URBY'S PASSPORT HOLDER:- Review and Introduction! Get 10% Off by using Coupon Code:- "WRBDHA19"

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Being a Blogger helps me meet many individuals and start-ups which provide services and products knowing about which makes me believe that our country, India, is going to mark its presence as an Entrepreneur-based model business globally. One such mail I received recently was from a startup- "URBY". URBY is an e-commerce websites from where you can purchase the travel-related premium products in reasonable price such as Passport Holders, Travel Wallets, Pouches, Luggage tags, and many other Travel accessories. 

I received a personalized Passport Holder of my choice with my name imprinted on the same. 

I am sharing few pictures of the same to make you understand the powerful quality and experience delivered to me by URBY.

Literally speaking, the quality of the passport is very premium and strong. I loved how the power of their brand reflected in the whole packaging and not only the product. URBY has tried well to make its customer remember them and their product after even holding it once in their hands. 

I am sure you must be curious about what as a brand URBY is and how it came into existence. 

URBY STARTED AS AN ANSWER TO ONE SIMPLE QUESTION

Should High Quality Products Require A Luxury Price Tag?

HOW IT ALL BEGAN?

It all began when Ashutosh moved back from the US & lost his favorite wallet bought over there. Even though the same wallet was available at the company's store in India, the price tag was more than double its price in the US.

The alternatives from India based brands offered much better price points but barely matched the design & quality he expected. Left without an option, he ended up buying the same wallet by paying double at the store but never forgot the rip-off.

WHERE IS THE PROBLEM?

As it turns out, the traditional retail model is not yet evolved. There are way too many middlemen along the way contributing only to the price & absolutely nothing to the product. URBY feels this is not fair and with this, they have set out to create an alternative.

URBY'S BUSINESS MODEL

URBY'S APPROACH

URBY designs and manufactures essentials for an urban lifestyle using the most premium materials and finest craftsmanship. By selling directly to the customer, they eliminate the middlemen; thus offering high quality products at non-luxury prices.

URBY designs + crafts high-quality products & refuse to work with the retailers & other middlemen thus passing on the savings to us, the customers.

Please visit their website to go through their wonderful products priced very economically and chose your favorite one. 

You can also go through their new range of wallets:-

Leather Wallets for Men - https://www.urby.in/wallets-for-men

Ladies Wallet - https://www.urby.in/wallets-for-women

Being my reader, you are eligible for 10% off on the cart value up till June 2019. You shall just need to email the code "WRBDHA19" to support@urby.in along with the products you would like to buy and the URBY Support Team will take it from there.

Thanks.

ABHILASH RUHELA

Bowers & Wilkins launches 3 new products in India

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Bowers & Wilkins launches 3 new products in India

Ø  To offer new experience of audio entertainment where comfort meets clarity

Ø  The new products include  Bowers & Wilkins T7, Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2, and  Bowers & Wilkins C5 Series 2

Mumbai, March 14 2015: Bowers & Wilkins, the global leader for premium loudspeaker products and purveyors of True Sound with nearly 50 years of audio heritage, today announced the launch of 3 new products in India.  These new products include Bowers & Wilkins T7, Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2 & Bowers & Wilkins C5 Series 2.  These new products are going to give a new experience of audio entertainment to the users.

Bowers & Wilkins T7 combines Bluetooth wireless streaming with compact size, and rechargeable convenience with Bowers & Wilkins legendary approach to high-quality sound and the first commercial application of Bowers & Wilkins Micro Matrix technology. T7 is Bowers & Wilkins first Bluetooth speaker, and as with everything Bowers & Wilkins does, T7 is all about sound.

Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2 offers the power, precision and true Hi-Fi sound that made P7 so popular, combined with the portability and luxury of the original P5. The result is a headphone that delivers unheard of levels of detail and dynamics in a portable device in this class. Designed for music on the move – with Made for iPhone cable and a carry case included – the new P5 Series 2 is as light, comfortable and luxurious as its predecessor: the new drivers are encased in the finest materials, including real leather and solid metal. The new P5 Series 2 is understated, yet imbued with a sense of style and endlessly wearable, thanks to its luxuriously comfortable fit. So comfortable, you’ll forget the headphones and just feel the music.

Bowers & Wilkins new C5 Series 2 uses engineering advances to deliver superior sound quality. C5 Series 2 – a new standard for in-ear headphones. This is an improvement on their predecessor in just about every way. Most importantly, sound quality has been significantly boosted by improvements in small scale drive unit design, including the introduction of new drivers and other internal components. The result is that while the new C5 Series 2 retain the looks of their predecessors, they sound far better, and are the best sounding in-ear headphones Bowers & Wilkins has yet produced.

Speaking about the new launch, Brian Devlin, Director, Global Marketing & Sales- Bowers & Wilkins, New Media Division said, “We are extremely happy to launch the 3 new products in India. These highly innovative & technologically advanced audio products are going to provide a new experience of superior sound quality to the users.”

He further added, “India is a very strategic market for Bowers & Wilkins and we are looking at it very positively. The launch of these three new products will broaden our appeal to music lovers in India.”

Price

Bowers & Wilkins T7: MRP 29,900/- (INR)

Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2: MRP 23,500/ (INR)

Bowers & Wilkins C5 Series 2: MRP 15,499/- (INR)

Availability

Bowers & Wilkins products are available at Apple Premium Retail outlets all over India.

About Bowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins is a global leader for premium loudspeaker products and purveyors of True Sound with nearly 50 years of audio heritage. Its innovative, award-winning audio products are an essential element to audio entertainment whether at home or on the move. Bowers & Wilkins loudspeakers are highly regarded as the definitive 'audio reference', as demonstrated by their use in leading recording studios throughout the world including London’s famed Abbey Road Studios and Skywalker Sound in California. The notion that remarkable sound must be experienced to be fully appreciated is reinforced by the company’s motto - Listen and you’ll see.

PDAF announces the Biggest Opportunity for the Emerging Artists of India

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Mumbai: It’s good news for the innovative and experimental group of Indian talent, who are contributing their best in the fields of arts! The Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation (PDAF) has announced the ‘Emerging Artist Contest’, to encourage talented artists by recognizing their work with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards in the disciplines of Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Print Making, Installations, and Photography. 

The awards are specific to each State and therefore 18 individuals will be awarded in each of India’s 30 States, amounting to a total of 540 awards. In addition, the Foundation will present 18 awards on an all-India basis; one of them being the coveted ‘Emerging Artist Award for 2015.’ The winner of this award will be felicitated and given the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at a prominent art gallery in Mumbai, with all expenses paid for by the foundation. Furthermore, the winning artists will be showcased on the internet, in the ‘Directory of Emerging Artists’, that will be created by the Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, along with a yearbook for the same.

AWARDS & PRIZES

Rs. 1 Crore Prizes for the Emerging Artists!

All India PDAF Prizes
Category		Category		Category
	Prize Rs.		Prize Rs.		Prize Rs.
Painting		Ceramics		Installation
Gold	40000	Gold	40000	Gold	40000
Silver	20000	Silver	20000	Silver	20000
Bronze	10000	Bronze	10000	Bronze	10000
Sculpture		Printmaking		Photography
Gold	40000	Gold	40000	Gold	40000
Silver	20000	Silver	20000	Silver	20000
Bronze	10000	Bronze	10000	Bronze	10000
Special All India Prizes
Dr. K. Anji Reddy Prize for best Installation All India of Rs. 2 lacs.
Bajaj Electricals Ltd. Prize for best Painting All India of Rs. 2 lacs
JehangirSabavala Prize for best Stylized Landscape Painting Rs. 25000
K H Ara Prize for best Still Life Painting Rs. 25000
M F Hussain Prize for best Stylized Figure Painting Rs. 25000
PrafullaDahanukar Prize for best Abstract Painting Rs. 25000
V A Mali Prize for best Portrait Painting  Rs. 25000
Ramesh Pateria Prize for best Marble Sculpture Rs. 25000
S M Dahanukar Prize for best Fine Art Wedding Photograph Rs. 25000

PDAF Prizes in the States of:
Central Zone		East Zone			West Zone
Chattisgarh		Bihar			Goa
Madhya Pradesh		Jharkhand			Gujarat
Rajasthan		Odisha			Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh		Sikkim
		West Bengal
North Zone		North East Zone			South Zone
Chandigarh		Arunachal Pradesh			Andhra Pradesh
Delhi		Assam			Karnataka
Haryana		Manipur			Kerala
Himachal Pradesh		Meghalaya			Puducherry
Jammu & Kashmir		Mizoram			Tamil Nadu
Punjab		Nagaland			Telengana
Uttarkhand		Tripura
PDAF States Prizes
Category		Category			Category
	Prize Rs.			Prize Rs.		Prize Rs.
Painting		Ceramics			Installation
Gold	45000	Gold		20000	Gold	20000
Silver	10000	Silver		10000	Silver	10000
Bronze	5000	Bronze		5000	Bronze	5000
Sculpture		Printmaking			Photography
Gold	20000	Gold		20000	Gold	20000
Silver	10000	Silver		10000	Silver	10000
Bronze	5000	Bronze		5000	Bronze	5000
Metro Cities Prizes for Painting Category
Ahmedabad			Rs. 1,10,000
Bangaluru			Rs. 1,10,000
Chennai			Rs. 1,10,000
Delhi			Rs. 1,10,000
Hyderabad			Rs. 1,10,000
Indore			Rs. 1,10,000
Kolkata			Rs. 2,10,000
Mumbai			Rs. 1,10,000

 

The Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation (PDAF) is a registered charity trust founded in memory of the award winning Indian painter and artist PrafullaDahanukar. The Foundation finds benefactors amongst the top artists of India and is effectively a fund for the artists, by the artists. “The purpose of the initiative is to create a strong network amongst the artists’ community, simultaneously recognizing and publicizing the works of talented & emerging artists from every part of India,”said Dilip Dahanukar, husband of the late Prafulla Dahanukar, and trustee, PDAF, while talking about this had this program.

Artists interested in applying for these awards can check the details on: www.prafullafoundation.com

An Interview with Sumeet Sachdev, our very own Gomzy!!!

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Sumeet Sachdev (born March 18, 1976) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He is most popularly known as Gautam "Gomzy" Virani, the oldest son of Tulsi Virani in the popular Indian television serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Sachdev made his directorial debut in his short film Rehman Saheb Ko Phone Karna Hai. I had a chance to interview him after his episode in "Yeh Hai Aashiqui" on UTV Bindass. Do read what he wants to say about his Gomzy days and re-appearance on TV. 

We remember your character “Gautam a.k.a. Gomzy” in Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi. What is it to remember the series and your initial days on television after a decade? 

The character of Gomzy will always be close to my heart. It is the character that took me into every household in the country. It surely wasn’t very easy as the onus of the most popular show was put on my shoulders and I was an absolutely fresh new comer. What amazes me is that people even today, who must’ve been ten to twelve years at the time, have vivid memories of my entry and scenes. I doubt if many characters of television have managed to leave such a mark, I feel blessed.

How do you feel when you see your on-screen mother, Smriti Irani, being one of the key contestants in this Election 2014?

Most certainly I wish her all the very best. What is more important is that whoever comes to power should successfully tackle all the problems and issues and help the country make progress towards a better tomorrow.  

Can we, your fans, know where did our favorite Sumeet Sachdev disappear after a wonderful run on the India’s most popular series? 

When ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ went off air, I was in the middle of making a short film for festivals titled ‘Rehmaan Sahab ko phone karna hai’. I decided to focus on finishing it. I am an architect by qualification and stepped back to architecture too. I did do ‘Pyar ka Bandhan’ and a cameo in ‘Bandini’ but besides that, there was no offer that excited me enough and I was distanced from acting. Over these years, I have been asked time and again by many about my disappearance and many expressed their eagerness to see me back on screen. Recently, I decided to get back to acting and had a great experience facing the camera after long for an episode of ‘Yeh hai Aashiqui’.

We have seen Balaji actors of your time retaining their popularity through reality shows. Why didn’t we see you in any of them?

I’m not all that hungry for popularity. I’m not really sure how much a reality show contributes to popularity, even if it does it’s just temporary I suppose. If I’m approached with a format that interests me, I most definitely would go ahead.

What if tomorrow you get a call to be in the Bigg Boss’s next season? 

Depending on how I am placed, I would be happy to give it a try. It surely would be a very testing experience. 

Do you still have an eye on big screen? Like Rajeev Khandelwal, would you like to do sensible small-budgeted movies?

Most certainly if something good and interesting is on offer. 

Recently, we saw you in an episode of Yeh Hai Aashiqui. You had the same charm as you had a decade ago. What has been your experience working after so many years? How did your fans react to that?

It felt fantastic shooting and has been even better since the telecast. The role of a professor was on offer with whom one of his student’s falls in love. I thought it would be a great warm up after a long break. I didn’t expect this warm up would heat up so much. I am simply surprised, overwhelmed and humbled by the response. The amount of time I have spent on facebook these last few days interacting with the viewers, I haven’t spent in all these years put together. I’m really touched, much appreciated. This episode shall always be very close to me.

For all those who missed the episode, the youtube link is here. Please watch when able. Would appreciate if you would share it. Would be great if people around get to watch it as well. Thanks. Cheers!!!

How‘s married life with Amrita? We would like to know how you met her and tied up together?

It’s been a wonderful six and a half years with Amrita. I met her through her sister. I’m sure it’s not easy to have a husband who is so nomadic professionally. She unconditionally supports and believes in anything and everything I do. She claims to be my biggest fan. I feel very fortunate and blessed to have her in my life.

Thanks Sumeet for talking with us. Just last few words for your fans who want to see you more on TV. 

As I mentioned earlier, I am really touched by their response to the ‘Yeh hai Aashiqui’ episode. The youtube link online reached 100,000 views in two weeks that equates to nearly 5 views per minute, which I think is great. When I shot for the episode I didn't feel away for 4 years and after this kind of a response, I definitely don’t feel I’ve been away. I appreciate all the love and respect they have showered on me, it just makes me feel so very refreshed. Thank you. God bless you!

 Thanks.

 ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!!