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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Double amputee artist and former climber turns adversity into art, one brushstroke at a time
Nainital: Shachindra Bisht, 52, a resident of Nainital, is a testament to the indomitable human spirit. Before life took a dramatic turn, Bisht had carved a niche in the film industry as an editor, working on documentaries and ad films. But a deeper calling pulled him away from city life and toward the mountains. In 2008, he began rock climbing under the guidance of Anil Belwal, the Indian cricket team's then climbing coach. Seeking a more meaningful life, he left his corporate job and moved to Nainital to reconnect with nature and live simply through climbing, filmmaking, and painting. Then came March 2023. A sudden fever led to septicaemia (blood poisoning), and within days, Bisht was fighting for his life. Doctors gave him less than a 10% chance of survival as all his organs began to fail. He was on a ventilator for several days. When he finally emerged from the ICU, both his hands and toes had been amputated. Bisht told TOI, "My idea of wealth is survival skills, not the money earned. The wealth I gained made me someone who could survive the toughest times, something money alone could never do." He said his pursuit of "wealth," not money, prompted him to walk away from a high-paying tech career and move to Nainital to connect with nature before the tragedy struck. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo He also established a learning centre in Nainital and is now seeking financial aid to offer free painting and climbing classes to underprivileged and disabled children. "In 2001, I became the first Indian to be selected by Adobe as a software tester, and notably, the first non-software engineer to hold that role," he said. "My journey has never been conventional. I home-schooled my daughters for two years, and both scored above 90% in their board exams even while I was going through a personal health crisis. My wife, who is from Kerala, stood by me with unwavering strength during that time. " Post-amputation, Bisht faced a long and painful recovery. He was bedridden for months, learning to live with a new body and grieving the loss of his limbs. But it was painting, one of his oldest passions, that brought healing. Using adaptive techniques, he learned to hold brushes again. Within seven months, he was back to exercising and began walking without toes, defying medical expectations. Today, he paints expressive landscapes and spiritual imagery on walls, T-shirts and bags, and climbing holds. "Each brushstroke is a testament to my resilience and unwavering spirit," he told TOI. Despite physical setbacks, Bisht refuses to see himself as disabled. Inspired by conversations with mountaineer Jamie Andrews, who lost his limbs to gangrene, Bisht is now training to return to the mountains, with a focus on ice climbing in the US. "My story is not one of limitation, but of resilience, purpose, and the unshakeable will to give back and keep climbing both literally and metaphorically." Now based in Nainital, Bisht continues to inspire through his art and story, using creativity as both catharsis and purpose.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
How An Indian Spy Turned Film Writer: Lucky Bisht Interview
Former spy, Indian army commander Lucky Laxman Bisht turned a writer a few years ago when S Hussain ... More Zaidi worked on his biography RAW Hitman. Bisht is all set to venture in Indian cinema soon with films and shows. Spy films have always worked - be it the time-tested James Bond franchise or the new Amazon Prime Video spy-thriller series Citadel - stories of spies have wooed audiences the world over. The intrigue will only be multiplied when a former spy decides to grab that pen and tell his own story for the silver screen. Former Indian spy, commando and Indian army officer Lucky Bisht talks about his life, hardships, the process of working in the intelligence and taking the story to the cinemas, in this exclusive interview. In 2023, author S Hussain Zaidi released his biography on Bisht, titled R.A.W. Hitman. A sequel to the book has also been released. Bisht worked with Zaidi on both the books and has now written four web shows and three films waiting for grand announcements soon. Explaining his choice of switching from army to being an author to venturing in cinema, Bisht says, 'I am not allowed to take names, but this country's secret services have carried out such commendable operations that the public needs to know.' He adds that books are the best way. He recalls reading about India's Missing 54 - the Indian soldiers who went to Pakistan but never returned, despite an agreement between the countries to return prisoners of war. 'Pakistan never released our 54 soldiers and never even admitted that these soldiers were in their custody. We had a lot of evidence where it was found that these people were in their custody. Pakistan tortured them so much. We know about these 54 people, but in India, there are so many Indian Army soldiers and those from the Secret Service, who are still in the captivity of the enemies. They did not have a personal fight with Pakistan, they went there for the sake of India. I believe today's youth must know about such people. The freedom we have to roam around the streets and go about our daily lives, comes at a price that our soldiers pay.' Hindi reality show 'Bigg Boss' has had 18 seasons. (Photo credit: STRDEL/AFP via Getty Images) Bisht confirms that he was also approached by producers to participate in the popular Hindi reality TV show Bigg Boss. 'They offered me the show and the package they offered was also huge. Even if I add all the money that I have earned since I started my job in 2004, it will not be as much as they promised. But, that is not how I wish to connect with the youth of my country. I get thousands of emails and social media messages from the Indian youth who wish to join the army. I wish to guide and help them in that aspect.' He insists that he wants the youth to earn all the money they wish for, but always remember the loyalty to their nation. Given Hindi films are also the kind of pop culture which Bigg Boss is a part of, we asked if working in films would be different. If reaching masses is the main aim, television continues to be the best bet in India. However, the former spy says, 'Fact of the matter is, books are a very good medium to stay for a long time,' and adds that films will be mainly about widening his audience. Sharing details on one of his yet-to-be-announced web series, Bisht says, 'I have shown how the protagonist analyzes a blast to reach the man and the brain behind the making of the bomb. Just like a post-mortem, whenever there is a blast, there is a post-blast study. This series, with Asur creator Gaurav Shukla, is based on a bomb.' He says he is also working on projects for Aamir Khan Production, adding that these are likely to release on Netflix. Bisht's work will soon be helmed by Shivam Nair (Sea Hawks), Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (India's National Film Award winner for 72 Hoorain). The former spy confirms that he is in talks for eight projects and three of his projects will go on floors this year. Pitthoragarh is being produced by Jio Studios. He is working on a crime thriller for Abbas Mastan and another film on an Indian sniper with a young producer. Recalling the time he approached his seniors for a no-objection certificate permitting him to write about the secret services, Bisht says his seniors were shocked to see the details which he wrote. 'My seniors said 'This is a lot of hidden information no one in the world knows about'. I reminded them that the enemy of a spy is a spy; and they'd know well about the attacks made in them. I told them that I want the youth of our nation to know about these and be inspired.' He also says that the publisher of his books needed evidence for everything mentioned in their books. 'The biggest problem for me, even more than the NOC (no-objection certificate), was getting the evidence. The nature of secret services missions is such that we do not leave evidence. But the publishers also need their evidence to ensure no one points fingers at them for publishing unverified information. It took time to give proof for every killing.' Bisht says he knows a lot about dealing with various secret agencies and carrying out his life-threatening missions perfectly but learned about storytelling from Hussain Zaidi who worked with him on the books. Asked about the experience of having female officers in a profession like his, especially when almost everyone hails from conservative background, Bisht assures that the Indian secret services recruit 'a lot of female officers and agents'. He says, 'The beautiful thing about Indian army is how we learn to respect women. I have been many organizations across the world and have also met all kinds of people. It is only in the Indian Army that you'd see someone holding a rank as high as Army General stand up as soon as they see a woman. Now, there are also a lot of facilities for them.' Assuring that those measures do not mean the women officers are treated like any liability, Bisht recalls a mission. 'Special attention is given to her as her presence makes our operation easier. For example, people - irrespective of the gender - are more likely to talk to a stranger girl than boy. The guard is almost always up when a stranger guy approaches. We were on a mission where we were getting behind schedule and were not able to even meet the target. When our female officer volunteered to try, we were not sure as contacting the target was not part of her task. She insisted, went straight to him - without any appointment - and got us what we needed. Just a 23-year-old girl made that operation a success.' Bisht says that training and mission are as different as night and day. 'We know the entire drill when we go for training exercises or dummy operations. We know for sure that we will return. With real operations, on the other hand, we know about the team we have and our strategy. There are so many things we do not know - Are we going to return from this mission alive? Is our research updated enough to ensure the enemy, and their power is what how we know about them? The ground reality of the target and our own safety exists may have all changed by the time we reach there.' Asked about the time he decided to join the Indian Army, Bisht says that hailing from the Pithoragarh region in the Indian state of Uttrakhand, army was an obvious choice of profession. He adds that it only helped him taking the decision as his father and grandfather had served in the Indian Army. His grandfather was martyred in the 1971 war, the former spy reveals. Bisht had no idea about secret services when he was vying for a job in the Indian Army. 'We went to an Air Force camp in Barmer (Rajasthan, India) on a school trip where we got to see the MiG-21s. When I told my family about the trip, my father said it was a 'very sensitive area as it had a lot of intelligence people'. I had no clue about intelligence people, so I asked him. That was the first time I learnt about the intelligence and how they are never seen, but do some of the most important work for a country's safety.' After clearing his medicals and written tests in 2003, Bisht was in Bangalore to join the Indian Army when he was asked to join the secret services. Soon, he was in Israel training for the new role. 'The best thing about training in Israel was that they never told us about the next classes in that entire two and a half years. We found out about it at the end. It was crazy, but also allowed us to keep going with the flow instead of anticipating.' (This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.)
Hans India
19-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Options data points to range-bound trading
Implied Volatility (IV) fell from over 26 to 15.77 on 26,000CE and IV on highest Put base eased from 54.88 to 15.07 level. Significant IV fall indicates returning stability to the market and less risk of large price swings when compared to the last week. The latest options data on NSE after last Friday session is indicating a narrow trading range as the resistance level marginally declined by 200 points to 26,000PE, while the support level significantly rose by 4,350 points to 25,000PE. The 26,000CE has highest Call OI followed by 26,800/ 25,500/ 26,500/ 25,000/ 24,800/ 25,800 strikes, while 26,800/ 26,500/ 25,900/ 25,100 strikes record heavy to reasonable build-up of Call OI. Modest Call OI fall is visible at select deep ITM strikes. Coming to the Put side, maximum Put base is seen at 25,000PE followed by 24,500/ 24,700/ 24,800/23,800 strikes. Further, 25,000/24,700/ 24,000/ 23,700/ 22,100 strikes witnessed marginal addition of Put OI. Few deep OTM Put strikes recorded modest OI fall. Dhirender Singh Bisht, associate vice-president (technical research-equity) at SMC Global Securities Ltd, said: 'In the derivatives market, prominent Call Open Interest for Nifty seen at the 25,500 and 25,000 strikes, while the notable Put Open Interest was at the 25,000 strike. In upcoming session 25,000 level will play an important role. For Bank Nifty, the prominent Call Open Interest was seen at the 55,500 and 56000 strikes, whereas notable Put Open Interest at the 55,000 strike.' Due to major volatility during the last week, highest Put concentration was placed at near ATM 25,000 Put strike, which seems to be part of portfolio hedging. Call OI is distributed across the ATM and OTM strikes with immediate Call base placed 24,500 strike. 'The market rallied on the following news of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Additional factors such as expectations of a trade deal between India and the US, along with FII buying in equities during May, also supported the market. Nifty closed the week with a gain of over four per cent, while Bank Nifty rose by more than 3.25 per cent during the same period. Leading sectors included Indian defence, capital markets, and Indian railways, while underperformers were chemicals, pharma, and FMCG,' added Bisht. For the week ended May 16, 2025, BSE Sensex closed at 82,330.59 points, gauge jumped 2,876.12 points or 3.61 per cent, from the previous week's (May 9) closing of 79,454.47 points. NSE Nifty too surged 1,011.8 points or 4.21 per cent to 25,019.80 points from 24,346.70 points a week ago. India VIX fell 2.03 per cent to 16.55 level. A move above 24,500 may extend the strength in the market towards 24,800. India VIX has risen sharply in last few days and moved near 22 per cent level against the average of 14 per cent level, which we saw since October 2024. The surging India VIX is signaling protection buying for the portfolio through index options against any eventuality. VIX will cool-off this week and market will look for decent recovery. Bank Nifty Bank Nifty NSE's banking index closed the week at 55,354.90 points, a hefty recovery of 1,759.65 or 3.28 per cent from the previous week's closing of 53,595.25 points.
News18
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Bigg Boss 15 Fame Donal Bisht Says ‘Line of Nepotism Is Fading'
Last Updated: She believes that this sector is gradually evolving and talent is becoming more essential than background. Television actress Donal Bisht is known for her roles in Sony TV's drama series Ek Deewaana Tha and Colors TV's Roop – Mard Ka Naya Swaroop. The actress gained more prominence after her appearance in the 15th season of reality TV show Bigg Boss in 2021. During her stint in Bigg Boss, she won fans' hearts with her honest and innocent nature and her exit shocked many. In an exclusive interview with IWMBuzz, the actress recently shared her experiences in the entertainment world, particularly on nepotism. She believes that the industry is shifting its focus from family background to talent, saying, 'Main khush hoon even though mein nepo kid nahi hoon (I am happy even though I am not a nepo kid)." 'Ek time tha jab main sochti thi because films ke liye aapko thoda sa aise sochna padta hai. But I think jo line hai nepotism ki wo fade hote jaa rahi hai. It is more important ki aapme wo talent, aapme wo spark, aapme wo baat honi chahiye toh doesn't matter aap kis family se belong karte ho! (There was a time when I used to think because for films you have to think a little like this. But I think the line of nepotism is fading away. It is more important that you should have that talent, that spark, that thing in you, it doesn't matter which family you belong to!)," she added. She believes that this sector is gradually evolving and talent is becoming more essential than background. Bisht further mentioned that what matters is not where you come from, but what you bring to the table—your passion, talent and hard work. The actress recently made her international debut in a Chinese film with director Andrew Lau. In an interview, Bisht shared information regarding the time frame of her activities alongside the HMPV outbreak in China. 'When I was finalised for the role, there were no reports of the virus, but by the time I travelled to China in January, HMPV had started spreading," she was quoted as saying by ETimes. On the professional front, the actress started working as an anchor for DD National's Chitrahaar. In 2015, she made her acting debut with the television serial Airlines in the role of a journalist. She has worked in many TV serials and web shows, including Laal Ishq, Doon Kaand, Tu Zakhm Hai 2, Ek Deewaana Tha and Roop – Mard Ka Naya Swaroop. First Published:
Hans India
12-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Put OI bases shifting to lower bands
The resistance level marginally rose by 200 points to 26,200PE, while the support level fell by 3,300 points to 20,650PE. The latest options data is indicating wider trading range with negative bias for the week ahead. 26,200CE has highest Call OI followed by 25,000/ 26,100/ 25,500/ 24,500/ 24,000/ 24,100 strikes, while 24,000/ 24,100/ 24,050/ 24,600 strikes recorded reasonable addition of Call OI. And no OI fall is seen at any strike. Coming to the Put side, maximum Put OI is visible at 20,650 followed by 24,000/ 22,000/ 22,500/ 23,000/ 22,500/ 23,500 strikes. Further, 20,650/ 24,000/ 24,050/ 23,000 strikes witnessed moderate build-up of Put OI. Modest Put OI fall is seen at deep Put ITM/OTM strikes. Dhirender Singh Bisht, associate vice-president (technical research-equity) at SMC Global Securities Ltd, said: 'In the derivatives market, prominent Call Open Interest for Nifty seen at the 24,000 and 24,500 strikes, while the notable Put Open Interest was at the 24,000 strike. In upcoming session 24,000 level will play an important role in upcoming session.' 'The Indian market declined as geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan escalated. Uncertainty over a potential conflict in the coming days has made investors nervous. However, positive news last week regarding a trade deal between the US and UK had a favourable impact on the Auto sector. Realty, PSU banks, and pharma turned out to be the major losers on the weekly chart, whereas Auto, Media, and Consumer Durables managed to close in the green,' added Bisht. For the week ended May 9, 2025, BSE Sensex closed at 79,454.47 points, a drop of 1,047.52 points or 1.30 per cent, from the previous week's (May 2) closing of 80,501.99 points. NSE Nifty too declined 338.7 points or 1.39 per cent to 24,346.70 points from 24,039.35 points a week ago. Bisht forecasts: 'Traders are advised to closely monitor news developments in the upcoming sessions for any signs of escalation or de-escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan. In the upcoming sessions, Nifty is expected to face resistance near 24,400, with support around 23,600.' 'Implied Volatility for Nifty's Call options settled at 18.11 per cent, while Put options conclude at 18.72 per cent. The India VIX, a key market volatility indicator, closed the week at 21.01 per cent. The Put-Call Ratio of Open Interest (PCR OI) for the week was 1.21,' said Bisht. Bank Nifty Bank Nifty NSE's banking index closed the week at 53,595.25 points, a fall of 1,520.10 or 2.75 per cent from the previous week's closing of 55,115.35 points. 'For Bank Nifty, the prominent Call Open Iwas seen at the 54,000 strike, whereas notable Put Open Interest at the 54,000 and 53,500 strikes,' remarked Bisht.
