Your childhood holds the key to your mental wellness today: Dr Priya Saklani

The Wounded Healer by Dr Priya Saklani released

Debut book of Dr Priya Saklani, "The Wounded Healer", the memoirs of a child sexual abuse survivor was released here today by Monica Bhatia, IRS, former head of OECD Global Forum on Transparency & Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, at a function organised by Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) at UT Guest House. 

Dr. Saklani, who was abandoned by her parents as an unwanted child when born in Dagshai and handed over to the maid, her trauma started.  

"I had only one friend – fear", she recalls her childhood days and the trauma of constant sexual abuse she underwent for 19 years. 

She took up the courage and spilled out her fears and her 'dark days' into her book 'The Wounded Healer' as a process of healing herself as also to inspire others victims of such abuse to emerge more strong and courageous as she could muster her life to live again. 

As a holistic healer, and doctorate in the subject from US, Priya continued to feel the pain of her traumatic childhood, 

Later CLS member, TEDx speaker and crusader of 'End Incest' conversed with Priya about her journey of writing and shared the pain of hundreds of people she has come across during her campaign to generate awareness about the incest in the society. 

There are numerous untold stories of incest that abound in our society and remain unreported, Supreet lamented. 

When asked about her happy moments Priya said that the most joyous moments are the one she spends with the animals, both pet and wild, as an animal healer, the concept she has introduced in the country, and is deeply engaged in it. 

Supreet Dhiman commended Priya's strength and courage of spirit for rising from the ashes like a phoenix.

The Wounded Healer - A memoir of Priya Saklani, details a compelling and ferocious insight into a mind and life of a victim of complex trauma, demonstrating just how childhood affects every aspect of your life.

An unflinching, alarmingly honest tale of ones survival through the  battle with the abuse caused by the ones who brought her in to this world .

Refer a Buddy and Enjoy Discount on Broadband

One of the biggest broadband-service providers in Punjab and Chandigarh, Connect Broadband, has launched a ‘Refer a Buddy’ campaign for its existing customers.

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Under the campaign, both the referring and the referred customer can enjoy a 15 per cent discount on broadband services for three months.

This is a loyalty campaign for Connect Broadband customers.

Buddy Cabs launched in tricity for specially-abled

Senior citizens and specially abled persons and women in tricity have a special 'Buddy' at their beck and call to take care of their daily chores, driving around safely and comfortably.

Variously recognized by government and various Sartaj Lamba, an army officer's wife, came up with the idea of serving senior citizens, specially-abled persons and women of tricity with Buddy Cabs.

Buddy Cabs employs select retired defense personnel as drivers, and guides to ensure disciplined, courteous and safe driving experience, Sartaj Lamba said.

Beginning with a fleet of five swanky new cars with special facilities onboard, manned by specially trained drivers, or 'buddies' who also assist in the hospital OPDs, assisting elderly with their shopping, and giving them opportunity to live independently.

The  Buddy drivers have been trained at Fortis Hospital to take care of the elderly and the sick, she informed, besides providing complete safety for the women.

A very flexible tariff plan has been rolled out and one can hire the car on two, four or eight hour basis, and an app will be introduced shortly which can enable the relations to keep tab on the location of the vehicle.

A customized vehicle is being prepared to accommodate the wheelchair bound person to ride the cab without getting down from it.

An ex-armyman, retired Subedar Major Inderpal Singh is incharge of the project, and only ex-servicemen are being recruited for the cabs.

An ISB alumnus, Sartaj Lamba has also been awarded Outstanding Business Woman Award for 2017-18 by Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Commerce and Industry last year.  

The Buddy cab can be ordered on 77103 14444.

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Army Officer's wife venture Buddy Cabs takes off

eCommerce Portal launched for industrial users of imported coal

Revolutionary e-commerce platform for coal users launched

Ludhiana, June 18

One of the leading importers of coal, Osho Resources India Pvt Ltd, of Mumbai launched its e-commerce platform, www.coalxchange.com, for coal users in the country.

This is the first ever portal that provides easy access to small industrial users for the requirement of thermal coal, said Mr V.K. Agrawal, founder and Chairman of the OshoGroup.

With four decades of experience, V.K.Agrawal founded the Osho Group in 2005 and has emerged as a leading developer of mineral resources and commodity projects.  

This is a unique initiative in this industrial segment to reach out to industrial users of coal pan-India and provide them easy access to imported coal, Agrawal said.

In the first phase, we are launching this service in the northern region to cater to coal consumers viz, brick kilns, steel rolling mills, industrial boilers industry, dyeing mills, etc., and in the second phase would approach thermal power units, and captive power plants in cement, textile, paper, distilleries and other industries pan India, to avail of coalxchange e-commerce site, Agrawal added.

The web portal shall not only make it convenient for small industrial units to order their requirements of imported coal and other coal products,  at an affordable price, but would help them know the international trends, daily pricing, and purchasing option at competitive prices, informed Osho Group Director Capt Sanjay Goel.

Pankaj Nyati, General Manager Marketing added that very soon the web portal shall help customers track their shipments and plan their inventories and buying patterns accordingly.

The Business Strategist Jaspreet Singh Brar informed that the consumer’s feedback on this service had been very positive who wanted transparency in the manual system of buying imported coal.

For further information: Jaspreet Singh Brar, Osho Group, M: 7572900001 

Connect Broadband Ties-up with Huawei to Accelerate Enterprise Digitization for Customers in Punjab

Punjab's leading broadband provider, Connect Broadband,  expands and deepens its cooperation with Huawei, the leading global ICT solutions provider, to introduce competitive and innovative enterprise solutions for digital transformation needs of customers in Punjab. 

In a first for enterprise customers in the state, Connect Broadband and Huawei's collaboration enables them to leverage cloud computing and big data technologies with Huawei's Cloud Wi-Fi and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solutions suited for all types of businesses.

Connect Broadband and Huawei will jointly provide SDN and cloud-based services which include Cloud-based Wi-fi for end-customers and SD WAN and Cloud Fabric for Datacenters.

The hybrid cloud solutions enable enterprises of any size, the agility to scale up its business through minimal investments and also benefit from cost efficiency with reduced operational costs of maintaining and managing networks.  

Cloud-based deployment is also vital in providing faster broadband services to end customers. 

The inclusion of the latest technologies like Wi-Fi 6 will help Connect Broadband deliver ultra-fast wireless connectivity to its customers. 

With cloud servers and Huawei's proprietary software, Connect Broadband's enterprise customers can achieve greater flexibility; better manage firewalls, routers, and switches without any additional investment; and make their organization future ready.

A long-term technology partner to Connect Broadband, Huawei is working very closely to deliver newer technologies and products to enrich its network, leading to greater end-customer satisfaction. Huawei's rage of SDN and cloud-based solutions include SD-WAN, Cloud Fabric, CloudCampus, and Agile Campus. 

Dr. Sanghi's team tops the chart in Bridge Championship

On the second day of the 10th Steel Strips Open Bridge Championship, eight teams have qualified for the finals tomorrow.

The team of Bridge players of Dr Sanghi (Delhi, Mumbai, Patna) topped the chart with 107.14, with Pritisha Da (Kolkata-Mumbai) scored 100.80, Steel Strips Group (96.83), ASMA of Delhi (85.56), Punjab Bridge Association Team 2 (83.97),  Slammers Kolkata-Delhi (83.84),  Maya Mera Sneha of Kolkata-Delhi (82.27), DABS of Chandigarh (67.08).

Many stalwarts of the game including several of those who represented India in various international events included Asian Games 2018 Gold Medal winner S.N. De Sarkar from Kolkata, Subhash Gupta and Rajeshwar Tiwari from New Delhi; Jagi Sivdasan from Mumbai, Pritish Kushari from Kolkata, J.M. Shah of Mumbai, Swarnendu Banerji from Kolkata, T.C. Pant, Joint Secretary of the Bridge Federation of India, amongst others. 

Maya Mera Sneha wins the Bridge Championship

Steel Strips Group team emerges runners-up

Chandigarh, 18 May: Maya Mera Sneha team of four from Kolkata-Delhi bagged the 10^th Steel Strips Open Bridge Championship which concluded here today.

Though positioned at sixth position after the qualifiers in Swiss League, the Maya Mera Sneha  team comprising Sunil Bhatia, Sukamal Das, Satyabrata Mukh and Avijit Chakrabarty, after seven rounds of 10 boards in the Super League, scored 96.96 to top the board and won the championship.

The Steel Strips Group team of Subhash Gupta, Arun Bapat, Rajeshwar Tiwari and Jaggy Shivdasani, scored 87.83 to be the runners-up.

From amongst the pairs, the pair of Anil Bharihoke and M.R. Goel were the winners scoring 863.84, while pair of Vijay Kumar and PC Gupta were runners up with a score of 816.78.

The Best Ladies pair was of Kusum Chadha and Manju Bhasin, while the Best Pair of Chandigarh was of J.K. Sama and H.S. Khurana.

Prize money of Rs.2 lakh in all was disbursed to the winners and the top eight positions.

Chairman of Steel Strips Group R.K. Garg gave away the prizes along with the President of Chandigarh Bridge Association (CBA) H.S. Dhariwal.

The tournament committee also recognized the services of the Registered Tournament Directors of the Bridge Federation of India, Sanjay Chakraborty and M.L. Panghotra along with T.C.Pant and Col. Govinder Singh who supervised the technical conduct of the championship. 

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