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Watch Nagpur moms dancing with their babies at this babywearing flash mob

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Quite a few Nagpur moms were seen shaking a leg with their adorable babies at Vidarbhas 1st Babywearing Flash mob organised at Ginger Mall on July 14. The unique event was organised by Nagpur Moms Club, Fit Mom Pregnancy Wellness Center and PBs Zumba Fitness Studio in association with Nation Next as the media partner. While Nagpur Moms Club is an online support forum founded by Anisha Agrawal, Apeksha Munde, Nikita Bembi and Ritu Kukreja, Fit Mom Pregnancy Wellness Center and PBs Zumba Fitness Studio are spearheaded by Dr Pankhuri Khemani and Kiran Kotwani respectively.

Speaking to Nation Next about the babywearing flash mob, Ritu said, Through the flash mob, we wanted to spread awareness about the right babywearing techniques and bring in the western culture of babywearing to the city. We also wanted to give the message that moms can do anything and everything while handling their babies. Dance is the last thing one would think of while handling a baby, hence the flash mob!

The moms who participated at the flash mob underwent a two-day training. While Dr Khemani, who’s a physiotherapist and a pregnancy wellness expert, taught the moms how to handle the carriers, Kotwani, who’s a Zumba instructor, choreographed the flash mob. Speaking to Nation Next, Dr Khemani said, As a physiotherapist, my job is to make people aware about the ergonomics of carrying a baby. When a baby is carried in an ergonomic carrier, the baby won’t undergo pain in hip and knee. The carriers, which are available in Nagpur are not at all ergonomic. So, it was my job to train these moms to carry their respective babies in the ergonomic carriers, which we procured from Bengaluru, Mumbai and Indore. We faced a lot problems as the children were not in the habit of being so close to their mothers. Also, they would get cranky at times and then we had to cheer them up with music or balloons. Eventually, it was a great flash mob. All mothers enjoyed it and we are eagerly waiting for the next babywearing flash mob. The carriers were procured from Little wings and Klingaroo carriers. Kotwani, while speaking about her experience training the mothers, said, On the first day, we trained the mothers without their babies. We made sure that the steps were easy. Then on the second day, the mothers were accompanied by their babies. It was super fun to train these moms, who learned the steps very quickly. In just one hour, they were ready!

When Nation Next spoke to a few moms, they expressed happiness over being a part of the flash mob. Nikita Thakrani said, After the birth of my son, I forgot my old life. Participating in this activity reminded me of that life and was great fun. Bhavika Nimgade said, Post the delivery, my daily routine revolves entirely around my baby. This flash mob not only gave me a much needed break, but also made me aware about the ergonomical carrier. Sana Khan added, The purpose behind joining this flash mob was having a good and sweet memory with my baby.

With so many moms loving the concept of babywearing flash mob, we asked Ritu if this would be a regular activity. Ritu said, Yes, we have got a lot of requests to make it a regular activity. So maybe we will do it again but we also have some other things in the pipeline. We are extremely happy that the flash mob went the way we wanted it to. Speaking about the future activities Nagpur Moms Club plans to do conduct, Nikita said, Keeping in mind the wants and requests of the mothers and based on our personal research, we plan to do more activities for moms and we will cater to all age groups. We also got requests to do some activity for the fathers, so we will try to do something for the fathers as well.

Nagpur Moms Club founders, who were mighty happy because of the the great response to the flash mob, also urged mothers to join the Nagpur Moms Club group on Facebook. Anisha said, Our group is for moms, moms-to-be and mompreneurs. It is founded by the moms and is for the moms and we want all the Nagpur Moms to join the group to help us create something beautiful and plan more activities for them in the future. Nikita added, Ours is a support group for moms, so please add all moms you know to the group. Ask your weirdest questions because we are there to help you!

Here’s the video of the babywearing flash mob!

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Online petition against Tukaram Mundhes transfer demand gets 20,000 votes in just 2 days

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Amar Ashok Jajoo | Nagpur
Even as congress leaders are demanding transfer of NMC Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, an online petition opposing the same has gotten more than 20,000 votes.
NMC Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe

Even as senior congress leaders in Nagpur are demanding transfer of NMC Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe for his way of handling COVID-19 crisis in the city, an online petition ? People’s Confidence Motion ? opposing this demand has garnered more than 20,000 votes in just two days.

The petition, which is started by an anonymous person, is addressed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. It mentions Mundhes extraordinary actions to fight the COVID-19 crisis in Nagpur. The petition claims that ?politicians with vested interests are planning to introduce a formal no-confidence motion against an honest and hard-working officer like Mundhe.

Also read: Nagpur: HC grants bail to Tablighi Jamaatis arrested by Gadchiroli police during lockdown

Nation Next had reported yesterday as to how Congress MLA Vikas Thakre and Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole are demanding Mundhes transfer. Thakre had gone further to say that Mundhe should be punished.

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Nagpur: Sarathi Trust distributes ration kits to transgenders, HIV affected; urges people to help

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Sneha Shah | Nagpur
Sarathi Trust members distributing ration kits to transgenders

Coronavirus outbreak has left many in the country unemployed and transgenders and people affected by HIV are some of the worst hit people. It is with an intention to help these people that Nagpur NGO Sarathi Trust has so far distributed over 250 ration kits among these people and is trying to secure more donations for the same.

Speaking to Nation Next, Anand Chandrani, Founder, Sarathi Trust, said, Last month, I came across videos of transgender community supplying ration kits to those in need and I thought that they did not need help. But then I started getting calls from some people from transgender community requesting for help since they had exhausted their resources. Vidarbha Taxpayers Association (VTA) helped us out by donating 104 ration kits. Thereafter, we got in touch with National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), who helped us with 109 kits.

Few days back, I got a call from one of my colleagues, who got us in contact with the police department, which was willing to provide 50 kits to those in need. Since, we already had helped transgender community twice, we thought of helping HIV affected people in Nagpur. Next week, we are planning to distribute 100 more ration kits with the help of Humsafar Trust in Mumbai. We have also decided to distribute medical kits, which will include hand sanitizer, handwash, mask, multivitamin tablets, homeopathy tablets, etc., Chandrani added. Chandrani further urged people to come forward to help the LGBT community and HIV affected people in Nagpur.

Speaking about the donation to Sarathi Trust, VTAs Secretary and President of Nagpur Residential Hotels Association, Tejinder Singh Renu told Nation Next: We came to know from some friends in the media that help was reaching to many needy people in the city but the transgender community still needed help. We got in touch with Chandrani, who sent us a list of around 109 names and numbers of people, who required ration kits. We arranged the required ration kits and asked the NGO to collect it from the kirana stores. The kits were distributed in a very responsible manner. Sarathi trust even shared with us the list of people who received the kits.

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Six-seater private jet hired for Rs 9.06 lakh to fly pets from Delhi to Mumbai

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Nation Next Newsroom | Mumbai
A six-seater private aircraft has been hired by an entreprenuer named Deepika Singh for Rs 9.06 lakh to fly six pets from Delhi to Mumbai in mid-June.
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A six-seater private aircraft has been hired for Rs 9.06 lakh to fly six pets from Delhi to Mumbai in mid-June. The jet has been booked for the pets who were left stranded in the capital because of the travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. The plan has been set in motion by 25-year-old entrepreneur and cyber security researcher Deepika Singh.

As per Singh, she got the idea about flying the pets when she was arranging a jet to fly her relatives from Delhi to Mumbai. Singh told The Print: Some people wanted to travel with their pets but when the others refused, I decided to arrange for another jet.

Singh then approached Accretion Aviation (aggregator for private jets, helicopters and yachts) for a six-seater plane. The jet ride for pets costs Rs 9.06 lakh, with each seat costing 1.60 lakh. As per reports, so far seats have the booked two Shih Tzus, one Golden Retriever and one Lady Pheasant bird. Two more pet passengers are required for the plane ride to be viable.

58-year-old Harvinder Kaur, hailing from Chembur in Mumbai, is one of the people who have booked seats on the jet to fly her dogs with the help of the jet. Her two 14-month-old Shih Tzus named Finishia and Michelle started living with her relatives in Delhi after she had to leave the country capital due to coronavirus outbreak. I do not care about the money. They are like my children. I miss them terribly, Kaur told The Daily.

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