Will there be another wall?

After 16 years The Wall decided to move on. After a long a time he became the three ageing Indian cricketer, besides Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman. He decided this after India’s disastrous tour of Australia.

Dravid had already announced his retirement ODI in England last year after been surprisingly recalled in the ODI team due to his stupenous performance during the test series in England in which he scored three centuries.


BANGALORE: These following is the text of Rahul Dravid's statement, announcing his retirement from international cricket, on Friday at the Chinnaswamy stadium:

I would like to announce my retirement from international and domestic first-class cricket. It has been 16 years since I first played a Test match for India, and I feel it's time for me to move on. Once I was like every other boy in India.


with a dream of playing for my country. ndian cricket team even further.Yet, I could never
have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. I have had a wonderful time, but now it
is time for a new generation of young players to make their own history and take the India
n cricket team further.


Rahul Dravid’s retirement opens up the debate on who should occupy the No. 3 slot in the Indian team that he occupied for more than a 12 years. Some of them are in the list  but none has done enough to make the decision easy for the selectors.

The front-runner is obviously Virat Kohli, the young Delhi batsman who improved so much on India’s recent ill-fated tour of Australia.Other claimants to the one-drop position are Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara and V. V. S. Laxman. Of these, the first two are yet to play in Tests and are likely to be tried in positions before they get the pivotal No. 3 slot.Sachin Tendulkar, could have been a logical choice for No. 3 given his ability to defend or force the pace. But his form over the past year has been so poor that his inclusion in the side is now a matter of hot debate.

A talk with young growing up designer!!

Young kid on the block Ravi Shankar talks about fashion and all that jazz...

“I don’t think   
  designers should  
  get overworked   on commercial 

  viability issues."              

Let’s start with your latest collection at LFW SS13...

Well, besides being my first collection at such huge platform, it is also going to make my aesthetic base as a designer. It speaks of a Bohemian language that has been perfected in an urban setup, giving an edge to men’s fashion with lots of draped styles extending an unisex appeal to men, which I think is quite refreshing in the current fashion scene for Men.

Inspiration behind the collection ?

Any good visual (good is subjective..haha) is capable of inspiring me, and it is all around. Lately i have been watching lots of visuals related to Lord Shiva, Banaras, Cosmic existence and other very ascetic visuals, that inspired my first collection. It is more like, if those Sadhus had to attend a fashion week, what would they dress up like.

How about commercial viability of your designs ?

I don’t think designers should get overworked on commercial viability issues. If you make good designs, it will automatically fetch you decent money. If you want to become a billionaire, quit design.

Who do you think of as your ideal customers?

If you talk about occasion, it’s mostly street-lounge wear. If you talk of people, anybody who puts in brain along with money while shopping would wear them. It is also quite individualistic in style, so I don’t really expect to have a huge customer base for my name, and besides that’s not what i really want.

                  

Any special plans to reach out to people who you want to..?

One of my college friend’s , David Kiro, owns a chain of restaurant, which is more like an open huge lounge spaces. It is based in Goa and has smaller branches in Pondicherry, Delhi, bangalorand Kottayam, and they retail garments as well from different off-beat brands from all across India. I am also planning to make this label present in those spaces.

Besides, I have spoken to few other retail spaces in india, as well as outside India, that includes Sumatra, Australia, japan, Netherlands and Brazil. But, nothing has been finalized as of yet.

How do you place yourself in the current fashion industry ?

It is quite early to say anything. I have just entered this grand industry, and just finished showcasing my first collection. Got good reviews from from media as well as buyers. Looking forward to what’s in store for me. LFW has proved to be a great platform.

Any special plans to reach out to people who you want to..?

One of my college friend’s , David Kiro, owns a chain of restaurant, which is more like an open huge lounge spaces. It is based in Goa and has smaller branches in Pondicherry, Delhi, bangalorand Kottayam, and they retail garments as well from different off-beat brands from all across India. I am also planning to make this label present in those spaces.

Besides, I have spoken to few other retail spaces in india, as well as outside India, that includes Sumatra, Australia, japan, Netherlands and Brazil. But, nothing has been finalized as of yet.

How do you place yourself in the current fashion industry ?

                                                                                 


What is your next destination ?

Well, since now LFW is over,

I have gotten invitation from

newyork fashion week, and

Tokyo fashion week as well,

where I’ll be showcasing my

collection. So, next few weeks 

are going to be really hectic, 

But I am pretty hopeful, that 

It will pay off. Besides that 

I am also participating in few

design exhibitions happening in

Germany, Brazil and Netherlands.

                                                                                        

It is quite early to say anything. I have just entered this grand industry, and just finished showcasing my first collection. Got good reviews from from media as well as buyers. Looking forward to what’s in store for me. LFW has proved to be a great platform.

  photography by Anshul

Can we eliminate child labour?

A 5-year old is generally associated with toys, laughter and that child-like fire. Little kids that have nothing to worry about or anything to be responsible for. Kids, that are still allowed to live in their fantasy lives, away from the dreadful things that life reveals when you grow up.
A kid is just a kid.
In Andhra Pradesh, a small town by the name of Hallebedu; a casual trip to the temples resulted in total shock and sadness. A 5-year old in Hallebedu is associated with a chisel and a stone. A shocking amount of little kids under the age of 12 work in factories and mills in that part of the state. At a few places, people were shocked to find, kids as young as 5 years were out in the hot factories and the dangerous atmosphere; being useful to the industry.

We are all proud Indians. We are proud of Sachin’s centuries, we are proud of ‘the Slumdog Millionaire ‘ even though it’s not an Indian film, we are proud of having a rich history, we are proud of the money our stars earn. But amongst the pride, we hide from the unknown areas of this nation. This makes us very far from being the nation that we are so very much proud of.
Those kids are kids of this proud nation and they all deserve to have a childhood like us and like every other kid.  Let us shed light on this situation and lend a hand towards keeping the tip of the boat forward.