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डेंगू : एक डरावनी बीमारी पिछले  से पिछले शनिवार की बात है. मैं आफिस में काम कर रहा था अचानक मुझे शरीर में भारीपन  और हरारत महसूस हुई , क्रोसिन की स्ट्रिप मंगवाई, एक गोली निकाल कर खाई मगर आराम नहीं मिला. जैसे तैसे ड्राइव करके घर पहुँच सका. घर में पहुँचते ही इच्छा हुई कि बिस्तर पर पड़  जाऊं , लेटा  तो फिर ऐसा कि बस आठ दिन के बाद ही ठीक हो सका.  अगले दिन भी बुखार उसी सरगर्मी के साथ मौजूद था, इसलिए आफिस जाने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाया।  सोचा खून की जांच करा लूँ.  बुखार आने पर  सी बी सी  यानी कम्प्लीट ब्लड काउंट टेस्ट करा लेना बेहतर रहता है ,टेस्ट के लिए सैम्पल  दिया, इन दिनों अपनी बिल्डिंग में डेंगू फैला हुआ था , पत्नी बोली  रैपिड डेंगू टेस्ट भी करा लो ।  शाम को रिपोर्ट के लिए गोकुल धाम मेडिकल  सेंटर पहुंचे तो पता चला कि शरीर पर डेंगू का हमला हो चुका है. डेंगू इन दिनों ऐसी बीमारी है जिसका  नाम सुनते ही शरीर में सिरहन शुरू हो जाती है क्योंकि इसके कारण रक्त में प्लेटलेट का स्तर इतना...

Mumbai Film Festival has become a kind of identity for the city of Mumbai and the best part to it  is that every year some Masala is added to give it new flavor. This year on 31st October Bandra's Mehboob Studios turned into a Carnival, the reason was Movie Mela as a part of Festival. It was probably  India's first movie carnival witnessed a staggering turnout of over two thousand movie fans and celebrities who came together to celebrate their collective passion for the movies. The event which was open to all delegates of the  Film Festival and kicked off with a session by Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshion their creative collaboration. This was followed by a once-in-a-lifetime reunion of the team of Mr. India.Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Aftab Shivdasani, Huzaan Khodaiji, Karan Nathand Ahmed Khan took a walk down memory lane as an audience of 800 listened enthralled by anecdotes of how the muc...

Have you ever heard of a girl of 12 years whose mother wanted to see her to become  a surgeon but she started composing her own poems insisted to be a literary persona. Looking her passion, mother agreed her to pursue literature.The girl has grown up, she has many hats, poet, story writer, film maker, actor, teacher, official interpreter for many Indian Prime Ministers,Head of Russian Language Services of All India Radio, TV Presenter et al, No Guess she is Dr Lavlin Thadani. But in recent time Dr Lavlin is in news for her role of Amrita Pritam in the play  'Amrita -A  Sublime Love Story'' directed by veteran theatre and film director M S Sathyu. The play has been staged in Delhi, Hyderabad, Banglore, Patiala, Chandigarh, Indore and received commendation from viewers and critics. She quips,'When the producer, Shri KK Kohli and Director Shri Sathyu chose me, they did not know that I was Amrita ji's neighbour and enjoyed a close relationship with her despite an a...