Northern Warriors Ready To Roar: Almas Anfar Kathuria’s Team Set For Thrilling Abu Dhabi T10 League Season...

A new era begins in the Abu Dhabi T10 League as Almas Anfar Kathuria — Dubai-based entrepreneur, global pageant queen, and third-generation luxury brand owner — steps in as the new owner of the iconic Northern Warriors franchise.

With matches kicking off this November in Abu Dhabi, Almas enters the world of professional cricket not just as a business decision, but as a powerful statement of leadership, legacy, and vision.

“I am proud to take Northern Warriors forward with dignity, strength, and a sporting spirit that represents true warriors,” says Almas Anfar Kathuria. “Cricket is more than a game—it is passion, community, and pride. Northern Warriors will stand for excellence both on and off the field.”

Who is Almas Anfar Kathuria?

Almas is a multi-industry leader known across the region for building luxury brands, reviving legacy businesses, and championing high-impact ventures.

She Hails From A Legendary Entrepreneurial Family:

* Granddaughter of Haji Anfar Ali – one of India’s early perfume exporters who built a legacy of trust and excellence in global trade

* Daughter of Shahid Anfar Ali – second-generation custodian of the perfume empire

* Third-generation brand visionary, expanding the heritage into global luxury platforms

She is also the wife of Tarun Kathuria, a respected business leader and investor known for his strategic expertise across hospitality, sports, and international trade ventures. Tarun’s experience in global operations, corporate governance, and large-scale business planning complements Almas’ creative and brand-driven leadership — together representing a power couple in business and sports entrepreneurship.

Almas Today:

* Owner – Northern Warriors, Abu Dhabi T10 League

* Founder & Creative Director of:

– Couture by Almas (luxury couture fashion)

– Almas Beauty (cosmetics and skincare)

– Al Anfar by Almas (heritage perfume house revived)

* Winner of Mrs. India Middle East & Mrs. Tourism International

* Founder of Luxestar Mrs. Tourism, a global empowerment platform for women

* One of the very few women franchise owners in world cricket, representing equality and inclusion

* Known for building a multi-vertical luxury empire across fashion, beauty, fragrances, hospitality — and now sports.

About the Team

Northern Warriors is one of the most celebrated teams in T10 history, with multiple championships and international fan enthusiasm.

Under Almas’ Ownership, The Franchise Enters A New Era Of:

* Strategic squad reinforcement

* Global celebrity collaborations

* Stronger fan engagement across India, UAE, and worldwide

* A renewed identity rooted in warrior spirit, family legacy, and a winning philosophy

Message to India

“As an Indian woman who built her business across borders, stepping into cricket ownership feels historic. I want every girl watching this league to know—you belong in stadiums, in boardrooms, and in every space where decisions are made.”

Call to Fans

The matches begin this November in Abu Dhabi.

To every Northern Warriors supporter across India and the world — this is your team, your legacy, and your moment to witness history.

A woman leading a powerhouse cricket franchise, supported by a legacy business family and a global vision — this is only the beginning.

 

Northern Warriors Ready To Roar: Almas Anfar Kathuria’s Team Set For Thrilling Abu Dhabi T10 League Season

 

First Diwali House Tour At Gracie Mansion Official House Of All New York Mayors With International Museum Of The Saree !...

A radiant Celebration of Light, Culture and Heritage took place on October 18th, 2025 at Gracie Mansion’s Conservancy in partnership with the International Museum of The Saree, Diwali was celebrated in style the Festival of Lights Tour. The afternoon opened with heartfelt remarks from Chioma Ohakam, GMC’s Director of Public Engagement, and guest speaker Dr. Vipul Patel, MD, who welcomed guests into “The People’s House.” They highlighted the importance of embracing cultural diversity, beauty, and unity within the historic halls of Gracie Mansion.

Guests were treated to an enchanting musical interlude by International Award Winning Artist world-renowned maestro Ustad Kamal Sabri, a leading figure in Indian Classical music. Performing on a 150-year-old sarangi passed down from his father, legendary Ustad Sabri Khan, Ustad Sabri’s soulful Diwali bhajans mesmerized the audience, bridging generations of musical tradition.

The evening continued with a moving poetic performance by Dr. Ashvini Persaud, who recited from the forthcoming  literary book “Saree To The New World” and its accompanying musical album. Dr. Persaud seamlessly wove together live poetry, audience participation, and musical collaboration with Ustad Kamal Sabri, transforming the moment into a living archive of art and connection. Wearing a vintage Gujarati saree featured in the International Museum of The Saree, she embodied the spirit of cultural preservation.

The event welcomed a beautifully diverse gathering, including leaders of International Museum of The Saree, Suriname Permanent Mission, BAPS Sri Swaminarayan Mandir, GPK Foundation, Bengali International Literary Society, Sri Chinmoy Mission, Hrudayam Arts, South Asian Diasporas and local New Yorkers. Guests admired displays of illuminated diyas, colorful figurines and poetic stories by Dr. Persaud of Rama, Sita, and Lakshmi, and saree donated by Lakshmi Singh, honoring the goddess of prosperity.

A heartfelt thank-you to GMC Docent Mary Reynolds for leading guests through an inspiring tour of Gracie Mansion’s rich history and heritage while celebrating light, culture, and community and thanks to all the amazing guests who came out to support the first Diwali Tour at Gracie Mansion. International Museum of The Saree has been an influencer pop up museum directly and indirectly helping many organizations and leaders to develop inclusive perspectives in programming of cultural heritage and includes honorary members such as, Pt. Anup Jalota, Dilip Sen Rahul Roy and diplomatic diaspora families

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First Diwali House Tour At Gracie Mansion  Official House Of All New York Mayors With International Museum Of The Saree !

Actress Model Divya Karkhur Gorgeous Hot And Sexy Pics...

Actress Model Divya Karkhur Gorgeous Hot And Sexy Pics

Actress Model Divya Karkhur Gorgeous Hot And Sexy Pics

कर्णिका मंडल ऐतिहासिक फिल्म ‘याना’ में राहुल बी कुमार के साथ नजर आएंगी...

कर्णिका मंडल ‘याना…?’ की मुख्य अभिनेत्री के रूप में सुर्खियों में हैं, और प्रोडक्शन टीम के अनुसार, यह एक “आश्चर्यजनक और चुनौतीपूर्ण भूमिका” है। उनका किरदार कथित तौर पर 1840 के दशक के ऐतिहासिक किरदारों से प्रेरित है, जिसके लिए व्यापक तैयारी और भावनात्मक विविधता की आवश्यकता थी।

कर्णिका मंडल कहती हैं, “इस फ़िल्म की कहानी सुनने के बाद मुझे यकीन है कि यह मेरी ड्रीम फ़िल्म है जिसका मैं अपने फ़िल्मी करियर में बेसब्री से इंतज़ार कर रही थी।”

“कर्णिका मंडल इस बायोपिक में अपने किरदार में असाधारण गहराई लाती हैं,” प्रोडक्शन से जुड़े एक सूत्र ने बताया। “इस किरदार के लिए शारीरिक बदलाव और एक बिल्कुल अलग दौर के किरदार में मानसिक रूप से डूब जाना ज़रूरी है।”

प्री-प्रोडक्शन के दौरान, अभिनेत्री को विभिन्न ऐतिहासिक स्थलों पर देखा गया है, जहाँ वे 1840 के दशक के भारत में महिलाओं के सामाजिक संदर्भ को बेहतर ढंग से समझने के लिए कलाकृतियों और ऐतिहासिक दस्तावेजों का अध्ययन करती हैं। ऐतिहासिक सटीकता के प्रति उनका समर्पण, फिल्म की प्रामाणिक कहानी कहने की प्रतिबद्धता को दर्शाता है, भले ही इसमें संगीत की शैली अलग-अलग हो।

श्री प्रजापति के निर्देशन में, ‘याना…?’ एक बहुभाषी प्रोडक्शन के रूप में आकार ले रही है, जिसे हिंदी, तेलुगु, तमिल, कन्नड़ और मलयालम में एक साथ रिलीज़ किया जाएगा। यह महत्वाकांक्षी दृष्टिकोण फिल्म में चित्रित ऐतिहासिक घटनाओं के अखिल भारतीय महत्व को दर्शाता है, साथ ही पूरे उपमहाद्वीप में विविध भाषाई दर्शकों तक पहुँचने के लिए प्रोडक्शन टीम की प्रतिबद्धता को भी दर्शाता है।

बहुभाषी निर्माण रणनीति में केवल फिल्म की डबिंग ही शामिल नहीं है, बल्कि प्रत्येक क्षेत्रीय संस्करण के लिए सांस्कृतिक और भाषाई बारीकियों को अपनाना भी शामिल है, जिससे विभिन्न दर्शकों के साथ प्रामाणिक तालमेल सुनिश्चित होता है। प्रजापति की निर्देशकीय दृष्टि इस जटिलता को समाहित करते हुए सभी भाषाई संस्करणों में कथात्मक सामंजस्य बनाए रखती है।

श्री प्रजापति की रचनात्मक दृष्टि को कुशल पेशेवरों की एक टीम का समर्थन प्राप्त है। फिल्म की पटकथा और संवाद पिंकू दुबे और सोनू दंडोरिया ने लिखे हैं। कहानी कहने का यह सहयोगात्मक दृष्टिकोण सुनिश्चित करता है कि ऐतिहासिक कथा तथ्यात्मक अखंडता और नाटकीय प्रभाव, दोनों को बनाए रखे।

संगीतकार देव चौहान को एक ऐसा संगीत परिदृश्य रचने का काम सौंपा गया है जो लगभग दो शताब्दियों के संगीत विकास को जोड़ता हो। ‘याना…?’ के उनके साउंडट्रैक में 1840 के दशक की प्रामाणिक पारंपरिक रचनाएँ शामिल होंगी, साथ ही समकालीन तत्व भी शामिल होंगे—खासकर एक अंग्रेजी भाषा का गीत जो अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर लोकप्रिय हो।

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कर्णिका मंडल ऐतिहासिक फिल्म ‘याना’ में राहुल बी कुमार के साथ नजर आएंगी

“Echoes Of Silence” An Exhibition Of Photographs By Eminent Photographer Dev Inder In Jehangir Art Gallery...

12^th to 18^th November 2025

“Echoes of Silence”

An Exhibition of Photographs

By Eminent Photographer DevInder

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Terrace Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9872401204

This show was inaugurated on 12th November 2025 by Honourable Guest Mr. Rishiraj Sethi (CA, CFA Director, Aura Art Development Pvt. Ltd. in the presence of Mr. Sidharth(Eminent Artist), Gurcharan Singh(Eminent Artist), Mr. Mukesh Parpiani (Eminent Photographer), Bhupinder Brar, Jaspal Kamana, Ram Pratap Verma, Nirlep Singh, Amarjit Grewal, Subhash Parihar among others,

Dev Inder tries to comprehend the world of relationships through is photography work. Therefore, the three dimensional space he steps into becomes a suggestion and a cue for him creating “a relationship between two figures that had not existed before” John Szarkowski in The Photographer’s Eye. Endowed with an acute sense of seeing everything in the landscape comes forward to help unlock the doors of perception. Things like fallen branches, everydayness of a billboard,  reeds bending light’ly to the breeze, earth as seed of grass, clouds emanations of the trees, autumnal ciphers of grass are the anagrams he tries to read through portal of 35 mm. This diversity enhances his range of expression  with images happening at the focal plane of his artistic consciousness.

Nothing dies.

The ephemeral and the eternal coexisting as juxtaposed poles guide the compassionate lense of Dev Inder. Whatever he touches comes alive. “Landscape are culture before they are nature; constructs of the imagination projected onto wood, and water and rock.” Simon Schama (Landscape and Memory). And so, imbued with presences; actual or of the imagination Dev Inder’s pictures are the sites where he goes looking for resolution.

The photographer till the moment of shutter release is a condensed presence, all faculties summoned just to see. The very next moment everything evaporates; the scene, the self, the eye. The photographer folds his tripod and walks back. Behind his back the scene disintegrates into a lot of rock, trees, water and light. What of the nature shall we capture in a moment so profound? Dev Inder recounts visiting the same place to have a better shot but concludes “It’s not worth it. The moment was only  then.”

Aware of the paradox, Dev Inder invites life into the landscape with all its presences, real or metaphoric, arranging them in a rhythmic correspondence. The sky and the clouds in the  pictures lend weight to the frames, at once embracing and inhabiting the scene. The elements have terra-firma to stand on and solid space to grow into. Restrained tonal range subsumes hierarchies in participatory fervour.

He is also a minimalist in the sense in which he transforms landscapes into relationships with minimum appurtenance. In one of the photograph through deft composition he has tried to bind the entire valley in visual embrace with warped arms as tendrils curling around the visibilities in the frame. It is a photograph about union, the tree supplanting Dev Inder to enter into an embrace.  Dwelling on the same strand let’s look at the picture of the More’ plains from Ladakh. By now most of us are familiar with the sweeping vistas of More’ plains and to most of us a wide angle shot of its immense physicality is enough to fill the frame of our imagination.  But Dev Inder’s picture shows a vehicle emerging out of the far end of the convergence. Far from being a sedate perspective shot it seems to suggest life emerging out of land’s end, throbbing with presence.

The contemplative spirit of his work is also visible in another photograph; a small plant with broad leaves cradled by a rock with a shoot circling over to the top of the rock. There’s a risk of it being viewed as a binary of the animate and inanimate. But rounded edges of the rock and the encircling branch, the third element in the picture, make it into a picture of ecology. Rock is not passive. Giving off itself, rounding off angularities it supports and germinates life. He rock is not a theatre where life is enacted. It is part of life itself. The picture stops us to ponder.

Dev Inder also converses through spatial ambiguity and abstraction. Pliant space gets modulated into anagrams of intrigue and discovery. Abstraction is a reality whose meaning is yet to arrive. But this doesn’t make all randomness abstract. Unless the artist stands at the cusp of intelligibility of the patterns he/she ciphers the end product would be still-born. Aware of this, his semantic lexicon employs symbols with cultural affinity, for example concentric rings at the heart of a rock evoke the memory of a tree, towering rocks come alive with human forms in another picture. By reflecting near in the far Dev Inder is able to locate rhythm in seemingly vast randomness of the landscape. At times acute compression  of the perspective melds the landscape into architecture. Afterall “it is our shaping perception that makes the difference between raw material and landscape” (Simon Schama; Landscape and Memory).

On rare occasion when he uses negative space he does so with finesse and purpose. In the picture where a man rests under the shadow of a rock which rests upon rather tenuously on a bigger rock. The chunk of negative space on the left if not attended to properly  would make the composition precarious. However an aware photographer waits for the arrival of human form to step into that space, solidly anchoring the rock. Visually addressing the precarity of the rock tremendously enhances the restfulness of the scene.

In creating a consciousness of relationships, intimacy and intrigue Dev Inder invites the landscape to partner him. Dead stumps rise up in vertical verse. Lifeless branches of trees lying on the ground, breathless and bleached, become animated limbs by delicate handling of the form and tones. Landscapes of grit start teaming with life and redemption. As Walter Pater has famously said “All art constantly aspires towards condition of music”, we hear notes of music rise in Dev Inder’s “The Echoes of Silence”

Nirlep Singh – Mohali, October 2025

   

 

“Echoes Of Silence” An Exhibition Of Photographs By Eminent Photographer Dev Inder In Jehangir Art Gallery