Sargun Kaur Luthra is currently playing the lead in the show Ye Hai Chahatein which is a spin-off series of the show Ye Hai Mohabbatein , which starred Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya and Karan Patel in the lead. Even though Sargun has been a part of shows like Kaal Bhairav Rahasya, Mayavi Maling and Tantra, she considers Ye Hai Chahatein as the turning point in her career. The fame this show has given her, no other show managed to do that. “There were several reasons why this show has been a lucky one for me. Firstly, it is a sequel of Ye Hai Mohabbatein which was a hit show and secondly the production house too is one that I wanted to work with,” says Sargun. But she cannot forget the initial days of this show when she was trolled by the fans of Ye Hai Mohabbatein. “I was harassed by people badly. For two to three months the trolls and nasty comments didn’t stop. The blocklist of my Instagram is so long that I have lost track because I immediately used to block people. ... » Learn More about People trolled me badly for Divyanka Tripathi initially when Ye Hai Chahatein just began: Sargun Kaur Luthra
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Solving the Myriad Challenges in Healthcare Through AI-Driven Analytics
Venky Ananth SVP and global head of Healthcare at Infosys Remote areas usually have limited medical access. How do people handle emergency situations or for that matter even day to day sickness? Usually, they turn to quacks or self-medication or try to live through the pain before considering medical help. Travelling to a city to get the right help is expensive. And this is the situation in many areas in India. India has only 1 doctor for every 1457 citizens and 2 out of 3 doctors in rural areas are usually quacks. Even in cities where decent medical care is accessible, there are problems in accessing medical records, getting the right prognosis among many others. Can technology turn around the disappointing scenarios in Indian healthcare? The answer is an astounding yes. When visiting a health practitioner, we still lug paper files right from the time we were born to the current time to tabulate our medical history. Usually, we stick to one hospital because the data which we ... » Learn More about Solving the Myriad Challenges in Healthcare Through AI-Driven Analytics
‘Netaji would have done his best to stop partition’
Next O ver six decades after his death, freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose remains one of the most intriguing figures of India's Independence struggle. In his recently released book His Majesty's Opponent , Harvard historian and Netaji's grand nephew Sugata Bose chronicles his fascinating life, revealing some little known facts about the great leader and revisiting some of the most landmark events of his life. Here's the chat transcript: V asks: Why did Netaji resign from the Congress presidentship even after he won against Jawaharlal Nehru. Wasn't it an emotion decision and a bad one at that? Sugata Bose says: Netaji resigned because Mahatma Gandhi would not suggest names for the Congress Working Committee as required by a resolution passed at the Tripuri Congress. As he put it, he resigned in a helpful spirit. It may have been partly an emotional decision, but it paved the way for him becoming Netaji by raising the Indian National ... » Learn More about ‘Netaji would have done his best to stop partition’
Looking for the real Sardar Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s sage advice remains as relevant today as it was during his lifetime, says Vivek Gumaste. P andit Jawaharlal Nehru was an international icon; a towering personality who strode the Indian political landscape as a colossus; the first prime minister of independent India who ruled the country for 17 long years; a man whose popularity is kept alive by a dynasty and a fawning sycophantic establishment. In contrast, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel died three years after India’s independence and his memory is at best an afterthought for most Congressmen. Yet, in times of grave national crises, especially in situations that demand resolute leadership, the common refrain that resounds throughout the length and breadth of the country is: “Had Sardar been alive our country would not have seen such hard days.’ (KL Panjabi . The Indomitable Sardar. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 1990) As a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party and an apprehensive Congress party trade sharp ... » Learn More about Looking for the real Sardar Patel
Aarushi’s murder trial and a tale about India
'If the State does want to come after you, in India, it can do pretty much anything. And often it isn't as though the orders are coming from the President or prime minister, no, the systems have been built in a way -- or we have allowed them to be built in a way -- that almost encourages crushing of liberties.' 'Ekta Kapoor understands things a lot better than anybody else. Absolutely a genius... She tapped into this quite early: That post liberalisation there is a relatively moneyed and large middle class which actually thinks in a very kind of saas-bahu way.' Avirook Sen speaks to Vaihayasi P Daniel/ Rediff.com about his book Aarushi , and the murder trial that transfixed India. F our people -- including a 13-year-old child with a shining face and glowing eyes that shall never sparkle again -- paid with their lives for a repugnant crime that took place in a middle-class locality in Noida, outside New Delhi, in 2008. As a nation, we firmly believed ... » Learn More about Aarushi’s murder trial and a tale about India