Bolly Tolly News, Kolkata, March 2018: For the first time in Kolkata, DiSRUPPt Thinking proudly presented the Women Leadership Summit 2018 on Friday March 16 at Novotel Kolkata. The summit was a day-long leadership and professional development conference for all women and men. India, as a country can now boast of women leaders across various sectors viz. defense, banking and financial services, information technology, media, entertainment, politics, etc. among many others. DiSRUPPt Thinking, owned and founded by Lokesh Nathany brought together outstanding achievers from the world of business, entrepreneurship, entertainment, media, sports, politics, and social space to form a forum. The summit aimed at enabling the doers to learn and be inspired by the journey, life lessons and experiences of the achievers from different fields. Lokesh said, “The summit would feature keynote panel discussions, and one-on-one interviews with the guests.” He also went on to add, “These sessions...

Bolly Tolly News, kolkata March 26th, 2018 :  He came. He performed. He conquered the nation with his magnificent super moves! Amidst all the fanfare,  Bishal   Sharma  from  Jorhat , Assam , all of  12 years, was announced as the winner of  Super Dancer Chapter 2 , the super hit dance reality and homegrown show of Sony Entertainment Television. He received a whopping 12 million votes. Not far behind were Akash Thapa from Dehradun, Vaishnavi Prajapati from Panipat, and Ritik Diwaker from Kanpur. Bishal was conferred with the title of ‘Dance Ka Kal’ by the Super Gurus, Shilpa Shetty, Geeta Kapur and Anurag Basu. Joining them was the versatile and India’s favorite actor, Varun Dhawan. Along with the trophy, Bishal took home, a winning amount of Rs. 15 lacs along with a certificate of appreciation, a special gift from PC Jewellers.   The finale evening witnessed the viewers turn into judges and judges into viewers and also see the vot...

Bolly Tolly News, Kolkata, Monday, March 26, 2018 : Humanitarian, Social Entrepreneur and Managing Trustee of Rakshak Foundation Chaitali Das curated a talk show on ‘Women Inspiring Women from Adversity to Empowerment’ – a soul stirring session to inculcate progressive thought of inclusiveness through an international perspective with guest speaker Ivy Woolf Turk from the US. Chaitali curated the platform to share the hurdles and challenges across the diverse cultures of USA and India. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Shashi Panja, Hon’ble Minister of State, Women and Child Development and Social Welfare (Independent Charge). Chaitali, who is already involved in active roles in uplifting underprivileged women and various humanitarian activities was nominated by the US Embassy in India for the prestigious Fortune/US State Department Global Women’s Mentoring, Partnership programme in the United States. One of her mentors Lauren C. Anderson, former FBI Officer in the Fortune/ US Sta...

Bolly Tolly News,   Kolkata, 2018: Status Single – The Truth About Being a Single Woman in India by award winning feminist writer and former journalist Sreemoyee Piu Kundu was launched on Tuesday March 6 at The Park Hotel Kolkata with a panel discussion moderated by cultural personality Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The panel included film maker Aninidita Sarbadicari, actress Chandreyee Ghosh, party spokesperson for AIADMK, Chennai, Apasara Reddy and entrepernuer Ruchita Kazaria along with Sreemoyee Piu Kundu. Sreemoyee says, “This is a tale of grit and gumption, anger and loneliness, and the daily struggle of being single in India.  Replete with different perspectives and anecdotes, Status Single weaves together real-life stories that encompass areas that affect single women, like online dating and being paraded in front of prospective in-laws, of sex and sexuality, adoption, freezing of eggs, and much more. Fiercely honest and painfully vulnerable, thi...

Bolly Tolly News,  Kolkata, 8 th  March 2018 -  Motorola India, today announced the opening of 25 new Moto Hubs in Kolkata to further strengthen its retail presence. Moto Hub is a key destination that house the entire portfolio of Motorola devices allowing customers to experience and get a hands-on demo of the product range, including the recently launched Moto Z2 force and Moto X4. According to GFK, the Eastern region contributes 15% of the total smartphones retail sales in India out of a total of 7M units every month. Kolkata has emerged as the 6 biggest smartphone city in India with a market size of 1.5 lakh units per month. Motorola has a strong consumer base across West Bengal and have always valued the differentiated and premium experience offered by the brand and hence we are enhancing our footprint in the city. Sudhin Mathur, Managing Director, Motorola Mobility India said,  “ Our customer centric strategy has helped us immensely and we have rec...

BOLLY TOLLY NEWS, Kolkata, Friday February 23: Showcasing the best in fashion and textile, INIFD Lindsay Street organised its Annual Graduating Fashion Show, Tomorrow Makers 2018 at Rang Durbaar, Swabhumi on Friday, February 23. The fashion show was held in the presence of Directors, INIFD Lindsay Street Mr John Mantosh and Mrs Susane Mantosh along with actor Anindya Chatterjee, actress Ridhima Ghosh, managing director of Akbar-E-Mashriq Farah Haque, and fashion designers Sharbari Datta, Ayushman Mitra and Agnimitra Paul. “We are proud of our students. They are exceptionally talented and like every year this batch too will achieve great heights and conquer the fashion industry in the near future,” said Mrs Susane Mantosh. With Tomorrow Makers, INIFD made yet another indelible mark in the fashion industry. The event showcased the creative collections of INIFD’s final year Fashion and Textile students. The fashion show serves as a platform where students can display their creati...

BOLLY TOLLY NEWS, Kolkata, 2018: Status Single – The Truth About Being a Single Woman in India is a path breaing book by award winning feminist writer and former journalist Sreemoyee Piu Kundu. The book brings to fore the compelling narrative of being a single woman in India, which is an explosive personal narrative as much as it is a tell-all, graphic documentation of the lives and journeys of over 3,000 women Sreemoyee has interviewed from all parts of India, who shared with her what it means to be single in a land that witch-hunts a woman who does not conform to social and moral conditioning and where the highest validation of womanhood is marriage and motherhood. “Status Single” will be launched in Kolkata at The Park Hotel on Tuesday March 6. Status Single, being published by Amaryllis (a Manjul imprint), is the first book on single women in India, who, according to the 2011 census data, account for 21 per cent of our population, which translates into nearly 73 million in n...