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Hindustan Times
a day ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Delhiwale: Purple prose
Plop! That's the sound these berries make after they fall from the tree, their purple juice sometimes squirting out in all directions on hitting the hard earth. The stains explain that why Walled City hawker Kishore is no longer hawking bananas. He is, instead, carrying a basket of these berries on his head, walking all day from gali to gali, hoarsely crying, 'jamun walla, jamun le lo.' Say hello to Delhi's jamun season. This evening, at a central Delhi roundabout, scores of men have gathered around a jamun tree, violently shaking its branches, causing the berries to fall, one after another. These jamuns will later be gathered for an impromptu feast. Some metres away, street vendor Mahaveer's cart is left with only a tiny pile of neatly arranged jamuns. He gets them every morning from Azadpur Subzi Mandi, where they arrive from Punjab, he says. But our own city-state is full of jamun trees. Crisscrossed with leafy avenues, the beautiful Lutyens' Delhi is rich with eight so-called avenue trees, one of them being jamun. (Others are neem, arjun, imli, sausage tree, baheda, peepal and pilkhan). Each year, the authorities auction the rights to collect the jamuns from these trees. In fact, scores of hawkers are currently conducting business along Ashoka Road, the avenue rich in jamun trees. These men and women line the roadside with baskets and buckets filled with the day's harvest, plucked freshly from the very jamun trees under which they sit, awaiting customers. Other jamun-dense margs in the vicinity are Rajaji, Ferozeshah, Tughlak, Tyagraj, and Motilal Nehru. An exceptionally luxuriant jamun stands in Connaught Place's N-Block. The tree is huge, its shade much appreciated during the hostile sun-drenched summer afternoons. Waiters from a nearby restaurant sit under this tree during their smoking breaks. The nearby Central Park used to have scores of similarly huge jamun trees. They were sacrificed for the greater common good, after the park was taken over by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in early 2000s. All the park trees were uprooted, the grounds dug up to make way for an underground rail terminus (Rajiv Chowk!). Whatever, as soon as the jamun season will end next month, aforementioned vendor Mahaveer says he will switch to selling coconut slices. In winter, he will switch to shakarkandi, which he hawks around the India Gate circle. Meanwhile, miles away in Ghaziabad, two men are repeatedly striking a tree branch with a lathi. Finally, something falls on the ground with a thud. It is mango, which, too, is in season.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Upendra Limaye of Animal fame all set to make his Kannada debut
Having wowed audiences nationwide with his portrayal of Freddy Patil in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's film Animal, National Award-winning actor Upendra Limaye is now set to make his Kannada debut. Upendra will soon be seen in a pivotal role in director Kishore Bhargav 's upcoming film, which features Rishi in the lead. Kishore, who earlier worked as an associate director with Ram Gopal Varma and made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Stalker, reveals that casting Upendra was a decision born out of admiration. 'His performance in Animal blew me away. While writing this character, I couldn't think of anyone else,' shares the filmmaker. In the Kannada film, Upendra plays the role of Vasant Rao, who is 'wacky, aggressive, and funny'. Notably, the role comes with an unusual twist: the character suffers from misophonia, a condition where specific sounds trigger intense emotional or behavioural reactions. 'Vasant Rao is unpredictable. His aggression stems from his sensitivity to sound, but that's also where a lot of the film's humour lies,' says Kishore. A connection with Karnataka 'My mother is from Belagavi, so Kannada feels like my mother tongue—it's a language of love,' says the veteran actor, who is widely celebrated for his work in Marathi cinema.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Cloud 3.0: Reinventing infrastructure for the AI-first enterprise
As cloud infrastructure enters its third major evolution, the rules of the game are shifting. What was once about cost and scale is now about intelligence, embedded AI, autonomous operations, and regulatory readiness. The arrival of Cloud 3.0 is transforming not just IT infrastructure—but the very fabric of how businesses operate, innovate, and a dynamic fireside chat at the ETCIO Annual Conclave 2025, moderator Sneha Jha, Editor, ETCIO, explored this next frontier with two leaders navigating complex, high-scale cloud journeys: Ruma Kishore, Director – Global Business Digital Transformation, UnileverRavi Kumar, Sr. EVP & Head of Technology, Kotak Mahindra Bank Together, they offered a blueprint for CIOs seeking to thrive in the age of AI-native, cloud-agnostic infrastructure. Cloud 3.0 is already here—If you're ready to see it 'Two-thirds of the planet uses a Unilever product,' said Ruma Kishore, grounding the conversation in scale. For a global FMCG behemoth, Cloud 3.0 is not hype—it's embedded in the DNA of transformation. 'We completed a full migration to cloud by 2023. SAP on Azure. Sales and CD on GCP. A truly multi-cloud architecture .' But Cloud 3.0 is not about infrastructure alone—it's about intelligence and autonomy. In Unilever's case, AI-powered digital twins and a manufacturing metaverse are now deployed across 270+ factories globally. 'We're seeing real operational gains—not in theory, but through business outcomes. From productivity to efficiency, Cloud 3.0 is at the core.' Yet even with all the promise, Kishore cautioned: 'Sometimes, you need to peek behind the cloud.' Whether it's security, resilience, or vendor transparency—leaders must go beyond abstraction and inspect how cloud services are actually architected. In banking, Cloud 3.0 is no longer a luxury—It's a survival imperative For Ravi Kumar of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Cloud 3.0 is the foundation for staying relevant in a world dominated by cloud-native fintechs . 'Fintechs are born in the cloud. They're fast by default. Banks need to rebuild—not just modernize—if we want to keep up.' This means moving from monoliths to microservices, adopting API-first thinking, and deploying self-healing and self-provisioning systems to scale securely. 'Every digital customer experience you see today—from UPI to wealth—is backed by cloud-native infrastructure. But the real change must start at the core.' Kotak is reshaping its data and application architectures to enable real-time analytics, cloud-native personalization, and population-scale performance. AI at scale: The new benchmark of cloud success Kishore offered a striking example of how Unilever is reducing time-to-market through cloud-powered in-silico R&D. From deodorant biomechanics to sunscreen melanin formulations, R&D models are now run virtually—cutting the cost and time of physical experimentation. 'Our cloud lets us simulate, iterate, and scale insights faster than ever before. We're collapsing the distance between consumer signals and product creation.' Kumar echoed this shift: 'The faster you turn data into insight, the more competitive you become. That's only possible on a cloud-native AI stack.' Governance, not just agility, defines cloud 3.0 While agility is the promise, governance is the price of admission. In highly regulated industries like BFSI, Cloud 3.0 is impossible without airtight frameworks. Kumar emphasized that regulators like RBI aren't mandating sovereign clouds—but they do demand uncompromising data governance. 'Zero trust isn't optional. Encryption, posture management, observability—it all needs to be part of your architecture from day zero.' He noted that FinOps, MLOps, and continuous audit-readiness are essential to staying compliant while still scaling innovation. As the session drew to a close, Kishore looked forward to an AI-shaped cloud landscape. 'From edge devices to centralized cloud, AI will make us think harder about where we compute—and why.' She advocated for "spectrum thinking": balancing distributed intelligence at the edge with centralized cloud scale, guided by business context over technology obsession. Kumar's advice to CIOs starting their journey was clear: 'Build flexible architectures—but start with strong guardrails. Design for change, not just control.' Cloud 3.0 is not just about better infrastructure—it's about redefining enterprise agility and intelligence. From Unilever's cloud-native digital twins to Kotak's regulatory-ready AI architectures, the session revealed a future where: Cloud-native architectures enable real-time, AI-driven business decisionsZero trust and data sovereignty are built into design—not added on laterDigital R&D and intelligent edge computing will define industry speed Governance, not hype, will separate the agile from the fragile
Pink Villa
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Kaliyugam OTT Release: When and where to watch Shraddha Srinath and Kishore's dystopian bilingual psycho-thriller
Kaliyugam was released on May 9, 2025, and opened to a mixed response at the box office. The dystopian thriller was marked for its ambitious storytelling. However, it seemed to have felt flat in execution, since the visuals did not meet expectations. And now the film is all set to make its way on OTT. When and where to watch Kaliyugam Kaliyugam begins streaming on SimplySouth from June 20 onwards. The film will not be available for viewing within India, but audiences outside the country will be able to screen it. The OTT giant announced the same with a post on their X handle. Sharing a poster of the film, they wrote, '#Kaliyugam, streaming on Simply South from June 20 worldwide, excluding India.' Official trailer and plot of Kaliyugam The film showcases an alternate dystopian future set in the year 2064. The world is marked as a post-apocalyptic place after mankind has been struck by repeated loops of catastrophe. Kaliyugam's key themes include survival, morality, and human resilience in the face of all things unimaginably disastrous. The plot is based on the further bifurcated difference between the haves and the have-nots, who are actually separated by a physical wall. While the privileged are known as residents in the dystopian world, the poor and underprivileged continue to starve in different corners outside the wall. Amid all this, a man named Sketch (played by Kishore) lays his hands on a safe house filled with all the luxuries accessible to its residents, but it is placed outside the wall. His choice to keep this discovery a secret or share it with his fellow people forms the climax. Cast and crew of Kaliyugam Kaliyugam stars Shraddha Srinath and Kishore in lead roles. Other actors include Iniyan Subramani, Asmal, Harry, Mithun, David Santhosh, Master Ronith, Kesavan, and more. The movie is directed by Pramodh Sundar and is jointly produced by K.S. Ramakrishna and K Ramcharan. Dawn Vincent has composed the musical score.
India.com
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
'She couldn't have sex...' Kishore Kumar left Madhubala after doctors said she can't be a mother, 'Woman needs...'
'She couldn't have sex...' Kishore Kumar left Madhubala after doctors said she can't be a mother, 'Woman needs...' Madhubala, one of Bollywood's most iconic stars, passed away at the age of 36 due to heart condition. Despite her fleeting life, her work and relationships still intrigue fans. The actress was madly in love with Dilip Kumar, but got separated due to her father's alleged interference. Later, Madhubala tied the knot with singer Kishore Kumar in a quite ceremony. Their marriage was believed to be difficult as the couple was grappling with devastating tragedies. Shortly after their marriage, Kishore took Madhubala to London, for a medical treatment to her heart condition. But, following that, what they came across changed everything about their relationship. According to her sister Madhur Bhushan, the doctors told the actress that she couldn't be a mother, 'We're not saying that he was wrong. Aapa was told by the doctors you cannot have sex, you cannot have children… But yet a woman needs emotional support no matter what,' She said in a conversation with Filmfare. Bhushan also revealed that Kishore distanced himself from Madhubala during her last days. He left her in a house in Mumbai with only a nurse and driver. He rarely answered her calls or visited her during this challenging time. She said, 'Kishore bhaiyya left her at our home. He said that she was sick and needed care while he had to travel, work, sing and hence wouldn't be able to give her time. He said, I tried my best, I took her to London. But the doctors have said she won't survive. What's my fault?' In an old interview with FilmFare magazine, Kishore was quoted saying that he was never in love with Madhubala. 'To me, she was my friend Dilip Kumar's girlfriend and I used to act as a messenger for the two. It was she who proposed marriage to me and even insisted on it. Incidentally, even when Ruma was with me Madhu used to joke, 'Never ever leave him, else I would take your place.' He said. Kishore Kumar and Madhubala's marriage lasted for nine years, until her demise. They collaborated in several evergreen classics such as Chalti Ka Naam Gadi (1958), Jhumroo (1961), Half-Ticket (1962) and others.
