Music and Youth
Channel [V] VJ Pooja dies in Delhi car crash
Pooja Mukherjee, popular host of the Channel [V] show What Woman Want, died in a car crash in New Delhi early today.
The accident occured when the Maruti 800 in which she, along with four others, were travelling was hit by a truck on Delhi’s Lodhi Road at 2:20 am in the early hours of the morning. All the four – documentary filmmaker Nishit Sharan, Pankaj Kakkar, Ashish Puri and Shivali Malhotra – were also killed in the accident. Twenty-year-old Pooja, a student of Delhi’s prestigious Lady Shri Ram College, shot to fame through What Woman Want. The show had a number of celebrity guests in it, including Nandita Das, Raveena Tandon, Madhu Sapre, Pooja Batra, Rinke Khanna and Meghna Gulzar.
Pooja also featured in advertising campaigns for Pepsi, Hyundai Santro and LG Electronics as well as in two music videos.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
