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VOLUME 02 | ISSUE 33
MAY 23 - MAY 29 , 2015
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on-street
parking lots
HANG OUT
to SOLVE CITY’s problem?
With 71 on-street locations identified across the city for parking and the space under the Ganeshguri flyover announced as a
parking zone as well, will the city parking problem slowly ease out?
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on-street
parking lots
TO SOLVE CITY’S PROBLEM?
Rahul Chanda
T
he free space under the Ganeshguri Flyover is expected to be
open for parking soon with
the Guwahati Municipal Corporation
(GMC) busy improving the infrastructure to ensure security measures
are in place. However, it remains to be
seen whether this latest move to manage the traffic congestion in Guwahati
succeeds in its purpose.
According to experts, 75 per cent
of the traffic congestion problem of
Guwahati will be solved if on-street
parking is removed from Guwahati
but, that in itself is a herculean task as
most of the city vehicles are parked on
the streets. Last year the administration experimented by designating the
entire GS Road as a no parking zone
but was not able to maintain the practise for long. A special committee was
also formed involving members from
all stake holders responsible to manage the traffic to decide where a person
can or cannot park their vehicle.
The allotted
parking lots
The special body formed by the
authorities was responsible for identify parking lots in the city which can
be convenient for the public and also
ensure that all areas outside the allotted lots are made no parking zones.
According to sources in city traffic
police, 71 locations have been selected
across the city for parking purposes
and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is leasing out the locations to lessees. GMC sources said that
25 locations have already been leased
out to lessees and the parking facility
has also started there, while the tendering process of 14 locations is going
on and the rest of the locations also
will be functional soon. Interestingly,
all these 71 identified locations are
on-street locations because of lack of
off-street parking lots in Guwahati.
Traffic police officials said that among
the identified lots, depending on the
location, there will be parallel parking
facility in some lots, in some there will
be angular parking facility while some
narrow roads will be provided only to
two wheelers. Also, the name of the
lessee will be written on a board on
the allotted parking lots. The area of
the parking lot will be demarcated and
no vehicle can be parked outside the
marked area. The process of allotment
of the 71 parking lots to the lessees will
be completed soon and according to
traffic police, after the process is completed, vigorous action will be taken
The parking under the Ganeshguri Flyover
is expected to start from 24th May if
everything goes according to the plan.
against any vehicles parked in the no
parking zone areas.
The Ganeshguri Flyover parking
will also help to reduce parking problems but the question of safety still
remains.
Flyover parking
The parking under the Ganeshguri
Flyover is expected to start from 24th
May if everything goes according to
the plan. “Underneath the Ganeshguri
flyover, we have seen that there is suf-
ficient parking space for four wheelers
and two wheelers. Almost 70-80 four
wheelers and around 100 two-wheelers can be parked there. We wanted to
establish a parking lot there and since
security is a concern, we are tying up
with the Sainik Welfare (Directorate
of Ex Army Servicemen Welfare Society) who will provide ex army men
for manning the flyover and there will
be 24/7 CCTV camera surveillance.
Around 10-12 CCTV cameras are being installed there. After this launch,
we will look at the feedback and if it
is positive, we will take it forward at
the Bhangagarh, Ulubari and Six Mile
flyovers.” According to GMC officials
managing the parking lot, the Ganeshguri flyover parking lot will have seven
bays including autorickshaw parking.
There will be five entry and five exit
gates besides the emergency exit gates.
Both side parking will be available and
the parking lot is expected to open
from 6 am to 10 pm. According to authorities, the ex army personnel will
be taking care of the security scenario
and it will reduce the traffic congestion of Ganeshguri.
Other problems
According to highly placed sources in the police, strict action will be
taken against people parking their vehicles in no parking zones after the en-
tire new parking lots are allotted and
starts functioning. It is also noticed
that some shops, garages and junkyards block almost half of the roads
with their vehicles or other workable
materials which is intolerable and the
concerned agencies should recheck
their trade licenses as it is illegal to
block the way for whatever reasons it
may be.
“A resident of Jyotikuchi said,
“There are three junkyards adjacent
to each other in this area and the road
is almost half blocked with their vehicles, dumpers and other equipments
24/7. The police also know about the
problem but do not take any action as
they have some secret arrangements
with the owners. I don’t know whether
it is legal or not, but it is really an inconvenience to the people of this area.”
Similarly places like Chatribari,
Kumarpara etc are always blocked
with slow moving vehicles because
there are many business establishments located in the area. People
park their vehicles anywhere and
everywhere, causing huge traffic jams
for hours. There are only few countable off-street parking lots in the city
(Fancy Bazar GMC market, Guwahati Town Club, Fancy Bazar old jail,
ASTC multi level parking, Ganeshguri GMDA parking and a private
parking lot opposite Secretariat). So,
with these 72 on-street parking lots
and few off-street parking lots, will
the city parking problem ever be resolved?
rahul.chanda@g-plus.in
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
3
In The News
WILL THE
ARTIFICIAL
FLOODS
EVER STOP?
With the showers starting to come in thick and fast, have the authorities done enough to
solve the problem of artificial floods in the city or have their efforts been all in vain?
Juthika Baruah
PUB SARANIA
A
lthough the problem of artificial floods in the city have
been reduced to some extent,
the condition in low lying areas like
Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar and Tarun
Nagar are far from ideal with the
problem of water logging still persisting after heavy showers of rainfall
in the city.
Engineer J.N. Khataniar, who
has been working on bringing about
a permanent solution to the problem in these areas have proposed the
construction of an elevated drainage
system above the guard walls of the
Bharalu River by using pumps, so
that instead of draining the water
into the BharaluRiver, it can be sent
directly into the River Brahmaputra
through pipes set up by the embankment of the River Bharalu. If the water is drained into the Brahmaputra
directly, then the problem of artificial floods in the low lying areas will
come to an end, said Khataniar.
Khataniar also praised the
Guwahati Municipal Corporation
(GMC), Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and
Water Resource department under
the guidance of Additional Principal
Secretary to the Government of Assam, M.G.V.K. Bhanu for taking up
such initiatives to make the city flood
free.
Khataniar said the Bharalu River
has surplus carrying capacity but due
to negligence in the earlier years and
lack of timely maintenance, artificial
floods have become a regular issue
for the last several years. The existing drains are insufficient to drain
out the water and pumping is the
only solution to do so. “Siltation is
also one of the unavoidable problems but it should be maintained and
drains and rivers should be cleaned
up frequently during the dry season
instead of the monsoon season,” said
Khataniar.
The Anil Nagar and Nabin Nagar
areas are the most affected and consultant engineer J.N. Khataniar suggested a special action plan for the
respective areas and other adjacent
low laying areas.
• Efficient pumping arrangement is the only solution to minimise the
heavy flood problem as the bed level of the adjacent Bharalu River is
higher than the other areas.
• The bed level of Bharalu is at a higher level and surrounded by thick
guard walls having limited carrying capacity. Pumping out the nearby
flood water to the already overloaded flowing river is not advisable
during heavy floods.
• As an alternative way to discharge the high pressure pumped water
from the low areas, it can have another set of properly designed elevated pipe drains above the existing guard walls of the River Bharalu
to carry the pumped water to be discharged directly to the River Brahmaputra at Bharalumukh point.
• With these arrangements of elevated extra pumped water drainage
system, the load on the existing rivers/drains shall be reduced drastically during high flood time.
• In both cases, the location of the intake points for the pump sets has
to be selected rightly with an addition of proper silt trap at all intake/
pump point for silt free flowing of flood water through the elevated
drains.
• This arrangement shall reduce the cost of construction of new drains,
land acquisition problem etc.
Lokhora
Bharalu River has
surplus carrying
capacity but due
to negligence in
the earlier years
and lack of timely
maintenance,
artificial floods have
become a regular
issue
Earlier, Kamrup Metro District
Commissioner, M. Angamuthu said
that in the Chandmari rain gauge,
the rainfall as on May 8 was measured at 108.7mm, in Pandu it was
81.5mm, Gandhi Mandap 74mm, Rehabari 73mm and Byrnihat measured
105mm. Rainfall measured above
50mm is regarded as heavy rainfall.
“Last year the rainfall that oc-
curred on 26th and 27th June was 6568mm which was quite low compared
to this year but the flood that occurred
in today’s rainfall do not last long as
the water evacuation was much faster
in the history of Bharalu. The water
flow of Marabharalu was also faster
than the earlier years in the ISBT, Fatasil Ambari and Pamohi areas. A part
of Zoo Road Tiniali, Gauhati Commerce College, Lachit Nagar were
most affected which will be taken care
of within 15 days,” said Angamuthu.
The DC also stated that while
last year it took almost 10-12 hours
to drain out the water, this time the
water logging lasted for only 6 hours.
He said that the areas where there is a
blockade will be taken care of by deploying more manpower and they will
prepare an action plan for such areas
for better development planning.
Angamuthu said that adequate
pumps will be set up for Anil Nagar
and Nabin Nagar and the Guwahati
Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has started working for
major diversion of water flow from
the Chandmari railway, Geetanagar
etc. The water resource department
has also set up pumps in the flood affected areas and it will be completed
within 15 days. He also urged the public to throw garbage into the dustbins
instead of drains and by the roadsides,
which block the drains as a result of
which the flow of water decreases and
floods adjoining areas.
juthika.baruah@g-plus.in
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
In The News
7,182 street vendors
to get vending zones in Guwahati
Rahul Chanda
S
treet vendors have been an
integral part of any Indian street,
Guwahati being no exception.
They sell every conceivable item, but
most of them have no documents
that legitimises their trade. But this is
all set to change now with the Street
Vendors (Protection of Livelihood
and Regulation of Street Vending)
Act, 2014 which was passed by the
Parliament in the month of March.
The act emphasises that there should
be a town vending committee for
each town or city. The Town Vending
Committee (TVC) is the centre piece
of this act and they will adopt the
regulatory as well as welfare measures
for the street vendors within the city.
Total number of vendors in Guwahati
According to the act, the following things have to be ensured by
the governments of states:-
• Survey of the street
vendors has to be done to
identify the exact numbers
of the vendors in the city
• Registration of the street
vendors is vital to provide
the services
• Vending zones has to be
identified to settle the
vendors and provide them
a fixed place
• Co-operation with other
sectors like banks etc. is
required for the welfare of
the vendors
In Guwahati, were all these things
implemented? Do we know how many
vendors are providing services to
Guwahatians? Where exactly can we
meet them? Thinking on these lines, G
Plus talked to the stakeholders.
7182
Food vendors497
Cloth vendors 727
Fruit vendors661
Vegetable vendors2044
Fish vendors194
Meat vendors82
Pan/tamul vendors1163
Chana/ puchka/ bhel muri vendors
183
Others1631
The survey
According to GMC officials, the
survey was conducted with the help
of an NGO, Scorpion and a number
of vendors have been identified, all of
whom will be registered soon. After
the Street Vendors Act was passed in
March 2014, a town vending committee headed by the GMC commissioner
and members from various sectors
like NGOs was formed. 40 per cent
of the members were from vendors,
bank, police etc. The vending committee identified various zones like south
zone, west zone, east zone, Lokhara
zone, Dispur zone etc. The survey was
completed in April 2015 and according to the results, there are 7,182 street
vendors in the city. There are 497 food
vendors, 727 cloth vendors, 661 fruit
vendors, 2,044 vegetable vendors, 194
fish vendors, 82 meat vendors, 1,163
pan/tamul vendors, 183 chana/ puchka/ bhel muri vendors and 1,631 others. All these vendors will be provided
a vending zone and will have legal
papers which will give them a permanent place to do business.
The zones
According to GMC officials, three
places have already been allotted
to some vendors. The vendors near
GMCH have been allotted with a permanent vending zone. The place under
Six Mile Flyover towards Panjabari is
also another zone which has been allotted to vendors. In Fancy Bazar, the
road from Sharma Sweets to Kedar
Road has been allotted to the vendors
who were earlier doing business in SS
Road. Now GMC is working in places
like Chandmari, Jalukbari and Paltan
Bazaar to make vending zones. But,
according to some city vendors, they
were not provided any written notices
before being shifted or evicted which
is against the Street Vendor’s Act. In
this regard, GMC officials said that
the town vending committee has 40
per cent representation from the street
vendors and any decision taken about
the relocation of the vendors is always
discussed and decided by the committee, hence it is presumed that the vendors are informed by their representatives.
A highly placed source in the
GMC said, “In many zones one vendor
owns around 10 shops and when they
are relocated, the same person will not
get all the 10 shops but only one shop
which is a matter of concern for them.
Therefore, there are some vendors who
are against the decision of relocation.”
The source further said that although the vendors struggle to earn
their livelihood, there are also many
others who have managed to own
many shops across the city which they
rent it out for a huge amount of money
to other struggling vendors and once
the relocation of vendors is completed,
all the vendors will individually have
a permanent place for which they
will not even have to pay rent. There
will only be a registration fee of Rs
200 and the most affected will be the
vendors who already have many shops
because they will remain with only one
shop in their possession. According to
Street Vendors Act, only one member
of a family can own a vending place.
According to the source, there is a
huge nexus between street vendors
and some high profile people who are
making a huge amount of money. This
decision of relocating and registering
the vendors will break the nexus and
therefore, these people are against the
move.
juthika.baruah@g-plus.in
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
5
In The News
Students all set
to prepare for admissions
Juthika Baruah
W
ith the results of HSLC
and HSSLC examinations
of the State Board to be
declared soon, students are now busy
with the preparation of selecting the
best colleges for their preferred choice
of stream with most students wishing
to pursue higher studies outside the
state.
Out of the 100 students that G
Plus talked to, more than 60 students
wants to go outside saying that the
scope of higher studies is much better
in several other states than in Assam
and Guwahati.
“I am waiting for the results to be
declared and after that I will decide
whether I will stay here in Guwahati
or go outside for higher studies. But I
have a dream to go outside and pursue
a general course as I want to appear
for IAS. For IAS and other civil service examination, there is a scope in
Delhi for coaching. I have not found
any good institute here in the city and
therefore, I want to go to Delhi but it
depends on my results. So I am just
waiting for the result to be declared
as everything else will depend on it,”
said Manasi Dutta, a Class XII student
while speaking to G Plus.
Another student who appeared
in the HSLC examination, Arjun Mahanta said that he will pursue his HS
in Guwahati itself, after which he will
go to Delhi as it is one of the best cities
for pursuing higher studies.
“I would love to stay in my homeland if there would have been better scope for jobs and higher studies.
Once a student completes his or her
studies, they have to remain unemployed or have to join a job which is
not up to their satisfaction. Therefore,
students are going outside the state
and I am also thinking of doing the
same as I don’t want to spoil my career.
I am not sure whether I will be getting
a good opportunity here in Assam,”
said Arjun.
A Vice Principal of a reputed college of the city, while speaking to G
Plus about the changing scenario of
the education department said that
the education system has changed a
lot. “Earlier the system was smooth
and there were a few colleges and people studied in those colleges as they
don’t have any other option left but
still they came out with flying colours.
But now-a-days, students have many
options and parents also search for
the best colleges for their children and
the choice of colleges have become
a competition among the students
rather than bringing a good result. A
student’s result do not depend on the
college rather it depends on their hard
“Earlier the system was smooth and there were a few
colleges and people studied in those colleges as they
don’t have any other option left but still they came out
with flying colours. But now-a-days, students have
many options and parents also search for the best
colleges for their children and the choice of colleges
have become a competition among the students rather
than bringing a good result.”
A Vice Principal
of a reputed college of the city
work,” said the Vice Principal.
The vice principal said that it’s not
that the students don’t get adequate
scope here in the state but going outside to pursue a career has become a
fashion. The colleges of the state also
provide good and quality education
and the basic thing that a student
learns is from the school education
itself.
Moreover, the colleges are expected to declare the cut off marks for the
admissions to Higher Secondary and
Degree courses from May last as soon
as the results were declared. In Cotton
College, the admission procedure to
Higher Secondary and Undergraduate
cources will start by the end of May.
The cut off marks for SEBA will be 75
per cent and for CBSE it will be 85 per
cent. There are 750 seats which will be
divided accordingly.
When asked about the cut off
marks for B. Barooah College, a faculty of the college said “Many students,
who secure good marks, apply here
but do not turn up during admission
because they get through in other colleges in the city. As a result, many seats
remain vacant. This is the reason why
we do not issue cut-off lists. During
admission, names are called out according to merit. If anyone does not
turn up, the next candidate in line gets
the chance.”
The faculty said, “There is no separate cut offs marks for other boards
like CBSE or ICSE. Students with 54
per cent have also got admissions in
college in arts stream. Last year, the
college received around 1,500 forms
in the science stream whereas in arts
stream, it was around 1000. Those
with merit gets admission according
to the seats availability.”
For Gauhati Commerce College,
forms will be available a day ahead of
the declaration of results for both HS
and Undergraduate courses. “For HS
we have 450 seats and the admission
criteria will be decided when we receive all the forms. The cut off marks
last year for general students from the
state board had been fixed at 74 per
cent and for those from CBSE and
other boards it was 92 per cent and
this year also it will remain the same
or it might change depending on the
results,” said Principal of the college,
Ghanashyam Medhi.
juthika.baruah@g-plus.in
Weather report for the week
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Passing showers.
Scattered showers.
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
In The News
Zen Driving Simulator
launched by DTO to train new drivers
Juthika Baruah
I
n order to reduce road accidents
and to ensure road safety, the District Transport Office of Kamrup
Metro has launched a Zen Driving
Simulator in the premises of the Principal Drivers’ and Conductors’ Training School.
Inaugurating the Zen Driving
Simulator and Driving Testing Track,
Minister of Sports and Excise, Ajit
Singh said, “The driving simulator is
important for reducing the accidents
as 70 per cent of accidents occurred
due to drunken driving. It will also be
helpful for women as they do not get
the chance to learn driving on a regular basis outside. If they want to apply
for a license, they can first practice on
the simulator so that they can be perfectly trained before applying for the
license.”
Singh said that the number of
women drivers should be increased
and the simulator will help them practice driving in a easy way. He also said
that at least 3-4 persons from each
district should be provided the training in order to increase the number of
skilled drivers. The driving simulator
will further be introduced in each district for the convenience of the people.
Transport Commissioner J. Balaji
said that the online driving test will
be introduced soon in the state and
modernization is a big problem which
needs to be solved. The transport department should also emphasize on
• Has real dashboard assembly and controls, instrumentation and transmission
• Offers realistic operating environment
and ergonomics
• Intelligent Traffic Models in driving
scenes
• Provides a variety of terrains and driving
conditions
• Environmental conditions like rain, fog,
snowfall, intensity of light can be created
• Modular training set-up increases levels
of difficulty for trainees
• Training can be conducted at different
stations with different exercises simultaneously
• Training pace can be set to suit trainees
• Record/ playback facility can be used to
detect errors of each trainee
• Instructor station is comprehensive and
user friendly.
revenue collection.
Zen DS is a versatile indoor
classroom driver training simulator
of light, medium and heavy vehicles
which comes with the option of either
a left or right hand drive. The Driving Simulator basic system is supplied
with a single instructor station and a
driver station but it has facility to control up to ten driver stations of various
combinations of vehicles individually
or simultaneously.
Zen car driving simulator is ideal
for institutes imparting basic training
for aspirant drivers. The car simulator, which is a light vehicle simulator, is designed exclusively for driving
schools. The car driving simulator is
portable and constitutes employing
simulators which can impart training
effectively and cut trainees’ hours of
actual training on road.
The driver station has a seat for
driver, safety belt and realistic controls, LCD monitors display, 3D CGI
driving scenes of different types of
roads, traffic, terrains, environmental
conditions and also the rear mirror
views.
DTO Kamal Das said that the
instructor control the sessions, driving exercises and continuously assess
the progress of trainees. The clutch,
brake, accelerator, engine oil, temperature and various other reading s
are displayed on instructor station for
individual driver stations. The system
continuously records the errors committed by the trainee. “When a per-
son is issued a Learning License, they
are being given a period of six months
to be expert to get the driving license
after qualifying a test drive. But now
the people will be tested on the driving simulator which is a duplicate car
but gives the feeling of a real car while
driving,” said Das.
After the trainees are imparted the
training, they will be given a test drive
in the Driving Testing Track after
which they will be issued the license.
juthika.baruah@g-plus.in
SOLDIERS, CANNONS AND
G PLUS NEWS
T
Features:
he Government of Assam is
all set to install a giant statue
of war hero Lachit Borphukan
in the middle of the Brahmaputra at
Guwahati. The Assam Tourism Development Corporation has put in place
another tribute to the legendary war
hero. The project is estimated to cost
about Rs 3Cr or more.
According to sources, work on the
statue had begun about a year back
and it was initiated by Chief Minister
of Assam, Hon’ble Tarun Gogoi and
Rockybul Hussain and the project is
undergoing its final phase. The statue
will also have two cannons and eight
soldiers installed along with it. The
massive tribute will be established
about 120 meters from the river bank
at the centre of the Brahmaputra near
the ITA Pragjyotika Complex, Machkhowa.
The statue of the war hero will
stand tall at around 30-34 feet. Owing to its immense size, the statue has
been made in several segments. Popular sculptor Sri. Biren Singha had
been given the task of building this
juggernaut and the ATDC along with
A WAR HERO
the PWD is responsible
for the pedestal and future maintenance.
However, parts of
the main statue still need
to be welded and the accompanying soldiers are
yet to arrive from Kolkata. The undertaken
work still faces hurdles
of implementation and
completion and the electricity supply is yet to be
provided.
In addition, owing
to the rainfalls, the water
level of the Brahmaputra
is still high and so there
is no concrete date about
when the statues would
be installed. The city is
eagerly waiting for the
day when this magnificent structure will grace
its skyline.
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
LAND SETTLEMENT
Kalyan Deb
What is it all about!
City
LIC launches an
unique flexible
children plan –
Jeevan Tarun
T
I
n Guwahati, as in the rest of Assam, a very low proportion of land
is held as individual freehold. The
State government owns majority of the
land in Guwahati and over the years,
it has given ‘settlement’ through issuing of leases known as pattas. Under
the colonial state, there was a shift
towards establishing a system of individual land rights. Wherever land
did not have individual owners, it was
considered to be state property.
On the other hand, the state
brought out legislations by which it
could distribute this land through individual patta (lease). The process of
giving patta by the state in Assam is referred to as the “process of settlement.”
The Act of
settlement
The Assam Land and Revenue
Regulation Act 1886, was the legislation enacted to enable the process of
settlement. Through this legislation,
the colonial state began to give settlement to people on lands that had
heretofore been governed through the
customary rights of communities but
were now considered as state property
by the colonial state. On these lands,
the legislation thus enabled not only
a change in the nature of land rights
from customary collective rights to
documented individual lease but also
the transfer of land rights from tribals
and other marginalised communities
to others. This process of settlement
as well as a transformation in who got
and who did not get access and rights
to land has continued in the post-independence period. Those who have
patta for a plot of land through the
process of settlement consider this as
their private land since the patta is inheritable and also transferable after a
certain period having the characteristics of private land.
The Assam Land Policy of 1989
Currently,
under the 1989
Land Policy,
the Revenue
Department
issues miyadi
patta (periodic
patta) in
Guwahati that is
though it is for
a period of 30
years in practice
but the same is
prolonged.
was made under the parent act of
1886. Currently, lease / pattas are given
under this policy. Section 14.3 of the
policy states that land within Greater
Guwahati (and any other town) notified under Government Notification
No. RSR-21/59/126 dated October 1,
1966 may be settled on payment of
premium with indigenous persons of
the state.
Currently, under the 1989 Land
Policy, the Revenue Department issues miyadi patta (periodic patta) in
Guwahati for a period of 30 years. But
in practice, the same is prolonged and
extends more than this prescribed period.
The process
In Guwahati, residences in most
areas do not have miyadi(periodic)
patta and are only affiliated with
eksonia(annual) patta, a settlement of
one year that is renewed on payment
of land revenue. The process begins
with the application along with documents of the property submitted at the
office of the circle officer or the Deputy
Commissioner. On the submission of
the application with the area of the
proposed land, a mandal evaluates if
the applicants have been residing on
the land, the government value of the
plot and the measurement of the plot.
The mandal then forwards the report
to the state government after which
miyadi patta is issued.
However, there are certain regulations that are needed to be followed
for the allotment of miyadi patta, such
as the applicant/owner of the land has
to be residing on the plot of land. In
cases of the plot being situated within
the area of Guwahati Municipal Corporation, miyadi patta is issued by
the state government, whereas those
situated within ten kilometre radius
beyond GMC’s province, the patta is
provided by the Deputy Commissioner and for plots beyond ten kilometers,
patta is allotted by the circle officer.
The problem
faced by
commoners
Since the revenue charged by the
government for issuing of miyadi patta being of a larger amount depending upon the location of the land,it
gets beyond the reach of the middle
class households, resulting in several
properties sticking to the allotted eksonia patta. However, several problems can be caused if miyadi patta is
not applied for, such as one will not
get loans from banking organisations
against the property. Also, such properties can only be transferred within
the relatives and family members of
the owner, barring such properties to
be sold to other parties. Since buying
miyadi patta land is expensive, there
is no formal land supply that is more
affordable.
Several areas are not accorded
with miyadi patta, which also results
in the loss of revenue to the govern-
ment.
“The government should make
provisions for allotting miyadi patta
within a modest amount so that people can easily apply for the same. The
eksonia lease was issued to the poor
households in order to avail the plot
of land to be resided for a year. This is
renewed on the payment of land revenue, so for such households it is not
feasible for them to pay the revenue
required for issuing miyadi pattaa,”
said an official from the district administration.
Since in different areas of the city,
the revenue for issuing miyadi patta
varies according to the location and
hence, households in several areas
across the city do not acquire the settlement.
After living on state government
land for a period of 15 years, people
can apply for miyadi patta under the
1989 Land Policy. However, in recent
years, despite the urban poor and
middle-class having informally occupied State government land in Guwahati for long durations and some even
applying for miyadipatta, the same has
not been issued by the state government.
“There is no particular duration
within which miyadi patta is issued to
the applicants. In case of those lands
within the province of the GMC, patta
can only be issued by the government
who execute the process,” the official
added.
Moreover, having one’s own land
is highly valued amongst the people.
All this has encouraged people – be it
the urban poor or the middle class for
whom buying miyadi patta land from
a miyadi patta holder is too expensive.
Those with more money may buy land
or buy eksonia patta land, however, for
the poor and lower middle class, even
eksonia patta land is expensive.
kalyan.deb@g-plus.in
he Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC),
for the first time, has
launched a New Children Plan –
Jeevan Tarun from 18.05.2015.
This is a non-linked with profit
plan which can be taken for
children aged 90 days to less
than 13 years. The policy matures on the policy anniversary
after 25th birthday. Premium
paying stops 5 years before that.
Major highlights of this
plan are that it offers multiple
benefits to the customers, these
being:
Jeevan Tarun
The most attractive features of
the policy are
1) Low premium – starting
from around Rs 300 monthly
2) In case of the unfortunate death of the proposer, premium for the remaining period
is waived for a small amount of
additional premium
3) Flexibility in availing
Maturity benefit – the policy
holder can take the entire maturity benefit on the maturity
date or spread it over last 6 years
as per his choice which is to be
exercised at the inception of the
policy
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LIC’s JEEVAN SANGAM
will not be available for sale
after 1st June 2015. This is an
unique plan which is in SINGLE
PREMIUM mode with a fixed
12 year term and offers Income
Tax Rebate under Section 80 C
and also the maturity proceeds
is Tax Free under Section 10 (10
D). There is a Guaranteed Maturity Benefit together with Loyalty Addition as per experience.
The insurance coverage is 10
times the premium paid. Thus
the plan not only gives a high
insurance cover and a guaranteed return but also is extremely
beneficial from the Income Tax
point of view.
8
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
City
HOSTEL ASSOCIATION
CRIES FOUL OVER GMC NORMS
Juthika Baruah
M
DEMANDs CLARITY IN REGISTRATION PROCESS
ushrooming growth of private hostels in the city have
become a matter of grave
concern with most of these establishments lacking proper registrations
and the Greater Guwahati Hostel
and Paying Guest Owners’ Association alleging that the district administration is not willing to solve the
problem.
Speaking to G Plus, General Secretary of the association, B.R. Pathak
said, “To run a private hostel is not
an easy job and the hostels need registration but the criteria laid down
by the administration is such that no
hostel owner can comply with it.”
Guidelines for
issuing Trade License
• Commercial
Permission of the
building
• No Objection
Certificate (NOC) from
Fire
• NOC from Health
• NOC from Labour
Employment
• Garbage Disposal
Agreement
• Police Verification
• Commercial Tax
The hostel owners, if they fail to
provide any of these documents as
sought by the GMC,will not be provided with the license, said Pathak,
pointing out thatthe authority asked
for an NOC from the Health Inspector, the post of which, ironically,
is not available in the state at all.
While asked whether the position
of a health inspector is available in
the state or not, Joint Commissioner
of GMC, Isfakur Rahman informed
that a GMC Inspector is available
andthe NOC can also be taken from
the GMC inspector.
Pathak also alleged that NOC
from Labour Employment is required only when there are more
than two employee engaged in the
hostels, but most of them engage
only two employees and therefore,
one should not need the labour
NOC.
“The GMC officials themselves
do not have any idea of the Trade license form available on the website
and they provide a different form to
the hostel owner for issuing a trade
license where there is no mention
made of the documents to be submitted along with the form which
are sought verbally by the officials.
There are around 750 private hostels
in the city but only 250 are registered with most owners refusing to
register themselves as they oppose
the criteria given by the department.
The registered hostel should give a
fee of `200 monthly and `2000 annually to the GMC,” said Pathak.
Earlier, to ensure the safety of
students, the Assam State Commission for Women (ASCW) had
formed a committee with the officials of GMC, GMDA, district
administration, ASCW, Police and
UNICEF to monitor the situation in
the private hostels but now ASCW
has handed over the matter to the
district administration as it has
been decided that the Private Hostel norms should come under Sarai
Act, 1867.
Meanwhile, Pathak said that the
hostel norms can’t come under Sarai
Act as the Act is meant for hotels and
the rules of hostels and hotels can’t
be same. “Girls hostels are a serious
concern and security is the main issue and many untoward incidents
may take place therefore which it is
necessary to have a tight security.
The committee was formed to monitor whether the private hostels have
proper licenses and are registered
or not. But now the matter is being
looked into by the administration,”
said Monideepa Borkataky, Member
Secretary of ASCW.
On the other hand, Indrajit Baruah, the owner of a city based hostel while speaking to G Plus said,
“The Government gives subsidy to
the government hostels but not to
“security, hygienic
food, water supply
and electricity are
the main concerns
but when the
departments cut
power or the water
supply, it becomes
the headache of the
owners to provide
the hostelites with
all the facilities.
He said that the
GMC has made the
business of private
hostels’commercial’
for bearing a trade
license.”
a city based
hostel owner
the private hostels. The agreement
made by the Government for the
private hostels are one-sided where
only the concerned department
has the advantage while the hostel
ownersget nothing. I have been running my hostel since 20 years now.
While I used to give `5000 annually for garbage disposal, with the
GMC now handing over the contract to NGOs,we have to pay Rs.
1000 monthly but they do not come
to collect the garbage for two days
sometimes.”
Baruah said that security, hygienic food, water supply and electricity are the main concerns but
when the departments cut power
or the water supply, it becomes the
headache of the owners to provide the hostelites with all the
facilities. He said that the GMC
has made the business of private
hostels’commercial’ for bearing a
trade license. The rush of students
is more during July-August but now
it is seen that people want a hostel,
mainly in the city as most of themcome here for higher studies and
jobs.
Gyandeepa Kashyap, a student
who live in a hostel,said that the
hostel should provide good quality
food and should have a proper security system. “Overall the owners
provide good facilities but the food
quality is often poor which should
be improved. We give money to
provide us the basic facilities,” said
Gyandeepa.
juthika.baruah@g-plus.in
9
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
City
Assamese Chinese daughter appeals to
meet parents in China
Aditya Gogoi
T
he city witnessed an emotional scene this week when a
woman, now in her late 50s,
appealed everyone, including the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
to help her meet her parents.
Lyong Linchi alias Pramila Das
has been separated from her parents
for more than five decades now. She
was just six years old when the Indian
police detained her parents before deporting them to China in the wake of
Sino-Indian war in 1962.
Pramila Das, a resident of Tinsukia district believe that her parents
are among others living in some
camps in China.
“Separated from my family at an
early age, I have been passing my days
in deep pain. I know my parents are
old and ailing. I long to meet them
soon before they leave for the heavenly abode,” a tearful Pramila Das
told G Plus.
Police detained her parents along
with hundreds of other people of Chi-
nese origin during the war and sent
them to Deoli internment camp in
Rajasthan before they were deported
to China and other parts of the globe.
She has also written to the union
home minister Rajnath Singh, seeking his intervention in meeting her
parents in China.
Pramila is among the several
hundreds of Assamese people of Chinese origin facing a severe identity
crisis. Most of these Chinese people
had come much before India’s independence. They were brought to Assam by East India Company officials
for establishing the tea industry. After that there were some voluntary
migration from China to Assam and
Bengal.
Remembering the fateful day,
Pramila Das said that she was away
at her grandparents house when they
heard that many of their neighbours
were being deported on trains due to
the war.
“We rushed to the train station
Study reveals
worst scene of
domestic violence
Aditya Gogoi
E
ven with several schemes
initiated by the government,
violence against women
does not seem to be decreasing in
the state. Horrific scenes of violence against women has been revealed in a recent study by an NGO
in Assam.
Guwahati based North East
Network (NEN) which conducted
the study on 1,200 women survivors of domestic violence across
the state says that 83.7 percent
women are beaten by family members, husbands or by masters in
their day to day lives. This is the
highest form of all types of domestic violence.
The report further reveals that
34.1 percent women have to face
forced sexual intercourse at some
point of their lives.
“The study was conducted to
understand the nature of domestic violence in rural Assam within
women’s human rights framework
and to develop a baseline. We also
wanted to understand the perspectives and roles of the agencies
available at the community level
and their response to the critical
needs of women survivors of domestic violence. But the outcome is
pretty unfortunate,” said Anurita P
Hazarika, one of the researchers of
the report.
The study has categorized
the violence faced by women as –
physical abuse, sexual, verbal and
emotional, economic violence and
dowry related harassment. Besides
beating, the respondents have complaints of getting slapped, hitting,
biting, kicking, punching, pushing,
shoving and other manners.
“My husband used to harass
me a lot. He used to beat me with
an iron rod or anything he could
get hold of. He used to squeeze my
neck and pull me by my hair. Due
to such brutal tortures, I suffered
miscarriage twice and now I cannot bear children anymore,” a 31
year old respondent was quoted as
saying in the report.
More than 80 percent women
face insults which include humiliation, especially, with regard to not
having a child or male child and
repeated threats to cause physical
pain. This is categorized as verbal
and emotional abuse.
The women who were interviewed for the report represented
more than 40 ethnic communities and more than five religions.
The study was carried out in Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Tinsukia,
Darrang, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and
Sonitpur districts.
The report recommends that
the state government must immediately draw up a state action plan
to monitor the implementation of
the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005.
but the train had already left. Since
then we are separated,” said said.
But she received a letter from her
parents from China around 15 years
back. “Our parents kept on sending
letters but we received the first letter after 30 years. We have also been
talking over phone to each other for
the last 10 years. My parents are also
longing to see me but without help
of the government, this is not possible,” she added. Her father, Lyong
Kokhoi was a carpenter at Rangagara
tea estate in Tinsukia district and her
mother, Chanu Leong was a Mizo.
Rita Chowdhury, an award winning author who has written the
book ‘Makam’ on the plight of this
community has appealed to the government so that they can live with
dignity.
“Most of these people in Assam
got married to local girls and settled
down there. As time passed by, a large
society of the Assamese-Chinese
formed and flourished in Assam. An
estimated 1,500 people of Chinese
origin are believed to be living in Assam. They forgot their own language
and most of them never went back to
China again. Most of the people were
illiterate and ignorant of the political
changes,” Chowdhury said.
But after the 1962 India-China
war, they were sent to a detention
camp in Deoli in Rajasthan so that
they don’t work as spies.
“Some of them were deported to
China while a few were released later.
Those released came back to Assam
only to find that their property were
all gone. The deported people are
still considered as Indian refugees,”
she adds.
The senior lecturer in Political
Science at Cotton College in Guwahati urged the government and the
civil society to come forward to provide necessary political and social
protection to the Indian-Chinese
“living in silence, fear and insecurity”.
AGP rally against
government’s anti-state
policy
A
som Gana Parishad (AGP)
on Wednesday carried out
a protest rally featuring all
its senior leaders, including former
chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, against the ‘anti-state’ policy
of the central and state government
in Guwahati.
The AGP leadership said that it’s
time the people of the state realize
the dismal future of the country under the current government.
The regional party is protesting a series of policies including
cancelling the special state status
for Assam, the land swap deal and
price hike of essential commodities
among others.
“Taking advantage of a weak
government in Assam, the central
government has cancelled the special state status. It will hamper the
economic growth of the state. This
is just another instance which indicates that the BJP government
has been cheating the people of the
state,” said former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, after
taking part in the rally.
The 50:50 central funding pattern was reduced to 90:10 after the
BJP government came to power, he
added.
He also said that there is no difference between the earlier UPA
government and this NDA government at the centre when it comes to
The 50:50 central funding
pattern was reduced to 90:10
after the BJP government
came to power
the development of the state and the
northeast region.
The rally, which started from
the party headquarters and travelled
across the city saw the participation
of hundreds of workers and leaders
of the party.
AGP president Atul Bora warned
the BJP and the Congress not to
play politics with the interest of the
state. “We will not let the BJP and
the Congress to compromise with
the interest of the people. We will
not let anybody to play politics for
their personal gain. The Assam Accord has to be implemented besides
proper updation of NRC,” Bora said.
He also said that the people of
the state should realize that only a
regional party can work for the development of the state.
Among others, the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project
(LSHEP) and the Indo-Bangladesh
Land Swap Agreement are the major
issues on which the BJP government
is playing politics with the people of
the state, according to the AGP leadership.
“There is not a single instance
that the BJP government has worked
for the betterment of the region in
the last one year. So far whatever
they have been doing is for their own
gain. In every aspect, they are interested in their personal gain,” said
AGP general secretary Ramendra
Narayan Kalita.
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
City
Elderly couple show the way
Priyanka Jain
O
CONJUGAL BLISS at
old age home
ld age comprises “the later
part of life; the period of life
after youth and middle age
usually with reference to deterioration of physical attributes. When
old age begins cannot be universally
defined because it shifts according to
the context.
Old people often have limited
regenerative abilities and are more
susceptible to disease, syndromes,
and sickness than younger adults.
But simply because they are at the fag
end of their lives, there should not be
any restriction on how they wish to
live their remaining days.
In fact, this is what elderly couple Shantannu Kumar and Manju
Singh Rai just did. Both residents
of Mother Old Age Home near New
Guwahati, Ganesh Nagar, the elderly
Bengali couple, Kumar, aged 73 and
Rai aged 63 decided to tie the knot on
20th May 2015.
Das was married earlier, but his
wife died three years ago while Rai
was not married at all. Both of them
have no one in their lives and so they
decided to get married. Das was also
the first person to come to the ashram
in 2012 and has been staying there till
date. The couple has decided to stay
in the ashram after their wedding.
“Everyone should respect their
parents. When parents become old,
we are not supposed to leave them
alone,we should become their support system. This is the time when
they need our help but we end up putting them in ashrams. I want people
of Guwahati should come to such
ashrams, help and donate as they can
and meet the people who often go to
such traumas and pain,“ said the secretary of Mother Old Age, Monica
Sharma, while talking to G Plus.
When asked, what made her
come up with the idea of opening an
old age home, she said “My colleague,
Utpal Kumar Harshvarhdhan and I,
used to work with an NGO, Monalisa
Society. From there we decided to
do something for the society as we
wanted to bring some change. In the
year 2012, we fulfilled our dreams by
opening a Shelter Home. We have 21
elderly inmates in the ashram, out of
which six are working while the rest
are ailing from diseases like paralysis. Some are blind; some are going
through Alzheimer and other old age
related diseases.” she said.
The ashram taken in women
inmates from age 55-plus while for
men, it is 60-plus. Recently, the oldest
inmate at the home, who, everyone
lovingly called Grandmother, died at
the age of 104 due to diarrhoea. Now
the oldest woman in the home is aged
95 years.
When G Plus asked how they
collect the required fund for maintenance of the home, Monica replied
“There are various organizations
who donate to us, like Oil Refinery
who send us monthly food products,
clothes etc. For others, we spend
some from our own pockets. As I said
earlier, six people who still work give
something from their savings and
there are several pensioners who even
contribute. Many of our equipment
like the inverter, and the aqua guard
have been donated by well wishers.
“Now we are planning to shift
to a bigger place so that we can accommodate more people. Here, as it
is a rented building, only 21 people
can be accommodated. There are six
workers who cook food, clean and
take care of this elderly people. Even
though the government had promised us with some help, nothing has
materialised so far. We have all the
basic facilities like 24-hours water
supply and electricity”, she added.
When asked what do the elderly
inmates do the whole day, she replied
“As most of them suffer from one ailment or other, they mostly watch television, while some listen to music
to soothe themselves. We also have a
temple here, so some of them go and
sit there too. I feel bad for them as
their children leave them when their
parents need them the most. It’s my
humble request to everyone to come
visit and talk to them. You feel good
and even they will feel good.“
When asked to an old woman
about her experience at the ashram
she said, “I am 80 year old and my
children are busy earning so they did
not have time for me. I was feeling
lonely even after staying with them, so
I left my home and came here. I don’t
regret leaving that home as I am happy
with my decision.”
Maruti’s ‘Fab Four’ lead pack among
India’s favourite cars
G PLUS NEWS
A
ggressive foreign carmakers are trying their best to
break into the country’s
top-selling brands, but in the great
Indian road race, there’s still no
overtaking Maruti Suzuki.
Data collated by HT and confirmed by companies shows that
India’s biggest carmaker accounted for the four biggest-selling cars
in the financial year to March 31,
the third year in a row that it has
been so dominant.
The powerful showing from
Maruti’s dimunitive cars comes
despite the much-hyped launch 18
months ago of Hyundai’s Grand
i10, and the challenge from Indian rivals such as Mahindra and
Tata who share some of Maruti’s
strengths in distribution.
The company’s entry-level Alto
nonchalantly topped the charts
for the 11th-year running, while
compact sedan Dzire and hatchback cousin Swift crossed sales of
200,000 units for the first time.
The days when it had a 90%
market share - before the advent
of cheap Korean rivals - are long
gone, but in 2014-15 Maruti grew
its market share by 4 percentage
points to 46%, thanks in large part
to the performance of its top four
models.
“In last fiscal, number of firsttime buyers improved to around
44% from around 37% in 201314. This gives a positive signal
for entry-level cars, where Maruti
has a strong presence,” a company
spokesperson said.
Sales of the Alto included five
months of the peppier Alto K10,
which also offered the world’s
cheapest automatic variant. This
launch helped Alto grow for the
first time in four years, and it’s still
some 90,000 off its peak sales recorded in 2010-11. The 15-year-old
Wagon R showed its staying power.
The only non-Maruti in the
top 5 is the Mahindra Bolero,
which saw sales decline by 6% during 2014-15 due to falling farm incomes. The next three cars in the
top 10 are all Hyundai: the Grand
i10, the recently launched Elite i20,
and the Eon. Honda’s mid-size sedan City also re-enters the list after
a 5-year break and is also the fastest growing brand in the country.
For the second straight year, no
Tata car could measure up against
competition. Its new launches Zest
and Bolt have only met with lukewarm response so far.
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
11
City
TORQUE
SPEED
ADRENALINE
Motorsports
in Guwahati
Kalyan deb
G
uwahati may not be known
for producing any Naraine or
Chandhok, but few are perhaps aware that several car rallies take
place in the city every year. The city
has also produced a host of champion
drivers such as Arindam Saikia, Atihur
Rahman and Ravi Aggarwal, who have
achieved recognition at regional and
national levels. But their numbers have
dwindled lately, with southern India
now taking over as the country’s motorsport hub.
“Youngsters willing to take up
car rallying as a career are flocking to
clubs down South now, whereas opportunities await them here through
several corporate teams such as MRF,
JK Tyres, Thunderbolt, Mahindra and
several others,” said Mrinmoy Sinha, a
motor sport enthusiast and president,
Extreme Games Association of Assam.
“The number of motor sport drivers are very limited in the city but this
can get a boost through support from
the government. We see youths speeding across the traffic and shout at them
for doing so but among them, are also
enthusiasts who want to make their
mark in motor sports. But due to the
lack of recreational grounds, they are
not able to hone their skills and rather
carry out stunts on the city streets,”
added Sinha, who is one of the pioneers in rally sports in the city.
Organised by the Extreme Games
Association of Assam (EGAA), the
brain child of Mrinmoy Sinha and Dr.
Dipjyoti Hanse, the association took
the initiative to organise the first ever
motor sport in Guwahati held in the
year 2010 in Time, Speed and Distance (TDS) format at the Veterinary
ground, Khanapara. Since then, EGAA
has been the torchbearer of the sport in
the city and was the first to introduce
Drag Race in northeast and Autocross
in Assam. Followed by 2010’s TSD Rally, the sport has been organised in the
city every year under the title ‘Torque
Power Challenge’ with a steady flow
of participants from across the country including the northeastern giants,
Meghalaya and Nagaland from where
over twenty participants from each
state have been taking part.
The EGAA events took place on
the Brahmaputra beach at West Guwahati after it was transformed into a
makeshift drag racing track with the
help of JCB trucks and the tracks watered for three days in order to make
the speeding cars trail-blaze their way
in the Torque Power Challenge.
The event is held on a three-day
timeline, organised by the Extreme
Games Association of Assam to promote a spirit of adventure and unity
amongst the different states and the car
enthusiasts of the city through extreme
sports.
“Close to 40 participants from different parts of the northeast take part
in the event every year. Through the
event, we aim to create awareness of
extreme sports by bringing people together. There is a wide scope to develop
extreme sports in this region and the
good thing is that gradually people are
showing interest in,” said Sinha.
The event includes motorcycle
stunt shows where professionals as
well as amateur bikers display their
skills and in the four-wheelers category, the drag race events are held in
three different categories that include
above and below 1000 CC vehicles and
Gypsy-class level.
Racers can be seen zooming past
one another with their modified vehicles as the venue provides the perfect
pitch to abandon all restraint in flooring the gas and the growls emanating
from their exhausts tear down the serenity of the river front, often taking
the onlookers by surprise.
Though the sport has become popular around the country, it still strives
for recognition among Guwahatians.
“Motorsports being traditionally
a rich man’s domain, mass
participation has always
been a hurdle for sponsorships and funding. It costs
several lakhs of rupees
while organising an event.
Hence, without corporate
sponsorships, it is extremely difficult for the sport to
thrive. Thus, most part of
the expenses have to be
paid from our pocket itself
and we keep on continuing only to boost the sport
among the people. We have
approached the state’s tourism and sports departments
several times to obtain the
government’s support but
no response has been received so far,” informed
Sinha who himself has
clinched several titles in
the 3rd and 4th Nagaland
Horsepower Challenge, Arunachal
Festival of Speed, Sutunga Sports and
Games among others.
Motor sports in the Northeast has
given a new shape to national integration as several events are carried out
in various regions of this part of the
country throughout the year in affiliation with the Federation of Motor
Sport Club of India (FMSCI), providing a platform for budding motorsport
enthusiasts to showcase their talents
and compete at the national level.
Motorsports in India dates back to
the 1970’s but the concept of automobile racing was just in its nascent stage
at that point of time. The Indian motor
sport scenario changed in 1980 with
the establishment of the Himalaya
Car Rally. The Indian government has
recently recognised motor sports as a
sport by including the governing body
FMSCI in the list of sports ministrybacked National Sports Federations
(NSF).
The ministry has included motor
sports in its latest revision of sports
disciplines, albeit in the ‘Others’ category, meaning no financial assistance
will be provided to the Federation of
Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).
Today the motor sport market in India
is worth `20 crores. Corporate giants
like Tata and Maruti are willing to
promote the sport in the country by
attaching their names with renowned
motor sports persons
kalyan.deb@g-plus.in
12
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
Politicking
14
years
of Congress
government
in Assam
Syeda Ambia Zahan
T
he Tarun Gogoi led Congress government in the
state has recently completed its 14th year in power
in the state of Assam. Amidst intensive debate
over the achievements by the 14-year-old Congress government, the state government has planned elaborate celebrations on May 23 and 24 to highlight the government’s
achievement in various fields. An ever enthusiastic CM Tarun Gogoi said, “We
came to power in 2001, which was the worst period in
Assam’s history. The law-and-order situation had collapsed at that time. Development activities had come to a
halt. The government employees were not paid their salaries. People, even in Guwahati, were not able to venture
out of home at night. Militant groups were having a free
run. But now the situation has changed.” Well, if success is what the government is claiming as a feather in their cap, there are other sectors in
the state where the three –time government has miserably failed to bring an upliftment. Here are few facts
of the fourteen year rule by the Tarun Gogoi government that the people of the state ought to know:
Facts you ought to know
5 achievements of
Congress Government in the
past 14 years
1. Employment Front: In the last 14 years, 85 lakh people got employment in Assam. This includes self-employment, along with
those in government and private sectors.
2. Per capita income: Per Capita Income has risen to Rs. 49,480 in
the last fiscal from Rs. 13,059 in 2001-02, while the GSDP stood
at Rs. 1,62,652 crore as against Rs. 38,313 crore during the same
period.
3. Tax collection: Tax collection rose to Rs. 8,177.26 crore
from Rs.1,270.33 crore, while excise revenue went up to Rs. 665
crore in Financial Year 2015 from Rs. 147 crore in Financial Year
2002.
4. Bank deposits: Bank deposits by people increased to Rs. 76,795
crore in 2013-14 from Rs.10,992 crore in 2001-02. The loans
taken by the public also rose to Rs. 33,763 crore in the last fiscal
from Rs. 3,663 crore.
5. Agricultural production: Agricultural production reached 54.50
tonnes from 38.54 tonnes between 2001 and 2014, while Rs. 6,000
crore of agricultural loans were taken in the last fiscal from a negligible amount at the time he became the Chief Minister for the
first time.
Five failures of Congress Government:
1. Non-Utilization of central fund: Shantanu Basu, Principal Accountant General of Assam in a report has
said that an astronomical amount of around Rs 86,000 crore could not be utilised in the last ten years. In the
year 2013-2014 fiscal, out of Rs. 12,500 crore allotted to Assam by the Centre, the Gogoi led government
was able to utilize only Rs 8132.04 crore.
2. Infiltration: The Congress led government has failed to keep a check on infiltration from neighboring Bangladesh. The government has always been criticized for using these people as their vote banks in the past
elections in the state. The state has failed in its responsibility to provide utilisation certificates of funds
received from the Centre.
3. Insurgency: The year 2014 had registered an overall rise in insurgency-related violence in the state with a
total of 305 fatalities. In 2012, the overall fatalities stood at 91. Worryingly, in 2014, Assam recorded the
highest number of civilian fatalities since 2008, when civilian fatalities stood at 224. The Gogoi government,
despite putting considerable effort to bring some of the militant outfits to the discussion table has miserably
failed to put a check in fatalities. In terms of overall fatalities, Assam is now the worst-affected state in India.
4. Rights of tea workers: Many international human rights organizations have criticized the Gogoi government
for failing to ensure the right to life with dignity of tea plantation workers. The death of ten tea workers due to
starvation in the year 2012 proved that the present government has failed to guarantee their right to life with
dignity for decades. The rights of plantation workers to minimum wage, housing and basic medical facilities in
accordance with the Plantation Labour Act 1951 have not been implemented.
5. Farmers’ suicide: Assam witnessed around 15,000 suicides in the last five years, most of the cases involving
men aged between 30 and 44 years. A study of suicide cases registered with the state police since 2008 showed
that most men committed suicide out of frustration on being unable to meet rising financial needs. Among the
15,000 deaths, more than 8000 are with a background of farming.
With these fact, Assam has also entered its election year with the assembly elections due latest by April 2016.
CCSU Astronomy and Astrophysics Summer
School in city from June 22 to July 11
T
he CCSU Astronomy and Astro-physics Summer School,
2015 will be organized by
the Cotton College State University (CCSU) from June 22 to July 11.
CCSU Vice Chancellor, Dhruba Saikia said, “The summer school will be
organised at the Panbazar campus
of the CCSU and it will cover several topics including binary stellar
systems, pulsars, stars and stellar evolution, interstellar medium, galaxies,
cosmology and large-scale structure
formation, gravitational waves, clusters of galaxies and active galaxies”.
The summer school will be targeted at the undergraduate level but the
post-graduate and research students
can also apply for this. Internationally
known astronomers from both within
the country and abroad will be included as faculty members. The deadline
for submitting applications is June 1.
Saikia said, “Participants will be able
to gather experience in data analysis,
screening of astronomy related movies, intensive tutorials and night sky
watching sessions. Interested persons
can browse the CCSU website for further details”.
Coffee Festival begins in city
C
offee Festival is a beverage
show and tell initiative for
consumers of Café Coffee Day
(CCD). CCD endeavours to share the
art of brewing coffee and a few tips on
brewing tea with consumers through
the `Coffee Festival’ series.
The festival has been launched in
Guwahati on Friday and will go on for
an entire month till 20th June, 2015.
A first look of the Coffee Festival was
held at the Anil Plaza Café at GS. Road
in Guwahati. Four cafes in Guwahati
will be hosting the Coffee Festival all
this month — the CCD cafés at Anil
Plaza. Green Building, R. G. Baryah
Road and The Hub. Consumers can
walk into any of these outlets and
learn how to make a cuppa using
simple coffee making tools like, the
‘French Press’ and ‘Stovetop Espresso’
right in the comfort of their homes.
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
13
In Conversation
I never faced any
political interference
GMC commissioner S Viswanathan is likely to be transferred to another
department but before his departure, he talks exclusively to G Plus about the
challenges and experiences which he faced in Guwahati during his tenure.
GMC Chief
RAHUL CHANDA
D
escribe your
journey before
becoming the
commissioner of
Guwahati Municipal
Corporation (GMC) ?
I was born in Coimbatore district
of Tamil Nadu. I did my mechanical
engineering and then my MBA in finance. I qualified as IAS in 2008 batch
and since then I have worked in Jorhat
as Assistant Commissioner, SDO Civil
in South Salmara, ADC in Kamrup
(Metro), Joint Secretary, Home and
Political in Guwahati before becoming the GMC Commissioner. I joined
here on 21 June 2013. I took the charge
during the rainy season.
During your tenure,
what are the major
changes you witnessed
in Guwahati?
First, the solid waste management has improved in Guwahati
tremendously. Ramky’ contract has
been terminated and the entire process has been taken up by the GMC.
Secondly, the efficiency of the employees have improved. The amount
of hard labour that they are putting
in has increased tremendously and it
can be noticed. Thirdly, what I have
observed is the increased effort for
flood free Guwahati like desiltation,
widening of channels, removal of
encroachments-everything is happening and it can be observed that water
is now draining out at a faster pace.
Another important change which I
have noticed during my tenure is that
while earlier there used to be multiple
agencies for similar works for example
street lights were the responsibility of
both the GMC as well as the PWD,
desiltation works were with PWD as
well as GMC. During meetings at the
secretariat, I stressed that multiple
agencies means there is no accountability. It should be given to one agency.
There was always a view that if there
is a single agency to handle the work,
then the entire responsibility comes to
us. I said that we will take care of that.
Even if it goes wrong, we will take the
blame and responsibility. So, the entire
street light infrastructure was handed
over to GMC by PWD and all the desiltation work was also handed over
to GMC. Lastly, the public interface
has improved. We have started using
Facebook, Whatsapp, control room
numbers and any issue from the pub-
“I have
observed that
nowadays
public do not
throw garbage
everywhere.
Guwahati
people are
more conscious
these days and
I want this
attitude to
continue.”
During your tenure
did you ever face any
political interference
in your work?
I never faced any political interference.
As you are leaving
now, do you think you
have achieved your
goals for Guwahati?
Most of the projects are in final
stages. As far as I am concerned, I
had a good tenure and wherever I am
posted, I will go and work there. A
new successor can now take it forward
and complete it.
Inspite of doing so
much of good work,
why do you think you
are being transferred?
lic now gets resolved soon. Because
of the interaction, the respect for the
GMC employees has increased. I have
seen engineers and sweepers in the
field telling us that if they say they are
GMC employees, people have started
trusting them.
It is a part and parcel of the government duty. Wherever the government sends us, we go and work there.
According to you,
what has been your
highest and lowest
points as GMC
commissioner?
What will be your
advice to the new GMC
commissioner?
GMC is a local self government
and it is not like any other government
job. It is totally different and highly
public centric. Every public issue has
to be dealt with and it is a 24/7 work.
Every civic amenity has to be taken
care of as this post has a lot of impact
on day to day life like household building, water supply, the drain cleaning,
street lights etc. We are touching people’s day to day life so this post has to
be considered with that sympathy and
empathy.
The highest point for me would
be that the city has come a long way
from its earlier dirty and unhygienic
look. Now the city has improved and
become neat, clean and hygiene conscious. It is an important achievement.
The lowest point would be when last
year inspite of all our efforts, two big
flash floods hit the the city. One on
June 26th – 27th when water logging
happened and later on September 22
because of the sudden 165mm rainfall.
The June 27 incident was my low point
as the rainy season had just started but
in September the rainfall was high, so
it can be understood.
What were the
challenges you faced
during implementation
and execution of
various plans and
schemes which you
implemented?
Municipal Corporation is run
What is your message
for Guwahatians?
by public elected representatives.
GMC employees have four different unions. The amount of workload which comes from government is also there. So, to make a
balance and set things moving
is one of the biggest challenge in
GMC. We had to make the public
representatives understand why
certain decision is required and
we had to work as a team. There
should always be checks and balances between the union, council
body, authorities and the public
and that was the biggest challenge.
I believe that so far we have done
it reasonably well. The number of
strikes during my period has come
down drastically as compared to
earlier times.
That they have come of age in the
last few years and I think that they
have also grown and taken responsibility on their shoulders. I have observed that nowadays public do not
throw garbage everywhere. Guwahati
people are more conscious these days
and I want this attitude to continue.
rahul.chanda@g-plus.in
14
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
Ward Watch
Ward No. 10
Lakhtokia, Gate NO 2
Absence of railway barricade
major cause of accidents
Kalyan Deb
Concentrated area J Ali Road, Gate number 2
G
ate number 2 area adjacent
to AT Road is known to all
Guwahatians. Named as J.
Ali Road, it is a connecting road
between AT Road and Lakhtokia that
is prominent for being the business
hub. The area is also known among
the people for mostly dealing in
electronic products. Being located
alongside the business hub of the city,
the area remains busy with all kind
of vehicles commuting through the
area. Amidst the pedestrians who
have to travel through the narrowed
down road due to vehicles (mostly
two wheelers) parked on both sides
of the road, traffic remains mostly
congested due to carts, rickshaws and
other vehicles commuting through
the particular road. The traffic
congestion in the area that begins
with vehicles at the beginning of the
day lasts late into the night.
Sub division 10(A)
Councilor MRIGEN SARANIA
Phone number 98640 43462
Area sabha member Tariq Hussain
Phone number 98644 13000
Population of ward number 10 30,000(approx.)
Voters 21,000(approx.)
Problems Parking, Traffic congestion,
Absenteeism of railway barricade
People’s Say
Although the occasional traffic
snarl causes trouble to the occasional
commuters, it is not a bother for
the entrepreneurs and those who
commute regularly.
“The traffic congestion has
become a part of our daily life and
we have accommodated with it.
Due to the lack of proper parking
space, the vehicles have to be parked
on both sides of the road. The only
troublemakers are the rickshaws
who intrude the bottleneck near the
railway gate. There is no other way
other than shifting the parking space
to a nearby area which is not likely
to happen in the near future”, said
Niranjan Das, a local entrepreneur.
Meanwhile,
a
dissatisfied
passerby asserted, “Streets are meant
for people to commute and not for
parking vehicles. It is very evident for
anyone passing by, how the road has
been congested due to parking.”
Besides the lack of proper
parking space and traffic congestion,
which is not much of a concern for
the local entrepreneurs, the lack of
barricade at the railway gate number
two is what concerns the locals.
“The lack of barricade at the
railway gate is a worrisome issue.
People and other vehicles keep
traveling throughout the day, even
while a train is approaching. Though
in similar areas with barricades,
people have the habit of trespassing
but installing a barricade would help
in bringing down the rate of mishaps
that take place in the area. It has been
over twenty years since a gate existed
and no such initiative has been taken
so far to reconstruct the same,” added
Niranjan Das.
Another concern that exists
among the locals is the danger posed
due to the lack of barricade at the
railway gate while the train reverses
back to the railway station.
“When the train moves forward,
the people are alerted by the train
horn that keeps honking while
approaching the intersection, but
most accidents takes place when
the train, after getting past the gate,
reverses back to the station through
the same route. The engine being on
the other end, the sound of the horn
is not audible enough for the passers
by, which is one of the vital reasons
for causing fatal accidents. At most
times, people manage to appraise
one another by shouting about
the approaching train if anyone is
noticed trying to cross the railway
track”, said Ashu Dutta, a local shop
owner.
“The passers-by are equally
responsible for causing accidents as
they should be more careful while
crossing a railway line. Even after
the presence of railway barricades,
people tend to cross such gates
while a train is approaching but the
presence of a barricade and a security
personnel is a priority in this area as
it is used by a large number of people
everyday”, Dutta stated.
As alleged by local shop owners
and the passers-by, the railway gate
has been in the current state for over
twenty years and according to some,
there has never been a railway gate
that existed in the area. Even though
it is used by a large population
everyday, the gate remains neglected
by railway authorities at the risk of
the lives of the people.
Says the concerned authorities
Talking to GPlus councilor Mrigen Sarania informed that the gate
number two in J. Ali road was never meant to be a road as informed by
the railway department.
“It was only meant for pedestrians to pass through as it is a connecting
road to Lakhtokia and any kind of vehicles are barred to pass by through
the area hence, the posts were installed on both sides of the railway
tracks. Gates can not be positioned in the area as the same would initiate
the emerging of vehicles and being situated near the railway station the
progression of trains will keep continuing”, said the councilor.
“Although an initiative will be taken in order to build a foot over
bridge to make it safer and convenient for the pedestrians but prior to the
process several issues will have to be looked after such as the vendors that
occupy the area by railway tracks. Such vendors will have to permanently
be removed from the area to widen the path and make it safer for the
people nearby”, Sarania added.
In context to the problem of parking in the area the councilor said
that the businessmen in the area should be more disciplined while
parking their vehicles as there are large number of shops and business
outlets in the area.
kalyan.deb@g-plus.in
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
15
Vox Pop
GUWAHATIANS ON
MODI GOVERNMENT
O
n May 15, 2014, as the nation
waited for the general election results, it was almost
certain that Narendra Modi would
lead India for the next five years.
With just over a year since then and
the government having completed
one year in power, a lot has happened in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and his ministers entered office on
May 26 last year and that date is
being observed as Jan Kalyan Parv
(People’s Welfare Festival) in an
apparent bid to counter the opposition’s allegation that the Modi government is “pro-corporate” or in
Congress leader Rahul’s Gandhi’s
words, a “suit-boot ki sarkar.”
Apart from a review of the government’s performance in the last
one year, the top ministers reportedly discussed a broad blueprint of
the government’s agenda for the next
year, with continued focus on rejuvenation of the economy and policies for the poor.
The PM is also believed to have
briefed the ministers about his trip
to China, Mongolia and South Korea, designed primarily to invite investment in India.
G Plus brings to you what some
Guwahatians have to say on Narendra Modi’s tenure in the Prime Minister’s office for the past one year.
Ripunjoy Baruah
Student
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Former Chief Minister
Brozen Saikia
Corporate Professional
In my opinion, whatever
promises were made by BJP prior
to the election have been retained in the past year and much
more has to be done in the years
to come. Progress has been made
with concern to development, be
it the finance sector or defense. I
thoroughly support the development that has been initiated in
the defense sector but the railway
department requires special concern.
Although the land acquisition bill has generated controversy, but people has misinterpreted what would help the
development of rural areas of the
country.
The promises that were made by the
Bharatiya Janta Party prior to the elections, the party has failed to keep any of
them. Moreover, as said earlier by Modi,
more power would be given to the states
among which Assam has not been paid
any concern.
To judge a person’s performance, that too when he
is the Prime Minister of a
country, is pretty tough to
do so in merely one year.
But, yes in the past oneyear marketing of India as
a brand has been seen in the
global perspective and as
citizens of the country, we
need to wait patiently for the
outcome. At the same time,
emphasis on internal issues
like poverty, insurgency, etc.
are expected to be given in
the coming days excluding
which, fruitful results will
not come for any step he may
take for now and as a citizen,
I would only express encouragement in steps taken for
the welfare of the people.
Pranab Jyoti Das
Student
It has only been a year and it
is too early for the bold steps that
the Prime Minister has taken to
bear fruits. But one thing is for
sure that he is going in the right
direction, which is now more relevant, a question to be asked taking into consideration this short
period of time.
Madhu Chanda Adhikary
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
I think they have made a very good
start and made very substantive changes,
which is visible. Especially, their ambitious schemes have made a difference
in how people view certain things for
example, the Swacch Bharat scheme
that has made changes in the mindset of
people at the grassroot level to maintain
cleanliness and sanitation. Similarly,
there are other schemes that are very
enthusiastic that has made a visible impact and it’s definitely made a very good
start despite all constraints in updating a
complex country like India. Even in the
world stage, India has again emerged as
one of the most important countries and
I don’t think there has been any kind of
disappointment. The expectations have
gone very high and although they might
not stand up to the expectations, India is
definitely emerging once again and people have become more patriotic and more
conscious about social issues.
Mehdi Alam Bora
Member, Media Department, APCC
Narendra Modi, in the
past one year, has made 117
u-turns in context to the
promises he made prior to
the election, doing which,
he has betrayed the people of
the nation.
Bharat chandra Narah
Press advisor to the Chief Minister
Several promises that were made by the Modi government has not been kept till now. In the past year, no initiative
has been taken in favour of Assam and not a single project has been passed for the development of the state. Also the
special category status of the region has been revoked, besides slashing funds for several schemes. Earlier, the Modi
government had also promised to stop the ongoing work on the mega dam project over River Subhansiri but now the
government is working in favour of the continuation of the project.
Bhabajit Choudhury
MMA FIGHTER & TRAINER
T
he journey of Bhabajeet began way back fifteen years
ago as a child when he was
merely twelve years old. He started
training in Martial Arts under the
guidance of Diganta Haloi at his
native place Patachalkuchi in Bojali
district. Being a sport enthusiast,
the urge to learn the skills of various forms of combat was present
in him from a very young age and
the same helped in making the path
for Bhabajeet very clear to him. The
twenty eight years old made his
mark in the world stage by claiming
the SFL (Super Fight League) World
Ranking 4th in the world of MMA
(Mixed Martial Arts) and that was
when the Indian audience learned
about Bhabajet. The invite to be a
part of SFL was received in the year
2012, following his venture in Vietnam after Bhabajeet clinched the
Asian bronze medal following his
three times national championship
title in Wu Shu.
“Though I started with martial arts as MMA was not in existence back then, the journey so far
took fifteen years of tough training.
After learning martial arts from
Diganta Haloi for around three
to four years, I moved on to learn
kick boxing and gradually Wu Shu,
Westling and so on but there is still
a lot to achieve”, stated Bhabajeet.
“All these could not have been
possible without the support of my
family and friends. Though initially
my parents were not happy about
me taking up training in combat
sports, but they never kept me from
attending any class. It was mostly
an inner urge which I could feel
that they would rather be happier
if I missed my martial arts classes
but gradually their support began
to show and they started to encourage me to do better. No achievement can be achieved until one has
the support of family and friends”,
Choudhury added.
Apart from Wu Shu, Kung Fu
and MMA, Bhabajeet has mastered
and made his mark in several other
combat sports such as Kick Boxing
and represented in the International Kick Boxing Fderation Championship and claimed the silver
medal in his first ever international
venture in the year 2007. In the
year 2013, Bhabajeet was awarded
as Asia’s best fight finisher. In the
same year Bhabajeet’s journey took
a major turn when he left his job in
the Central Wu Shu team of ITBP
and came back to Guwahati.
“I came to Guwahati with
the hope that since the region has
promising talents in martial arts,
it can grow in the world of combat
sport but which is now missing due
to lack of advanced training. So
with a motive that I could deliver
more great talents which have al-
ready been discovered, I left my
job, which was not an easy decision
to make but decided to continue
fighting. I started training here
in Guwahati and in the year 2014
came up with Bidang MMA and
Fitness Gym and recently celebrated the first year anniversary of the
gym”, Bhabajeet asserted.
“Since MMA is all about the
combination of the best moves
from all types of combat sports, so
it makes MMA a complete fitness
package. One will not just train
in martial arts but also Wrestling,
Boxing, Kick Boxing, Wu Shu but
all kind of fitness trainings are included. MMA is the most effective
self-defense and with the concept
of making the most effective strike,
it is the most applicable method of
self defense. We are also conducting workshops in schools to make
students, mostly girls aware to help
defend themselves better in times
of need”, Choudhury added.
Though the sport is currently
gaining popularity among the
youths of the city but as alleged by
Bhabajeet, the sport is yet to be accepted by many. Bhabajeet said that
parents would rather send their
child for dance lessons rather than
sending one to a gym.
“When it comes to any other sport, people look forward to
Olympics and when it comes to
cricket, the focus is on making it
to the Indian team, thus turning
a blind eye to one’s actual talent”,
Bhabajeet said.
With his set of goals in the future Bhabajeet eyes for the 1st position in the SFL World Ranking
alongside of providing a platform
for the aspiring MMA fighters of
the city. With the formation of Assam Mixed Martial Arts Association, Bhabajeet is looking forward
to organizing a tournament by the
end of the year.
Bidang MMA
RG Baruah Road,
Sundarpur, Guwahati 05
Contact 84719 87539
bidangmma@gmail.com
www.bidangmma-assam.com
16
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
Health
10 Signs of
Depression in Men
Clinical depression—in women or men—can cause sadness and a loss of interest in once pleasurable activities. But
depression can sometimes manifest in different ways in different people. While several men and women suffer
from the disorder, the symptoms mostly remain unnoticed.
The symptoms used to diagnose depression are the same regardless of gender, although the chief complaint can
be different among men and women.
G PLUS feature
Here are 10 signs of depression in men.
1. Fatigue
People who are depressed undergo a series of physical and emotional changes. They can experience
fatigue, as well as psychomotor retardation, or a slowing down of physical movements, speech, and thought
processes.
According to psychologists men
are more likely than women to report
fatigue and other physical symptoms
of depression as their chief complaints.
2. Sleeping too
much or too little
Sleep problems—such as insomnia, waking up very early in the
morning, or excessive sleeping—are
common depression symptoms.
Some people sleep 12 hours a day
and still feel exhausted or toss and
turn and wake up every two hours.
Like fatigue, sleep troubles are
one of the main symptoms that depressed men may discuss with their
doctor, experts say.
3. Stomachache or
backache
Health problems such as constipation or diarrhea, as well as headaches and back pain, are common in
people who are depressed.
But men often don’t realize that
chronic pain and digestive disorders
go hand in hand with depression.
People who are depressed do genuinely feel bad physically.
4. Irritability
Instead of seaming down, men
who are depressed often show signs
of irritability. If one talks about an
emotional component, it could be
sadness with irritability. In addition,
negative thoughts are a common aspect of depression. Men will report
feeling irritable because they are having negative thoughts constantly.
Depression fills one with negative
thoughts, almost like an intrusion.
You’re slowed down and constantly
thinking about negative things in
your world. As a result it makes it
very difficult to focus on anything.
6.Anger or hostility
Some men manifest depression
by being hostile, angry, or aggressive. A man who realizes something
is wrong may need to compensate by
demonstrating that he is still strong
or capable. Anger and hostility are
different than irritability while anger
tends to be a stronger emotion and irritability is a crankiness.
Men become hostile when they
have withdrawn as a result of their
depression and feel under pressure by
friends or family to rejoin society.
7. Stress
Men might be more likely to
report symptoms of depression as
stress. It’s not that men have more
stress; it’s that it’s more socially acceptable to report it. Depression can
also travel a two-way street. It can be
accurate to say that feeling stressed
can be an indicator of having clinical depression but also be part of the
cause.
Research has shown that prolonged exposure to stress can lead to
changes both in the body and brain,
which can in turn lead to depression.
8. Anxiety
Research has shown a strong link
between anxiety disorders and depression.
Men may be no more likely than
women to experience anxiety—in
fact, anxiety disorders are about twice
as prevalent in women—but it’s often
easier for men to talk about feeling
anxious rather than sad.
Men may discuss concerns about
work and whether the loss of a job
will impede their ability to provide
for themselves and their family.
5. Difficulty
concentrating
9. Substance abuse
Psychomotor retardation can
slow down a man’s ability to process
information, thereby impairing concentration on work or other tasks.
Substance abuse frequently accompanies depression. Research has
shown that alcoholics are almost
twice as likely to suffer from major
A
long with the symptoms we also bring you some easy solutions. If you are in scare after having realized showing
similar symptoms, here are 10 natural depression treatments.
Being depressed can make you feel helpless. You’re not. Along with therapy and sometimes medication,
there’s a lot you can do on your own to fight back. Changing your behaviour -- your physical activity, lifestyle, and even
your way of thinking -- are all natural depression treatments.
These tips can help you feel better -- starting right now.
Get in a routine
If you’re depressed, you need a
routine. Depression can strip away
the structure from your life. One
day melts into the next. Setting a
gentle daily schedule can help you
get back on track.
Set goals
When you’re depressed, you
may feel like you can’t accomplish
anything. That makes you feel worse
about yourself. To push back, set
daily goals for yourself.
Start very small. Make your goal
something that you can succeed at,
like doing the dishes every other
day.
As you start to feel better, you
can add more challenging daily
goals.
Exercise & Eat healthy
It temporarily boosts feel-good
chemicals called endorphins. It may
also have long-term benefits for
people with depression. Regular exercise seems to encourage the brain
to rewire itself in positive ways.
Running marathons to get a
benefit isn’t required. Just walking a
few times a week can help.
There is no magic diet that fixes
depression. It’s a good idea to watch
what you eat, though. If depression
tends to make you overeat, getting in
control of your eating will help you
feel better. Foods with omega-3 fatty
acids (such as salmon and tuna) and
folic acid (such as spinach and avocado) could help ease depression.
Get enough sleep
Depression can make it hard to
get enough shut-eye, and too little
sleep can make depression worse.
What can you do? Start by making
some changes to your lifestyle. Go to
bed and get up at the same time every
day. Try not to nap. Take all the distractions out of your bedroom -- no
computer and no TV. In time, you may
find your sleep improves.
Take on responsibilities
When you’re depressed, you may
want to pull back from life and give
up your responsibilities at home and
at work. Don’t. Staying involved and
having daily responsibilities can work
as a natural depression treatment.
They ground you and give you a sense
of accomplishment.
Challenge negative thoughts
In your fight against depression,
a lot of the work is mental -- changing how you think. When you’re depressed, you leap to the worst possible
conclusions.
depression as people without a drinking problem.
Depression can happen for both
men and women, but using drugs or
alcohol to mask uncomfortable feelings is a strategy many men will employ instead of seeking health care.
There is a cultural bias of, ‘I
should be able to fix this myself and
so I’ll use what chemicals I have available to me to do that’.
10. Suicidal
thoughts
Women are more likely to at-
The next time you’re feeling terrible about yourself, use logic as a
natural depression treatment. You
might feel like no one likes you, but
is there real evidence for that? You
might feel like the most worthless
person on the planet, but is that really likely? It takes practice, but in
time you can beat back those negative thoughts before they get out of
control.
Do something new - Try to
have fun
When you’re depressed, you’re in
a rut. Push yourself to do something
different. Go to a museum. Pick up
a used book and read it on a park
bench. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Take a language class.
When we challenge ourselves
to do something different, there are
chemical changes in the brain. Trying something new alters the levels
of [the brain chemical] dopamine,
which is associated with pleasure,
enjoyment, and learning. Make time
for things you enjoy. What if nothing seems fun anymore? That’s just a
symptom of depression.
You have to keep trying anyway. As strange as it might sound,
you have to work at having fun. Plan
things you used to enjoy, even if they
feel like a chore. Keep going to the
movies. Keep going out with friends
for dinner.
tempt suicide, but men are more
than four times as likely to die if
they do attempt suicide. One reason
is that men tend to choose more lethal methods. Men more often use
firearms and kill themselves the first
time they try.
Older men are at highest risk for
suicide, and doctors may miss depression symptoms in this group. In
fact, more than 70 per cent of older
suicide victims saw their primary
care physician within the month of
their death.
Depression is not a normal part
of aging in men or women.
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
MESSIAH IN DISGUISE
Girls in blue ribbons and
babies in soft diapers – these
are some of my favourite things”.
It was almost two years and a half
since we have been trying for a baby.
I was keen on having one straight
after my marriage but hubby dear
was of the opinion that we need some
time to ourselves. I of course thought
that the difference in age between
the child and the parents should be
such that they are more like friends
rather than having the conventional
relationship. However, that was not to
be with me.
So, I started where I had left off
with my career before I was married.
In the meantime, I had completed a
full-length tele-serial in Assamese,
a documentary in Hindi, and scores
of smaller assignments. I always as a
kid, had a fetish for acting or rather
creating a niche in the media world.
Back in school, I was always selected
to enact some role or the other in the
school annual day functions, which
I enjoyed like anything. I remember
Sister Rita from school, who would
search and chase me down to join in
the elocution competitions. It was a
lot of fun, though I remember I would
be shaking like a leaf when on stage.
Now, looking back at those days, I
laugh at myself for suffering from
such bouts of stage fright.
School concerts were great
too. Being from a convent, we were
taught the proper intonations and
modulations before we finally went
onto the stage. Once, when I had to
do the role of Fuji Yama, a character
from the play, Cherry Blossom, I
forgot my dialogues at the eleventh
hour. Sister Rita was so sour with me
that I was only a little short of being
spanked. All said and done, I enjoyed
each and every annual concert. The
smell of powder, rouge and lipstick;
the subdued voices and soft patter
of feet as we got ready backstage,
the touch of our satin and net frocks
against our delicate fingers. And our
little hearts pounding so hard that
we were scared lest the microphones
caught the beat. Everything was
magical. We were like cute princesses
on stage, making our parents look on
proudly as their daughters made each
calculated move, step by step to make
the concert a great success, year after
year.
College was great as I flew past
with the Best Actress Award as a
French gentleman. My career in
acting, compering, and anchoring
major shows took off with a lot of
support from the home front. The
yearning to get onto the stage once
again made me take on important
roles in plays, one after the other. It
was one big mad rush to get to the
top.
In the course of this ongoing
commitment to acting, anchoring
et al, I still felt the terrible urge to
become a mother. Both hubby and
I ran from pillar to post, doing all
sorts of tests on me as well as him. If
someone told us that one doctor was
Life
Why Should I Become
a Vegetarian?
W
good, there was someone to tell us that
there was someone even better. “It’s
been seven years that they have been
childless, now they have one because
of Dr.X. You must consult him at
once.” I got a little tired listening to
all this jargon. Why I am saying it is
because nothing was coming of use to
us. We even tried some ‘famous’ god
men in and around the city, thinking
maybe the flowers and the holy water
they gave us would work on us but to
no avail.
Frustration, depression, hatred,
meanness was all getting the better
of me. I wanted a baby and I wanted
it bad. I even started having dreams
at night of having my baby, cuddling
it to my chest and putting it to sleep.
I would be so happy in my dreams
that I always woke up with tears on
my pillow.
I even spoke of adoption but then
it has its constraints, hubby had told
me. I kept quiet and finally accepted
that if God wants that I should be
childless, then that’s the way it will
be. Some of my friends and aunts
consoled me, telling me to be patient
and have faith in God. I will have a
baby one day.
One afternoon, as usual, I was out
window shopping but returned with
a load of packets. I had to drag my
feet to keep my balance. It was pretty
warm too and I could feel a long trail
of sweat trickling down my back. As
I left the shopping arcade and made
for my car, lost in thoughts, a man
suddenly jumped in front of me and
caught hold of my bags. I almost
screamed and pulled back my hands.
Before I took time to realize what
was happening, I heard a loud guffaw
and a friendly voice said, “Baidew,
bhale ase (Sister, how are you?)”. I
looked, squinting against the bright
afternoon sun only to see the most
unassuming face smiling back at me.
It took me some time before I could
recognize Nripen.
He used to drive our office car
and wash mine once in a while. In
return, I would send small gifts like
a saree to his wife or shirts for him.
He would take them as if they were
some sort of treasure. I was the only
person who actually treated him
like a human being. The rest of my
colleagues would behave as if he
was some sort of an animal, more
so because of his appearance – dry,
unkempt hair and dry chapped skin
to go with it, a disheveled pair of shirt
and trousers and a toothless smile
that made everyone avoid meeting
his eyes, which of course had the
sparkle of a clear mountain stream.
Nripen would keep me posted
about his wife’s condition. They were
trying very hard for a baby but she
was having some serious problems.
I would listen to him at length and
suggest some names of doctors he can
take her to. More than anything else,
I saw my problem in them.
Incidentally, Nripen had to leave
his job in our office and since then, I
lost all contact with him. It was per
chance that I met him again that
afternoon. I was elated and also a
wee bit embarrassed as he pulled
at my heavy packets to drop them
in my car. I am usually not used to
anyone doing chores for me. I finally
gave in to Nripen’s persistence. As
we walked towards the car, he asked
me how my hubby was keeping, if
everything was fine in my work front
and if my parents were well. Then he
asked me, “Baidew, I remember you
were trying for a baby. Have you had
one yet?” I was shocked, taken aback
and feeling dismal, all at the same
time. “Not yet, Nripen. I am trying,” I
replied, saddened at my own answer.
He seemed apprehensive when he
tried to convince me that his wife was
being treated by some village quack
and they were successful in having a
baby.
When he was finally sure that
I was not one person to go down
to the village for the medicines, he
suggested something that absolutely
floored me. “Baidew, why don’t you
do one thing? Take my baby. Guess
what, he looks just like you. Nobody
will say that it is not your baby.”
I was dumbstruck. Did I hear
him correctly? Did he say he wanted
to give me his baby? But why would
he? It’s his child.
Thank you Nripen. But I cannot
take your baby. Your wife and you
have had it after so much of patience
and prayers. You are indeed my
messiah in disguise. So, I will need
all your prayers and blessings for me
to become a mother.
tinat ATIFA MASOOD
elcome to the Vegetarian World! Vegans are
frequently misunderstood as unconventional eaters
with an unnatural passion for
Earth’s natural resources and are
ethically opposed to eating them.
While many vegans do feel passionately about animals, it’s time
for others to see how a vegetarian
or vegan diet and lifestyle, go way
beyond animal rights. Following
a healthy, balanced vegan diet ensures a host of health benefits as
well as prevention of some of the
major diseases striking people in
the modern era. So if you’ve been
toying with the idea of going vegetarian, then let the following lists
inform and inspire!
etarian’s immune system is more
effective in killing tumor cells than
meat eaters.
Nutritionists’ Favorite!
Perfect Abs and a
Glowing You – Inside
Out!
Majority of nutritional benefits
come from a vegetarian diet full of
foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, milk and
milk products, and soy products.
A balanced vegetarian meal consisting of healthy fats (unsaturated
fats), carbohydrates, high fiber,
essential vitamins, and minerals
like magnesium, phosphorus and
calcium can add immense nutritive value to your diet. The quality
and quantity of all essential nutrients is much better as compared
to processed meat and chemically
treated.
Healthy Heart – Happy
Heart!
Vegetarian diets are naturally
lower in saturated fat and cholesterol, and higher in plant nutrients
than most meat-based diets. Vegetarians have been shown to have a
24% lower risk of dying of heart disease than non-vegetarians. There
are numerous researches available
that shown high consumption of
red meat may increase the risk of
heart disease by 50% amongst diabetics. A low-fat vegetarian diet is
the single most effective way to
stop the progression of coronary
artery disease or prevent it entirely.
Cardiac patients moving on to a
vegetarian diet have also found to
reverse the critical coronary heart
conditions in various researches.
Cancer Alert!
Vegetarians are about 40% less
likely to develop cancer than meat
eaters are. In every bite, a typical
beef-pork hotdog contains seven
cancer-causing pesticides, and a
quarter pound burger contains
three cancer-causing substances.
The primary source of nuclear radiation contamination in humans
is from beef and dairy products.
Various researches have linked
meat consumption to breast, colon,
prostate, pancreatic, and gastric
cancers as well. Studies done at the
German Cancer Research Center
in Heidelberg suggest that a veg-
Live Strong! Live Long!
Switch on to a healthy and rich
vegetarian diet today to add another 6-13 years to your life span!
People who consume meat and
meat products have a shorter life
span as they are more prone to illnesses and toxins. They also tend
to have more disability at the end
of their lives. Meat foods rich in
saturated fats clog your arteries,
lower your energy and slow down
your immune system. Meat eaters
also experience accelerated cognitive and sexual dysfunction at a
younger age.
The meat and weight relationship goes beyond the calorie
math. A study from Imperial College, London found that those
who ate about 250 grams of red
meat, poultry, or processed meat
in a day gained more weight over
five years than those who ate less
meat, even if they consumed the
same amount of calories overall.
It is also a known fact that the
BMI of non-vegetarians is higher
than that of vegetarians because
of the high fiber and less saturated
fat content of vegetarian foods.
As a vegetarian, you tend to eat a lot
more fruits, vegetables and whole
grains that are packed with antioxidants. This helps neutralize the
free radicals that cause spots and
wrinkles. This can literally create
a healthy glow, since antioxidants
improve circulation and alter skin
pigmentation.
Go Green! Spare the
Fauna!
Ten billion animals are slaughtered for human consumption each
year. Unlike the old times, today
most animals are factory farmed,
crammed into cages where they
can barely move and fed a diet
tainted with pesticides and antibiotics. Eating a plant-based meal
for lunch instead of meat saves 2.5
pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, 133 gallons of water, and 24
sq. ft. of land, according to research
reports. Therefore, in three meals,
you will have saved more water
than you will save by switching to
a low-flow shower-head. A vegetarian lifestyle awakens our spirit of
compassion and guides us towards
a kinder, gentler society in which
we exercise a moral choice to protect animals—not
exploit them.
His Holiness
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji
www.artofliving.org/yoga
Follow Sri Sri @SriSriSpeaks on twitter
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
Entertainment
Prachi Desai
takes off to London
Why did Shahid get inked?
Taapsee Pannu
is all set to become a
wedding planner!
P
rachi Desai has
taken off to London for a vacation before she begins
shooting for Mohammad
Azharuddin’s biopic starring Emraan Hashmi.
Prachi Desai plays
the role of the cricketer’s
first wife Naureen in the
film. As London is Prachi’s favourite city, she
decided to spend some
days there accompanied
by her sister.
Prachi will also be
seen in ‘Rock on 2’ - the
sequel to her 2008 debut
film.
I
f sources are to be believed then
Shahid Kapoor plays a rockstar
in the first half of Udta Punjab so
earlier the actor was hiding his blue
extensions which he got done for the
first half. Later the actor himself had
put the picture on a social networking website.
Now we hear that the actor has
short hair in the second half of the
film and apparently has got tattoos all
over his body.
A source close to the actor said,
“Shahid Kapoor got his body covered
with tatoo’s in the second half of the
film. Shahid was seen recently getting
a new hair do and getting temporary
tatoo’s’ made for the film. The actor
has just finished the shooting of Udta
Punjab and come to Mumbai.”
Emraan and Vidya battled sandstrom for ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahaani’
D
irector Mohit Suri wanted
to capture a sandstorm
shot for his forthcoming film “Hamari Adhuri Kahani”
and use it as a metaphor for the
impending problems brewing between the romance of Emraan
Hashmi and Vidya Balan’s characters in the film.
According to a source, “Suri,
who was shooting in the UAE, had
a very small window to shoot this
sequence before the sandstorm
lashed on. However, on the given
day the calculations went all haywire as the weather became ex-
Sarah Jane packs her bags for Cannes
treme and Mohit was advised not to
shoot”.
But the actors were more than
willing to extend their help.
“Emraan and Vidya stepped up
and told the director that they don’t
mind trying to get the shot before
the sandstorm trapped them. And
when Mohit said ‘Action’, the scene
was taken in just one shot,” the
source added.
The film also features Rajkummar Rao in a pivotal role. Presented
by Fox Star Studios and produced by
Vishesh Films, “Hamari Adhuri Kahani” releases on June 12.
T
aapsee Pannu is starting a wedding planning company with her
sister Shagun and a close pal,
Farah.
The trio plan to branch out into
event management as well. Tapsee is a
software engineer who got into modelling and acting.
Now she wants to combine it with
some entrepreneurial zeal as well.
Salman Khan thanks fans
for being with him
I
A
ctress-singer Sarah Jane Dias
is charged up for her outing
at the ongoing 68th Cannes
International Film Festival with the
team of her upcoming film “Zubaan”.
She says she will make the most of
her trip by having lots of fun.
“It’s my first time at Cannes and
I’ll be there with my bells on! Team
‘Zubaan’ and I are eager to shoot at
Cannes exclusively. I’m looking forward to the fun times there,” Sarah
Jane said in a statement.
n his first public appearance after Bombay High
court suspended his sentence, Bollywood superstar
Salman Khan thanked his
fans who stood by him in his
trying times, saying “I owe
them a lot”.
“I owe them a lot. I respect them and I appreciate what they did for me...
all those prayers, fasts, etc.
I don’t know if I deserve all
that, but I have got them and
I accept that and I will try to
increase my levels,” Salman
told reporters.
The actor, however,
avoided talking about his
case and the legal proceedings.
“My problems are too
small to talk about. We are
here to talk about tourism
here and let’s focus on that,”
he said.
Salman
is
currently
shooting for his film ‘Bajran-
gi Baijan’ directed by Kabir Khan who has
also directed the actor in ‘Kick’.
He said all those fans who prayed for
him should pray for themselves.
“Now they should pray for themselves
apart from me,” the actor said.
G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
19
Hang Out
Amendments in Trade
License Renewal Charges
made in GMC
Changes in waste disposal fee structure
T
he General Council of the
Guwahati Municipal Corporation held meeting with
Trade Association and approved to
amend the Fourth Schedule (Letter
no GCS/JC/54/2015/15) regarding
the renewal charges of the GMC
trade license. According to this new
amendment, the companies or the
organizations with a capital of `20
lakhs or above which were earlier
paying `7500 for renewing their
trade licenses, from now onwards
will have to pay `1850 to renew
their trade licenses. Whereas, the
companies or organizations with a
capital of `10 lakhs or above which
were earlier paying `1500 to renew
their trade licenses , from now onwards will have to pay `1750. The
organizations which were paying
`1250 renewal charge from now onwards they will have to pay `1850.
Under the new amendment, the
small organizations which were
earlier paying `600 will have to
pay `700, the ones paying `300 will
have to pay `350, the ones paying
`150 will have to pay `180 and the
organizations which were earlier
paying `100 will have to pay `115
for renewing their trade licenses.
This new amendment is bringing a
whole new change in the procedure
to renew the trade licenses. Very
soon, GMC will provide an online
registration site to renew the trade
licenses and the preliminary works
regarding this whole process has already been started.
Lately after a press meet organized by the All Guwahati Traders’
Association, several daily newspapers published the news that there is
a syndicate in the name of renewal
of trade licenses. GMC has denied
to this allegation and according to
them, only the new fee structure
for the renewal of the trade license
was proposed to the associations by
the GMC. Recently in a meeting at
GMC, the representatives of Assam
Chamber of Commerce on, behalf
of fifteen Traders Associations of
Guwahati made some proposals to
the GMC to which they have promised to look into soon.
Meanwhile, GMC has also
taken some initiative for waste
disposal fee system. As per the discussions between the All Guwahati Traders’ Association, Hotel
Association of Guwahati (Non
star) and GMC, the Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation has issued a new order
(Order no GCS/JC/54/2015/14)
regarding the waste disposal fee
system. According to the new order, only the traders who avail the
facility of door to door collection
of NGOs appointed by GMC will
be required to pay user charges.
Traders who don’t avail the services of the NGOs need not pay
the user charges, but such traders will have to dispose off their
waste materials in the dustbins
between 5pm to 8 am.
In the discussion held with
the trade association, it was decided that there will be no need
for a businessman to submit
proof and assessment of property
tax at commercial rate for trade
license. All the field level officials
have been instructed accordingly.
If anybody faces any problem regarding issue of trade license and
assessment of property tax they
may contact following officers
Dr. Anant Gyani, IAS,
Zonal Commissioner, Zone I,
Phone No - 9435002981 (for Central, West & Lakhora Zone)
Dr. S. Laxman, IAS,
Zonal Commissioner, Zone II,
Phone No - 94351-37819 (for Dispur, East & South Zone)
“State to play the role of
true facilitator for SAF
Games.”
CM
W
ith the state government
completing four years of its
third consecutive term in office, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has credited the people of
Assam, particularly the young
generation for this feat.
In a tweet, Gogoi stated that
since 2001, the state has steered
out of uncertainty, sluggish
growth and economic turmoil
to peace, progress and prosper-
ity. He further attributed the
state’s stability to the unstinted
support and cooperation of the
people of the state.
In yet another tweet, Gogoi
stated that the state government would extend all facilities
to the centre for holding the
SAF Games in Assam. He also
stated that the state government would play the role of a
facilitator for the success of the
SAF Games.
REBOTI
Pocket Friendly Bites
Priyanka Jain
S
tarting a restaurant, be it a small
one or a big one, is just like starting any other type of business,
you need a thorough plan. So the G
plus team decided to visit one of the
oldest food station in Guwahati and
document its success story.
“Hard work brings success’’ said
the owner of “Reboti”, Nayanchandran
Borah, while talking to G Plus. Established on 4th September 1987, almost
28 years ago, this restaurant cum small
food station near Hotel Prag Continental, Pan Bazaar Guwahati is small
spaced but yet serves amazing food.
This food station is much renowned
for its two specialty dishes i.e. “Chowmein” and “Rolls”.
Both vegetarian and non vegetarian is served, along with a variety of
chowmein and rolls.
Nayanchandran said, “The first
five years were really difficult, the income was very low. We did not even
earn `.100. When I started Reboti, I
was the only person who handled eve-
“I am a regular
customer who
visits Reboti at
least thrice a
week. It’s not
a happening
place, but yes
it’s a place with
good food.”
rything, but now I have 16 workers
under me who work and help manage the place. My daily income now
is around `1000 to `1500. The price
of chowmein starts from `30 to `90
and for rolls its `20 to `50. The timings are from 10.30 am to 08.30 pm
and the eatery is open on all the days.
In a day, around 100 to 150 customers
come to eat and appreciate us. Out of
these, some are regular happy customers who not only come but also put in
a good word about Reboti to friends
and relatives. We do not have the latest
fad in decor but anyone who come for
good food will find this place worthwhile.”
When the G Plus talked to customers there, one Kritanjali Goswami
said, “Service is extremely good. All
you have to do is sit and order and
your food is served within a minute.”
Another respondent, Lehar replied “I am a regular customer who
visits Reboti at least thrice a week.
It’s not a happening place, but yes it’s
a place with good food. My exams
are over now and I am going to come
here every weekend. And yes Reboti is
“Pocket Friendly’’. You can eat and save
your money too. You should not go for
a place by its ambience or looks rather
one should go for its good taste.”
Aakansha, a first time happy customer said “It’s really a hygienic place
to be in, where one stomach gets filled
with an amazing delicacies. I will
even advice my friends and relatives to
come and try its food.”
Ritto Timings
10.30 am to 8.30 pm (all
days)
Specialty: Rolls and
Chowmein
Address: Near Hotel Prag
Continental
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Album: Numun
Artist: Johanna Warren
Motorcycle club
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Cast: R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut, Jimmy
Sheirgill, Eijaz Khan, Swara Bhaskar
Director: Aanand. L. Rai
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fter an entertaining Tanu
Weds Manu, the second
installment Tanu Weds
Manu Returns starring R. Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut is all
set to release this week. The film’s
music has been composed by
mixed artists which includes Tanishk & Vayu, Krsna Solo. While
the prequel had some popular
chartbusters, find out if the new
film too manages to do the same.
There is always that one song in
the soundtrack of a film which
becomes an instant hit and especially after being included in the
trailer. Banno is that number for
Tanu Weds Manu Returns. The
energetic number sung by Brijesh
Shandllya, Swati Sharma is so
peppy that you cannot stop yourself from moving with it. The lyrics too are quirky with ‘Swagger’
and ‘Sexy’ being associated with
‘Banno‘ which means a bride making it even more interesting. Just
like Queen‘s London Thumakda
caught on with the masses, Banno
too will do the same. A perfect
song for the wedding season this
year. Ankit Tiwari has become the
voice of sad songs. His new song
Mat Ja Re is quite a typical song.
Even though the composition is
quite different compared to Tiwari’s usual choices, it does not really entertain you. Mat Ja Re is not
a number that you would like to
listen to more than once or twice.
The plus point for Ghani Bawri
is that the song has a lively music and a strong lead voice. Jyoti
Noora’s vocals give this song the
right amount of brightness. Lyri-
cally too, the song is rich as it does
form as a summary to the story
and it will be interesting to watch
it in the film. The song will not enjoy much longevity but as long as
the film is in the limelight, it will
be a popular number. Ghani Bawri
also has a remix number which is a
little mix of techno beats with the
original. Sadly, the techno kills the
original score as it lacks the rustic
flavor of the song.
The first installment of Tanu
Weds Manu had a beautiful composition called ‘Yun Hi’ by Mohit
Chauhan and in this film they try
to create a similar song as ‘Hogaya
Hai Pyaar‘. Dev Negi sings it with
great finesse. It is soulful but reminiscent of the earlier one.
Sonu Nigam returns after long
as he sings ‘O Saathi Mere‘ in the
film. The song is a a slow number
and it is a treat to listen to Nigam
who makes it sound even more
beautiful. The musical arrangements are similar to ‘Chaandaniya‘
of Rowdy Rathore but both the
songs have their own flavor. It
does come off as heartfelt but certainly is not the best song from the
album.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns album is not a perfect one but has
its highs and lows. The best songs
from the album are ‘Banno‘, ‘Ghani Bawri‘ and ‘Hogaya Hai Pyaar‘.
Composed by Tanishk & Vayu,
Krsna Solo, the album is high on
the ‘Desi’ quotient and partly enjoyable. The album could have
been kept short with a handful of
tracks, minus the remixes. I am
going with a 3/5 for this album.
otorcycle Club is a racing
game on two wheels with
a few twists. The most notable addition is the ability to switch
between three different bikes on the
fly. You’ll have access to a superbike,
roadster, and custom all at once for
each race, and tapping L1 or R1 will
allow you to hop between saddles
depending on the situation.
Unfortunately, while an interesting idea, this is where the PlayStation 4 release finds its first flat tire.
In theory, the sports bikes should
be best in straightaways, the roadsters in winding bits, and the custom bikes in off-road sections – but
it’s often fastest to just stick with the
superbikes and blitz through areas
where it doesn’t even belong. Even
the AI seems to realise this.
To make matters worse, the ingame tutorial mislabels which rides
should be used in which sections of
the track; at least the areas are correctly colour coded to avoid total
confusion. Still, you’ll never use the
roadsters, and the custom bikes only
ever excel in particularly long, unavoidable off-road stretches.
The campaign consists of various categories, filled with a large
number of races. As long as you
ignore the aforementioned switching mechanics, then the difficulty is
on the lower side. Other riders will
often slam into you, hurting your
times – but it’s still easy to lap almost
everyone during a standard sprint.
Some of the challenges do require
near perfect runs to unlock motorcycles, but these difficulty spikes are
rare.
And when you consider the
unbearable audio, those six or so
minutes will feel like a lifetime. The
scream of a 599cc in-line four motorcycle is arguable one of the greatest sounds that a machine can make,
however this game manages to make
every bike sound like a dying mosquito regardless of engine configuration. To make matters worse, music
is almost non-existent, so be prepared to hit the mute button often.
Motorcycle Club feels unfinished. The repetitive races, dreary
challenges, horrendous sound, and
unbalanced motorbike classes ruin
what could have been a promising
game. Unless you’re utterly desperate for a two-wheeled arcade racer,
then you’d be wise to ride as far away
from this release as possible.
T
wo years after releasing her
solo debut, the atmospheric
and gentle Fates, Johanna
Warren sharpens her still low-key
and haunting sound for the more
present-feeling (and tad less folky)
indie folk on Numun. Dedicated to
the moon and nature’s cycles, the album is often about time and moving
through moments, with lyrics that
are introspective more than about
heavenly bodies, and, more generally,
spiritual. Musically, Warren is known
for her use of elements like complex
time signatures and nonstandard
chord progressions within ethereal,
acoustic settings, and that’s all in
play on here, as on the polyrhythmic
“True Colors” and in the floating, arpeggiated chord modulations of “The
Wheel”. A song like “Less Traveled”
breaks through the somewhat eerie
tone of the record with a lively melody supported by playful flutes and
acoustic guitar. Warren has talked
in interviews about the healing nature of music, both on the songwriting end and the listening end; some
listeners will likely connect on that
level with Numun and, amid its airiness, its substance.
Book: Journey from Guwahati to Machhiwara
SH You Author: Rajiv Bakshi
REVIEW BY PARUL THAKUR
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he book is written in a simple years and that is why I feel rating the
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language and narrated well.
The stories took me on a trip
down the memory lane when the author mentioned Nokia mobile handset 3310, the Tulsi-Mihir stories, the
Govinda songs and many more such
little things.
I am going to deviate a bit and
as a reader I am sure you will understand. This book is sort of dream
project. A book which is a potpourri
of memorable life experiences of 35
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book will not be a just thing to do. It’s
a 5/5 to say that there is no age limit
to fulfill dreams and in my mind that
is more important that a rating.
The book is a simple weekend
read and a quick one. Most of the
stories will make you smile and if
you are my age, these stories will take
you back to the time you were growing up. The simple life of those days
and some heart warming times with
parents.
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Games on Facebook Messenger Hitech Mobiles launches new
very soon
phone in Assam
S
ocial networking giant Facebook is planning an idea of including games in its Messenger
chat platform. According to the Information, facebook users may soon
be able to play games while chatting
on Facebook Messenger.
Facebook as a social networking website offers quite a number of
games that is played via web as well
as mobile platforms. These games
include Candy Crush Saga, Farmville etc and these games are having
considerable fan following among
people of all age brackets. Candy
Crush Saga and Farmville requests
that people send to their friends are
also the subject of sharp criticism
among people who don’t play these
games so often.
Facebook Messenger chat platform has seen mixed response from
users. While it’s optional to use on
the web, mobile users ‘must’ install
the service in order to chat with others. Facebook has been taking many
plans to tempt people into using its
Messenger service. Time to time
messenger comes out with emojis to
make chat fun and engaging. Addition of games to the platform would
be another such attempt to engage
the users.
Although there is no clear information about the time frame around
which games would be coming to
Messenger, it is certain that discussions are on internally.
iBall Slide i701, Windows 8.1
tab launched
i
7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels
Windows 8.1 (upgradeable to Windows 10)
1.3 GHz quad-core Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM
16GB internal storage, expandable by 32GB
2-megapixel rear camera and VGA front camera
3G via dongle, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, micro HDMI and microUSB for connectivity
3,200 mAh battery
It also comes with an year’s subscription of Office 365 which itself costs
`3,299. It is already on sale from May 21st in the country through e-commerce portals and retail chains. iBall has brought the new Windows tablet
at a price point which makes it accessible to a wide range of people. And the
impressive retail bundle just makes the deal sweeter. Let us wait and watch if
the tablet can actually perform well in real-life conditions.
Google Maps
abused again,
searching
the N-word
produces
White House
L
ast month a small patch of
terrain in Google Maps just
south of the Pakistani city
of Rawalpindi has been found to
contain a bizarre image of the Android robot urinating on the Apple
logo.
Android Kitkat 4.4 OS. The phone
comes with a 4 inches screen with
IPS display which gives an excellent visual display. The phone has a
combination of 1.2 GHz quadcore
processor and 4 GB ROM space
capacities. It has features like dual
sim, 5MP rear camera along with
pre loaded apps.
screen size. The Slide i701 comes with
a 7-inch IPS display and is powered
by a 1.33GHz quad-core Intel processor. There’s 1GB of RAM, 16GB of
expandable storage, 2MP rear camera
and a VGA front camera.
The retail package brings with it
a free HDMI cable worth `699 and
three inter-changeable protective
covers worth `599. Let us quickly
take a look at the specifications of the
tablet.
iBall Slide i701 Specifications
Tech Watch
H
itech Mobiles launched
Hitech Amaze S3 in Assam on 20th May 2015. The
new phone is considered as India’s
most stylish and affordable quadcore phone in the market. Hitech
Mobiles Managing Director Mohammed Gyasuddin said, “We are proud
to launch India’s most affordable
quadcore phone Hitech Amaze S3 in
Guwahati which is a very important
market for us. We have a vision of
making mobiles suitable and affordable for every age group as well as
income group in India. We truly believe that Amaze S3 will get very good
response in Assam.”
Amaze S3 is a smartphone which
has been designed keeping in mind
the changing trends of fashion in the
world of mobile phones. Amaze S3
with superfast 1.2 GHz quadcore processor is enabled with superfast 3G
connectivity along with 1500 mAH
battery. The phone is updated with
Microsoft developing an iPhone
chat app called Flow
Ball has just launched the Windows 8.1 based Slide i701 tablet
in India at a price of just `4,999.
iBall has surprised every one by
launching the Windows 8.1 based
tablet at such a low price. The iBall
Slide i701 has further gone ahead
and become the cheapest Windows
8.1 tablet globally.
This move comes after Microsoft made the licensing free for
tablets with less than 8-inches of
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M
icrosoft is reportedly developing a new smartphone chat app, set to
debut on iPhone, that works as an
accompaniment for its Outlook inbox app. According to details discovered on a publicly accessible site,
the new app — called Flow — is
designed to offer “fast, fluid, natural conversations,” with “no subject
lines, salutations, or signatures,” and
will apparently allow for quick communication with email contacts outside of your regular email inbox.
The details were unearthed by
Twitter user h0x0d, who found a de-
scription of the app on a download
page marked “Microsoft Confidential.” Flow’s existence has yet to be
confirmed by the company, but the
details seem plausible — as ZDNet
points out, Flow would be to Outlook as Qik is to Skype. Microsoft
launched Skype Qik last year as a
lightweight video-messaging service that was simpler and quicker
to use than vanilla Skype. Flow, too,
sounds like it would be faster to use
than regular Outlook email, and
would give Microsoft an entry point
into the increasingly crowded chat
app market.
The image seems to have been
user generated through the Map
Maker function, which allows
users to contribute local knowledge to Google Maps. In this
case, that meant the suspiciously
shaped pattern of grass appeared
in Maps without Google realizing the meaning behind it. “We’re
sorry for this inappropriate usercreated content,” Google said in
a statement to The Washington
Post. “We’re working to remove it
quickly.”
After this embarrassing oversights Google has shut down its
Map Maker service. The company
said it had been moderating all user-generated edits to try to prevent
such pranks, but found it impossible to keep up.
But it seems that even after
Google removed the map marker
service, someone still managed to
play yet another prank on Google
maps and this time they abused the
Add Place feature. Someone has
added ‘ N****s House ‘ in White
House of United states. Whenever
an user types ‘N****s House’ in the
google maps search box it shows
White House. At the time of writing it was still surprisingly live.
Indrajeet Bhuyan is
a 17 year old tech
blogger and security researcher. He
is passionate about
computers and believes in sharing knowledge and
information . He uses his spare
time helping people and companies secure themselves. fb.me/
indrajeet.bhuyan
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
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You’ll need to navigate through what could be a tricky week. Mercury’s retrograde phase from Monday could cause delays, which means your best-laid
plans could come to nothing. Rather than fret and fume, use this opportunity
to research your options and get more information. Avoid manipulative and
pushy people on Thursday and Friday, particularly any who may have an
axe to grind. Stick with upbeat, generous folks for positive experiences and
a happy social life.
Money matters could be subject to delays. You may have to roll with the
punches, particularly if unexpected expenses show up or a payment doesn’t
materialize. Even so, this might set you thinking about ways to improve
matters and get your money working harder for you. On Thursday a rather
intense influence might mean you see a side of someone you’ve never
noticed before, which could be somewhat disconcerting. Even so, being in
the right company can help you relax and recharge.
The relationship planets are mainly feisty but fun, encouraging you to relax
in good company. But Saturn’s presence in your pleasure and romance sector
suggests a tendency to conserve your time and energy. This is just as well, as
Mercury enters its retrograde phase on Monday, which could coincide with a
lull in your social life. You’ll still have fun, but you’ll also have more time to
relax and recharge. Don’t let someone’s edgy mood affect your enjoyment of
a fun event on Friday.
Sagittarius
Cultivating a taste for the novel or exotic in people and ideas can open you up
to wonderful new experiences. Explore opportunities that can help further your
interests and expand your horizons. Mercury turns retrograde on Monday, for
about three weeks, leading to delays and mixed messages. Think twice before
signing important documents, particularly if there’s a lot of money at stake.
This phase can also bring fresh perspectives to ongoing problems, encouraging
ingenious solutions.
SUDOKU
Restlessness and a desire to flee the real world may be stirring within you.
Yet, because of Mercury’s retrograde phase starting Monday, quick decisions could likely cause trouble. If in doubt, a chat with a good friend can
help you make the best choice. Some people may seem more aloof or
distant than usual. Try not to take this personally, as it could be a different
matter in a few days. Later, purchasing a few small luxuries might help
boost your mood.
News may arrive out of the blue involving a friend or relative who needs
your help and support. A focus on your spiritual sector suggests you may be
called upon to sacrifice time and energy in order to boost another’s spirits.
There could be further obstacles to overcome on Thursday and Friday this
week. A patient approach can help you avoid strain and struggle. By the
weekend you’ll be ready to kick back with good friends and indulge a little!
Scorpio
Libra
Virgo
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Taurus
Aries
HOROSCOPE
Regarding goals and personal ambitions, Mercury’s retrograde phase, along
with other stubborn influences, suggests progress could come to a halt. However, this can bring just the chance you need to rethink your plans. Such
delays can expose weaknesses that might not otherwise show up. Regarding
romance, someone with a jealous streak could try to jeopardize a new relationship. Don’t allow it! Turbulent influences could keep you on your toes, so
it’s important to take time out to relax.
If you can iron out a family disagreement or handle a difference of opinion,
then the week ahead has much to offer. There may be one or two issues to
circumnavigate, and these are likely to involve other people’s stubborn mindset. There will be more than enough to keep you happily occupied once the
Sun dances into Gemini on Thursday. In addition, Jupiter’s ongoing presence
in your social sector adds a special sparkle to a sizzling date.
Don’t let anyone rush you into making a decision or commitment before
you’re ready. As Mercury turns retrograde it’s essential to read the fine print of
a contract or legal document before you sign. Someone may be feeling extra
sensitive, making you feel like you’re walking on eggshells. In this situation
it pays to be honest rather than tolerate someone’s manipulative tendencies.
Romance can flourish when an opportunity for a special date enhances your
natural passion.
Pisces
Aquarius
Capricorn
With wit, charm, and a cheerful outlook you somehow manage to say the
most difficult things and get away with it. With Venus happily ensconced
in your relationship sector, it’s a good time to convince someone that
you’re the right candidate for a job or new relationship. However, it
might not be all clear sailing this week, as someone’s stubborn outlook
could put things on hold. All will be well if you refuse to take it personally
and instead go with the flow.
A surprise may be in store this week and it could be due to Mercury’s
retrograde influence. There’s a chance you’ll bump into someone you
once knew or hear from an old college or work pal. It might also be wise
to check on those you haven’t seen in a while and offer support should
they need it. Romantic opportunities seem plentiful, but you may prefer
to explore subjects of interest or perhaps get involved in competitive
sports to burn off excess energy.
Someone may share a secret that alters how you view a situation. In this
instance it affects you in a good way. As Mercury turns retrograde from
Monday, for about three weeks, expect disruptions and delays at home.
A guest may cancel or a party may not proceed as planned. You might
have to contend with obstacles, but a cheery, upbeat approach can help
you breeze through the coming days. Later, a romantic liaison could
grow in strength and passion.
Useful Life hacks
JUST FOR LAUGHs
A man receives a phone call from
his doctor.
The doctor says, “I have some
good news and some bad news.”
The man says, “OK, give me the
good news first.”
The doctor says, “The good news
is, you have 24 hours to live.”
The man replies, “Oh no! If that’s
the good news, then what’s the bad
news?”
The doctor says, “The bad news is,
I forgot to call you yesterday.”
Q: What starts with E, ends with E
and only has one letter?
A: An envelope.
Hold it
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Q: If you drop a white hat into the
Red Sea, what does it become?
A: Wet.
Q: What is white when it’s dirty
and black when it’s clean?
A: A blackboard.
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Splendor 2013 Model
Colour Black
Call- 98641-06333
Swift VSI 2012 Model
Colour: Silver
4.50 Lacs Fixed
Call:88221-41557
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HOSPITALS
Arya Hospital, Ulubari
(2606888, 2606665)
B Baruah Cancer Institute
(2472364/66)
Brahmaputra Hospital Ltd
(2451634/678)
Chatribari Christian
Hospital
0361-2600051, 9207044374
Downtown Hospital
2331003, 9864079366,
9435012669
Guwahati Medical College
(2529457, 2529561)
Guwahati Medical College
Emergency (2263444)
International Hospital
0361-7135005
Mahendra Mohan
Choudhury Hospital
(2541477, 2543998)
Marwari Hospital & Research Centre
0361-2602738/39
Marwari Maternity Hospital 0361-2541202/01
Nemcare Hospital
0361-2528587, 2455906,
2457344
Pratiksha Hospital
0361-2337260,
2337183/84
Basistha Military Hospital
(2304617/0351)
Railway Central Hospital
Casuality (2671025)
Redcross Hospital
(2665114)
Sri Sankardeva Netralaya
0361-2233444, 2228879,
2228921
TB Hospital
(2540193)
Wintrobe Hospital
0361-2519860,
98647-77986
IHR-Institute of Human
Reproduction
0361-2482619,09864103333
GNRC Hospital 0361
2227702
GNRC Life First Ambulance
9401194011
24-HOUR PHARMACIES
Arya Hospital, Ulubari (2606888, 2606665)
DEAD BODY CARRYING VAN
GLP Social Circle 2737373, 9435047046
Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251
GGUMTA 98640-16740
ELECTRICITY
SUPPLY
Call Centre –
9678005171
OTHERS
Fire Emergency 101
State Zoo 2201363
GMC Carcass Pickup 9435190720,
9864047222
LPG Emergency/Leakage 2385209,
2541118
RADIO TAXI SERVICES
Prime Cabs
0361- 2222233
Green Cabs
0361-7151515
My Taxi
0361-2228888
Cherry Cabs
8876222288
Cinema Hall
Anuradha Cineplex – 0361-2656968, 99545-44738
Fun Cinema (HUB)- 98648-00100, 98648-00200
Gold Cinema (Paltan Bazaar) – 98540-66166
Gold Cinema (Salasar) – 0361-2735367, 98540-77177
Gold Cinema (Narengi) – 88110-01898
police station
SP, Kamrup District: Ph- 2540278
DGP Control Room: Ph- 2540242
SB Control Room: Ph-2261511
Police Control Room: Ph-2540138,
2540113
Azara PS: Ph2840287
Basista PS: Ph-2302158
Bharalumukh PS: Ph- 2540137,
2731199
Borjhar PS: Ph-2840351
Chandmari PS: Ph- 2660204
Chandrapur PS: Ph-2788237,
2785237
Dispur PS: Ph-2261510
Fancybazar PS: Ph- 2540285
Fatasil Ambari PS: Ph-2471412
Geetanagar PS: Ph-2417323
Hatigaon: Ph-2562383
Jalukbari PS: Ph-2570587
Jalukbari Out Post: Ph-2570522
Jorabat: Ph-2896853
Khanapara: Ph- 2281501
Khetri PS: Ph-2787699, 2787220
Latasil PS: Ph-2540136
Noonmati PS: Ph- 2550281
North Guwahati PS: Ph-2690255
Paltanbazar PS: Ph-2540126
Panbazar PS: Ph-2540106
Pragjyotishpur Ps: Ph-2785237
Women PS Panbazar: Ph-2524627
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G PLUS MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2015
Catching Up
Renault Kwid World Premiere in India
Chloe Goodman
thinks rival Vicky
Pattison needs to
go to rehab ‘for
anger issues’
V
icky Pattison’s rival Chloe
Goodman reckons the former Geordie Shore star
needs to go to rehab.
The 21-year-old beauty has spoken out after it emerged Vicky was
hospitalised following a night out
clubbing in Marbella.
Chloe said: “Vicky’s temper is
horrendous. Even sober, she’ll sometimes lash out if she doesn’t get her
way. And, obviously, drink makes
things even worse.”
The reality star added: “She could
be terrifying. Her ex Ricci [Guarnaccio] came on the show and I remember her warning people off speaking
to him. I didn’t take kindly to that so
we argued lots.
“Our rows got so fiery, I sometimes even worried that Vicky might
confront me in the middle of the
night.”
The Big Brother star claims she’s
worried that Vicky, 27, is sending out
the wrong message to her young fans
and thinks she should attend therapy
before it’s too late.
I’m still alive: Jackie Chan on death hoax
I
nternational film star Jackie Chan, with roots
in China, became a victim of an internet death
hoax. But the martial arts expert has clarified
he is very much alive.
`I was shocked by two news reports when I got
off the plane. First of all, don’t worry! I’m still alive.
Second, don’t believe the scam on Weibo using my
name about the Red Pockets,” Chan said.
`This is my official Facebook page and I only
have 1 official Weibo page. Love you all,` Chan,
who attended the premiere of Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s movie `PK` in China last week,
tweeted on Saturday.
Chan is currently busy with the 68th Cannes
International Film Festival.
Chan and the Cannes Market have created
$165,000 prize for the Chinese filmmakers taking
part in the Cannes festival’s 3rd New Chinese Film
Talents Forum, reports variety.com.
The money comes from Chan’s Project A:
Young Filmmaker Development Fund. The financial prize is specifically to be invested in the costs of
the production of the winning director’s new pro-
ject. The forum is in its third year and this year is host
to eight young directors.
The eight get to pitch their projects at a session on
Monday at the Olympia Cinema in Cannes. The winning project will be announced on Tuesday.
R
enault, one of Europe’s leading automobile manufacturers, revealed its all
new global product ‘KWID’ in India
today.
“With KWID, Renault continues to pursue its strategy of accessible mobility for all to
step up its international growth. Using a new
Renault-Nissan Alliance platform and following the trail blazed by the Duster, the KWID
will enable Renault to continue its expansion
and address the needs of customers who
want a vehicle that is stylish, robust and easy
to use” shared Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and
CEO, Groupe Renault, about the new launch
by Renault.
KWID is a new and unique offering in
the compact car segment, a vehicle with a dynamic profile and SUV look tailored to its dimensions. KWID is an attractive and modern
car, with a spacious, comfortable interior that
meets the everyday needs of all the family.
With KWID, Renault goes a step further
with the launch of an attractive, innovative
and affordable vehicle in the small car segment, selling at a price of between 3 and 4
lakhs in India.
KWID will be launched in India in the
second half of 2015.
Female Singer on Turkish Talent
Show Shot in Head
M
utlu Kaya, 19, was in a critical
condition after being shot in Diyarbakir province on May 17th.
Diyarbakir is a conservative region in
south-east Turkey and Kaya had reportedly
received death threats for singing on the
show, Sesi Cok Guzel.
One person has reportedly been arrested in connection with the incident.
The gunman was said to have been in
the garden and fired through a window into
the house.
Sesi Cok Guzel is similar to shows such
as Britain’s Got Talent. Kaya’s mentor is Sibel Can, one of Turkey’s best-known folk
singers who had visited Kaya at the school
canteen where she worked in March, in order to make sure she joined her team in the
competition.
However, the Posta newspaper reported
on Sunday that Kaya had received death
“I am afraid,” Kaya was quoted as telling
threats after appearing on the show.
the show’s production team.
Blades of bliss: No salon or parlour can replace the raw feel
of a shave on roadside. Photo: Adib Zamali
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