– by Anil Pharande, Founder & Chairman – Pharande Spaces MahaRERA was constituted with a view to making Maharashtra’s real estate market transparent, accountable and reliable. It must remain strongly committed to that goal and to protecting the interests of homebuyers. But nearly a decade later, it is becoming increasingly evident that MahaRERA needs a serious operational reset – one that protects homebuyers without turning legitimate project development into an open-ended compliance exercise. While substantial progress has been made towards the objectives of the Act, serious modifications are now needed…
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10 Brain Health Myths You Should Stop Believing
Authored by Dr. Sweta Sahu, Physician in Healthy Ageing & Preventive Brain Health, Founder of ActiveMind Daily and MedResearch Ninja Myth 1: Loss of memory is normal with aging; It is extremely common to forget small things as we age but significant loss of memory is not normal as we grow older. There can be many severe memory related problems that one may face in daily life indicating certain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia. But these cognitive conditions can be managed and even be avoided by maintaining healthy…
Read MoreInfrastructure, Institutions & Industry – Moshi–Bhosari’s Triple Engine Real Estate Growth
– by Anil Pharande, Founder & Chairman – Pharande Spaces Moshi, Bhosari and the Moshi Pradhikaran area occupy the eastern edge of Pune, along the Pune–Nashik highway and the contiguous industrial belt of Bhosari. Until recently, this corridor was regarded primarily as an industrial and peripheral zone. Over the last decade, however, it has begun to function as an emerging urban sub-hub, supported by a combination of institutional, civic and large-scale infrastructure projects. Price Growth Trends Property prices in the Moshi–Bhosari corridor have moved from a low-base, slow-growth phase to…
Read MoreIntegrated Townships: Talegaon’s Best Path to Lasting Value
Anil Pharande, Founder & Chairman – Pharande Spaces Talegaon's moment has arrived – and integrated townships are the clearest way to convert its infrastructure tailwinds into long-term, liveable value. The belt's unique mix of industrial scale, improving regional connectivity, and still-intact natural character makes township-scale planning not just attractive, but strategically necessary. Why Townships Fit Talegaon Perfectly Talegaon has the land scale and flexibility needed for internal roads, green corridors, and social infrastructure that smaller projects cannot easily provide. With major industrial and logistics hubs expanding nearby – from auto-component…
Read MoreTalegaon – Where Connectivity, Industry and Liveability Converge
For much of the past two decades, Talegaon occupied a peripheral role in Pune's real estate imagination. It was where the expressway passed through, where JCB assembled its excavators, and where weekend home buyers occasionally ventured. That description no longer holds. A convergence of infrastructure investment, industrial policy, and residential demand is rewriting Talegaon's identity at speed -and the data makes a compelling case for those willing to look past the legacy narrative. The Connectivity Dividend Location has always been Talegaon's understated advantage. Positioned squarely on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway and…
Read More5 Companies Helping Indians Get Back Unclaimed Funds They Didn’t Know Existed
India is sitting on a money most people don’t even know exists. The RBI’s Depositor Education Awareness Fund (DEAF) held ₹60,518 crore in unclaimed bank deposits despite years of regulatory pushback. The IEPF holds another ₹1 lakh crore in forgotten dividends and shares. Unclaimed insurance proceeds run into tens of thousands of crores more. Dormant bank accounts, forgotten share certificates, lapsed insurance policies and untouched mutual funds account for this ballooning pool of wealth that rightfully belongs to ordinary Indian families. In 2025, the Union government launched the “Aapki Punji, Aapki Adhikar” campaign pushing…
Read MoreLifting India Safety Awards 2026 Season 3: Honouring the Guardians of India’s Construction Industry
Inspiresafety Foundation Organised the 3rd and most spectacular edition of the Lifting India Safety Award (LISA) 2026, reaffirming its stature as the industry's most prestigious platform for recognising workplace safety excellence. Surpassing all previous seasons in scale and participation, the event India's Industrial sector in a resounding declaration that worker safety is non-negotiable. The evening drew wholehearted support from principal supporters Heft Cranes International Pvt Ltd, Bedmutha Group, and Garware Technical Fibres Foundation, UNIQUO, Institute of Construction Equipment and Lifting Machines (ICLM), TECHUNIQUO, and LIFTORES. A distinguished panel of guests…
Read MorePune’s Northern Central Business District – The Next Growth Chapter
– by Anil Pharande, Chairman – Pharande Spaces Pune has always been a city full of surprises. What started as a city’s retirement destination – remember Pensioner's Paradise? – has become one of India’s top IT hubs. Now, Pune's northern belt is following suit. Quietly, but very convincingly. What is the NCBD? What most serious developers and institutional investors now call Pune's Northern Central Business District (NCBD) is the stretch running through Baner, Balewadi, Wakad and into the outer ring of Hinjewadi. It is not gazetted by that name anywhere…
Read MoreThe Hidden Tax of Chaos – How hassled visitors are shrinking our tourism GDP by billions
Author: Vivek V Kumar (MD, Lexicon World) is a marketing communications leader who has helped 100s of organisation enhance their reputation and bolster their sales with real world changes and messaging In our previous discussion on the need for Chief Tourist Happiness Officer, we looked at the Atithi Paradox and the strange way our ancient culture of hospitality fails to show up on our modern city streets. Today, we need to talk about the language that every politician and every bureaucrat understands very well. We need to talk…
Read MoreThe “Atithi” Paradox: Why 5,000 Years of History is Losing to 50 Years of Hospitality
Author: Vivek V Kumar (MD, Lexicon World) is a marketing communications leader who has helped 100s of organisation enhance their reputation and bolster their sales with real world changes and messaging We have the Taj Mahal, the eternal soul of Agra. We have the sacred, pulsing Ghats of Varanasi, the golden sands of Jaisalmer, and the emerald backwaters of Kerala. By all laws of logic, geography, and heritage, India should be the undisputed tourism capital of the planet. We are a civilization that has welcomed travellers for millennia, built…
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