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EVICTION DRIVETO CONTINUE

With an intent to clear the water channels of the city, the authorities have been conducting a number of eviction drives to ensure that the water logging and flash flood problems of the city are solved.

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Lead Story

Although it took a long awaited spell of rain, which inundated most of the areas of the city

last week, the anti-encroachment drive carried out by the authorities instantly after the flash flood havoc, has brought a sign of relief for the citizens.

This time and probably for the first time, the authorities is seen to be taking stern action against the illegal settlers on the natural water bodies and so far, in its anti encroachment drive going on along the river Bh-aralu, Silsako Beel since 30th June, the administration has been able to free a huge amount of government land from encroachment. The drive will also be launched in the Bahini stream, Mora Bharalu stream, Bas-istha river.

In the meantime, some sections of the population have alleged the government of being biased while conducting the anti encroachment drive in the city. Activists like Akh-il Gogoi have levelled allegations against the authority that it has not demolished buildings and other es-tablishments owned by influential people.

The authorities though, are in constant denial of the allegations and has imposed a ban on the construc-tion activities at ‘Sristi Nagar’ -- a massive upcoming housing project on 750 acres of land including some hill areas along the course of Brah-maputra in the city.

Anti- encroachment drive

In the massive anti-encroach-ment drive going on for the last five days in different localities of the city, the authorities which include the of-ficials of the District Administration, GMC, GMDA and Police has demol-ished 53 pucca houses, 176 kaccha houses and 101 boundary walls hin-dering the natural flow of the Silsako beel. On the other hand, 39 bighas of land have been freed at the same beel.

Similarly, 147 no of pucca and kaccha houses and 17 bighas and 10 kathas of land have been cleared from encroachment that happened along the Bharalu. Altogether, 27 numbers of families have been evicted from the lands of the river Bharalu.

“The anti-encroachment drive will continue till the natural flow of the water channels of the city are re-stored. After cleaning both the sides of the rivers and making other wa-ter bodies free of encroachment, the water resource department will take up the work of dredging the Bharalu river,” an official of the District Ad-ministration mentioned.

The district administration has also taken serious note of the grave problem of water logging and flash floods that has occurred during the

combat the disastrous flash floods, which occurred last week in Guwa-hati and took as many as 11 lives in the city.

In order to address the issue of flash flood and landslides, the disas-ter management branch of the dis-trict administration has taken up dif-ferent measures and the flood prone areas of the city have been divided into ten zones.

“Officials of different depart-ments including District Administra-tion, GMC, GMDA, Water Resources, PHE, Forest Department, PWD, AP-DCL etc have been assigned in each zone formed to attend flash flood re-lated issues in different flood prone areas of the city,” M Angamuthu, DC, in-charge, Kamrup (M) stated.

The zones will include areas

like Anil nagar, Nabin nagar, Lachit nagar, Tarun nagar, Rajgarh road, Pub Sarania, Jonali, Lakhimi path, Sundarpur, Zoo-Narengi- Bhaskar nagar, Hatigaon – MLA hostel, Noon-mati, Hengerabari, VIP road, Kalak-shetra, Panjabari, Athgaon, Bishnu-pur, Gopinath nagar, Rupnagar.

“The officials assigned to look after the flood prone zones will co-ordinate with the concerned depart-ment for discharging logging water, clearing of blockage in the drains, supply of drinking water, distribu-tion of food and relief materials. They will also take post-flood measures like spraying of bleaching powder, phenyl and fogging in different areas. The officials will conduct awareness activities and any other issues related to flood in the city,” the Deputy Com-

missioner (in charge), Kamrup (M) said.

The district administration has opened a helpline telephone no 2733052 for the citizens to lodge any grievances regarding flood and land-slide.

“Apart from the team to address the issue of flash flood, the disaster management department has identi-fied 366 numbers of landslide prone areas in 19 hillocks of the city and engaged 10 non government organ-isations to create awareness. The ad-ministration has also held a meeting with the GMC councillors to expedite development works in different local-ities of the city,” office of the district administration said.

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monsoon. “From the last couple of years, it

has come to the notice that various constructions have been going on illegally on the natural water chan-nels of the city which has obstructed the natural flow of water in the riv-ers and beels located in and around the city. The administration has been conducting routine anti encroach-ment drives and this time too it has taken prompt action against those il-legal settlers on the water bodies, so that the city can be saved from the problem of flash flood,” a GMC offi-cial told.

Flash flood and landslide

The local administration has been also seen taking up steps to

EVICTION DRIVE TO CONTINUEWith an intent to clear the water channels of the city, the authorities have been conducting a number of eviction drives to ensure that the water logging and flash flood problems of the city are solved.

Status of anti encroachment drive in Silsako beel

No of pucca houses cleared 53No of kaccha houses cleared 176No of boundary walls evicted 101 Area of land cleared 39 bighas

Status of anti encroachment drive in Bharalu

No of pucca and kaccha houses cleared 147No of families evicted 27 Area of land cleared 17 bighas and 10 kathas

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G-View

The much hyped free am-bulance service, popularly known as ‘108 mrityunjoy’

that was started in the state in the year 2008, has been reeling under a variety of issues and slowly proceed-ing towards its deathbed.

Alleging misconduct on part of the officials of GVK EMRI, the non-profit organisation, which is respon-sible for operating the service in the state, the employees of the organisa-tion have blamed their employer for ignoring the plight of the employees as well as the proper functioning of the emergency ambulance service in the state. They are also threatening to take the path of agitation if no ac-tion is taken to improve the current situation going on in 108 before the 20th July of 2014.

“If the officials of GVK EMRI do not take action to improve the am-bulance service as well as listen to our demands before 20th July, 2014, we will go on strike. We will take de-cisions on our own, if the authority does not pay heed to

our demand,” Suren Deka, Gen-eral Secretary, All Assam 108 Mri-tyunjoy Employees Association said.

He also said, “When the 108 ser-vice was first introduced in Assam six years back, it was stated that the

According to the employees of the service, there are several ambulances, which have crossed the expiry dates and most of them do not even have the basic requirements like a BP machine.

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lifespan of an ambulance is only 3.5 years. But, GVK EMRI has still been operating those expired ambulances for the last two and half years even after they have crossed their lifespan of 3.5 years. Though, some new am-bulances have been added recently, the old ones are still in operation.”

Highlighting the poor level of service being provided by GVK EMRI, Pranjal Jyoti Saikia, President of the association said, “Most of am-bulances do not even have the mini-mum facilities to treat the patients inside the vehicle. The ambulances do not even have a BP machine or a suction machine. If anyone vomits inside the ambulance, there is no way of cleaning up the vehicle and the employees on duty have to work under such infected environment. The irony is that instead of fixing these prolonged problems, the au-thorities of 108 have installed GPS based AVLT facilities in the vehicles spending huge amounts of money.”

At present, according to the as-sociation there are 380 ambulances under the 108 Mrityunjoy service across the state, out of which 180 have crossed their expiry dates. Out of the remaining 200 ambu-lances, around 50 have been put in the garage for repairing purposes.

This has left only 150 ambulances operational or ready to serve the patients throughout the state. There are around 1800 employees working in 108.

The association has expressed its concern over the poor state of work-ing force in 108.

“At the time of launching 108, the state health minister had said that there would be six EMTs (emergency medical technician) in an ambulance and they will be on duty for eight hours a day. However, disregarding the health minister’s announcement, GVK EMRI has employed only four EMTs in an am-bulance. As a result, the employees have to work extra hours without getting any dues for their overtime and the ambulances are available for the patients for 12 hour a day instead of the 24 hour a day,” Pranjal Jyoti Saikia stated.

The association has made it clear that if the GVK EMRI officials do not take any step before the deadline of 20th July, as set by the association, they (association) would start taking their own decisions and divide six employees in each of the ambulances as announced by the health minister.

Protesting the authority’s choice of sending employees from Assam

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to Hyderabad, where GVK EMRI’s head office is located, for training, Saikia added, “The state of Assam is full of highly qualified medical practitioners and doctors. Yet, GVK EMRI is sending employees from Assam to Hyderabad for the purpose of training instead of doing it in here. We have come to know that the GVK EMRI has been getting huge amounts of money in the name of travelling expenses and training. We doubt that in order to launder that money they send the employees from Assam to Hyderabad in the name of training and we oppose the practice”

Besides, the 108 employees asso-ciation has also alleged that their pay structure has not been revised by the GVK EMRI.

Mentioning the 108 employee’s stand that it has been informing their employers about the problems prevailing in the organisation many times, the president of the associa-tion said, “We have been informing our employer about the problems faced by us and have done it many times. Nevertheless, they are not paying any attention to it. We have decided not to run the expired am-bulances after 20th July, 2014.”

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The ambulances do not even have

a BP machine or a suction

machine. If anyone vomits inside the

ambulance, there is no way of cleaning up the vehicle and the employees on duty have to work

under such infected environment.

The irony is that instead of fixing these prolonged

problems, the authorities of 108

have installed GPS based AVLT facilities in the

vehicles spending huge amounts of

money.

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City

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Ghy homeless shun niGht shelters

As per a report, the number of homeless people in Guwahati has decreased, but the most of the homeless are destitute.

With Guwahati fast coming up and infrastructural development being quite

evident, the city is taking a new shape that is hopefully positive. But are the developments beneficial in any way to those who are homeless? Is the city sympathetic enough to those who have no shelter above their heads? Will the situation ever improve for the most ignored community of our society? These are some of the unan-swered questions that G Plus seeks out.

THE SITUATIONAs the city develops, a large num-

ber of under privileged population from small towns and villages con-tinue to head out to Guwahati city. Some manage to get better jobs, some settle down in a slum and some stays homeless. According to a head count survey conducted by sSTEP (Society for Social Transformation and En-vironment Protection) recently, 137 homeless people were found to be residing in the city. However, Sattar Choudhury, Founder Member & Ur-

ban Coordinator, sSTEP says, “These 137 people were found out through direct interaction and headcount. Our assumption is that there are 500 to 600 homeless people residing in the city at the moment. The number has though reduced from around 1000 but still the situation remains a major concern.” Sattar further adds, “The problem in Guwahati is that the homeless in the city are extremely destitute, however in other metro-politan cities, the large number of homeless are also laborers and belong to the working section of the society. It is extremely difficult to place people who are absolute destitutes. Many are in handicapped condition as well.”

In another report obtained from State Child protection Society (SCPS), it was found out that there were 382 children in Children’s home regis-tered under Juvenile Justice Act till 31st March 2014. Though all of them might not be homeless, but due to various other vulnerable condition, they are sheltered in Children’s home. The concentration of the homeless is seen majorly in Sukreshwar, Paltan

Bazar, Panbazar, Fancy Bazar and some other areas.

NIGHT SHELTERSKamrup (M) presently has 4 ac-

tive night shelters out of its initial 8 night shelters that were initiated in the year 2012. Golaghat Nirman Mahila Got, Eastern People’s Com-munity Participation, Indian Council for Child Welfare and North East Vol-untay Association for Rural Develop-ment are the four active night shel-ter at present. The shelters are open from 8 pm to 8 am for the homeless. Though these night shelters have very minimum facilities, it was found out that the homeless people of the city prefer living in the open. “Most of the people prefer streets over the night shelters. The reason is that the night shelters are located far away from the commercial locations of the city, which makes it difficult for the desti-tute ones to travel to and fro the shel-ter homes. A bus named as Ashraya will soon be launched in the city that will transport the homeless people from the shelter homes to business

centre and vice versa,” informs Sattar.

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORTThere are a few NGOs in the

city who have been trying to provide livelihood support for the homeless people in the city. Livelihood through pan shops and weighing machines are some of the facilities provided to the destitute persons. “Many others work as labours, house maids and some also at cremation grounds to aid the dead bodies,” says Sattar Choudhury.

THE SYNDICATE DOUBT

“There is a high possibility that there might be a syndicate which runs the beggar association in the city, es-pecially for the disabled and home-less. It is evident that those beggars who do not have any limbs and can-not move from one place to another are usually seen outside pandals dur-ing festivities. I sometimes doubt that are there amputating doctors too in the city, but I couldn’t get any confir-mation yet on such activities. If such a thing exist, then it is huge and is also a major concern,” says a highly placed

source in one of the city NGO. While speaking to one Mr. Rubul,

who runs a night shelter in Dibru-garh, it was found out that Dibrugarh town does have such syndicates. “We came across some boys in the past who informed that ‘the dadas see us from distance while we are begging and later on, collect the money.’ We have had discussions with the police on it, we also tried to investigate as an NGO, but we are also scared as the ar-eas are mostly marked as dangerous. There are a no second thoughts that Guwahati too might have such beg-gar associations being such a big city,” says Rubul.

It is very hard to say if the condi-tion of the homeless community will ever improve or not and if it does, to what extent. Even though the au-thorities say that the head count has decreased in the recent years, but the cloud of cynicism persists as the rich are only getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

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Being one of the most prominent landmarks in the city of Guwa-hati, the Life pharmacy is com-

pleting 30 years of existence this year. It was started in the year 1984-85 by Arun Pathak, when the city used to be a hub of various activities and issues. The pharmacy was started with an area of 250 sq ft and presently, it covers an area of 800 sq ft at the same loca-tion. The New Life is considered to be one of the best pharmacies in the city as it is known for its stock of branded medicines.

Since the start, the pharmacy

has been dealing only with branded medicines and do not keep any ge-neric drugs. According to the phar-macy owners, the quality of branded medicines is always better than the generic ones. If someone has to take a medicine for cold, Sumo can be taken and three capsules can complete the doze. Sumo is branded and if for the same reason, Zumo tablets (generic medicine) is taken, five tablets will be required.

The pharmacy has more than 50000 brands in the shop and patients from entire northeast throng the shop

for life saving medicines. The pharma-cy owner Abhinav Pathak said, “We are the only retail outlet in Guwahati which has more than 50000 products. We are growing as time is passing by. We distribute medicines to entire northeast and recently we have sent medicine to London when there was a requirement from a patient based there from Guwahati.” From Bharalu to 6th mile, patients of almost all the hospitals like Pratiksha, International, Ayursundra, GMCH, GNRC, Dispur etc. have to visit the shop to get the medicines as prescribed by the doc-

tors. According to the owners, 90% prescriptions are not turned away by the pharmacy.

The chemist shop registers more than 10000 footfalls every month and it sells medicines worth `25 to 30 lakhs every month. With change as the mantra, The Life changes its look after every 6 to 7 years. The pharmacy has also opened up a new branch at 6th mile and expects to open a new branch every two years across the city. It is the only pharmacy, which provides free home delivery service across the city.

As a fridge is very important for

pharmacies to maintain the tem-perature for some medicines, the Life pharmacy maintains the temperature of the entire shop. It is centrally air conditioned and the temperature of the pharmacy remains between 20 to 22 degrees.

The shop also organises various free health camps in the city to sen-sitise the city people about various health hazards. It mostly conducts free diabetic camps and also gives free health tips time to time.

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Politicking

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Illegal migration is a major issue, which the state has been com-bating since ages and with BJP

making tall claims about resolving the issue after coming to power, the party is under the scanner with every decision made by them being viewed with watchful eyes. Describing illegal immigration from Bangladesh as a “sensitive issue”, external affairs min-ister Sushma Swaraj has underlined the need for consultations with all stakeholders to carefully handle the problem along India’s nearly 4,000-km porous border with its eastern neighbour.

The new Indian government wants to take Indo-Bangladesh rela-tions to a new high, Swaraj said in an interview during her first stand-alone visit as foreign minister, “We not only want to maintain the relationship that both countries enjoyed during the previous regime, but also want to take it to a new height.” “The illegal migrants issue is a sensitive subject in any country and needs careful han-dling,” said Swaraj.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his election campaigns, had threatened to deport all “illegal mi-grants from Bangladesh”, especially when he campaigned in West Bengal and the states of the northeast. But, during the visit the foreign minister had some discussions with the Ban-gla authorities, like the easing of the visa norms, land deal etc. which has drawn a lot of criticism from various political parties. But can the illegal migration issue ever be resolved? Will the new government be able to do what the previous government was not able to?

The censusAssam is the most populous state

of the northeast. Of the total popula-tion of 383 lakhs counted in the seven states of the region in 2001, 267 lakh was in Assam alone. Of these, 173 lakhs were Hindus, 82 lakh Mus-lims and 10 lakh Christians. What is noteworthy is however that there was a change in the population that oc-curred between 1991 and 2001.

There was an accretion of 42 lakh persons in the population dur-ing that decade. This was divided almost equally between the Hindus and others. The population of Hindus increased by 22 lakh persons, that of Muslims by 19 lakh persons and of Christians by more than 2 lakh per-sons. There was a decline of 1 lakh per-sons in the followers of tribal regions. Hindus and tribal religions grew by 21 lakh persons and Muslims and Christians together added about the same 21 lakh persons, though their population in 1991 was less than half

of that of Hindus. This was reflected in vast differences in the growth rates; decadal growth of Hindus was about 15 percent, that of Muslims and Chris-tians around 30 percent or more.

Bangladeshi count

No exact figure of Bangladeshi nationals illegally entering into India and settling here is available, but the population census figures of both the countries give a fair idea of large scale infiltration of Bangladesh nationals into India. Pranati Dutta of the In-dian Statistical Institute of Kolkata who wrote a paper in 2004 (Push-Pull factors of Undocumented Migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal: A Perspective study), on the basis of a qualitative research project under-taken by her and three other scholars funded by the Government of India, gave an estimate of a 15 million Ban-gladeshi nationals illegally staying in

India. The figure tallies with the fig-ure quoted by the Group of Ministers on National Security in their report on ‘Border Management’ submitted in 2001.

Now, Bangladesh came into exis-tence in December 1972 but infiltra-tion into India started much before that. The flow of Muslim peasants from Eastern Bengal to Assam was encouraged by the British officials from the first decade of the twentieth century as there was abundant waste land waiting to be cultivated and the Government needed revenue from the settlement of waste land. These were some historical facts, but sub-sequent events show that even after 1952, travel restrictions imposed through a passport system could hardly act as a deterrent against il-legal movement of Pakistan/Bangla-deshi nationals into India. Since then , till date illegal migration has been happening on a regular basis and in

SUSHMA-BANGLA TALKSIRKS STAKEHOLDERS

The recent visit to Bangladesh by the Indian External Affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, has ruffled feathers all across and the state BJP members visited the capital to quell the storm

spite of the Assam Accord and other acts, all the ruling governments of the state and even the country have failed to eradicate the problem entirely.

With BJP coming into power in the Centre recently, people of the state looked up to Modi with hope, acting on the issue as claimed dur-ing the poll speeches. It is too early to judge their moves but Sushma’s decision of easing the visa norms has drawn much criticism from the re-gional political parties and observers.

The criticism The State President for BJP As-

sam Pradesh, Sarbananda Sonowal and the members of legislators met the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi  on Wednesday over the issues of land transfer to Bangla-

Assam2001 1991 Accretion Growth

Total 267 224 42 18.9

Hindus 173 150 22 14.9

Muslims 82 64 19 29.3

Christians 9.9 7.4 2.4 32.5

Buddhists 0.5 0.6 -0.1 -20.3

ORPs 0.2 1.4 -1.2 -83.4

Others 0.6 0.5 0.11 22.5

Numbers are in lakhs and growth in percentage

desh and visa free entry. The presi-dent said after the meeting that no major decision has been taken yet.  It seems like the state BJP team sensed the anger of the people about the de-cision and to save the party’s image, they discussed the issue with the for-eign minister.

“We totally oppose the visa-free entry concept and also the land deal with Bangladesh as with the land deal, Assam will lose land and will not gain anything from Bangladesh,” said the former state Chief Minister and AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. He added that when the Indo-Bangla land deal happened in the Rajya Sabha during the last gov-ernment, the BJP did not oppose the move openly and later they claimed during Lok Sabha poll rallies that they are against the land deal and want to deport all Bangladeshis.

“The problem with India is that people enter the country with visa for a certain period but do not leave the country after the time period is over. In other countries, the foreign-ers are kept track of, but in India, the government hardly keeps track of foreigners entering the country,” said RSS North Assam Chief Spokesper-son Shankar Das. He added that there should be a concept of work permit, which is not in place. People here en-courage labours from Bangladesh as they are cheap labours and after com-ing to the country as labours, they do not return. He said that they believe in BJP but do not favour the easy visa norm. The easy visa norm is just a discussion, which happened there with Sushma Swaraj, but it is not yet passed as a bill in the Parliament.

“We will not allow people with-out visa as illegal migration is already a burning issue”, said state Congress Chief Spokesperson Mehdi Alam Bora. Enquiring why Congress had not acted on the issue as they have been ruling the state for a long time, he replied, “We have set up around 100 tribunals but we can act only af-ter getting cases or complaints. We cannot just throw people out saying they are Bangladeshis. People are get-ting deported as and when, they are detected as Bangladeshis.”

The Congress, no matter how hard they brag about having worked on the issue, has failed to eradicate the problem and the BJP have just replaced the latter. But whether they will be able to solve the issue is a question everyone is contemplating. But the initial visit of a BJP minister did not bring any appreciation for the party or the government. Will they be able to deport all illegal settlers or will they too find it challenging?

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The problem with India is that people enter the country with visa for a certain period but do not leave the country after the time period is over. In other countries, the foreigners are kept track of, but in India, the government hardly keeps track of foreigners entering the country

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According to reports, around 10 women are abducted in Assam on a daily basis, and

most of them become victims of trafficking. Poverty, unemployment and improper implementation of schemes are some of the main rea-sons behind women falling prey to human trafficking rackets. After As-sam was ranked 2nd in entire coun-try in the cases of women trafficking last year, there were various cam-paigns against human trafficking in the state and traffickers had a tough time going about their business. But recently it has come to the notice that the state based traffickers are changing their strategy.

THE CASEA 15-year-old girl child from

near Mazbat in Udalguri district was trafficked to Delhi allegedly by her schoolteacher on the pretext of tak-ing her along with another 9 girls of the same area on an excursion trip to New Delhi. She went with the teach-er along with the other girls but was placed as a domestic help in a house

at Ghaziabad in October 2013.After a couple of months the

girl managed to run away and took the help of Uttar Pradesh police. UP police informed the Childline Ghaziabad about the victim and was sent to a shelter home there. The girl was brought to Guwahati Childline on 1st July 2014 and then produced before Child Welfare Commission (CWC), Kamrup (M). She was given

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temporary shelter in Snehalaya and the CWC has contacted the Udalguri administration and a local NGO ADWR to look into the matter and investigate the case so that the traf-fickers can be nabbed. The girl will be escorted to Udalguri very soon as she is in a state of shock. Accord-ing to the girl, nine other girls were also placed in some job or the other in Delhi.

THE STRATEGY“Traffickers keep changing their

strategy to escape from being nabbed. Usually students going on excursions are hardly suspected to be victims of trafficking, so the traffickers are us-ing this excuse to do their business. This is a unique case we came across which might bust many trafficking rackets”, said CWC Chairman Fa-ther Lukose Cheruvalel. He further

added that the case will be handled effectively because of the linkage between the CWC Chairperson, Kamrup (M) and CWC members of Udalguri as Lukose is been training the Udalguri CWC members in Ju-venile Justice delivery since last two years. The whereabouts of the girl are not known but the Udalgiri admin-istration and the police have already been alerted and will investigate the case with information provided by the girl.

It is shocking that the parents of 10 trafficked girls last year did not worry about their kids and did not even complain to the police till date. The rescued victim is from a tea tribe area and assumed to be of a poor financial background. Poverty, illit-eracy and various other social prob-lems lead people to go to different places and get harassed and abused, so before thinking about eradicating trafficking, the social problems like poverty should be removed.

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In The News

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In The News

While the entire city of Gu-wahati is getting inun-dated with flood water, as

a result of just a small and easy spell of shower, the residents have to work and dig really hard just to get a drop of water to drink.

It might be hard for some people to believe that the city dwellers are having a tough time managing clean water for their household use and drinking when the mighty Brahma-putra is flowing across the city; it is an embarrassing truth that there is a huge scarcity of drinking water in the city.

Lack of farsightedness shown on part of the authorities as well as a sec-tion of the population has just made the problem from bad to worse.

reality check The news has been making the

rounds for the last couple of years that the ground water level of the city has been depleting and the officials of the central ground water board has confirmed the truth.

Most of the residents in different localities of the city including Chris-tianbasti, Bora Service, Gandhi Basti etc are facing severe water crisis.

“Earlier we did not have any wa-ter crisis. We have a bore well of 190 metres on our own and it was suffi-cient enough for us. But for the last two months or so we have been facing severe water problems. We doubt that this has happened due to a new deep boring done in the big apartment near our house,” said Monisha, a resi-dent of the Bora service area.

The depleted water level has led the residents to go for deeper bore wells which creates water crisis in the surrounding areas. The situation is worse for both the flat dwellers and the individual house owners.

“It is very concerning that the ground water level of the city has been getting depleted over the years. It is evident from the fact that the wa-

ter levels of the wells in most of the old apartments of the city, which had been dug up to the level of 50 metres in depth has dried up. The normal depth of a well is usually 10 to 50 metres and that is the depth where water can be found sufficiently for the household or any other use,” a highly placed official source at the Central Ground Water Board, Guwahati told G Plus.

The source further mentioned that the office of the Central Ground Water Board, Guwahati does not have all the facilities to measure the ground water level of the city. How-ever, the board is planning to con-struct ‘Piezometers’ in various locali-ties of the city in order to measure the ground water level of Guwahati.

“We do not have our own well to measure the level of ground water of Guwahati. Since the households do not allow us to use their own wells for measuring the water level, we are planning to construct piezometers’

in various localities of the city which will enable us to measure the ground water level of the city,” the source said.

The source also blamed the grow-ing population or the overpopulation for the depletion of ground water in Guwahati. In this regard, the source said, “The ground water is being re-charged by rainwater. Since, the size of the open spaces in the city are shrinking, the rainwater do not find any room to go down to refill the level of ground water. At this point, improving the water supply scenario is the only option to combat the problem of water scarcity. This way the stress on the ground water will be lessened and the level will be re-couped automatically in another 5 to 10 years.”

The source at the Central Ground Water Board, Guwahati also high-lighted that the deep boring of water does not affect the shallow level of water.

“Deep boring, which goes down 150-200 meters depth under the earth, will not affect the shallow wa-ter level of the ground which ranges between 10-50 meters of depth. The amount of water, which remains lodged between the rocks is sucked up with the help of deep boring fa-cility, which is very limited in size. If water can be found within the depth of 15-200 meters, then the people will get water. If water cannot be found within that depth, there is no chance of finding water,” Central Ground Water Board, Guwahati told G Plus.

Water supply scenario The GMC and the Urban wa-

ter supply department, the two au-thorities which supply water to the households of the city, is capable of providing supply water to only 32000 households of Guwahat, which has an official population of roughly 10 lakhs. Leaving aside some govern-ment colonies and establishments, a large chunk of people are being de-prived of government supplied water.

Sources at the GMC said that it provide water to around 25000 households from three of its plants located at Kamakhya, Panbazar and Saatpukhuri.

“A quantity of 16 lakh litres of water is being supplied from the Ka-makhya plant every day. The plants at Panbazar and Saatpukhuri supply

URBANISATION CAUSING GROUNDWATER DEPLETION

The city will keep on facing ground water crisis until the water supply projects are

completed and ready to go, which will in return help the

groundwater to get replenished.

KAMAKHYA WATER PLANT

PANBAZARWATER PLANT

SAATPUKHURIWATER PLANT

16lakh litres 90

lakh litres

120lakh litres

120 lakh litres and 90 lakh litres of water every day to the households lo-cated in Mackhowa, Latasil, Ulubari, Bhangargh, Kharghuli and other near about areas.”

The GMC source further stated that the demand for supply water is always high, but the authorities are not being able to meet the demand.

The situation is same with the Urban Water Supply Department, the other body, which supplies wa-ter in the city households mentioned that 5000 applications have been pending in the department from the people seeking new connections. Since, the new connections have not been granted, the department has not been able to provide water supply to the households.

“Currently, we provide water to 7000 households in the city. Initially, our scheme was to supply water to the entire Zoo road area. But, later it extended towards the peripheral ar-eas of the Zoo road including Down Town, Rukminigaon, Hengerabari, Christian Basti etc,” a source at the urban water supply department said.

Considering the scenario, the people of the city will have to wait till the completion of the water supply project by GMDA or wells and deep borings to be carried out by the indi-vidual households.

The ground water is being recharged by rainwater. Since, the size of the open

spaces in the city are shrinking, the rainwater do not find any room to go

down to refill the level of ground water”

MriNMoyee Hazarika

mrinmoyee.hazarika@g-plus.in

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Space

Want to have a dream house in a metropolis? Guwahati is the perfect choice at this

moment. Yes, it is the right time as prices of residential properties are al-most getting stagnant compared to the last fiscal year, says the business gu-rus. Reports obtained from the Na-tional Housing Bank (NHB), shows that residential property prices in Guwahati in the January-March quarter of this year registered only a marginal growth of 0.65 per cent compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

In the central zone of Guwahati, in localities like Ambari, Baruari, Chenikuthi, Fancy Bazar, Kharghuli, Latasil, Pan Bazar and Uzan Bazar prices dropped by 6.4 per cent, while the east zone comprising Bamuni-maidan and Chandmari saw a de-cline of 16.2 per cent. But why is there a sudden dip in the prices? Let’s take a look at what is driving the real estate market of Guwahati at this moment.

Premium real estate compa-nies like Dona Builders Pvt Limited which has been offering Guwahati with  high-end residential as well as business property, says that sudden drop in demand for residential prop-erty in the city is the main reason of dropping price. Ranganav Borooah, Builder and promoter of Dona be-lieves that price of Residential Buid-

ings were abnormally hiked by the developers some months ago.

Later on, due to economic slow-down, the high-end buyers have be-come protective and thus a gap has been created between demands and supply. “Dona Builders, which only used to be in the business of con-structing high priced buildings are now slowly shifting its focus to af-fordable middle ranged buildings for the prospect buyers in the bracket of `35-45 lakh. “More houses are ready for sale than the demand. The devel-opers will have to wait for good days,” says Mr. Borooah.

The West zone of the city com-prising of localities like Adabari, Bh-aralumukh, Bhootnath, Kamakhya and Maligaon saw residential prices dip by 9.9 per cent on an annual basis. Ranganav Borooah, Builder and pro-moter of Dona also said “Skyrocket-ing price of construction raw mate-rials is another reason for such slow sale of property in the city. Inflation is one of the major reasons.”

Because of the rise in cost of the land, labour and construction mate-rial, many real estate builders are going through a depressing period. The cost of raw materials like cement, bricks have gone up by 20% to 30%. Likewise, the finishing materials like door fittings, paints, tiles hike upto 50% to 60%.

  Another builder and developer of the real estate company Rana P. Bordoloi, of Fortune Tower India Pvt. Limited believes slowdown of the economy has compelled the gov-ernment to tax both the developers and the buyers on different fronts to regain a balanced economy and so the end buyer is at a loss, which has slowed down the sale.   Bordoloi, fur-ther says, “Besides, an effective price control mechanism of raw materials is the need of the hour and also the, property registration price should be brought down.”

One of the major reasons of the slow sale of property in the city can be the improved connectivity be-tween the outskirts and the city. Banks are always cautious in grant-ing people a loan for a car. So why would one prefer to stay in a messy flood-prone city when they have the option of everyday commuting, says another developer.

However, in the Lokhra zone consisting of Basistha, Jalukbari and Lalganesh, prices of residential properties went up by 5.5 per cent in January-March this year as against the corresponding period of last year. Prices were also up by 14 per cent in the Dispur zone, which includes localities like Beltola, Dispur, Hati-gaon, Hengrabari, Jaya Nagar and Six Mile, while it was up by 14.6 per cent

in south zone comprising areas like Bhangagarh, Lachit Nagar, Rehabari, Silpukhuri and Ulubari.

Mithun Das of Envision Con-struction says, “We need support of the government. Property regis-tration process in Guwahati is too cumbersome and the worst suffer-ers of this situation are the builders. The Government should emphasise on low interest in housing loans, re-laxation in government tax, different payment options to pace up the sale of property.

The index covered 26 major cit-ies and has taken into account the price trends for residential properties in different locations and zones in each city. Overall, across the coun-try, 13 cities showed a rising trend in residential property prices on an annual basis in Q4 of 2013-14, while in another 13 cities the trend was of decline.

So is it really a good time to buy a property in Guwahati right now? Business expert says it is. “There will never be a perfect economy. But if one is going to buy a property at this time for residential purpose, he should go ahead with his decision.” says Busi-ness expert and Developer Mr. Ku-mar. Many mid income projects in good locations in the city are already launched at lower rates which indi-cate a good time for the buyers.

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WANT TO OWN A HOUSE IN GUWAHATI?GO EAST

Property prices have gone down in the last few months according to a number of factors and the builders and real estate frontliners hope to have a better future ahead.

There will never be a perfect economy.

But if one is going to buy a property at this time for residential

purpose, he should go

ahead with his decision”

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The Week That WasCity News

With a wide range of pho-tographs from different facets of the NGO’s contri-

bution to biodiversity conservation in the region and elsewhere, Aaranyak’s photo exhibition underway at State Art Gallery in Guwahati drew a huge response from people across the state. The exhibition kicked off  on Tues-day and will last till  July 5, 2014. Re-flecting Aaranyak in its 25th  glorious year of biodiversity conservation, the exhibition has showcased the flourishing journey of this NGO from a small beginning as a neighbourhood nature club to a recognised Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

of the country, which has now spread its roots not only in Northeast India, but also internationally. “A quarter century of work has brought major changes in the nature conservation sector and Aaranyak is still putting its hard work and dedication to secure the rich biodiversity resources. With four unique sub-themes, the photo-graphs will be exhibited depicting the activities from the inception of Aaran-yak since 1989 highlighting its diverse programmes and initiatives includ-ing the rich floral and faunal biodi-versity of Northeast,” said Udayan Borthakur, Convenor, Photo Exhibi-tion, Aaranyak.

Nature conservation photo exhibition in Ghy

In order to combat the arti-ficial flood in the Guwahati city, a demand for proper

study on the behaviour of the Brahmaputra and a proper drain-age and sewerage project has come from the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samittee (KMSS) presi-dent Akhil Gogoi on June 29. The KMSS leader directly blamed the GMDA and the GMC for the rampant issuance of permission for high–rise buildings in the city. Pointing the facts behind the yearly problem, Akhil Gogoi said, the reason behind the devastating deluge in Guwahati is that there has been no drainage and sew-erage system worth the name in Guwahati since the shifting of the state capital from Shillong to Gu-wahati. “In the absence of a prop-er drainage and sewerage system, such artificial floods are inevita-ble,” Akhil Gogoi added. Another reason behind recurring artificial floods in the city is the erection of high–rise buildings in the wet-lands in and around the city by big companies. Citing some ex-amples, he said: “Tata Company has erected its Ginger Hotel on the Bahini river in the city. The canal which connects the Bahini river with the Shilsaku beel has been blocked by the building of Maria Public School. There was a beel between Gandhibasti and Silpukhuri near the rail line.

Akhil demands study on Brahmaputra drainage project

A total of eleven people were killed during the nonstop rain on June 27, which flashed off the city. Four of the vic-tims, including three of a family, died in landslides at two different places and four others were electrocuted. A youth named Vikas Saha drowned in the Bharalu river, which cuts through the city. According to the report of

Weather Department, the city recorded 57mm rainfall on that very day. The situation became worst as the drains were over flowing due to artificial clogs. Observing the condition, June 28 was declared as a holiday for all educational insti-tutes in the city by the Kamrup (Metro) district administration. The areas which got submerged includes Anil Nagar, MLA Hostel, Chandmari, Zoo Road Tinali, Hatigaon, Khanapara. The revenue and disaster management departments provided country boats to evacuate people from flood-hit areas.

Landslides, floods in Guwahati leave 11 dead

The students of law get relieved as the Gauhati University (GU) has removed the age bar

for three-year and five-year courses in law. Till last year, the maximum age for applying for the five-year and three-year courses in law was 20 and 30 years respectively. Now the applicants of any age, having the minimum marks required for admis-sion into the two courses in law, can apply for a seat under GU. J Dutta, Academic Registrar of GU informed that students with a bachelor de-gree were eligible for the three-year course in law, while for the five-year course, Class XII graduates could ap-ply for admission. For both courses, the minimum marks required in the qualifying examinations for general category students is 45 per cent, but in case of scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) aspirants, there will be a relaxation of up to five per cent. Officials in GU said the order will come into force from the 2014-15 academic sessions. The new univer-sity norms would be implemented by all law colleges affiliated to GU.

Gauhati University removes age limit for law aspirants

Two among three boys, who were feared to have drowned in the Brah-maputra in the Sunsali area on the outskirts of the city on July 1, were recovered on July 2 by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). They were identified as Jay Deka and Sahil Rahman. The third boy, Mangol Deka, is still missing. A search operation is on. The three were residents of Jupuribasti in the Noon-mati area. Police said the trio went to the river for a swim along with other friends. “When the three boys were washed away by the heavy current, the others fled from the spot. Later, when we came to know about the incident, we launched rescue opera-tions immediately. The search is still on. However, the water level of the river has gone up dangerously and it’s affecting our work,” said a river police official. Last year, there were about 428 drowning cases in Assam, of which at least 443 people were killed. About 40 such cases were reported in and around the city alone. About 347 men and 96 women drowned in the state last year. As per the latest NCRB records, the state recorded 9.6% of its deaths due to drowning last year.

Two kids drown, one missing

Brahmaputra Infrastructure Ltd. has bagged a project worth 1̀8.63 Crore from

the Chief Engineer (IP), PB, PWD B&R Branch, Chandigarh for construction of flyover at Siswan T-Junction on Morinda-Kurali-Siswan Road up to State Bound-ary. Recently, the company has been awarded a project worth 3̀4.67 Crore by Guwahati Metro-

politan Development Authority (GMDA) for turnkey design and construction of central library and archive-cum-auditorium at Amingaon, Guwahati, includ-ing all allied works complete on turnkey basis, with a completion period of 30 months from the date of issue of detailed work or-der. At the BSE, Brahmaputra In-frastructure shares are currently trading at 3̀2.75, up 4.97 percent from the previous close.

Brahmaputra In-fra wins `18.63 Cr. construction

contract

To mark the Fifa world cup 2014, leading Bakery Retail brand of Guwahati, Prime Bakes an-

nounced the launch of a limited edition Fifa inspired confectionery for football lovers in the city. Encouraged by the football frenzy; the bakery chain has launched cupcakes, cakes, premium chocolates and other confectionery items starting from 5̀0 only. Available in novel designs and shapes of team jerseys, national flags, Fifa mascot, Bra-zuca etc., the special confectionery shall

surely catch the fancy of food lovers in the city. The same can also be custom-ized, if pre-ordered making it a novel gifting option. “This is the first time that we are innovating on the World Cup theme. It is fun to join in the foot-ball frenzy and offer something unique to Guwahati’s football fans,” said Niru-pam Muklania, CEO, Prime Bakes. The limited edition cakes are available in flavors like Classic Vanilla, Butter Scotch and Rich Chocolate in addition to the regular flavors.

Prime Bakes launches Fifa inspired confectionery

Photo: UB Photos

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City NewsThe Week That Was

City News

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India cele-

brated 29th June 2014 as 8th Statistics Day. The function was organized with an aim of creating public aware-ness especially among the younger generation for drawing inspiration from Late Professor PC Mahalanobis about the role of Statistics in socio-economic development planning and policy formulation. Since 2007, 29th June is been observed as ‘Statis-tics Day’ in India to mark the birth anniversary of Professor (Late) PC Mahalanobis. In Assam the Direc-

torate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Assam in collaboration with the National Sample Survey Office (Field Operation Division), Guwahati celebrated the occasion by organizing various programme in the Training Hall of the Headquarters of Director-ate of Economics and Statistics, As-sam, Beltola. The Theme of this year’s Statistics Day was ‘Service Sector Sta-tistics’. The programme was inaugu-rated by lightening of lamp and gar-landing the photograph of Prof (Late) PC Mahalanobis by Sri HN Das, IAS (Retd.) former Chief Secretary to the Govt of Assam.

8th Statistics Day celebrated

An order to stop the construc-tion works of Sristi Nagar in the Noonmati area was issued

by the Guwahati Municipal Corpora-tion (GMC) on July 1. Kamrup (Met-ro) in–charge deputy commissioner M Angumutthu said that he would ensure an inquiry to ascertain how various clearances for the construc-tion of Sristi Nagar were obtained. He cleared the main aim of the eviction drive being undertaken by the dis-trict administration is to ensure free flow of the canals in the city. Angu-mutthu  said that the administration would also ensure probe into issues like how construction permissions and land pattas were given in the Bh-aralu and other water bodies in the city.

KMSS says Sristi Nagar construction illegal

Manjary Dance Acad-emy is going to orga-nise “Rhythm” India

International Classical Dance Festival on 6th July at District Library Auditorium. ‘Rhythm’ is a dance festival exploring the heritage sites of Assam invit-

ing renowned classical dance exponents all over the country and abroad. They represent the various classical dance forms like Sattriya, Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kathak, Manipuri, Mo-hiniyattam and Kuchipudi. The purpose to conduct such a festi-

val is to promote, preserve and popularise the rich Indian classi-cal dance form. The festival will start from 1 pm, where the stu-dents from Manjary Dance Acad-emy will perform and from 5pm onwards invited classical danc-ers will showcase their talent.

Manjary to organise international dance festival

An appeal to release the adver-tisement bill payments for the newspapers regularly with

the enhanced rates has come through the All Assam Media Employees Federation (AAMEF) and Journal-ists’ Forum Assam (JFA) to the As-sam government. But at the same time, the media bodies also urged the newspaper managements to imple-ment the recommendations of Maji-thia Wage Board, which was recently endorsed by the Supreme Court of India. Non-implementation of the recommendations of the Majithia Wage Board in the newspaper houses might invite serious consequences for the state government because it is responsible for the implementation of the statutory Wage Board as well as the owners of newspapers, as it would finally go against the spirit of a ver-dict pronounced by the apex court of the country.

Journalist bodies plea to release ad bill

Don Bosco School, Pan-bazar has organised the mini Boscoree Scouts

and Guides camp – 2014 at its school premises at Panbazar from July 2–5. The four–day camp was formally inaugurated on the evening of July 2 by Dr. Harendra Das, State Chief Com-missioner, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Assam in the presence of school Principal Fr. Sebastian Kuricheal and a host of camp of-ficials like camp chief Fr. Lukas Marak, Associate camp chiefs Fr. Joseph Solomon and Fr. Saju Kariyil, coordinators Fr. Marcus Lakra and Fr. Xavier Beck as well as senior Scout Master RA Lazar. A total of around 280 scouts and guides from eleven schools of various districts of Assam would participate in the camp and would be trained in aspects like compass, direction, mapping, knots, exercises, estimation, fire lays, fire place, wood craft, etc. This mini Boscoree would also prepare the scouts and guides for the National Boscoree to be held at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu from December 30, 2014 – January 3, 2015. The participating schools are Don Bosco School Guwa-hati, Don Bosco School, Boko, Don Bosco School, Sojong, Don Bosco School, Satgaon, Don Bos-co School, Amkachi, Don Bosco School, Umswai, Don Bosco School, Halflong, St. Joseph’s School, Barpeta Road, St. Mary’s High School, Barpeta Road, St. Mary’s Guwahati and Holy Child School, Guwahati.

Don Bosco organises camp for

scouts & guides

Senior journalist Rup Kumar Das,  who was  associated with the vernacular press,

breathed his last on June 27th. He was involved in the print me-dia for more than  two  decades. Das was not in good health for the last few days and was under-going  treatment  in a city hos-pital. His mortal remains were brought to the Guwahati Press Club where all members of the Guwahati Press Club paid their respect to the departed soul. His last rites were performed at Pan-ikhaiti. Das leaves behind his wife, two daughters, a son and a host of relatives.

Scribe passes away

The process for the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began in Guwahati and other places

across the state and even the coun-try on Sunday morning. The signifi-

cance of the yatra is the Lord coming to his people. The chariots in which the deities are carried, are pulled by thousands of devotees and taken to a different temple. The deities stay

in this temple for a week and then return. Because of urban floods, the traffic was a bit chaotic but the dis-trict administration did take care of the security arrangements.

City celebrates annual Rath Yatra

Photo: UB Photos

Clay modelling and art and craft workshop was conduct-ed at Regional Science Cen-

tre, Khanapara, from July 1 to July 5, 2014 during the ongoing Summer Hobby Camp organised by Regional Science Centre. The other workshops

to be held during the camp are Pho-toshop –July 1to 5, Physics, Chemis-try and Biology – July 7 to 12, Ro-botic and Aeromodelling – July 7 to 11, Graphics and Animation –July 7 to 11 and Carnivalist – The Carnival Rides – July 15 to 19.

Summer Hobby Camp organises various activities for kids

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Society

The world is in a constant state of conflict and is surrounded by a lot of hatred, but still the

faith in humanity is not completely lost. Once in a while you come across people, who drive and motivate you to your bones and your faith in human-ity gets restored. Sister Lisset along with a handful of other Sisters of the Sacred Heart Congregation is one such example in today’s society. The Sisters along with other staff mem-bers take care of the patients at Sacred Heart Palliative Care Centre at Has-tinapur, 9th mile on the outskirts of the city.

The speciality about this centre is that the patients present in the care centre are not just regular patients but are terminally ill ones – those whose diseases are not responsive to curative treatment. G Plus reports on the cen-tre set in the backdrop of hilly terrain and greenery.

the beginningThe foundation stone of the SH

Palliative Centre was laid in the year 2005 and was initiated by Sister Rose Marina and Sister Vineeth Tresa in consultation with then Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil who helped with the donation for the construc-tion of the care centre. The Care Cen-tre has multi-level treatment emu-lated by many recovery centres and is the only palliative care centre of the region.

the FacilitiesThe Care Centre is a 30 bedded

centre with separate male and female general ward and also includes pri-

vate wards. It has a hygienic canteen cum kitchen for the patients and the staff members and it also houses a chapel which gives spiritual strength to all inmates. The Fathers also visit the Centre from time to time to pray for patients and the departed souls.

It is a three-storied building with its top floor being used by the Sacred Heart Sisters as the living quarters, while the ground floor and the 1st floor are for the occupation of the pa-tients. Sister Lisset, Administrator at SH Care Centre says, “Previously, we used to house only the terminally ill patients, but from last year we have started treating all patients. At pres-ent, there are 7 patients in the Care Centre, out of which 3 are suffering from dementia, 3 patients from Can-cer and there is one child who is suf-fering from Meningitis.” The Centre

presently has 1 doctor; Dr. Dinesh Goswami who has been serving since the beginning. Dr. Goswami also treats the patient at Palliative Care in Uzan Bazaar.

Sister Lisset also stresses that the Dementia patient are child-like, un-aware of anything and requires round the clock care. “If patients are more, we will need more care-takers which is limited at present and therefore is a concern.”

Fee or Free“Most of the patients who come

here belong from a very poor family who can’t afford their treatment. So, some of the patients pay for their stay and some don’t, but the care given is equal for everyone,” informs Sister Lisset. We were also informed that the Care receives no financial sup-

port “and we would be so grateful if someone supports the patients. We also have plans to send the child Lalit Sharma suffering from meningitis to school as he is recovering fast, but we need sponsors for that,” pleads Sister Lisset.

Citing an obstacle, Sister Lis-set says, “Some people have told me that funding is not available for such patients. I couldn’t do a thorough re-search on the subject as we have less manpower here and we need to be with the patients at all times. Another problem is that sometimes fund may come, but by the time the fund reach-es, the patient might expire.”

statusIt was found out that since its

inauguration date of 3rd September 2009, an all total of 99 patients have been admitted to the Care Centre. Out of these 99 patients, 25 patients passed away whereas the rest of the patients went back to their homes af-ter getting treatment. Some of the pa-tients were also healed as informed by the administrator.

The holistic four dimensional treatment of Physical, Psychological, Social and Spiritual nature by the Sa-cred Heart Palliative Centre has been a story of great feat. The Centre also sets example for many other care cen-tres in the city in terms of neatness and maintenance. The selfless ser-vice provided by the Sisters of sacred Heart for the diseased and terminally ill patients is absolutely worthwhile and undoubtedly deserves a great amount of appreciation.

Some people have told me that

funding is not available for such

patients. I couldn’t do a thorough

research on the subject as we have

less manpower here and we need

to be with the patients at all

times”

sHubHojit roy

shubhojit.roy@g-plus.in

The Sacred Heart Palliative Care Centre has been rendering

invaluable service to the society

with its care and treatment to the less

favourable ones

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The BJP’s decision to remove the ‘Muslim’ tag from the fol-lowers of Islam in Assam has

revoked strong reactions from dif-ferent walks of life. Earlier in a tricky development, the Minority Morcha of the state BJP had decided that they would strive to get it done by writ-ing to state government and central government. People termed the BJP’s move as impractical and being politi-cally motivated.

The decision was taken during an executive meeting of the morcha recently. Now they will appeal to the state government in written to ad-dress the issue besides the central government.

“Though tribes like Goriya, Moriya, Desi, Jolha and Maimal in the state follow Islam, they have their

own distinctive characteristics. To promote harmony and trust amongst the different communities in Assam, these tribes that follow Islam, they should not be identified as Muslims. The followers of Hinduism are not identified as Hindus. They are identi-fied on the basis of the different tribes they belong to. We want the followers of Islam to be recognised on the ba-sis of the tribes they belong to,” said Minority Morcha president Mominul Aawal.

Aawal hinted that some politi-cal parties have always been taking advantage of this and creating a situ-ation of distrust and conflict. “It is a matter to be regretted that the indig-enous tribes like Goriya and Moriya were deprived of all the benefits that are meant for the welfare of the mi-

norities. Only a particular section was enjoying the benefits of the wel-fare packages aimed at development of minorities. It is very unfortunate that the indigenous minority tribes have been intentionally deprived of all the facilities because of a political conspiracy,” Aawal added.

This decision however has back-fired as individuals and organisa-tions have reacted in a strong way. “The idea is not practical and there is a hidden political agenda behind it. The BJP wants to create a division among the Muslims of the state. We don’t think they will be successful in this. We do not see any logic in this decision taken by the BJP,” said Hafiz Ahmed, President of Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad, a literary body of the state.

All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) too has reacted in this regard and said that this is not possible at any cost. “It is known to everybody that BJP wants to play politics with such issues. Islam is a religion. All the followers of Islam are minorities and they are needed to be developed. But by making all these meaningless demands, they are wast-ing time. People can be identified by their caste even after being religious. We condemn such kind of act,” said AAMU General Secretary Rejaul Sarkar Karim

BJP’s DECISION TO REMOVE ‘MUSLIM’ TAG FROM TRIBES DRAWS CRITICISM

Oriflame introduces new facial kit

Jay Tea launches tea bags for India

Madhu Jayanti Interna-tional Limited (Jay Tea), with a 70-year legacy of

blending and packaging have an-nounced their foray in the B2C category in India with the launch of ‘TE-A-ME’, a premium range of tea bags, comprising of 17 vari-ants of black, green and spiced teas and fruit and flower infusions - the widest range of tea bags in In-dia. The company is amongst the top five exporters of value-added teas from India, shipping across 42 consuming countries. With a turnover of 3̀50 Cr and a five-year CAGR of 25%, Madhu Jayanti op-erates its business under two mod-els viz. company-owned brands (contributing `200 Cr) and private labelling (contributing 1̀50 Cr). It has brewed success with 7 com-pany owned brands across West Africa, Russia and India.

The width of its sourcing spans from plantations across India, Ke-nya, Malawi, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Turkey, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Vietnam, Papua and New Guinea. A portion of its turn-over is attributed to its private label supplies to over 80 major interna-tional retailers. In 2009, the boom in the private label tea category re-evinced Madhu Jayanti’s interest in the Indian market.

The days of taking hours out of one’s busy schedule to visit the parlor are of the past as Oriflame, the nature-inspired Swedish cosmetics major, presents the first ever, Pure Nature Facial kits – for healthy

revitalized skin that shines with a radiant glow. Moisturizing tea tree and rosemary come together to make a delightful skin-soothing ritual for oily to combination skin. The soothing and anti-bacterial properties of tea tree extracts help re-balancing oily skin. The moisturizing kit also contains rosemary extracts that stimulate dull skin and act as an astringent. The toning kit is believed to be the solution to fight blemishes and attain even complexion.

BJP minority morcha state president Mominul Aawal

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Ward Watch

The Krishnanagar area of Chan-dmari is one of the few loca-tion in the city where develop-

ment is quite evident and the people do not have much complaints against the authorities. The place has seen positive changes over time and is a good example for other localities of Guwahati. The roads have been well paved, the drains flow freely with-out any blockages and new pipelines for drinking water are being set up. However, there are some small issues which G Plus came to know about af-ter direct interaction with the locals in the area.

With and without waterGuwahati has long been suffer-

ing from drinking water problem; Krishnanagar however doesn’t have much of a problem with drinking water facility. “Water problem was there some time back but now it’s al-right. Fresh pipelines are also being set up to make water supply available in every household. Moreover, many houses at present do have boring wells as well,” says Layanta Lekharu of the locality residing in the housing quarters. On being asked about the drainage system, Lekharu informs, “Our locality is at a little higher alti-tude, so basically we don’t face water logging problems and the drains are clearer. However, sometimes there is little bit of water logging on the foot of the hill.”

Load SheddingIt is well known that a lot of ar-

eas in the city suffer from regular load shedding and constant voltage fluctuation. The Krishnanagar area can however expect some better days as a new transformer is being placed and also posts for street lights have already been installed. “A New transformer was placed in our area a month back along with lamp posts. Though there is regular load shed-ding in the area, we are expecting that this too will be resolved pretty soon,” says Gopal Chhetri who has been living in the area since his birth.

Theft and Garbage“There have been few cases of

chain snatching in the area by some biker gangs in the past. People have complained about it too and I am not sure though if it was resolved,” says Jyotishman Deka. On asking about how they dispose their garbage, Deka replies, “GMC vans come from time to time to collect the garbage but for past few days, the garbage collecting van has not come to the area. I think it will take time for the new NGO’s to settle down in the field, but we might have to suffer quite longer this time.” The overflowing garbage bins in the city is quite a regular scene now as

the secondary garbage collection of Ramky Infrastructure has expired and the NGO’s have taken up the job from 1st of July.

Councilor’s VersionWhile asking the councilor of

Ward No- 12 about the NGO Bahn-isikha’s status which has replaced Ramky for Ward No-12, it was found out that the GMC still couldn’t pro-vide the required vehicles to the NGOs. “The GMC has not yet been able to get the vehicles transferred from Ramky to the NGOs,” says Bo-lendra Bharali, the Councilor.

The councilor further appealed to the people to be aware and en-quire with the GMC themselves for

KRISHNANAGARto be rid of voltage problems

answers. “There is a GMC outpost at the Chandmari Colony and people should at least take up the initiative to come down to the office and enquire about the issues directly,” states the Councilor.

It can’t be ignored that GMC has often failed in tackling major is-sues of the city, be it garbage disposal problem or street light or flash flood. But the authorities definitely have an-swers for every situation, sometimes they wouldn’t receive the proper funding and sometimes they will have various other problems. But in all this blame game, it is the people who suffer.

WARDNO12

Sub-Division 12A/ 12B/ 12CNo. of Voters 18,000 (approx.)

Concentrated Region KrishnanagarMajor Issues Minimal

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A New transformer was placed in our area a month back along with lamp posts. Though there is regular load shedding in the area, we are expecting that this too will be resolved pretty soon”

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Health

Ladies, lifting weights won’t make you big and bulky.You won’t look like a man.You don’t produce enough testosterone. It will actually enhance your feminine curves. Stop believing the false rumors .

Health Tip

INCIDENCEGall bladder stone disease has become very common and those

persons afflicted, increases with age and the estimated prevalence in developed countries comes around 10-15% of adult population. At the age of 60 yrs, approximately 25% of women and 17% of men suffer from gall bladder stones.

NATURAL HISTORY It occurs when bile juice of the liver fails to keep its chemi-

cal components such as cholesterol and calcium in the soluble state hence it is deposited in the gall bladder as sediments which are later transformed to stones. Patients can be divided into three clinical conditions: asymptomatic, symptomatic and those which are relat-ed to complication of gall bladder stones. Annually, only 1% to 2% of those without symptoms can develop symptoms and it is unusual (<0.5% per year) for a symptom free patient to develop complica-tion without having any symptoms at all.

RISK FACTORS`Age-Incidence increases significantly after the age of 40 yrsFemale-Suffers more than male with a ratio of 2.9:1(Female:

Male)Pregnancy-More common in female with multiple pregnan-

cies (12%) compared to unmarried ones and these fertile women have high incidence of cholesterol stones. Following delivery, over 30% of small gall stones (<1cm) found during pregnancy disappear completely.

Hormones-Oestrogen replacement therapy and use of oral contraceptives in female increases the chance of gall bladder stones

Obesity-Risk increases 3timesDiet-Western diet (fatty food) is closely related to more stone

formation compared to vegetarian.

SYMPTOMSPain-Dull pressure like discomfort or sudden onset mid or

right upper abdomen pain which may stay for 15 mins to 24 hrs. Sometimes pain ensues 1 to 2 hrs after ingestion of fatty meal.

Vomiting-Usually accompanies painAtypical symptoms-Vague and non specific abdomen pain,

fatty food intolerance, nausea and diminished appetite.Asymptomatic gall stones-It is detected unexpectedly on ul-

trasound abdomen examination done for gynecological or urinary symptoms.

INVESTIGATIONUltrasound abdomen-Highly recommended and reliableMRCP scan-Done in doubtful conditions with upper abdomen

pain when no objective gall stones found.

TREATMENTGeneral approach-Even after finding gall stones in ultrasound

does not confirm stone related pain unless it is matching with defi-nite clinical scenario.

Asymptomatic gallstones - Can be safely managed with medi-cines but surgery is considered when there is risk of stone related complications. The risk includes with small stones less than 1 cm in size,very young patients and in diabetics with repeated pain abdo-men.

Symptomatic gall stones: Surgery is the only option and lapa-roscopic cholecystectomy(Removal of gall bladder) is the most ef-fective and optimal treatment for majority of the patients.However ,conventional or open surgery is needed in difficult laparoscopic procedures and in some patients who develops gall bladder perfora-tion or abscess formation,besides in high risk cardiac and chronic respiratory diseased patients.Telerobotic laparoscopic cholecystec-tomy and computer assisted(CAS) techniques are practiced in some centres but there is no evidence that such developments offer real advantages over conventional methods

In today’s world several advance-ments have been made in the medical field, still the benefits are

available to a privileged few, residing mainly in the urban areas. Our coun-try is creating waves internationally but some sad facts are still underesti-mated. While a certain section of In-dians are obviously benefitting from this economic boom, the majority are being left behind. The gap between rich and poor and urban and rural is widening. Regarding health front the rural population is always strug-gling to get a proper health care. Since medical specialists tend to work in the cities, patients in rural and remote regions are often medically unob-served. Due to increasing dependence of rural population on private health services, which often leads to indebt-edness in rural areas. It is clear that this economic growth is not being translated into improved living stan-dards for the poorer sections of rural areas. Infant deaths in India remain high, women still die in child birth and half our children are malnour-ished. Recognising the importance of health in the process of economic and social development and improving the quality of life of our citizens , tele-medicine is an important instrument. It has a tremendous importance in a third world country like India.

Tele-medicine is a rapidly devel-oping application of clinical medi-cine, which can help in remote diag-nostic services and extension of super specialty hospital treatment for peo-ple in rural areas. Medical informa-tion is transferred through interactive audio-visual media for the purpose of consultation. Tele medicine can

also be used to conduct examina-tion and remote medical procedures. Telemedicine may be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or as complex as using satellite technology and video conferencing equipment to conduct a real time consultation between medi-cal specialists in two different coun-tries. Tele medicine generally refers to the use of tele communication and information technologies for delivery of clinical care.

Tele medicine can be divided into three main categories---- store and forward, remote monitoring and in-teractive services. Store and forward telemedicine involves acquiring med-ical data and transmitting this data to a doctor or medical specialist at a convenient time for assessment of-fline. It does not require the presence of both parties at the same time. Re-mote monitoring also known as self monitong or testing, enables medi-cal professionals to monitor a patient remotely using various technological devices. This method is primarily used for managing chronic diseases or specific conditions, such as heart dis-ease, asthma etc. These services can provide comparable health outcomes to traditional in person patient en-counters, supply greater satisfaction to patients and may be cost effective. Interactive telemedicine services pro-vide real time interactions between patients and providers to include phone conversations, on line com-munications and home visits. Many activities such as history review, phys-ical examination, psychiatric evalua-tion can be conducted comparably to those done in traditional face to face

visits. In addition, ‘clinician- interac-tive’ telemedicine services maybe less costly than in person clinical visit.

We often seen that people make a synonymous use of telemedicine and tele health. But it is important to men-tion that there is a difference between telemedicine and telehealth. The concept telemedicine has tradition-ally describe the use of technology to provide clinical medical services. Tele health not only includes clinical services but also non clinical medical services such as education, research and administrative functions.

Telemedicine is extremely bene-ficial for our country where 70 % peo-ple are living in villages . Patients who lives in remote areas can be seen by a doctor or specialist, who can provide an accurate and complete examina-tion, while the patient may not have to travel or wait the normal distances or times like those from conventional hospitals. It saves time and cost. Tele medicine can be used as a teaching tool by which experienced medical staff can observe, show and instruct medical staff in other location, more effective or faster examination tech-niques. It improved access to health care for patients in remote locations.

Health is the most important of all the social services, the sector which is directly co-related to the welfare of human beings .The main objective of the National Health Poli-cy is ‘to achieve an acceptable stan-dard of good health among the gen-eral population of the country’. So, to improve the public health system tele medicine is a very convenient way to facilitate health care in the deficient areas .

ROLE OF TELE-MEDICINE IN RURAL HEALTH CARE GALL STONES

Dr. NIPANKA GOSWAMI, Sr. Consultant Surgeon, GNRC

Pallabi Buragohain, Research Scholar

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Bazaar

With summer at its peak in the city, more and more are opting to live indoors.

But currently, the weather is such that even staying indoors is not help-ing. Well, in the past five years, the air conditioner market has grabbed the attention of the mass in the sub-continent, not only for the corporates but also for personal use at homes. G Plus tries to find out the nature of the market in Guwahati.

THE TYPESThere has not been much ad-

vancement in the air conditioning technology recently, except for all-weather conditioning, which can also act as a heater during the winters. However, the AC’s can be categorised into three types - window or through wall, split system and centralised AC.• Window or through wall AC

works as per the concept where the system sits on the window or wall opening with interior con-trols. Interior air gets cooled as the exterior hot air blows through the condenser.

• Split-systemairconditionerscomein two forms: central and mini-split. In both types, the inside-en-vironment i.e. the fan is separated by some distance from the outside-environment i.e. heat exchanger and fan.

• Central air conditioning offerswhole-house or large-commercial-space cooling, and often offers moderate multi-zone temperature control capability by the addition of air-louver-control boxes.

ENERGY STARDevices carrying the Energy Star

service mark, such as the air condi-tioner and peripherals, kitchen appli-ances, buildings and other products, generally use 20–30% less energy than any other normal electronic home appliance. “The air conditioner uses approximately 50 Watt of less power with upgradation of 1 star in

COOLING THE CITY AIR

the appliance,” says Abhijeet Bhakat of Classic, Home appliance store at Chandmari.

THE FUTUREInterestingly, it was found out that 98% of

ACs in Japan are Inverter ACs whereas China and Europe uses 60% and 45% respectively. In India, only 2-3% of the users use Inverter AC. “Inverter ACs are the future of air condition-ing. They save 30% more energy than a 5 star energy saving AC. It is very much energy ef-ficient and initiates more cooling in less time. Most of the green buildings use Inverter ACs,” said our source at Bluestar. It was found out that Bluestar had a great market in Guwahati last year and it has increased this year further as the temperature hit to 40 degrees in April this year.

The Air Conditioner market in the city has seen lesser sales this year even though the

temperature hit the forties recently

BRAND AND PRICESamsungModel No. Price (in `) Energy star

AR18HC5TXNCNNA 42,100 5 star

AR18HC5ESLZN 43,600 5 star

AR18HC3USNB 36,300 3 star

AR18HC2USNBNNA 32,900 2 star

Blue StarModel No. Price (in `) Energy star

5HW18ZCR 43,500 5 star

5HW18ZBW 42,800 5 star

3HW18FA 35,700 3 star

VoltasModel No. Price (in `) Energy star

1.50T VOLTAS 39,990 3 star

GodrejModel No. Price (in `) Energy star

GSC18FR3WNT 40,490 3 star

LGModel No. Price (in `) Energy star

LSA5TM3M 41,990 3 star

THE MARKET AND THE WARRANTY

According to Abhijeet Bhakat of Classic, which is one of the oldest home appliance stores, “The AC market was more profitable last year than compared to this year. Even though the summer is at its peak, but last year’s heat was far more intense as we all know, so the sales were more,” informs Bhakat.

It was found out that most of the AC brand provide a warranty of 1 year whereas there are some companies which extend its warranty up to 3 years depending upon the condenser.

AC VS AIR COOLERParameters Air Cooler Air Conditioner

Capital Cost Low High

Recurring Cost 90% lower than AC Very High

Indoor Air Quality 100% Fresh Filtered Cool Air

Stale Dry Air Re-circulated

Refrigerants Water Polluting Refrigerants

Maintenance Simple & Cost Effective Complex & Expensive

Portability Yes No

Usage Outdoor& Indoor Indoor Only

Emission Eco-friendly Environmentally Harmful CFC

Carbon Emissions Nil Very High

Even though the air coolers have more advan-tage over air condition-ers, the AC market has comparatively been rising higher than before the last 5 years, but the usage of the electronic appliances has been limited due to certain aspects like constant power cuts in different areas, un-availability of three-phase connections and others. However, with rapid ur-banisation and tempera-ture increase every year, the sale of air condition-ers is expected to reach its peak.

The AC market was

more profitable last year than

compared to this year. Even

though the summer is at its peak, but

last year’s heat was far more

intense as we all know,

so the sales were more”

shubhojit.roy@g-plus.in

sHubHojit roy

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5th July Chandmari Rising Star

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Saturday Clubbers Night

5th July Cafe Handrix, Six Mile The Hobos Live

6th July Crest, 8th Floor Shopper’s Point Sunday Sundowner With Arpan # Splash 2.6

6th July ITA Centre, Machkhowa Style Up North East

6th July Hotel Prag Continental, Panbazar Let’s Startup

6th July OZONE, G.S Road “Mars vs Venus”- Space Party

6th July Rudra Singh Sports Complex, Super Market

Jeevan Music Video Festival

SPLASH POOL PARTY

MUSIC FESTIVAL

Date: 29th June, Venue: Crest

28th June, Venue: Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti

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Reviews

Director: Samar ShaikhCast: Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal, Kiran Kumar and Rajendra Gupta

Director: Arif AliCast: Armaan Jain, Rahul Dev Shetty, Nikita Dutta

Bobby is the oldest of three sisters, way past her ‘mar-riageable age’, her sister

Noor, the textbook good daugh-ter is in the prime of it, and the youngest one Zeenat is 11 no-where near it.

Her father Haroon Ahmed, a repairman in the Deccan railways, is responsible for five women. His wife, Zebonisa who protects Bob-by fiercely and will do anything to have peace and harmony at home, she has a warm effervescent per-sonality and can see the lighter side of almost any situation.

Ammi’s widowed sister Kau-sar also lives with them, she is Moghulpura’s known matchmak-er, Bobby discovered her jasoosi abilities first when she was sent for background checks by Kausar Khala for matches she was mak-ing in the area. The desperate need to break free from background checks on cheating grooms, trac-ing family history keeps pushing Bobby to look out for lucrative and adventurous jasoosi oppor-tunities.

In a community where a woman’s identity is lost in a bur-kha and marriage is a duty, Bobby keeps breaking the rules. At thirty she dares to dream of a successful Private Detective Business and especially hates the whole preoc-cupation with marriage.

Pista house se lekar urdu galli tak, Mehendi gali se hotel naaz tak Bobby knows all the nooks and crannies of Charminar and its nearby Moghulpura area. She has skill, she has ambition, she has courage, all she needs is a big break.

This oportunity comes with Aneez Khan in all his steely, mysterious and yet regal glory, only someone as local as Bobby

can help end this man’s search. Bobby’s Pvt. Ltd. Business finally kickstarts with unbridled enthu-siam, but in the process fails to understand the motive behind Khan’s quest. Will Bobby succeed in solving Khan’s case? Will she truly understand the reason why Khan has come to her? Will it all be too late when she does?

Bobby Jasoos is set in the core of the still unadulterated milieu of Hyderabad. The part of the city that is considered the oldest but is slowly yet steadily accept-ing change. Bobby is the voice of Indian youth and celebrates the aspiration that defines them. Bobby Jasoos is about the triumph of the human spirit as it survives the chases and thrills through the bylanes of Charminar. Bobby perseveres, fights the odds, learns from her losses and strives to solve a case that seems way too much for her.

“Bobby Jasoos” works so well because it creates a unique yet re-latable world for its female hero without making her seem super-vulnerable (like Kangana Ranaut in ‘Queen’) or super-confident (like Shabana Azmi in her best roles).

Bilkis/Bobby in her salwar-kameez, sneakers and various super disguises, is a fearless, un-abashed bundle of bumbling en-ergy. Her infectious gusto and irresistible joie de vivre envelope this biryani-flavoured Hyderbadi delight of a film.

Like Vidya’s multiple dis-guises, the film’s ability to sur-prise never flags. If Bobby/Bilkis revels in a sense of adventure the narration doesn’t lag behind. You can find flaws here. But you won’t hold them against the film. That’s a guarantee.

Lekar Hum Deewana Dill is the story of Dinoo (Armaan) and Karishma (Deeksha), two

youngsters who elope fearing that Karishma’s family will get her mar-ried to a guy of their choice. Follow-ing this, they get married in Goa. As they move forward, life gets tougher and they realise that it wasn’t some-thing that they wanted. Acting wise, Armaan is a little loud but justifies in parts. Deeksha is good. She will instantly remind you of Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone dur-ing their initial days. The story of the film is descent since the makers of the film haven’t shown a typical love story.”

But when they run short on bud-gets, land in Naxalite territory (a strange detour with a raunchy item song - Mawaali Qawaali - thrown in), the screenplay takes an interesting twist.

AR Rahman lifts spirits with the club number Khalifa Khalifa and draws sighs with the poignant Alaa-hada. Armaan is endearing and ener-getic, getting you to warm up to him. Deeksha is confident and likeable. Bangalore boy Mahesh (Akhil) ex-cels. And if you’re looking to cuddle up this monsoon just like the slightly mismatched young couple in the movie, attempt doing it the LHDD way.

Lekar Hum Deewana Dil

Bobby Jasoos Lekar Hum Deewana Dill Ek villain

Transformers- Age of extinction

Holiday

Apsara Cinema Daily at 11 AM Daily at 2, 5 & 8 PM

Anuradha Cineplex Daily at 2.15 & 8.15 PM

Daily at 11 AM (E), 5 PM (H)

Fun Cinemas Daily at 8.40 PM Daily at 9.40 AM Daily at 12.20 & 5.50 PM

Daily at 2.45 PM

Gold Cinema(Fancy Bazar)

Daily at 11.30 AM , 5.30 & 8.30 PM Daily at 2.30 PM Daily at 11 AM,

2, 5 & 8 PMDaily at 8.30 PM

Gold Cinema(Paltan Bazar)

Daily at 11.30 AM & 5.30 PM Daily at 2.30 PM Daily at 11 AM,

2, 5 & 8 PM

Gold Cinema(Narengi) Daily at 11 AM Daily at 8 PM Daily at 11 AM,

2, 5 PM

OnePlus is a rare beast: A startup building smartphones. Their first device is the Android-based OnePlus One, which, despite its unnecessarily repetitive name, is impressive hardware in a market where legacy device makers rule the roost and charge top dollar for smartphones packing the same kind of internals

as the One. The OnePlus One is actually a remarkable deal at $299 for an unlocked device, and proof that Google isn’t the only company in town that can offer Nexus style price economics.

BASICSMSRP: $2995.5-inch, 1920×1080 display16GB storageQuad-core 2.5GHz processor with 3GB RAMLTE, 802.11ac Wi-FiProduct info page

PROSCheap without compromisesHighly customizable out of the box

CONSHulking huge designCustomization isn’t for everyone

The OnePlus One’s perfor-mance is unparalleled for a device in this price range, and that’s almost all that needs to be said about that. It packs as much RAM and the same kind of processor as smartphones that lead the category in terms of specs, like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8) – yet it manag-es to do so at a fraction (more than 1/2) the price of those devices. And the specs aren’t hollow; their effect

is felt in the animations of the OS and the performance of Android games and apps loaded onto the device.

There were some issues early in testing with weird visual glitches when accessing the settings and notification panel from the top bar of the home screen, but OnePlus quickly acknowledged and then zapped these issues with a software update – another of its virtues is

that it can push these out without leaning on either Google or car-rier partners thanks to the use of Cyanogen as its primary OS. This Android fork offers a near-stock experience in many ways, but with extensive customization options. It’s a very capable performer, too, and in many ways much better than the customized interfaces that most other Android OEMs throw down on top of Google’s mobile platform.

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Web Watch

Indrajeet Bhuyan is a 16 year old tech blogger and secu-rity researcher. He is passionate about computers and be-lieves in sharing knowledge and information . He uses his spare time helping peo-ple and companies secure them-selves. fb.me/indrajeet.bhuyan

Facebook introduces ‘missed call’ ads in IndiaFacebook aims to target custom-

ers in emerging markets like In-dia with its new ‘missed call’ ads.

The service allows mobile phone users to click a button that calls a brand ad-vertiser, immediately hang up and then receive a return call.

The advertisement would cater to the 100 million Facebook users in In-dia who will be able to request cricket scores and more by placing a “missed call” and receiving a recorded call or text message back. Facebook said that it has been researching cell phone us-age in India and has found that people used missed calls to avoid the high cost of voice calls. The practice has become so common that some businesses have started sending recordings or SMS messages to people who place a missed call to them.

Facebook is currently testing the service in parts of India and is expect-ed to roll out more widely over the next few months. This is Facebook’s first foray into new ad formats tailored to a particular country. The social network-ing giant is planning to expand this ap-proach to other emerging countries, like South Africa, Indonesia and Brazil.

“There’s an opportunity for us to get much more localized with what we’re building and developing,” Kelly MacLean, Facebook’s business lead for emerging markets, said in an interview. “That’s an area we’re really going to in-vest in.”

“We’ve seen positive results in early tests with advertisers like Garnier Men and plan to scale this product in the coming months,” Facebook said.’

The model will help Facebook’s in-

crease its advertising revenue in emerging markets. The company has a 39 percent increase in its mobile user base over the year-ago quarter with nearly 945 million monthly active

mobile users. Facebook’s advertising revenue grew nearly 76 percent y-o-y to $2.34 billion with mobile ad rev-enue making up 53 percent of the total amount.

Brazil-Chile World Cup match spawned record 390K tweets per minute

PM Narendra Modi gives Twitter direct access to government

It’s official, every living person on Earth gives a damn about the on-going FIFA World Cup. This was

underscored when Twitter revealed that 16.4 million tweets were gen-erated by Saturday night’s football match between Brazil and Chile, that made it the most tweeted about a match of the World Cup.

The record for the most overall tweets about a sporting event is still held by Super Bowl 48 with 24.9 million tweets but the Brazil-Chile match did beat that event when it

came to the most real-time tweets when almost 390,000 TPM (tweets per minute) were sent out when

Chilean player Gonzalo Jara missed his penalty kick, beating the previous record by a handy 8,000 TPMs.

Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi has

permitted Twitter unprecedented access to his administration in a drive to put social media at the heart of government, the US internet com-pany said.

Modi deployed an army of sup-porters over Twitter and Facebook during his successful election cam-paign. He has put both the microb-logging site and Facebook at the cen-tre of his government’s media and research strategies since taking office a month ago and has asked ministers and lawmakers to follow suit.

The 63-year-old’s focus on social media presents opportunities for the companies, which see India as one of their top growth markets and are sending senior executives to forge relationships with the government.

Twitter has been given direct ac-cess to ministers and their staff, ad-vising them on social media usage, as well as organizing workshops to train ambassadors and other diplo-mats, said Raheel Khursheed, head of news, politics and government at Twitter India.

Transfer Files Between Computers Over Wi-Fi with Any Send Transfer-

ring files from one computer to other can be a difficult if you do not have external storage media (Ex. External hard disk, Pen drive). People usually pre-fer LAN sharing. But there is a nice tool Any Send that can solve your problem. With this software utility, you can easily transfer files between two com-puters over Wi-Fi network. This is a cross-platform tool and supports Windows, Mac and Android. Notable thing about the tool is that there is no file size limit and transfer speed is good enough.

For transferring files from one system to other, you need to install this tool in both com-puter. After installation, it will add an icon to the Windows task bar (Menu bar in MAC). Now select files which you want to transfer and copy (CTRL + C) to clipboard. Now click on the task bar icon and select the computer to which you want to transfer files.

On other system, it will ask the permission to accept the file. Accept the file and the file will be saved to the other sys-tem.

If you want to transfer folder, you do not need to zip it. Select folder, copy it and then select the other computer where you want to transfer file. Only thing you need to care is that all computers need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. The file transfer will happen instantly.

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YouTube will soon have new features

including video playback at 60fps

Google has announced that Youtube will soon get support for playing clips at 48 and 60 frames-per-second. This announcement has created a lot of excitement among gamers who upload their video game footage onto the site.

In order to have your videos playback at 60fps, you will need to make sure that the 1080p resolu-tion is selected.

Other than the upgrade in frame-rate support, YouTube will also receive a host of new features:

Fan Funding: YouTube is soon going to integrate services like KickStarter, IndieGogo, Patreon etc. which will help users contrib-ute money to support a channel of a YouTube user at any time. This feature is still being tested and will soon land on desktop and An-droid.

Subtitles from fans: YouTube will also support a new feature through which fans of your videos will be able to submit translations in any language on the subtitles or captions that you have created. This will help users who are unfa-miliar with the language of a par-ticular video understand it which can further help get more viewers.

New audio library and sound effects: Users will now have access to thousands of royalty-free sound effects to use in their videos. Many new tracks have also been added to the existing Audio Library.

YouTube Creator Studio: The new Creator Studio will help users manage and view analytics of their videos. A new app is also available for Android to bring all the easy access to mobile phones. The app will also launch on iOS soon. A re-designed Creator Studio will also debut on the desktop soon.

All these new features were announced by YouTube at the on-going VidCon 2014.

Indian Air Force Launches 3D Mobile Game to Attract Youth

Embarking on its first sortie in virtual world, the Indian Air Force today launched nation’s

first 3D mobile game in a bid to at-tract generation-next youth to pursue a career in the air force.

Launching the 3D mobile game ‘Guardians of the Skies’ (GOTS), Air Marshal S Sukumar hailed the event as a significant milestone in encouraging youth to join IAF and also expressed concerns over tapping the best of the human resources from the upcoming generations.

“We are getting the numbers, but we want to attract the best of the boys and the girls to join the Air Force,” said Sukumar, who is also the Air Of-ficer-in-charge Personnel.

GOTS, which is freely available on android, windows and iOS platforms for mobile, has been conceptualised to showcase the might of the air force in a virtual format with users being of-

fered gripping air combat scenarios and realistic graphics, he said.

“Indian Air Force is on a trajectory of modernisation and is transforming itself so as to meet the security chal-lenges which are multi-dimensional in nature that the country faces in the future years,” Sukumar told reporters.

“As we induct modern equipment and enhance our capabilities we are very conscious of the fact that any success in any future conflict will be determined most by the quality of the human resource that we have,” he said.

GOTS features a storyline where the IAF is engaged in defence mis-sions against a fictitious nation named ‘Zaruzia’, which coincidentally like In-dia’s neighbour Pakistan, is politically and economically unstable and has also witnessed a military coup.

“The storyline is fictitious, the en-emy is fictitious but the gaming expe-rience will be real,” he said.

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G-Talk

POINT COUNTERPOINT

As a resident of Guwahati, we have already witnessed the kind of work carried out by

Ramky which was responsible for operating the garbage management system of the city. Though, Ramky will no longer be a part of the city garbage management, it is a fact that the organisation failed to keep the city clean.

After the failure of Ramky, the GMC has now initiated a new mode of operation for cleaning the dumps of the city. But, there is doubt that the new system will be able to solve the garbage management of the city.

Even, earlier, when Ramky was operating in Guwahati, it had been stated that the officials of the organ-isation would come to every house-hold and collect the garbage every day. But, in reality, they do not visit the household as long as a week for garbage collection.

The Ramky had blamed the households for not making any pay-ment to them in return of the service

Will GMC’s new garbage management plan work?

PRASANTA PROTIM DuTTAJournalist

they provide. But, who would pay for an unsatisfactory irregular service provided by some organisation?

In the meantime, it is high time for the citizens to become responsible and keep their eyes and ears wide open regarding what is going on in their own localities. It is definitely a good move on part of the GMC to engage local people in keeping their own localities clean. But, it is a sad truth that most of the public of Gu-wahati do not have any regular civic sense.

Even after suffering from prob-lems of flash floods, years after year, the city people are still throwing away the garbage of their houses into the flowing waters of the drain or the river and rivulets. They neither throw the garbage at the dustbins being kept on the roadside nor dispose it inside their own respective campuses. The garbage thrown in the drains and other water channels of the city have clogged the water flowing through the drains and other water channels and contributing towards increasing problem of flash flood.

There is doubt that the people who give least importance towards resolving the problem of flash flood will be able to help manage the gar-bage system of the city. Therefore, if we want to make the city clean, we, the citizens will have to understand the importance of maintaining cleanliness and cooperate the author-ity in whatever steps they are taking to keep the city clean.

At the same time, they will have the capability to criticise the author-ity and even themselves if anything goes wrong. Otherwise, no initiatives will be able to keep the city clean.

Sir,I follow G Plus pretty often and keep coming across stories on city traffic arrangements. The recent urban floods were already a burden to the commuters but the city chaotic

traffic is not a new issue Guwahatians are facing. I just want to bring to your notice that no matter how much we try but some rule breakers are somehow entirely responsible for the chaotic traffic. People overtake in places where they not expected to. For just saving some petrol people do not mind risking their and even others’ lives by entering into one-way roots just to avoid a long U-turn. I even see some two-wheelers crossing dividers to go to the other side of the road. At night the people do not like waiting at the traffic signals to wait for the green signal.

I just want to say that the authorities do keep an eye on the rule breakers but aren’t the rules made pretty easy for people to break. And with the police-graft record, it is easy to get away with anything in the city. There are also some roads which seriously require dividers like the road from Sharabbhati to Lokhara. New drivers can never be able to drive confidently in such roads. Even the driving licence giving departments should scan the applications and take proper tests before providing licenses as I know someone who got a licence without sitting for any test. The person just paid a bit more to an agent and got the license sitting at home. Such negligence increases the risk of accidents and a lot of people suffer in roads. There are also some points where there are hardly any traffic police and people cross the crossings roughly which scares the commuters. It is not that everyone breaks rules, there are some who seriously require stricter guidelines.

ROAD TRAFFIC RULES LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pranjit Dekabeltola

At last, GMC has taken a good step by introducing the new Garbage Management Plan

which should have been done much earlier. In the year 2008, the Hyder-abad based company Ramky Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. had entered into an agreement with GMC for Mu-nicipal Solid Waste Management. They agreed to collect garbage from about one lakh Households within the GMC ward area. But Guwahati has approximately two Lakh house-holds within it. Another reason for failure of Ramky’s work was that they didn’t have a proper monitor-ing system on secondary Collection as well as primary Collection of Mu-nicipal Solid Waste by their workers and appointed agencies respectively.

Because of that, GMC was in a mess and they could not get rid of the problem that Ramky had creat-ed. Gradually, Ramky had stopped working as per the terms and con-ditions of the agreement and they had started threatening GMC by submitting termination letters from time to time. When the situations deteriorated, the GMC officers had started to find out solutions to get rid of it. They have decided to send GMC officials for study tours to dif-ferent Municipal Corporations of India.

As a part of it, a team of seven people, including the Additional Commissioner, Chief Engineer, Divisional Engineer (Div – IV) of GMC, OSD of JNNURM Cell of GMC, one Executive of JNNURM Cell, Myself, our NGO’s (Pragati Sangha) President Mrs. Bobita Bo-rah Deka and the President of an-other NGO (Suraj NGO) Mr. Tagar

DEBAJyOTI KALITAChief Project Coordinator, Pragati Sangha,

Ch. Sarma went to the Pune Munici-pal Corporation. Based on the pro-cess of Solid Waste Management in Pune, GMC had also made an action plan for Guwahati city and decided to appoint different NGOs to carry out the Door-to-Door garbage col-lection process with certain strict terms & conditions.

Now, what GMC is going to do is keep a strict vigil on its appointed NGO’s work as well as making pro-visions for proper coordination be-tween Public & GMC (through set-ting up of Toll Free No. for grievance redressal & creating awareness by publishing advertisements through news papers and other media). GMC has set up a vigilance system by which they are going to monitor the work of NGOs which are appointed for garbage collection.

The appointed NGOs will have to record the actual number of households within their ward area and they have to report it to GMC. This will help to clean the whole area within Guwahati city. All NGOs have to submit Monthly Progress Reports as well as Audit Reports as per the GMC’s guidelines to make the process more transparent. Apart from it, the Ward Committees con-sisting of the Ward Councilor (who will be the Chairman)along with all the Ward Area Members, few other nominated members form the local-ity and the Zonal Engineers & Di-visional Engineers (as Member Sec-retary) will also keep vigil on those NGOs. This time no NGO will be spared for their misdeeds. If GMC continue this system, then definitely the new Garbage Management Plan will work.

Even after suf-fering from prob-

lems of flash floods, years after year,

the city people are still throwing away the garbage

of their houses into the flowing waters of the drain or the river and rivulets.

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Life

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“The spirit world has no industry and no money changing hands, so there are no thoughts of greed or compe-

tition. The spirit body doesn’t require food, so thoughts about eating aren’t created. The spirit body remains in perfect health, so there’s no need to think about diet or exer-cise. The materialist may think this sounds rather dull, as he can’t conceive of life without the pursuit of physical pleasure. Yet the spirit world is alive with thoughts of love directed to-wards the quest for knowledge. We are served by keeping our thoughts ones of beauty. We can be harmed by holding thoughts aimed at fulfilling physical pleasure.”

An excerpt from the book, “Life after Death” by Mary T. Browne has compelled me to contemplate on a subject which I have heard being discussed time and again but have refused to accept it as the truth. The Books say that a spiritual life will be bestowed on us after death and that is the ultimate truth. Everyone seemed to have hammered this thought into the deep recesses of my brain. It had stayed there undisturbed; till I read this book and memories were re-stirred.

Mary T. Browne explicitly chronicles her brush with departed spirits of the other world. Most of the time, they tell her that they are either happy in the astral life or worried about the family back on Earth. It’s hard to believe that after we die and crumble to dust, it is possible for the soul, which is said to stay alive even after the physical form is no lon-ger there, can even think and connect with its life in the world? Can it think? Does it have a mind? Can it remember anything from its life on Earth? How is it possible for a spirit to exist after a human body changes into a different form of energy? Questions which are so very difficult to understand and answer.

But if I were to take explanations from science, then it says that E=mc2; meaning that all mass is equal to energy. So, if mass in its disintegration is converted to energy, then where and how does the soul exist? And that too, a miracle ‘visitation’ from the ‘other side’ to its family and friends through Mary, who claims that she can feel the presence of these spirits when their family meets her for a coun-selling session? Too far-fetched a story, don’t you think? Physics says that mass converts to different forms of energy depending on how it disintegrates. The fundamental energy particles discovered so far are quartz, gluon, neutrino and their counter particles.

So who are we to believe now? Metaphys-ics or physics? Mary T. Browne, who speaks almost like the Holy books or Albert Einstein who had meticulously put together the great-est scientific formula of E=mc2?

On a softer plane, another excerpt from Mary’s book says, “We are not free if we are obsessed by anything, be it a substance or a person or a desire for material gain. All these imbalances are created by our thinking. Imag-ine that! We can change our lives by changing the way we think.” I do agree with her on this! “.....we would be well served if we started our positive thinking patterns right now. There’s nothing gained by delaying.” This I feel is one of the best parts of the book. What more can we people want than happiness? However, if you were to ask anyone what is it that they desire most, which will make them happy, 90% would say money. “So why do you want money?” “To buy new clothes.” “Why do you need new clothes?” “I don’t look good in the old ones.” “Why don’t you look in the old clothes.” “I don’t fit into them.” So if we look keenly enough, the ultimate answer is Me. So, the best thing to do would be to work on ME,

SPIRIT AGAINST E=MC2

instead of any other factor and the rest will follow. Money shouldn’t be the means of hap-piness but can be used as a tool.

The best part of the book “Life after Death” was the chapter, “Prescription for Grief”. One of Mary’s clients, Diana was diag-nosed with inoperable cancer and the doctors gave her only 6 months to live. She took the news with great dignity and decided to spend what time she had left, enjoying herself. Di-ana was a workaholic who’d always found it difficult to take a vacation. She worked and her life went by in a whirl. Only on hearing the news of her impending death did she start to enjoy her life, travelling to Europe with her sister and doing other things she’d never given herself the time to do: In retrospect she would’ve lived her life differently. “I never took time to have fun or to contemplate my spiritual beliefs. Now I deeply regret it. Please tell people that money and success are fine, but there’s more to life. Don’t wait until you’re dying to start living.”

I think the last line itself is self-explan-atory. We all want to live and live it to the fullest. So why not start now, this very second instead of postponing it for a future date. I am sure Einstein too had his hiatus from formulating E=mc2 and came back feeling fresh and ready to start where he stopped! We neither need Physics or Metaphysics to teach us this really easy formula of happiness and fulfilment!

And when you know your life is well spent, then try and keep aside precious mo-ments for the people who need you most; the deprived and the impover-ished.

Question - Answer

Time management is all about how you have used your time in a more productive way.

These days, half of the people are more stressed regarding time management. By prioritising and organising your work, you save a lot of time. Manag-ing time is getting a grip on how you should spend your time precisely. Monitoring yourself each day as to where you have wasted your time and accordingly plan out, helps us to man-age time in a better way. Many a times we hear people saying that they have no time to breathe. This only proves that they have not been able to manage time correctly. Everyone in the time-management consulting business will tell you the same thing - “learn to say no.” It is very difficult to say no until you have established your own sense of agency and purpose.

HOW TO MANAGE TIME?• The best way to start with is to

make a daily, weekly or monthly time table.

• Keeping in mind to do the moststrenuous work early in the morn-ing as our energy level is highest during the early hours.

• Takefrequentintervalsinbetweenyour working hours and try to add a lot of humour and laughter. 45 minutes of work followed by 10 minutes of break rejuvenates your mind.

TIME MANAGEMENT • Learn to sayaNO.Manya timeswe are not able to say no and as a result we are over burdened with our work producing a lot of stress in our lives.

• Startingyourdayalittleearlyhelpsyou stay calm.

• Keeping a balance in your effortand not over exerting yourself will help you remain balanced.

• Getting proper sleep at night forabout 7-9 hours will keep you en-ergetic.

• It’svery important tohavea littlefun time as well. After a strenuous day it’s always a good idea to pam-per yourself. Going out with your friends and loved ones or enjoy watching a movie.

• Rewrite and prioritise your workeach day.Optimise your time and don’t just

manage it. Time waits for no one but doing the right thing at the right time is very important. To speak precisely, much of our time is wasted when we look at it from the point of urgency and not importance. But the day we realise the importance of time we will also learn to manage it. To end it with, here’s a beautiful quote which says, “The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.”

A Say Over Your Mind

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji

Q: How to control emotions in times of crisis?Breathing, breathing, and breath-ing. Breath is the biggest secret that na-ture has put in you. It is linked to your emotions. Through breathing exercise technique, you can control your emotions. I think many of you have experienced this, isn’t it? (Many raise their hands) Those who have not experienced this, you must do a little bit of breathing exercises regularly, then you will have more say over your mind.

Q: When was the last time you got angry at someone?I don’t even remember! Suppose you are angry at somebody, don’t start regretting it. Regret makes you become angry once again. For me, I can count on my fingers the number of times I have gotten angry. It is not in my nature. I have not done anything special not to get angry. Somehow I have been made this way. I can’t take any credit for it. I have never said a single bad word to anybody all these years. It never has happened. I have never blamed, cursed or said any bad word to anybody.

Q: How can we stop thinking the same recurring thought?There is no way, because you rec-ognize the thoughts only after they have already come. Isn’t it? They come and then you recognize it. So when you recognize it, get busy. If you simply sit, you will keep thinking a lot. If you keep acting, you will feel that you are more with the flow.

Q: Aggression is considered as a sign of power these days, how to change this?If aggression is the power that brings positive change, the world would have changed a lot through all the aggression that has hap-pened and is now happening in many parts of the world. But that is not what we see. Where there is aggression, there is distress. There are more issues, more problems, and more poverty. With aggression, we move back-ward. Wherever there is aggression, you see that the people have gone backward; at least fifteen to twenty

years backward, if not more. Co-operation is key. The world has seen many aggres-sions which have not given great result. Sometimes, people think war is very good because war can change laws. They think that war can destroy what was there and bring a change of law. But you know, for that to happen, several generations suffers. In this age of information and technology, I think people are intelligent. We don’t need to go through that suffering. I think we are much more intelligent, and much more informed, so we don’t need war. All that we need is awareness.

Q: How should one balance life between social service, business and responsibilities at home? Do you all drive cars ? Yes! When you drive a car what do you do? You look at the side mirrors, rear view mirror and you look in the windshield as well. How do you balance all three? You can’t say, ‘I will only look at the rear mirror’, or, ‘I only look in the front’, or, ‘I only look at the sides’. You have to simultaneously do all the three and you do that? Exactly same way!Rear view mirror is like knowing the past. You should have little memory of the past. If you have done some mistake, it should not be repeated. Front mirror is like the vision of life ahead. That is why, the front windshield is very big and the rear view mirror is very small. Then there are side mirrors, these are for you to be aware of what is happening around you all the time. So how you use all three? Exactly same way!

Q: How do I always be happy and not get entangled by the boundaries set by body mind and thought?If you drop this always, you will be happy. Never mind if you are unhappy for a little while, so what? If you think I should never be un-happy, then that becomes a cause of unhappiness.

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ARIES At the beginning of the week

you’re like a plant just barely breaking the surface of the ground. The world is heavy. The sun is distant. What with everything on your mind, expect to be unusually introverted. By Wednes-day, you’ll be sprouting huge leaves and growing in unforeseen directions. A new friend comes into your life on Thursday—a cuteflower,perhaps?On Friday, when a ray of light lands di-rectly on you, make sure you’re looking your best. It’s an exciting weekend for you, but try to stay grounded on Satur-day. Then, on Sunday, go wild.

TAuRuS Your emotions — and those

of others — will be all over the map right now. Anything that hap-pens Monday or Tuesday can be safely written off — moodiness and sensitivity levels are off the charts. Wednesday and Thursday are more even-keeled days, but money issues figure prominently.(If someone presents you with a grand moneymaking scheme, don’t opt in.) You won’t really feel like yourself until Friday or Saturday. The weekend holds good things for you, although Sunday feels a little off kilter.

GEMINI You are thinking like a

scientist at the start of the week, and your interest in your own emo-tions is almost clinical. You’re in a logical, observational mode; but, as you know, some things simply can’t be calculated. This is loud and clear on Wednesday and Thursdayespecially,whenyoufindyourself getting along remark-ably well with people you hardly know. Chalk it up to chemistry. On Friday, your relations with others are less smooth — for reasons not entirely clear — but a great con-versation on Sunday sets you on a good course for next week.

CANCER If someone asks you what your

favorite kind of pie is on Monday or Tuesday, you won’t be able to answer. You like the texture of apple but the flavorofpumpkin.Orwhatever.Everydecision — even a minor one — this week expands into a complex set of irreconcilable variables. Midweek has you feeling torn about bigger issues than pie preference. Come Friday, you may feel more like hanging out around the house with a remote control (or a book) in your hand than anything else. You are in a thoughtful mood this week-end. Stay home: You’re happy with a minimum of fanfare.

LEO The easy answer isn’t interest-

ing to you right now. You’d like to know what’s really going on. On Monday and Tuesday you’re in detective mode — asking penetrating questions, con-sidering every angle. And on Wednes-day, buoyed by all your research, you charge into the world with fresh insights andconfidence;nomincingwordsforyou. Thursday is a big day romance-wise, and on Friday your ego is front andcenter.Tryasyoumighttodeflectattention on Saturday, all eyes are on you. Don’t let a personality clash with someone else ruin a rejuvenating Sun-day. Be optimistic and forgiving.

vIRGO Curiosity may have killed the cat,

but it’s also the heart of discovery. You are nothing if not curious at the start of the week, and your analytical powers have never been stronger. Your rest-lessness right now is incredibly useful. Communicate what you’re thinking. On Wednesday and Thursday you’d like to be climbing mountains or test-ing theorems, but your family has other things in mind. Don’t distress, because you’ll have plenty of personal time on Friday and Saturday. (Although your love life might pull you in other direc-tions.) Sunday is a day of resolutions and new beginnings.

LIBRA All you can think about is money

this week. Obviously you’re thinking about more than money, per se — when you get right down to it, you’re thinking about the future — but the value of material possessions and strik-ing a balance between generosity and stinginess are very much on your mind. The middle of the week relieves you from this line of thinking by way of a purely fun excursion with a couple of your friends. In the days leading up to Sunday, chances are good that your mind will go to thoughts of the past. But Sunday, once again, your mind’s on the future.

SCORPIO Your energy is bright and power-

ful these days and on Monday you’re feeling like a new you. You go into the week stronger (and more respected) thanyou’ve felt inawhile. The confi-dence suits you. Your mind is open to anything, but it might be too open on Wednesday and Thursday when you mayfindyourselfcaughtupinacrowdmentality, being persuaded to do things you wouldn’t normally do. Friday returns you to a high sense of order and self-control. That’s all well and good, but don’t forget to party Saturday night.

SAGITTARIuS

Your life is a movie at the outset of the week, but you can’t quite follow the dialogue and the car chases make nosense.Andwho’stheherointhisflickanyway?Ifyoufeellikecancelingdin-ner plans and kicking back in front of the TV, hey, by all means. By Wednes-day and Thursday your social calen-dar’s too packed for TV time, and on FridayandSaturdaymusicandartfig-ure strongly. If someone asks you about your goals, don’t roll your eyes; plan-ning for the future never hurt anyone. In fact, on Sunday, someone might share a goal of their own that is so brilliant you’ll consider adding it to your list.

CAPRICORN Monday and Tuesday are great

days for decision-making, but don’t go on your gut alone. You have a wealth of information to work with. Look at the de-tails. Organize yourself. Wednesday and Thursday, when your plans go into effect, you may feel hesitant or awkward or pes-simistic or crazy — you’ll be bouncing all over the place emotionally, but stay the course. By Friday you’ll already be reap-ing the rewards of a path well chosen. People will be complimenting you right and left this weekend. The more modest you are, the more impressive you will be.

AQuARIuS Monday and Tuesday are great

days for decision-making, but don’t go on your gut alone. You have a wealth of information to work with. Look at the de-tails. Organize yourself. Wednesday and Thursday, when your plans go into effect, you may feel hesitant or awkward or pes-simistic or crazy — you’ll be bouncing all over the place emotionally, but stay the course. By Friday you’ll already be reap-ing the rewards of a path well chosen. People will be complimenting you right and left this weekend. The more modest you are, the more impressive you will be.

PISCES

There are things you’re willing to live with and things you just aren’t. On Monday, you may have to draw a line in the sand. Others may react in funny ways, but your good friends will stand by your side. Tuesday will be an emotionally rocky day — after putting your foot down, you may feel pangs of regret (they’ll pass) — but Wednesday is a lucky day for you, as is Thursday. Friday and Saturday you’re happiest sharing your good luck with oth-ers. This leads to a realization this week-end: You want to do something with your life that helps lots of people. You have big dreams.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

YOUR WEEKLY DOSE OF TIMEPASSHOROSCOPE

A big, burly man visited the pastor’s home and asked to see the minister’s wife, a woman well known for her charitable impulses.“Madam,” he said in a broken voice, “I wish to draw your atten-tion to the terrible plight of a poor family in this district. The fa-ther is dead, the mother is too ill to work, and the nine children

are starving. They are about to be turned into the cold, empty streets unless someone pays their rent, which amounts to $400.”“How terrible!” exclaimed the preacher’s wife. “May I ask who you are?”The sympathetic visitor applied his handkerchief to his eyes. “I’m the landlord,” he sobbed.

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Kamur of the weekWhat did i just hear?pick of the Week

Controversial American scientist slammed for irresponsible flu research

Senior scientists have criticised an American university for allowing controversial research on enhancing a pandemic strain of flu virus to be undertaken in a laboratory with a relatively low level of biosecurity. The University of Wisconsin-Madison was labelled irresponsible and negligent for allowing one of its scientists, Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka, to genetically manipulate pandemic H1N1 flu virus in a laboratory categorised as biosafety level-2 (BSL-2).

WHO’S SHEAmethyst Amelia Kelly better

known by her stage name Iggy Azalea, is an Australian

recording artist and model from Mullumbimby, New South

Wales. She left for the United States at the age of 16, to pursue a

career in hip hop music.

SO WHAT‘Fancy’, the single no. from her

1st debut studio album ‘The New Classic’ reached number one on

the US Billboard Hot 100 after its release on 21st April 2014, with

Azalea becoming only the fourth solo female rapper ever to top

the Hot 100.

NOW WHATIggy Azalea is Billboard’s longest-leading No.1 female rapper since

her single Fancy has spent six weeks at the top of the US charts. She surpassed Lil’ Kim’s previous

record of five weeks for 2001’s Lady Marmalade collaboration.

She also broke a record held by the Beatles since 1964 by

scoring the top two spots with her first two chart entries and is expecting her feat to run longer.

WHO’S HEShia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor and director who became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens. LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 for his role.

SO WHATIn 2007, LaBeouf starred in the lead role of the commercially successful films Disturbia and Surf ’s Up. The same year he was cast in Michael Bay’s science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky, the main protagonist of the series. Despite mixed reviews, Transformers was a box office success and one of the highest grossing films of 2007.

NOW WHATLaBeouf, 28, was arrested last week for causing a disturbance at the Broadway show “Cabaret,” when he stood up in the middle of the show and started yelling at the actors onstage. Contrary to previous erroneous reports, Shia LaBeouf has not checked into a rehabilitation facility but he is voluntarily receiving treatment for alcohol addiction.

Iggy Azalea

Shia Labeouf

Headlining acts!

Employers say obesity is a top health concern for their workers. For several years, Ryan Tax Services in Dallas has offered a wellness program to its 2,000-person staff. The program includes health fairs, free screenings, cooking demos and health club memberships. Nearly 70 percent of employees participate, and that’s helped curb health care costs, according to the company. Obesity can lead to medical complications like diabetes and heart disease, and can increase absenteeism and the risk of injury on the job. Helping overweight employees nudge the scale in the other direction might be good for their health and for the company’s bottom line.

Targeting overweight workers with wellness programs can backfire

India’s Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed 75% of its journey for its rendezvous with the red planet scheduled for 24 September. The spacecraft has covered a distance of approximately 510 million kilometres on its heliocentric arc towards Mars capture, Bangalore headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Friday. With this, three-fourth of the 300-day voyage in deep

space to Mars has been completed.

Mamata Banerjee, reportedly “anguished” at the shocking comments on rape made by her party’s MP Tapas Pal, and said he would have to “apologize in public”, but also said, “What do you want me to do about him, kill him? We have taken whatever steps that are needed to be taken. It is an individual utterance. What do you want? Should I kill him? What can I do? Whatever I can do we can do it

through our policy”.

Achhe Din Aane Waale Hai: Be it price rise, urban floods or any other problem, which affects the general public, the authorities always draw criticism. But this time almost everyone is being sarcastic by using Modi’s line acche din aane waale hai after NaMo became the Prime Minister. But is it not too early to criticise someone who has may be just started work in office?