Newsletter august 2014 - Global Bhatia Foundation

August 2014
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23
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An initiative by Youth Wing of Global Bhatia Foundation
For Private Circulation Only
Shri Shailesh Vaidya completes 1 year as a
President of Indian Merchants Chambers
Inside this issue
1. Shri Shailesh Vaidya
2. Dr. Harshad L. Udeshi
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6. Celebrations for August
7. The Streets of Monaco
8. Zohra Sehgal
9. American Corporate World
10. Vision of Modi
12. We Proud Of You
Shri Shailesh Vaidya with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
Shri Shailesh Vaidya and Mrs. Leena Vaidya with
Chief Minister Shri Prithviraj Chauhan
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Shri Shailesh Vaidya with
Shri Mukesh Ambani
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Editorial
Dear Readers,
The festive season is on and the Rain god has showered a new life on the earth. Real travelers venture out now to fill their eyes and life
with greenery.Our best wishes for the festivals, thanks for the encouraging feedback and joyful reading of this issue.
Editorial Team
Editor : Haridas Raigaga, Design & Layout : Dharmesh Gandhi, Correspondent : Nisha Gandhi
Major Initiatives & Achievements of IMC: 2013 – 2014
During Tenure of Shri Shailesh Vaidya as President of IMC
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Setting up of a state of the art International Alternate Dispute Resolution Centre in IMC Mumbai
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Information Technology (“IT”) awards with 150 applications was a great success and will become a regular flagship event.
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Support to traders for removal of Octroi / LBT.
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Two new Certificate courses planned – Shipping Management and Maritime Laws and Pharmaceutical Sales Management.
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Joint programme in February 2014 with the Government of Gujarat and the Gift City – A National Summit on “Financial
Services – A Key Driver for Economic Growth”. Chief Guest was then Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi.
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First Lecture on “Current Economic Environment” under the “IMC Pravinchandra Gandhi Chair in Banking and Finance” by Mr.
K.V. Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank Ltd.
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IMC supporting rebuilding of Adarsh Vidyamandir School, located in Chamoli District of Uttarakhand.
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Effective networking with the Central and State Governments and Multilateral agencies, etc.
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IMC website restructuring.
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10 new publications of IMC during the year.
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India Calling Conference at Yangon, Mayanmar (Burma).
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ACHIEVEMENTS
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Record Surplus of Rs. 3.10 crores for the financial year.
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Sponsorship income of Rs.2 crores for 2013-14.
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Record donation of Rs.2.45 crores received in the IMC Centenary Trust.
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115 events held at IMC.
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IMC President attended the Swearing in Ceremony of Mr. Narendra Modi, as Prime Minister of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Improved Media Coverage.
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Oral evidence before the 14th Finance Commission (Chairman: Dr.Y.V. Reddy).
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Oral evidence before the Tax Administration Reforms Commission (Chairman: Dr. Parthasarathi Shome). Meetings of the
Commission with associations, chambers of commerce and corporates in Mumbai held at IMC.
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IMC President invited for an Interactive meeting with Mr. P. Chidambaram, Former Finance Minister, on VCES Scheme of
Service Tax.
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Celebrating Foundation Day at IMC with Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Prithviraj Chavan in September 2013.
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Mr. Mukesh Ambani, attended as Chief Guest at IMC's 107th Annual General Meeting at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai on 19th
June 2014.
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Interactive meeting with Shri Uddhav Thackeray, Pramukh Shiv Sena at IMC, Mumbai.
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MAJOR INITIATIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS OF IMC LADIES WING - 2013 – 2014
DURING TENURE OF MRS. LEENA VAIDYA AS PRESIDENT
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Women's Entrepreneurs Exhibitions at Hotel Taj Vivanta President, Mumbai and Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi were
successful with over 8000 visitors.
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Workshop for Women's Entrepreneurs by leading designers.
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Factory visit and Trip to Welspun Factory at Anjar, Kutch and Rann Utsav, Kutch, Gujarat.
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Trips to Vietnam, Cambodia and also to Croatia and Montenegro.
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Celebrated Women's Day with Impact programme Shiamak Dawar troupe and Usha Uthup entertained.
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Held more than 50 seminars, talks from spiritual to personality development, legal rights of women etc.
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Participated with 20 consulates in Oberoi Melting Pot event for world cusines – all proceeds donated to charities, including for
Utarakhand victims.
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Dr. Harshad Laxmidas Udeshi
Dr. Harshad Udeshi was born on 13th October, 1952 in
Bhatia family in Mandvi Kutch. The family of Dr. Harshad
Udeshi is usually recognized as HAMAL family. His grandfather
was popularly known as Damodar Bhimji Hamal. His father
Laxmidas Damodar Udeshi went to Zanzibar (East Africa) in
1958. Harshad as a kid also shifted to Zanzibar with the family
and was there till 1964 and returned to India due to the revolution
in 1964.
He did his primary schooling first in Zanzibar upto 6th
Standard and then at Mandvi in Sheth Gokaldas Tejpal High
School, (more than 100 years old school) from 7th to 11th
Standard and always stood first. He did is Preparatory Science
from Vithalbhai Patel Science College of VallabhVidyanagar and
stood 9th in the University that secured him a direct admission to
Pre-Medical at Vadodara. He did his MBBS from Baroda
Medical College in 1975. He started his career as Resident
Medical Officer at Anti TB
Clinic Maska near Mandvi and
then started his private clinic in
1981 as Family Physician and
Chest Physician and since than
is considered the most
successful General Practitioner
at Mandvi-Kutch.
He has
honorarily served as Medical
Superintendent at Anti TB Clinic
at Maska, near Mandvi. Dr.
Udeshi even today investigates
and treats at least 5 TB patients
in a day and arranges for free
treatment for these poor TB
patients near their home through
RNTCP program.
He is
associated with more than 17
public institutions.
He is Vice President of Jankalyan Medical Society
established in 1993 working against Cancer. Every year nearly
5000 new cases of Cancer are detected in district of Kutch.
Jankalyan Medical Society started the work by having Cancer
Diagnostic Camps at different villages and all the nine taluka
headquarters of Kutch. Dr. Udeshi used to teach the patients
about Self Breast Examination and Self Oral Examination so as
to have early diagnosis.
Dr. Udeshi is the Charter Member of Rotary Club of
Mandvi from 1st January, 1979.He has been pillar behind
bringing up Rotary Community Centre and Vaccination Centre
& Rotary Children's Park at Mandvi at the cost of Rs.25 lakhs
under the banner of Rotary Charitable Society. He is person
behind the Permanent Vaccination Centre run by Rotary Club of
Mandvi Kutch for the last 25 years. As a contact person, he was
instrumental in preparing and successfully completing
Matching Grant Project of Rotary Club of Mandv-Kutch worth
Rs. 6.5 lacs with RC Evanston Lighthouse and Rotary
Foundation for providing Air-conditioned Ambulance to Anti TB
Clinic, Maska.
He has served the district as Governor's Group
Representative (GGR), Governor's Aid, Member of various
District Committees and Chairman of various committees. He
was Assistant Governor for the year 1999-2000. He has been
Counselor for Youth Services, Chairman Rotary Volunteers and
Vice Chairman for District Conference Resolution Committee.
He is perhaps the first District Governor who has served as a
President of his club after having served as District Governor. He
has been RYLA District Chairman in the year 2012-13. He is CoTrainer, District Chairman PolioPlus Committee, District
Chairman, Tuberculosis for the year 2013-14.Dr. Udeshi was
fortunate enough to have arranged Inter-District Family
Exchange with District in Calcutta from our District in 1992-93
during his Chairmanship begging best Chairman's Gold Medal
for the same. He was adjudged best GGR for the year 1986-87. He
was adjudged best committee member for GSE Team Selection
for the year 1998-1999. He was adjudged best Zonal District
Secretary for the year 1997-98.Dr. Udeshi has the privilege of
editing THREE District Directories in year of PDG Mohan Shah
in 1994-95 and PDG Bharat Dholakia in 2001-2002 and then his
own. He has to his credit three publications on Rotary. He has
written number of articles in Different bulletins, souvenirs, local
newspapers and AIR Bhuj on various Rotary and medical
subjects. Dr. Udeshi had the privilege to lead the GSE Team of
our District 3050 to District 4170 Mexico in the year 1995-96. He
is also the recipient of prestigious THANCHAND MEHTA
GOLD MEDAL for the year 1994-95 for the best community
ser vices rendered by an
individual Rotarian. He is also
the recipient of FOUR
AV E N U E S O F S E RV I C E
CITATION
FOR
INDIVIDUAL ROTARIAN by
Rotary International. He is
r e c i p i e n t o f T h e Ro t a r y
Fo u n d a t i o n ' s D I S T R I C T
SERVICE AWARD for the year
1994-95. He is Executive
Committee Member of Rotary
Charitable Society and pioneer
President of Rotary Charitable
Society for seven years from 1998.
He has been instrumental in
starting Rotary Community
Centre which has been named
after Late Shri Dhar msey
Nensey.
He is honorary Physician to the inmates of Deaf & Dumb
School inhibiting 30 inmates for last 25 years. Dr. Udeshi and all
the inmates have developed such an intimacy that without
spoken language they can communicate very easily with each
other. He has started permanent project of participating and
involving the inmates on the day of Raksha bandhan. Now this
has become the permanent project of Rotary Club of Mandvi
Kutch.
Dr. Udeshi had been instrumental in starting a Women
Empowerment Project of Family Planning Association of India
at Mandvi covering nearby 18 villages of Mandvi taluka in the
radius of 15 km covering the population of around 65 thousand
from 1993 upto 2000. The women empowerment programs were
arranged regularly in addition to giving Family Planning advices
and doing vaccination of the children of the area covered.
Dr. Udeshi is the President of Sheth G.T. High School
Bhutpurva Vidyarthi Mandal. He is Executive Committee
member of Gokaldas Khimji & Mathradas Khimji Charitable
Trust which runs three high Schools and Auditorium at Mandvi.
More than 3000 students are studying in Sheth Khimji Ramdas
Kanya Vidyalaya, Sakarbai Khimji Ramdas Memorial English
Medium School and Ramkrishna High School.
He is happily married to Bhavna who is a Social Worker
and is associated with five social organization working for
women. He is blessed with two sons, Pranay an Engineer in
Information Technology, working for Infosys & married to Dr.
Swati, MD Pathology and Dr. Siddharth, who is aDental Surgen
and working at Mumbai.
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In one of Indias remote corners on India Pakistan border lies a
deserted village of hardly a few hundred population within a
sprawling fortification. The village is no other than Lakhpat,
once a thriving port with daily revenue supposed to exceed
one lac koris hence the name Lakhpat .
The landscape is barren. There are traces of natural erosions
due to frequent earthquakes. One can see absolutely any one
on the way and the road is absolutely peaceful . Lakhpat sits at
the point where Kori creek meets the Great Rann of Kutch.
Lakhpat was built in the year1805 by Jamadar Fateh
Muhammad , to defend frontiers of the state of Kutch from the
encroachment of the Sindhies. The fortification erected by
him enclosed the entire town within seven kilometre long fort
wall,most of it stands even today. It is recorded that the fort
was garrisoned by 50 Arabs and 150 native soldiers. And at
that time the population was about 5000 persons composed
of merchants mostly the Hindu merchants who had left Sindh
to escape the tyranny of the Amirs.
It was the year 1819,an earthquake of high magnitude about 8
in Richter scale shocked Kutch. Lakhpat crumpled. The sea
rolled up to Kori creek as far as Goongra river. The river shifted
permanently to the west affecting both physical and economic
landscape . Due to the permanent shift of the river the port
was abandoned , in due corse of time Karachi developed into
a thriving port and Lakhpat lost its glory as a thriving port
bringing one lac Kori revenue daily. A town that had once a
population of more than ten thousand stands almost deserted
with few families staying there at present.
Guru Nanak,the founder of Sikhism is said to have stayed in
Lakhpat on his way to and from Mecca . The place where he
stayed is converted into a Gurudwara which is renovated and
is a place of pilgrimage. Another interesting building here is
the mausoleum of Ghaus Mohammad, the mystic Pir, who
had become a Fakir at the early age of twelve. The Kubo is a
classic example of stone architecture with extremely intricate
carvings. The Pirs body rests here with the other members of
his family. The mausoleum stands besides a tank the water of
which is believed to possess therapeutic properties , suppose
to cure skin diseases.
Lakhpat Fort
Lakhpat Fort - Entrance
The other attraction of Lakhpat is the Sayyed Pir no Kubo,
mausoleum of Sayyed Pir Shah. It had nine domes with
largest dominating the centre and eight other domes
surrounding it. The entire mausoleum is built in stone with
exquisite carvings and fine details along the doors and
w i n d ow s. T h e l a t t i c e d j a l i s a r e o u t s t a n d i n g .
Lakhpat fort must have been strong which can be made out
from the fort wall which is in tact. There are four gates in the
wall they are known as Nako in the lo cal language. Kathawalo
Nako, Rann Nako , Ghebanshah Pir Nako and Bhuj varo
Nako. Besides these gates there are three pedestrian Baris or
windows in the fort wall.
When Lakhpat was a prosperous port, these gates have
witnessed traffic of citizens, bullock carts loaded with goods
and traders from different parts of the country as well as from
foreign lands. It is interesting to know that at the mid night the
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gates would be closed and the keys would be handed to a
family, which was honoured as nakai'i, the keeper of the
keys. The gates would open in the morning and those who
had arrived after midnight used to stay in Dharamshala
outside the gate or in the Khaak Chowk temple close to
Paniwali Bari .
Fate Mohammad was a famous person from the Notiar
community that migrated to Kachchh from Sindh many
years ago. They were very much loyal to the Raos of
Kachchh . Fate Mohammad built the fort of Lakhpat , his
community migrated to Lakhpat and started working as
carpenters, ship builders, and they became prosperous. It is
very interesting to know that before becoming a great
warrior and a loyal person of the Rao Fate Mohammad was
a cattle herder. Once he was sleeping under a tree and a
Sadhu saw him and told him one day he would attain
greatness and he should meet Maharao of Kachchh and it
so happened that Fate Mohammad did become a great
warrior who rebuilt the fort of Lakhpat and expanded the
potential of this port.
Close to Lakhpat is the village of Ber, home to prosperous
Bhatias community. They were so wealthy that it is said they
used gold vessels to draw water from wells. Holy man Musa
Pir used to stay in this town of the Bhatias and till he was
there, the Bhatias were safe , no one could attack the town
and loot the riches of the Bhatias. When Musa went on Haj,
Fate Mohammad attacked the town of the Bhatias . He got
the wealth, how much? We are told that the way from the
town of the Bhatias up to Lakhpat sparkled with the bullock
carts loaded with gold and precious possessions of the
Bhatias . Then came a saying in Kutchhi language Muso
gayo hajj tade Fate Mohammad ke ayi sajj! It is said that the
Rao who was very much disturbed by the action of Fate
Mohammad did not ask him to send the loot to the treasury
but to fortify the town of Lakhpat and protect Kachchh from
the invaders from Sindh. The Mandvi bazaar of Lakhpat was
once a very busy place with traders, caravans, camels
carrying goods from the docked ships, merchants
bargaining, haggling over prices, customs officers carefully
calculating the dues for the goods and making noor or pawti
or tickets or the traders at the Kathavaro Nako .
This is an interesting story for the Bhatias. Near Mandvi
bazaar there used to be a Parliament House! And this was
not a very huge building as one would imagine, but a modest
and elegant house, the house of Pashmawala Bhatia family,
who traded in Pashmina silk. For many years this house
functioned as administrative overseer o f custom collector's
office. The ruins suggest that it was a house with two floors. It
was in the rooms and courtyard of this house that financial
agreements were made and if needed be cancelled in front
of these Bhatias, the Pashmawalas!
There are three Bhatia Havelis o r cluster of Bhatia Havelis.
They are built in limestone of Lakhpat . The board outside
the Haveli of Shymji Bhatia at Lakhpat is self explanatory . It
says," Kachchhi Bhatias were active in trade in East Africa
and Persian Gulf from the middle of the 17th century
onwards and established a vast trading network , settling in
all major port cities ringing the Indian Ocean. Many leading
families owned their own cargo ships that routinely travelled
to Karachi and Ali Port in Sindh. With industry in their blood,
and business in their brains the intrepid Bhatias of Lakhpat
did not only enrich Lakhpat , but went on later to build the
ports of Mandvi and Mundra in Kachchh ." In the early 19th
century the Bhatias built a Dharamshala just outside the fort
where as mentioned earlier the travellers arriving in Lakhpat
after midnight and could not enter the town because the
gates were locked, used to stay for the remaining night. They
built the Bhatiasar, talav where fresh water was collected for
drinking purpose , the Talav was nearBhuj varo Nako.
As this land of Sayra as it was called then emptied into the
Indus and as Lakhpat 's fortunes started to fade by the
middle of the 19th century,a slow exodus began, with
traders and seafarers started relocating their lives and skills
to the ports of Mandvi , Mundra, further along the coast of
Gujarat and eventually to Mumbai (Bombay).
Here one can see the ruins of the customs house and one
gets the idea how much business must have been carried
out from this once prosperous port of Lakhpat . The building
of the customs house is big with nicely carved windows and
witnesses the prosperity of the town. At its height the
customs house oversaw revenue of 180000/- Koris (the
currency of the state of Kachchh ) a huge sum indeed !
It is said that the Mandvi bazaar and the area was so
crowded with the traders and buyers that elbows would
jostle for space this gave the bazaar the name Thootha
Bazaar, bazaar with clashing elbows! Near this bazaar were
the houses of the important trading families, the Bhatia
houses naturally. In the picture one can see the ruins of the
Havelis or palatial hoses of the Bhatias.
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Celebrations for August
The Streets of Monaco - $50 million floating island
Islands and yachts may have been the “it” destination for high-end tourists for years, but no more. The newest thing for the
wealthy vacationer is a combination yacht and island: your own floating, move-able island.Floating islands have been in
the works since people first imagined exploring the ocean, but technology is finally making that a reality. The Wally Island
premiered four years ago as a kind of giant floating home that's 325 feet long, $200 million and comes with its own
swimming pool. Yacht Island Designs also provides vacation-goers with a $50 million floating island that can be
customized to look like a tropical paradise or the streets of Monaco – complete with small castle or fake volcano as you
see fit.
An Appeal to Youth
Disclaimer
Global Bhatia Foundation invites Bhatia Youth from the Globe to serve as
volunteers. GBF youth has education, sports & cultural events on its
agenda and success of such projects is possible with the service of
selfless volunteers.
Contact : [email protected]
Views expressed by the authors need not be assumed as the
views of Global Bhatia Foundation.
All The Copyrights Are Acknowledged.
YOUTH@GBF is an in-house ENewsletter distributed freely to the members of Bhatia community and published from Mumbai by
Global Bhatia Foundation, a not for profit organization.
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Zohra Sehgal
Zohra Sehgal (27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress and choreographer.
Sehgal started her career as a dancer in Uday Shankar's troupe, performing in countries like
the United States and Japan. She went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films as a
character actress with a career-span of over 60 years.
The famous films she was part of, include Neecha Nagar, Afsar (1946), Bhaji on the Beach
(1992), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Bend It Like Beckham(2002), Dil Se.. (1998), Saawariya
and Cheeni Kum (2007); and the TV series,The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights
(1985–87), Amma and Family(1996). At the age of 90, she got the lead character around
whom the story revolved in 2002 film Chalo Ishq Ladaaye, where she had stunt sequences
and emotional scenes. Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, she acted withIndian
People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for 14 years. She
has also acted in English-speaking films such asBend It Like Beckham.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and in 2004, the Sangeet
Natak Akademi. India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama presented her with
its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. She
received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, in 2010. ] She died in a
New Delhihospital on July 10, 2014 due to cardiac arrest.
She married Kameshwar Sehgal, a Hindu. There was initial opposition from her parents, but
they eventually gave their approval for the union. They married on 14 August 1942.
Jawaharlal Nehru was to attend the wedding reception, but he was arrested a couple of days
earlier for supporting Gandhi's Quit India Movement.
Zohra and Kameshwar had two children, Kiran and Pavan. Pavan Sehgal, who works for the
WHO. Kiran is a highly reputed Odissi dancer.
She described herself as an agnostic having been an atheist in her youth.
In 2012, Kiran Sehgal, her daughter wrote Zohra's biography titled "Zohra Sehgal: Fatty".
Filmography- Acting
1946
1946
1950
1956
1964
1964–1965
1967
1967
1968
1968
1969
1973
1973
1974
1978
1983
1984
1985
1985
1986
1987
1987
1989
1989
1991
Dharti Ke Lal
Neecha Nagar
Afsar
Heer
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
Doctor Who (TV series)
The Long Duel
Theatre 625 (TV series)
The Vengeance of She
The Expert (TV series)
The Guru
The Regiment (TV series)
Tales That Witness Madness
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV series)
Mind Your Language (TV series)
The Courtesans of Bombay
The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)
Tandoori Nights (TV series)
Harem
Caravaggio
Partition
Never Say Die
Manika, une vie plus tard
The Bill
Masala
1992
1993
1994
1995
1997
1998
1998
1999
1999
1999
2000
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2007
Firm Friends
Bhaji on the Beach
Little Napoleons
Amma and Family (TV series)
Tamanna
Not a Nice Man to Know
Dil Se..
Khwaish
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Dillagi
Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa
Landmark
Zindagi Kitni Khoobsoorat Hai
The Mystic Masseur
Bend It Like Beckham
Anita and Me
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye
Saaya
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya?
Veer-Zaara
Chicken Tikka Masala
Mistress of Spices
Saawariya
Awards
1963
1998
2001
2002
2004
2010
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Padma Shri
Kalidas Samman
Padma Bhushan
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
Padma Vibhushan
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American Corporate World
If Wal-Mart were a country, its revenues would make it on par with the GDP of the 25th largest economy in the world by,
surpassing 157 smaller countries. We've found 25 major American corporations whose 2010 revenues surpass the
2010 Gross Domestic Product of entire countries, often with a few billion to spare. Even some major countries like
Norway,Thailand, and New Zealand can be bested by certain U.S. firms.
Yahoo is bigger than Mongolia
Mongolia's GDP: $6.13 billion
Yahoo's Revenue: $6.32 billion
Yahoo would rank as the world's 138th biggest country.
Proctor and Gamble is bigger than Libya
Libya's GDP: $74.23 billion
Proctor and Gamble's Revenue: $79.69 billion
Proctor and Gamble would rank as the world's 64th biggest country.
Visa is bigger than Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's GDP: $7.47 billion
Visa's Revenue: $8.07 billion
Zimbabwe would rank as the world's 133rd biggest country.
Wells Fargo is bigger than Angola
Angola's GDP: $86.26 billion
Wells Fargo's Revenue: $93.249 billion
Wells Fargo would rank as the world's 62nd biggest economy.
eBay is bigger than Madagascar
Madagascar's GDP: $8.35 billion
eBay's Revenue: $9.16 billion
Ebay would rank as the world's 129th biggest country.
Ford is bigger than Morocco
Morocco's GDP: $103.48 billion
Ford's Revenue: $128.95 billion
Ford would rank as the world's 60th biggest country.
Nike is bigger than Paraguay
Paraguay's GDP: $18.48 billion
Nike's Revenue: $19.16 billion
Nike would rank as the world's 102nd biggest country.
Bank of America is bigger than Vietnam
Vietnam's GDP: $103.57 billion
Bank of America's Revenue: $134.19 billion
Bank of America would rank as the world's 59th biggest country.
Consolidated Edison is bigger than Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo's GDP: $13.13 billion
ConEdison's Revenue: $13.33 billion
ConEdison would rank as the world's 112th biggest country.
General Motors is bigger than Bangladesh
Bangladesh's GDP: $104.92 billion
GM's Revenue: $135.59 billion
GM would rank as the world's 58th biggest country.
McDonald's is bigger than Latvia
Latvia's GDP: $24.05 billion
McDonald's Revenue: $24.07 billion
McDonald's would rank as the world's 92nd biggest country.
Berkshire Hathaway is bigger than Hungary
Hungary's GDP: $128.96 billion
Berkshire Hathaway's Revenue: $136.19 billion
Berkshire Hathaway would rank as the world's 57th biggest economy.
Amazon.com is bigger than Kenya
Kenya's GDP: $32.16 billion
Amazon.com's Revenue: $34.2 billion
Amazon would rank as the world's 86th biggest country.
General Electric is bigger than New Zealand
New Zealand's GDP: $140.43 billion
GE's Revenue: $151.63 billion
GE would rank as the world's 52nd biggest country.
Morgan Stanley is bigger than Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan's GDP: $38.99 billion
Morgan Stanley's Revenue: $39.32 billion
Morgan Stanley would rank as the world's 82nd biggest country.
Fannie Mae is bigger than Peru
Peru's GDP: $152.83 billion
Fannie mae's Revenue: $153.83 billion
Fannie Mae would rank as the world's 51st biggest country.
Cisco is bigger than Lebanon
Lebanon's GDP: $39.25 billion
Cisco's Revenue: $40.04 billion
Cisco would rank as the world's 81st biggest country.
Conoco Phillips is bigger than Pakistan
Pakistan's GDP: $174.87 billion
Conoco Phillip's Revenue: $184.97 billion
Conoco Phillips would rank as the world's 48th biggest country.
Pepsi is bigger than Oman
Oman's GDP: $55.62
Pepsi's Revenue: $57.83 billion
Pepsi would rank as the world's 69th biggest country.
Chevron is bigger than the Czech Republic
Czech Republic's GDP: $192.15 billion
Chevron's Revenue: $196.34 billion
Chevron would rank as the world's 46th biggest country.
Apple is bigger than Ecuador
Ecuador's GDP: $58.91 billion
Apple's Revenue: $65.23 billion
Apple would rank as the world's 68th biggest country.
Exxon Mobil is bigger than Thailand
Thailand's GDP: $318.85 billion
Exxon Mobil's Revenue: $354.67 billion
Exxon Mobil would rank as the world's 30th biggest country.
Microsoft is bigger than Croatia
Croatia's GDP: $60.59 billion
Microsoft's Revenue: $62.48 billion
Microsoft would rank as the world's 66th biggest economy.
Walmart is bigger than Norway
Norway's GDP: $414.46 billion
Walmart's Revenue: $421.89 billion
Norway would rank as the world's 25th biggest country.
Source: Fortune/CNN Money, IMF
Costco is bigger than Sudan
Sudan's GDP: $68.44 billion
Costco's Revenue: $77.94 billion
Costco would rank as the world's 65th biggest country.
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Vision of Modi - Nai Soch, Nai Ummeed
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Ansh Ved
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