Bharat Gaurav - Asha Devi (Nirbhaya's Mother) - The Warrior
Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi recounted her over seven years of struggle in contesting the legal battle, which finally concluded with the execution of four convicts Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta — on March 20. One of them, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar Jail days after the trial began in the case and another, a juvenile, was released in 2015 after spending three years in a correctional home.
The case pertains to the brutal gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people including a juvenile in the national capital. The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.
Our wait for justice was painful and agonising but we finally got it, Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya said minutes after four of her daughter’s rapists and killers were hanged at Delhi’s Tihar Jail this morning, over seven years after the young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in the capital.
“We will continue our fight for justice for India’s daughters. Our wait for justice was painful and agonising. We finally got justice,” she told reporters.
Nevertheless, there was a delay but finally, it concluded with what the convicts really deserved, the bereaved mother Asha Devi mentioned, “This was the first time in the Indian history that four rapists were hanged to death, which sent a strong message to the society that no mercy will be shown to brutal criminals existing in the society.”
“Nirbhaya has got justice. This is the first December 16 after the four rape convicts have been hanged to death,” Asha expressed her satisfaction with the legal systems. It has also reimposed faith in the legal system among those rape survivors, who were fighting for justice.“Eight years ago, I committed myself to raise my voice against the rape incident. Now my pledge to fight for justice for rape victims will continue in the future,” she said. The bereaved mother also suggested: “to change the mindset of men, which will work in containing such an incident”.
The case had created an uproar across the country, where a large number of people came out on the streets, demanding justice for the victim, who was renamed ‘Nirbhaya’ or the fearless. She said that it might be that Nirbhaya was served justice but the pain would remain with us forever.
Bharat Gaurav Rizwan Sajan Dubai
A visionary in its true sense, Rizwan Sajan is a business leader who raised his business empire from a two-member husband-wife team way back in 1993 to a multi-billion-dollar sustainable diversified business conglomerate with 9 businesses spread across 50 locations in 10 countries employing more than 3,600 people.
Ranked 7th among the ‘Top 100 Indian leaders in the UAE’ List by Forbes Middle East, as well as all other media, Rizwan Sajan is one of the most prominent UAE businessmen, who is a strong voice of the private sector and an advocate of the UAE’s economy. He has been on the Forbes Middle East list for the sixth consecutive time. With multiple awards to the company’s credit, including the prestigious Dubai Quality Awards, and MRM Business Awards, the company has created a benchmark point of reference for success amid challenges for others to follow.
He has transformed a building materials trade — a very traditional business — into a popular household brand and has paved way for the strongest conglomerate brand in the GCC, reflecting his acumen in marketing and branding.
Danube Group owns a number of companies namely:
* Danube Building Materials — its flagship business with 25,000 types of building materials under one roof.
* Danube Home, its home-furnishing division.
* Danube Properties — its real estate development division.
* Milano, an Italian bath and bathroom solutions provider.
* Alucopanel an American aluminium composite panel division.
* Danube Hospitality Solutions, it's turnkey hotel solution provider division.
* American Aesthetic Medical Centre which is a holistic aesthetic laser clinic for skin and hair.
* Starz Media which is the Publishing division of the brand and carry’s the famous Filmfare brand in the Mena region.
* Danube Home and Danube Home Express are the franchise business models in West Africa and CIS countries. The Group’s annual turnover has been estimated to be over 1.5 Billion USD.
Over the course of the last 28 years, his company has grown from strength to strength amid multiple regional conflicts, wars, and economic and financial crises including the Gulf War, Global Financial Crisis of 10–2008, Arab Spring in 2012–2011 as well as global health crises including SARS, H1N1 Bird Flu and the latest COVID19- global pandemic, making it the most resilient business in the GCC region.
As a businessman, Sajan is known for picking up the best people, training them, empowering them, monitoring them and creating a fool-proof enabling system to help the business grow — to ensure success. Today, he remains a relaxed businessman while his people and processes deliver good results year after year, even in crises and pandemics — making it a good case study for business management students.
Despite running such a large group of businesses, Rizwan Sajan remains a family man, enjoying his life, and meeting with family friends — always wearing a smile. His mantra is to be happy and make others happy — his family, friends, colleagues, customers and other stakeholders.
