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If you are in Delhi and have interest in embodied language by people who have done quite a lot in their respective fields and the Italian embassy is facilitating this performance, tomorrow, i:e 16th January- 2017 at  India International Centre. As per the Italian Culture center in Delhi's website- "Embodied Language is a collaborative project developed between Italian artist Andrea Cusumano and Indian artist Mithu Sen that uses the polysemous value of nonverbal communication as a platform to connect different verbal languages. They will also experiment with a spontaneous and imaginary dream language presented through a visual and performative practice as a resistance in search of a new medium of communication." There is EMBODIED LANGUAGE a collaborative performance between Mithu Sen and Andrea Cusumano with musician Vetri Bhupathi and Giuseppe Lomeo curated by Eugenio Viola at IIC ,C D Deshmukh auditorium , New Delhi 16th January 2017 , 6.30 pm

Wishing All of you a very happy new year 2017. Let's hope peace and prosperity for all.  CR Park- Kali Mandir- January- 2017 The year began with a lot of interesting things at work and I believe that with the right amount of team and the people around you, you can create fantastic stories for people. The past year was full of mixed news and a lot of bad things happened around the world. Let's learn from the past year and let's think good.  The other day I saw a Chinese colleague Mr. Wan, wearing a  band and I saw something interesting there, written in hindi    'अच्छा सोचो अच्छा होगा'.  I found the expression very interesting and I asked Mr. Wan- "What is this? He said, In Chaste hindi, 'अच्छा सोचो अच्छा होगा'. So, I wish Mr. Wan and every one I know an advance Chinese New Year -新年快樂 and  过年好 / 過年好, which is less than a month from now, thanks to the website for helping me sort this. It's the year of the Rooster, as per Reuter...

Do you think Dishwashers should be your next best friend of the kitchen. In west, Dishwashers are one of the important household appliance one is used to, but In India, the usage of Dishwashers is nominal and nascent, to begin with. I'd want to know from you, if you think if you need a dishwasher for your daily life or Not. Pic Source- Haier Dishwashers

One can easily spot people Queing up before ATMs these day. Be is urban or rural areas. I took a small video from Alaknanda- Delhi to show what it is like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcAcYyNu0T0

According to a press note on RBI's website  there will be new 50 and 20 notes, the old ones will remain in use and legal tender. The RBI- Reserve Bank Of India today announced that we will be able to see new Rs.50 and Rs.20 Notes . Post Demonetization by PM Narendra Modi, this was one big decision. People have been queing up since November- 8 announcement outside ATMs. The RBI announced via it's Twitter Handle today. RBIs Twitter Handle Grab Official Statement from RBI- Issuance of ₹ 50 banknotes without inset letter, with numerals in ascending size in number panels, and without intaglio printing Issue of ₹ 20 banknotes with 'R' inset letter, with numerals in ascending size in number panels and without intaglio printing. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue ₹ 50 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, without inset letter in both the number panels, bearing signature of Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and...

Post Demonetization, the ignored, humble ATM has indeed found a new found respect. Nowadays- November-December, people can be found in front of an ATM to withdraw sundry cash for their day to day dealing. So, when was ATM first came into existence in.  In my initial research, Quora says  it was 1987.  In my earlier days spent in Calcutta, my previous office Business Standard, at BBD Bag chottor. Little I knew that it was the HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) that introduced the ATM concept in India and the year was 1987. HSBC-BBD Bag, Calcutta As per an article published on HuffPost  there are about 2 lakh ATMs all over India and the average transaction everyday is about ₹4,000 whereas the average number of transactions happening every days is about 125 per ATM so the ATMs handle over ₹10,000 crore in currency everyday.

If you in Kolkata today and enjoy Piano, Jazz, the Dalhousie Institute, Ballygunge in the evening today.  Piano Tales Enrico Zanisi, the 26 year old from Italy is now in India to showcase his Jazz stories by the name of Piano Tales , an information received by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura New Delhi (ITALIAN EMBASSY CULTURAL CENTRE, NEW DELHI) Here are the 11 songs from Mr. Enrico Zanisi which he is going to play across Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai and Pune.  PIANO TALES (2016 Cam Jazz) Ouverture Uma Historia Mirage Cut It Out Mà Palabras Stairs No Truth Morse Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most O Du Mein Holder Abendstern He was the highest scorer at classical degree in piano.   His interest in jazz music started at the age of 15; he attended many jazz clinics around Italy studying with K. Werner, J. Calderazzo, L. Grenadier, P. Markowitz, M. Stamm and other great American and Italian musicians. He can be reached here.  ...