Exchanging gifts is one of the most ancient traditions of conveying feelings, remembrance, and even appreciation across cultures. Gift giving holds a special importance for Indians due to the close-knit nature of Indian society.
With the increase in the number of Indians settling overseas for jobs and business, gift giving is gaining increasing importance in helping families stay in touch with each other. This is where online gifts to india services play a major role in helping Non Resident Indians choose gifts online, pay via credit cards and have them delivered to their near and dear ones anywhere in India.
The trend of sending gifts to india is catching on fast even amongst people within India. There are many services that cater to major metros like sending gifts to Mumbai, gifts to delhi, gifts to pune and more due to these cities being the center of affluence.
The below are some ideas for sending the right gifts to india:
Flowers to India: Many websites allow the facility to send flowers to india within 24 hours. Thus this is a very popular option for people who remember the occasion at the nth moment! Moreover, beautiful roses, carnations, zerberas, orchids add a riot of color and are just right to express the subtle feelings behind the gifts
Cakes to India: With increasing logistics, services now allow anyone to send cakes to india in any major city, that too within 24 hours. Options are available for regular as well as eggless cakes. A cake makes for a delicious gift and one can choose from many variants like black forest cake, chocolate, pineapple, strawberry and even cakes from five star hotels.
Chocolates to India: Both Indian and Imported chocolates are available online for gifting. While the economy range of chocolate gifts typically starts from Cadburys; high end options include brands like lindt, ferrero rocher, vochelle and many more. Chocolates have the added advantage of being deliverable to almost any corner of India since they can be couriered.
Sarees and Jewellery: Many NRIs choose to send sarees to india since they are a practical and a daily-use gift option. This is a convenient option for mothers and sisters and online gift sites offer a plethora of options like art silk sarees, silk sarees, cotton sarees and lots more. Similarly mid-range jewellery like pendants, bangles, brooches, necklaces also make for wonderful gifts.
Board Games, Toys and Soft Toys: These gifts are much appreciated by the little ones! Gift services offer toys across the age-range. However, while choosing these gifts, one must pay attention that the service actually delivers the brand displayed and not substitute a cheap equivalent, specially in the case of high priced branded toys.
Now, hopefully there should be a whole host of ideas for Indians to choose their perfect gift to india! Happy Gifting!

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NEW DELHI: The civil aviation ministry on Monday night stepped in to avert the possibility of a suspension of operations by Air India, after the
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national carrier decided not to accept fresh bookings for the next 15 days.

The decision to stop bookings was taken after two rounds of talks failed to end a strike by pilots that disrupted services for the third day on Monday. The airline cancelled 40 flights on Monday. The ministry asked the airline management to enter into dialogue with all sections of employees to end the impasse.

“Bookings will not be taken for the next 15 days,” said an official in Air India’s corporate communications department. However, the airline continued to accept bookings through its website.

The situation was aggravated with pilots of Air India, who were spared the cut in perks that sparked the agitation, too joining the strike on Monday by reporting sick. In a late night statement, Air India said the management was deliberating various options to deal with the strike. Civil aviation secretary MM Nambiar ruled out the possibility of a lock-out at the national carrier.

Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav met pilots here on Monday to discuss their concerns on the proposed PLI cut.
The first round of talks happened in a tense environment, said an official familiar with the negotiations. “While pilots insisted on a roll-back of productivity linked incentives of 7,000 employees including executive pilots with erstwhile Indian Airlines and payment of arrears, the management remained non-committal on reinstating part of the salary,” he said, requesting anonymity.

Executive pilots, with more than 15 years of service, in the airline have been reporting sick to protest the cut in incentives by up to 50%. “The CMD had on Sunday asked all executive directors to prepare a contingency plan and submit a preparedness report in case other sections of employees such as engineers go on strike,” said an executive director who was part of the meeting.

AHMEDABAD: In a show of solidarity, Gujarat University (GU) has decided to take a token amount of Rs 1 lakh from state government for using its
ground for 20 days during Vibrant Gujarat Navratri festivities this year.
The daily rent of university ground comes to around Rs 51,000, amounting to Rs 10 lakh for the duration of the event. This move is likely to prompt protest from syndicate members who had opposed last year as well when GU had acted in similar manner.

“The event is not being organized for generating charity for the poor. It is a platform of interaction for rich and affluent industrialists and NRIs,” said a syndicate member. Students are also irked over the fact that invitation cards of this event mention GU ground as that of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC). “I’ve registered strong protest with the government, urging it to mention the name of university in the invitation and asked government not to make this mistake again next year,” said GU vice-chancellor Parimal Trivedi.

About the issue of token fee, Trivedi cited cooperative attitude towards the government. “Had the function belonged to any NGO or private organization, GU would have charged it Rs 51,000 per day. But as this event belongs to the government, we have to be reasonable,” he said.

AHMEDABAD: A super hero of our own, zipping through the dark aisle of Manek chowk or Raikhad to fight the evil or help needy. This might soon
become a reality as the animation film making department of the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad prepares for ‘Chitrakatha’ - the three-day animation festival hosted by the institute.
This year the theme for the festival is - Ahmedabad. “Across the world festivals of all sorts are known from the city they are hosted in. We plan to make this animation festival a festival of the city where work from the city and about the city is brought out. Be it illustration, animation films or comic books, artists taking inspirations from the stories of the city can create world class animations,” said Shekhar Mukherjee, the coordinator of the animation film making department.

Chitrakatha, will start from October 29. “The Ahmedabad Heritage Cell and other private and public bodies are being roped in so that the city reaps most from the event. The festival includes exhibitions, workshops, panel discussions and screening of select animation films from across the world,” said Mukherjee.

“This year there will be three categories - national students, international students and teachers’ work and under which various competitions will be held. From what we have seen in the last event, we feel Indian students and international students have different criteria for them. We have also introduced a category for teachers’ work so that this also becomes a part of their self development process,” added Mukherjee.

Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is the tenth most affluent of the country according to a survey of lifestyle and consumption habits of people of different cities. The survey has Delhi as number one followed by Bengaluru. The glamour city Mumbai ranks third in the survey.

The survey Upper Middle and Rich (UMAR) has been conducted by the Nielsen. The others in the top ten in the survey are Chennai (4th) and Hyderabad (5th).Kolkata (6) Kochi (7) Pune (8) and Jaipur (9).The survey has initiated a new method of defining ‘affluence’, based on lifestyle and consumer durables’ ownership of a household rather than monthly income and education.

Three distinct segments of affluence emerged by such lifestyle and consumer durables mapping - upper middle, upper-upper middle and rich and are quite distinct in their consumption habits, the survey said. The grouping was based on the ownership of a car, a computer, an LCD, and a holiday abroad, the survey said.

Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt are keen to own the Ahmedabad
After reports that Salman Khan is keen to own an Indian Premier League (IPL) team, comes the news that close friends Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan
too are in the process of buying a team.

According to a source, Sanjay and Ajay have become good friends after starring together in Ajay’s home production All The Best. “They have decided to own a team together as they are ardent cricket fans. They are keen to own the Ahmedabad team. Since Ajay was busy travelling, he informed Sanjay about being unable to meet IPL Commissioner, Lalit Modi. It was Sanjay who met Modi and expressed their interest to own a team. Modi and Sanjay met at a suburban five-star on Wednesday to understand the bidding process. Sanjay made it very clear that whenever the auction begins, they are ready to invest in the Ahmedabad team.”

Earlier, it was Salman who had met Modi and there were reports that he is interested in either owning the Nagpur or Kochi team.”

Ajay’s spokesperson said, “No comments.”

At present, Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty are associated with the high-profile Twenty20 cricket tournament.

AHMEDABAD: Foreign students who are scheduled to visit the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), as a part of the exchange
programme, have been directed to get medical certificates declaring their swine flu status. Institute authorities are keeping pace with the preventive arrangements in view of the swine flu scare on the campus. The institute has had three positive cases of, two of which were detected on August 22.
“We have asked exchange students to bring health certificates from their home countries. This is just a precautionary measure. Once they arrive on campus, the institute’s doctor will conduct a thorough check-up. Once all cleared, they will be allotted rooms and the session will start for them. This process is being followed for students already residing on campus as well,” said a member of the student exchange committee. “There have been no cancellations yet,” said Karan Varmani, the student coordinator of the exchange programme cell. Exchange students mostly come from the partner institutes in the UK, US, south America and some Asian countries. Students from swine flu-infected countries have become a worry for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).

A senior AMC official said, “IIM-A will have many students coming from foreign countries in the next two to three months. This will require strict swine flu checkups. We have advised IIM-A authorities to keep a complete history of the students. In case, any exchange student is found of complaining of flu-like symptoms, he should be immediately isolated and given medical treatment.” “We had a detailed discussion with the campus doctor on the swine flu-cases and on the precautionary measures to be followed for next few months.” added the official.

In an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, Rajendra Prasad, protagonist of upcoming south Indian flick “Quick Gun Murugan”, made a 32.5 feet long dosa, a delicacy popular in southern parts of the country.

The attempt is also aimed at promoting the movie.

Sixteen chefs helped Prasad made the dosa at the Sankalp restaurant in Ahmedabad in less than 40 minutes.

Speaking on the occasion, Prasad said that by making the world’s longest dosa, he wants to promote the importance of promoting vegetarian lifestyle.

“The main subject of the “Quick Gun Murugan” is the epic battle between the vegetarian and non-vegetarian. But in this we are highlighting the importance of vegetarian in today’s time. So we wanted our vegetarian food to be into the world. So that’s why we are promoting this dosa,” said Prasad.

“Quick Gun Murugan”, the protagonist, is a cowboy fighting for the virtues of vegetarian food while the villain advocates non-vegetarian dishes. The film is a satire on the war between vegetarian and non-vegetarian food enthusiasts.

The movie is set to hit the theatres on August 28. (ANI)

Ahmedabad: Connectivity will not be a problem for commuters on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Ahmedabad.
The Ahmedabad Janmarg Ltd (AJL) has ensured quick connections with buses of the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport System (AMTC), while there will be autorickshaws and feeder buses just outside the BRTS stations.

The AJL has ordered around 480 buses to provide a feeder service and also the revamp of the AMTS bus service. For smart connectivity, it has planned autorickshaw stands near the BRTS stations.

The commuters will be able to catch buses of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) from Nehrunagar, for AMTS buses from nearby stands as well as autorickshaws from the special parking and feeder buses.

This plan is being worked out considering the fact that the BRTS will run on a 12.5-km main trunk line from the RTO to Pirana. For example, those intending to travel from Ranip to Shyamal crossroads can take a BRTS bus to Shivranjini and then a connecting AMTS bus to Shyamal crossroads, this making such intra-city journeys cheaper and swifter than a comparable journey in an autorickshaw.

The AJL has also planned to increase the number of internal routes of the AMTS buses, while withdrawing their service along the main trunk line of the BRTS.

“AMTS buses will cross the BRTS at crossroads, but they will not meet on the same line,” a senior AJL official said. This move will leave commuters with two options, of taking an autorickshaw on the trunk line or opting for the BRTS. The officials believe that the economical and swifter journey on the BRTS will appeal to the commuters.
The feeder buses, apart from the AMTS buses, will cover the interior areas of the city for the commuters’ convenience.

Bus stands from RTO to Pirana
Ranip crossroads
Vyaswadi
Akhbarnagar
Pragatinagar
Shastrinagar
Jaimangal
Sola crossroads
Shree Valinath chowk
Memnagar
Gujarat University
Andhjan Mandal
Himmatlal Park
Shivranjini
Jhansi ki Rani
Nehrunagar
Manekbaug
Dharnidhar Derasar
Anjali crossroads
Chandranagar

BRTS timings for the first month
7 am to 10 pm BRTS hours
7 am to 8.30 am Bus every 10 minutes
8.30 am to 11.30 am Bus every five minutes
11.30 am to 5 pm Bus every 10 minutes
5 pm to 8 pm Bus every five minutes
8 pm to 10 pm Bus every 10 minutes