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What Every Celebrity Should Aspire to Be: Manisha Dass

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How many people use their celebrity to try to make lives better for others?

When most people achieve any sort of celebrity status, it’s rare for them to immediately put the newfound fame and respect they’ve earned into a means of helping others, whether at the individual level or at the cultural level. For most, they simply rest on their laurels and try to take advantage of their celebrity for whatever personal gain they can achieve.

Manisha Dass, a star on Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking, has not only used her celebrity to try to make lives better for those around her, but she is working to effect broad change in the way entire cultures perceive love and marriage.

Manisha explains how her celebrity journey began,

“In September of 2018, my cousin who is also one of my best friends came across a casting call post on Instagram for Indian Matchmaking. He managed to pretty easily convince me to send in an application – given that we had basically tried everything to find me a partner, but this. We had nothing to lose, and possibly everything to gain. Due to a lot of personal grief and loss I had gone through earlier that year, I was seeking change and positivity. We created my first ever biodata and this was followed by several interviews with the show’s production team. In April of 2019, I was informed that I was selected for the show. I met with Sima Taparia from Mumbai (the matchmaker) via FaceTime, and before I knew it was flying to Austin to meet my match.”

The process of becoming a star for Indian Matchmaking has been life-changing for Manisha, and she hopes to encourage people from all over the world to cultivate hope and take risks, even when they feel bound and trapped by cultural norms and expectations surrounding love and marriage. Manisha could have easily declined the offer to become part of the show and sunk back to cultural traditions that dictate when and how a woman should find love, but she didn’t. Manisha wants to dismantle long-held assumptions about these things, especially in the South Asian world, and help people to pursue their dreams, whether relationships or otherwise, at any age.

She explains to WUNC in North Carolina (her home state), “Change really is only going to happen if we can talk about the issues, and it’s nice to see that this show has, you know, kind of sparked a lot of these conversations. For so long, it’s been easier to kind of brush it under the carpet as a cultural sort of habit and not really talk about it, and it’s really great to see that people are coming forward and having conversations about it.” 

While it’s been life-changing for her, being a part of Indian Matchmaking is just a tiny part of who Manisha is. She holds a Masters in Public Administration and a Masters in Occupational Therapy. She currently works in the public health sphere, aiming to blend humanitarian work and science. She regularly volunteers, tutoring Spanish to local high-schoolers and also works with the homeless and refugee community in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Not to mention, she’s fluent in four languages! 

Manisha is what everyone who finds fame and celebrity should aspire to become: passionate about serving those in need, dedicated to helping dismantle cultural stigmas that can hold others back, and finding ways to make the world a better place. If only more celebrities followed her example!

Here are a few ways to get connected to Manisha:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/luvmanisha

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luvmanisha

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/manisha-dass-181365173/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/manishadass83 

 

Rosario is from New York and has worked with leading companies like Microsoft as a copy-writer in the past. Now he spends his time writing for readers of BigtimeDaily.com

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Kuby Cazal Shows Why Trusting in Allah Is the Ultimate Strategy

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In an online world where entrepreneurship is often measured in Rolexes, rented Lambos, and airport selfies, Kuby Cazal stands out — not because he’s louder, but because he’s real.

He doesn’t flash his wealth. He doesn’t post luxury for the sake of validation. In fact, he’s said in several interviews that he doesn’t want to be known as the guy who flexes with money.

Instead?
He flexes with faith.

Kuby Cazal is a practicing Muslim — and for him, business isn’t just about profits and success. It’s about gratitude, growth, and fulfilling the responsibilities that come with the blessings Allah has given him.

In his own words:

“I’m not the one who shows off a Rolex — I’m the one who shows you what’s possible when you trust in Allah and stay consistent.”

And it shows. While others post stories of flashy lifestyles, Kuby’s focus is on impact. He prays. He fasts. He makes dua for his team. And he constantly reminds his audience that everything he has is from Allah — not from his own effort alone.

Behind the scenes, he’s helped countless dropshippers quietly. No screenshots. No clout. Just support. His message is simple: you can build a business and stay true to your deen.

But it wasn’t always this way. Kuby Cazal himself admits that a few years ago, his connection to Islam wasn’t where it should’ve been. “I prayed sometimes, I skipped sometimes,” he shares. “Now I don’t skip. Because everything I have, everything I am — it’s from Allah. Why would I ever miss thanking Him?”

In a world full of noise, Kuby Cazal is a different kind of entrepreneur. One who doesn’t point to himself as the source of success — but to Allah.

For young Muslims trying to navigate business and faith, he’s proof that you don’t have to sell your soul to build something meaningful. You can work hard, stay humble, and always keep Allah first.

And in Kuby’s case? That’s the biggest flex of all.

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