Road Safety Training program and hope to inculcate these safety values in these students”.

The week long road safety program was launched at Swami Vivekanand High School (Eng.), St Mary's High School, Balvikas Vidya Mandir, RJMD English School, Divine Light High School (Eng.), Guru Nanak English High School, Infant Jesus High School & Saraswathi Vidya English & Marathi High School. The training would be done by Maya, Vidya, Ravinder and Bhanudas.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Video: Dinesh Kamath sings 'Beqaraar karke' and 'Hai Apna Dil'

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Disabled persons should get proper justice' that was published in Newsband

Disabled persons should get proper justice
The government should correctly deal with the rights of persons with disabilities and seek to provide them equal opportunities. The implementation of measures conferring rights on the people with disabilities is still far from adequate. This is in spite of statutory reservation in jobs and other measures formulated with great care.
The court directed that vacancies among posts identified for the disabled must be filled through reservation, regardless of the mode of recruitment — be it promotion or direct recruitment. The ruling has significantly enhanced the scope for the disabled to gain employment in the higher echelons.
Before making laws or implementing them what is more necessary is to bring social awareness among the public in India. It is disheartening that some TV shows and movie show no respect for disability. Instead it a source of humour for them. Most people think that other person's disability is not their concern.
Society and governments have undermined 'disabled' persons' ability to cope up with high profile jobs. While it is true that 'differently' abled persons need extra support to accomplish complicated tasks, the notion that their ability to complete effectively is unfounded. If the government is sincere in recruitment of disabled persons, they can as well appoint assistants to help in reading and writing. This would even reduce unemployment to some extent.
But then, in a country where normal and even people with higher brain-power do not seem to get appropriate attention and Constitutional rights empowerment in full, what can we expect for the unfortunate disabled, other than some step motherly treatments. This is no way to support those who have various disabilities, and who also have Equal Rights to live and enjoy the benefits of our GDP
A normal person has no understanding of the pains and traumas of the disabled. To some extent, he/she will understand it if any of his family member is a disabled person. If there is an able person in the lower ranks, why should he not be promoted? The disabled do not require sympathy. Give them what is due to them under the laws of the land. They need to be treated on par with others and they do not need sympathy.

It is unfortunate that the laws pertaining to disabled peoples' right is implemented in a biased mode. The government's indifferent attitude towards materialising the rights of the disabled in jobs is to be censured since they suffer in spite of apt law being put into force. We must change our mindset about disabled and bring them up on equal platform.

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Great Grandmasti, Romeo & Radhika and Ice Age Collision Course) that was published in Newsband


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Great Grandmasti

Great Grand Masti is a Bollywood adult spooky comedy film directed by Indra Kumar. It is the third instalment in the Masti film series after Masti (2004) and Grand Masti (2013). It features Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani and Urvashi Rautela in the lead roles.
In Great Grand Masti, Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasini are friends who are separate from their wives. They move to the village Dhoodwala where they decide to do Great Grand Masti. There they find Urvashi Rautela (Ragini) who is a ghost and how will all the three overcome the ghost and find happiness with their partners is the rest of the plot.
Thus the plot of the film remains the same; however, the lady at the centre is changed and replaced by a virgin ghost. All the three men are still seen with the same kind of disorder having the deep thirst for their carnal desire. So, while trying to quench the thirst, they are seen trying for the same virgin ghost and they bring home the seductress back on track. So, the movie is all about what happens when the trio becomes the victim of a virgin ghost. The movie revolves around how the trio find out that Ragini is not the hot girl she appears to be at first.
The film has Ritesh Deshmukh as Amar Saxena, Vivek Oberoi as Meet Mehta, Aftab Shivdasani as Prem Chawla, Urvashi Rautela as Ragini(SMS), Pooja Bose as Sapna Amar Saxena, Mishti as Rekha Meet Mehta, Shraddha Das as Nisha Prem Chawla, Usha Nadkarni as Amar's Mother-in-law, Sanjay Mishra as Antakshari Baba, Shreyas Talpade as Babu Rangeela (Special Appearance), Sonali Raut as Shiney (Cameo) and Sudesh Lehri as Ramse (Cameo).
The music for Great Grand Masti is composed by Sanjeev-Darshan, Sharib-Toshi, Superbia (Shaan, Gourov, Roshni). The lyrics have been penned by Sameer Anjaan, Manoj Yadav and Kumaar. The film has songs like "Teri Kamar Ko", "Resham Ka Rumaal", "I Wanna Tera Ishq" and "Lipstick Laga Ke".

Romeo & Radhika

Romeo & Radhika is a Gujarati romantic comedy film, directed by Siddharth Trivedi and produced by Suresh M. Shah. The film stars Vidhi Parikh, Tushar Sadhu, Hemang Dave, Shyam Nair. The title of the film is a wordplay on Romeo & Juliet.
The Film covers a Metro city and a beautiful village in Gujarat. Romeo & Radhika’s story is about four friends with their unique idea to represent today’s fast and fun loving generation. Romeo (Tushar Sadhu) and Radhika (Vidhi Parikh) are best of Colleagues but definitely not sure whether they really like each other. In addition, a couple of Characters are included to create excitement and spice for the story. The sheer simplicity of their connections is worth watching. Thus the movie is all about how exactly Fun, Laughter, Love, friendship is likely to make a tremendous Change in this World. Romeo shows naughtiness in love as well as Radhika.

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated family adventure film directed by Mike Thurmeier and Galen T. Chu and written by Michael J. Wilson. It is the fifth installment in the Ice Age film series and a sequel to 2012's Ice Age: Continental Drift.
The film stars Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, Jennifer Lopez, Simon Pegg and Chris Wedge all reprise their roles from previous films. New additions to the cast include Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Adam DeVine, Nick Offerman, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Rauch, Carlos Ponce, Michael Strahan, Jessie J and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters. 

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's news 'City witnessed good rain during the last few days' that was published in Newsband

City witnessed good rain during the last few days
By Dinesh Kamath


NAVI MUMBAI: It is good to see water levels in all dams that supply drinking water to Navi Mumbai having gone up because of heavy rainfall during the last few days. The levels of Barvi dam, Morbe dam, Ransai dam and Hetawane dam have improved substantially owing to heavy rains which have obviously pushed the dam's level up.
The weekend downpour brought cheer to most city dams but also a host of monsoon hurdles. The craters made some places quite dangerous and fatal mishaps could not be ruled out. There were bikers who met with minor or major accidents. There were a host of monsoon hurdles. For example, troubled residents faced waterlogging and braved pothole-riddled stretches that slowed down vehicular movement on arterial and internal roads. Some roads got further damaged by the incessant rain, which caused craters along the asphalt stretches. The motorcyclists were finding it difficult to gauge the depth of the craters.
The city witnessed waterlogging in several areas. Subways were flooded and motorists continued to have a bumpy ride. The motorists’ plight is being ignored by authorities who are yet to fix the potholes on the busy stretches. There were trees that got uprooted and some ground-floor houses damaged in the city owing to rain. Tree falling in certain areas made the contingency teams of NMMC and Cidco swing into action on time. Waterlogging and potholes in the developing Cidco nodes invited criticisms from the city residents who had a tough time during the rains.
The monsoon also set off water borne diseases and the city doctors were busy advising the residents about precautions that they should take under such situations. The residents were asked to steer clear of outside food and water and ensure that the water they drank was filtered. They were asked to avoid contaminated water and drink clean, boiled and filtered water.
The rain certainly proved to be a respite from the heat.  The water collected was far from clean and healthy. Children were given vaccination to ensure safety from the virus.
Commuters of NMMT buses had to face tough time during the rain since there were some buses which had leaking roofs and panels. The commuters had to sit with opened umbrellas while travelling in NMMT buses. On receiving the complaints from bus commuters, the NMMT officials did get into action by starting to check the condition of all their buses. They are now checking the buses before they leave from the depots. The commuters have been asked to note down the number of the leaking buses. It was decided that the leaking buses would not ply till they were repaired completely.

Heavy rain has resulted in filling the dams in Navi Mumbai to a considerable level and this will make possible proper supply of water to all the city residents for many months.  As compared to last year at the same time, this year the city has received better rainfall. This year, city areas under NMMC received more rainfall in the last week of the month, a reversal in trend compared to 2015. The best thing is that new norms have been set by civic commissioner Tukaram Mundhe for daily supplies soon after he joined office. The downpour has helped in ground water recharge too. The good city rain has come as a relief and there is much more greenery visible all around. 

Dinesh Kamath's news 'The Centennial year for District 323 A 2 starts with a Big Bang' that was published in Newsband

The Centennial year for District 323 A 2 starts with a Big Bang
By Dinesh Kamath


NAVI MUMBAI: The Centennial year for District 323 A 2 started with a big Bang under the dynamic leadership of District Governor Ln Subhash Bhalwal. 72 Lions and Lionesses attended 99th International Convention at Fukuoka Japan
On his Welcome Home he received Warm Welcome at Sahar International Airport. On his Welcome Home function VDG 1 Ln Hanuman Agarwal and VDG 2 Ln Paul organised Car Rally from Tunga Hotel to Cidco Convention Center. All the cars were very well decorated with Balloons and Lions Banners. DG Ln Subhash Bhalwal was the First DG who got the privilege & pride to Inaugurate and Launch Centennial Torch and Van along with Past International President Ln Dr Ashok Mehta.
Activities worth 46.5 Lakh were carried out during first week of July itself. Function was very well attended by 630 Lion, Lionesses and Leos. On this occasion Seven New Leo Clubs and One New Lions Club were announced.
Out of Eight New Clubs Two clubs were extended by Lions Club of Palm Beach Oceanic under the leadership of Incoming President Lion Dr Alok Kumar Mishra and Extension Chairperson Ln Dr Namita Mishra and Ln Utpal Samanta. Mesmerizing Cultural program was presented by Leos with Japanese theme.

DG shared his experience of Japan and informed about new amendments and Plans and Policies of Lions International. Everybody was fully charged by his motivating and encouraging words and promised DG to join hands together in his endeavour to take District to a Newer Heights and add many more feathers. Everybody thanked VDG 1 and VDG 2 for their excellent planning execution of the whole show alongwith their Micro team as informed by Lion PRO Ln Dr Namita A Mishra.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Modi succeeds in minimizing corruption' that was published in Newsband

Modi succeeds in minimizing corruption
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completely remodelled his Council of Ministers. Modi has clearly traded the promise of a lean Ministry in the “minimum government, maximum governance”. The emphasis on bringing in more Ministers is to give an edge to the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat Assembly election campaigns in the months ahead, and careful arithmetic in inducting Dalit, OBC and tribal leaders is evident.
This has been a highly controlled exercise, one that will consolidate Modi’s grip on power, a prospect that will worry his political rivals as well as some within his own party. After two full years at the helm, it should have been Modi's achievements that should have acted as winners for BJP in the upcoming state elections. Instead, he seems to be banking on individual inductees in his cabinet to attract certain bloc of voters rather than impressing the nation with his performance. India has a majority government after a long hiatus, and its benefits must not be squandered away by failing to deliver on the election promises, especially that of "Achhe Din”
Dr Manmohan Singh’s cabinet, trying to keep the coalition partners in line, consisted of 32 cabinet ministers; 12 ministers of state with independent charge; and, 33 ministers of state making a total of 77. Modi, on the other hand, is enjoying a clear majority of seats in the Lok Sabha (denied to Dr Manmohan Singh), and has a cabinet of 28 cabinet ministers; 12 ministers of state with independent charge; and, 38 ministers of state, totalling 78.
Modi also promised he would regularly monitor the functioning of the ministers and there was supposed to be a time-bound programme to fulfill the commitments of BJP/RSS Combine to the voters.
Modi is doing the right thing by keeping his Ministers in check to accept only performance and zero-corrupt which he can afford as leader of majority. Media and opposition parties that are used to cacophony in UPA government are not able to face the reality that oft-repeated slogans of secularism and inclusivity are being forgotten by public much to their chagrin. Rahul has gone into hiding and his mother is in the business of defending her son-in-law and both forgot the issues of public interest. Their party has packed the Rajya Sabha with lawyers of obstructionist tactics for any legislative business like GST and other economic reforms. Congress should remember that people are watching their desperation of losing power so badly.

Modi's firm control over his cabinet essentially eliminated corruption. That is one thing he promised and seems to be fulfilling the promise. A refreshing change from daily broadcast of corruption charges during Congress rule.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Battle against growing tide of waste' that was published in Newsband

Battle against growing tide of waste
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is fighting a battle against the growing tide of municipal waste. A small effort at segregating trash at source would be a good thing for household budgets of the citizens. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says that the estimated 62 million tonnes of waste a year is not fully collected or treated. It will go up to some 165 million tonnes in 2030.
Even where environmentally conscious citizens segregate at source, the chain of management dumps it all in landfills. The local bodies should not continue functioning in business-as-usual mode. Municipalities should focus principally on creating reliable systems to handle different waste streams. If India could start with the separation of its ‘wet’ waste from the rest and produce good compost that could transform cities and towns into clean and green havens filled with trees, gardens, lakes and rivers. It would also salvage millions of tonnes of recyclable plastic, precious metals and other materials.
Preparation should commence at the base, the source of the waste. Households need guidance in the first instance to separate their garbage in a ready to transport and ready to use categories. Guidance should be followed by monitoring to ensure whether they are adhering to instructions. Third step of course should be by implementing punitive measures.
Waste has become a problem mainly in metro cities where huge amount of garbage pile up and for want of proper mechanism for disposal, is littered literally from roadside to compound walls in residential areas. There should be environmental cleaning done as well as arrest of spread of disease due to polluted air and stench emanating from the spread of waste material for days
The segregation of waste at the point of origin and Composting and methanation of solid waste is a visionary move to bring a pragmatic solution for mounting garbages. Especially the waste generated by restaurants to be treated by themselves with Composting is a fine rule which could generate some revenue.
Public think that they pay tax and government has the responsibility to treat the waste. But the new rule brings inclusive management of waste with the involvement of the stake holders. The feasible state central coordination in implementation of new waste management rules must be high irrespective of the parties in power.

The most important action would be for the corporations to provide storage bins to hold recyclables, bio waste and garbage for land fill separately. The bins must be clearly marked. Perhaps the corporation officials should study the procedures in advanced nations like Germany, Canada etc.