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Late riserOwing to hecticshooting schedulesand frequenttravelling, I often getdeprived of my sleep.So, I wake up latewhen I don’t shoot.

Tea partyAt times, I host a tea party on non-working Sundays and invite my closefriends to my place. We enjoy ourhearts out and celebrate our bonding.

Family timeI hardly get time to spend with myfamily on weekdays. So, I make sure tobe with my parents and my youngersister as long as possible on Sundays.

PetloverSunday meansspending timewith my petcat Kaju whois the world tome. It worksfor me as astress busterand boosts myenergy levels.

Turning lensmanBeing a hardcore Katakia (nativeof Cuttack), I enjoy a stroll onMahanadi Bridge near Jobra andclick some stunning photossunsets or sunrises.

Binge watcherWatching movies and web-series oneafter another on OTT platforms is amust for me on Sundays. It helps meimprove my onscreen performance.

Anchor and actorAmrita Mishra, knownfor her performances

in movies likeBiswaroop, Born to

Fight, web series Love69 and Hindi short filmHubris, loves to spendtime with her pet Kaju

on non-workingSundays.

n If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seatnext to you, just stare straight ahead and say, “Did youbring the money?”

n When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say“nothing,” it does not mean I am free. It means I amdoing nothing.

n I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days,but whatever.

n I run like the winded.

RASHMI REKHA DAS, OP

With family

With her pet

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DEBI MOHANTY

Attired casually, as they get into an uninhibitedconversation, it’s hard not to be smitten by

the infectious smile blended with equal dosesof innocence, humility, exuberance, self belief

and determination, enveloping their sunny faces.Seriously, there is nothing formal about RajatMahakuda, 21, Jayesh Acharya 21, AshutoshNahak, 20, Nihal Vineesh, 20, Rebika Sahu, 22or Indu Kumari Sahoo, 20.

However, their tale of how they dared to dreamduring the horrible phase of Covid 19 and shapedit to a reality, even before the pandemic could witheraway, is indeed fascinating. Having seized the op-portunity early, they are on their entrepreneurial ex-pedition. It’s still early days, though.

While, the boys operate Delhub, a home deliverystartup that deals in everything from A-Z, all ‘dailyhyper essentials’ including documents and pharmaproducts, Rebika’s bakery unit RB Amelie's isdoing brisk pre Christmas business. Meanwhile,Indu runs, what is considered as a male’s do-main- a road side tea stall.

All students, Rajat, Nihal, Indu (B.Com),Jayesh, Ashutosh (B Tech) and Rebika (MBAfinal year), they attend their online classesin the morning. “Let him purse the career

of his choice, but he must complete hiseducation, first,” asserts Ashutosh’s

mother, Nandita.Interestingly, these six aren’t in-terested in 9-5 jobs, anymore. For,

they aspire to, make it big andin the process, generate em-

ployment opportunities.Their mantra: set a goal,

work hard, enjoyevery moment

and stay hon-es t to

your job.Rajat and his partners fondly remember their as-

signments-some grocery items and a kilo of chicken-on April 25, Delhub’s first day. “We did the 2-3deliveries a day on bike within Bhubaneswar.The first month was a periodof loss,” informs Jayesh.

However, today, they caterto, on an average, 35-35clients daily in Bhubaneswar.They too have employedsix more youths. Ifthere is a neworder when thestaffs are away,one of the ownersdoes the job. “Forus, each assign-ment is equallyimportant, wecan’t afford tosay no,” intonesAshutosh.

With in-crease in busi-ness, loss hasmade way for

profit-

`13-15k a month, all expenses excluded. Their target:`50k by March 2021. “It’s achievable, sir,” announcesAshutosh with a boyish smile. Their investment:“Only our idea, plus time. And a few hundredrupees pocket money,” they reveal.

Sharing an appreciation post from the Kerala KalaSamiti, Jayesh informs, they received it for completingthe task of delivering one hundred, each 10kg packetsin less than a day, on the eve of Onam.

They have also carried deliveries to Puri andCuttack. For deliveries within 20km, they charge`65, beyond that, `8 per km.

On a vacation to his ancestral place in Kerala,Nihal says one can make a call on the mobile, senda Whatsapp text or use Delhub’s website and place

an order. “Our app shouldbe ready within days,”he informs.

At a time when coronavirus-induced layoffs have

left many in a state of panic, afew hardworking youngsters ofBhubaneswar have explored the

opportunities thrown open bythe pandemic to turn

successful entrepreneurs

Ashutosh, Jayesh and Rajat

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Sitting on the steps of their, all of 63 sq feet, crammedwith some plastic chairs and a table, office in Palaspalli,neighboring the Biju Patnaik international airport, Rajat,Jayesh and Ashutosh inform, Delhub’s services are reachingnearby towns and localities, shortly. “We aim to win thecustomers trust and establish a sustainable brand,” theydeclare.

They aren’t certainly joking. With a constant eye on thecompetitors, new as well as the established players acrosssegments -food items (Swiggy, Zomato), grocery (Jio Mart,Grofers) etc, these youths have meticulously planned theirfuture moves. Also they are ready with ‘plans in wraps’ in an-ticipation of rivals in the chicken, mutton and fish segment.“Every evening we discuss the issues encountered in the dayand plan how to address them. Here, planning is a continuousprocess,” puts Rajat.

When, there is an order for ‘this type of stuff ’ withoutmuch product details, these four screen though the internetand their network of suppliers. If the customer is not happy,they re-start their search to meet the demand. It requiresextra time and effort, but, they concede, it’s a part of theirjob.

However, they rue for turning down some orders forbirthday cakes which arrived post 11 pm with a pre midnightdelivery deadline, last month. On another occasion, theyskipped a lady’s request for a parrot. “We are trying to addresssuch issues,” promises Ashutosh.

Incidentally, problems in availing household essentials intheir own homes during the lockdown months forced childhoodchums, Rajat and Nihal to think and do something in thisregard. As a trial run, they delivered daily essentials amongtheir relatives and neighbors. Then they decided to take it tothe next level and Delhub was born. Days later, Jayesh andAshutosh, came on board.

Similarly, tired of the lockdown’s enforced rest, the onlychild of her parents, Rebika, who had attempted unsuccessfullya year ago, thought of another tryst with her baking venture.She made different cakes and had her neighbors have a bite.They liked, and also recommended others to try her cakes.Begun with an initial capital of Rs 3000 from her two-roomhome in Baramunda locality, RB Amelie's is raking in amonthly profit of Rs 22,000 a month since its inception inSeptember.

Enthused, she has added more options including the ‘meantfor the children’ DIY pizza kit (a buffet containing ingredientsto prepare instant pizzas at home) to the menu. Comingsoon- packaged snacks from her kitchen.

If the order is from her vicinity, Rebika walks or takes anauto and does the delivery, herself. Otherwise, she hiresDelhub’s services. “They have delivered more than 60 orders,”she concedes.

Rebika, who advertises her products on the social networkingplatform Instagram, is receiving inquiries from differentcorners of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. “My cakes have reacheddistant Keonjhar and Bolangir, too,” she beams.

Though her mother Sumita is happy with Rebika’s decision,she has one complain. “Often, Rebika works the entire night;I tell her to sleep, but she doesn’t listen,” she says. Giving hera hug, Rebika tells she learnt cake baking lessons, from hermother, during Christmas time.

Unlike the rest, Indu is away from her parents based atParadip. In Bhubaneswar, she stays in a women’s hostel, fromwhere she’s borrowed the plastic table on which the portablegas stove, container and other materials including boxes ofbiscuits are mounted. She spent the Rs 180, her savings frompocket money, on milk, sugar, tea dusts etc.

On day one, a fortnight ago, she drew blank, as no onevisited her makeshift stall that sits on the footpath by theCRP square-Ekamra Kanan road. However, from last weekher daily sell has climbed to just over Rs 300. She charges Rs5 for a cup of tea.

By Indu’s admission, mostly the morning walkers preferto enjoy hot tea at her stall to beat the winter chill. “Peopleare slowly getting to know about my stall,” she claims.

For the boys, once the day’s job is over, it’s time forindulgence. While, Jayesh, a disc jockey since he was 14,with over five hundred performances to his credit acrossOdisha and beyond (Jamshedpur and Hyderabad), doesn’tforget to rehearse his skills, Ashutosh does coding for Delhubon weeknights. On weekends, he plays the latest tunes onthe piano before hitting the bed.

A travel freak, Rajat, Delhub’s marketing boss, researchesabout the latest products and tracks rivals, till late into thenight. Unable to chase his passion-biking- due to restrictions,Nihal catches up with a movie, daily. He plans to ride hisRoyal Enfield ‘Bullet’ to Darjeeling with his biker friends,post Covid.

However, the two girls spend their spare time, differently.Rebika learns new dishes from YouTube before trying herself.Waking up very early, post her seven hours job, a tired Induprefers to sleep. She happily announces that both her broth-ers- running electronic goods business- are proud of her.

They have all the reasons for that.

Rebika displays a birthday cake

Indu’s makeshift tea stall

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SUNDAY POST JANUARY 3-9, 2021 BEAUTY

Winter care tipsyour hands

ho does not want beautiful, softand smooth hands? Yet if yourhands are rough, scaly, dull-looking,

tanned and the skin around the nail is peelingoff, then you are not alone. Winter is hard onyour hands. Smooth, supple, and soft inSeptember, hands can turn red, chapped, andrough by January.

Most of us face a similar problem duringthe harsh winter when our hands react terriblyto the cold air and harsh winds during peakwinters leading to lizard skin. You may alsofind that dead skin tends to accumulate quickerin the winter and rough patches of skin seemto be all over. This is because in the winterthe cell turnover rate is decreased. If you’rewashing your hands frequently to avoid coro-navirus, you could sap whatever natural oilsare left in your skin.

Actually, the skin on the back of the handsis thin and lacks oil glands. That is why thehands are prone to wrinkles and lines. Thenails also become dry and brittle, breaking orchipping easily during peak winters.

Exposures of hands during winters can leadto skin issues like pain, redness, flaking anditching. Ironically, by washing our hands withchemical-laden soap, we can develop dry cracksin the skin giving bacteria an entry point intoour bodies which lead to conditions such aseczema. The outermost layer of our hands iscomposed of oils and wax, and it acts as botha shield from the outside and a guard thatmaintains natural moisture in the skin. Theskin barrier is a mix of proteins, lipids, andoils. It protects our skin, and how good a jobit does is mostly about your genes.

Few easy methods to take care of hands:Protect your hands by wearing rubber

gloves/ mittens for washing chores/vegetablechoppings/cleansing and other such things toretain the moisture you already have. Alwayswash your hands with tepid water. Make surethe water is not too hot or cold. Limit exposureto high heat. Surgical gloves are easily availableat a chemist store.

Apply freshly extracted aloe vera gel onhands and let it dry in the natural environmenton your skin. You can apply it twice a week.The best prevention is to begin using aloevera gel before your hands show signs ofdryness. Apply raw milk cream if you havedark knuckles, it will help lighten the colour.

Bath time is appropriate for pampering thehands and supplying them with the oil andmoisturising they need. Before your bath,apply warm oil on the hands and massage itinto the skin. This helps to soften the skin.You can use coconut oil, which is very nourishing.Coconut oil is recognised for its anti-inflam-matory, moisturising, and anti-microbial prop-

erties. Applying coconut oilover damp hands helps in sealingthe moisture. Or, use pure al-mond oil immediately, after yourbath, apply a moisturising lotionor cream, while the skin is stilldamp. This helps to seal in moisture.Twice a week, have a pre-bath treatment bymixing ground almonds with curd and a pinchof turmeric. Apply on hands. After 15 minutes,rub the paste gently on the skin and wash itoff with water. At night, massage cream on

your hands, working it intothe skin.

You can also try somehome remedies to keep theskin soft and smooth.

Among the many kindsof moisturisers, hand creamsare better than body lotionbecause they are more nour-ishing. Lotions, which areprimarily water-based, can

further dryout the skin because the water

evaporates. Creams, which are oftenoil-based, are more effective after washinghands. Once your hands are dry, immediatelyuse hand cream to seal in the moisture.A luxury treatment for hands:

Take four teaspoons of almond oil and mixone tablespoon rose water. Add half-teaspoon

tincture benzoin, drop by drop. Mixtogether. Apply this on the hands.Wear loose cotton socks on the handsand leave on the preparation all night.Rinse off with plain water the nextmorning.

Use hand ointment or cream insteadof a lotion as these are more effective.Vaseline is still the most effective mois-turiser out there.

Lemon juice and sugar rubbed togetherwith the hands help to soften the skin.

Take two tablespoons of sunfloweroil, two tablespoons of lemon juice andthree tablespoons of coarse sugar. Mixtogether till it becomes a paste. Applyand rub into hands. Wash off after 15minutes. Repeat it three times a week.

Take fresh orange peels, pierce them witha fork. Rub the peels on the hands to brightenthem.

Choker (wheat bran) and besan (gramflour) can be mixed withturmeric and milk into apaste and applied on thehands. Wash off after 20minutes. This softens,cleanses and tightens theskin.

SHAHNAZ HUSAIN

Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has said that playingthe role of a living national icon in Mary Kom puta load on her, adding that it is an experience that

will always stay with her.The actress took to Instagram to recall essaying

the starring role in the 2014 biopic Mary Kom.“Playing #MaryKom was not what I expected

at all. The weight of telling the story of a living,national icon put a load on me that I hadn’tshouldered before. It was surreal in manyways,” she wrote. “She was a worldchampion sportswoman who was andis still competing and is on top of hergame. It was an honour but also ahuge responsibility for me as anactor,” she added.IANS

Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra has shared on socialmedia that she is in a mood to beat every age-oldcliché. She posted her assertion with an Instagram

image dressed in a bodycon tube cut-out dress.“In the mood to beat every age-old cliche... So, I’m

weekending on a Wednesday..... #vacationtime #familytime#goadiaries #gratitude #blessed #vacay,” she captionedthe image, which currently has over 18.6K likes on thephoto-sharing website.

The 45-year-old actress is currentlyholidaying in Goa with family.

Shilpa is all set to return tofilms after 13years with two

releases,Hungama 2 andNikamma. Thelatter also starsAbhimanyuDasan i andShirley Setia, and

i s d i -rected bySabbirKhan.

She was lastseen on the bigscreen in the2007 films, LifeIn A... Metro and

Apne. IANS

After recovering from coro-navirus, actor Varun Dhawanhas wrapped up the first

schedule of his upcoming movie,Jug Jugg Jeeyo, in Chandigarh.

The actor shared the update onInstagram along with a video ofhim enjoying a walk in the fieldsof the city on a misty morning.

“It’s a wrap on our first scheduleof #jugjuggjeeyo in Chandigarh.

I got covid recovered wentback,” he wrote along

with the slow-motionvideo where the actoris seen taking a walk

in a field on a foggymorning.

The film had aneventful stint inthe city. Shooting

had to be temporarilyhalted after actorsNeetu Kapoor, VarunDhawan and directorRaj Mehta tested Covidpositive. Shoot resumedafter the actors and film-makers recovered.

Filmmaker Raj MehtaDecember 19 an -nounced that the shoot-ing of the film has re-sumed. IANS

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Actress Kriti Kharbanda re-cently opened up on battling

malaria and resuming work evenbefore recovering completely.

Kriti revealed that she suffersfrom weakness, mood swings andother side effects despite beingcured of malaria.

The actress posted on her ver-ified Instagram account:

“Getting back to the grindpost malaria hasn’t been

easy. The weakness, themessed up system,

heavy medicationand mood

swings, but we’re getting there.Virtual workouts with @sameer-hansari. He pushes and motivatesme. Jumped right into workbefore I could recover completely.Not the smartest thing to do, butthe show must go on. #goals#2020 #workoutmode #2021you better be better.”

The actress shared a videowhere she can be seen workingout in the gym. Kriti waslast seen in Taish, whichreleased as a film aswelll as a web se-ries. IANS

Varun Dhawanwraps up firstschedule of Jug Jugg Jeeyo

Shilpa set to beatage-old clichés

‘It was surreal playing Mary Kom ’

RASHMI REKHA DAS,OP

W orld Braille Day is observed tospread awareness on the importanceof Braille as a means of commu-

nication. It is a reminder of the importanceof accessibility and independence for thosewho are blind or visually-impaired. But un-fortunately, many establishments — restaurants,banks, hospitals — aren’t equipped withBraille menus, statements or bills. That meanspeople with blindness or vision impairmentaren’t given the freedom to choose their owndinner or to keep their finances private.

Louis Braille invented and designed Braillewriting, which enables people who are blindto read by feeling a series of organised bumpsrepresenting letters, after hebecame blind.

Braille allows blindand pa r-tially

sighted people to learnspelling, grammar andpunctuation and gainan understanding ofhow text is formattedon the page. A visuallyimpaired person needsnot to use his/her eyesfor reading. All one needsis his/her hands to feelthe raised dots.

Ahead of World Braille DayJanuary 4, a few Braille expertsand a user share their experiencewith Sunday POST.

WHAT A USER HAS TO SAYManjulata Panda, the first woman blind

Ph.D holder and a lecturer at Hirakud DegreeCollege in Sambalpur, believes that without

Braille life of a visu-ally-challengedper son i smeaningless. Itenables a visu-

ally-impairedperson toread andwrite.Besides,it also enables a visually-im-paired person to access knowl-

edge and information fromoutside world. “It is cer-

tainly a ray of hopefor persons with

visual disability.Thanks to

Braille, I am lead-ing an independ-

ent life.I wasbornblind.Nonehaveex-

pectedthat one

day Iwould com-

plete my Ph.Din Po l i t i c a l

Science and get a job.Braille helped me secure

a cushy job. I find Braille more interactiveand accessible. Whatever I read in Braille, itgets printed in my mind. I find it more ac-cessible and interactive than any other tech-nology. It helped me make my dream cometrue. Even after being posted as lecturer,Braille helped me to teach my students.”

EXPERTS SPEAKAsked, how Braille helps people with

visually impairment to become independent, Sareeta Behera, Editor In-Chief, The BrailleCommunique and consulting psychologist,says “Braille, as anembossed form oftactile language sys-tem has enhancedaccessibility and in-clusivity among theindividuals with vi-sual impairment.Starting from ac-quiring knowledge,augmenting learningto professional accomplishments; the usageof Braille has etched many inspiring and suc-cessful stories across the globe. Through ap-propriate Braille training, individuals withvisual impairment can scale new heights of

inclusivity and empowerment. Braille hasstrengthened learning, life skills, employabilityand independent living of the individualswith visual impairment.”

She continues: “Lack of knowledge andaccess to Braille can create an obstacle inholistic well-being and mainstreaming. Withthe advancement of technology and rehabil-itation engineering, there have been manydevelopments in the area. However, tricklingdown of all such technical support servicesto the remotest locations and grassroots stillseems like a distant dream. Owing to the easeof training and availability, capacity buildingof Braille starting from early interventionphases, can augment learning and developmentfrom the grassroots to global levels, withoutmuch obstacles. Braille has the capacity toturn lives from becoming victims to victory.With the use of Braille, individuals on thespectrum of disabilities and visual Impairmentcan accomplish their life goals physically, eco-nomically, socially, psychologically and acrossall the domains of life.”

Md Imran Ali, a social worker and found-ing member o fInternational Braillemagazine publishedfrom Bhubaneswar,says, “People withvisual impairmentface difficulties whilepurchasing medi-cines because theycannot read expirydates of medicines.So, there is a need to make all informationin Braille script mandatory on medicines.Similarly, they also face problems as a customerof any product because there is no mentionof expiry dates in Braille. It violates theirrights as customers. There must be inclusivityof Braille in every sphere of life.”

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SUNDAY POST RAY OF HOPEJANUARY 3-9, 2021

WORLD BRAILLE DAY

INSTRUCTIONS IN BRAILLESCRIPT SHOULD BE MADEMANDATORY ON MEDICINESAND OTHER PRODUCTS ASVISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLECAN’T READ EXPIRY DATESAND OTHER IMPORTANTINFORMATION, SAYS ANEXPERT

A unique pathto literacy

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