Vihari poddar biography

For the one appointment no one can cancel, it pays to be prepared.

Recently a college friend of mine was diagnosed with an incurable cancer; his doctors told him he would live for only another year. The family panicked and consulted a wide range of doctors as well as healers from various alternative fields of medicine. They approached astrologers, prayed to demigods in temples, and even consulted a mystic tantric. Many people keep telling them that a cure may be available that they haven’t yet tried.

I was sad to learn about my friend’s disease. I wanted to help him during his crisis and suggested the Krishna consciousness process of chanting and hearing Krishna’s holy names. But I failed to convince him that, while trying various treatments, he also needed to face reality and prepare for his next life. I was unhappy to see that even his eighty-year- old father was uninterested in the spiritual dimension to life and determined only to save his son.

I remembered the observation of a devotee friend: “One may be admitted to the best hospital, treated by the best doctors, administered the best medicines, but if he is destined to die, he can’t avoid an appointment with Mr. Death.”

The philosophical writings of Vedic India compare the inevitability of death to the inescapable visit of someone who will get us one day. When Mr. Death strikes, a rich man can’t bribe him to go away, a beautiful lady can’t charm him to excuse her, a strong man can’t wrestle him to submit, a wise person can’t defeat him in a debate. Mr. Death gets us all, with no exceptions.

In the Mahabharata, King Yudhishthira is asked what is the greatest wonder in the world. The wise king replies, “Every day thousands are sent to the abode of death. Yet those who are living lead their lives as if death will never happen to them.” These words of wisdom

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One iconic design that Cartier has brought back from its archives is Grain de Café, which is centred on a stylised motif of a coffee bean, and seen in a new jewellery collection of earrings, necklaces, brooches, rings and bangles. The whimsical, tactile design first appeared in 1938, when Jeanne Toussaint was the creative director of the house, and soared to popularity in the 1950s, when it was worn and favoured by the then‑newly crowned Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly.

Today, the collection takes shape in lustrous yellow gold creations that tremble with their wearer’s movements, evoking a spirit reminiscent of 1950s glamour. But the decision to reinterpret Grain de Café is not solely a stylistic one. Pierre Rainero, the image, style and heritage director of Cartier, shares more.

In case you missed it: Local jeweller Vihari Poddar on why rubies hold a special meaning in her family

Vihari Poddar is one of the famous businesswoman of Indian Corporate Sector. She is the Managing Director of the Singapore-based Vihari Jewels while  her husband Abhishek Poddar is the Director of Multi-Crore Siyaram Silk Mills.

Last week, Authorities of Customs and Revenue Intelligence caught her red handed at Mumbai Airport,  bringing in Diamond Jewellery worth Rs. 2.5 Crores without declaring, which amounts of Smuggling.

She landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport by Singapore Airlines flight (no SQ-426) around 9 pm on Tuesday, and was passing through the green channel without declaring the consignment that she was carrying on her body.

Initially officials found some diamond-studded gold jewellery in her luggage and upon search She was caught carrying  more jewellery in her undergarments.

Vihari has also  confessed making at least 10 international trips to smuggle gold and diamond jewellery to India.

As per reports, Custom officials carried out a search operation at her shops  (no F-18 and F-19)  in the Grand Hyatt hotel in Santa Cruz, Mumbai and recovered Rs 4 crore worth of jewels, which was illegally brought to India. The jewellery recovered from her shop has been placed under investigations and she has been asked to produce the records for them.

She was later arrested on the charges on Smuggling and produced in the court where she collapsed a few minutes before the magistrate turned up and admitted to a local hospital. She has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody.

Vihari Sheth married Abhishek Poddar, Director of Siyaram Silk Mills on May 4, 2011. She holds a degree from Gemological Institute of America in California and had started Vihari Jewels at Singapore in 2007 with financial assistance from her Father, who also runs Di

In the meantime Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was very concerned that pure Vaisnavism was being overshadowed by many other wrong concepts and also by imitators. He felt that among all his sons and disciples, Srila Saraswati Thakura was the most qualified person to preach pure Vaisnavism; he had more enthusiasm, courage, and qualification than anyone else. Therefore, Thakura Mahasaya wrote him a letter:

Saraswati!

People of this world who are proud of their own aristocratic birth cannot attain real aristocracy. Therefore they attack the pure Vaisnavas, saying, "They have taken birth in low class families because of their sins." Thus they commit offenses. The solution to this problem is to establish the order of Daivi-Varnasrama Dharma--something you have started doing; you should know that to be the real service to the Vaisnavas. Because pure devotional conclusions are not being preached, all kinds of superstitions and bad concepts are being called devotion by such pseudo-sampradayas assahajiya andatibari. Please always crush these anti-devotional concepts by preaching pure devotional conclusions and by setting an example through your personal conduct.

Please make great effort so you can start the parikrama [circumambulation] of Sridam Navadwip as soon as possible. It is by those actions that everyone in this world will receive Krsna-bhakti [devotional love for the Lord]. Please try very hard to make sure that the service to Sri Mayapur will become a permanent thing and will become brighter and brighter every day. The real service to Sri Mayapur can be done by acquiring printing presses, distributing devotional books, and preaching congregational chanting (not reclusive bhajan). Please do not neglect to serve Sri Mayapur or to preach for the sake of your own reclusive bhajan.

When I am not present any more, please take great care to serve Sri Mayapur Dham which is so dear to you. This is my special instruction to you. People who are l