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S A L A W O T AU

vs R E B U

Cottonians jump into the fray vandalizing public and private property

Aakashians Maintain the Tradition of Excellence

G PLUS AUG 13 - AUG 19, 2016

Lead Story

Autowalas vs Uber:

KALYAN DEB

Cottonians join the vandalism

chaotic situation outside MNDP Hostel

Threeway showdown as autowalas instigate Cottonians to rough up cab drivers; inebriated hostel boarders go on a violent spree

efouling the glory of Cotton College, a section of the students of the century-old higher educational institution displayed their hooligan instincts on Wednesday night. Around 40 boarders of Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan (MNDP) hostel went berserk under inebriated conditions and in the process vandalized several vehicles of private cab services, battered and injured drivers, assaulted media persons, destroyed media vehicles & equipments and even caused injury to police personnel. While much is said about student power and that they hold the key to the future of the nation, a few of the lot show an attitude of arrogance that raises questions about their actual potential. Several versions of the incident have been narrated to the people but what exactly happened remains clouded in the minds of the people. Meanwhile, G Plus tried to get to the root of the incident and what actually ignited the clash.

The clash The battle between the drivers of private cab services (Uber, Ola, etc.) and the auto-rickshaw drivers that unfolded on the streets on the city streets got ignited on Thursday night. Starting with a tussle for parking space, the involvement of students of Cotton College gave the clash a different turn. It began at around 11 pm when a few cab drivers tried to park their vehicles in the parking space of the Guwahati railway station. However, the cab drivers were debarred from parking their

vehicles by a few auto-rickshaw drivers and an on duty Railway Protection Force (RPF) official. The same led to an argument when the cab drivers questioned the allotment of parking space which the drivers thought was biased towards the auto-rickshaw drivers. According to RPF officials the argument was initially tackled in a peaceful manner and both the parties were separated. The cab drivers drove their vehicles away from the railway station and parked near MNDP Hostel. “Due to traffic congestion near the railway station we dissuade vehicles from stopping around the area. Since there are no traffic officials near the railway station it is only the RPF that manages traffic and besides

the reserved parking space for autorickshaws we ask every other vehicle to park in the railway parking area. Since the cab drivers do not have a reserved parking space they are asked to move their vehicle to the railway parking area. Since a certain amount is charged for parking in the area, the cab drivers either keep circling around the area or park on the roadside on the stretch from Reserve Bank of India to the railway station,” an official of RPF mentioned to G Plus.

The violent turn The wrangle between the autorickshaw drivers and cab drivers got a spark due to the argument. It turned for the worse at around 1 am when

one of the cab drivers was assaulted by some of the auto-rickshaw drivers. The involvement of the boarders of MNDP Hostel had not happened till then. But soon after, as alleged by the cab drivers, the auto-rickshaw drivers near MNDP hostel are supposedly in some kind of understanding with the boarders and instigated them to flex their muscles against the cab drivers. “The argument did not quite turn physical until the students turned up. When we were not allowed to park in the railway parking space we called up a few media houses and moved towards the police station in order to lodge an FIR against the situation. All of a sudden we saw around 35 to 40 students armed with cricket bats, hockey sticks and iron rods approach-

The battle on the city streets between the drivers of private cab services and the auto-rickshaw drivers basically started on Thursday evening Around 40 students of Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan hostel took to the streets in inebriated condition armed with cricket bats, hockey sticks and iron rods vandalising 35 to 40 Uber and Ola cabs The rampage also injured around 10 cab drivers, seriously injured a media-person and destroyed property belonging to a media house The tussle began at around 11 pm when a few cab drivers were debarred from parking their vehicles in the parking space of the Guwahati railway station Following the incident the city’s cab drivers’ association called a strike on Friday

ing. They seemed to be on an uncharacteristic spree and went on to vandalise several vehicles, beat up many of the cab drivers, and even injured a media person who had to be rushed to the GMCH,” stated Md. Ismail Ali, president, All Assam Cab Owners’/ Drivers’ Association. It was also mentioned that the students were in inebriated condition and damaged around 40 vehicles, injured 10 drivers and inflicted serious injuries to a media person. One of the three officials of the women unit ‘Veerangana’ of the Assam Police, who was present while the ruckus took place, rebuked the incident as dreadful as the students of such a reputed college were involved in such a violent incident. “Had there been any other woman in place of a police official she wouldn’t have known what to do. What led to such a situation could not be learned as yet but the violence that was perpetrated deserves condemnation. Moreover, even though many people were present at the scene none came forward to control the situation despite seeing that there were just three woman police officials who were struggling. This was very sad to see,” the official stated. Meanwhile, three of the students have been identified but their details have not been released to the media as yet. However police have initiated investigation and has assured that the culprits will be brought to justice.

Journalists association condemns attack on media-person

he Journalists’ Association of Assam (JAA) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) in condemning the attack on the media person on Thursday, 11th August. The JAA and NUJI are extremely concerned about the rise in attacks on journalists and the vandalism engineered by a section of youths in Guwahati. The association called on the Assam government and the authority of the prestigious Cotton College to take immediate action and nab the culprits immediately. The NUJI and the JAA also expressed grave concern regarding the increasing number of attacks on the journalists of the state and asked the government to ensure safety of life, property of journalists and freedom of media. In a statement, General Secretary of JAA & National Secretary (East zone India) of NUJI, Bhupen Goswami, demanded special protection laws for journalists on duty and an action plan for their safety and security and urged the centre to urgently implement a national action plan ensuring protection for the journalists on duty. kalyan.deb@g-plus.in

G PLUS AUG 13 - AUG 19, 2016

City

Spa, parlours under scanner with Lachit Nagar sex trade bust The claim

 Police received secret information about the immoral activities in the parlour  Police raided the unisex parlour with witnesses and found people in compromising situations

 Police arrested 11 persons including the manager, customers and the owner  Sources said all are out on bail now  Some other spa officials say just a few parlours and spas indulge in such business but it brings a bad name to the entire industry  Police ask citizens to help as police cannot act without proper information and evidence

Rahul Chanda

the police by providing information. A regular city-based spa visitor said, “I have been to spas where I was offered such services but very discreetly of course. There are different kinds of intimate services which can be availed in the city but definitely just a handful of them are involved in such activities.”

 Paltan Bazar police recently busted a sex trade racket in a parlour located in Lachit Nagar

 Police also recovered unused condoms

f-fort buildingA housing dapun planet parlour | Adib zamali/G Plus

The spa and beauty parlours in Guwahati city are under scanner with evidence surfacing that some of them indulge in immoral activities earning a bad name for the entire industry

ews about raids on massage parlours and beauty spas by police in metros like Kolkata, Mumbai etc. and girls being rescued from prostitution rackets therein make headlines across the country intermittently. In recent years, the trend of beauty spas and body massage parlours became quite popular in Guwahati too. However, a recent raid conducted by the Paltan Bazar police at a unisex beauty parlour has now raised serious questions about the legal aspects of such establishments. Whenever such raids take place, one cannot help but wonder whether illegal business is transacted in the city spas, the reason for such police raids, treatment of employees by the management, etc. G Plus looks into the matter and also the recent incident where 11 people were arrested in Lachit Nagar area.

The Incident According to a reliable source in the Paltan Bazar Police Station, the police received information that some immoral activities take place in a unisex beauty parlour located in Lachit Nagar. The team of Paltan Bazar Police then raided Dapun Planet

Unisex Beauty Parlour located on the 7th floor of a building in Lachit Nagar, opposite KFC. According to the source, the parlour had an open area and four cabins. In the first cabin the police found one Manoj Jain (who was in the nude) with a girl who was dressed but the police recovered some unused condoms from the room. In the second cabin police found one Mahadev Umadi with three girls who were drinking beer. In the third cabin police found a man who seemed to be in the process of preparing himself to receive a female visitor. In the fourth room police found one Bijit Jain in a compromising position with a girl and both were in the nude. Police then recovered Rs. 23,340 from Pinku Kalita, the manager of the parlour. Police arrested 11 people from the parlour - six women and five men of which four men were customers and one woman who was the owner of the parlour. The police source said that the a case was registered in Paltan Bazar Police Station (case number 503/16 under section 370 read with section 3,4,5 and 7 of ITP Act). The arrested persons were forwarded to the court and sent to judicial custody but the source also said that all are out on bail now. The source said that the

arrested girls, except the owner of the parlour, are from different places like Shillong, Nepal, Cachar etc. and all were lured into sex trade with huge amounts of money.

The business The source said that the business of spa and parlour in Guwahati is questionable these days as there have been many such incidents reported in the past too. But interestingly, it is often noticed that such parlours get back into business even after seizure of their licenses as they easily get the permits and licenses renewed. The source said that the license of the Dapun Planet was seized by the police and has not been returned to the owner yet. So it is not known whether the parlour is operating now or not. The source said that it is very difficult to implicate or provide evidence on immoral activities. The parlour in question made the mistake of not eliminating the contraceptives during or before the raid. If the spas are involved in such business and if the police do not receive any inputs or complaints about such activities, it becomes difficult for them to take action. The public can always help

A city based spa manager talked to G Plus in anonymity and said, “People invest a lot of money to set up such businesses and any illegal business, if detected, can ruin the entire establishment. Immoral activities can only happen if the management is not strict and the therapists are not guided well and exploited.” He further said that a person comes to a spa when he is very tired and it is the duty of the therapist to ensure that the customer leaves energized and refreshed. According to him, the therapists working in most of the spas are well trained and are mostly from Mizoram, Gangtok, Thailand etc. Another city spa manager said, “Some incidents which came to light recently where people were involved in immoral activities should be stopped. Only because of such spas, the entire spa business is viewed negatively and this is not correct. There are spas which offer decent service to its customers and are brand names in the industry. Such illegal business establishments should be thoroughly checked and if detected the culprits should be strictly dealt with.” The manager said that they personally ensure that when a customer is getting a body massage, the doors are not shut. Drunk or intoxicated customers are also not entertained. The therapists have strict instructions of leaving the room if any customer misbehaves and even the customers can complain if any therapist misbehaves. It is true that the management is entirely responsible for such illegal activities and to avoid such incidents the management should ensure that the employees are not exploited. The average salary of a therapist is around Rs. 15,000 per month, but it is not always easy to survive on that kind of an amount in a city like Guwahati. Girls working in spas where such immoral activities take place easily earn Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 90,000. There are other options of earning decently without indulging in immoral activities, but if the management is forcing people into such businesses then it is a different proposition altogether. Till then, spas and parlours will be under the scanner of the police and the activists working in favour of women’s rights. rahul.chanda@g-plus.in

G PLUS AUG 13 - AUG 19, 2016

In The News

Zarda set to finally disappear from the local paan shop

Rahul Chanda

ssam became the first state to legally ban the consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco including pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine within the state on 13th February, 2014. Thus sale, consumption, manufacturing, trading, storage and advertisement of all forms of smokeless tobacco were banned in Assam. But was it really banned? It was legally banned, but the truth is that in spite of the product being banned, it was easily available in paan shops at higher prices. The paan shop owners used to purchase the tobacco from wholesalers in black and used to sell it to the customers at higher prices than the printed rate. The paan shop owners moved the Gauhati High Court where the judgement was in favour of the state government. Thereafter, the paan shop owners moved the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had asked the state government in July 2014 to stop prosecution on the sale of the tobacco easing the paan shop owners’ difficulties in selling the tobacco illegally, but it was just a stay citing that the sale cannot be prosecuted till the case is disposed, which made the state authorities stop the prosecution. Very recently, according to sources in the health department, it seems the state government has again decided to quash the previous order of not prosecuting the sale and trade of smokeless tobacco. G Plus looks at the scenario to find out whether smokeless tobacco is actually banned in Assam or not.

The present status After the SC asked the state government in July 2014 to stop prosecution on the sale of the smokeless tobacco, the paan shop owners were easily selling the smokeless tobacco and the health department issued a letter to all the prosecuting authorities of all the districts to stop prosecuting the sale of smokeless tobacco. The paan shop owners now thought that the sale is again legal, but it was confusing for some as while buying the smokeless tobacco, it was not easily available. Many big distributers of such tobacco in Guwahati used to say that they are not selling because it is banned and hence the paan shop owners still had to buy at higher prices and further sell it to customers at an even higher price. In September 2015 the apex court disposed off the case that challenged the legal validity of the Assam Health (Prohibition of Manufacturing, Advertisement, Trade Storage, Distribution, sale and consumption of Zarda, Gutkha, Pan-masala, etc. containing Tobacco) Act, 2013. The Supreme Court disposed off the case, stating that a similar issue is pending at the Gauhati High Court. Hearing the writ petition no. 383/2014 (Udai Chaurasia & Ors VS State of Assam), the apex court, in its judgment said that Gauhati High Court will do the needful for disposing off the matter and also asked the High Court to

 State government bans smokeless tobacco in 2013  Paan shop owners move GHC against the government’s decision  GHC favours the government  The shop owners thereafter move the Supreme Court  Supreme Court in July 2014 orders that sale of smokeless tobacco cannot be prosecuted till the case is disposed off

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With the recent order of the state health department, the previous order of not prosecuting the sale and purchase of smokeless tobacco gets quashed and the trade is to be prosecuted from now on expedite the hearing of the Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1583/2014, so that the matter may be decided within three months time. The Supreme Court also said, “We clarify that we have not considered this petition on merits and we are disposing off this petition simply because a similar issue is pending in the High Court.” But recently the State Health Department on 8th August, 2016 issued an official message to the Food Safety Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of all districts to implement the aforesaid act in letter and spirit and enforce total ban on sale, distribution, trade, storage and consumption of smokeless products such as zarda, gutkha, pan masala, etc. containing tobacco and/or nicotine with immediate effect.

The applause Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) has welcomed the move of the state government to strictly implement the Assam Health Act, 2013 in the state which bans sale, distribution, consumption, trade and storage of smokeless products containing tobacco or nicotine. It may be mentioned that under the Assam Health (Prohibition of Manufacturing, Advertisement, Trade Storage, Distribution, Sale and Consumption of Zarda, Gutkha, Pan-masala, etc. containing Tobacco) Act, 2013, anyone found consuming smokeless tobacco was to be punished with fine of up to Rs. 1000 for the first offence and Rs. 2000 for the second and any subsequent offence or offences. While, whoever found involved in manufac-

ture, advertisement, trade, storage, distribution of product such as zarda, gutkha, pan-masala, etc. containing tobacco and/or nicotine shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years and with a fine not less than Rs. 1 lakh and which may be extended to Rs. 5 lakhs. “Strict enforcement of the ban on smokeless tobacco products is the need of the hour considering the large number people getting affected to mouth cancer due to smokeless tobacco use in Assam,” said Ms. Ruchira Neog, Executive Secretary, VHAA welcoming the move of the state government to stringently enforce the act. She also added that the proper enforcement of the Assam Health Act, 2013 will save the students and youth from the ill effects of pan-masala mixed with zarda. Use of smokeless tobacco products, mainly pan masala and zarda mixture, among students and youths is very high in Assam. As per the latest report of Cancer Registry, 49.7% of all cancers in male and 24.1% in female in Kamrup (Metro) District are tobacco related cancer. Nearly 70% of patients treated in the Dr. B. Barooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati in 2013-14 developed cancer due to tobacco use. The Govt. of Assam, in 2011, out of its total health budget of Rs. 541.2 crores, spent Rs. 157.8 crores for treatment of tobacco related diseases alone.

The nexus G Plus surveyed the city markets and one salesman in the shop which was once a king in the sale of smokeless tobacco said that they do not sell smokeless tobacco anymore as they do

not exactly know whether it is legal or illegal to sell such tobacco. Another wholesale tobacco shop owner said in anonymity that the smokeless tobacco like Zarda and Khaini are not available easily and there are some people who sell it by bringing the stuff from Jorabat in Meghalaya and Silguri in West Bengal. The owner further described that as according to the state government the smokeless tobacco is banned so the government does not get any tax from such products. So, people have a nexus to bribe the authorities at Jorabat checking and Silguri checking and thereby easily bring the products to Guwahati from where it gets further distributed. But the people from the nexus collect shop to shop orders and deliver the product at the shop itself and the paan shop owners do not have to go to the market to purchase the tobacco. This is the way the entire nexus is run and now even the cops do not prosecute the paan waalas from selling the tobacco. So, the business is entirely in the black market but interestingly no one can get prosecuted even after two months of the SC order which has disposed the case. But after the health department’s recent order it seems like the business will be prosecuted but again it will give an opportunity to the nexus to grow. Some city based police personnel are unaware about the recent order and even the senior city police officials said they did not receive any such order yet. The order was released on 8th August. Hence, may be within few days they will receive the order. The smokeless tobacco sale and purchase will be prosecuted again and has strong likelihood of disappearing from the state’s markets.

 The sale of such products starts again in Assam without any prosecution from the authorities following the SC norms  In September 2015, SC disposes the case saying that a similar issue is pending at the Gauhati High Court  SC also directs the GHC to dispose the case within three months  Tobacco sale is still not prosecuted and authorities were unsure whether the tobacco is banned or not in Assam  The situation gives birth to a nexus which smuggles in smokeless tobacco from Jorabat and Silguri and does shop to shop delivery in Guwahati  Except the state government everyone in the nexus earns  But recently the health department again issued an order to all DCs and SPs to prosecute the sale and purchase of smokeless tobacco

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G PLUS AUG 13 - AUG 19, 2016

Governance

Huge ‘paribartan’ need of the hour; garbage processing by GMC the only solution

■ Guwahati produces 500 MT garbage everyday ■ The entire garbage is transported and dumped at the Bora Gaon garbage dumping ground

Rahul Chanda

uwahati produces 500 MT of garbage every day. To manage the entire city’s garbage, GMC has 31 NGOs – one for each ward for primary garbage collection. The collected garbage goes into bins and GMC has 215 bins across the city. To transport the collected garbage from the bins, GMC has 23 compactors, 25 dumpers, 15 JCBs and 8 robots. But where does the garbage go to? GMC, since a long time, has been bragging that it will convert the garbage into manure or other energies like electricity or bio gas. What is the status of such projects? Are the garbage dumping grounds affecting the environment? In the run up to a smart city, why cannot the garbage be processed to produce energy? G Plus checks what happens to the 500 MT garbage produced by the city every day.

Biomethanation plant The very recent plan which the GMC was working on was setting up two biomethanation plants at Paltan Bazaar and Bhootnath. One plant will be of the capacity 5 MTPD and the other will be 10 MTPD. The plants will process organic wastes and produce methane gas which will be stored and further used to generate electricity. The 5 MTPD plant will produce 30 KWH of electricity which can be used to light up 250 bulbs and the 10 MTPD plant will generate 60 KWH of electricity which will be able to light up 500 bulbs. The expression of interest (EOI) was floated and various companies were showing their interest to work for setting up the plant. GMC was confident that the work will start by end of January 2015. The approximate estimated budget per plant was

■ Out of 500 MT, 100 MT garbage is used to produce compost ■ 200 MT garbage gets segregated by around 500 rag pickers across Guwahati ■ 200 MT garbage remains dumped at the dumping ground everyday and is not processed ■ The rag pickers have to work in an environment that is hazardous to health ■ The local MLA, environmentalists and bodies like NGT express concern over pollution of Deepor Beel caused by spillage from the Bora Gaon dumping ground

Garbage processing At present all the collected garbage gets transported to Boragaon processing and disposal plant. According to GMC officials, there is a compost plant with the capacity of processing 50 MT per shift, were 100 MT garbage gets processed. After processing 100 MT garbage the plant produces approximately 10 tons of organic manure which is sold. GMC was planning to upgrade the plant to the capacity of processing 250 MT of garbage which will then produce 20 tons of organic manure. The plant was also expected to have a plastic recycling unit and would also produce red brick. But the plan still remains a plan. Similarly, other garbage recycling plans also look far from completion. G Plus looks into why the projects are still stalled.

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With the proposed 20 bigha plot at Bonda rendered unusable for garbage dumping and NGT’s push for removal of the dumping ground from Bora Gaon plus the financial crisis of GMC, the only solution that remains is processing of the entire garbage on a daily basis

Rs 1.5 crores. The plants did not start working. But why are the processing units not being upgraded and the new plants not getting started?

The Bora Gaon processing unit The Bora Gaon dumping ground is also under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) as it is assumed that the ground is a cause of concern for the Deepor Beel habitation. The NGT has asked the Assam government to submit a status report on the present condition of Deepor Beel, a large natural wetland, which is a Ramsar site and an important destination of migratory birds. The tribunal also asked the State Chief Secretary to submit a detailed report on whether any municipal solid waste was being dumped into Deepor Beel and if any construction activities were going on in and around the wetland. It also asked if the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation were following the rules. In a move to replace the Bora Gaon dumping ground, the GMC was allotted some 20 bighas of land at Bonda near Chandrapur. But highly placed sources in GMC said that the Bonda land will be difficult to be used as a dumping ground as communication is a problem. Also the local peo-

ple there are protesting against the decision. So, the recycling projects in Bora Gaon will not be upgraded until it is clear that the site can be used as a dumping ground in the future. Also recently, expressing concern over the continued existence of the landfill site at Boragaon in the city, AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita said that pollutants and waste materials from the site have become a menace for the ecologically-sensitive Deepor Beel. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour at the Legislative Assembly, Kalita said that all the wastes from across the city are dumped at the Bora Gaon site and this has led to spillage into the Deepor Beel thereby polluting the water-body. Replying to Kalita’s question, according to media reports, Minister for Guwahati Development Department Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We got 20 bighas of land in Bonda, which is much less than the existing 120 bighas at Boragaon. However, locals at Bonda opposed the idea of a dumping ground in their locality and so we could not take over the land. So you can well imagine our plight, stuck as we are between the NGT order and opposition of locals of Bonda.” He also said that a committee consisting of experts from IIT Guwahati has suggested certain remedial measures for the site at Boragaon, including tree plantation but the NGT’s order had made it imperative to shift the loca-

tion. He said that one solution could be to have four dumping grounds in the city, one catering to each of the four Legislative Assembly Constituencies of Guwahati. There can always be suggestions coming in but the action plan will explain the efficiency of any body. Let’s see when this issue will be resolved.

Biomethanation dream remains a dream The other two biomethanation plants expected to come up at Paltan Bazaar and Bhootnath have also not started due to financial crisis. A source in GMC said that since February 2015 GMC has not been getting any funds from the state government. The source said that GMC spends around Rs. 6.5 crores on salaries of its employees. It earns approximately Rs. 6 crores in revenues and gets Rs. 4 crores every month from the state government for development purposes. Since last year GMC has not got any money from the government and all its revenues are being used for salaries. Therefore all other projects have been halted. The GMC source said that government should give priority to garbage processing units as it can always be helpful for the city development. The source said that out of 500 MT garbage produced in the city, all are

■ Sources in GMC say all issues can be resolved if the entire garbage is processed ■ Financial crisis further mars GMC garbage processing plans initially dumped at the Bora Gaon dumping ground from where 100 MT is used to produce compost and 200 MT is segregated by the rag pickers. The remaining 200 MT remains dumped on the ground. So, on an everyday basis, if 200 MT of garbage remains dumped on the dumping ground and is not being used it is a huge loss of revenue. Also, talking about the rag pickers, the source said that in Bora Gaon area itself there are around 200 rag pickers and in entire Guwahati there are around 500 rag pickers who earn their livelihood by collecting waste materials and selling it to various scrap yards in the city. But the rag pickers are exposed to various diseases while working in the dumping ground. Because the dumping ground is getting chaotic with the everyday garbage deposition environmentalists and bodies like NGT are concerned about Deepor Beel. Everything can be controlled if the garbage is processed and used which is not happening. The source said that in the smart city proposal there is no mention about garbage processing and production of energy from it. So, the urban bodies and especially the recently formed development-fascinated government should think about the issue at an early date and bring some true ‘paribartan’ in this regard. rahul.chanda@g-plus.in

City

G PLUS AUG 13 - AUG 19, 2016

Juthika Baruah

District Administration suspends licenses of two bars

 Licenses of two bar-cum-restaurants have been suspended  The licenses have been suspended for violating excise norms  The bars do not have proper lighting and are very unhygienic  The drive will continue in the city in various bars and restaurants Adib zamali/G Plus

The licenses have been suspended as the barcum-restaurants violated excise norms and was running the business without valid documents

he Kamrup (M) district administration has suspended the licenses of two bar-cum-restaurants namely Mehfil and Maihang at Beltola for violating excise norms. Speaking to G Plus, Dispur Revenue Circle Officer, Prashanta Kathkatia said, “Following an instruction by the Deputy Commissioner to inspect the bars and restaurants in the city we visited some bar-cum-restaurants in the Beltola area and the dhabas near the national highway and found that Mehfil and Maihang bar-cum-restaurants are in a very bad condition. When we asked to see their licenses

they failed to furnish it and even failed to show their stock registers.” Kathkatia said that the environment of Mehfil is so filthy that one cannot sit inside the bar. One the other hand, Maihang also failed to show their license and stock register. Also their lighting was not proper. “As we didn’t get any relevant documents from the bars we informed the DC that they have failed to furnish their licenses and thereafter as per the instruction of the DC we suspended the licenses,” said Kathkatia. The Circle Officer said that the drive will be continued after Inde-

pendence Day and that there are many such bars which are running their business without license and violating excise norms. The investigation will be continued in other bar-cum-restaurants, dhabas, etc. as most of the city’s barcum-restaurants and dhabas sell liquor beyond the stipulated time. This is a surprise visit to the city’s bar-cumrestaurants. Sale of liquor is on the rise and during dry days people want to buy liquor illegally despite double the price. Sale of liquor on dry days and after 10 pm is illegal but such sale is done illegally for earning extra money.

2 of India’s cutest rescued cats reside in city

GPLUS NEWS

ETA’s 2016 Cutest Rescued Indian Cat Alive contest features two cats from Guwahati. The heart warming stories behind every feline featured will surely get everyone hysterical. Nandini Baruva, a resident of

Guwahati found, Mustard when he was about 2 months old. ‘Outside my home drenched and dragging himself on the concrete ground on a rainy day, I and my family rushed out and picked him up, got him indoors, dried him up, put him in a warm blanket in

a basket and rushed to the vets,’ said Nandini Baruva to GPlus when we asked her about how Mustard came into her life. Baruva’s trusted vet, Dr. Kalita of Khanapara, revealed that the cat had a spinal injury/fracture that made him paraplegic. ‘We tried to give him the best medical treatment including nerve stimulant injections, hydro therapy, infrared ray therapy, multivitamins and much more but to no avail. We realized that the little kitten would not survive outdoor and so I took up the responsibility of raising him,’ said Baruva sharing her experiences of how Mustard came into her life. Nandini has a lot of strays who she willingly takes in and cares for. She is completely against buying of pets. Taking care of Mustard is a lot of responsibility as it includes several tasks like Hydro therapy, changing and cleaning up the diapers, feeding and bathing among several other responsibilities that she has to follow religiously. ‘I was advised by the vet to euthanize him but I would not listen of it. I was willing to do whatever it takes to give him a good life.’ Mustard is one and half years old now. He loves to hang around with

Most of the dhabas are also seen running without any license and they sell liquor at much higher prices but still the people tend to buy which reflects that alcohol consumption is increasing in the city. One of the dhaba owners himself said in anonymity that they have to pay the local police and excise officials to run the business and sometimes, when there is a strict vigilance, they themselves ask the dhaba owners to suspend such sale until the situation becomes normal, the heat cools off, where after they again start selling liquor illegally. Although the District Excise Department has issued instructions to observe dry days on first and last days of every month, sale in the black market is on the rise. According to the new rules, the most fundamental change which took place is the timing of sale and purchase of liquor throughout the state. The wine shops can open now only at 2 pm and keep open till 10 pm, whereas previously, the timing was from 10 am to 10 pm. The bars and clubs can serve liquor from 1 pm to 10 pm, and such premises may be kept open up to 12 midnight under a separate late closing licence on payment of a fee of Rs. 75,000 per annum issued by the collector of the district with previous approval of government in the Excise Department. But most of the bars do not follow the norms and are running their business violating the excise norms. juthika.baruah@g-plus.in

Brownie, an adopted dog (who was also a stray). As for special preferences, Baruva has ordered a special wheel cart for him from Chennai designed by Dr. Manikandan which will help him take outdoor walks. Mustard is currently on the top ten cutest cat alive contest by PETA India. ‘Nine other cute furballs are competing and I think they are all winners already. I believe we should be compassionate and adopt stray animals instead of buying.’ Also in the top ten cutest cats is Karishma Deka’s rescued cat Eva who was rescued as a kitten, when dogs were barking at her outside Karishma’s house on a stormy winter night. The golden feline is now a beloved member of the family. The guardian of the lucky kitty who is named the Cutest Rescued Cat Alive will receive a certificate, a copy of Ingrid Newkirk and Jane Ratcliffe’s book “One Can Make a Difference,” a “My Cat Is a Rescue” T-shirt, a PETA T-shirt, and a cute cat toy. The secondplace winner’s guardian will receive a certificate, a copy of the book, a “My Cat Is a Rescue” T-shirt, and a cat toy. The third-place winner will receive a certificate, a copy of the book, and a cat toy. The top three kitties will appear in an upcoming issue of Animal Times, PETA India’s magazine for members.

Robinhood Army’s Mission500k GPLUS NEWS

#Mission500k – This Independence Day, the Robin Hood Army will serve 5 Lakh countrymen across India and Pakistan

he Robin Hood Army is a volunteer based organisation that works to get surplus food from restaurants to the less fortunate sections of society in cities across Pakistan and India. The team consists of 5,215 volunteers spread across 30 cities, who have served over 6,00,000 people till date. The volunteers are largely young working professionals from varied fields who undertake this in their free time. “The Robin Hood Army’s desire to feed half a million people across India and Pakistan this year on their respective Independence Days is an effort I whole heartedly support. I appeal to people everywhere to participate in this incredible initiative to help eradicate hunger and malnutrition. It’s our world. We have to make it better.” said Farhan Akhtar. Guwahati is also gearing up in its own way to contribute for #Mission500k. The chapter has around 13 restaurants on board and they aim to feed almost 1500 people on 15th of August. CityOra- a city-based delivery service is going to partner with us for the pickup and distribution. They are supported by NHPC and Big 92.7 FM to make #Mission500k a success. The participating restaurants in Guwahati are Agarwal Sweets & Snacks, By The Way, Chennai Kitchen, Hotel Atithi, Jiffy’s, JB’s, O Maa Go, Shanghai Salsa, Strawberry Fields, The Corner Cafe, The Humble Chef, Three Guys Restaurant and 11th Avenue Bistro. ‘We will collect food from our partners and distribute it amongst the homeless as well as in orphanages and old homes across the city,’ says Salma Ahmed, one of the volunteers of the RHA Guwahati chapter. There are 230 million people in the sub-continent who do not get two square meals a day, though #Mission500k will create a small difference in the macro scheme of things, hopefully projects like these will inspire the community to work towards changing things for the better. If you wish to play your part in #Mission500k, find out more on: www.robinhoodarmy.com/mission500k

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Marwari Maternity Hospital sets record by delivering 1 lac babies in 31 years

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 1 lac babies have been delivered by Marwari Maternity Hospital in 31 years  The ratio of Caesarian to normal delivery is 2:1  In 2015-16 the MMR and IMR is 0.02% and 0.39% respectively

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The hospital has set a milestone by delivering a large number of babies with the lowest MMR and IMR and in the year 2015-16 the rate stood at 0.02% and 0.39% respectively

arwari Maternity Hospital has set a new record by giving birth to 1 lakh babies by end of May this year since its inception in October, 1985 with the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). On its achievement, Sarat Kr. Jain, President, Marwari Hospitals said, “There are hardly any hospitals in the country under the private sector which has achieved what we have, which means that local pregnant women and their families really do get

a top class service at their doorstep. Our achievement speaks about the dedication and personal care of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, etc.” “The hospital has come a long since 23rd October, 1985 - a journey that, at many times, seemed difficult and harrowing. But everyone here kept faith in the saying that ‘there was never a night or a problem that could not defeat sunrise or hope.’ Due to the charitable nature of the hospital, low cost facilities are being offered to the weaker sections of the society, irre-

spective of caste, creed and religion. This institution has already accepted the challenge of life which is to live it with compassion, courage, justice and fortitude,” Jain said. Jain said that now-a-days most of the patients go for caesarian delivery which increases the risk factor but in Marwari Maternity Hospital the doctors convince the patients to go for normal delivery and it is only in rare and complicated cases that they suggest caesarian delivery. “It is due to the changes of lifestyle that complications

are more during pregnancy and nowa-days women can’t bear the pain of normal delivery for which they opt for caesarian. The ratio of caesarian to normal delivery is 2:1,” informed Jain. The hospital provides mother and child care facilities, especially infertility, pre-pregnancy, post- pregnancy, including neo-natal care. The hospital has been able to make the health system more pro weaker sections of the society, gender sensitive and patient friendly. Marwari Maternity Hospital is also engaged in implementing

Forgotten spiritual landmark of Guwahati on the path of revival

uwahati, ancient Pragjyotishpura in Kamrup, now in the state of Assam has often been termed as a spiritual gateway with the Kamakhya Shaktipeeth. However, not many are aware that Bhimeswar Dwadas Jyotirlinga Dham, located at Dakini Hill just beside the Deepor Beel, is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas which represents the radiant sign of Lord Shiva. It is situated about 3 kms from Gorchuk Chariali on the national highway towards Meghalaya. Its closest landmark is Parijat Academy, Pamohi. In Sanskrit, ‘Jyotirlinga’ means the pillar of light. Mahadev, the Lord, incorporates in Himself the aura and the holiness of all the twelve Jyotirlingas. The exact location of a Jyotirlinga is a subject of debate. Bhimeswar Dham at Guwahati is interpreted by the devotees to be the same Dwadas Jyotirlinga of the Bheemashankar Dham in Pune. There is a mention of real Bhimeswar Dham in Guwahati according to the Shiva Purana which states that Bheemashankar Jyothirlinga is

in Guwahati, Kamrup, in the state of Assam. It is on the Dakini Parvat that Lord Shiva appeared as a divine light

to protect His great devotee King Kamarupeshwar of Kamrup from the demon King Bheemasura and hence Lord

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Shiva is known as Bheemashankar. But this holy shrine remained unknown to the general public for a very long time. The archaeological department has put a board outside in Assamese proclaiming it as Dimbeswar Swamy. According to mythology, a demon named Bheema was born to Kumbhkarna, brother of Ravana, King of Lanka and Karkatee. Bheema was a torturer of all creatures and was anti-religious. He possessed limitless power gained from severe penance after which he received a boon from Lord Brahma. It is said that Lord Shiva destroyed Bheema when he was about to strike the Lingam, which was worshipped by His devotee King Kamarupeshwar, with a sword. Bheema had imprisoned the Kamrupeshwar (also called Priyadharman) and his wife Dakshinadevi. On the request of His devotees, Lord Shiva stayed there as the Bheemashankar Jyotirlingam. Lord Shiva’s agitation (kshob) sparked fire and burnt Bheemasura to ashes and for this reason the mountain had been named as

City the various government sponsored schemes and programmes such as Janani Suraksha Yojna, Majoni and Aadarani ambulance service. The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) at Marwari Maternity Hospital could be compared to the best managed and reputed hospitals in the country. From the data available, the MMR and IMR of our hospital in the year 2015-16 is 0.02% and 0.39% respectively. Marwari Maternity Hospital had signed an MoU with European Commission under PPP model in the year 2002 under which the hospital had been facilitated European Commission’s Health and Family Welfare Sector Investment Programme funds for providing an agreed set of RCH outreach services in the city in 8 low income wards of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, covering a population of around 4 lakhs. The rationale for providing these services was to achieve a public health impact as measured by increase in immunization rates, increase in contraception and family planning services and maternity services among the urban poor in Guwahati. The Marwari Maternity Hospital has been fully refurbished in recent years and can provide care for all women, from low-risk births in the purpose-built Midwifery-Led Unit, which offers birthing pools, ambient mood lighting, en-suite facilities and private courtyards, through to those who may require more attention in the traditional Labour Ward. A new high-dependency area is available for women who may require more intensive, specialized care during labour, further increasing the safety of their care, whilst home births are also offered, all supported by a team of dedicated and highly qualified midwives. ‘Kshobak’. There is no temple here. Instead there is a hill stream surrounding the Shivalinga and one can observe continuous water flowing over the Linga. The sweat from Shiva’s body forms the river, said to be the same stream which is running over the Jyotirlinga. Panchadhara (water flowing in five directions over Jyotirlinga) and the name of the Shivalinga, known to local people here, is Panchdhara Dimbeswar Swamy. There is also a Lord Ganesha temple half way up to this dham. It is believed that whenever people in neighbourhood try to construct a temple, the elements destroy the same and never let any construction to take place. A few years ago, local people wanted to construct a temple and the very next day there was a flood which washed off the initial construction. On auspicious Shravan Monday (the auspicious Mondays fall in the month of Shravan which is currently on and the last Monday will fall on 15th August this year) the site witnessed a large gathering of devotees among whom was MLA, Suman Haripriya, braving the long stretch barefoot despite the scorching heat. There were bhog prasad counters and people served each other in the true essence of humanity.

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In the News

Juthika Baruah

Heavy demand for the tri-colour ahead of Independence Day  Tri-colours in huge numbers being prepared ahead of Independence Day  DTDC Express has ordered the largest size of flag which will be hoisted at its headquarters in Bangaluru  Six sizes of flags are being made according to the demand in the market

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The Khadi and Village Industries Board had set a target for production of flags worth Rs. 10 lakhs which has already exceeded by Rs. 2 lakhs as the national flag finds heavy demand in the market

he Assam Khadi and Village Industries Board is busy in making the tri-colour ahead of Independence Day and had set a target to produce flags worth Rs. 10 lakhs. Till 31st July flags worth Rs. 12 lakhs have been produced. Earlier, people were apprehensive of going out of their homes during Independence Day and Republic Day as rebel groups regularly gave calls to boycott the celebrations. This situation prevailed for a long period of around 18-20 years. But now-a-days people come forward to celebrate in schools, colleges and offices and therefore the demand for the tricolour has increased in the last twothree years. “Since the last two years the demand for the tri-colour has increased and we make six different sizes of flags. We get orders from the government and political parties also buy flags as per their requirements,” said Anup Chetia, Executive Officer of Assam Khadi and Village Industries Board while speaking to G Plus. The Board has appointed workers on contractual basis to make the tricolour and many workers have been working under the board since 15-20 years. “It’s a matter of pride for us that we are engaged in such work which makes us feel good and it has been our luck that we have been engaged in the work since so many years. I am working here for the last 20-22 years and although we do not get much money

we are happy that we are busy and by doing this work we feel that we are doing something for our country,” said Pratima Barman, one of the workers. The women belong to the economically weaker section and the money that they get is not enough but it keeps them busy in a work which carries a lot of dignity. “During Independence and Republic Day we make the tri-colour and in other seasons we make kurtas, pyjamas, Nehru caps, jackets, etc. We don’t think of the money but we are happy keeping ourselves busy in a work which also gives us pride,” said Mira Saikia, who is working with the Board since seven years making the tri-colour.

Rates of Flags: 6’x4’- Rs. 500 3’x4.5’- Rs. 370 2’x3’- Rs. 200 1.5’ x 2.25’- Rs. 130 1’x 1.5’- Rs. 90 6’’x9’’- Rs. 60 A worker of the Board said that in Guwahati there are three bhandars and they take orders from the gov-

ernment departments and accordingly they distribute the number of flags. “We bought the cloth from New Model Charkhar which is approved by Khadi and Village Industries as we cannot purchase the cloth from any other organization. Only the white cloth is brought and we dye the cloth with saffron and green colour. The Ashok Chakra is printed on the white portion and the flag is thereby complete. We need around 2000 thaan of cloth and one thaan consists of 12 metres,” the worker said. Binanda Kalita, in-charge of the tailoring section of the Board said that the women are hired on contractual basis and they are permanently con-

 The cloths are being brought from New Model Charkhar (NMC), West Bengal as the NMC of Assam has been closed down due to some problem  The flags are being given to the bhandars for production in different departments and the city has three such bhandars which deliver the flags

tracted as it is very difficult to make the flag in the prescribed measurements as these are not known by any normal tailor but by the professionals. Kalita said that the labour charges of the employees differ with respect to the size of the flags. It starts from Rs. 9 for a 6’’x9’’ flag to Rs. 32 for a 6’x4’ flag. The work commenced in July and it will continue till Independence Day. It is a fairly difficult task and the women work hard to complete the task within the stipulated time. The Executive Officer also said that DTDC Express, the courier service, has ordered a flag of 12’x8’ which is the largest flag till date and they will fly the tri-colour in their head office in Bangalore. It has been seen that the markets are flooded with different sizes of tricolours made from different materials. However, the main significance of the tri-colour is that it should be made of khadi cloth. But people often do not know this and buy flags made of plastic, paper or other materials. juthika.baruah@g-plus.in

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Record collection in penalties by NF Railway

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KALYAN DEB

 The special ticket-checking drive was carried out during the month of July where a total of 14,548 persons were caught travelling without tickets and Rs. 98.45 lakhs was collected in penalties  The week-long drive was carried out from 22nd July to 28th July  During the drive NFR’s ‘flying squads’ made surprise raids in trains and at railway stations against ticketless and improper travelling  On the Ticket Checking front, NFR has shown an increase of almost 36% in the number of penalty cases  During the first four months of the financial year, ticket checking earnings have seen a growth of 42.99%; up from Rs. 10.74 crores to Rs. 15.35 crores  This has also contributed to an increase in window sales wherein the passenger earnings in the first four months is 7.18% over the last year and the number of passengers has also increased 5.19% against last year

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In a week long special drive against ticket less travel NF Railway collects around Rs. 1 crore in penalties

drive undertaken by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will now bring second thoughts in the minds of those who prefer to travel without tickets. In an initiative of a special ticket-checking drive, NF Railway registered 14,548 cases of ticketless or improper travel within a span of just one week. The drive also yielded a recorded breaking collection of around Rs. 1 crore by way of penalty recovery and a number of cases have been registered. The drive was carried out against ticket-less travellers over the entire NF Railway areas from 22nd July to 28th July and it has resulted in realization of complaints and penalty amounting to Rs. 98.45 lakhs. NFR’s ‘flying squads’ have been making surprise raids in trains and at railway stations against ticketless and improper travelling. In order to discourage ticketless travel, NFR has put systems in place whereby abrupt, swift checks are conducted by flying squads. Such sustained drives have also helped in boosting NF Railway’s earnings from ticket checking during the first four months of the current financial year. It has provided an increase in earnings by almost 43% and a total of approximately Rs. 15 crores. The drive has also helped in boosting the number of cases where penalty has been increased by almost 36% and has significantly contributed to an increase in other earnings. “These efforts have led to increase in sale of tickets at ticket counters and the earnings from ticket sales at ticket

During the first quarter from April’16 to June’16, NF Railway has shown growth of 4.01% win number of passengers over the last year which is the highest in Indian Railways against the average growth of (-)2.04% In the PRS segment, NF Railway has shown growth of 13.99% which is again the highest in Indian Railways, being 2.10% In the passenger earning segment, NF Railway has shown an increase of 6.85% over the last year as against an increase of 3.02% in Indian Railways. This is the 2nd highest growth as per Railway Board statistics after WCR. There is an increase of Rs. 16.10 crores from the passenger earning segment which is the highest in Indian Railways. In other Coaching earnings NF Railway has registered growth of 26.33% over the last year which is again the highest in Indian Railways, being 7.75%. On the Ticket Checking front, NF Railway has shown growth of 46.65% over last year which is an unprecedented increase. Penalty cases have also gone up by almost 35.36%.

counters has shown an increase by about 7% over the last year,” said Jayanta Sarma, Public Relations Officer of NFR. “While the number of passengers and the trains plying in the region remain the same the ticket sale is always fluctuating. Such drives help in thwarting those passengers who try to travel without tickets and keep them alert about the sudden visit of the flying squads,” Sarma added. Data maintained by NFR reveal that on an average, 1,910 cases a day were registered in the first quarter of financial year 2016-17 in the northeast for travelling without tickets or with an irregular ticket against 1,440 such cases in the same period of the previous year. NFR registered 1,71,578 cases of ticketless or improper travel in the April-June quarter, collecting Rs. 12.06 crore in penalties. Earlier, 13,467 cases of passengers travelling with excess or un-booked luggage were also detected during April to June in the northeast region, mostly in Assam, and more than Rs. 16 lakhs was realized as fines. It has also been informed that drives against ticketless travelling and carrying of goods without charge would also be stepped up in future. Travelling without tickets results in loss of revenue for the Railways. It also adversely affects the Railways’ developmental activities. NF Railway authorities appeal to all bona fide customers to travel with valid tickets. kalyan.deb@g-plus.in

Crime

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 City cops bust a duo indulging in producing counterfeit mark-sheets  The duo registered themselves as an NGO called North East Student’s Association (NESA)

KALYAN DEB

City cop busts gang of counterfeit certificate producers

 The police got a tipoff by Abu Taller Md. Hussain who lodged an FIR at Hatigaon PS to the effect that some anti-social elements have been taking shelter in a rented house at Hatigaon

Earlier, in 2013 Mumbai police had found that over 700 people had obtained jobs using fake mark-sheets in the bogus HSC and SSC certificates scam running at two institutes.

 After searching the house police found several incriminating documents and apprehended Md. Rakibul Ali (19) and Manjur Hassan (24)  It also came to light that the accused with the support of a few other anti-social elements prepared forged documents and enrolled students in several technical institutions based outside Assam  The main motive of the tricksters was to get access to several government grants  There are around ten institutes that the two have been associated with and there are chances that other institutions may surface  Police acknowledged that no students or educational institutions of Assam are associated with the duo

Controversies marred the Centre as news reports in a section of media claimed that former minister of state in the human resource development ministry, Ram Shankar Katheria, had provided fake graduation marksheet. Adib zamali/G Plus

n a strange incident, city cops busted a gang involved in producing counterfeit certificates for those who would use the same for dubious purposes. In a country with a population of over 1.2 billion where many are jobless despite being qualified enough there is also a certain section that makes their living and have made a fortune for themselves by forgery. Guwahati police got their cue to such a racket and apprehended two persons on 7th August last. The police acted on a tip-off by complainant Abu Taller Md. Hussain, who lodged an FIR at Hatigaon police station on 5th August to the effect that some anti-social elements have been taking shelter in a rented house at Sanjog Path, Lakhminagar, Hatigaon in the city. The group has been preparing fake mark-sheets and certificates of various educational institutions, universities, boards, etc. for dubious purposes. After getting the information, a

team from Hatigaon police station began a course of investigation and searched the house from where the culprits operated. The police recovered some papers suspected to be forged Migration Certificates of the Nagaland Board of School Education, mark-sheets and NSLC (National School Leaving Certificate) Examination Certificate of Nagaland Board of School Education, some Memorandums of Understanding between educational institutions and North East Student’s Association, NESA, etc. Following the tipoff Hatigaon police conducted a search operation in the office of the North East Student’s Association (NESA), located at Naharom Path, in Hatigaon and recovered some incriminating documents and furniture as well. In the course of investigation, the police also apprehended two accused viz. Md. Rakibul Ali (19) and Manjur Hassan (24) of Barpeta. They are now in judicial custody.

During investigation it also came to light that the accused with the support of a few other anti-social elements prepare the forged documents and successfully enrol students in several technical institutions based outside Assam charging a handsome amount against the same. They also charge money from students and receive government grants from the institutions against the fake candidates. “During the investigation so far it has been found that most students who have fallen prey to this trickery belong to the hill states. The duo has associated with several institutions based outside Assam and many of these are not acknowledged by the government either. The duo used to enrol such students to gain access to the government grants and scholarships and not for any educational purpose. Many of them attain such certificates only to get access to the government grants,” stated a senior police official adding, “There are

around ten numbers of institutes that the two have been associated with. The exact figure has not been found and it is likely to increase.” As informed by the police the duo had registered the North East Student’s Association as an NGO earlier in 2016 and had influenced a few students from other north-eastern states. Although, so far only the two have been apprehended from Assam, there might well be others who are operating from other states of the region. However, it has been acknowledged by the police that no colleges, universities or students of Assam are associated with the accused. Meanwhile, a special investigation team has been constituted (SIT) in this regard under the leadership of ADCP (East), Guwahati for further investigation of the case as more details are expected to unfold as the case proceeds. kalyan.deb@g-plus.in

Weather report for the week Guwahati

SUN 14 August

MON 15 August

TUE 16 August

WED 17 August

THU 18 August

FRI 19 August

Cloudy, t-storm

Hot with clouds

Hot, t-storm

Cloudy, t-storm

34/ 26 °C

34 / 27 °C

36 / 26 °C

35 / 30 °C

37 / 30 °C

37 / 29 °C

SATURDAY

13 August

Thunderstorm

33 / 26 °C

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200 bed cancer hospital to be inaugurated on October 2

Health

Juthika Baruah

 The cancer hospital in GMCH premises will be inaugurated on 2nd October  PET CT scan machine will be inaugurated on 18th August  The budget for the 200 bedded hospital is Rs. 84 crores and it will be an autonomous body  The number of throat cancer is more in Assam due to the consumption of tobacco

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PET CT scan which will be installed in the cancer hospital will be inaugurated on 18th August at the premises of GMCH

he 200 bedded cancer hospital at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) will be inaugurated on 2nd October, 2016 and the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) CT scan, which is the first of its kind in the northeast, will be inaugurated on 18th August, 2016 within the premises of GMCH. The PET CT scan machine, which costs around Rs. 33 lakhs, is a nuclear medical imaging technique which produces a three-dimensional image of functional processes in the body. “There will be three departments viz. medical oncology, surgical oncology and radiation oncology. Medical oncology deals with the treatment of cancer primarily with drugs, termed chemotherapy. Surgical oncology deals with cancer of the breast, bone, uterus, kidney, etc. and radiation oncology will primarily deal with radiotherapy,” said Dr. AK Adhikari, Principal of GMCH, while speaking to G Plus. Dr. Adhikari said that the hospital will have state-of-the-art facilities for patients so that they do not have to go out of the state for better treatment. The hospital will also have a linear accelerator, a 16 slice CT scan machine and mammography machine. “The number of cancer patients is increasing and it is very high in the northeast and Assam. There are many factors

for which the disease is increasing and some of the reasons are changes of lifestyle, tobacco consumption, chewing of betel-nuts, etc. In Assam throat cancer is highest and chewing of betel-nuts is one of the reasons for this,” Dr. Adhikari informed. The budget for the hospital is Rs. 84 crores and the hospital will function as an autonomous body. As per Hospital Based Cancer Registry of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the year

2007-2011, the proportion of childhood cancer relative to cancers in all age groups varied between 1.7% and 10.9%. The relative proportion is lowest in Guwahati for boys (1.7%). Leukaemia is the predominant form of childhood cancer in both boys and girls. In boys, lymphoma is the second most common cancer. Other common childhood cancers are C.N.S. tumours, bone, soft-tissue sarcomas, retinoblastoma and germ-cell tumours. During the period 2007-2011,

114 boys and 87 girls registered at Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has also declared in the Assembly that 100-bedded cancer units with LINAC machine will be opened at the medical colleges at Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur, Silchar and Barpeta. Sarma informed the House that 90,000 cancer patients were detected in the state during the last five years. “In B. Barooah Cancer Institute alone, 86,405 cancer patients were registered during

 In the last five years 86,405 cancer patients were registered in B. Barooah Cancer Insititute

the last five years,” the Minister said. In the population of the state of Assam, cancers of mouth and oesophagus are common in men and in women breast cancer, uterine cervix and gall bladder are common. Cancer is not a disease of curse. It is caused due to the negligence of the people. Cancer is a preventable disease and early detection of the disease is very important. In Assam and other northeastern states, cancer is caused due to habits and changing lifestyles. Now-adays, skin cancer is also common and the disease is increasing day by day as it is detected in the last stage in most of the cases. According to NCRP report, cancer cases in male is more than female in Kamrup Urban and the first five highest Crude Rate (CR) in Kamrup Urban in male is 128.1 and in female is 109.5 per 1,00,000 population. Globally every year, 1 crore new cancer cases are detected and if the current trend continues by 2020, there will be 1.5 crore new cancer cases each year out of which, nearly 1 crore patients will die from this dreaded disease. In India, almost 12 lakh new cancer cases are detected every year and there are more than 30 lakh cancer cases prevalent in the country. juthika.baruah@g-plus.in

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QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT DAY CELEBRATION in Beltola College

District Magistrate prohibits illegal excavation of sand

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special programme was held to celebrate “Quit India Day” as a part of “Independence 70” to “Yaadkaro Qur-

bani” in the Beltola College road. This programme was observed in the presence of Principal Dr. Ajit Borkotoky and Inchargeship of Mrigendra Nath

Sarma, Bharati Devi & Lina Das. The programme started with the inaugural speech of Eli Kumari Das and it was followed by a patriotic chorus sung by the students of Beltola College. After that the teachers and the students paid tribute to the martyrs of the freedom movement and observed one minute of silence. This was followed by a street play in which the students attempted to showcase the Jallianwalah Bagh Massacre and Quit India Movement. The students of the college who participated in the programme are Rinki Moni Deka, Valentina Barman, Utpal Neog, Ritusen Deka, Jyoti Swargiary, Gyandeep Sharma, Parakhmoni Bhagawati, Surabhi Baisya, Pranabjyoti Kalita, Priyanka Borah, Banashri Deka, Usmita Hazarika, Prativa Gayari, Nusibara Jahanara.

MBRS HOSTS CBSE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CONTEST (CCCC-2016)

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he City Round CBSE Cryptic Crossword Contest 2016 has been hosted by Miles Bronson Residential School, Borjhar, Guwahati on 11th August, 2016. Encompassing NE region including city schools, 12 schools had participated this prestigious contest including the host school. The schools are DPS, Nagira; Sainik School, Goalpara; Army Public School, Narengi; Maria’s Public School, Ghy; South Point School, Ghy; NPS International School, Ghy; Royal Global School, Ghy; Godwin School, Ghy; St. Mary’s, Maligaon; Pragjyotish School, Ghy; Gurukul Grammar Senior Secondary School, Ghy and the host school MBRS, Borjhar. The contest that consists of 2 rounds is being conducted in 37 cities across the country from Srinagar in North to Cochin in South and from East at Guwahati to West at Gujarat. The city round contest started during the month of April, 2016 and will be over by 1st week of September 2016. Crossword puzzles help students to enhance their lateral thinking, reasoning thinking and analytical abili-

ties. Deciphering solutions from the given clues help young minds to develop cognitive skills such as making inferences, evaluating alternatives and drawing conclusions. Learning becomes enjoyable as different mental faculties are challenged and solving a crossword puzzle results in a sense of personal achievement, which is vital for personality development. Crossword is also an interesting and effective educational tool for a student and teacher alike. The puzzle contest met a climax with gusto on the same day afternoon. Royal Global School, Guwahati

emerged the winner whereas Maria’s Public School, Birkuchi took the runner up position. The Chief Guest cum City Patron of the event Dr. N.K. Dutta, Founder & Principal, MBRS gave away the prizes to the rank holders and participation certificates to all contestants. In the curtain down event of CCCC 2016, Dr. Dutta congratulated all the participants for their zeal and endeavour for crossword and emphasized on the importance of the crossword puzzle to build vocabulary, thinking and logical skills and sharpen the brain. The national coordinator of the programme Mr. Raj Narayan Singh greatly reflected and appreciated the latent talents of NE students. He also added that the winner school has now qualified for the grand finale which will be held in December 2016 at New Delhi. The CCCC 2016 has a world record of participation of more than 800 schools. Nowhere else in the world such a contest on an unprecedented level has ever taken place as far as crossword is concerned. The contest is open for students of all recognized school boards be it ICSE, State Boards or any private recognized boards.

ajib Prakash Baruah, District Magistrate of South Kamrup, has prohibited illegal mining and excavation of sand and silt from water bodies and any other natural bodies by any individual or bodies. The Magistrate also prohibited illegal blasting of rocks in any areas of

the entire district of South Kamrup without valid permission from the district administration and forest department. In another declaration, the District Magistrate also prohibited movement of trucks and vehicles carrying illegally mined soil, sand, silt etc, within or outside the district.

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Police nabs two in carefully planned heist

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 Police nabbed one Ripun Kalita, another of the robbers and Sanjay Kakati an office bearer of the establishment on 9th August.  It was through the CDR (call detail record) of Sanjay Kalita that his involvement in the heist came to light  It was found that Sanjay was contacted several times by Ripun who was directly involved in the robbery

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Inside involvement and groundwork of over a week by miscreants lead to gun-point robbery of Rs 17 lakhs at Christian Basti

n a joint operation led by Dispur police and sleuths of the Crime Branch, two people were arrested in connection with a robbery of Rs. 17 lakhs from the Maruti Nandan Bonding Warehouse on Wednesday night last. The arrested duo has been identified as Sanjay Kakati of Muktapur and Ripun Kalita of Puthimari. Thwarting the security vigil in Guwahati, a gang of 5 masked robbers looted Rs. 17 lakh in cash at gunpoint from the warehouse located near Christian Basti on GS Road. It took a series of investigations to get a lead to the culprits and thereafter nab them. However, from what has unfolded it is no less a plot than that of a suspense thriller movie. Modus Operandi The robbery took place on the evening of 3rd August, Wednesday, with a properly made plan and it was pulled off successfully. We have seen several movies that are based on robbery and the most common factor in the plot of such movies is the involvement of an insider. The insider provides all the information and highlights the loopholes that can work o facilitate a successful robbery. Similar

was the case with the heist that took place in the warehouse on Wednesday last. Sanjay Kakati, an office bearer of Maruti Nandan Bonding Warehouse was contacted by Ripun Kalita and one other who asked him about the transactions carried out in the warehouse on a daily basis. Sanjay had been acquainted with Ripun for the past few months and thus agreed to get involved in the robbery hoping that he would manage to dupe the police by playing victim in the entire incident. Although the robbery took place at around 8:30 pm, the masked men had their eyes on the spot since 5:30 pm. It was Ripun who entered the warehouse first while the other five waited for his cue. As planned by the group they took Sanjay at the gunpoint along with the cashier present in the warehouse and managed to escape without leaving any trace. Top police officials rushed to the spot but failed to gain any lead on the culprits. The Manhunt The police immediately launched a manhunt to nab those behind the heist. The first lead was found through

National Green Highway Mission launched

he National Green Highway Mission (NGHM) began its journey on Wednesday, in the North East, with the first sapling being planted on the Jorabat-Sonapur section of National Highway 37. NGHM has emphasized on planting ten crore shade trees along the national highway and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set aside one per cent from the

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 A robbery took place on the evening of 3rd August, Wednesday, where 5 maskedmen barged into a business establishment and looted Rs. 17 lakhs  Along with the five, an insider was also involved who highlighted the loopholes of the establishment and ensured the success of the robbery

GPLUS NEWS road construction budget for the project. The project also plans to sequester approximate 12 lakh metric tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere in the whole country, which will have a dramatic impact in cleaning the atmosphere. The first sapling of the plan was planted by Chief General Manager (NE) of NHAI, Raj Chakravarty, in presence of senior NHAI officials.

Commenting upon the event, Chakravarty said, “I am hopeful of a positive outcome from the plan. Over a period of time, we hope to cover the entire national highway stretches of the region. Work has already started on a 9 km stretch between Jorabat and Topatoli of NH 37. Chakravarty added that besides the shade trees on both sides at an interval of 12 metres each, there will be

the Call Detail Record (CDR) of Sanjay Kakati. It soon came to light that Sanjay was contacted several times by Ripun and one other (whose name was not revealed) who were apparently involved in the robbery and were the masterminds behind the planning and structuring of the same. It has also been learnt that a few others involved in the robbery have been identified and the police has found a solid lead on their whereabouts. “According to Sanjay’s statement he was not aware that there would be firearms involved in the robbery. He said that he was taken at gunpoint by one of them but he is not sure whether the gun was a real one or a toy gun. Meanwhile, he has been able to identify two of those involved in the heist and we will soon be able to trace them down,” mentioned a source in the police department. A case (case number 1851/16) under section 395 has been registered and the duo has been sent to judicial custody. The heist certainly had raised questions on the prevailing security measures in the city. kalyan.deb@g-plus.in

a median with plants being planted at an interval of 3 metres each. This is the first plantation drive on the highway under NGHM in the North East following the launch of the Green Highway in New Delhi by Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on July 1. Under the initiative, a plantation drive on 1,500 km of national highways was launched at a cost of Rs. 300 crores. The mission aims to provide a green canopy along 1,00,000 km of highways and create jobs for one million youths.

Ramesh Yadav @ ‫ ‏‬ramesh_yad Who is responsible for #Kalikhopul death, he himself, supreme court decision, governor J.P Rajkhowa or BJP plot to make him CM? Harjinder Kaur Bains @ ‫‏‬ harjinderkaur90 Shocking to hear about #kalikhoPul’s death! sumit kumar saxena @ ‫‏‬ sumitk_saxena #KalikhoPul deeply shocked & sadden my sincere condolence to their family member may his soul rest in peace SMohapatra @ ‫‏‬ mohapatrasachi1 #KalikhoPul Hope Investigation is carried perfectly otherwise it will become the same as Sunanda Pushkar Utkarsh Singh @ ‫ ‏‬Libertypical Supreme Court’s eagerness in taking nonsensical ‘heroic’ decisions while killing legislature is the reason #kalikhopul is no more Sandesh Mysore @ ‫‏‬ SandeshMysore7 Kalikho Pul, removed as Arunachal Chief Minister weeks ago, found hanging. Fishy! #ArunachalPradesh #KalikhoPul Saikat Ghosh @ ‫‏‬ Saikatghosh12 Absolutely shocked to hear this. #kalikho Pul’s death shows how burdensome politics can be.... #arunachalpradesh #kalikhopul Tarun @ ‫ ‏‬tkcthousand #KalikhoPul didn’t commit suicide due to shame If he read Digvijay Singh’s biography last night TRISHNA DAS KUMAR @ ‫ ‏‬68755f3377a8469 #KalikhoPul Former CM.. #Arunachalpradesh &Cong leader commits suicide at his residence. Is it d case of frustration? Nasreen Habib @ ‫‏‬ NasreenAssam RIP #KalikhoPul. You were a self-made man and will be remembered for your proactiveness in the short term that you served as Arunachal CM. Ganesh J. Acharya @ ‫‏‬ ganeshjacharya Law agencies shd carefully check Kalikho Pul’s case towards conspiracies. Very hard to accept a former CM can commit suicide #KalikhoPul Ritika @ ‫ ‏‬Ritikaunfurled An Orphan,Carpenter,watchman& #KalikhoPul the CM. Hard to believe a man which such huge experience of handling hardships committed suicide. Trilingayath @ ‫ ‏‬smapbob SC had unseated a Majority Govt, and pushed this Former CM into depression #KalikhoPul, does it warrant abettment of suicide? Ninong Ering He was staying in CM’s House, maybe loneliness crept into him. When your mind is empty, its a devils workshop: Ninong Ering #KalikhoPul

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Ward Watch

GAURAV PRATIM DEY

Drug abuse and narcotics trade rampant in Pandu

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Concentrated area: Pandu Ward Number: 2 Former Councillor of Ward : Sikha Dey Phone Number: 99540 89835 Population: 27,700

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“I feel very uncomfortable returning from my tuition as these abusers pass comments in their inebriated conditions,” Swapna Das, a student of Pandu College.

ettled along the base of Nilachal Hills of Holy Maa Kamakhya Temple is Pandu. Pandu is basically known for its famous temple of Pandavas established on the bank of the Brahmaputra River. Basically dominated by Bengalis and Biharis, the area is an active railway loading and cargo area. Lately, with a sharp expansion of slums, there is a rise in consumption of drugs and trading in banned/illegal substances in the area. G Plus, during its investigation, found the following places and locations where there is a heavy consumption of drugs like marijuana and other such items.

Mahavir Akara: Proceeding towards Pandu Ghat from Maligaon Chariali one reaches a point known as Mahavir Akara where there is a Hanuman Mandir located. Over the old railway tracks, the consumption of drugs and other addictive items was observed from 7 PM onwards. In this instance, around 10- 12 young boys were spotted to be totally under the influence of substance.

BBC Colony (Joymoti Nagar): The location mostly has residents working in the railways and there are railway quarters all around. However, there is a club named Young Stars Association where it was observed that several young boys and youths were engaged in consumption of alcohol,

and marijuana in the small field in front of the club. This place has the largest availability of drugs and other addictive items. We observed various groups sitting in circles pandering to their indulgence in the darkness at around 8 P.M. “I feel very uncomfortable returning from my tuition as these abusers pass comments in their inebriated conditions,” Swapna Das, a student of Pandu College.

American Colony: It is very unfortunate but the back gate of Pandu College turns into a bee hive of addicts from evening onwards, where young boys gather on bikes and scooties and consume marijuana.

College Gate (Upper): Near Pandu College is a recreational hall and while proceeding towards the hilly section beyond a Hari Om Mandir, boys were seen consuming drugs. Proceeding further towards the hilly area there is a railway office behind which more groups were seen consuming drugs. These gatherings take place from around 8 PM onwards.

Nath Basti: Pandu’s most populated area, Nath Basti, is also a location of rising drug addiction in the city. Just adjacent to Pandu Power House, proceeding a further 50 metres, are 3 water tanks where drug consumption was

observed. Around 7-10 young boys were observed to be consuming drugs having climbed onto the water tanks.

Pandu Bazar: In the heart of entire Pandu area is Pandu Bazar where the main street market is established over the old railway tracks. Near Pandu Bazar is situated Kalyan Mandap where towards its left lane is Model Colony of Railways. Strong drugs like heroine and other addictive items are found and sold inside the lane.

Subhash Nagar (Sweeper Patty): Basically dominated by south Indians near the Pandu College Gate availability of drugs was observed.

Shakuntala Colony: The main residents being Bengali speaking families, Shakuntala Colony has a Maa Shitola temple. Towards the left side of the temple, at the location of

the old tracks, small children from the slum areas were seen sniffing dendrite and consuming other addictive items.

West Guwahati Commerce College: Near to West Guwahati Commerce College is H. Saikia auditorium. In front of the auditorium premises traces of marijuana were found and injection syringes were observed to be lying around.

Ram Krishno Mission Point: In front of Pandu College gate, there is a book stall named Raj Kumar Book Stall. It was observed that after 7 PM consumption of drugs and other items take place in an open field which is nearby.

Kamakhya Colony: In Kamakhya Colony there is a famous Trinath Mandir where consumption of drugs and other

substances was observed.

Rest Camp: The most famous Durga Puja pandal of the city, Rest Camp is also under the influence of drugs and other addictive items. While the area has railway quarters and residences, the young children are getting involved in the activities. Proceeding straight from the famous Kali Mandir of Rest Camp, there lies an institution named Siksha Niketan. Proceeding further on the adjacent lane of Siksha Niketan there is a club inside which consumption of drugs and other activities were observed.

Pandu Port: (Steamer) Youths were also observed to be consuming drugs and other items on steamers and old yards of ships popularly known as River side Colony. Every evening the youths arrive and the drug party starts.

Councillor Say: “I am not in power any more. I left the Congress Party and resigned from the post of the Councillor as well. But I still do have a sense of responsibility towards my ward. I have requested residents to immediately inform the police whenever they come across any such activities” Sikha Dey, Former Councillor of Ward Number 2. gauravpratim.dey@g-plus.in

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An ode to the greats!

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n evening with Guwahati’s greats came together to tribute an evening to the world’s greatest musicians. IC.ee.Live at India Club brought to us an evening filled with music of four of the most iconic bands and musicians from the world:

Jon Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Pink Floyd and Santana. Featuring Suman Kalyan Dutta a.k.a SKD on vocals, Sumith Ramachandran a guest guitarist from Kolkata, Gaurav Bania a.k.a Pom Pom on drums, Simanta Boro on the Bass guitar and Sumit Rajagupta on

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into what was one of the most crowd engaging evenings Guwahati can remember. The hype surrounding the fest escalated so high that people’s inquisition took them to the venue almost a week before it started. The whole ambience of Nehru Park during the fest saw a drastic change as the atmosphere was buzzing with music, coupled with the aroma of the mouth watering momos. While some of the people were sim-

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every Pink Floyd song word by word, you know that it was an evening to remember. Bringing the rockstar style of performance that has been fading, SKD and the gang sure knew how to get the crowd in the mood. A high dose of adrenaline, added with

the perfect music of the 80’s and food prepared by India Club’s finest, IC.ee.Live is a program that needs to go bigger and make their program a recurring one because there are still hidden rockstars everywhere who would die for an evening like this!

tegrity and seemed to have added to tourism as a big business opportunity in Guwahati. Since the fest consisted of many concerts, it also gave many artists a chance to showcase their talent and potential. The organizers also introduced many competitions like ‘Share your own recipe’ which gave some local cooks to showcase their skills as well. Hence the fest gave all the sections of the society something to relish. The nascent fest was indeed suc-

cessful which could be understood by the sea of people that stormed Nehru Park. As a whole, everything looked intriguing right from the outset and from here the fest can only reach greater heights in the coming years. The organizers must have definitely thought of including more enthralling features for the next time and only time will tell how people accept this fest as new fangled way of entertainment. As for its debut, it was very prodigious and sublime.

the Keys. The highlight of the evening was the energy that charged the ambience at India Club. When the crowd sang songs like Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi), It’s my life, Living on a prayer (Bon Jovi), Always Somewhere (Scorpions), Holiday (Scorpions) and

The Great NorthEastern Momo Fest: an avant-garde jamboree

t’s often avowed, ‘Festivals break the groove of our humdrum life and brings back some of the lost freshness. And when we talk about the busy life in Guwahati, such fests create an epoch. The Momo Fest was held from 5th to 7th August at Nehru Park, opposite Cotton College, a location that ideally sees over 3,000 people every day. Amidst rumours of a Momo fest on social media the event culminated

ply dawdling around the stalls, the others were happily clicking photos. The various preparations of momos were being showcased and a bevy of people stormed into the stalls and were found hand-picking the best recipe out of the lot. Amidst all that glamour, the fest brought with it some other highlights. As the momo stalls came from the entire North East, it also somehow established a harmonious in-

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G Talk

Smart city a “tough” job Do I detect a note of despondency from the Minister? Or is it the first indication of preparation for failure with a job that will eventually remain half-done as with many similar government projects? When scams in this country run into “so-many-lakh crores” what’s a teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy sum of Rs. 2,000 crores creating all the fuss about? With all the brouhaha and tomtomming of Guwahati going smart doing the rounds of discussion, Guwahati Development Department Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma’s reply to an assembly question that it would be tough to generate the required funds through private partners (through the Private-Public-Partnership or PPP model) smacks of an impending disappointment. Guwahati Smart City apparently is a Rs. 2,400 crore project in which the Centre and the State are equal contributing partners with Rs. 400 crores each. The Centre apparently has released Rs. 300 crores already and I would be inclined to believe from the Minister’s statement that this fund is being utilized on wetland development: Borsola Beel, Deepor Beel, Mora Bharalu and the Bharalu which is the current focus. Our cash strapped government is in no position to release any money for the project this year and the first tranche of Rs. 200 crores would be released only next year. As such, there will be no tangible development of infrastructure for the moment. While a special purpose vehicle (SPV) has been created to implement the project, tenders have just been floated for the project management consultancy. Appointment of such a consultant would determine identification of projects in the all-important

PPP mode. Given that the Smart City project is a 5-year mission where after the transformation of Guwahati will stand complete, we are indeed off to a sleepy start. And the Minister’s remark that “it will be tough” to find the private partners already shows a defeatist approach. When the world does its best business on the pitch of development with private players delving deep into fairly undeveloped countries like Myanmar, Laos and even Sudan, Guwahati will provide the ultimate platform for huge private investment to come in. But reading deep into the Minister’s choice of the word “tough”, it appears that the variety of PPP model that the government proposes to adopt with its private partners might not be enticing enough as an investment proposition. This essentially means that there might be massive government interference, bureaucratic red tapes, et al that might well thwart private players from dipping their fingers into the Guwahati Smart City pie. The huge cause of concern is the delays in implementation. Given the current pace of work, with the project management consultant yet to be identified and more so, not until the next two months and the series of meetings thereafter seeking areas that require development, floating tenders and building up various PPPs thereafter, the God-awful realization is that 2016 will pass by without any tangible development to showcase. The land of “laahe laahe” lives true to its billing. Swapnil Bharali Editor

No development please, thanks What Cotton College thinks today, Assam thinks tomorrow – an old saying

BER has been nothing but a boon to Guwahati. This cab service has tackled the dadagiri of the autowalas in the city, something even the city administration hasn’t been able to do over the years. If a private enterprise has made commuting for the Guwahatian better, made lives easier at a low cost, been there 24X7 at our beck and call from our palms, what is the harm? Most importantly, it is creating employment, entrepreneurs and generating revenue. It is doing much better to the local youth than most government sponsored rozgaar yojnas. For the record, Uber is doing its business within all legitimate boundaries on its own and hasn’t been the beneficiary of any government subsidy or support. Given all of this, if an act of vandalism that includes college students backing autowalas and vandalizing public/private and media property, who is going to come and invest in this state? Where is the security of aam aadmi here? If destroying has become our culture, why should any business house come and invest in Assam? The actions of our ‘unsmart’

youth are enough to show that we do not deserve to be a ‘smart city’. The administration is a lost cause as much as the police stand by helplessly. This situation aggrieves me and the entire Guwahati. There is no fear of law and students take the law in their own hands dispensing judgement on the streets. Being an ex-Cottonian, I am ashamed that 100 years of this institution still produces such brutes who are undeserving of a place in the society. I really wish the other armed forces would have just stormed the hostels and whacked some sense into the inebriated juveniles. It is a disturbing situation and it calls for a strict crackdown on such vandalism and re-enforcement of the fear and respect for law and administration amongst the people. UBER has given people the opportunity to earn through honest means and if this is the way we respond, we are extremely undeserving of any development that comes our way. Let’s just sulk in the corner of the country, secluded and shout slogans as to how we are not developed. We don’t grow with the opportunity, we go against it. SIDHARTH BEDI VARMA

How wrong is Shobhaa De? Or is she right after all?

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The point here is:

hy can’t the lady just keep her trap shut? And when she does open it, why can’t she be a tad more articulate? Loud mouthed celebrities have this new mouthpiece called Twitter nowadays; a piece of technology, speaking on which, the world does not fail to hear. Thank goodness it is textually limiting otherwise Shobhaa De memsaab would have perhaps dissected the Indian archery team’s performance with a blunt hockey stick. Or maybe vice versa. Perhaps it is a pathological desire of hers to stay in the limelight that drives her acerbic tongue or perhaps she is mortally consumed by a deep sense of self-righteousness. Whatever be the case, Shobhaa De the novelist and bloody socialite had no business tweeting what she did in a tone that did not seem too different from patronizing. No wonder the reaction, especially from the team at Rio, and from the world at large was one of outrage; how dare a bleedin’ socialite so insensitively question the perseverance, dedication and hard work of Indian athletes competing at the world’s top sporting event?

The counter point though is:

sn’t Shobhaa De quite right somewhere deep down? Maybe her expression was bad with that 140 character limit at her disposal on Twitter but isn’t it a punch placed right where it hurts? For long Indian sports has tended to go with dear Chacha Nehru’s notion of participation rather than victory being the more important factor. What makes

our sportsmen such third-rate competitors that American swimmer Michael Phelps finds himself just one short of India’s total medal haul? For any right-thinking person, the answers are right in front of his eyes. Clearly, Indian sports is lacking in something as against the sporting powerhouses – be it nutrition for its athletes, discipline among them, infrastructure in which they can practice their sport, individual mental strength or all of it. Also clearly, there is an overdose of a few things that simply do not exist in the countries which excel in the Olympics: corruption and nepotism in national sport.

For an agrarian country which never had a sporting culture, we obviously are totally lacking in even understanding what modern sport is all about. We have little or negligible research in why we repeatedly fail on the world stage. We try to take part in disciplines which just does not suit our psyche or our physical constitution. We do not eat the nutritional food that is required for physical strength because of religious dogmas. As for our total lack of sporting culture, Indian sportspersons, in general, have never had what is termed as the killer instinct in sport. Historically, its agricultural economy never allowed any time for sport and the culture that is required never stood a chance of developing. The single biggest contribution by the British to India is cricket and this sport has remained the only face-saver for us. Other traditional Indian sports like wrestling and hockey never got the patronage that would have infused a sense of culture. Not from the British and not from the democratically elected governments. Each Abhinav Bindra, Vijender Singh, Leander Paes and

Saina Nehwal is an individual star that has shone brightly all on his or her own steam, skills and capabilities. Yet at best, these are bronze medallists or thereabouts and not Olympic champions. The fact remains that there are better people than them in their chosen sport. And then, we love blaming our stratified social system which apparently is where talent goes unnoticed. There is no truth in this. Subedar Sameshwar Dutt Singh’s two sons, Roop Singh and Dhyan Chand were no nawabs of British India that they took Indian hockey to the dizzying heights of Olympic glory. And Bhaag Milkha Bhaag tells its own story. C o u nt l e s s Indians from lower castes and social strata have played at the national level only to flicker out eventually. We love to drill into our children that sporting activities will get them nowhere as much as a good education will. So where is the culture that the Chinese or the Americans have that they produce gymnast after gold-medal winning gymnast or swimmer after world record breaking swimmer and we are left to pin our hopes on a solitary Dipa Karmakar and mistake her 8th place in the qualifying finals as a gold medal winning performance and with no sight of a gymnasium culture to tow her legacy? No, the perseverance, dedication and hard work of the Indian athletes are not proving to be good enough by a long margin. They have a long way to go before they can claim to feel hurt by acerbic comments on their performances. No, we do not have the world champions and going by the current state of affairs, we will not have one in a long time. There is simply no point getting angry with Shobhaa ma’am because she is right. For Indian athletes, the Olympic Games are one grand all-expenses paid holiday and a huge selfie opportunity.

Letter to the Editor Pleasure trip at this hour! It is wonder of all wonders that when our state is reeling under unprecedented floods, former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is on yet another pleasure trip to the USA. Like in his heydays at Dispur where he used to call press conferences at the drop of a hat, the hattrick performing former Chief Minister once again addressed a press gathering prior to his departure where he, in his usual style, attacked the newly installed NDA government at Dispur accusing the current dispensation of creating all the problems. There is a common saying that people living in glass houses should not throw stones at others. Right now, this saying is very much applicable with Tarun Gogoi. Dr. Ashim Chowdhury, Ambari, Guwahati-1.

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In Focus Were the Auto walas a little too late in using meters given the availability of App based cab services in the city like Uber and Ola? Guwahati is no more waiting. Guwahati got over it and moved along long back with Uber and Ola.

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Pranami Misra Ola Micro is cheaper than auto. Last Sunday I went to Panbazar from Downtown in an Ola Micro and I was charged Rs 121 and came back in an Ola Auto and it charged me 122.So auto days in Guwahati are probably over. Rajdeep Raamiz Konwar Mazumder Looters, arrogant. Once I paid 400 for Paltanbazar to Noonmati at night where Uber usually takes 120 to 150. Their days are over... Priyajit Singh Looteras of our city, only in Guwahati we can see this Method but everywhere there is sharing system Raju Prasad Better and convenient travel with Uber as well as Ola. Drivers’ behaviour is also good. AC vehicles and are on time. Overall best #movingguwahati Sujit Basu They now have realised that their days are numbered if they don’t use meters. That’s what competition does, doesn’t it? Saurav Bhagowati Who will use an auto when he gets an AC cab at a cheaper rate?? And also the dadagiri of autowalas is there. Whereas the Ola and Uber drivers speak politely. Also you get a cashback, free ride and lots more. So, as a consumer why will I prefer Auto. AksHay Jyoti Borah Showing thumb to the RTO rules. Even RTO & DC could do nothing. Narendra Kr Bhansali

When ULFA (I) calls for boycotting Independence Day celebrations in the state Is this old man still relevant??? Huh! We the people of Assam should boycott him and his ULFA (I) faction actually. I don’t understand why does the media even bother to cover his bullshits. Manash Pratim Bharadwaj Who are they??Who pays heed to them? Bohut hol Paresh Baruah’r kotha (enough of Paresh Baruah’s diktat) Devarun Chaki Naa poochho jamaney ko, Kya hamari kahani hain, Hamari pehchaan to sirf ye hai Ki hum sirf hindustani hain! JAI HIND VANDE MATARAM Porag Das Not sure why they are even alive. They and their supporters should have been shot dead long back. Navoday Das Media should not give coverage to such anti national calls Sunil Agarwal Mr Barua you are just a joke now. Stop bothering us with your irrelevant and funny dictatorship comments. Ravi Kumar

sports enthusiast, a fitness freak, an entrepreneur and now the holder of the title ‘Ironman.’ Rajnish Goswami, Guwahati’s own Ironman, completed the 70.3 Triathlon at Budapest with a 1.9 km swim, 90 kms of cycling and a 21 km run and finished this herculean task in just 7 Hours, 1 min and 21 seconds in July last. To many, he is known as a grandee in the restaurant business but sports is in his blood and he is a highly motivated soul. Born on 5th February 1974 to Rana Goswami, who is a former vice-president of Board of Control for Cricket in India and Dipali Goswami, who was a volleyball player, Rajnish had a childhood where his father made sure that he did not spend his vacations indoors. He was sent to Dehradun where he spent the twelve most formative years of his life pursuing his education from Welham Boys’ School. He then went on to pursue his engineering from Orissa Engineering College and soon kicked off his working career. Apart from his academics, Rajnish’s love for sports has only been growing over the years. From representing Dehradun in UP State Basketball Championship during his school days, Rajnish had also developed into a tennis player and a golfer. A trained golfer, Rajnish has several titles to his name. Soon after attaining his engineering degree in Industrial Production Rajnish joined Tata Tea in 1997. In 1999 went on to join Eureka Forbes as a territory manager in Industrial Sales Division. Later he joined Globsyn Technologies before moving back to Guwahati where he decided to go into entrepreneurship. In 2004 he started Silver Streak to usher in a different dimension to Guwahati’s party and socialization scenario. Rajnish never looked back since. As on date, he owns several well-known

outlets like Food Villa, Red Contemporary Dining, Quick Pick and Confucius to name a few. In the meantime, Rajnish was victim to the downside of being a foodie. In 2015, he realised that his weight touched 100 kgs. Being a sportsperson he realized that he should start working towards losing weight. “It was when I touched the obese weight of 100 kilos that I realized that it was high time to lose my weight. I used to play golf and initially I used to run. I contacted my basketball coach from school and he told me that I should start running. At that point of time I could not even run 200 metres,” Rajnish said. Jarred by the failure he researched on ways to lose weight and fasted intermittently which worked tremendously for him. He started losing 10-12 kilos. Between April and July of 2015 his weight came down to 75 kgs. “It was after I reduced to 75 kgs that I started running again. In the meantime I met Everest climber Manish Deka who boosted my motivation and I added several drills to my running regimen. It was through Manish Deka that the idea of running a marathon popped in my mind. My first marathon was the Bombay Half Marathon where Vikram Bawa registered my name and I finished with a decent timing. It was the next day when I was having breakfast in his house that he said that he will go for Ironman. I researched for Triathlon events in India, found the Goa Triathlon and registered myself for that. I was given immense support by my family, my wife and Partha Sarathi Mahanta who gave me the mental boost to prepare for the event,” the Ironman added. A week before the event he went to Goa and trained in life saving courses in a school that was affiliated to Royal Life Saving Society, Australia and completed the Goa Triathlon. It was after returning home that the Ironman bug got to him. With a decent amount of time in hand to prepare for Ironman in Budapest (Hungary), Rajnish decided to go for proper training for the event and joined Thanyapura training camp in Thailand. He was supported and trained by people such as Babul Gurung, Debashish Sinha, Manish Deka, and Partha Sarathi Mahanta. “I start off very early, at around 4-4:30 am because it is the best time for cycling and with my group ‘Green Wheels’ we even cover distances up to Nongpoh. By 7:30 am I am back home. We do hill runs once or twice a week and with my wife’s support it gets easier. She wakes up as early as I do, prepares breakfast and runs along while I cycle,” said Rajnish. Rajnish’s confidence got a boost through a conversation with Milind Soman where he said ‘anyone can do Ironman’ and that inspired him to follow his next destination in the woods. Rajnish shared his intent to prepare and claim the title of Ironman. Meanwhile, where business is concerned, Rajnish and his wife are planning to introduce another food court and add a second IOSIS outlet in the city which will have a fitness centre.

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VAASTU SHASTRA WHY INDUSTRIES TURN SICK?

Samsung Note 7 is here!

amsung launched its highly anticipated flagship killer the Galaxy Note 7, by adding yet another giant killer to its Galaxy Note series. Samsung’s Galaxy Note series has continued on for several years now and they’ve tried to step up their game every time. Here is what the Note 7 has to offer: ‘A New note for a new generation’ The first Note featured an HD Super AMOLED display with the S-Pen and the Note 5 was a different device and made the S-Pen a Magic Wand. The design has been inspired by the Galaxy S7 Edge. The Galaxy Note 7 has Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and the back. The device will be available in three colour variants. It’s IP68 certification makes it waterproof: “protected from immersion in water with a depth of more than 1 meter. The S-Pen is also IP68 certified. The S-Pen is more

intelligent this time as it lets you translate text into any language just by hovering it over a word and also lets you create a quick .gif by cropping a part of the screen. In terms of security, the S7 Note comes with an Iris Scanner and the much anticipated Samsung Knox. The camera however is the same as the same as the GalaxyS7 and S7 Edge which was marvellous in case you forgot. The device comes with 64GB of internal memory which is expandable to 256GB. The large 3500mAH battery although is not enough, but will juice the Note S7. Of course, for the data transfer, the S7 Note comes with the USB Type-C.

The Galaxy Note 7 is priced at Rs 59,900 and will be available from 2nd September.

ometimes, despite having a good project and untiring efforts by entrepreuners, some units turn sick. The vaastu of these units need to be inspected. A wrong energy pattern can have negative influences. The basic vaastu rules for residences, business establishments and factories are same, but there are some finer points which must be followed in industries otherwise they tend to face a lot of problems. 1. The plot where the industry is situated must be square or rectangular. The same rule applies for the compound wall and the factory building wall. These walls should not be rounded at the northeast under any circumstances. 2. There should not be any cut or passage in the southeastern or the northeastern corner. 3. The southeastern and the southwestern corners must be set at 90 degrees. 4. More vacant space should be left towards north and east. 5. The height of factory should be equal at all places. If the requirement of the factory needs a higher

6 Ballygunge Place

hen 6 Ballygunge Place opened its door in Guwahati, I was intrigued. It has a built a loyal fan following in Kolkata and once when I ate during one of my trips, I was pretty impressed. I wanted to relive the experience here. They had an ongoing “Hilsa Festival“ too. Certainly, an opportunity such as this could not be missed. The interiors are pleasing with touches from Bengal. The waiters are in specially designed jackets too. The menu arrives with logos and designs, evocative of Bengal that makes you

feel quasi Bengali already. I couldn’t wait for the food to arrive! We ordered boneless Illish Paturi. It arrived enveloped in a golden yellow mustard paste with spices and chilli, wrapped in banana leaves. The fish was well done: flaky

and seasoned well, the slight heat from the ground mustard and kick from oil, all in place. However, the boneless fish had a few surprises in the form of bones! Since it was the Hilsa Festival, we tried another dish, Bhapa Illish. It

portion, the same must be kept at south or west. 6. The finished goods delivery section should be kept at Northwest. This ensures that there is no delay in sales. 7. A fountain or aquarium at north of the factory building brings prosperity. 8. There should not be any water body at south, west or southwest. 9. The name plate or signboard at front should be clean. It shouldn’t be worn out or rusty. 10. There should not be any godown or store etc. at north and east. This will invariably affect the finances. 11. There should not be any toilet, pantry or transformer at Northeast. 12. There should not be any heavy structure or godown at northeast. The northeast should not be blocked. 13. The wastewater should not run towards southwest. 14. The plot should not have an extension towards southwest or southeast. 15. The southwest, west and the south of the plot should not be lower in comparison with the northeast, west and north 16. The heavy machineries and equipments should be placed at southwest, west and south. 17. Transformers, DG sets and electrical meters etc should be at southeast. They should not be placed at northeast at any cost. 18. There should not be any dust bin, septic tank or store at northeast. 19. If the entrance is from the Southwest, it will lead to the closure of the business in the long run. 20. If there is less vacant space at North in comparison to South, it will have financial implications.

arrived in a creamy sauce of pungent mustard and green chillies. It was well steamed with a generous dousing of mustard oil. Then came the Daab Chringi or prawns in mustard paste, tender coconut flesh and spices cooked inside a hollowed coconut, allowing the flavours to merge into a creamy mild delectable curry. The Daab Chringi was average. The flavour of coconut was rather faint and there was more excitement in seeing the dish being served in a coconut shell than eating it. The Mutton Kosha is yet another specialty of the authentic Bengali cuisine. No meal would be complete without Kosha Mangsho. This again turned out very average. The mutton could have been more tender although the gravy was fine. The presentation, however, was quite messy. But wait a minute, were we being served Basmati?! I did a double check. Yes, it was Basmati rice. I was looking forward to the aromatic small grained Govindbhog rice so that the Shorshe Baata could lovingly coat each grain before I pop into my mouth and let all my nerves be tugged with nostalgia. Anyway, I settled down with the basmati. We also hadMoong Mohan

Hemanta Kumar Sarmah

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Dal, an absolute delight. The right balance of flavour with ginger and mango. If you are like me, someone who loves to start a meal with rice and dal, then do try this. It sets the tone of the meal. We ended the meal with Chennar Malpua and Nolen Gurer ice cream. The Nolen Gurer ice cream was true to its taste and delicious. The Chennar Malpoa was served with a dollop of ice cream. It was not as delicate as I expected it to be. In all honestly, it was a bit boring. I would not recommend you to try. But be warned the portions, at 6 Ballygunge, are small. A plate of Illish serves only one steak of fish priced at Rs. 495 and a plate of Illish Paturi is priced at Rs. 550. With taxes, it gets a little steep, especially when the taste was nothing to write home about. 6 Ballygunge is a neat place to eat Bengali food but don’t expect the trumpet blast or orchestra in your mouth. I had gone in with more expectations and left disappointed. Kashmiri Nath Foodie, owner at XOXO cupcakes, food blogger, recipe developer and expert on Assamese cuisine

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Why saying NO is important?

ver been through those days when you feel like a helpful burnout? Have you ever been guilty of saying Yes only to please the other person? Everybody, at some point of time has faced this situation where they have to agree to something out of pure compulsion. Saying Yes to requests because you don’t want to be rude, because the request sounds easy, because your current self thinks that’s the right thing to do. Of course — saying Yes sounds so much more positive! I’ll say Yes to working out, and wonderful projects, and travelling! But where does the room for these beautiful new things come from? We have to admit to ourselves that there’s a limit to how much we can do in a day. We have limits. So we have to say No first. We

have to clear up some space by saying No to things we’d like to do, that are taking up space in our lives — space that could be used by something we really want to do. We say Yes to things because it sounds easy, because we think it wouldn’t take much of our time and effort to accomplish. But we end up spending a lot more time than planned, lot more energy than we thought of. And then we feel like a complete burnout. To move ahead in life, to be our best – we need to set clear goals

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LIFE and targets and apportion our time accordingly. It isn’t a good idea to be always helping others at the cost of our well-being. Keep a list of things you want from life. Know what you really value and live it. When you are clear about what’s truly important to you, then you won’t let your days be driven by randomness. Most of the time we experience burnout is because we say yes to too many random requests without gauging what matters. It’s time to learn to prioritize what matters most. When you get requests that are not aligned with your priorities or where you can add true value, then the immediate answer should be no, unless you think it is what you want. You have to be a little selfish. There are some things you can never have back. Your time, your health, your virtue, your life; don’t mess around with those things. It’s fine for people to ask — most likely, in their mind, they’re trying to help introduce you to a great person or opportunity or meaningful cause. And it’s just as fine for you to say no.

Madhur Jain

Madhur Jain is a full time practicing Chartered Accountant, a blogger and a columnist. He loves to read, write and talk about personal development. For more visit his blog at www.maadhurjain.in

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Get to work fast...

Do you hate getting up in the morning? Then getting yourself work-ready is a BIG task in itself!! But being a woman you can’t afford to go to your work place looking drab without any makeup. Here are my TIPS and Tricks to a prim proper YOU in 10 minutes

1. Cushion your time with the right clothes -

I always have my outfits ready well in advance, at all times based on the season. This means, go home tonight and coordinate two failsafe ensembles. Try them on, make sure you like how they look and keep them in mind when you’re in a pinch. If all else fails, go all black and wear a fun pair of shoes along with one quirky accessory. TIP - While in hurry, opt for wrinkle free outfits. Avoid spoiling your outfits due to last minute laundry goof-ups.

2. Makeup - Wake up your complexion with a good oldfashioned splash of cold water. As long as you thoroughly cleansed the night before, you can get away with just a rinse in the morning. • Apply your favourite tinted moisturizer or BB Cream. • Despite your love of liquid eyeliner, my favourite work-appropriate eye makeup must is Glide-On eye pencils. These are more precise and works well for

butter fingers. • Finally, take 10 seconds to curl your lashes and swipe on 2 coats of volumizing mascara. Trust me, curled lashes is the best way to make yourself look awake–it really opens up the eyes. • Highlight the brow bone to look instantly awake, erase dark under-eye circles, and hide imperfections all over. • Lips - Stash your favourite tinted lip balm or moisturizing gloss in your purse and swipe it on as you dash out of the door. • Take the final minute to give your finishing touches–a dab of blush of the cheeks, a dusting of finishing powder, a spritz of your signature scent.

3. Hair– Step away from the hot tools. Instead, decide

which of your two officefriendly hairstyles suits you. Are you a braid girl or a bun girl? Take two minutes and whip your hair into a style that keeps it out of your face and off your mind. Best thing to achieve when in hurry to suit all office environment is a front hair poof look –and you’re off to work! Sonika Ajmera Fashion Blogger

IS “HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING” BENEFICIAL FOR MIDDLE AGED WOMEN?

xercise is always good for everyone irrespective of age and gender. But while prescribing or designing a Workout Program for middle aged people specially people who are above 50 years of age, one has to take care of the pros and cons of exercise and its side effects. Injuries might occur frequently because of the body becomes fragile with age group. Men generally suffer from Andropause (Low testosterone levels) which makes them slow, weak, lack energy and enthusiasm for any physical activity and on the other hand women suffer from Menopause (Absence of menstruation) which basically starts in a woman’s life cycle from the age of 40 years and above as a result of which there is a hormonal imbalance and leads to weight gain, loss of calcium from the bones and this leads to osteoporosis, mood swings and lack of energy. At this particular age both males and females above the age of 50 years have blood pressure fluctuations, uncontrollable blood sugar and metabolic diseases. What is High Intensity Training? High Intensity Training (HIT) is basically a kind of training where an individual is trained at an intensity of 90% of his or her maximum heart rate. But it is necessary to consult the doctor before prescribing such intense exercises and should go for a thorough medical examination. For more sedentary people intensity can be measured by using the RPE (Rating of Perceived Exertion) Scale or one can also use the Talk Test Method (TTM). To test the efficacy of the HIT Method twenty-seven middleaged, obese women (mean ± SD; age: 51 ± 9 years and body mass index: 34 ± 6 kg/m2) with the metabolic syndrome completed one-of-three 16week aerobic exercise interventions: (i) No Exercise Training (Control):

Seven participants maintained their existing levels of physical activity, (ii) Low-Intensity Training (LIT): eleven participants exercised 5 days • week1 at an intensity ≤ lactate threshold (LT) (iii) High-Intensity Training (HIT): nine participants exercised 3 days • week-1 at an intensity > LT and 2 days •week-1 ≤ LT. Exercise time was adjusted to maintain caloric expenditure (400 kcal•session-1). Single-slice computed tomography scans obtained at the L4-L5 disc-space and mid-thigh were used to determine abdominal fat and thigh muscle cross-sectional areas. Percent body fat was assessed by using the Advanced Body Composition Analyzer (also called the BOD POD) which uses the method of air displacement plethysmography. Results HIT significantly reduced total abdominal fat (p<0.001), abdominal subcutaneous fat (p=0.034) and AVF (p=0.010). There were no significant changes observed in any of these parameters within the Control or LIT conditions. Conclusions The present data indicate that body composition changes are affected by intensity of exercise training with HIET more effective for reducing total abdominal fat, subcutaneous abdominal fat and AVF in obese women with the metabolic syndrome. (Source: Med Sci Sports Exerc.2008 Nov;40(11):1863-1872 doi) BIBHU MONI SINGHA,

Gym Manager Training & Nutrition Head, SFL Fitness Gym & MMA For further Workout Programs & Diet follow me on Facebook or log on to my website – www.bibhuuniversalfitness. com. You can also watch my videos on my YouTube channel.

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Reviews Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, Esha Gupta Director: Tinu Suresh Desai

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hough the climax has been smartly fictionalised, this courtroom drama is essentially based on the real life of Naval officer K M Nanavati, who in 1959, shot and killed his wife’s lover. The subsequent trial was one of India’s most sensational court cases. Coming to the film, Rustom has a cracker of a beginning. Without wasting any time, the director comes straight to the point. He takes us quickly through the circumstances in which Rustom shoots Vikram and the trial begins. Akshay Kumar is the backbone of Rustom. The Khiladi renders one of the most understated performances of his career, prov-

ing yet again that he can play a range of diverse roles with aplomb. The plot is interesting if not engaging. However, Rustom lacks the unnerving tension exuded by well made courtroom dramas like A Few Good Men (1992). It is not the gripping thriller one expects it to be, given the controversial case it’s based on. It tries to unfold like a whodunnit, and falters in its execution. Tinu Suresh Desai’s melodramatic direction struggles to maintain momentum. It lacks subtlety and is reminiscent of a languid Television daily soap, replete with a jarring background score, cliched dialogues and mandatory close-up shots of every

character at regular intervals. While Ileana is perfectly cast, Esha Gupta’s inappropriate outfits and over-the-top acting evokes laughter. Arjan Bajwa plays a rich Sindhi guy here, just the way he played a rich Parsi guy in Guru. The art direction is mediocre as well. To cut to the chase, despite its multiple flaws, Rustom can be watched for Akshay Kumar, whose action/comic brilliance often overshadows his acting prowess. He reminds you to value the honest officers who serve our country with dignity and valour. He makes you want to support the man who probably did the right thing the wrong way.

film are saying until now. Filmibeat, which rated the film as 2.5 out of 5, says in its review, “The film takes you back all the way to 2016 BC and will make you believe that whatever is shown on screen is so damn true. Such is the charismatic work of the film-maker and kudos to him for pulling off such a spectacular feat. The camera angles focus on every inch of the city and its all woven together really well.” A review on PressKS.com points out that the film’s action sequence, climax, music and the picturisation are its positives, while the dragging story with few loopholes to be its negatives. They have rated the film as 3.5 out of 5. International Business Times says, “Hrithik has delivered an excellent performance in Mo-

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Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

ased on the life of Sarman and Chaani in the ancient setting of the Indus Valley Civilisation, the film’s trailer had put off audiences by the historical inaccuracies in the film that were veiled under the pretense of artistic liberties. More so because Gowariker is known to put intensive research into all of his films. Ashutosh Gowariker, whose last release was Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, is coming back to the silver screen after six long years. Hrithik Roshan also will be seen after a two year break. His last release was Bang Bang in 2014. The Ashutosh Gowariker-Hrithik Roshan- AR Rahman trio are coming back together once again after the successful Jodha Akbar. So the audience have a lot to be excited about. Here’s what the reviews of the

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henjo Daro and has once again impressed the audience with his power-packed action stunts. Pooja, who is making her debut in Bollywood, has done justice to her role. Other supporting artistes are also assets of the movie. Sneha May Francis in her review for Emirates247.com says, “The leading lady is given a headgear loaded with feathers, almost making her look like a pretty bird on the go. It wouldn’t have mattered as much, and could’ve been overlooked as creative liberty, but there’s a distinct disconnect in this costume drama. Animal headgears appear during songs, but disappears soon enough. You hope there will be more drama and depth, and possibly insight into the civilization, but nothing unfolds over the two-and-a-halfscreen time.”

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uicide Squad, the DC property where the bad guys are the actual heroes, cries out for an appropriately aggressive accompanying soundtrack, which is precisely what Suicide Squad: The Album delivers. Sometimes the tempo slows and at times the murk lifts for a bit of lightness -- by the time War’s “Slippin’ into Darkness,” one of two oldies here, arrives it’s a blessed, breezy relief -- but the overall feel of Suicide Squad: The Album is one of dank industrial

gloom: this music is meant to live in the shadows. Often, the music celebrates darkness. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, and Imagine Dragons admit they’re a “Sucker for Pain,” Kehlani lusts for a “Gangsta,” and the whole shebang starts with Skrillex & Rick Ross creating an unholy racket in “Purple Lamborghini.” Despite the presence of Twenty One Pilots, possibly the most popular rock band in 2016, Suicide Squad: The Album feels like a throwback, a sa-

lute to Y2K rap-rock and Todd McFarlane figures anchored by Eminem’s “Without Me.” It’s an odd bit of cognitive dissonance that isn’t without its moments: Dan Auerbach, Mark Ronson, and Action Bronson conjure some spooky soul and there’s an elegance underpinning Grace’s “You Don’t Own Me” that recalls vintage Portishead. All the same, the record’s heart is in manicured chaos, served up with gloss and volume.

u Yo LD OUad H S re About the Book After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus.Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn tosurvive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’sfavour.But Apollo has many enemies - gods, monsters and mortals who would love tosee the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he canthink of only one place to go.an enclave

of modern demigods known asCamp Half-Blood. About the Author Rick Riordan is an awardwinning mystery writer. Percy Jackson and theLightning Thief, Rick’s first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, was theoverall winner of the Red House Children’s Book Award in 2006 and is now ablockbuster film franchise, starring Logan Lerman. Rick lives in Boston with hiswife and two sons.

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Rajmukut Theatre to start on August 18

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s the final preparations at the rehearsal camps for all the theatres are underway, the theatre troupes are ready to usher in another season of mobile theatre to entertain the Assamese audience. However, amidst all this, one artist will be celebrating his 26 successful years in the mobile theatre industry. His presence in this industry has been marked by consistency in his performance without compromise. This being his 27th year, he has joined ‘Rajmukut Theatre’. With the luxurious production of Rajmukut Theatre and the energy of producer Manas Kalita, Champak Sarmah plans to make his 27th year extremely memorable. The theatre group will bring to the audience, three high voltage dramas this season. They are Champak Sarmah’s ‘Narasingha’ and ‘Beera’ and amateur theatre’s popular storyteller Hillol Kumar Pathak’s ‘Chandal’. According to the producer, Manas Kalita, this year Rajmukut Theatre’s special attraction is ‘Narasingha’. In our society, rape, murders, extortion are a huge menace. Some protest against these vices or some just choose to ignore it. To remove these unwanted things from the society Rajmukut Theatre will bring a hero in the form of Narasingha. Narasingha is ready

to make a grand entry to the stage, in a helicopter where he will also don the half manhalf animal getup. Popular actress Swagata Baruah also plays a negative character for the first time in this play. For these techniques special preparations have been done during rehearsal. The music for this drama and the songs have been penned by Palash Gogoi and rendered by Zubeen Garg. The lead actor and writer of this drama are hoping that this year, Narasingha will bring in something new to the stage. The other two plays are Hillol Kumar Pathak’s action packed drama ‘Chandal’ and Champak Sarmah’s ‘Beera’ which contain a horror love story. ‘Chandal’ has been musically arranged by Poran Borkotoky whereas ‘Beera’ has been arranged by Palash Gogoi. This season Rajmukut Theatre has signed Champak Sarmah with senior artists like Bipul Bora, Nirmal Dutta, Kabita Chutia, Bhaskar Barman with young talent Jogesh Kashyap, actress Minakshi Neog, popular actress Swagata Baruah, Biju Chutia, Pramod Chutia, Yadav Baishya and newcomer Amrit Sarmah. Currently, the rehearsal is at full pace at their permanent camp at Bangaon, Pathsala. The theatre will start performance at 18 August.

Joshua Neville Queah – ‘Music runs in the family’

Ninjas has been active for a while now and although we haven’t labelled it with a genre, we are very interested to explore the folk sounds of the region. My wife is the drummer in the band. There are numerous sounds waiting to be explored in the region and I’ve seen it all, felt it all and I can’t wait to try it out on my own songs. The experience of traditional music is like a trance; I cry every time i hear it. Those are the sounds I am looking forward to explore.

Joshua Neville Queah Musician Favourite Vocalists: Rob Halford from Judas Priest (Metal) David Coverdale, Paul Rogers, Robert Plant (Rock)

Your experiences in Faith and Casino Blue:

Jayanta Hazarika (All genres aside)

ersonal Quotes: “Practice, practice and practice, Take a break and then practice some more.” A freelancing musician and now a music teacher, GPlus was in conversation with Joshua Queah who humbled us with his rendition of ‘Leader of the Band’ by Dan Fogelberg and Jayanta Hazarika’s ‘Xurat Mogon’ the video of which received great appreciation. He is the grandson of Late Mira Das Chaliha who was the first woman to receive a Bhatkande scholarship from Lucknow in classical music. He shares with us how music is ingrained in him by his mother and its discipline by his father.

His experiences of starting out in a band: For a while now, I’ve been freelancing. But I formed my first band

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after passing out of college and it was good for a while until band members had to go their separate way in search of a future and a career. Then I started performing with cover bands like ‘Faith’ and ‘Casino Blue’. Back then it was a big band in Guwahati and I was lucky to have performed with them.

Current plans and projects: I’m here for a long time this time in Guwahati. My parents are both musicians and they’ve written some beautiful tunes that I’d like to prepare and recast in my own style. The songs they wrote were which were way ahead of their times. I used to hear their songs as a kid back then and now that I’ve grown up these songs need to be revisited. It’s taken me so long to begin this project because I don’t get enough

leaves and holidays as I teach in Delhi.

What are you doing in Delhi? I’m teaching Western Classical music, Opera style. But I also prep students for grade exams like Trinity Grade exams or Rock School and others. In Delhi I hardly get time to perform. It’s always about making lesson plans and teaching, but that’s a different satisfaction altogether. This time I’ve decided to finish this project on Assamese songs as I’m on a longer break. My dad has penned these songs and also tuned them.

Joshua and the Note Ninjas, tell us something about them: My band Joshua and the Note

Faith was a wild time. It was a band was formed by great musicians. Every member was just perfect and it was perfect chemistry. The extremely talented Tareek Reza Abdullah who has now left for his heavenly abode was one of the finest musicians I’ve worked with. There was also Krishna Pradhan who was the axeman and Joy Kashyap, the drummer. It is to work in a band actually; there is a lot of chemistry involved. I know bands that have not performed for over 10 years but are still sticking together. That is a band! They are then found and discovered by a manager who gives them a shot and the platform they’re looking for. I was with ‘Euphonic Trance’ before ‘Faith’ that broke up because of some internal issues and then I got a call from Faith. We played the competitions and then that’s how we came into limelight. After Faith, I was attached to Casino Blue which was actually a project. The idea behind this was to invite and feature one of those pioneer and senior

GPLUS NEWS musicians who played way before us and collaborate with them like JP Das uncle and Utpal Da who has also been backstage with Jimi Hendrix at one point of time. We discontinued because our other musicians had other plans lined up for themselves.

What made you leave Guwahati and go out? I had to start working and all the fun time was over. I needed to establish myself and get a job. I toured before settling down in Delhi. As a kid I always discussed what my future would be and I always saw myself as a teacher.

How’s life outside? (Landing a job, getting your big break) Apart from landing a job, I think the biggest struggle was convincing my father and getting him on board with my decision to pursue music. He wanted me get a regular job because he knew Music was a risky business. My mom however is my driving force. One day without practice and she’d question my intentions.

Can staying in Guwahati help build a career in music? The problem isn’t with the scene in Guwahati, but in India altogether. A musician has to be able to understand his audience and the market. He must know what is selling. If that can be figured out, you can make ‘profit’ in this business.

G PLUS AUG 13 - AUG 19, 2016

Citypedia Horoscope of the week

Taurus

This week has stockpile of many surprises and gift for you. Many new things are on the anvil that includes an increase of you connection and communication with influential and prominent names. There will be lots of local but significant collaborations. The progress of children in studies and scholastic matters will be slow but satisfactory. Keep a sensible and realistic approach towards them. Nevertheless, you will find less time to enjoy with them. If in business, you will make an effort to initiate new projects or activities that will expand and stretch your imagination.

This week shall bring in a fine start in terms of work and profession. Success falls on your way through tough challenges and hard work. Take all your obstructions lightly and nonchalantly. Students will be reasonably practical to achieve their goals. Their burden is likely to increase. You are required to pace up now to keep the things on the right track. Laziness and self-indulgence should be avoided to progress ahead. If in business, you will find it hard to manage internal affairs or to push the work at secondary level.

This is a week of great chances and challenges for you. You are advised to end all your pending tasks and have fresh start at your workplace. You shall get ample chance to improve your knowledge . You shall get completely involved in family matters and pass happy time with your family members. Impulsiveness and overlooking of minor issues might create certain problems. Adjustment should be made to remain happy and contented. You are advised to make use of your natural abilities and common sense.

You may suffer a short term financial failure. Success will only come through excessive efforts. There are losses in business and fall in professional status. Domestic strife will also prevails, but get resolved soon. Due to your intelligence and hard work, you will earn handsome. Higher authorities will grant you favors. You will acquire name and fame and fulfill your desires. In examinations students will meet success and enjoy higher studies. Generally you will have comfort and remain calm. You will have easy access to politically highly placed persons with whose help you will be able to set up some profitable business.

It is indeed a good time to feel loved and respected by others. Affection and respect will welcome you with open heart. Your hard work and labor will fetch you dividends. Short distance travels will be fruitful. Good news from abroad is possible. Your brothers and sisters will also assist you. Your contact with new people will also increase by the dint of your social activity. Meeting with old friends is also indicated. If you are involved in any speculation, encouraging results are on the anvil. You will bask in the glory of the artistic expression and interpretation.

Cancer

Libra

Capricorn

This week much of your time shall be dedicated to your ongoing project and other ongoing ventures. You may need to devote lots of your time for meetings and social gatherings that will take place for different reasons ranging from personal matters to business or job. At work place your imagination will be strong and you will strive towards success. You will be inspired to go ahead and enjoy your work. Feel relaxed and tranquil while performing it.

Leo

Scorpio

Gemini

This week is a great week of knock and bash. You will remain surrounded with your professional acquaintances. You shall have plenty of financial gains coming your way. It shall be a great week to give and take affection and warmth from all your family members and colleagues. Your love life shall blossom up now thus making you spend some romantic time with your spouse.It is necessary to control and turn into right direction. Otherwise, it may spoil understanding.

Virgo

Your efforts will bear the preferred results. Even you may also get a golden possibility of foreign traveling. Your name and fame will increase during this week. You will able to come midst famous and powerful people. You will have adequate vigor to accomplish your creative pursuits successfully. Money would be flowing very easily. You will have lot of chances to increase your income. Good news on all fronts will make you much cheerful. You will find great amusement in the nitty-gritties of life. Make the most of this jovial time and enjoy the life to the hilt.

Sagittarius

There is possibility that your opponents may win. During this period, your confidence will make you unbeatable. You will also command much regard and respect. This is also a very good week for love and romance. Suddenunexpected gains are also possible. You will come into contact with higher officials and authorities. People in job will have strong chances of promotions and perks. You will feel strongly inclined towards religion and might visit sacred places.

Aquarius

You will be popular with everybody. Your will be able to overcome your enemies. A gift or inheritance money will come your way. You will also do well in your field of interest. Beware of speculation as it can prove damaging for you. You are likely to be involved in noble deeds. Some auspicious ceremony in your family is on the anvil. Your income will increase . Your proficiency will let you handle even difficult situation. There will be unseen expanses pinching your pocket. Beware of speculation as it can prove damaging for you.

GUWAHATI

This week shall keep you in action and exploit from various aspects of life. It shall be a hectic time for all natives as life may demand a lot in terms of time and attention. You may seek an aggression for the revenue and profession. Handle these things well by avoiding discord, spitefulness and even squabble. You are probably trying to figure out how to balance various areas of your life to make things run more smoothly. Some sort of compromise has to take place. Attention to personal relations is also required.

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Aug 13th to Aug 19th

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AUG 13 TOPAZ

Charudutta: Ek Asamapt’a Apekhya and ‘Vivekananda’ staged at Rabindra Bhawan Photo Credits: Utpal Junak Hazarika

AUG 13 CAFE COPA BEEMO - Blue Eye Event Management Organization celebrated friendship day along with Guwahatians with a record breaking crowd of an estimated 10,000 people. The event had a good list of fun activities starting from “G Plus Know your BFF,” Aircel selfie contest, Punk Fodu No. 1- the mathka breaking game and fun games like, Teekhi Nazar- the aiming game, Kangaroo No.1- the jumping game, Rrey Sultan- the girls special arm wrestling game where every winner was awarded with exciting goodies.

What’s happening at Rabindra Bhavan » 13th August - Kashmiri Hazarika Kalita (Sattriya Dance) 6:00 PM » 15th August - I-Day program » 16th-17th August - Cultural Program » 18th August - Assam Sahitya Sabha cultural program » 19th-21st August - Darpan Dance Academy (cultural program)

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Catching Up Most shared story of the week Rarely are there incidents in a city like Guwahati where all of the discussion and debate over a cup of tea remains focused on one issue. This week however, Guwahati will discuss the clash between UBER, OLA among other cab services and the Autowalas. GPlus was one of the 1st ones to provide a detailed information on the Uber and Cotton clash. The incident received a huge response on social media slamming the Cottonians for their hooliganism who were involved in the incident leading to vandalism of Public and Private Property. facebook.com/guwahatiplus

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Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture

ituated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati envisions its role in focusing on the indigenous cultures of northeast India. It was in 1993 that the Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture was founded in the city of Guwahati as an entity of the Vivekanada Kendra. However, it was only three years later in 1996 that the institute was moved to its current location. It was Eknathji Ranade, a

social activist and leader, who laid the foundation stone of Vivekanada Kendra in Kanya Kumari where Swami Vivekanada meditated for three consecutive days from December 25 to 27 in the year 1892. VKIC is in the process of trying to understand the cultural issues of various tribes along with holding regular interactions with different communities, organizing periodic lectures, seminars, workshops, discussion, exhibitions and research sessions.

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“Hello People! I am Babul Koch. I am a 23 year old model. I was born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam. I dream to be among the shining stars of the modelling industry. I love swimming, staying fit, meeting new friends and travelling to new places. I believe in hard work, but working hard along with smart work is what will create the rainbow of success. I always keep my faith in God, and I don’t just wish for something whenever I pray; I promise to work really hard to fulfil my wishes. I am a friendly guy who can make others smile too. My Guru is Mr.Prasantt Ghosh, having a keen interest in modelling I started my journey from a male beauty pageant ‘Malestorm 2015’. He has guided and inspired me and to a good start. I have started working hard to stand among the top models in this industry. I love working as a professional model and every time I walk the ramp, I feel like I’ve walked a step towards my goal.

Ka m u r of the week

clash between a group of students of Cotton College and drivers of Uber taxis that began late Thursday night leading to damage of over 40 vehicles has brought Uber taxi services in the Assam capital to a partial halt. This was a serious kamur for Guwahatians as Uber has become a necessity for many in the city especially at nights.

WHAT DID I JUST HEAR?

ontroversy queen Rakhi Sawant wore a little back dress with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photos all over it for an Independence Day event organised for Indians in the US. After her dress became a talking point on social media, Sawant decided to explain why she wore the dress. In a video released online, she said she is proud of what she wore. She said, “I had already shown this dress to some “special” members of the BJP and Amit Shahji’s assistants for approval and I wore the dress only after I got the approval.”

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