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Decoding Brand Baba Ramdev

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Decoding Brand Baba Ramdev CAMIL PARKHE |  Saturday, 27 May 2017 AT 08:06 PM IST              goo.gl/iP7djC  Camil Parkhe ,  Baba Ramdev Phenomenon ,  Book Review During the last decade, the industrial sector in India has seen the rise of a most unexpected person as the giant player in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) segment. Baba Ramdev, a Yoga guru, has bewildered many as he makes forays in various consumer sectors including Swadeshi jeans ‘Paridhan’ and succeeding at them. Journalist Kaushik Deka in his book The Baba Ramdev Phenomenon: From Moksha to Market, has captured the incredible journey of Baba Ramdev from a yoga guru to creating a brand, Patanjali, that is threatening the existence of most powerful multinational companies in the world. Baba Ramdev enjoys an enviable position as people from various parts of the country are purchasing Patanjali products, accepting them to be most qualitative and effec...

Fr Andrew Fernandes is new Provincial of Pune Jesuit province

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Fr Fernandes is new Provincial of Pune Jesuit province CAMIL PARKHE |  Sunday, 28 May 2017 AT 11:12 PM IST       goo.gl/3KAPss         Fr Andrew Fernandes ,  St. Vincent’s School ,  St. Xavier’s Church Pune:  Fr Andrew Fernandes (SJ), current Principal of St. Vincent’s School and parish priest of St. Xavier’s Church in Pune Camp, has been appointed as the provincial of Pune Province of the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits. The appointment was announced by Rome-based Jesuit Superior General Fr. Arturo Sosa on Sunday. The term of the provincial will be for six years. Fr Fernandes will replace Fr Bhausaheb Sansare, who has completed his term. Fr Fernandes is presently also holding the posts of Pune Province Treasurer and Consultor.   Pune Jesuit province comprises Pune, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Beed districts.   0   0   Comments Dr. Ajit LOKHANDE ...

Controversial statement puts Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak on defensive

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Controversial statement puts Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak on defensive CAMIL PARKHE |  Wednesday, 3 May 2017 AT 11:42 AM IST             goo.gl/ijC45j   blog ,   Pune Mayor ,   Mukta Tilak ,   controversial statement ,   reservation policy ,   Brahmin community ,   anti-reservation ,   Camil Parkhe ,   Sakal Times    A century after Lokmanya Tilak took penance for crossing the oceans, Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak has landed in troubled waters after her controversial statement on the reservation policy for the socially weaker sections of the society. Tilak, who has been elected a corporator of the Pune Municipal Corporation with BJP’s nomination for the third consecutive term allegedly commented in Nashik that Brahmin youths were forced to go abroad in search of greener pastures on account of the reservation policy followed in the country. The controversial statement was made at a function orga...