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"Writer’s Postcards" by Dipika Mukherjee: Review by Lawrence Pettener

Dipika Mukherjee is a globe-trotting poet, sociolinguist, writer, editor and educator who often travels alone. Her family and friends are scattered worldwide: Malaysia, Chicago and Delhi to name but a few.

To offset our dizziness with Mukherjee’s continual world tour, we are brought into the subjective world of a poet early on, with the disarming assertion that the cicak (gecko)’s “thik thik thik” sound is repeating ‘truth’ in Bengali. She goes on to say, “What we do is so inexplicable to the more pragmatic.”

One clear thing Mukherjee does here is to stand for the oppressed, detailing migrant workers’ poetry. She is told first hand of Tibetans escaping Chinese repression:

“…trying to avoid the splitting ice and the strong currents… they took turns to piggyback the young ones, but inevitably… some were lost in these passes, while the sick had to be abandoned.”

She relays the message: “One person blows up a building and the media has pictures everywhere, but our youth are burning themselves and no one cares.” While Dipika sometimes backs up her political punches with literary references—on self-censorship, she quotes Jane Austen—she certainly remedies whatever ‘harmlessness’ an earlier reviewer accused her editing of.

We also get into specific details; ghungroos are bells, but they could be creatures or a vehicle from a Dr. Seuss novel. True to form, the author credits the translator of every work cited. Far from simply being nice, it’s all part of Dipika’s revolt against historical erasure, as she puts it.

Mukherjee deploys declamatory one-line paragraphs as little jabs of truth or summation, occasional fresh claims that could easily belong in the preceding or following paragraph. She uses them sparingly enough not to clobber us over the head with them, as in advertising copy, interspersing them with longer paragraphs.

Penguin have never been strong on proofreading since the early eighties, to put it politely. Here, the Hindu deity Dasarath is spelled Dasarth, and the sacred plant tulsi starts with upper- and lower-case ‘T’ randomly.

As with Mukherjee’s recent poetry collection, Dialects from Distant Harbors, these nuanced pieces bring to mind BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent; the pleasurable, subjective pieces balancing the hard reportage. Mukherjee honours local efforts and enactors such as Malaysia’s preeminent creative writing host (Readings at Seksan) and teacher Sharon Bakar.

As most of these pieces are not about herself—though some of the strongest, most connecting passages here relate to the deaths of her brother and her father—if Mukherjee occupies one clear role, it has to be that of representative or champion of others.

Interview

Lawrence Pettener: Dipika, you wear so many hats and do so many things: lecturing, judging competitions, editing, panels, your own writing. How do you stay on top of it all?

Dipika Mukherjee: Nowadays, I think everybody’s being tested for various inability-to-stay-focused issues to put it euphemistically. I think I may actually have some ADD (sic) as well, because what I find is that I actually work best when I’m working on more than one project, ‘cause I tend to get bored very easily. So let’s say I’m writing a novel and it’s going well, but then, you know, you hit a bump as one always does and then I have maybe an academic project which is very cut and dried, and I don’t have to expend my imagination; so I find that if I switch my brain to something more cut and dried that just needs to get done, then I come back to the imaginative project feeling rejuvenated. But if I keep hammering away at my, you know, “Come on Muse, where are you?!”, it’s just so tedious for the process and for me of course.   So then very often I have at least two projects on; and sometimes a poem pops into my head because of something that happens. I secretly write from a point of rage! (Laughs.) So let’s say I read something in the newspaper, or I see something happening out in the street, and something overtakes everything else that I’m doing, and I feel I need to get a poem out, or maybe a short piece of fiction that addresses the immediacy of what I’m feeling.

LP: Maybe you’re one of these people who, like me, might have fifty to a hundred Internet tabs open at once?

DM: Yes, I’m a little compulsive about that! I try not to have more than about twenty-two open!

LP: I should follow that.

DM: I know, it’s like throwing stuff out of my cupboard and not letting that overwhelm, because I do tend to be a little bit of a going-down-the-rabbit-hole person, so if something else is interesting and shiny, and gleaming, I just rush to it. But as I’m getting older I’ve learned to control that. I use the Pomodoro Technique, do you know that?

LP: Yes but I’ve forgotten.

DM: OK. You can find timers online, and you write for twenty-five minutes and then you take a break for either five or fifteen. And what helped with my writing, when it’s not going well, is if I know I only have to sit down for twenty-five minutes, and after that I’m free to go and make myself a coffee, I really do sit down. And then what happens is that in twenty-five minutes I may be at a point where something is taking off; so I make myself some coffee and come right back.   Whereas I think that if I sit in front of just a blank sheet of paper and think, I have to get Chapter Four done, it’s so intimidating. Twenty-five minutes isn’t, because you can sit there and shake your leg – watch this (shakes leg; laughter).  LP: Yes, I tell my students the best way to write a poetry collection is to flit between five or ten pieces simultaneously. They feed into each other; it shows which ones don’t fit into the collection.

DM: Absolutely. I have not actually ever tried that, but I think I might. The other thing I find when I’m teaching writing is that students are often very concerned about having spent a lot of time writing something they’ll never publish or never use and which they feel is like a bunch of rubbish. I actually have a folder for unused writing, or writing in progress, is what I title it. I often cannibalise from that folder, because sometimes when you’re kind of lost for ideas, you go back to a piece of writing and once it’s been marinating for however long, it doesn’t look that bad, and you can still see the bones of it, the ones you can use. And you don’t have to use it as it is, but it’s a wonderful jumping-off point, you know? And I think anything that frees you from a blank page is a good thing, because a blank page almost universally for writers is a very daunting thing.

LP: It could be the opposite of a rabbit hole in a way. What would be the opposite of a rabbit-hole though? Serous question.  DM: Yeah, for me I think it would be sort of just being mind-blocked, and not having your mind going anywhere. Thankfully again, because of the way I think my mind is, it doesn’t happen too often. But again, you have what the Buddhists call the monkey mind, right? Then also, you’re really not doing yourself any favours, and ultimately you get to a point where you’re so frustrated and discombobulated that it goes nowhere.

So I try to in a way structure my time into bits where I have to let go after a certain time. That’s my Pomodoro Technique. It has helped me because as a person I’m naturally not inclined to stop worrying something until it’s done to death, whereas now if I know that, OK, I’ve got it in a schedule, twenty-five minutes, and I have X, Y, Z things to get done, I will move on instead of wasting the whole day.

LP: How often do you manage to read others’ poetry yourself?

DM: Sometimes when I’m writing my own poetry, or editing it, I find it very useful to read people that I absolutely adore. Naomi Shihab Nye is a favourite, because she writes political poetry with great heart; I like Mary Oliver. I like Billy Collins, you know all these people who write with a great deal of heart. I think that kind of helps me put my own poems into perspective, because as I said I do often start from a point of rage, and that rage overcomes any poetic beauty.

Whereas getting back and latching on to somebody who writes lyrically, about things that are important, kind of centres me as well; it doesn’t all have to be vomiting stress. It can be beauty, even within the stress.

LP: I was discussing your poetry with somebody who said, from what I’d shown them of your stuff, that perhaps you didn’t take on social issues enough.

DM: I think I do take on social issues wherever I can. I was listening to this lecture by Gitanjali Shree, who has just won the Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand. She said very eloquently – far more eloquently than I’ll be able to tell you right now – is that there is a kind of a global movement now, because the world is just such a shithole place rally, I mean every country has so many problems; there is such a burden now on writers to lead the protest. But it’s not our job, it’s never our job to be in protest lands, and leading protests with little soundbites about what we feel.

What we like to do is go off and do the writing that sometimes addresses these issues, but I do not feel like I have to address every issue in Malaysia. I do not have to address the traffic jams, and the racial inequities, and the school system. I mean, I would go mad!

So I think I’ll pick and choose, and because I have such a strong allegiance to three countries, I will write about the anti-Muslim sentiments in India, which I’ve done in this book in a few poems; I’ll write about the Trump presidency and the marginalisation of any non-white people in America, which I have also done here; and I’ve addressed Malaysian problems in various books, including my debut novel, which was never published here because of that; because it starts off with a chapter on a model being blown up in the fields of Shah Alam (greater Kuala Lumpur area). Any Malaysian knows that politically that’s very, very controversial.

That’s Ode to Broken Things, and it’s related to the death of a model who was the mistress of the powers that be. It’s available here. I did have a Malaysian publisher but he pulled out about four months before the publication. And by that time it had already gone into print in other parts of the world, but he wrote a very – ‘kesian’ is the only word that comes to mind – a very sad email saying that he can’t publish it here because it will pretty certainly get banned, and he will lose his job and it will affect the livelihood of everyone who works for that company.

I have a little bit of an advantage in that I don’t live here but then it will affect my ability to come back. So I also don’t want to rock the boat too much.

LP: This recalls Preeta Samarasan’s latest novel, The Tale of the Dreamer’s Son.

DM: I was supposed to be moderating the launch of her book, and obviously because of my own book tour, which took me to many countries, I fell a little behind and I couldn’t read it. But I love Preeta’s work; I loved Evening is the Whole Day. At the time when she wrote that, it was very close to Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things in terms of the lyricism and the sentences feeding into each other in very ripe and visual ways. I think that that kind of style seems to have gone out of favour right now. I think that people very often do not like to read what they consider a little bit overdone style; but I absolutely adore Preeta’s work and the reason is also that I find it so fearless in terms of what she says.

You know, Preeta and I see Malaysia through very different windows, because I continue to come back here and I continue to interact with a lot of writing people. I have mentors who are writers and published collections and short fiction with them. And so I have a much more optimistic view, whereas I think Preeta sometimes, can come across as pessimism, certainly.

I absolutely love the fact that we have her, in Malaysia, as a voice with such a strong conscience.

LP: Who can you see as a mentor? I imagine you get some of that from literary interactions.

DM: Right. I love literary festivals because of that, because one of the things it makes really clear is that the people who are truly great writers are not the divas, and I was telling this story to someone else just a few days ago:

My first novel, called Thunder Demons at that time, and the title was changed to Ode to Broken Things, was longlisted for the Man Asia literary prize. In that long list, there was also Su Tong, a Chinese writer. I don’t know if you know Su Tong’s work, but he’s a highly respected Chinese writer, he wrote this book called Wave the Red Lantern, which was made into a Hollywood movie. I have been reading Su Tong since my late teens, and then read his novel Rice when I was about nineteen, and I was just totally in love with it. His style is very Zola-esque, very dark, but it’s beautiful.

So anyway, I was in this long list with many people. Soo Tong was also on it, and he had been one of the people I had worshipped as a writer. I was at Shanghai Literary Festival, and Su Tong was one of the main guys talking at that, so I went up to him and said “I’m delighted to meet you, and I’ve been reading you” blah blah, and he turned to his interpreter, who said, This is your fan, and she says she’s also on the Man Asian long list with you. He looked a little puzzled, and then he asked the interpreter to ask me what my book was. And so I said it was Thunder Demons. I saw his name on the list and I knew I would lose to someone so worthy, it would not be a loss.  So he turned around and he takes my hand like this, and he said, in English, Miss D, you should have won! And I start to laugh, his interpreter starts to laugh, because he’s saying this in English, and with such heartfelt, You should have won! That’s the kind of interactions I have with people who are really writers.  The other person who I felt was a really good mentor was Amitav Ghosh. I met him at various places; the last one being Northwestern University, where I was teaching, and he came in in one day. He has written this amazing book that talks about climate change, and true fiction as well as non-fiction. And he’s this amazing towering person in the literary world, but he has always been very open to just talking about literature on a level that is very accessible. He doesn’t just say, Oh, this is a book that I wrote; he will also ask, What are you writing. He’s wonderful; people should all be like that.

LP: Are you in any writers’ group, or somewhere that you can get feedback?

DM: Yes. Thank you for asking this, because I do think that writers’ groups are important. You have to be a bit smart about them of course, because there’s always a danger of you writing only to the group. That is never a good thing. What I do is, I have different types of writers’ groups, so for a long time I had an Asian American writers’ group, in Chicago, so I would be able to write whatever I wanted without a glossary, because they would just get it. And then I also have a women’s writing group that is about four of us, all working on longer pieces; and nobody else is Asian there. So then sometimes I can check out whether it translates.

It’s good to have more than one group because it reminds you that even if one group tends to go in a certain way, that opinion is not universal; there’s another group that would take things completely differently. So yes it’s important to have writers’ groups and it’s important to have a variety of them, and not just have an echo chamber that gives you what you want to hear.

LP: With that, I imagine that your being on the move so much helps to keep that sense of who you’re writing for rooted in the generality.

DM: Yeah, I don’t really have a reader in mind, it’s not like my sister-in-law’s my ideal reader or anything like that. I try to not patronise my audience, because I’ve felt patronised so many times, especially by Indian authors writing in English, when their gaze is very much the Western, often male gaze; so I tend to just think of you now, an educated, global person. Of course it’s impossible to do on my own because I’m so close to my own writing that I don’t see the defects; which is why having a writers’ group tells me that this makes no sense, or a character is just not believable.

LP: And then what really should be written about because it’s so unbelievable, is just that: unbelievable.

DM: Yep. You know, when I wrote Shambhala Junction, I had a really good agent in London, and she was shopping it around. The good thing about having a power agent is that you get a response back quite quickly, so she came back to me with a publisher who had read it, and she said that she could not read Shambhala Junction as the mother of young girls, and she did not feel that any father would sell a child, or rather abandon their child. Now if you’ve grown up in any part of Asia, you know that that happens all the time. So again, there is obviously a dissonance between what I see as possible in the world and maybe a London agent is able to show.

Bio:

Lawrence Pettener is a poet and freelance editor living in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. His reviews and interviews have appeared in Juliet Art Magazine (Italy), Asian Review of Books and The Culture Review. He recently co-edited ‘Salleh Ben Joned: Truth, Beauty, Amok and Belonging’ (Maya Press, Malaysia), and a collection of poems on Malaysian food is due out this year. He’s editing another book for somebody right this minute.

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southeastasianists · 5 years ago

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Nothing gets the Malaysian salivating — or frothing with rage — more quickly than discussing the relative merits of famous local eateries. Global Malaysians, like those in Chicago, pick at food memories like scabs; it is painful to remember the food of home, but an endless delight to pluck at memories filtered through the lens of nostalgia.

Remembering food carts where cendol was sold for a few sen is a post-dinner sport and Malaysians take it online when the community is dispersed. A quick glance at the Global Malaysian Network (GMN) shows a recipe for roasted chicken feet with Coca-Cola(!) and pictures of a 40-year-old No-Name-Fish-Head-Curry-stall in KL that is worth a visit.

What else should we expect from a country that says hello with “Sudah makan”?

Introducing the Fay Khoo Award for Food and Drink Writing in Malaysia was a brilliant idea. This year’s winners were announced on Nov 22, in conjunction with the launch of an anthology of delicious food writing at the George Town Literary Festival, which ran from Nov 21 to 24.

#malaysia #food #Dipika Mukherjee

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chasingnewdawn · 4 years ago

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What's in the name - Raveena (?) Mazumdar

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Usually, when I come up with a character, I figure out their first names pretty quickly. if a character comes from the culture I don't know much about, I usually have to dig a little deeper, but it isn't insurmountable. Usually.

For Chasing New Dawn, the novel I'm working on right now, I came up with the names for Maddie, Riley and Daisuke pretty quickly. Corey I had to think about, and it took me quite a while to settle on the names for Liamhain and Tony. But one name continues to give me trouble.

Back when Chasing New Dawn was still going to be a novella, Raveena wasn't even mentioned until the very end, so I didn't even give it that much thought. I did already have some ideas for her background. I decided fairly early on that she was going to be Indian. Sumitra from Urbis Arcana was Punjabi, and I thought making her Punjabi as well would be repetitive, so I decided she was going to be a Bengali (Why Bengali in particular? Because that was literally the first non-Punjabi subcontinental ethnic group I thought of, and I just went with it).

As the novella became a novel, Raveena became progressively more important to the overall plot, to the point where it seems kind of weird to think back to how small of a role she originally played. And I knew that I had to give her a proper name. I wound up doing similar to something that I did with Sumitra - I looked up Bengali celebrities. By that point, I already started to get a decent idea of what her mom was like, and she seemed like a kind of person to name her daughters after Bengali actresses, I focused on that. And Raveena Tandon seemed to have fit the bill.

Many months later, a writer friend of mine introduced me to Dipika Mukherjee, a Chicago writer who happened to be Bengali (and, incidentally, a fellow journalist). She was willing to take about 15 minutes to answer some Bengali-related questions, and she:

Immediately realized exactly where I got the name

Pointed out that Raveena Tandon wasn't Bengali, and that "Raveena" isn't a even Bengali name.(I've since figured out my mistake - just because an actress appeared in Bengali films doesn't mean she herself is Bengali)

My first instinct was to wave it off, because I kind of liked the name by that point... But, by then, I had some second thoughts about the name for a different reason. Participating in writing groups requires me to read the work out loud, and I was starting to notice that "Raveena" sounded kind of similarish to "Riley," and, to the lesser extent, similarish to "Liamhain." (It's pronounced "Leah-WEEN.") So now I had two good reasons to change it.

It's not like it would be unprecedented. Liamhain was "Connie" until I realized that it sounded a little too much like "Corey." So it shouldn't have been too hard to change it to something more appropriately Bengali and not Riley-or-Liamhain-sounding, right?

Well, it's been over a year and I still haven't settled on the alternative.

I toyed with just naming her "Dipika," but while it doesn't sound too similar to "Daisuke," I figured it would be better to avoid "D" names. Or names that start with "C," "M," "L" and (obviously "R"). At one point, I did contemplate naming her "Sushma," after the aforementioned writer friend, but it sounds too similar to the name I picked for Raveena's older sister, Supriya. (I did give the Mazumdar sisters a Sushma Aunty, because I figured they deserved more positive and supportive Indian influences in their lives).

I toyed with calling her "Poonam..." But if I did that, I'd get plenty of side-eyes, because they'd know exactly who that would reference. And that actress isn't Bengali, either.

So I've been looking at the Wikipedia list of Bengali actresses, I've been kind of leaning toward "Paoli"... but not enough to actually commit to it. Because none of them grabbed me quite as much as "Raveena," or as much as "Liamhain" did when I came across it. At least not yet.

For now, I'm just continuing to use "Raveena," while feeling grateful that Microsoft created Word Replace.

#raveena mazumdar #CND Behind the Scenes #chasing new dawn #CND characters #writing #bengali #bengali characters #writing process #raveena tandon #dipika mukherjee #name

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therumpus · 8 years ago

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The problems in the sub-continent are common: gender discrimination, corruption, poverty. I’m not interested in writing these exotic stories about beautiful immigrants with bare-shouldered women in glamorous saris on the covers. So it’s helpful to get together with others who are writing the gritty stories.

THE SUNDAY RUMPUS INTERVIEW: Dipika Mukherjee

#Interviews #Dipika Mukherjee #Shambala Junction #Paulette Livers

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thesportsgrail · 3 years ago

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Indian Sportswomen Of International Fame Who Are Married To Cricketers

Indian Sportswomen Of International Fame Who Are Married To Cricketers #cricket #tennis #squash #badminton #india #women #marriage #sports

Indian sportswomen of international fame have made the country proud by shining bright in each and every professional sport like tennis, badminton, cricket, volleyball, football Many Indian sportswomen are examples of excelling in sports with successful marriage and motherhood too. Just like any other profession, Indian sportswomen are today excelling in both their professional as well as…

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#Ayesha Mukherjee #Dipika Pallikal #Sania Mirza

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radio-charlie · 3 years ago

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Dipika Mukherjee

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rishtado · 3 years ago

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Sasural Simar Ka 2 - The Future Story

After the success of season one The sequel is certain to delight viewers. Radhika Muthukumar, Avinash Mukherjee, and Tanya Sharma star in Sasural Simar Ka 2: The Future Story. The plot of this drama series is similar to the first however, it is more focused on family values and love. The story is centered around the bonding of three generations of siblings and how they adapt to the changes that come with aging.

Reema (the main character) and Simar (the supporting character) are the two sisters in the story. Both sisters desire to be models. They meet Aarav Oswal and Vivaan Oswal, who are cousins. Reema falls for Aarav but decides to leave the wedding in order to pursue her modeling career. Reema when she returns from a modeling tour, is unhappy about her sister and brother.

Aarav and Samar will likely get married in the upcoming episodes of Sasural Simar Ka 2. In the event of their separation, Aarav will visit Simar's place and offer his marriage proposal. Simar and Aarav have been close for several years but their relationship has been tested. They'll have to face a challenge in the coming episodes, but their bond is bound to keep viewers guessing.

Colors TV's beloved serial Sasural simar Ka is back with its second series. It is produced by Rashmi Sharma's Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. The show centers around Simar Bharadwaj an expert matchmaker who searches for matches that will suit Geetanjali Oswal's grandsons Sasural Simar Ka 2 Future Story. Simar is determined to find the perfect match for Vivaan, Aarav and their grandsons. The show features Radhika Muthukumara and Tanya Sharma as the two sisters.

The show debuted on Colors TV in April 2011. The show was initially focused on women's empowerment, but eventually changed into a supernatural one. Shoaib Ibrahim posted a promotional video for the show on his Instagram. They met in Sasural Simar Ka and have been the most adored couple on television. The couple will wed in Sasural Simar Ka 2, due to air in 2020.

The actresses who appear in Sasural Simar Ka 2 are Radhika Muthukumar and Avinash Mukherjee. As previously mentioned both of them will reprise their roles in the upcoming serial. Additionally, Dipika Kakar is returning to reprise her role on the show. The actresses in the show include Tanya Sharma, Avinash Mukherjee, and Radhika Muthukumar.

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eraexpress · 3 years ago

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Sasural Simar Ka 2

The popular drama series Sasural Simar Ka is back with a new season. The first season was an instant hit and was watched by millions. The show will air on the same channel beginning 26 April 2021. The show will concentrate on the love story and life of two sisters who share a connection to one of the richest Agra families. The episode will feature Aarav and Simar who try to save the family.

The story of the lead characters will continue in the second season of Sasural Simar Ka'. Avinash Mukherjee will take on the leading role in the new series and Dipika Karkar will reprise her role for Season 2. The first season was a huge success and viewers were enthralled by it. The show is worth watching for anyone who enjoys this type of TV drama.

Many familiar faces will return for the second season of the hit series. Shoaib Ibrahim and Dipika Kakar have returned to the Sasural Simar Ka family Simar's brother Rakshit Wahi is now a grown-up. Aarav is the father of Prerna, Rajeev and Rajeev. The first season was shot at Cine Classic Studios Mira Road, while the second season was shot in Delhi or Hong Kong Sasural Simar Ka 2.

In the second season of Sasural Simar Ka, a father-daughter couple must work through their differences and find ways to reconcile their relationships. After their divorce, Roli and Maya begin their relationship. When the two sisters decide to marry, Siddhant remarries Roli's childhood friend, Prerna, and the brothers are left behind. They have one son together.

The second season of Sasural Simar Ka will follow the story of a married couple. The couple's oldest child encounters his mother-in-law, who discovers that she is suffering from memory loss. She ends up taking care of her daughter and him. She realizes that she can not do that, but he has a chance to do things right. This drama is full of laughter and excitement.

The show revolves around the father-daughter relationship. It's a family drama with many twists. The bond between mother and daughter will endure throughout the series. The father-daughter connection is among the most romantic relationships on Hindi television. Roli is the daughter of Avni. After the death of her mother, she attempts to marry her brother. However her family isn't happy with it.

The second season of Sasural Simar Ka is the sequel to the first season. The cast of the show is exactly the same as the first. The lead is played by Avinash Mukherjee, who is a renowned actor and director. The plot is slightly different. The role of Shoaib Ibrahim in the second season will be the same as in the first. Both the actors have different roles, but both play important roles in the show.

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happyweddingblogs · 3 years ago

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Vicky Kaushal & Katrina Kaif Tied The Knot In A Lavish Ceremony At Six Senses Fort Barwara

The most anticipated wedding in Bollywood took place yesterday, on December 9, 2021. Yes, we are very much talking about the wedding of Phantom actress Katrina Kaif and Uri actor Vicky Kaushal. The two had been dating since 2019, and their wedding was the most anticipated in the industry since Dipika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra’s.

Katrina Kaif wore a traditional red lehenga designed by famous designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee to the wedding, while Vicky sported a beige sherwani.

After weeks of pure conjecture, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal got married. On Thursday, the couple announced their wedding on social media. They got married in the picturesque city of Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. The couple married in a traditional Punjabi wedding ceremony at the Six Senses Fort Barwara Hotel with just their family members and close friends.

A local sweet shop prepared Rajasthani and Gujarati delicacies for guests at the Six Senses Fort Barwara hotel in Sawai Madhopur district.

The celebrity couple and their closest family and friends gathered at the Six Senses Fort Barwara Hotel, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, for a three-day wedding celebration, which began on December 7 (Tuesday).

Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif dated for about two years before marrying on December 9, 2021. The couple kept their relationship under wraps. They have, however, been seen together at parties and industry events on several occasions. They even visited each other’s homes before they departed for Rajasthan.

According to reports, the couple married in two ceremonies in order to honor both of their traditions. On December 9, the couple’s Punjabi-style wedding began around noon. Vicky and Katrina performed pheras at the muhurat time, which was between 3.30 pm to 3.45 pm.

Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Sehra Bandi’ ritual has begun at Six Senses Fort Barwara. Following the ‘Sehra Bandi’ ceremony, the Baaraat proceeded to the wedding mandap. Vicky Kaushal arrived at the wedding venue in a vintage car.

Katrina and Vicky took to their social media handles and shared their official wedding photos as newlyweds on their respective social media accounts shortly after the wedding rituals were completed.

The couple captioned the photos, “Only love and gratitude in our hearts for everything that brought us to this moment. As we embark on this new adventure together, I ask for all of your love and blessings.”

Following their wedding, the newlywed couple served sweets and other delicacies to the journalists and paparazzi stationed outside Six Senses Fort Barwara.

Pre-Wedding Festivities

The couple’s pre-wedding festivities officially began on December 7. Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are said to have paired up in floral outfits for their sangeet. On Wednesday, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal partied with their friends and family at Fort Barwara. According to reports, Katrina wore a pink lehenga for the Sangeet ceremony, while Vicky matched her look with a floral sherwani.

Many Bollywood celebrities, including Kabir Khan, Mini Mathur, Angad Bedi, Neha Dhupia, Sharvari Wagh, Radhika Madan, and Malavika Mohanan, attended the much-hyped wedding. Attendees were reportedly asked not to use their phones during the ceremonies.

For their sangeet cake, the couple spent a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh. It was a five-tiered cake, for which the couple specially hired a Delhi-based pâtissier.

The Wedding Venue

Katrina and Vicky tied the knot in a breathtaking location, “Six Senses Fort Barwara Hotel,” situated in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. The entire venue was decorated with flowers in keeping with the floral theme.

The wedding venue was completely enclosed on all sides to ensure privacy. The entire wedding venue was heavily guarded by security personnel and police officers, who could be seen stationed outside the fort’s entrance, as well as barricading. The hotel’s main entrance was guarded by eight security guards in black uniforms and two police officers.

VicKat’s Honeymoon

The newlyweds planned to enjoy their honeymoon at Six Senses Fort Barwara. There had been reports that the couple was flying to the Maldives for their honeymoon. However, a source close to them repudiated these rumors.

Best Wishes & Messages

Congratulatory wishes and messages have been gushing in from across the world for the newlywed couple. Celebs such as Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar, Tiger Shroff were among the first to send their best wishes to the couple.

Alia liked VicKat’s wedding pictures when the couple posted them on their respective social media handles. She wrote, “Oh my god, you guys look so, so, so beautiful,” accompanied by a series of red heart emojis.

Karan Johar wished the couple and wrote, “Congratulations to this gorgeous couple! @katrinakaif and @vickykaushal09 ! Wish you both decades of abundant joy and eternal happiness…. All my love and best energies are coming your way.”

Kareena Kapoor Khan commented, “You did it!!! God bless you both!” While Priyanka commented, “So happy for you! Mere yaar ki shaadi hai! Congratulations both of you! You’re perfect together!” On the other hand, Deepika Padukone wished Katrina and Vicky “a lifetime of love, laughter, loyalty, respect, and companionship.”

Tiger Shroff simply commented, “Congratulations.” While Katrina’s co-star Hrithik Roshan commented, “So amazing! Sending you both all my love!!! Have to dance together soon!” Director Abhishek Kapoor wrote, “Huge congratulations, Katrina and Vicky. God bless you both!” Parineeti Chopra wrote, “Katy- only love and more happiness to you!”

Actress Anushka Sharma (who will be Vicky and Katrina’s neighbor) took to her Instagram and shared a story with a message: “Congratulations to both of you beautiful people! Wishing you guys a lifetime of togetherness, love, and understanding. Also glad you are finally married so that now you can move into your house soon and we can stop hearing construction sounds.”

The Journey Ahead

Earlier this year, the Masaan star moved out of his parent’s house (which is in Andheri). In July of this year, he and Kaif have rented in Juhu’s Rajmahal, an ultra-luxurious structure for Rs 8 lakhs per month. The apartment is on the 8th floor, and they will be neighbors with Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, who already have two floors in the same building.

The couple planned to settle in their new house after their wedding. Katrina Kaif is expected to perform her Graha Pravesh rituals in her new house next week. The two families will be present at the ceremony. The ceremony’s preparations are already underway in Mumbai.”

Related: Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa Tied Knot On Nov 15 In A Grand Wedding Ceremony

According to reports, Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif have paid a substantial deposit for the apartment. Vicky has agreed to rent the apartment for five years, beginning in July 2021. He has paid a security deposit of nearly Rs 1.75 crore. The monthly rent for the first 36 months is Rs 8 lakh. They will be paying Rs 8.40 lakh per month for the next 12 months and Rs 8.82 lakh per month for the remainder 12 months.

Special Shaadi Highlights

There is a report that the couple has sold the VicKat Shaadi rights to Amazon Prime Videos (an OTT giant) for Rs. 80 Crores. The wedding is expected to be streamed on Prime Videos as part of a special package next year.

We Wish Vicky & Katrina A Lifetime Of Love And Happiness… Many Congratulations!

Happy Wedding…

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List Of Bigg Boss All Winner Over The Years & What They’re Up To Now

Bigg Boss India Winners Over The Years

Bigg Boss all winners a very famous reality show which grew its fame and now is highest grosser in the television industry in India today. But since the start, do we all know who won the first three seasons?

Since Salman Khan has been hosting the show, the show has been new heights since ever. Season 14, however, is on hold due to Covid-19, let us recall all the winners of various seasons in ascending order from 1 to 13 and what they are up to now in the industry.

Here are the list of Bigg Boss all Winner:

Season 1 – Rahul Roy

Rahul Roy got the famous in the 1990s with the very famous Movie and especially the songs of Aashiqui. He appeared in many movies later stages of Life. Later in 2006, came to and became the Bigg Boss all Winner and won the season. The season was originally hosted by Arshad Warsi. Rahul Roy has again tried out some work in the industry and got featured in TV serials.

Season 2 – Ashutosh Kaushik

Roadies Winner and later came to Bigg Boss all winner and won million hearts around the country. He was voted by the viewers to grab the title of Bigg Boss. He later got into Indian TV serials and shows like Saavdhan India. He has also taken part in Rahul Mahajan’s Swayamvar as the Best friend of the Groom.

Season 3 – Vindu Dara Singh

The son of Legendary Wrestler turned Actor Dara Singh who played Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan. Vindu Dara Singh was into Bollywood movies like Garv, Partner, Kambakht Ishq and many reputed movies before appearing in Bigg Boss. The show was hosted by megastar Amitabh Bacchan.

Season 4 – Shweta Tiwari

Salman Khan initiated the Bigg Boss all Winner in through this season. The winner of the show was Shweta Tiwari who was earlier a reputed TV actress. She was a lead actress in Kasauti Zindagi Ki. Shweta Tiwari kept bagging serials after Bigg Boss and worked in ”Mere Dad Ki Dulhan”.

Season 5 – Juhi Parmar

Juhi has had a good career since the early 2000s through serials like Kumkum. She came to Bigg Boss and won the season defeating Sunny Leone and Shakti Kapoor who were very favourites during the time. Juhi still bags roles on various TV serials. She also came in news at the end of 2018 as of issues with her husband and filed divorce. She is latest seen in Hamari wali Good News.

Season 6 – Urvashi Dholakia

Urvashi Dholakia was the season 6 Bigg Boss. She was famous for her role as “Komolika” antagonist role in Kasauti Zindagi Ki serial featured in the early 2000s. Urvashi managed to grab various roles on Indian Television post winning the show like Chandrakanta, Dil Se Di Dua, etc. date. She was latest seen as a contestant in Nach Balliye and Bigg Boss 13 as a guest.

Season 7 – Gauhar Khan

Giving a tough completion to Tanisha Mukherjee, Gauhar won the title of Bigg Boss Season 7. During the Bigg Boss journey, Gauhar was also famous for her forming couple with Kushal Tandon. Post the winning, Gauhar was featured in famous music album with Kushal named “Zaroori Tha”. She has worked in many movies before Bigg Boss and posts the show, like Naagin, Gathbandhan and Badrinath Ki Dulhania.

Season 8 – Gautam Gulati

Gautam Gulati was a fan famous during the show. He has done movies and many serials including a reality show Fear Factor. He has been a successful actor post-Bigg Boss too and got featured in movies like Azhar, Behen Hogi Teri and Radhe, Diya Aur Baati Hum and many such.

Season 9 – Prince Narula

Another Roadies Winner who proved his mettle in reality show such as Bigg Boss. He has won many hearts during the show led to his title. Now he is featured in many Regional Movies, TV shows and a Social Media Influencer.

Season 10 – Manveer Gurjar

Through Manveer, Bigg Boss set status as a commoner can also be part of Bigg Boss and win it. He had tough competition from Ex-Roadie host Bani J. Since then, Manveer was not very active on Television today.

Season 11 – Shilpa Shinde

The Bhabhi Ji Ghar pe Hain fame, Shilpa Shinde grabbed the Bigg Boss 11 title. She was loved by the majority and but since then, Hina Khan who was a tough competition for Shilpa in the show has made into the limelight.

Season 12 – Dipika Kakkar

Dipika is a well-known actress for the role in Sasural Simar ka and Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo. The post Winning the title, she also grabbed a role in movies like Paltan.

Season 13 – Sidharth Shukla

A renowned actor from Balika Vadhu and Badrinath ki Dulhaniya, Sidharth has grabbed a huge fan following before being a part of Bigg Boss. Even though the show was not the best he could be for publicity, he was named the winner of the show. Later he is been featured in serials and Music albums. His latest music album is Bhula Dunga is the latest buzz.

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Season 14 – Rubina Diliak

Rubina Diliak is One of the most famous popular faces from Television. She is known for portraying Radhika in Zee TV’s Choti Bahu and Soumya Singh in Colors TV’s Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki. This Season Started from 3 October 2020 and end in 21 February 2021 with 143 days.

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