Category: Women / Girls

** Sari aficionados led by Kerala doc promote Chendamangalam in US

Dr. Chino Mannikarottu of Scripps memorial hospital, San Diego, USA, has always been enthusiastic about India’s classic apparel, sari. This time she mixes her passion with a social cause by promoting Chendamangalam fabrics for a photoshoot.

** ‘Seththumaan’, ‘Bittu’ win big at Indian Film Festival

Karishma Dev Dube’s much-acclaimed short movie ‘Bittu’ and Thamizh’s directorial debut Tamil movie ‘Seththumaan’ have nabbed the Grand Prize at the 19th edition of Indian Film Festival Los Angeles (IFFLA) that concluded on Thursday.

Audience awards were also announced to Ajitpal Singh’s feature ‘Fire in the Mountains’ and Aarti Neharsh’s short ‘The Song We Sang’.

** Keralite entrepreneur crowned Classic Mrs Grand Universe India 2021

At a recently held virtual event of Classic Mrs Grand Universe pageant 2021, Kerala’s Dr Sasilekha Nair has won the title of Classic Mrs Grand Universe India 2021.

She will be now representing India at the Mrs Grand Universe pageant.

** Indian English is a Prakrit, not a creole, says linguist Peggy Mohan

Her new book speaks of how Indian languages evolved via generations of migratory patterns

Migration has shaped the arc of Indian history in myriad ways, from the day the Vedic Aryans first alighted from their chariots to the arrival of Namboothiri Brahmins in Kerala to the Persianised Turkic conquerors of the Middle Ages.

For linguist Peggy Mohan, all this finds a strong echo in the evolution of the subcontinent’s languages. In her new book, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India Through Its Languages, she delves into the often surprising sounds and structures of what we conventionally call Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages, and relates these to the deep pasts of their speakers.

** Oxygen Express piloted by ‘All female crew’ reaches Bengaluru

An Oxygen Express train piloted by an ‘All Female Crew’ arrived in the city with 120 metric tonnes of medical oxygen from Jamshedpur.

“The 7th Oxygen Express to Karnataka has arrived in Bengaluru from Tatanagar (Jamshedpur) on Friday.

This Oxygen Express train piloted by an all female crew will ensure continued supply of oxygen for COVID-19 patients in the State,” Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted on Saturday.

** Huma goes to Hollywood

At home in films across languages, the actor talks about working in LA, Chennai and Mumbai, and her biggest project yet — Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of The Dead’

This is her first brush with Hollywood and the experience, according to the 34-year-old, was everything she had hoped for.

There was one thing though, that did initially throw her off. “In India, we are used to working on multiple projects at the same time. For this film, they blocked two-and-a-half months of my time,” says Qureshi, who eventually came to realise the importance of focussing on one job and doing it well.

** Covid: Indian firm to produce Johnson & Johnson vaccine

India’s Biological E. will produce the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine alongside its own candidate, its managing director told Reuters on Tuesday, which could boost the country’s overall supplies amid a shortage.

“The infrastructure and plants are completely separate for both the products and we will be producing both independent of each other,” Mahima Datla said in a text message, declining to give any timeline or other details