Celebrating the spirit of Indian girls

KOLKATA IS TALKING ABOUT
MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2014
CALCUTTA TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA
Celebrating the spirit of Indian girls
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he brand Yamaha always strives
to create inspirational experiences for its customers and that
is why all its product offerings reflect the
company’s DNA of being sporty, stylish,
innovative and aspirational. It’s no surprise then that Yamaha scooters have
built a growing fan following among
today’s independent girls, who do not
hesitate to carve their own path in life.
Yamaha Fascino celebrates this very
spirit of Indian girls by associating as
the title sponsors for the Yamaha
Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2014. The
pageant provides a global stage for the
girls to express their beauty and talent.
It’s not only a launch pad for national
and international fame, but also one that
helps them take up important causes and
gives them a platform to address their
need for adventure and their passion for
achievement.
Says Roy Kurian (Vice President,
Sales and Marketing, Yamaha Motor
India Sales), “We are proud to be the title
sponsors of the pageant. Being a youthful
brand, we want to appeal to modern girls
of today, who, like the brand, are breaking conventional boundaries and setting
new standards for what they believe in.
We wish good luck to all the finalists and
hope the winner bring India international glory at Miss Universe 2014.”
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Silajit
Upal
Sengupta
Roy
Kurian
Tanmoy
Bose
The 15 finalists
of the Yamaha
Fascino Miss
Diva Universe
2014 pageant
Hiran Mitra,
Bapi & Bula
Satwik Paul
Somnath Pal (centre) was
crowned the winner of the SF
Sonic Power Garage Contest,
the grand finale of which was
held in Kolkata on Saturday.
Gautam Bhattacharjee (right),
joint managing director, SF
Sonic, handed over the keys of
a Pulsar bike, a certificate and
memento to the winner. The
contest, which saw mechanics
from 400 garages across eight
cities vie for the title over the
past three months, tested
their professional skills along
with other contests. Somnath
emerged the winner from
among 40 finalists. Suven
Banerjee (left), regional
sales manager, was also
present at the do
Celebrate New Year’s Eve
with B’wood’s dancing divas
Anuja Gupta
Sophie Choudry, Daisy
Shah, Rajeev Reddy-CMD
CCIL, Gauhar Khan and
Aarti Chabria
ountry Club India Ltd, India’s
largest leisure infrastructure
conglomerate that offers stateof-the-art clubbing facilities, innovative family holiday packages and starstudded entertainment, held a press
conference recently at its club in
Andheri (West) introducing the hottest
of Bollywood dancing diva’s for ‘Asia’s
Biggest New Year Bash’. The divas will
be performing in different cities in
India and the Middle East. Salman
Khan’s Jai Ho co-star Daisy Shah will
be joining the CCIL New Year Bash
star club for the first time. In the stun-
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ning line-up is the sizzling Gauhar
Khan, the sensuous Aarti Chabria
and the talented Sophie Choudry,
who will set the stage on fire with her
vocals and dance moves.
Proudly introducing the gang of
glamourous girls, CMD CCIL Rajeev
Reddy said, “Its been a pleasure to provide high quality entertainment in all
our events. This time, we are starting
preparations three months prior, since
it will mark our 25th year in the industry and it’ll give our club members
ample time to decide their favourite
club destination according to their
favourite star.” On this occasion,
Country Club cut a huge cake
in celebration.
Speaking about Asia’s biggest New
Year bash, Rajeev Reddy said, “Country Club has completed 25 years and it
has been a rollercoaster ride for us. We
have grown a lot and have expanded
our operations with every passing
year. The phenomenal success of our
‘Asia’s Biggest New Year Bash’ has
become a benchmark. Our membership base has grown in numbers and
we take pride in our members who
have stayed with us all along.”
t was an evening
brimming with
music and a touch
of nostalgia, as Sahajiya Foundation organized a tribute to
Tinkari Chakraborty,
who breathed his last
on August 30. With a
bevy of musicians in
attendance, the event
turned out to be a
memorable one.
The packed-to-capacity auditorium lapped up performances by
the bauls along with
Tanmoy Bose and
Bickram Ghosh, who
played Tinkari’s dubki
as a mark of respect.
Singer Swapan Basu
rendered a mahajani
song. “Tinkarida was
a magician. It was a
delight to see these
performers together
on one stage,” said Deb
Chowdhury.
A documentary
on Tinkari was
also shown during
the event.
Abraham
Mazumdar
Bauls from all corners of Bengal paid tribute to Tinkari Chakraborty
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