Manjunath is extremely sincere, soul-stirring and very real life story about how IIM graduate Manjunath was murdered for sealing a corrupt petrol station in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP.Hats off to Manjunath’s courage to fight with corruption. 
The movie describes the pain and anguish of Manjunath who wanted to do his job sincerely despite facing all odds. He was honest, hardworking, sincere and passionate about his job. Negative elements of the society tried their best to scare him of his death beforehand but ultimately were not able to digest his honesty and killed him brutally. Most impressive part of Manjunath story are the steps taken by IIM graduate Ms. Anjali , who was so stirred after going through stories in tv channels and newspapers that she decided to set up a trust to help parents of Manjunath to fight the legal case.
After Manjunath’s murder, two IIM graduates – Anjali Mulatti and Jaishankar – set up “The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust”, to secure justice for Manjunath by getting his killers punished.Anjali Mullatti (an IIML alumnus, ten years senior to Manjunath) is just another intelligent professional doing her work who had that courage to take this big step of setting the trust.It is big deal for any professional for taking the trouble of traveling from Mysore to Lakhimpur Kheri every month to attend the sessions court proceedings.She never met Manju also. Here comes Anjali’s stirred soul who forced her to take this step and help Manjunath’s parents getting justice!
Anjali Mulatti (IIML class of ‘93) and her husband H. Jaishankar (IIMB class of ‘92) are the real-life heroes, who played a crucial part in ensuring justice was done in the case. This feisty couple is based in Mysore, where they run a financial-education firm. Their need for justice was so strong that they took up the case when no one was willing to fight the corrupt system. Their die-hard determination not only earned Anjali and Jaishanker respect, but the case soon turned into a national movement. Justice eventually prevailed.
As per quote from Anjali-taken from website sisat.com-But the fight was far from easy. “Frankly, Jai and I didn’t know the difference between an FIR and a charge sheet before taking-up Manju’s case. And because we fought for an honest cause, we got tremendous support from the police and lawyers, who don’t exactly enjoy the best of reputations in our society. So, unless we experience and understand the reality nothing changes. If you believe in a cause, fight for it, you don’t have to fast unto death, just follow your convictions,”
Hats off to Sandeep Verma, FMS ’93 and CEO of Icomo Advertising, scripted, who raised funds and directed & produced Manjunath.
Women Lines congratulates and wishes good luck to Ms. Anjali and Mr. Sandeep for their respective roles in bringing a story of Manjunath to the whole world!
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living – David Attenborough
Natural world is the ultimate source for happiness in life and what if we surround ourselves with all natural world products-our life will become so joyfull!
Market is full of variety of lifestyle products to ease your life and provide you comfort. It was a sad and painful transition, when power looms replaced hand looms, machine embroidery replaced hand embroideries, people stopped patronizing Folk Art, people turned to popping pills to cure themselves rather than look at natural remedies and our personal care items changed from what our grandmothers handmade with so much love with the choicest natural ingredients to a cocktail of toxic chemicals. Things give you pleasure in life but for a short time. Suddenly you feel surrounded with all artificial things which gives a feel of suffocation and search for peace starts again.
Nature’s Hand is a group of entrepreneurs in Singapore who are dealing which such products which can help you in brightening your life. Nature’s Hand group consists of entrepreneurs who are dealing with hand made products for health , interior deco, garments, jewellery, and other lifestyle products. One common factor which is in all products is that they are done with natural materials and thus having a super natural feel in them with all positivity to bless you with much seeked happiness which everybody is searching for.
Aham– Traditional & Wild is a philosophy and belief, more than an enterprise. Aham hand makes bath powders, body scrubs, tooth powders, tea blends etc using traditional and time-tested recepies. They source ingredients that are all natural and wild harvested like flours, flowers and herbs to cleanse and nourish the body. Because they contain no chemicals, they can be used on babies too, as young as 40 days old!
Swayam by Swati Palekar. Under the banner of Swayam, this gorgeous lady hand paints Indian Folk Art (like Madhubani, Warli) and has seamlessly integrated a traditional folk art with fashionable home decor.
Mystic Summerz by Charu Mehrotra who would be introducing Singapore to the glory of hand embroidered Lucknowi Chikankari. A traditional craft from the land of the Nawabs, Chikankari is one of those traditional Indian wears that has blended beautifully in the modern day world too!
Threadtalk by Sagorika Bolur Dasgupta,who is so much passionate about popularising the beauty of saris from India, which are breath taking, elaborate but unfortunately, lesser known than the bling that Bollywood promotes. Threadtalk is so proud to include line of jewellery made from botanicals (seeds and grains) from a social enterprise in the southern part of India. This enterprise is not only trying to revive the beauty of wearing natural, botanical jewellery but also generating employment for rural women in the region.
Essential Oil Remedies-Mission of Essential Oil is is to help people attain health, vitality and wellness in a safe and natural way .Essential Oil remedies is brainchild of Nana Lim who herself used alternative medicine to cure her illness as she was allergic to pharma drugs.And now she has so much trust on these oils which are botanical extracts derived from plants that she wants to reach out to community to benefit them.
Nature’s Hands group will be organizing monthly open houses to exhibit their products at various locations in Singapore.The first open house is coming up on 25th(10:00pm-2:00pm) and 26th April(2:00pm-6:00pm) at 03-03 Casa Meyfort at 79 Meyer Road. This Open House is Nature’s Hands group first attempt to bring those beautiful elements of art, fashion, health and wellness from the past into our present life!
The quote is so well said, “Key to happiness is not success , but key to success is always happiness.” We are not talking about happiness due to materialistic gains,but the natural soulful happiness , which is genuine and which is forever with us and Nature’s Hands group is always there to help you to gain that happiness!!:))
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
Evernote is available in a paid version or a more restricted free version. Use of the online service is free up to a certain monthly usage limit, with additional monthly use reserved for paying subscribers Evernote allows users to capture, organize, and find information across multiple platforms. Users can take notes, clip web pages, snap photos using their mobile phones, create to-dos, and record audio. All data is synchronized with the Evernote web service and made available to clients on Windows, Mac, Web, and mobile devices. Additionally, the Evernote web service performs image recognition on all incoming notes, making printed or handwritten text found within images searchable.
Evernote says it has 50 million users around the world (a third in the U.S.) and is adding 100,000 a day. Operating on a “freemium” model, the company makes money primarily from the sliver of that user base that pays $45 a year, or $5 a month, for a souped-up version with more storage capacity. It has been profitable,
The real difference comes from Evernote’s ecosystem of apps, which let you do things such as scan receipts directly to Evernote or convert handwriting to text.
Life is really getting busier for everybody and thus Evernote has really a bright future as it is for sure going to save lots and lots of time and help you to manage your notes in digital form!
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
It was such a pleasure accidental landing on the facebook page of Ms. Abha Maryada Banerjee, and I was so much exhilarated after reading her intro as First Indian Woman motivational speaker.
Considered as emotional fitness guru by media Ms. Abha Maryada Banerjee is India’s first woman motivational speaker of international acclaim, rated as one of the Top Ten Life, Business and Success Coaches in the Asia Pacific. An expert at Leadership, Human Peak Performance and Emotional Intelligence, having spoken at prestigious forums across Asia, she has coached and consulted top CEOs, Media personalities, Sports Stars, Business people, leaders in the making and has been closely associated with the spiritual aspect of Leadership as well. Called ‘Asian Oprah’ and the ‘Asian Woman Motivator’, she professes ‘Personal Mastery’ for individuals and ‘Emotional Fitness for Corporates’ for achieving human capital excellence. It is such an incredible achievement which has to be shared with the whole world and thus I decided to report in my blog to my readers. Read about Abha’s interesting journey in her own words-
book. I also intend to take the book across the World. Success India Leadership will work alongside these business’s to impart all kinds of help and training.
The next book will be focused on youth and children. Also, a book on Spiritual Leadership is in the offing.
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
Losing weight without going to the gym is a dream for every individual who is looking forward for a healthy lifestyle. Time is a precious commodity in today’s times and efforts are made to save as much as possible. I was always in search of tips and guidelines where I can learn how to keep a hold on my weight by doing things at home. It’s a pleasure to share those tips with everybody- 
1.TV time can be used to carry out few exercises which you can do while watching your favorite programme.Especially the break time can be used very smartly by carrying crunches, jog steps or lifts.
2. Switching channels can be done on TV instead of using remotes. It will make you walk from one place to another.
3.Chewing your food properly will definitely help in proper absorption of nutrients.
4. Whenever get chance use stairs and avoid lifts. This is great way for exercising lower part of your body.
5.Cleaning House is a great activity which leads to calorie burn out. Attempts should be made to declutter home as many times it can be done.
6.Drink water as much and eat Oats as much.It’s a golden matra
7. Surya Namsakar is a great resource for burning calorie.
8.Shophouse grocery yourself and carry bags in your own hand. It’s a free exercise for your hands which can help in maintaining them.
9.Keep moving- Its not necessary to join dance classes at some school. There are many free videos available online which can guide u in right way.
10. Positive attitude and vision of having a perfect body shape play very important role in weight loss journey.
Readers are requested to share their tips and tricks which they follow for weight loss. Thanks in advance:)!
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
As a mother, I have always felt a need to get new ideas which can help me engaging my kids creatively! 
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/ is an awesome website which will open you a world of beautiful ideas to enhance your kid’s creativity. To visitors, advantage website has categories on the basis of various ages and thus it helps visitors to choose activity as their kid’s requirement. The website is very suitable to l0ok out for various crafts, arts, DIY, coloring activities for different age groups of kids. The Very Interesting section is a section in which various days of the year are described with ideas how can you celebrate that day like, Earth day, Christmas, Father’s day etc.
The interesting part is that there is the section for Mom group also.Amazing recipes for food, tips for organizing home and to do activities with families. Womenlines strongly recommend this website for those parents who always search for new ideas for parenting. There is a facebook page too for the website- https://www.facebook.com/QuirkyMomma
Visitors are requested to share other links if they are aware of any kid’s activities related website!
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
Hey all fellow busy mothers around, I have an interesting info to share with you all this weekend which will help you a lot in your time management for the day! 
It was such a pleasure to come across http://myprojectme.com on the internet and that too accidentally. The website is motivational booster website which gives tips and guidance to keep mothers motivated. Project me says “Treating your life like the important, ongoing project it will make you happier, fulfilled, in control and balanced. You’ll have energy and enthusiasm for the ones you love. You’ll shine and the world will get to see the real you.”
Meet the team behind Project me-Suzie & Kelly and they are passionate about helping others find a happier balance in life.Two friends, Kelly and Suzie, teamed up to create a powerful website designed specifically for helping busy moms gain control and live happier, fulfilled lives. To the question how Project Me was born they reply-
“Project Me was born out of the belief that we can all be the project managers of our
own lives. No matter how busy life is, carving out chunks of planning and solution time is the best investment you can possibly make.” 
Now here is the best gift from the website which is an idea of creating Action Sheets.There are action sheets regarding writing about your goals, your desires, your gratitude, even for meal plans, brainstorming your ideas. There are all types of action sheets which you can download and pen it down in order to organize your thoughts systematically.
Team Project Me shares -“We developed our Action Sheets over the years to help ourselves to get better organized, prioritize time, overcome overwhelm, meal plan and problem solve on paper.We began sharing them with friends and then handing them out in our workshops and the feedback we get is amazing.When we created www.myprojectme.com last September, it felt natural to include our favorite printable Action Sheets on the site so busy mothers everywhere can benefit from them.
Too many busy women have jumbled-up heads with all that they have to remember, plus problems they are constantly thinking about in the back of their mind. Suzie and I are big believers in getting things ‘out of your head and onto paper’. It frees up an enormous
amount of headspace!
Hats off to the incredible idea by Project Me team. Women have to be a multitasker in multitude ways in today’s times and websites like Project Me is definitely going to boost her skills and prepare to face life in better way.
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!
Womenlines proudly shares guest write up on importance of Toys by Charu Swaroop who contributes to Toy Tasting, a video review channel on toys by mothers
“The Importance of Play lies in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds”. American Academy of Pediatrics.
Gone are the days when toys were considered a luxury and not indulged in by parents because of the price factor. The ‘learning’ angle has managed to change that entire single-handedly and the association of a toy with learning and creativity has reached new levels.
Entertainment has taken a back seat rather reluctantly while ‘learning’ is at the wheel. Motor skills are boosted, role-play and imaginative play enhanced and cognitive skills developed. The possibilities are endless and so are the toys.
Also, today when you see Indian parents buying toys for kids in a toys shop, their focus is mainly on toys that foster imagination and creativity. Parents today prefer more open-ended and educational toys for their kids. But do you think toys are a luxury or a necessity?
Toys are a must for a child when it comes to creative play and so very instrumental to help parents and children bond better. Toys like Lego toys, pretend to play toys and much more are helpful in enhancing the creativity of the child. Looking especially in the Indian market, education is expensive so no wonder that most toys are educative and come with a nice price tag.
Toys have become a necessity simply because they enhance the development of infants. In fact, a play is the most important factor when it comes to personal development. The question: When do you buy developmental toys for babies? The answer: Before they’re born!
There’s a thin line between necessities and luxuries in today’s fast-paced world especially when it comes to children. What might appear to be a luxury for an adult might be a necessity for a child. That’s what makes parenting especially challenging. But toys are more of a necessity rather than a luxury and it’s essential to create a separate family budget for toys so that things get easier in terms of money management.
Consider this- If tiger cubs don’t wrestle and fight with each other in the wild, they’re never going to survive. Similarly, if children don’t play with toys during the early developmental years, they are never going to fit into the learning process where the ‘survival of the fittest’ theory is equally applicable. Unless playtime is free and unstructured, a child will not reach that critical milestone in terms of socializing with others.
Neither will emotional and cognitive development takes place in the desired manner without toys. Toys and other construction toys can also help children deal with stress and enable them to become resilient to battle the emotional challenges which life will throw at them constantly.
Squeezing a teddy bear might appear silly to some. But it is vital to boost hand-eye coordination as well as to teach how a child should interact with one’s environment. Even chewing on a toy (non-toxic of course) is not inconsequential and must not be discouraged simply because it has a big impact on a baby’s mental and physical growth.
The best part about the best toys is that they don’t come with an instruction manual. Just hand it over to a baby or child and they’ll know exactly what to do with it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a comfortable blanket or a toy car or a stuffed animal, the kids will figure it out all right.
About the author:Charu Swaroop contributes to Toy Tasting, video review channel on toys by mothers. When time permits, Charu loves dreaming up and trying new dishes. She has been promising herself to get over her sweet tooth (since 2003), and to trek in Nepal (since 2009).
Charu Swaroop
Its really a blessing that we get to celebrate New Year many times a year as different races celebrate on different dates! 
As Chinese New Year is being celebrated currently and celebrations will be on for next 2 weeks I am taking this opportunity to have a look on my resolutions. For last few years I jot down few points in the name of resolutions in the beginning of the year and focus on implementing it. Diet care, exercise, time-management, family and kids care, career goals are the general ones which as women I want to excel every year if I am able to follow. But I have realized with time that most important resolution in today’s times should be ‘To be disciplined’. Discipline normally takes us to the definition which says training to act according to rules’.
Life suddenly has become very active and busy for most of the people. The proper time management for the day leads one to success or failure path. Smartphones, social media, whats app, so many things are there to occupy anybody in their daily life and mind you, this is beside your work, family, and other regular affairs.Mr. Google itself takes away so much time as while searching on Google often one gets distracted and land on some other surfing page instead of what one was supposed to. Because of whats app one miss the personal call touch to friends and relatives which give more warmth in the relationship.Facebook has definitely been boon to keep in touch with whole friend and family clan, especially when one is residing in some foreign country but that also requires discipline to surf. Once somebody is on FB page one start following others link, status, updates by websites to which one is subscribed and with so many notifications to follow. Time gone doing all this can never come back, in spite of this its difficult to kill the urge.
Like to fulfill resolutions for diet, exercise we have to follow few rules same way we have to develop discipline in using social media platforms. All these platforms help in gaining the abundance of knowledge and connections, but it’s a waste if any gained knowledge is not applied. Therefore disciplining oneself for using social media platforms in a more organized way is the requirement of the day. One way can be following timers for all activity. Readers of this blog please feel free to share your tips which you follow in your life to use social media in an organized way.
So my resolution for this year is to be disciplined in all activities and be mindful about it:)!
Charu Mehrotra
Promoting Excellence in Women!