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VOLUME 02 | ISSUE 28
APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
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Dumpers turn
killing
machines
on city roads
BIG
BIHU
BUCKS
Business
establishments cry
foul over possible
embezzlement
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BIDYUT
CHAKRAVARTY
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Helping assamese
films survive
Dumpers account for the highest number of fatalities in the
road accidents of the city
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G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
Lead Story
RAHUL CHANDA
A
thought foremost in anyone’s
mind driving a car or riding a
bike these days on city roads is
one of utmost caution, especially while
passing a dumper truck, with most
people being of the view that dumper
truck drivers drive very rashly, given
the incidents of accidents in the city
where the type of vehicle primarily
responsible is a dumper.
According to official records, the
maximum accidents occurring in the
city happens because of trucks, both
moving and stationary. Dumpers are
modern trucks which can move faster
than any of its predecessors. But the
question that remains is--Do dumper
drivers rash drive as a rule or there
are some reasons which forces them
to drive faster on the roads? Which
type of vehicle is primarily responsible
in the city for maximum numbers of
fatal accidents? GPlus analyses the
situation and checks the accidents
which occurred in last two years.
The accidents
According to the data available
with the city traffic police, Guwahati
witnessed 1,182 accidents in the year
2013 and 1,124 accidents in 2014.
Among all the accidents reported, the
fatal accidents caused in the city and
the vehicle responsible for maximum
fatal accidents were trucks. Guwahati
reported 77 fatal accidents in 2013
and 67 fatal accidents in 2014 where
the primary vehicle responsible fo the
incidents were trucks. 81 people died
in 2013 and 71 people in 2014 because
of trucks. 233 accidents in 2013 and
241 accidents in 2014 were reported
because of trucks. After trucks, two
wheelers like bike and scooters are the
next vehicles on roads which causes
accidents.
Accidents in Guwahati according to type of vehicles in
Fatal
Grievous
Injured
Minor
Injured
Non
Injured
Total
No. of
Accidents
Killed
Injured
Motor Cycle/
Scooter
49
107
7
17
180
57
144
Moped
Auto Rickshaw
8
20
2
12
42
9
46
Motor Car
14
70
10
45
139
15
114
Jeep
15
50
2
19
86
16
105
Taxi
24
51
5
26
106
27
97
Bus
25
79
9
35
148
30
183
Truck
77
120
3
33
233
81
147
Tempo
30
69
6
24
129
34
143
Articulated
Vehicle
2
8
2
12
2
11
Tractor
Other Motor
Vehicles
22
53
3
29
107
15
112
Total
266
627
47
242
1182
286
1102
Types of
vehicle
primary
responsible
killing
machines
on city roads
2013
Types of
vehicle
primary
responsible
Accidents in Guwahati according to type of vehicles in
Dumpers turn
2014
Fatal
Grievous
Injured
Minor
Injured
Non
Injured
Total
No. of
Accidents
Killed
Injured
Motor Cycle/
Scooter
61
114
7
16
198
69
148
Moped
Auto Rickshaw
/ Autovan
10
23
4
37
11
42
Motor Car
27
66
5
46
144
27
105
Jeep
24
44
1
19
88
24
81
Taxi
15
26
1
15
57
15
58
Bus
29
51
5
26
111
31
80
Truck
67
133
3
38
241
71
162
Tempo
20
68
6
30
124
20
123
Articulated
Vehicle
7
15
22
7
23
Tractor
Other Motor
Vehicles
27
50
3
22
102
29
113
Total
287
590
31
216
1124
304
935
The reasons
While digging for reasons
why dumpers or other modern
trucks cause so many numbers
of accidents in the city roads,
we started talking to all the
stake holders regarding the
issue. An official of the DTO
office said, “It is all because
of competition. The dumper
drivers are given incentives
by the owners on every trip
and if the drivers are able to
complete more trips in a day,
then obviously the money
they earn is also more.” The
official further stated that while
applying for a driving license
from the DTO, the drivers
drive very decently following
all traffic rules, but later on they
drive rashly on the city roads,
knowing well they always
cannot be tracked.
A police official from
the city traffic department
said, “Dumpers are built in a
manner that they are huge in
appearance and with power
breaks and all other automated
mechanism, dumpers move
faster than any other trucks
on the roads. At times
many vehicle drivers get the
impression that dumpers move
very rashly and get nervous
while driving when they pass
by a dumper which may also be
a cause of accident.”
The official further stated
that there are drivers in the city who
do not have genuine licenses and get
fake licenses from states like Nagaland
where people do not even have to
go to get a license. The police, from
time to time checks all these issues
and according to police sources, the
number of heavy vehicles registered
in the transport office is always higher
than the number of commercial heavy
vehicle licenses issued to the drivers.
Other reasons
Some other reasons are also
responsible for so many accidents in
the city, like the design of the roads
which includes some very dangerous
cuts, curves and turns. According to
many city drivers, the cuts like while
crossing the Ganeshguri flyover
from the Hatigaon side and moving
towards Zoo Road is very difficult
to menuevour as it is difficult to see
vehicles coming from the GS Road
side of the road which is a cause of
concern.
Similarly, on the highway there
is a road division just near the Hotel
Radisson Blu which is very tough
to identify for speeding vehicles as
there is no signal and signage near
the diversion which is a risk factor.
There are also incidents of accidents
reported on the national highway
where the dumpers have hit two
wheelers when they try to cross roads
through dividers.
A dumper owner Hemant Bey
said, “I make sure that the driver get
the monthly salary on time and I have
given strict instructions to the drivers
to drive cautiously on roads as even I
feel scared of dumpers when I drive
small vehicles on roads.” He said that
he pays Rs 6000 as monthly salary to
the driver and Rs 100 every day for
food.
A dumper driver Bhupen Boro
said, “I know that dumpers are looked
at as very rough vehicles but we drive
fast as the vehicle can be controlled
easily. There are many instances when
people come and bang at dumpers but
later the dumper drivers are blamed
which is not the truth. There might
be some dumper drivers who drive
irresponsibly but not all drivers are
same.”
According to a contractor who is
involved in selling the silts collected
from River Bahini after the dredging of
the river by GMDA, the dumpers are
the only trucks which can carry such
wastes and people buy this silts for
earth filling. The dumpers generally
ply only during the nights and
therefore, all dumpers drive very fast
at nights to cover maximum number
of trips which can fetch them good
money. The drivers are instructed by
the owners to drive fast and carry as
much as they can. The dumpers drive
very fast which may cause accidents.
There is no speed limit defined in
Guwahati till now and with increasing
number of dumpers, these modern
trucks are gradually turning into
killing machines on city roads.
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G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
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In The News
GMC tightens grip
on litterers
KALYAN DEB
O
ne of the first signs of a wellmanaged place be it a home,
restaurant, hotel, airport,
office, train station or the streets is
its level of cleanliness. Although the
PM’s Swachh Bharat Mission and
Tarun Gogoi’s MANASA (Mukhya
Mantrir Akhomor Nirmal Aru Seuj
Abhijan) provided the gusto, a lot
remains to be done yet. However,
while the broom in hand does make
a compelling photo-op and is well
intentioned, it will take a lot more to
clean India.
The
Guwahati
Municipal
Corporation (GMC) has now
decided to tighten its grip in order
to fight back public littering. The
Guwahati Municipal Corporation
(GMC) had threatened to lodge
a First Information Report (FIR)
against Trend MMS, the organisers
of the Rongali Festival held at the
Veterinary College playground,
Khanapara from 3rd to 5th April.
The Corporation has also imposed
a fine of Rs10,000 on Shyamkanu
Mahanta, the chief functionary of
Trend MMS, the organisers, for not
taking up necessary sanitation and
cleaning measures even after six days
of the completion of the event titled
‘Rongali – Celebrating the Essence of
Assam.’
In a notice issued to Shyamkanu
Mahanta, the GMC said that if the
playground is not cleaned within 24
hours and garbage not disposed off
properly, the Corporation would be
forced to lodged an FIR against him.
“It has also been found that
waste materials were also burnt on
the playground itself. Hence, as per
the GMC Act, 1971, you are imposed
a flat fine of Rs 10,000,” the order
issued by an executive engineer of the
GMC stated.
“Such acts lead to
public nuisance and
violators will be imposed
fines of amounts of
`10,000 to `25,000 and
legal measures will
be taken against the
violators. The same is
not only restricted to an
organization but implies
to an individual as well.”
Vigilantes can go to
https://www.facebook.com/
pages/Guwahati-MunicipalCorporation/152759088150498
Or
what’sapp on
8811007000 to post a complaint
S Viswanathan
commissioner, GMC
In another incident, one Jogen
Deka was imposed a penalty of
Rs.10,000 for unauthorized stocking
of building materials on Rajgarh Link
Road.
The
aforementioned
fine
was imposed in context to the
irresponsible gesture and the GMC
commissioner has informed that
fines will be imposed on any kind of
violation or act of public littering such
as dumping of garbage in a public
place or discharging construction
material by the road side, etc.
“Such acts lead to public nuisance
and violators will be imposed fines of
amounts of Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000
and legal measures will be taken
against the violators. The same is not
only restricted to an organization but
implies to an individual as well”, said
S Viswanathan, commissioner, GMC.
“If one witnesses any kind of
such incident, a vigilant citizen can
go to the Facebook page of Guwahati
Municipal Corporation and write a
post about such happenings. One can
also post a complaint on 8811007000
and What’sapp a post on the same
number and required measures will
be taken within a short period of
time on the complaint”, Viswanathan
added.
Meanwhile, with the joyous
festival of Rongali Bihu in play
across the city, it is expected that
surrounding areas of bihutolis
will be littered with plastic bags
and other debris. In order to meet
the requirement of maintaining
cleanliness in such areas, the
Guwahati Municipal Corporation
has issued a set of guidelines for
the Bihu organisers to maintain
cleanliness at the venue during the
function and accommodate waste
collection bins with bio degradable
bags to be handed over to municipal
employees.
“Waste collection bins should
be lined up with bio degradable bags
and waste should be handed over to
municipal employees in those bags
only. Littering, spitting, unauthorised
display of bills or posters and pet
litter in and around the venue is not
allowed”, stated the GMC notice.
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Photo courtesy GMC
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G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
In The News
CITY
PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
CONTINUE violating
NORMS
Juthika BARUAH
A school bus parked illegally on road side
A
s many as 145 private
educational institutions in the
city are facing problem with
the Kamrup District Administration
pulling up institutions violating the
rules of Right to Education (RTE)
Act and the guidelines given by the
administration.
Education
Minister
Sarat
Borkotoky, who got recently the nod
from Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has
instructed the School Inspectors to
collect the names of private educational
institutions who are running schools
without necessary permission of
the concerned authority and not
being registered under Assam NonGovernment Educational Institutions
(Regulation & Management) Act,
2006. It is mandatory for all private
schools, irrespective of their board
affiliation recognition from CBSE,
ICSE or state education boards to be
registered under the act.
Meanwhile,
the
District
Administration
found
many
discrepancies while visiting the
schools in the operation started by
a team led by Additional Deputy
Commissioner accompanied by the
officials of the education department,
police and transport department.
The schools were found charging
exorbitant fees for which the
Government has decided to make
the school fees system rigid for every
school so that they can’t charge high
fees from the students.
Premier institutions like St.
Premier institutions
like St. Mary’s, Don
Bosco School and
Pragjyotish English
Medium School were
found to be violating
norms as the student
carrying vans are not fit
and do not have fitness
certificates. Don Bosco
School and Shrimanta
Sankar Academy, Dispur
has also been issued
show cause notice and
the administration
has instructed
them to follow the
guidelines otherwise,
the registration of the
schools will be cancelled.
Mary’s, Don Bosco School and
Pragjyotish English Medium School
were found to be violating norms as
the student carrying vans are not fit
and do not have fitness certificates.
Don Bosco School and Shrimanta
Sankar Academy, Dispur has also
been issued show cause notice and the
administration has instructed them
to follow the guidelines otherwise,
the registration of the schools will be
cancelled.
Talking to G Plus, a guardian said
that the initiative of the government
is good but the school authorities
will have to follow the guidelines as
thousands of students are pursuing
their education in such schools and
institutions and if the registration of
the school were cancelled, the parents
and the students will face problems
as it is often not possible to admit a
student immediately in a different
school.
The principal of a reputed school
in Guwahati while expressing his
opposition to such a mission of the
government, said that the government
schools have to be given more
importance rather than the private
institutions. The schools which were
issued show cause notices couldn’t
furnish building safety certificates,
electrical and fire safety certificates.
“The schools do not have safety
measures and the students are not
secured and safe without such safety
norms. The guardian send their
children to the school trusting the
school authority to take proper care
of their childen but it is found that
the school authorities are doing
business rather than providing quality
education,” said an official member
of the team who is inspecting the
schools.
The administration has also
instructed the schools to appoint
quality teachers as they found that
the teachers are untrained and
the administration will verify the
eligibility of the teachers so that they
can provide quality education to the
students.
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Lecture to be delivered on
‘Terrorism and Responses to
Terrorism in India’ on April 22
A lecture on ‘Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism in India’ is going
to be organised by The Omeo Kumar Das Institute for Social Change and
Development (OKDISCD). The lecture will be delivered at 11 am of April
22 at the OKDISCD Conference Hall by Dr Gary LaFree, Professor of
Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, United
States which will be followed by an interaction with Dr LaFree.
Gary LaFree is also the Director of the National Consortium for the
Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University
of Maryland. Dr LaFree was named a Fellow of the American Society of
Criminology in 2006 and a member of the National Academy of Science’s
Committee on Law and Justice in 2008. During 2005-2006, Dr LaFree
served as the president of the American Society of Criminology (ASC).
Anil Chauhan’s wife surrenders
to city police
The country-wide auto thief king Anil Chauhan’s wife, Rita Chauhan
who recently surrendered to Guwahati Police may have surrendered
out of fear after a Delhi Police team reached the city two days ago to
interrogate Chauhan and enquired about Rita. According to Police, so
far no documentary evidence against her and she may have surrendered
herself out of fear after a team of Delhi police reached Guwahati to
interrogate her.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition along with huge quantities of
documents were recovered from one of the houses of country-wide auto
theft gang kingpin Anil Chauhan after police conducted a raid at a house
in Mirza area that was taken on rent by Chauhan. They also recovered
dozens of vehicle number plates, passport, bank passbooks, Aadhaar card
and auto registration cards among other documents.
National Robotics
Championship at IIT Guwahati
Robotics has always been a fascinating field in the vast ocean of
science and technology. In this modern age of science and technology we
can see robots being employed in major working areas of humans and
thereby simplifying the monotonous assembly line work for the humans.
With the advent of robotics, there is a lot of high-end research being
carried out in this field and it’s a matter of no surprise that robotics has
become a major study area in countries like USA and Germany.
Seeing these advancements in the field of robotics, the students of
IIT Guwahati recognized the dire need of promoting and inculcating the
culture of robotics to the vast student community in India by organizing
several robotics competitions through TECHNICHE.
Techniche, the annual Techno-Management Festival of IIT Guwahati
is going to witness its 17th edition in September 2015. From its humble
beginning in 1999, Techniche has grown to become one of the premier
Techno-Management festivals of the nation.
Techniche organizes all India robotics competition called Escalade
that has been organized successfully for the past two years (2013, 2014).
The event primarily acts as a platform to promote the budding talent of
robotics present in the student community of India.
The finale will also be held at IIT Guwahati during its Annual Techno
Management festival TECHNICHE where participants will compete with
the finest Robotics enthusiasts from all over the nation. Participants will
also get a chance to witness and participate in various other events which
will be conducted during these 3 days.
With the prize of worth rupees eighty thousand at stake, the winner
also gets the tag of “NATIONAL ROBOTICS CHAMPION”.
G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
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In The News
G PLUS NEWS
Eve teasing incident
claims one
I
n a gruesome incident reminiscent
of February 2 Kolkata assault and
murder of Arup Bhandari for
protesting against eve teasing, a city
student of 10th standard succumbed
to his injuries on Thursday at the
Guwahati Medical College and
Hospital after he was attacked over a
similar incident.
Bikash Mahanta, a student of Blue
Pine School was allegedly beaten up
by a group of youths near Chandmari
flyover on Wednesday night over
an eve-teasing incident. Bikash had
appeared in the matric examination in
March and was waiting for the results.
According to the police, “The
severely injured Bikash was found
near the Chandmari flyover with
several injuries all over the body. He
was immediately rushed to the GMCH
in serious condition and breathed his
last on Thursday morning.”
Bikash was a resident of Nizarapar
and had gone to attend Rongali Bihu
function at Chandmari. The incident
happened when Bikash’s group and
the youths had a quarrel over an
alleged eve-teasing case during the
Bihu function.
Few of his friends who witnessed
the incident said, “Bikash was attacked
with a knife after he tried to save one
of his friends. The youths allegedly
attacked one of Bikash’s friends
when he protested against the foul
comments passed by the youths on a
girl known to him. Later the youths
attacked Bikash with a knife when he
tried to save his friend”.
Three
youths
have
been
apprehended by Chandmari police
in connection to the case. Amitava
Sinha, Deputy Commissioner of Police
(central) said, “Two knives have been
recovered from a drain near the place
where Bikash was attacked. Three of
them had admitted to the crime and
has been booked under Section 302
IPC (murder) in connection with the
case registered in Chandmari police
station”.
The accused have been identified
as Gautam Rajbongshi (20), Bhaskar
Barua (20) and Abhijit Rajbongshi
(21), hailing from Krishnanagar area
in Chandmari. The occurrence of such
an incident is very unfortunate where
a boy was killed for opposing eveteasers.
The police said, “From the
preliminary investigation we have
Bikash Mahanta, a student of Blue Pine School was allegedly beaten up
by a group of youths near Chandmari flyover on Wednesday night over an
eve-teasing incident. Bikash had appeared in the matric examination in
March and was waiting for the results.
come to know that one more youth
was also involved in the incident and
is yet to be arrested.”
Though police said that Bikash
was murdered during a quarrel with a
group of drunken youths, the deceased
family suspects it to be a pre-planned
murder.
Family members said, “Somebody
was calling him several times before he
Congress MLA
Rumi Nath in
police net
G PLUS NEWS
C
ongress MLA Rumi Nath has
been arrested for her alleged
nexus with Anil Chauhan, the
notorious key player of auto theft on
Tuesday.
A senior police official informed
that Nath was arrested for two cases
which were registered with Azara
Police station and the other registered
in Dispur Police station for which
she was arrested from MLA hostel on
Tuesday morning. Both the cases are
related to auto theft racket and she was
arrested under non-bailable sections
of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Nath
has
declined
her
involvement with the auto theft racket
but after the arrest of Chauhan on
April 3rd, it was found that Chauhan’s
car had passes which was issued by the
Assam Legislative Assembly on the
recommendation of Nath where she
later said that she had issued the pass
to Chauhan’s wife Rita.
Nath had applied for anticipatory
bail in High Court on Thursday and
the Court has asked the police to file
the case diary on 28th April. Police
also arrested Nath’s second husband
Jacky Zakir and her PSO after Chauhan
revealed that he was helped by them in
the vehicle lifting racket.
She also held a press conference
on Monday and said that she had not
absconded and that she was not guilty
and if she was found guilty by the
police she was ready to go to prison.
During investigations, it was found
that the alleged car theft gang leader
Anil Chauhan, who was arrested by
Guwahati Police and was wanted in a
number of cases in Delhi and Mumbai
besides other states, was issued
Assam Assembly car passes on the
recommendation of Nath.
Nath later said that she doesn’t
know Chauhan but she had connection
with his wife Rita who is also a Congress
worker and this is a political conspiracy
to defame her.
Meanwhile,
on
further
investigation, it has also been revealed
that notorious car lifter Chauhan may
have connections with few top state
police officials.
went out. Bikash’s wallet was not found
from the place where the incident
occurred and may be somebody
attacked him after he refused to give
money to them”.
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G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
City
Bio-medical waste
Juthika BARUAH
A
disposal facility needs
upgradation
lthough bio-medical waste of
the government and private
hospitals in the city are
being disposed by Fresh Air Waste
Management Services Pvt. Ltd, an
initiative of the Pollution Control
Board, Assam in Panikhaiti, the single
facility entrusted with the herculean
task needs expansion and upgradation.
Speaking to G-Plus, Senior
Environment Engineer Gokul Bhuyan
said, “There is only one facility of
biomedical waste disposal in the state
which needs to be expanded and there
is scope of expanding the facility in
the areas where the medical colleges
are being set up like in Dibrugarh,
Silchar and Barpeta.” He said that
vehicle tracker is necessary so that
the transportation of the biomedical
waste could be monitored in the office
itself. “Financial viability is necessary
to come out with a new project to
dispose the bio medical waste. This
unit also carries out disposal of
discarded medicines which includes
expired and damaged medicines and
cytotoxic drugs,” said Bhuyan.
Bhuyan also said the bio medical
waste should be disposed within
24 hours and maximum within 48
hours so that it does not pollute the
environment. Earlier, the hospitals
were not aware of the disposal system
but after the Bio Medical Waste
(Management & Handling) Rules,
1998 came into effect, the hospitals
disposed the waste with the help of the
Fresh Air Company who also earns
their livelihood through this business.
The
Bio
Medical
Waste
(Management & Handling) Rules,
1998 states that bio medical waste
treatment facility wherein treatment
and disposal of bio medical waste or
processes incidental to such treatment
or disposal is carried out.
Rules of Bio Medical Waste Act
TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
•Bio-medical waste shall be treated and disposed of in accordance with Schedule I, and in compliance
with the standards prescribed in Schedule V.
•Every occupier, where required, shall set up in accordance with the time-schedule in Schedule VI,
requisite bio-medical waste treatment facilities like incinerator, autoclave, microwave system for
the treatment of waste, or, ensure requisite treatment of waste at a common waste treatment facility
or any other waste treatment facility.
SEGREGATION, PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
• Bio-medical waste shall not be mixed with other wastes.
• Bio-medical waste shall be segregated into containers/bags at the point of generation in accordance
with Schedule II prior to its storage, transportation, treatment and disposal. The containers shall be
labeled according to Schedule III.
• If a container is transported from the premises where bio-medical waste is generated to any waste
treatment facility outside the premises, the container shall, apart from the label prescribed in
Schedule III, also carry information prescribed in Schedule IV.
• Notwithstanding anything contained in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, or rules thereunder, untreated
biomedical waste shall be transported only in such vehicle as may be authorised for the purpose by
the competent authority as specified by the government.
• No untreated bio-medical waste shall be kept stored beyond a period of 48 hours
Provided that if for any reason it becomes necessary to store the waste beyond such period, the
authorised person must take permission of the prescribed authority and take measures to ensure that
the waste does not adversely affect human health and the environment.
Incinerator the burns the bio medical waste
Meanwhile, Dr. Ramen Talukdar,
Superintendent of Guwahati Medical
College and Hospital said that the
hospital disposed off the bio medical
waste according to the bio medical waste
management and handling rules. There are
also outstations for disposal of the waste in
the hospital and there are different wastes
like solid waste, liquid waste etc. and these
are being disposed accordingly.
Talking to G Plus, Partha Pratim
Pathak, Director of Fresh Air, said that the
quantity of bio medical waste are very high
and the waste are being carried within 48
hours as per rules but the waste of the main
hospitals where the rush is more, the waste
are carried out within 24 hours. “90 per
cent of the private hospitals follow the rules
while the government hospitals follow less.
Guwahati Medical College and Hospital,
Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital,
B. Barooah Cancer Institute and CRPF
hospital have not tied up with the Fresh
Air. But GMCH has recently disposed
the bio medical waste through Fresh Air
as the incinerator of the hospital remains
dysfunctional. 15-20 per cent of normal
solid wastes are being disposed daily and
approximately 1 tonne of bio medical waste
are disposed daily. The Fresh Air collects
the bio medical waste from 53 hospitals of
the city,” said Pathak.
Pathak said that a new draft bill has also
been prepared in 2015 for the new rules for
disposal of bio medical waste which will be
made more stringent.
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7
City
BIG BIHU BUCKS
Business establishments cry foul over possible embezzlement
KALYAN DEB
R
ongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu,
the biggest festival of Assam
celebrated by all communities
to welcome the spring season, began
on Tuesday with men and women in
traditional Muga silk (golden silk)
attires dancing to the rhythm of Bihu
tunes and beatings of the Bihu dhol
across the State.
Several stages are set across the
city to celebrate the festival that can
be witnessed throughout the month
of Bohag. While some of the major
venues across the city such as Latasil,
Bharalumukh, Chandmari and Beltola
receive the most number of footfall
of Bihu enthusiasts, popular artists
also get lined up to perform on those
stages. But the backbone of such
functions is the fund required in order
to carry out the events. While most
of the funds for organising such an
event come in the form of donation
from business organisations, the
local households are also among the
major contributors. Earlier the idea of
corporate sponsorship was not in play
as much as it is seen in most major
events these days.
With the donation collection
frenzy
grabbing
everyone’s
attention, several people suspect the
embezzlement of the money collected
during the organisation of such
functions by the organisers. Local
business organisations also express
dissatisfaction on the demand of
donation by the committee members
for organising such functions.
“The
committee
members
demand money rather than asking
for donations. It comes in such a way
that they are imposing a levy on us
and we are bound to pay as they come
in large numbers and we, being mere
shopkeepers, have to pay the sum
of money they demand,” said a shop
owner in Ganeshguri.
“Donations are supposed to be
asked in a humble manner rather
than coming in as a demand,” he said,
adding, “Shopkeepers are charged
anything from a sum of Rs 500 to Rs
2000 depending upon the size of the
shop.”
Dismissing the asseveration of
embezzlement of donation by the
committee members, Ranjan Bora,
president,
Pub-Guwahati
Bihu
Sanmilan said, “The committee
members are major contributors of
the functions and many a times we
have to pay from our own pockets.
Though the entire budget is planned
prior to the event, but by the end of
the day the expenses are more than the
estimated budget.”
The entire process of holding
such functions is led by a team of
committee members, which is elected
during a general meeting prior to the
With the donation
collection frenzy
grabbing everyone’s
attention, several
people suspect
the embezzlement
of the money
collected during
the organisation
of such functions
by the organisers.
Local business
organisations
also express
dissatisfaction
on the demand of
donation by the
committee members
for organising such
functions.
event. The body consists of a president,
treasurer, secretaries, executives and
sub-committee members among
whom the responsibilities are divided.
During the meeting the required
budget for carrying out the function is
decided. The budget for a larger event
to carry out functions for three to
four days is around Rs 20 to 30 lakhs
of which more than fifty percent is
required to pay the artists.
“The approximate budget of this
year is Rs 20 lakhs, out of which more
than Rs 13 lakhs are being paid to the
artists out of which maestros in the
field of music like Angarag Mahanta
charge around Rs 5 to 6 lakhs. Other
than that, Rs 5-6 lakh is paid for
setting up of the venue, stage and the
sound system”, Bora added.
Meanwhile,
following
the
guidelines provided by GMC on
cleaning the surroundings of the
venue, the committee members have
included the labour charges required
for the cleaning of the venue within
the budget.
However, the utilisation of
the budget will remain a matter of
suspicion among the donors until the
budget and the utilisation of the fund
is being publicly notified.
The Bihu functions nowadays
are also seen to scattered with a large
number of corporate branding at
the venue. Be it the entry gates, the
backdrop, the banners, the standees
or the backlit display boards, most of
the venues have strategically placed
branding all over. Speaking on this,
a top marketing agency of the city,
which has been handling Bihu
branding for its clients for many years
say that spends on each Bihu ‘toli’ can
range from 50,000 to upto 3 lakhs. This
can be in the form of a cash and kind
combination, a cash-only sponsorship
tie-up or even an exclusive branding
activity, wherein the sponsor takes
over all the branding opportunities at
the venue.
Organisers however have a
different view on this citing that most
of the corporate sponsorships that
come in, are only in kind and includes
the construction of the gate, the stage
or other aspects of production. A bihu
function provides massive footfall
and it is hard to think that corporate
would pass by any such opportunity
and similarly the organisers too are
not that naïve to understand this.
As long as everybody gets what is
deserved, the public would only love
to see the tradition of the Bihu Tolis go
on forever. These functions are a part
of the very fabric of the entire Bihu
atmosphere that surrounds Guwahati
every year.
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City
MUKOLI
TRADITION AND BIHU
CELEBTRATION 2015
SUBHRAJIT ROY
Dancers of Charaideo, Sibsagar
Wangala Dance
K
eeping the tradition intact,
the Mukali Bihu organised
by All Guwahati Students’
Union (AGSU), showcased various
cultural traditions in front of a
huge crowd throughout the day on
April 14, 2015 at the Judges’ Field in
Guwahati. The programme began
with the Bihu flag hoisting by Sabitri
Das, wife of Late Purushottam Das,
a pioneer of Assamese Folklore,
followed by Swahid Tarpan by All
Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and
AGSU office bearers and along with
the chorus ‘Shreemoyee Asomir...’
and ‘Hey Swahid...’ by the students of
Handique Girls’ College.
Noted actress Chetana Das paid
her tribute to Late Indra Bania, who
died last month, by enacting some
dialogues from the famous Radio
Play “Govardhan Charit’. Three
popular singers paid their tributes to
three legendary singers of yesteryears
who enriched the musical arena
of Assam. In this segment named
‘Esafura Sajaal Xowaran’, Mausam
Gogoi, Rupam Bhuyan and Diganta
Bharati paid their tributes to Late
Khagen Mahanta, Late Jyotirmoy
Kakati and Late Ashim Hazarika
respectively by singing their popular
numbers.
During this Mukali Bihu
function, many achievers who
brought laurels to the state were
felicitated by AASU advisor Dr.
Samujjal Bhattacharya. The list of the
persons honoured included famous
filmmaker Jahnu Baruah who was
honoured with Padmabhushan
recently, two Padmashrees namely,
noted writer Dr. Lakshminandan
Bora and environmentalist Jadav
Gumraag Dance
Payeng, nine Sahitya Akademi
Awardees namely, Ukhrau Goura
Brahma, Arupa Patangia Kalita,
Kaushlya Brahma, Dinesh Goswami,
Bipul Deuri, Surath Narzary,
Manika Devi, Shanti Basumatary
and Kaushik Baruah. From the field
of film making, Shankarlal Goenka,
Anurag Saikia, Suraj Kumar Duara,
Rajib Kalita, Hemanta Kumar Das and
Manabendra Adhikari who begged
National Film Awards, were also
felicitated during the Mukoli Bihu.
The list also included Sangeet Natak
Akademi’s Bismillah Khan Yuva
Puraskar Awardee Dr. Bhabananda
Barbayan
and
environmentalist
Madhurima Choudhury and
Pragya Paramita in Mukali Bihu
Chetana Das speaking during the event
Tushar Senapati (Labu).
Among the cultural performances, the first group Bihu
was performed by the dancers from Charaideo, Sibsagar. The
members of Dudhnoi Shilpi Samaj, Goalpara showcased their
harvesting culture through ‘Wangala Dance’. After that, it was
the time for the children. The tiny Nachonis and the Bihuwas
grabbed the attention of the audiences with their elegant
moves and the beats on the drums. The cultural programme
also included ‘Gumraag Dance’, performed by the artists of
Mukangchelek Missing Krishti Dal, Jonai, Dhemaji. The day
long extravaganza concluded with the Mukali Bihu where
celebrities mingled with the common masses and danced
together, followed by ceremonial mass blessings sought by all
and led by actress Chetana Das. Noted dancer Madhurima
Choudhury, actress Barsha Rani Bishaya, Pragya Paramita,
actor Jotin Bora, comedian Atul Pachoni and drummer
Somnath Bora Ojha remained the focus in the final event.
G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
9
Ward Watch
Ward No. 10
The second best
strives to
be the best
KALYAN DEB
I
n a recently concluded contest
organized by the GMC in
association with Confederation
of Indian Industry and the Young
Indians to award the best performing
wards and NGOs in the Mission
Clean Guwahati Contest 2014 ward
number 10 along with Jiban Sathi
Welfare Society won the second best
ward of the city claiming a prize
worth Rs 60,000. As an incentive to
their feat, the ward was also awarded
a development fund of Rs 6 lakh.
Ward number 10, which include
commercial hubs such as Panbazar,
part of Fancy Bazar and Paltan Bazar
areas are being thoroughly cleaned
and maintained by the authorities
and have witnessed development
in terms of cleanliness and garbage
collection in the recent times.
As a center of commerce,
these areas witness a large number
of footfall and consist of shops
and business establishments. As
professed by people who have
business settlements in the area, the
roads are being cleaned on a regular
basis in comparison to the recent
past, whereas the same areas witness
traffic congestion for most part of the
day as the roads are narrow and there
was unavailability of parking spaces.
“Although no other problems are
faced in the areas, traffic management
requires attention of the authorities
and they should also make available
parking spaces in these areas.
Though on the main roads there are
traffic officials present, in the interior
areas no traffic management can be
seen”, said D Deka, a shop owner at
Panbazar.
Meanwhile, the Solapara area,
part of which is also included in ward
number 10 still lack some of the basic
amenities. Like some parts of the city
such as Boragaon, Devkotanagar,
Motghoria and Narengi, the lack
of proper drinking water is among
the major concerns of the residents
of Solapara. Most of the residents
who live in apartments have boring
facilities whereas others have to buy
their share of drinking water on a
daily basis.
Jogender Das, a resident of
Solapara asserted, “Most of the
houses have to buy drinking water
which cost a lot for the residents as
most of them are from middle-class
families. Even in those households
that have wells, the water is in far too
deep to be taken out for use.”
“In the past, although a tubewell was installed through an
As a center of commerce,
these areas witness a
large number of footfall
and consist of shops and
business establishments.
As professed by people
who have business
settlements in the area
initiative of a government official
but after being used for years it is
not in working condition any longer.
Though pipelines have been installed
throughout the area but the project
is not expected to be completed any
sooner”, Das added.
Apart from the problem of
drinking water, the streets in the area
are in considerable requirement of
repair as water logging is one of the
major concerns of the people of the
area.
“The water level reaches to a
height of 2 to 3ft during monsoon
and rushes into most of the houses
and shops in the area. Prior to
the monsoon, the road need some
resolute construction,” asserted
BhupeshBaruah, a resident.
Councilor’s Say
Talking to G plus, councilor
of ward number 10 Mrigen
Sarania asserted, “Ward number
10 includes most of offices of
government departments, hotels
and commercial organisations so
it requires special concern and
initiative in order to maintain
cleanliness and development in the
area. The NGO, along with the cooperation of the ward committee
members took initiative and visited
the hotels and offices to manage the
door-to-door garbage collection.
Since the area have several hotels
that discharge garbage in large
quantity but with the co-operation
of the people, proper garbage
management could be maintained.”
The councilor informed that the
awarded amount will be utilized for
carrying out development purposes
after holding a meeting with the
ward committee members and also
a bank account will be opened to
keep an account of the sanctioned
funds and the savings could be
utilized in future projects.
In content to the problem of
Concentrated Area Solapara
sub-division 10(c)
Councilor Mrigen Sarania
Phone number 9864043462
Area Sabha Member Sanjay Debnath
Phone number 8486512103
Population of ward number 26,000
Voters 19,900
Population of Soalapara 4.500
Voters 3,200
traffic congestion in the Panbazar
area, the councilor said, “Panbazar
is one of the oldest areas in the
city with commercial settlements
so the roads can not be widened
as such initiative will hamper
several settlements. The only way
to decrease the traffic congestion
in the area is to constitute oneway route in these areas. Also an
initiative to provide parking space
in the S.S Road in Fancy Bazar is
underway where the cloth vendors
could be moved to a market space in
the area and the same would help in
decreasing the traffic congestion in
the Panbazar area.”
The councilor also informed
that in comparison to areas such
as Panbazar and Fancy Bazar, the
Solapara area requires necessary
developmental initiatives.
“The Solapara area was
proposed for the FDR fund and is
expected to be developed in the near
future. One of the major reasons of
littering in the area is the settlement
of a Harijan colony that hardly
consists of any locals. The people in
the area litter the roads and carry
out several ill activities in the area.
The same leads to pollution in the
Paltan Bazar area.”
It needs mention that Mission
Clean Guwahati for 2014 was
initiated last year in November as
a part of Guwahati Development
Programme in which 31 NGOs of
every ward of the city entrusted by
the GMC to carry out cleanliness
work in each ward of Guwahati took
part.
Ward number 14 received
the best ward award on the basis
of set guidelines on pre-decided
parameters like garbage collection,
disposal
system/segregation,
cleanliness, innovation carried
out, public complaint mitigation,
etc. The winning wards were
proclaimed a development fund
of Rs. 10 lakhs, Rs. 6 lakhs and
Rs. 4 lakhs respectively. Out of
the 31 contesting NGOs, the first,
second and third prize went to
Suraj of Ward no. 14, Jiban Sathi
Welfare Society of Ward no. 10
and Bahnisikha Women and Child
Welfare Society of Ward no. 12. The
winners were presented an Alto Car,
prize money of Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs.
60,000 respectively.
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Society
JYOTI CHITRABAN
Helping assamese films survive
KALYAN DEB
T
heatres and films are the two
most
important
medium
through which a cultural
identity is reflected and which enriches
the mosaic of our pluralistic heritage.
Assam, the frontier state of Northeast
India has a rich cultural tradition and
Jyoti Chitraban has been providing
the deserved exposure to the aspirants
of Assamese cinema, nationally and
internationally.
Government of Assam established
Jyoti Chitraban, the only government
sponsored studio in the year 1961 and
is the only film studio in the entire
northeast. Situated in Kahilipara
against a scenic backdrop in the
foothills of the Narakasur Hills with
an area of 10 acres of land, Jyoti
Chitraban came into existence as
a result of demands from various
quarters including cultural doyens,
namely Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad
Rabha, Natasurjya Phani Sharma, the
queen of Bijni Late Sabita Devi, Dr.
Bhupen Hazarika and Late Khiroda
Kt. Bishaya among others.
Even personalities from the
Assamese film industry Punya
Das, Tassadul Yusuf, Bijoy Sankar,
Indukalpa Hazarika, Ratna Ojha,
Khanin Talukdar, along with current
chairman and veteran actor Nipon
Goswami staged a lanten fast in front
of the DC office for the establishment
of a film studio in the city with
a view of mitigating the various
difficulties faced by the film producing
entrepreneurs of the Northeast.
Paying due respect to the father
of Assamese cinema, Rupkonwar
Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla, the name of
the film studio was selected as “Jyoti
Chitraban”- by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
where Jyoti stood for Jyoti Prasad
Agarwalla and Chitraban — the name
of the studio established by Jyoti
Prasad Agarwalla in his “Bholaguri
Tea Estate” during the production of
Film “Joymoti”.
The studio became functional in
the year 1968 with one shooting floor,
which was named after Pramathesh
Chandra
Baruah,
a
towering
personality of Indian cinema who
hailed from this part of the country.
“Bhadari” was the first short feature
film shot in this floor under the
direction of Nip Baruah.
Later in the year 1973, Jyoti
Chitraban Studio was converted into
a government controlled registered
society, inducting various heads of
departments of government of Assam
as official members and reputed film
personalities as non-official members.
Among the stalwarts who has
served in Jyoti Chitraban in its
fledging days, mention may be made
of Late Mahesh Malla Bujar Baruah
who was in the first batch of Film and
Television Institute of India, Pune, Late
Pijush Kanti Roy another FTII, Pune,
Diploma holder of sound engineering
and also alumni of FTII, Pune, Late
I.K. Hazarika, noted cameraman all
of whom joined Jyoti Chitraban and
trained many Assamese youngsters in
the art of film making.
With changing times and
development in the field of film and
television, production as well as digital
filmmaking, Jyoti Chitraban has also
equipped itself to meet the growing
demand of the filmmakers. With
financial support from government
of Assam and government of India
(under Assam Accord),the society
has been well equipped with modern
technology.
Ever since its inception as the
only film studio of its kind in the
northeastern part of this country,
Jyoti Chitraban has been extending
laudable and indispensable technical
support for the growth and sustenance
of the film and television industry of
the region.
It may be mentioned that many
of the prestigious national and
international award winning film as
well as television productions have
been carried out on the floor of the
Jyoti Chitraban. By making a series
of films, Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia
bagged the National Award for screen
play for the film “Agnisnan’ in the
year 1985. A luminary of the Indian
film scenario, Dr. Bhabendra Nath
Saikia was also the chairman of Jyoti
Chitraban (Film Studio) Society.
Similarly, Janhu Baruah also
started his career, creating a series of
socially meaningful movies starting
with ‘Aparupa’ in the year 1982 and
the trend is being continued by
youngsters like Gautom Bora, Charu
Kamal Hazarika, Jwandaw Bodosa,
Bidyut Chakravorty, Sanjib Hazarika,
The studio became
functional in the
year 1968 with one
shooting floor, which
was named after
Pramathesh Chandra
Baruah, a towering
personality of Indian
cinema who hailed
from this part of the
country. “Bhadari”
was the first short
feature film shot
in this floor under
the direction of Nip
Baruah.
Manju Borah, Arup Manna, Sanjib
Sabhapandit etc. Jyoti Chitraban also
provides various facilities to upcoming
filmmakers of Assam as well as the
entire northeast.
Jyoti Chitrban is the largest
film, video, audio and television
programme
production
facility
provider of the region is equipped
with indoor shooting floor including
makeup and dressing rooms, online
floor, mini park and hillock with
slopes for outdoor shooting. It has an
auditorium with projection theatre,
which also serves the purpose of filmshows, workshops and seminars. The
society also has a mixing studio as
well as recording floor for dubbing,
background music, songs, audio
and video albums. In the year 1999
a film institute formerly named as
Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television
Institute to provide a platform for
the aspirants of the region was set up.
This institute offers special training
and diploma for the young people
of the region to make them fully
productional aspect in the line of
prestigious film making profession.
Presently, the JCFTI is converted
to the Regional Government Film
and Television Institute under the
Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Assam,
at Sila, Amingaon, with a new campus.
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Tribute
I would have loved to
write this tribute...
- Chandan Sarmah
B
orn on 1st January, 1960, at
Guwahati, Bidyut Chakravarty
was involved with Assam’s
cultural scenario since his childhood.
His parents are late Bhubaneshwar
Chakravarty and Smti Malati
Chakravarty. A regular actor on stage
and a serious theatre activist during his
college days, Bidyut Chakravarty later
worked as an assistant director with
National Award winning filmmakers,
like, the late Dr. Bhabendra Nath
Saikia, Pulak Gogoi, Munin Barua and
others.
Bidyut’s
maiden
directorial
venture was a telefilm produced by
Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati,
titled ‘Kukurnechia Manuh’ in 1985
based on a stage play by eminent
playwright Arun Sarma. The telefilm
was so well-acclaimed that it became
one of the most widely appreciated
and pride possessions of Doordarshan
Kendra, Guwahati. It was followed
by his innumerable creative pursuits
for Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati,
and PPC (N-E) of Doordarshan. The
fiction serials and documentaries
produced-directed by Bidyut for
television fetched him wide-range
popularity. At the same time, he put
significant contributions towards
making of a few nationally-acclaimed
Assamese films, such as ‘Haladhar’,
‘Meemanxa’, etc.
In 1996, Bidyut made his debut
as feature film director with much
talked-about film ‘Rag-Birag’. The film
‘Rag-Birag’ was the inaugural film of
the Indian Panorama Section at the
International Film Festival of India,
1997, held at Thiruvanthapuram.
Moreover, the film won as many
as three National Awards—the
India Gandhi National Award for
Best First Film of a Director, Best
Cinematography and Best Editor.
Besides, the film earned rave reviews
when it was shown at the Cairo Film
Festival in Egypt as an official entry. It
is worth mentioning that ‘Rag-Birag’
won as many as nine Assam State Film
Awards instituted for the first time by
the Govt. of Assam in 1998.
‘Nishiddha Nodi’ was his second
feature film which was selected for
Kolkata Film Festival and had won five
Assam State Film Awards including
In 1996, Bidyut made his debut as
feature film director with much
talked-about film ‘Rag-Birag’. The film
‘Rag-Birag’ was the inaugural film of
the Indian Panorama Section at the
International Film Festival of India,
1997, held at Thiruvanthapuram.
BIDYUT CHAKRAVARTY
(1960-2015)
the Best Director in 2000. His next
film ‘Gunn Gunn Gane Game’, a lightveined, well-made film of popular
genre, was widely acclaimed. In
2005, Bidyut made another Assamese
feature film ‘Anurag’ which also won
seven Assam State Film Awards
including the Best Director. His last
cinematic venture, ‘Dwaar’, based on
the critically-acclaimed Assamese
short story ‘Bahiroloi Jowa Baat’ by
Apurba Sarma, clinched three Assam
State Film Awards including the Best
Director in 2012. ‘Dwaar’ also won the
Best Film Award in the 1st Filmfare
Awards for East Zone 2013 and was
nominated for the Best Director’s
award.
Besides being a tremendously
sensitive and technically skilled film
director, Bidyut Chakravarty happens
to be one of the powerful stage, radio
and film actors of Assam. Of the
plays he came up with commanding
performance, mention must be made
of ‘Mrityunjoy’, ‘Antaranga Alaap’,
‘Bhoy’, etc. The films in which Bidyut
displayed his superior cinematic
acting include ‘Kolahal’, ‘Grahan’,
‘Prabhati Pakhir Gaan’, ‘Haladhar’,
‘Meemanxa’, ‘Dhuniya Tirotabor’,
‘Ramdhenu’, ‘TRP aru...’, etc. The
television and radio productions
containing Bidyut Chakravarty’s
sound acting performance are many.
As producer-director of a number
of television productions in both
fiction and documentary format,
Bidyut has earned a distinguished
stature. Of these, mention may
be made of the Hindi television
serial ‘Brahmaputra Ki Cheu Chau’
under Doordarshan’s commissioned
programme category. This eightepisode serial was based on the Sahitya
Akademi Award-winning Nepali
novel of the same name by Professor
Leel Bahadur Khatri. Bidyut’s another
remarkable creative pursuit for
Doordarshan was the telefilm ‘Dahan’
by an acclaimed Assamsse short story
of the same name by Chandraprasad
Saikia.
Bidyut Chakravarty served as
a member of the jury for National
Award. Till his death, he was the
president of ‘Surjya’, a Guwahati-based
leading socio-cultural organisation
committed to practice and promotion
of serious theatre and other related
cultural activities.
A commerce graduate from
Gauhati
University,
Bidyut
Chakravarty married talented stage,
film and radio actress Munmi Thakur,
the elder daughter of noted Assamese
filmmaker late Shiva Prasad Thakur,
in 1993. He is also survived by his
mother.
The death of Bidyut Chakrabarty
will ever remain as an irreparable
damage in the truest sense for
Assamese film industry. It is indeed
shocking to accept the cruel reality
that such an imaginative, innovative
film director with enviable command
over technical aspects of filmmaking
and a tremendously sensitive stage
and film actor, bidding adieu.
I would really have loved to write
this tribute after at least 30 years from
now !
Weather report for the week
SAT
19 April
SUN
20 April
MON
21 April
TUE
22 April
WED
23 April
THU
24 April
FRI
25 April
Rain showers. Mostly cloudy.
Passing showers.
Showers late. Broken clouds.
Thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy.
Showery. Morning clouds.
Isolated tstorms.
More clouds than sun.
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G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
Special
BIHU
BOLIYA
GUWAHATI
As the city revelled in the
joyous fervour of this colourful
festival, our photo journalist
Adib Zamali hid out among the
crowd and managed to capture
some candid shots.
Home made cream being sold at the Dighalipukhuri Bihu mela
A homeless family sharing popcorn at the Latasil Bihu
A woman checking out the traditional food during Bihu
A foreigner enjoying the traditional Bihu beats
A Bihu nasoni playing the gogona
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Special
The Chandmari flyover filled with people during
Papon’s show
A packed house at one of the Bihu tolis
Everybody was revelling in the Bihu spirit... everybody
A group of friends, all dressed up in traditional Mekhela Chador
The young ‘uns getting ready to be a part of tradition
Even our Chief Minister was taken in by the celebrations
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Health
G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
How to look after
your skin in Summer
Summer sun and higher temperatures are loved because they provide you with the opportunity to spend more time outdoors
doing the things you love. However, frolicking in the sun comes at a price and it is your skin that pays it. Sun damage can lead to
premature aging of the skin, wrinkles, marks, dry skin, and even skin cancer over time. The hottest season of the year requires
careful thought for your skin even as you enjoy the heat and freedom of summer.
G Plus brings you 11 tips for skin care to bear the excruciating heat this summer.
G PLUS FEATURE
Understand how the summer sun
impacts your skin
It’s important to know how the
sun’s rays impact your skin, especially
when you are seeking to cut through
the hype on cosmetic labels. The following basics should assist your understanding:
Ultraviolet A (UVA): The longest
wavelength of the sun, this one penetrates the dermis, your skin›s deepest
layer. Sun damage can activate free
radicals and promote skin aging.
Ultraviolet B (UVB): This wavelength penetrates the skin›s upper
layer, the epidermis. These rays cause
sunburn, allergic reactions and skin
cancers. After six times of being
burned, the skin has double the risk of
developing a fatal melanoma.
Ultraviolet C (UVC): Generally
these rays are filtered by the ozone layer and they’re the most damaging rays.
Scratch Test (ST): Sometimes if
you scratch your skin with a back of
your heel, the test will reveal your sensitivity.
Infra-red (IR): This is the «heat»
from the sun and too much can negatively impact collagen, elastic and your
immune system.
Wear sunscreen but only after
assessing the need and doing
your own research
Not all sunscreens are made
alike – some provide a physical barrier (minerals) while others provide a
chemical barrier that absorbs ultraviolet rays. SPF stands for “sun protection
factor” and indicates the length of time
you can stay in the sun; you calculate
the SPF by the number of minutes you
can stay in the sun without burning
normally. (For example, if your skin
turns red after 10 minutes in the sun,
a sunscreen with SPF of 15 should allow you to spend 150 minutes in the
sun.) However, concerns have peaked
about what is in your sunscreen and
just how effective sunscreens really
are. Many sunscreens penetrate the
skin and add to the chemical overload
that your body is already subjected
to with daily modern living. There is
no consensus that sunscreens work
and there is no proof that higher SPF
sunscreens are any better than lower
level SPF and they may simply contain more chemicals, thereby increasing your exposure. And getting a false
sense of security about your ability to
stay in the sun all day because you›re
wearing sunscreen is unhelpful and
can result in damaged skin – indeed,
some scientists worry that this false
tion. Besides, it›s a lot nicer to smell
neutral rather than of chlorine!
If you’re going on
holiday and you’re
driving, then take
your makeup off
before you leave as it
gives your skin time
to breathe.
Avoid spraying perfume on your
skin in the sun The psoralen in perfume (especially in citrus perfumes) can permanently stain your skin when they
react with the sun. During the summer time, it is recommended that
you spritz your clothes with your fragrance rather than your skin.
Drink plenty of water sense of security coupled with inferior UVA focused sunscreen use has
actually promoted skin cancers in
recent times. Thus, «how» you treat
sunscreen, as a skin protectant is not
very important – sunscreen should be
used only as one part of your approach
to guarding your skin during the summer; it cannot be the only method and
it isn›t foolproof.
If sunscreens trigger sensitivities,
breakouts and other skin problems for
you, switch from chemical sunscreens
to mineral sun blocks (zinc oxide and
titanium dioxide) to see if this improves things for you.
If you have oily skin, don’t use
an SPF higher than 20; doing so risks
overloading your skin with chemicals
and more oil. (Indeed, it›s recommended that whatever your skin, you
think twice about high SPF values
on sunscreen products). Special sunscreens are formulated for oily skin.
Look at sunscreen packages carefully
and see if they are labeled “Oil-Free”
or “Non-Comedogenic” so they won’t
clog pores or cause excess oil.
Unfortunately it isn’t as simple as
walking into your local drugstore and
choosing a sunscreen you like the
smell of or the price they›re sold at.
You do need to do some online research on the chemicals each sunscreen contains and make a informed
decision about the brand you choose.
See the Environmental Working
Group›s Skin Deep Cosmetics Database for information about each sunscreen on the market.
Stay out of the sun between the
hours of 10 am and 3 pm
The hottest part of the day during the summer is the most damaging
time. Don’t stay out in the sun for long
periods of time around the hottest
hours; the longer you’re outside, the
longer your skin is exposed to the radiation. Get your exercise and activi-
Hydrated skin is better skin and it
is easy for skin to become parched during the summer months. Dehydration
results in dry skin, frown-lines, spots,
a sluggish complexion and a lack of
“glow”. Drink water regularly throughout the day, preferably between meals
(drinking during meals can dilute the
nutrients from food). Water will both
hydrate your skin and flush out toxins
that can mar your complexion.
Eat healthy foods
ties done in the earlier, cooler hours,
or in the later, cooler hours of the day.
Note that some latitudes advise
staying out of the sun between 11 am
and 4 pm. Know what is advised for
you in that particular location and err
on the side of being cautious either
side as well as during the hours suggested.
Wear protective clothing over
your skin. A lot of clothing in outdoor stores
and fashion stores has a UV protection rating and some clothes are impregnated with a UV-absorbing colorless dye. The UV protection rating is
a good indicator of how clothing can
act as an excellent barrier against the
sun›s rays. Cover up as much skin
as you can, using lightweight fabrics
when it›s really hot and uncomfortable. Choose fabrics that won›t itch,
scratch, or overheat you and prefer
light colors over dark ones, to keep the
heat level down.
Wear a hat. Your facial skin will
benefit enormously from a permanent
ring of shade over it in the heat of the
sun.
Wear sunglasses to protect your
sensitive eye skin (and eyes). Eyes are
prone to melanomas and cataracts,
and the sensitive skin around your
eyes is prone to fast aging.
Ditch the obsession with a tan. Sunbathing or using a solari-
um increases your chances of damaging your skin and getting skin cancers.
Moreover, sunbathing will add a good
20 years to your age by dehydrating
and wrinkling your skin. Do you really want that?
Be careful with fake tan; these
products contain a lot of chemicals
that aren’t necessarily good for your
skin or your whole health. Again,
check the EWG Skin.
Give your skin a break. By watching the weather over
summer, you can work out the days
when you won’t need to slather on the
chemicals, such as when it is pouring
rain or it is a very overcast day. Be sure
to pop on your hat and cover clothing
as usual because UV rays still penetrate the clouds; you can at least allow
your skin a break from the sunscreen.
If you’re going on holiday and
you’re driving, then take your makeup
off before you leave as it gives your
skin time to breathe.
Leave your makeup off as often
as possible while on vacation. This is
a great opportunity to let your skin
breathe and be free from the chemicals in cosmetics.
Rinse skin after swimming This is especially important when
you’ve been swimming in chlorinated
environments as the chlorine can dry
out your skin and for some people it
can even result in an allergic reac-
A healthy skin comes from eating well and summer is the ideal
time to make dietary changes for the
better. Cut down on sugar and refined processed foods, which create
unbalanced blood sugar, levels and
therefore, contribute to premature
aging. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, in salads, steamed, raw, or as
part of a recipe dish. Choose from the
rainbow of fruit and vegetable colors
to ensure that you’re getting all the
antioxidants and nutrients your skin
needs. A diet rich in flavonoids will
help to ensure a healthy and glowing skin. And include whole grains
in your daily diet too, including the
ancient grains.
Yogurt is a healthy addition to
your diet; just be sure it›s sugar
free and natural.
No-fat or low-fat diets will
cause your skin to, wrinkle and
age. You need essential fats in your
diet to keep your skin moist and
supple. The answer is to exclude unhealthy fats (hydrogenated, trans fats,
and heat or light damaged fats) from
your diet but to keep using healthy fats
daily. Nuts and seeds and fresh fish are
excellent sources of good fats.
Examine your skin regularly At least one a month, perform a
“mole patrol” to check for signs of sun
damage on your skin. Be especially
alert to moles that have changed shape
or size or that hurt, itch, or bleed.
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MAY I,
H
THANK YOU!
15
Life
Meditation for
Clarity of Mind
P
lease, Excuse me, Sorry and
Thankyou! The four magic
words we have learnt time and
again but when time came, we forgot
to use them!
For example, in a crowded bus,
instead of saying ‘Excuse me’ to get
through, we tend to push people
aside to get to the exit. However, in
a crowded place, it really pays to
use these magic words, not because
we have to but it makes things a lot
easier for us. My mother used to tell
me, “There are people watching you
behave even on a crowded bus”.
Etiquette is something that needs
to be acquired, brushed, polished and
worked on every passing day. It cannot be picked up on a single day. It
requires some amount of hard word
to reach a level of finesse. It cannot
be denied that a person well-heeled
in etiquette is much appreciated by
everyone.
As soon as a child is sensible
enough to understand, parents can
take it as their responsibility to teach
the ropes in etiquette, since a child is
quick to pick up the four magic words
and these words can sound bewitching in the lips of a toddler.
However, there is a very wrong
impression that we needn’t use these
words with people who serve us
the most, like the vegetable vendor,
the rickshaw-puller, the lift-man,
the door-keeper, a bus conductor
and more people like them. But my
question is, why not? Are they not
privileged to hear these words or do
we think they wouldn’t understand.
Whatever the reason may be, we
should on our own efforts try and
bring the change that we wish to
see. Instead of complaining of who
behaved in what manner, why can’t
we make the change starting with
the one individual who matters the
most in this chain;ME? And the responsibility that we take for ourselves
can never be inane but one that is
far more important. It’s like saving
money in a bank; the more we save,
the better for us. Likewise, when we
invest in ourselves, the outcome is a
richer person.
You can start noticing the change
around you the minute you take responsibility of your own actions. Why
should we blame anyone when we
ourselves can take charge of the situation. I have noticed that it depends on
me alone to create a good, bad or ugly
situation merely by thinking before I
act. Many a times, my nonchalant attitude has taken a toll in a situation,
which could have been averted had I
thought several times before jumping
into the ring.
My mother used to tell me,
“Think a 100 times before you speak.”
I would say, think a million times
before speaking one word ‘cause that
one word can either make or break
you. There is an adage, ‘A bullet out of
a revolver and a word said is gone forever’. So, every word spoken should be
carefully thought over. Why? ‘Cause
it might hurt the person spoken to,
devastate him/her and completely
destroy a previously perfect relationship forever. Whatever may be the
situation, it is very important that we
maintain our calm and use the right
words that we wish to be used for our
own selves. We wish for more friends
in our lives, don’t we, rather than enemies? And why makes enemies with
words that hurt, when we can make
friends with kind gentle words.
In my daily life, I come across
100s of people, each with their own
temperaments. On a particular day,
the same person who was very nice
to me may be totally unresponsive to
me on another day. The person might
be having obvious reasons for behaving in that way. He might be having
unfathomable problems. However, as
usual, having the tendency to think in
a particular manner, I concoct stories
in my mind. I start thinking that he is
probably the uninitiated in etiquette
and design a hundred and one ques-
tions against him.
“How can he behave like this with
me? Hasn’t he been taught how to behave with people? I really don’t know
who has selected him for this job? It’s
best he stays at home and spare us his
moody demeanour!!” Etc, etc.
But jumping to conclusions however, is not the best way out! I have
noticed over the years that there’s a
pattern to people’s behaviour. People
behave in a congenial manner one
day and in
another way some other day not
because they dislike anyone but maybe they have a larger problem. For example, he might have had a bad start
at home, his car broke down, he realised his car insurance has lapsed and
so on and so forth.When we jump to
conclusions about a person’s behaviour, we are not looking at the larger
picture. If we try and fathom his situation, then we will stop making wild
guesses about him.
Good manners and etiquette
start from home and the mother has
to take special note of this. As parents
and care-takers, it is very important
that we teach young people the magic
words of etiquette; Please, Excuse me,
Sorry and Thankyou! For example, if
the little boy of the house has completed a significantly commendable
chore around the house, he deserves
a very big Thank You. He will soon
understand that he too needs to say
Thankyou as and when someone in
his family does a chore or a favour
for him.
As we always say, charity begins
at home, so too, it is important to
start the art of good manners and
etiquette at home. It is not the expensive clothes that you buy for him/
her that will be of significance in the
future but the manners that he/she
learnt from parents that will matter
in evolving as a wonderful human being. The World has its eyes on your
child!
tinat ATIFA MASOOD
ave you ever felt that you’ve
almost made up our mind,
but then, from nowhere, a
black cloud of doubt appears that
doesn’t seem to clear? Such doubts
are like ripples in the water that give
us a distorted reflection of ourselves
and all that are around us. But once
the ripples settle down, everything
becomes crystal clear.
Is it possible to achieve that crystal-clear state of mind or is it just a
fool’s paradise? Fortunately, it is very
much possible with regular practice
of meditation. Meditation, a timetested technique, is like that signboard that shows you the way out of
your jungle of thoughts. It is the unseen force that settles the ripples of
doubts in your mind and gives clarity in what you think and how you
act. How can meditation transform
the quality of our thoughts? What’s
the science behind it? Let’s discover
in the following sections.
Meditation induces a
sense of calm
You might have come across
this Chinese proverb: “When you
feel confused, take a pillow and go
to bed”. They probably knew that
sleep can calm down your confused
mind. But, do you know that meditation can replicate this calming effect?
Did you know that when in meditation, our body’s oxygen requirement goes down by 10 to 20 percent,
which otherwise goes down by only
8 percent during sleeping? A lower
oxygen requirement is an indication
of a heightened sense of calm, which
gives our body its much-needed rest.
A calm mind can think more clearly
than a restless mind because it is not
scattered all over the place.
Meditation increases your
system’s energy
The mechanics of meditation we
discussed in the previous point shows
that meditation increases our energy
levels. When this happens, all doubts
and confusion give way to clarity of
mind. Have you noticed that when
you were sad or feeling low, you were
not clear in your mind? And do you
also remember being happy when
you knew just what needed to be
done? Clearing your mind of confusion is like clearing the dust from the
window. You can see and sense better when you are happy. It can happen when our energy levels are high.
This way, meditation can be your energy booster. Dust is like doubt and a
clean window is like clarity of mind,
which will inevitably also reflect
in our actions. It will all come with
a few minutes in meditation.
Meditation Makes You
Focused
Have you observed yourself at
the times you felt you were very focused on your work or whatever you
were doing? At all such times, you
were probably also high on energy.
That is because your energy is not
diverted to other wasteful thoughts.
Our mind is like a computer’s RAM
(the part of a computer that does all
the thinking, analyzing, and interpreting). So, when there are too many
programs (thoughts) running in the
background on a computer, the more
important programs slow down. This
is a near-perfect analogy for our scattered mind, and meditation helps you
shut down these unwanted programs.
Meditation can clear your mind of
wasteful, noisy thoughts. That undoubtedly makes us clear in the mind,
and we are able to work and take decisions with clarity.
Meditation improves
observation, perception,
and expression
You undoubtedly know that your
eyes are your window to the world
outside? Can you see clearly when you
have a speck of dust in your eye? Similarly, is it possible to perceive things
clearly when you have stress in your
nervous system? We start doubting
ourselves and others when our mind
is shrouded by the emotions of anger, hatred, jealousy, greed, fear, and/
or regret. Meditation makes us centered, and such feelings don’t bother
us much.
At the same time, it improves our
observation of the world inside and
out. We are more receptive to how
we feel and how others feel about us.
Once we start listening to ourselves,
it becomes easier to have a say on our
feelings and emotions. Clearer observation means a clearer understanding
of the situation and clearer distinction
of right from wrong, which inevitably
affects our decision making.
Undoubtedly, this is also going to
improve your communication skills
and make the content of your communication richer. When your perception
and observation are clear, you know
what to express and how to do it.
Meditation retains clarity
for a longer time
While we’ve already understood
how meditation clears the garbage
from our mind and helps us grasp,
think, and express clearly, it is also
necessary to understand how to retain
this clarity over the long term. That
will come when we meditate regularly.
Morning is a good time to meditate
because there is less chaos and we can
meditate deeply. Daily meditation sustains our energy at higher levels. It also
helps us maintain a perpetual state of
calm, which we can otherwise lose
easily when we face difficult situations.
Not just that, meditation also keeps us
grounded when we are overcome with
happiness. The benefits of meditation
are plenty.
His Holiness
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji
www.artofliving.org/meditation
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G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
Hang Out
BUZZING
NOW ‘Cafe Guwahati’
sanjukta dutta
(Food enthusiast)
T
he Food industry is changing
everyday and Guwahati is also a
witness to this bustling change.
Now only we are exposed to eating out
more, but also the amount of options
that are now available for us is so
incredible. From Fine Dining to value
for money eating joints, to cafes, you
name it and Guwahati has it.
Another café that just joined this
food revolution is Café Guwahati.
Bright, well lit and spacious, this
place offers you array of Tea, Coffee,
Mocktails etc, something to munch
on to something to fill your stomach
with. The Menu is well thought of
that will suit to every body’s palate.
A wide range of food from Burgers
to Sandwiches, from Humus and Pita
Bread to Fish and Chips, this place will
win hearts of food lovers. I quite liked
their interesting mocktail called ‘AbraKa-Dabra’
The one thing that will strike
you the moment you enter this café
is the ambience which is friendly
and lively. As Debojit Chaliha says
‘This place will set a benchmark
to café culture in Guwahati’ and
one can see the potential too. The
servers are friendly and they take
you down through the menu in case
you get confused to pick their best.
The music is good and the place is
spacious. Debojit Chaliha tells that
he has plans to bring in budding
musicians for live music in the café,
which would be one of a kind in
the city, as most of the live music is
associated with only alcohol serving
lounge bars. This is a new welcoming
change that Music Lovers would like
to see. Listening to music read book
or play pool over tea, coffee and a few
bites sounds very exciting.
The location of this place once
again wins a brownie point because
of the strategic location it is in.
Ample of parking place on either
side of the roads makes this place
access friendly. Situated right in
the crossroads of Hatigarh Charali,
Zoo-Narengi Road, which is also a
very impending part of the city, you
cannot choose to ignore this place.
So what do you think is the USP of
Café Guwahati?, ‘We will serve the
freshest of food to our clients, as
for us reputation is what is we are
looking forward to earn’ came a very
confident reply from Debojit Chaliha
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Travel
L
ying at the southernmost tip of
northeast India is Mizoram, the
land of blue mountains. Mizoram
is famous for its evergreen hills and
dense bamboo jungles. The hills are
criss-crossed by gushing rivers and
high, sparkling waterfalls. If you drive
through the centre of the state towards
the Myanmar border, you will pass
through lush green paddy fields. This
kind of geographical diversity makes
Mizoram one of the best places to visit
in north-east India.
How to Reach
By Air
Aizwal, the capital city of Mizoram
is thoroughly connected by flights
from major cities like Kolkata, Imphal
and Guwahati.
By Rail
The closest railway station for
Aizwal is Silchar in Assam. There are
many trains from Guwahati also which
take 19 hours to reach Aizwal.
By Road
Aizwal is accessible from Shillong
and Guwahati by road. Aizwal is
connected by buses and taxies with
Silchar through NH 54.
Cities and Famous
Destinations of Mizoram
Aizwal City
The capital of Mizoram, “The
Home of the Highlanders”, is the
hallmark of tribal culture. Endowed
with immense natural beauty, it has
the meandering Tlwang river, the
exquisite landscape, and peaked hills of
Durtlang assuming a natural boundary
to the South of Aizwal. The legendary
folklores, the enchanting views make
the city a place abuzz with activities
and liveliness.
Lawngtlai City
The destination is an abode of
minor ethnic tribal groups of Lai
and Chakma. Endowed with tropical
climate, the district is ideal for the
wild flora and fauna. It is covered
with tropical wet evergreen, mixed
deciduous forest and wild banana
forests
Lunglei City
This tourist destination has
abundant and exclusive flora and fauna
along with beautiful atmosphere.
The nearby picnic spots of Khawiva
and district park at Zobawk attracts
tourists in herds. The climatic
conditions, the natural charm and the
magnetic tranquil peace makes it an
ideal hill station. The tropical forests
of this region shelter tigers, wild boars,
leopards, monkeys, barking deers,
sambars and elephants, and many
other migratory animals of the world.
Some rare species of birds like the
hombills, pen-pheasants, tragopans,
flower-peckers, sun-birds and the
thrush family are also found in the
woods.
Champai City
This thronging commercial city
has amazing view of Myanmar hills.
The pleasant climate, picturesque
charm, riotous rice fields and green
hillocks attract many tourists.
The major tourist attractions are
Kungawrhi Puk (cave), Tiau Lui
(River), Rih Dil (Lake), Lianchhiari
Lunglen Tlang (Cliff), Thasiama Seno
Neihna (Plateau), Manghaia Lung
(Memorail Stone) and Fiara Tui. Do
not miss out to check the famous
Rohdil Lake close to the town.
Kolasib City
This small travel town is located
on the way to Silchar and Aizwal. You
will experience the extraordinary ways
of lifestyle, traditions, legends and
beliefs here. The simple people of the
district are of Mongolian breed and
are mainly into farming. The hot travel
spots for tourists are the lavish orchids,
the peaceful surroundings and the
Tlawng River.
Art and Craft
The state tourism has a tradition
of rich and exquisite art and craft
productions. Among the most
preferred ones are the handloom
industry. You will see a Mizo lady
doting her “Puan” dress which is very
gaudy and vibrant. As the state has
abundant bamboo forests, the people
make articles of bamboo very adroitly.
Cuisine of Mizoram
The people of the state relish non
vegetarian savories like meat. The
staple food of Mizos is Rice served with
pork meat. The cuisine of Mizoram has
become an integral part of Mizoram
tourism and travel in entire North East
India due to its distinct specialities
from other as the Mizos do not use
spices while cooking the dishes. Their
food is simple made of lentils, bamboo
shoots, pork, chicken and meat.
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Reviews
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Director: Vikram
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Director: Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar
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argarita With A Straw was
earlier named Choone
Chali Aasman for its Indian release & Margarita With A Straw
for its International release is an Indian film directed by Shonali Bose,
starring Kalki Koechlin. Laila is a
rebellious young girl with cerebral
palsy. She leaves her home in India
after she is rejected by her crush to
study on scholarship in New York
University. In New York, she unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks
on an exhilarating journey of selfdiscovery.
When Laila gets admission to
New York University, she leaves the
security of her Delhi family and
home, and also leaves behind heartbreak and rejection, to start a new,
more independent life. While her
mother (Revathy) accompanies her
initially, eventually Laila must make
her own decisions and find her own
way around in this new world. This
includes a relationship with the
feisty Khanum (Sayani Gupta), who
happens to be visually impaired, and
fellow classmate Jared (William Moseley).
At the end of the semester Laila
and Khanum go to India to see the
latter’s family and reveal the nature
of their relationship to Laila’s mother. But the secrets and lies become
meaningless when crisis and loss hit
the family. In this moment, Laila finally finds her true self and strength
and comes to terms with loneliness
and self-worth.
Director Shonali Bose succeeds
in addressing important issues (portrayed cleverly in the differences between the life of a differently-abled
in New Delhi and New York) while
keeping the spirit of the film largely
joyous, frothy and feel-good. The
emotions and concerns are universal
and the performances add texture
to this (script by Bose and Nilesh
Maniyar). Sayani Gupta makes an
impact in her role as the supportive partner while Revathy delivers
just the right pitch as the protective
mother learning to let her child go.
Kalki Koechlin’s hard work is undeniable and it’s hard to separate the
actor from Laila.
Barring a few overwrought moments and a cheesy ending, camerawork by Anne Misawa and music
by Mikey McCleary add texture and
rhythm to this surprisingly entertaining and forthright film.
What worked for the film was
its eccentric theme and a very refreshing approach over a real life
issue. The actors played the roles
wonderfully and rendered everyone
speechless. We meet Laila at an age
in which she is acutely aware of her
sexuality, and secretly surfs internet
porn, an age we can all relate to. The
wonderful portrayal of characters
and their enigmas, an Indian family,
dealing with a daughter with disabilities and being proud of her rather
than succumbing her into a world of
depression is commendable.
What didn’t work for the film
was the fact that it was a tad bit slow
in its wake. Its rich moments of joy
and sadness did make a connection
with the girl but in a country where
homosexuality is a criminal offense,
it states to differ, whether this beauty
of a movie, will sail or sink.
Our predicament is that this
is one movie that even left our PK
hero, Aamir Khan in tears, it’s a must
watch for all those people who have
a rich taste for films that touch your
heart with a story so sensitive yet
beautiful.
fter lip-locking (almost) every pretty
face on-screen, Emraan Hashmi returns to the big
screen to seal the deal with yet
another kiss, but this time, under water!
And, that about sums up
his latest Bollywood adventure.
The fact that he plays peekaboo
after consuming a blue drink from a
test-tube slips in as an afterthought.
Blame it on tacky visual effects, or a
convoluted science theory that never quite adds up.
Added to that, there’s an exasperated girl, who flares her petite
nostrils, flashes her leather boots
and constantly distracts us from her
lover Mr X’s rather insipid revenge
saga.
Director Vikram Bhatt begins
the show by edging us to call his new
hero “Mr X” in a tune that’s not even
pleasing to the ear. Looking back,
that was a clear indicator on how his
story would unfold.
But, we are thick-skinned, so we
stay on, as a strange love story unfolds between a cop, who is secretly
in love with his leather jacket, and
his pencil-thin co-worker, who also
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loves dressing like she’s always ready
to party.
Their romance is cut short,
when a top politician is assassinated.
The cop suddenly disappears,
and his lady turns his biggest enemy.
Cut to, a strange blue liquid that
makes Raghu invincible, and a police squad that’s called ATD, and a
bizarre tale of truth and justice unfolds.
Emraan Hashmi grins and hides
his utter shock at being handed his
career’s most obscure and inane role,
while Amyra Dastur struggles to
step into the skin of a character that
shrieks and glares without much
conviction.
The shocker of them all was how
Bhatt reduces funnyman Thanmay
into a silly geekboy Popo.
With pretty much nothing going for Mr X, we can safely urge you
to protect your mind from this idiotic mess.
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thrilling enough for the biggest
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Young Thug zigzag over rave synths
on “Off-Set,” bachata singer Prince
Royce goes deep house on the coy
“My Angel,” and French Montana
flows over J. Balvin’s reggaeton hit
“Ay Vamos.” Naturally, Lil Jon and
DJ Snake’s “Turn Down for What”
makes an appearance. The resulting LP doesn’t just move between
hip-hop, EDM and Latin pop — it
shows all three genres trading ideas. Environmentalists, rejoice: This
one is plenty of fun even if no one’s
burning gas.
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vicious attack at a ranch in California thrusts archaeologist Erin
Granger back into the fold of the
Sanguines, an immortal order founded
on theblood of Christ and tasked with
protecting the world from the beasts
haunting its shadows. Following the prophetic words found in the BloodGospel
- a tome written by Christ and lost for
centuries - Erin must join forces with
Army Sergeant Jordan Stone and Father
Rhun Korza todiscover and protect a
boy believed to be an angel given flesh.
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Tech Watch
A border village of
Delhi goes Wifi
I
t’s like any ordinary village.
Buffaloes stand tied to posts
in backyards. Tractors, sings
of farm wealth, line the porches.
Old men bask in the afternoon
sun smoking hookah.
Eight kilometres away in
Delhi, the plan to make the capital city a WiFi zone is still in the
works, the chief minister having
said that the plan will take another
year. However, for the village of Tilla
Shahbazpur, the idea couldn’t wait
that long.
A month ago, its residents
pooled Rs 18 lakh to create a WiFi
zone across the village that’s spread
over 2.5 sq km. All this, with no government assistance.
Village Pradhan Ishvar Mavi
tells Newsline that during the recent
elections in Delhi, he heard Arvind
Kejriwal announce the WiFi project
for the city. “I discussed that with
the village youth and they insisted
on installing WiFi here. In no time,
the telecom company to implement
this project had been hired and a
tower installed in our backyard.
Now the 2,700 mobile internet users
in our village could benefit from this
service,” he says.
schools in the area. We have a
BEd college and senior secondary
schools, too,” he says.
Mavi says he does not understand what Kejriwal’s government is
waiting for. “We had an idea and we
implemented it. All you need is the
will to do something,” he says.
Facebook is reviving
the away message
T
he away message, long a staple
of old-school instant messaging services like AOL Instant
Messenger, is making a comeback.
This week, Facebook began testing a new feature in Taiwan and
Australia that lets users add a temporary status that shows up in the
right panel of the social network’s
flagship app.
Sidebar status, as the feature is
called, will only appear for 12 hours
or until the user clears or updates it.
By default, statuses can only be seen
by users’ friends on mobile and don’t
show up in the main feed of updates.
Unlike a typical status update, where
users might share photos or news
stories, sidebar status is meant to
capture what people are doing at that
very moment.
Indian companies
What is Net
Neutrality?
withdraw from
Facebook’s Internet.org a brief
A
group of Indian technology and internet companies
have pulled out of Facebook’s Internet.org initiative, fearing it threatens the principle of “net
neutrality”.
This is the principle that all
websites and apps should be equally
accessible.
Travel portal Cleartrip.com and
media giant Times Group both announced they would be withdrawing from the service, citing competition fears.
But Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg defended Internet.org’s aims.
The service aims to extend internet services to the developing
world by offering a selection of apps
and websites free to consumers.
Participating publishers pay
the data costs charged by telecoms
firms.
But many companies fear this
distorts the market and makes it
harder for small companies to get
their products seen by the public.
Currently, Indian visitors to
Internet.org can access nearly 40
stripped-down services, including
job, healthcare, news and education
sites.
Xiaomi Mi 4 gets a price drop
in India; will compete with
64GB OnePlus One at `21,999
X
iaomi recently celebrated
the Mi Fan festival by offering several devices for
Rs 2,000 less, including the celebrated Mi 4. Now, the company
has no plans to go back to the older pricing. An official statement
by the company reads, “Mi India
offered a special price for Mi 4
during Mi Fan Festival, and it was
very well received. We have thus
decided to make this price drop
permanent.”
The 16GB Mi 4 priced at Rs
19,999 is available for Rs 17,999
after the price cut, while the 64GB
model is up for grabs at Rs 21,999,
which is down from its original Rs 23,999 price tag. It is now
available on Flipkart and offline
via The Mobile Store. Manu Jain
has revealed that the Mi 4 will
also be made available on Snapdeal and Amazon soon.
World’s first self-powered video camera
developed
T
he world’s first self-powered
video camera that runs without a battery and can produce
an image each second has been developed by researchers led by an
Indian-origin scientist.
To develop the prototype camera, researchers designed a pixel that
can not only measure incident light
but also convert the incident light
into electric power.
“We are in the middle of a digital imaging revolution,” said Shree
K Nayar, TC Chang Professor of
Computer Science at the Columbia
University, who led the study.
“I think we have just seen the
tip of the iceberg. Digital imaging is expected to enable many
emerging fields including wearable devices, sensor networks,
smart environments, personalised medicine, and the Internet
of Things.
“A camera that can function
as an untethered device forever without any external power supply - would be incredibly useful,”
said Nayar.
At the heart of any digital
camera is an image sensor, a chip
with millions of pixels. The key enabling device in a pixel is the photodiode, which produces an electric
current when exposed to light.
This mechanism enables each
pixel to measure the intensity of
light falling on it.
Nayar and colleagues used offthe-shelf components to fabricate
an image sensor with 30x40 pixels.
In his prototype camera, which
is housed in a 3D printed body, each
pixel’s photodiode is always operated in the photovoltaic mode.
N
et Neutrality is the Internet’s guiding principle:
It preserves our right to
communicate freely online. This is
the definition of an open Internet.
Net Neutrality means an Internet that enables and protects
free speech. It means that Internet
service providers should provide
us with open networks — and
should not block or discriminate
against any applications or content
that ride over those networks. Just
as your phone company shouldn’t
decide who you can call and what
you say on that call, your ISP
shouldn’t be concerned with the
content you view or post online.
Without Net Neutrality, cable
and phone companies could carve
the Internet into fast and slow
lanes. An ISP could slow down its
competitors’ content or block political opinions it disagreed with.
ISPs could charge extra fees to the
few content companies that could
afford to pay for preferential treatment — relegating everyone else to
a slower tier of service. This would
destroy the open Internet.
Why is Net Neutrality
important for businesses?
Net Neutrality is crucial for
small business owners, startups
and entrepreneurs, who rely on the
open Internet to launch their businesses, create a market, advertise
their products and services, and
distribute products to customers.
We need the open Internet to foster job growth, competition and
innovation.
Net Neutrality lowers the barriers of entry for entrepreneurs,
startups and small businesses by
ensuring the Web is a fair and level playing field. It’s because of Net
Neutrality that small businesses
and entrepreneurs have been able
to thrive on the Internet. They use
the Internet to reach new customers and showcase their goods, applications and services.
No company should be able
to interfere with this open marketplace. ISPs are by definition
the gatekeepers to the Internet,
and without Net Neutrality, they
would seize every possible opportunity to profit from that gatekeeper control.
Without Net Neutrality, the
next Google would never get off
the ground.
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Entertainment
Anurag Kashyap Clarifies about
the screening of ‘Bombay Velvet’ at
Cannes Special Session
I’m not an item
number person,
says Preity
P
A
leading French magazine
‘Paris Match’ has reported that
Anurag Kashyap’s magnum
opus ‘Bombay Velvet’ is listed for a
special midnight screening session.
This means the film will be screened
out of competition.
Considering prevalent speculation around ‘Bombay Velvet’ cast and
crew - Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and its director, Anurag Kashyap
- making it to the Cannes red carpet,
this report gathers more interest.
When we reached out, Anurag
said, “As far as I know, our film is re-
Ranveer injures
himself during
a horse riding
sequence for
‘Bajirao Mastani’
R
anveer Singh injured his
shoulder after he fell from
a horse while shooting for
his upcoming movie ‘Bajirao Mastani’. It is said that the actor left for
Mumbai for treatment.
Ranveer took to microblogging website Twitter to share the
news in a filmy style. He tweeted,
“As for the injury, I’m fine. Mard
ko Dard nahi hota....aur badi badi
filmon mein aisi chhoti chhoti
baatein hoti rehti hain ;) #shithappens.”
He later tweeted, “Thank you
all for your love and concern <3
#kisses #keepsmiling.”
‘Bajirao Mastani’ also features Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra. Ranveer will essay
Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao,
Deepika will essay his second wife
Mastani and Priyanka will play
the role of his first wife Kashibai.
reity Zinta loves to shake a leg, but
dancing to item numbers in films is
not what the actress is aiming for.
Asked if she would like to do another
item number after “Happening” from
Salman Khan-starrer “Main Aurr Mrs
Khanna” (2009), Preity told IANS: “The
only reason I did the last item number is
because I love Salman and he is my buddy.
I would do anything for him.”
“Having said that, I’m not really an
item number person. I’m an actor. My
USP is that I can perform. I don’t mind
dancing. I love to dance but I’d rather
come to your house and dance or go to a
club and dance,” she added.
But the 40-year-old all geared up for
dance, dance and more dance in her new
role as a judge on Star Plus’ reality show
“Nach Baliye 7”.
She will share the judges’ panel with
choreographer Marzi Pestonji and author
Chetan Bhagat.
Celebrity couples will take to the
dance floor to present innovative performances week by week to win the trophy.
leasing 15th may all over and is not
playing at the Cannes film festival except in the market”.
Apart from the competition section and special screenings at Cannes,
a bustling market for international
cinema simultaneously acquires films
for exhibition in different countries.
‘Bombay Velvet’ will feature in this
market. However, its director is not
yet aware of the film being slotted for a
special screening. The official Cannes
website is in the process of updating
all films to be screened in different
sections here.
How an Assamese song became
part of Kalki Koechlin’s
‘Margarita With A Straw’
D
usokute’, the rocking number from “Margarita With A
Straw”, was originally part
of composer-singer Joi Barua’s Assamese album and was included by
Shonali Bose in her film as she was
bowled over by its “anthemic” feel.
“Shonali heard the song through a
common friend Amitabh Bhattacharya, the National Award winning lyricist, and fell in love with it. She wanted something like this to kickstart a
very essential part of the movie. She
liked it for its anthemic feel. She felt
it contained the essence of youth and
optimism,” says Barua, who hails
from Jorhat in Assam and is based in
Mumbai.
Bose fell in love with the song after hearing it. “After hearing this song
by Joi I loved it so much that I asked
him if we could have it for ‘Margarita’
and put it in Hindi. Prasoon penned
such amazing lyrics for it lifting it to
another level,” she says. “From a nar-
rative stand point it fit perfectly that I
found an original Assamese song. The
boy Laila falls in love with - Nima - is
Assamese. I made him Assamese in
the script because wherever possible
I try to bring in different underrepresented communities in the film.
The song shows protagonist Laila
(Kalki Koechlin), who is the lyricist of
her college band, using the Assamese
word ‘Dusokute’ meaning ‘in the eyes’
in her composition to impress Nima,
a boy from Assam whom she loves.
The word has been retained from the
original composition, while the rest of
the song has been written in Hindi by
Prasoon Joshi. “’Dusokute’ was originally part of our Assamese album
‘Looking Out of the Window’ (2010).
This was a song done looking back at
life, when I was a student of Gauhati
Commerce College. Those times gave
me a terrific feeling - a kinetic energy
or force. That was the genesis of the
song,” 40-year-old Barua told
Kangana is too modern to play my
mother’s role, says Meena Kumari’s
stepson
M
eena Kumari’s stepson,
Tajdar Amrohi, feels that
Kangana Ranaut will not
be able to justify the veteran actress’
character in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s
upcoming biopic. He further added
that the ‘Queen’ star is too modern
to play his mother’s role.
In an interaction Amrohi said,
“Kangna in no way will be able to
justify her character. She is too modern to play the role.”
Amrohi is also making a film on
his mother and said that he has not
given permission to Dhulia to make
a film on the veteran actress.
He said, “I am already making the film and the first rights rests
with the family and my film is on
floor. The film is being directed by
Shashilal Nair.
“Who will know her better than
us and for the world to know that
Meena Kumari (my chhoti ammi)
and Kamal Amrohi were never divorced. We have lived with her and
there are so many incidents and anecdotes that only we know and which
will be incorporated in the film,” he
added.
Sooraj Barjatya upset with Sonam’s
daring mag cover
onam Kapoor stuns every mag-
S
azine cover she is on. But her
sensuous avatar on the recent
Vogue India cover has landed her in
trouble. It is said that Sooraj Barjatya,
who is working with her on ‘Prem
Ratan Dhan Payo’, is not happy with
her daring look on the cover.
The actress plays a demure character in the movie and so her April
cover has left the director upset.
A source said, “Sooraj was quite
upset by Sonam’s ultra-modern avatar on the cover which borders on
risque. In PRDP, the girl she plays
is a far cry from the supreme seductress on the latest cover. He feels this
sort of image will jeopardise her onscreen persona in his film.”
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TIMEPASS
Today you’re going to want to shut out the world and be alone with your
thoughts, Aries. You’re caught up in the introspective energies at play. You
may not be very cooperative, and may even wish to spend time on more
solitary activities. Indulge yourself. You might want to take time alone to
meditate. Listen to yourself. You’re likely to be on the verge of a major selfdiscovery.
Today indicates that you can expect to make a leap in your career, Taurus.
Your intellect and communicative skills have served you well in the past
months, paving the way for advancement. You may decide to try hard to
be sure the promotion occurs. You might work extra hours and decide to
commit to some new projects so the higher-ups can see how eager you are.
You’re peerless when it comes to your ability to sway others to your point of
view, Leo. Today you may be put on the spot and asked to defend a position
in front of many people. You will do just fine, surprising everyone but you. You
handle a microphone with ease and work an audience until they’re putty in
your hands. You could sell anything!
Sagittarius
With today’s planetary energies, Sagittarius, you can expect a lot of contact
with friends. In fact, just when you thought you’d never receive another invitation or attend another party, one comes your way. Even though you may feel
partied out right now, resist the urge to decline. You’re likely to meet a very
interesting person at this next bash.
SUDOKU
If you’ve been considering a career in writing or teaching, Gemini, this is an
ideal day to put some plans into motion. Your imagination and inspiration
are highlighted, as is your facility with words. This combination pretty much
guarantees that you could sell anything to anyone. If you’re ready to pitch a
book proposal to a publisher, do it now.
You aren’t one to put much stock in the meanings of dreams, but you
may have had a dream recently that was so accurate in its prediction as
to be almost scary. Certainly it was uncanny. Write down everything you
remember about it and then discuss the images with a friend. Don’t worry,
Cancer, your friend won’t laugh at you. It’s more than likely you will receive
some telling insights.
Scorpio
Libra
Virgo
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Taurus
Aries
HOROSCOPE
Don’t be surprised if you get a sudden windfall today, Virgo. It may come in
the form of cash. More likely it will be an opportunity of some kind. Perhaps a
business partner has suggested you branch into a more lucrative area. Perhaps
you decide to go into business for yourself. Whatever it is, you’re bound to
succeed. From business and creative standpoints, this is a most auspicious
time for you.
You have a quick mind, Libra, which you don’t use to anywhere near its full
capacity. Think of your brain as a thoroughbred horse, trained to run at high
speed. This type of animal is miserable if kept penned up, unable to run and
stretch. Your mind needs similar room to stretch and grow. If new challenges
don’t come your way, you may have to create some of your own. It’s a shame
to sit idle.
A day off is just what the doctor ordered, Scorpio. Try to get some rest. Spend
time curled up with a good book. Only go out with friends if you’re feeling
absolutely stir crazy. You should do no work. Your body and spirit crave a
break. Take care of your basic need to refresh yourself. Everything else will
fall into place afterward.
Pisces
Aquarius
Capricorn
You have a keen intellect and unparalleled persuasive powers, Capricorn.
If you aren’t an attorney, you should be. All signs indicate that your
career is about to skyrocket. Career and financial success are pretty much
guaranteed with today’s planetary configuration. If you have a mate to
share this good fortune with, consider yourself doubly blessed.
Your mental powers should be especially acute today, Aquarius. Your
mind will be quick and receptive and your communicative abilities exceptionally sharp. You feel on top of the world, as though you could sell
anything to anybody! Make the most of this surge of intellectual power
by beginning any new projects you’ve been considering.
Your creativity will be high today, Pisces, inspiring you to paint or write.
If you’re unable to take time to satisfy your muse, at least take some
small steps to ensure your abilities don’t lie fallow. How about signing
up for a class or joining a writing group? The ongoing contact and support will give your talents a big boost.
Useful Life hacks
Cable management with binder clips, what a cool idea
Get rid of messy wires around your elecronics. Just tug some blinder clips on a corner of you
table and you are good to go. Happy computing.
JUST FOR LAUGHs
A police officer attempts to
stop a car for speeding and
the guy gradually increases
his speed until he’s topping
100 mph. The man eventually
realizes he can’t escape and
finally pulls over. The cop
approaches the car and says,
“It’s been a long day and my
shift is almost over, so if you
can give me a good excuse
for your behavior, I’ll let you
go.” The guy thinks for a few
seconds and then says, “My
wife ran away with a cop
about a week ago. I thought
you might be that officer
trying to give her back!”
A bank robber pulls out gun
points it at the teller, and
says, “Give me all the money
or you’re geography!” The
puzzled teller replies, “Did
you mean to say ‘or you’re
history?’” The robber says,
“Don’t change the subject!”
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2 BHK Flat With
2Bathroom, Parking
& Balcony With Lift
At Chandmari
Rent-10,000
Ph No.- 83999-65686
Any type of Flat
Available At Zoo
Road, Chandmari
Contect-98647-39316
Any type of Office
Available At Zoo
Road, Chandmari
Contect-98647-39316
3BHK Flat At
Second Floor With 2
2 / 4 WHEELER
Discover 2014 Model
For Sale, Colour :
Black And Red
Ph.- 98599-10119
Alto LXI 2011 Model
Colour: Maroon
Contact-88110-91965
Yamaha FZ – S
Year of
Manufacturing04/20111, Colour
B. Green
Contact-95778-21645
Bathroom , Balcony
, Parking With 3
Wardrobe And Lift.
Rent- 15,000 Ph No.98644-31944
3BHK Flat With 2
Bathroom, 3rd Floor
, Parking, Balcony &
Lift in Beltola
Rent- 14,000
Pn No.-76630-59321
720sqft showroom
with toilet in athgaon
suitable for boutique/
computer classes etc.
Contact- 98641-59713
5 Room Flat In
Maskhowa For Rent.
Contact-98641-59713
3BHK New Flat
With 2 Bathroom ,
Parking , Balcony ,
Lift At Dispur, 2nd ,
3rd , 4th Floor, Rent16,000
Call-9864431944
400 sqft Rcc godown
available
At opp.Nichols
school, Chatribari.
With Shutter and
road facing facility.
Ph.No.- 9864159713.
200 sqft Rcc shop
inside market.
Available and nearby
godown.
Suitable for any type
of CNF work.
Ph.No. - 9864159713.
3 room residential
flat on third floor
1300 sqft in Krisna
Nagar, Chatribari.
Ph.Nos. - 9864159713.
FOR SALE
2 WHEELER /
4 WHEELER
Vento (D)
Top Model 2011
Colour: White
Ph-88110-91965
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Swift VSI 2012 Model
Colour: Silver
4.50 Lacs Fixed
Call:88221-41557
Bajaj Pulsar 135
2010 Model
Colour – M.BLK M.
98540-91738
Scorpio For Sale
2010 SLX
Colour – Silver
Ph.- 98599-10119
Pulsar 150 2009
Model, Colour: Black
Contact- 88110-91965
Scorpio 2010 LX
Colour: Black (D)
Contact-98641-06333
Honda Dio 2013
Model, 2013 Model
Colour: P.T. Yellow
Contact-98640-21414
TVS Apache RTR
08 / 2011 Model
Colour : Red
98544-01660
Scorpio Model: SLX
2004, Colour: Silver
Contact- 88110-91965
Honda Activa 2012
Model, Colour- Blue
Call-95773-69908
Wagon R For Sale
2009 Model
Colour : Maroon
Contact-98599-10119
Hundai i20 Sportz
ABS CRBI
Price – 5.20 Lacs
Colour – Grey
88221-41557
Swift Dzire: 2010
Model, Colour: White
(D), Ph- 98599-91965
3 bigha land in
Thakurbari Road
, Rangapara with
clearcut title & sale
deed. Contact- Gopal
Das Phone No088768-59216
Activa, Colour: Black
2012 Model
Contact: 98641-06333
For immediate sale.
Brand New Flat at
Kahilipara Road,
3BHK with car park
and all modern
ammeneties. 1560
sq.ft, 8th floor.
Contact: 94351 15098
Mahindra Duro
2013 Model
Colour: White
Contact-98599-10119
Mahindra Duro
2011 Model
Colour : Maroon
Contact: 88110-91965
Pulsar 150 2012
Model, Colour Black
Contact-98641-06333
Citypedia
AMBULANCE
Ambulance 102
Arya Hospital, Ulubari 2606888, 2606665
Downtown Hospital 9864101111, 9435012669
GLP Social Circle 2737373
GGUMTA (Mirza) 03623-227109
Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251
BLOOD BANK
Splendor 2013 Model
Colour Black
Call- 98641-06333
Honda Activa
2004 Model
Colour : Black
Call- 88110-91965
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Arya Hospital, Ulubari 2606888, 2606665
Ganga Blood Bank 2454742, 2455029
Lion’s Club of Ghy Central 2546611
Marwari Yuva Manch 2546470, 2547251
Saharia’s Path Lab (24 hours) 2458594
HOSPITALS
Arya Hospital, Ulubari
(2606888, 2606665)
B Baruah Cancer Institute
(2472364/66)
Brahmaputra Hospital Ltd
(2451634/678)
Chatribari Christian
Hospital
0361-2600051, 9207044374
Downtown Hospital
2331003, 9864079366,
9435012669
Guwahati Medical College
(2529457, 2529561)
Guwahati Medical College
Emergency (2263444)
International Hospital
0361-7135005
Mahendra Mohan
Choudhury Hospital
(2541477, 2543998)
Marwari Hospital & Research Centre
0361-2602738/39
Marwari Maternity Hospital 0361-2541202/01
Nemcare Hospital
0361-2528587, 2455906,
2457344
Pratiksha Hospital
0361-2337260,
2337183/84
Basistha Military Hospital
(2304617/0351)
Railway Central Hospital
Casuality (2671025)
Redcross Hospital
(2665114)
Sri Sankardeva Netralaya
0361-2233444, 2228879,
2228921
TB Hospital
(2540193)
Wintrobe Hospital
0361-2519860,
98647-77986
IHR-Institute of Human
Reproduction
0361-2482619,09864103333
GNRC Hospital 0361
2227702
GNRC Life First Ambulance
9401194011
24-HOUR PHARMACIES
Arya Hospital, Ulubari (2606888, 2606665)
DEAD BODY CARRYING VAN
GLP Social Circle 2737373, 9435047046
Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251
GGUMTA 98640-16740
ELECTRICITY
SUPPLY
Call Centre –
9678005171
OTHERS
Fire Emergency 101
State Zoo 2201363
GMC Carcass Pickup 9435190720,
9864047222
LPG Emergency/Leakage 2385209,
2541118
RADIO TAXI SERVICES
Prime Cabs
0361- 2222233
Green Cabs
0361-7151515
My Taxi
0361-2228888
Cherry Cabs
8876222288
Cinema Hall
Anuradha Cineplex – 0361-2656968, 99545-44738
Fun Cinema (HUB)- 98648-00100, 98648-00200
Gold Cinema (Paltan Bazaar) – 98540-66166
Gold Cinema (Salasar) – 0361-2735367, 98540-77177
Gold Cinema (Narengi) – 88110-01898
police station
SP, Kamrup District: Ph- 2540278
DGP Control Room: Ph- 2540242
SB Control Room: Ph-2261511
Police Control Room: Ph-2540138,
2540113
Azara PS: Ph2840287
Basista PS: Ph-2302158
Bharalumukh PS: Ph- 2540137,
2731199
Borjhar PS: Ph-2840351
Chandmari PS: Ph- 2660204
Chandrapur PS: Ph-2788237,
2785237
Dispur PS: Ph-2261510
Fancybazar PS: Ph- 2540285
Fatasil Ambari PS: Ph-2471412
Geetanagar PS: Ph-2417323
Hatigaon: Ph-2562383
Jalukbari PS: Ph-2570587
Jalukbari Out Post: Ph-2570522
Jorabat: Ph-2896853
Khanapara: Ph- 2281501
Khetri PS: Ph-2787699, 2787220
Latasil PS: Ph-2540136
Noonmati PS: Ph- 2550281
North Guwahati PS: Ph-2690255
Paltanbazar PS: Ph-2540126
Panbazar PS: Ph-2540106
Pragjyotishpur Ps: Ph-2785237
Women PS Panbazar: Ph-2524627
24
G PLUS APR 19 - APR 25, 2015
Catching Up
Lewis Hamilton
under fire for spraying hostess in the face with
champagne after winning Chinese Grand Prix
Scarlett Johansson
as Black Widow to get her
Solo Film
S
T
he
woman
who
had
champagne sprayed in her
face by the Chinese Grand
Prix winner Lewis Hamilton has
played down the incident after the
Formula One world champion was
accused of sexist bullying.
Liu Siying, a 22-year-old
graduate of the Shanghai Institute
of Visual Art who works for a real
estate company, told “It lasted for
only one or two seconds, and I didn’t
think too much about it.
“I think some foreign media are
more sensitive about the topic than
local media. I was just told by my
employer to stand on the podium,
and that’s what I did.”
carlett Johansson will be returning
to the role of Black Widow for
her fourth outing next week with
Avengers: Age of Ultron and yet there
is still no word about her getting a solo
project of her own - which I just happen
to think would be a terrific box office
success.
The character and Johansson in
the role have proved to be a huge hit particularly in Avengers Assemble and
Captain America: The Winter Solider,
and the actress reveals that she and Kevin
Feige have discussed the possibility of a
future solo film.
Johansson also revealed that she
and Feige share a similar vision for the
character should a solo movie be given
the green light.
Black Widow is one of the most
interesting characters in the Marvel
universe with a rich story as well as a
dark background - not to mention she
has been played perfectly by Johansson.
I would love to see this character given
a solo film... and the sooner the better.
The
incident,
highlighted
in photographs that showed Liu
recoiling as the Mercedes driver
aimed a stream of champagne at her,
triggered condemnation from critics
in Britain and Germany as well as on
Chinese social media.
The tradition of F1 drivers
spraying champagne on the podium
dates back decades, with the Mumm
brand providing the drink since
2000, and many inside the sport
were bemused by the criticism.
There will be no champagne
to spray in Bahrain this weekend,
however, with bottles of nonalcoholic rosewater known as Waard
provided instead.
Flying mailman becomes most
famous gyrocopter pilot since
James Bond
Search area for Flight MH370
to double if plane not found
When disgruntled Florida mailman Doug Hughes landed his ultralight
gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol yesterday, he was hoping to stir
a debate about campaign finance reform. And maybe he did.
The stunt was the culmination of years of planning by Hughes, who took off
from Gettysburg Regional Airport and flew a carefully plotted route to ensure
he had enough gas to reach the capital. But it was an unexpected cameo for a
type of aircraft that is nearly a century old, yet completely unheard of by most
Americans.
“I’m going to violate the no-fly zone, nonviolently; I intend for nobody
to get hurt. And I’m going to land on the Capitol lawn in front of the Capitol
building,” Hughes says. He said he’d have 535 letters with him, addressed to every
member of Congress. “I’m trying to galvanize millions of people to do a relatively
simple thing: change the government to build a wall of separation between the
government and big money, so that the government will represent the people.”
“No sane person would do what I’m doing,” Hughes continues in the video.
But he says he’s “carefully planned it so nobody will get hurt,” and would give
authorities “plenty of warning” of his arrival. “I don’t believe that the authorities
are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle,” he says.
He was correct about that — but upon landing he was taken into custody. A
robot then inspected his copter to make sure it wasn’t a bomb.
Government ministers from Australia, China
and Malaysia on Thursday said they would double
the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines
Flight MH370 if wreckage is not found in the
current target area.
No trace has been found of the Boeing 777
aircraft, which disappeared in March last year
carrying 239 passengers and crew in what has
become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation
history. Most of the passengers were Chinese.
The extended search for the jetliner, which
is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean
off Australia’s west coast, could take up to a year,
officials said at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
Ka m u r of the week
BIHU BLUES:
Just like any other holiday, the
Bihu vacation too came and
went. As people struggle to
get back to work, shaking
off the Bihu hangover
is a gargantuan task.
Kamur life is back!
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