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Lead Story

Around 10 lakh voters to decide Ghy LS seat With excitement and expectations running high, the Ghy LS seat is set to mark a record turnout in the upcoming LS Polls and with a bunch of new voters getting ready to cast vote for the first time, it will be a battle to behold.

Mrinmoyee Hazarika

ith the enumeration of 7207 new electors between the age group of 18 to 19 years who are going to cast their votes for the first time to elect their representative from the Guwahati Lok Sabha seat, the political air is going to heat up even more. Out of the total 7207 new teen voters belonging to the four LACs Jalukbari, Dispur, Guwahati East, Guwahati West, 3950 are males and 3257 are females. Among the four LACs, Dispur has the highest number of teen voters with 2752 voters, out of whom 1468 are male and 1284 are female. After Dispur, the Guwahati West LAC comes second with 1743 teen voters. The battle for Delhi from the Guwahati LS seat will also be worth a watch with bated breath since 31762 electorates falling above the age of 19 have been newly enumerated into the four LACs of the Guwahati constituency. Out of the 31762 new electorates above the age of 19 belonging to the Guwahati LAC, 13986 are males and 17776 are females. On the other hand, altogether 969050 electors have been enumerated in the four LACs of Guwahati constituency, out of which 497200 are males, 471803 are female and 47 are from other (transgender) community. Besides, the Guwahati constituency has 5059 number of ‘D’ voters and out of that, 2424 of them are males and 2635 are females who are not being allowed to cast their votes since the tag of ‘D’ voter or doubtful voter is stuck along with their names. There are 503 numbers of service voters (working with army, para military forces etc), enumerated in the Guwahati constituency who can participate in the election with the help of postal ballot or proxy voters. The upcoming LS election has also witnessed a rise of 11.4% in terms of the total number of general electors in the Guwahati LAC. Altogether 869506 electors have been enumerated in the four LACs of the Guwahati constituency for the general elections (Lok Sabha election) held in 2009. But, the voter participation in the 2009 general election in the Guwahati LAC was not satisfactory. Out of the total voters being enumerated in 2009, only 518969 (voter turnout 59.69%) had participated in the LS elections, whereas, the state assembly election held in 2011 had witnessed a turnout of 64.69% of voters in the Gauahti LAC.

Out of the 31762 new electorates above the age of 19 belonging to the Guwahati LAC, 13986 are males and 17776 are females.

ELECTORAL INFORMATION AS ON 06-01-2014 No. & Name of LAC

Total General Electors as on 06-01-2014 Male

Female

Others

Total

Total ‘D’ Voters Male

Female

Service Electors

Total

51-Jalukbari

86625

84646

171279

52-Dispur

174816

163260

338088

1272

1475

2747

285

53-Guwahati East

111568

104892

216476

117

141

258

54-Guwahati West

124191

119005

243207

996

973

1969

Grand total =

497200

471803

969050

2424

2635

5059

503

TOTAL ELECTORS ADDED IN THE RECENT SUMMARY REVISION No. & Name of LAC

Total Elector of age 18-19 years added Male Female Total

Total Electors above 19 years added Male Female Total 5

Total added (Cl.-4+7)

POLLING STATION INFORMATION

51-Jalukbari

953

767

1720

2316

3694

6010

7730

52-Dispur

1468

1284

2752

6194

7419

13613

16365

No. & Name of LAC

No. of Polling Station

53-Guwahati East

537

455

992

2147

2451

4598

5590

51-Jalukbari

208

54-Guwahati West

992

751

1743

3329

4212

7541

9284

52-Dispur

354

Grand total =

3950

3257

7207

13986

17776

31762

38969

53-Guwahati East

239

ELECTORAL INFORMATION OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION-2009

54-Guwahati West

282

Grand total =

1083

VOTER TURNOUT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION-2009 Electors

No. & Name of LAC

Male

Female

Voter Turnout Total

Male

Female

% of Voter Turnout Total

Male

Female

Total

51-Jalukbari

80599

78071

158670

61554

54752

116306

76.28

70.04

73.21

52-Dispur

154973

139308

294281

91176

77280

168456

58.74

55.39

57.15

53-Guwahati East

104393

92353

196746

57159

47362

284762

54.54

50.99

52.87

54-Guwahati West

114190

105619

219809

71193

58493

129686

62.25

55.3

58.91

Total =

454155

415351

869506

281082

237887

518969

61.89

57.27

59.69

INFORMATION OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPER OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION - 2009 No. of Postal Ballot Paper issued

No. of Postal Ballot Paper returned back

No. of Postal Ballot Paper undelivered

51-Jalukbari

52-Dispur

53-Guwahati East

54-Guwahati West

No & Name of LAC

Entitlement for postal ballot paper The following class of electors are entitled for postal ballots:a) Service Voters, other than those who opt for proxy voting (classified Service Voters); b) Special Voters (as declared by the President to hold an office under subsection 4 of section 20 of the Representation Of Peoples act,1950) c) The wives of persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; d) Electors subjected to preventive – detention (jail inmates), e) Voters on election duty; and f) Notified Voters(as notified by the Election Commission of India under clause © of section 60 of the Representation of peoples Act,1951)

Altogether there will be1083 polling stations in the four LACs of Guwahati constituency where voting will take place. Furthermore, the process of ballot voting delivered a poor performance in the 2009 general election for the Guwahati constituency. Altogether, 198 postal ballot papers were issued during 2009 general election in Gauahti LAC and out of them 169 remained undelivered. Only 29 postal ballot papers were returned back.

mrinmoyee.hazarika@g-plus.in

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Lead Story

Guwahati Stock Exchange on the verge of closure The GSE is waiting for its finality and aggravated employees ask SEBI for de-recognition of the bourse.

Mrinmoyee Hazarika

ncorporated on 29th November 1983, the only stock exchange in the entire North eastern region could soon be history any time after SEBI’s (Securities and Exchange Board of India) decision to close down the regional exchanges of the country. Yet, with no specific instructions by the capital markets regulator to exit, the GSE (Guwahati Stock Exchange) is now caught in the middle of nowhere and because of which, the exchange can neither operate nor shut down its shop. “The process of winding up has been going on since the license of the GSE was not renewed from 1st May, 2013. We have applied for renewal of the same in November 2012 in order to keep the exchange operational and do the trading. But so far we have not received any reply from the SEBI. Therefore, with no platform for business for the last one year, we have started the process of winding up,” an official source of the GSE told G Plus. In its circular issued on May 30, 2012, SEBI had issued guidelines for exit options for derecognised or non-performing stock exchanges.

The exit policy was with a purpose to shutdown nonperforming stock exchanges and to provide chance to eligible listed with these stock exchanges to get listed with other stock exchanges where trading for these companies take place. “As per SEBI guidelines, any regional stock exchange across the country will have to show net worth of `100 crore by May 2014 and annual trading turnover of `1000 crore by May, 2015 which is not at all possible for us. In fact, that much of turnover is not possible for exchanges like Kolkata stock exchange as well,” the source rued. In its effort to revive the bourse, the members of GSE had suggested to the government to consider and grant the Northeastern region, comprising of eight states, a special preference and to keep the only stock exchange operational for the sake of the local and small investors. Because, it is not possible for each and every investor, especially the small ones, to trade in BSE (Bombay stock exchange) or NSE (National stock exchange). But so far, no such assurance has been issued on the part of the government.

“For the bureaucrats, India ends at Delhi and Mumbai and sometimes it extends up to Chennai. They don’t want to look into the causes of the other regions. Therefore, instead of keeping us hanging in the middle, we have asked for voluntary derecognition. In spite of our repeated requests, we have not received any notifications of license renewal or exit or derecognition,” the source said. During the fiscal year of 201112, GSE registered a total turnover of `906 crore and the following year (2012-13) witnessed a total turnover of `797.9 crore. GSE had listed 204

companies and out of those, 117 were listed exclusively. Towards the end, altogether 47 brokers were registered with GSE. Remembering its glory days, the officials of GSE had mentioned that there was a time when it had to apply for additional capacity of trading licenses in order to control the heavy rush of the investors. GSE was earning quite well too but, it all stopped after the SEBI guidelines. “The 12 member managing committee of GSE is being dissolved and a 6 member managing committee consisting of only the members of GSE has been put in place. Currently,

there are 4 permanent staff working in GSE, which had once more than 30 in its heyday,” a GSE official said. Some have even sniffed conspiracy behind the shutting down of regional stock exchanges. “It is clearly evident that big companies and corporates have left no stone unturned to make their presence felt even more in the market. In the absence of the regional exchanges, it would be tough for small and local companies to list themselves in BSE and NSE. Even, the local individuals have shied away from investing their money, because they do not have huge money to buy shares of big companies. In addition, the strict guidelines of SEBI are also responsible for shunning small investors away. Now, only the individuals with huge capital and big companies can remain in the market,” another source at GSE said. Whatever be the reasons for this shut down, it is sad that the city is on the verge of losing its stock exchange and that too at a time when local entrepreneurship is on the rise. But then everything goes through changes and who knows what the future holds!

mrinmoyee.hazarika@g-plus.in

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

City

Fatasil Ambari Ps Records Almost 100% Disposal Rate rahul chanda

espite the state government’s claims of maintaining law and order across Assam, the number of crime cases has always been on the rise. Guwahati, being the capital and the gateway to the northeast too, sees various crimes every year. Reviewing the case statistics of various police stations in the city, G Plus, this week reviews the Fatasal Ambari police station.

Cases registered and disposed in 2013 Sl No

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16

Head wise crime

Murder Arson Kidnapping women/girls Other kidnapping Dacoity Robbery Burglary Rape Dowry Death Torture Cheating Extortion Theft (General) Auto theft (a) 2 Wheeler (b) 3 Wheeler (c) 4 Wheeler Other IPC Other Act Total

Cases disposed Cases registered Final report Charge Sheet

4 7 30 37 0 10 26 9 7 28 21 2 32 42 2 8 683 9 957

It is pretty impressive that the disposal rate of the police station is almost meeting the registration rate. There were a total of 957 cases registered, out of which 918 cases were successfully disposed off. The final report for 617 cases was filed whereas 301 cases were charge sheeted. There were various crimes registered in 2013 and crimes like kidnapping, theft and burglary topped the charts. There were 67 cases of kidnapping, 84 cases of theft and 26 cases of burglary registered. There were some other heinous crimes too reported and registered in the police station.

Heinous crimes

According to sources in the police, there is a rise in the number of heinous crimes like rape and murder in the area. In 2013, four cases of murder and nine cases of rape were registered in the police station out of which all 13 cases were disposed off successfully. The final report for two murder cases and three rape cases were filed, and two murder cases and six rape cases were charge sheeted. There were also 28 cases of torture registered. Heinous crime is always a concern and no matter how decent the disposal rate is, but if an area is haunted by heinous crimes like rape and murder

2 6 31

2 1 22

0 8 20 3 4 10 17 2 94

0 2 6 6 3 18 4 23

Cases registered and disposed in 2014 (January and February) 413 7 617

204 2 301

There were 67 cases of kidnapping, 84 cases of theft and 26 cases of burglary registered. There were some other heinous crimes too reported and registered in the police station. then the credibility of the area police station is questioned.

The cheaters

According to Fatasil Police Station police officials, everyday there is some complain on land disputes and cheating. The police source said, “We try our best to bar any crime in the area, but in the recent past we have noticed that there is a sudden rise in the cases of land dispute and cheating.” On enquiring about the reason behind the increase of such cases, the source added, “There are huge num-

Sl No

Head wise crime

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Murder Arson Kidnapping women/girls Other kidnapping Dacoity Robbery Burglary Dowry death Rape Torture Rioting Cheating Criminal Breach of Trust Extortion Theft (General) Auto Theft (a) 2 Wheeler (b) 3 Wheeler (c) 4 Wheeler Other IPC Other Act Total

17 18

Cases disposed Cases registered Final report Charge Sheet

bers of immigrants in the city from various places, and there are also some labour class people who come to the city looking for jobs. There are cases registered where these labours make false promises to people about certain services and works, take advance payment and run away with the money.” Similarly, by forging papers too

1 1 19 11 0 1 7 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 10 5 0 0 136 0 201

0 0 12

0 0 3

0 1 13 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 20

105 0 161

29 0 43

0 1 2 0 3 1 0 4

people sell pieces of land illegally. Later, the buyer gets to know that the land belongs to someone else. So, people are getting conned by immigrants, frauds who sale land illegally. In a unique case, a city based businessman who runs a business of supplying labour to some construction sites in other states had hired some labours in Guwahati who claimed to be

from Boko. The businessman made an advance payment of `2 Lakhs and told them to reach Mumbai. He kept the identity certificates of the labours, but the labours did not reach Mumbai. After two days, he filed a complaint at Fatasil Ambari police station. The cops reached Boko searching for the labours but discovered that the labours had flown to Bangladesh. Similarly, there are many other cases where the accused commit the crime in the city and fly away to neighbouring countries.

New Year

In just two months, the Fatasil Ambari police station registered 201 cases. If we assume that the crime rate has remained the same for the entire year, then 2014 will register somewhere around 1200 cases. Kidnapping again topped the chart as 30 cases of kidnapping were registered in just a time period of two months. There was also one murder case, 15 theft cases, 4 cheating and 5 criminal breach of trust cases registered within two months. So, the area seems to have a good numbers of cheaters. The disposal rate may look decent but the registration rate of various cases is a matter of concern. The Fatasil Ambari police station witnesses all kind of cases and even heinous crimes get registered. So, in spite of claiming to solve cases at a speedy rate, the station should work in such a way that there is less number or zero cases registered. When will the area become crime free?

rahul.chanda@g-plus.in

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

NOTA o ne

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Is it practical?

The upcoming elections will for the first time, allow voters to reject candidates with the none of the above option. But will it make a difference? ARUP SAIKIA

his Lok Sabha Polls, the electors are going to cast their votes with an added preference after the introduction of the right to reject or “none of the above” (NOTA) option in the voting machines and the ballot papers. But, how many of us are aware about this preference and are going to use this option in case none of the candidates in fray are of our liking. Above all, is NOTA a practical option for the voters? Will it help to change our current political system? These are some questions, which have remained unanswered till now. The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment passed on September 27, 2013 directed the Election Commission of India to provide a button on the voting machines to allow voters to reject all candidates contesting an election in a constituency. The apex court observed that negative voting will force the political parties to field clean candidates in the elections and will also foster purity and vibrancy in elections. Reading out the judgment on September 27, 2013, Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam said, “Democracy is all about choices and voters will be empowered by this right of negative voting. Negative voting will send a clear signal to political parties and candidates as to what the voters think about them.” NOTA made its debut in the elections for five state assemblies namely Delhi, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram held in December last year. It made a notable impact as more than 15 lakh people exercised the option in the four out of the five states that went to assemble polls on December 2013. Although just 1.31% of the total 11.53 crore voters used the option, in absolute numbers, even the small percentage made a huge dent in the prospects of political parties. In Delhi assembly polls, 49,730 voters opted for NOTA, in Chattisgarh, around 3.56 lakh voters opted for NOTA while in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, 5.9 lakh and 5.67 lakh voters respectively pressed the NOTA button on voting machines.

Till the introduction of the NOTA, if a voter goes to a polling booth and does not want to vote for any candidate, he can sign a register and come out. That violates the right of secret ballot. However, till now there is no provision to count the votes casted in favour of NOTA as such, practically, NOTA will have no impact in the result of the election. Activists have proposed that if more than 50 per cent of those who vote NOTA, there should be a reelection in that constituency. However, the Supreme Court had dismissed a petition seeking direction to the Election Commission to hold a re-poll in a constituency when 50% or more voters vote for ‘NOTA’ (None of the Above), rejecting all candidates. The apex court had observed that it was for the parliament to amend the Representation of People Act for the election panel to take such a course. On the other hand, the Election

Commission also clarified that if the number of electors who had utilised the NOTA (none of the above candidates) option in the EVM/Ballot paper exceeded the votes polled by any of the candidates, the candidate with the highest number of votes would be declared the winner.

Only 120 Winners in 2009 general elections secured 50% or more of total votes polled Elections to the Lok Sabha are carried out using the first-past-thepost electoral system. Under this system, the candidate securing the majority votes of the total votes polled is declared elected, irrespective of percentage of total votes polled or the total number of eligible voters. In the General Elections 2009, out

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Democracy is all about choices and voters will be empowered by this right of negative voting. Negative voting will send a clear signal to political parties and candidates as to what the voters think about them”

of 543 Lok Sabha seats, the candidates who secured 50% won 120 seats or more of the total votes polled in their respective constituencies. This meant that of the remaining 423 seats (nearly 78 % of total 543 seats); the winning candidates could not secure 50% of total votes polled. Now, with the introduction of NOTA option in the LS polls for the first time, It is believed that the number of candidates securing less than 50% of total votes polled may go up compared to the last general elections. However, it is believed that NOTA will make its presence felt mainly in the urban LS constituencies, while the rural and semi rural constituencies will witness the conventional way of exercising the franchise. In 2009 LS polls, out of 42 Lok Sabha Seats in West Bengal, half of the seats were won by candidates securing 50% or more of the total votes polled, number-wise the highest among all states. Rajasthan had 15 such winners out of 25 Lok Sabha seats, which meant every third out of five successful candidates from the state got 50% or more of the votes polled. Not far behind was the state of Maharashtra, where 10 successful contestants got 50% or more of total votes polled. Uttar Pradesh though came fourth with nine such winners and percentage wise, only one out of ten successful candidates got victory with this margin, given that the total number of Lok Sabha seats in the state is 80. Following Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala both had 8 winners who got 50% or more of the total votes. Out of the 42 seats in Andhra Pradesh, only one winner could get as many votes to win with such margin. Amid states with ten or more Lok Sabha seats, Jharkhand was the only state where none of the winners could get 50% or more of total votes polled. Apart from Jharkhand, states/ UTs like Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Puducherry had no winners who could get as many votes. In Delhi, six out of seven MPs won with 50% or more votes.

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Politicking

GUWAHATI LOK SABHA MPs Then And Now rahul chanda

t is election time and everybody is eager to know who will represent them in the Lok Sabha. The city of Guwahati is an upcoming metro, and the person representing the city means a lot to the place politically. Just like always, there are many candidates from various political parties in fray for the seat. So when people decide to choose the representatives, various factors play an important role - who is from which party; Is he/she a first timer; what work has he/she done for the society and so on! Previously too, there were MPs representing the area in the Lok Sabha. This week, G Plus lists down all the MPs of Guwahati since India’s independence.

Constituency Mix

The Guwahati Constituency consists of 10 Legislative Assembly Constituency (LAC).

The constituencies are as follows:

• Dudhnoi • Boko • Chhaygaon • Palasbari • Jalukbari • Dispur • Guwahati East • Guwahati West • Hajo • Barkhetri

The Start

There are a total of 14 MPs selected from this Constituency till date. In 1951, the first MP was selected from the Guwahati Constituency for the first time and the candidate was Rohini Kumar Chaudhury who was representing Indian National Congress (INC).

Present scenario

Like the past, even this time there are many candidates in the fray and the major competition seems to be between the sitting BJP MP Bijoya Chakravorty and Akon Bora’s son Manas Bora who got a Congress ticket for the first time. AGP has fielded Biren Baishya and first timer AAP has fielded Pranjal Bordoloi. AIUDF is still to announce its candidate but according

“

Our past MPs are hardly seen being active in the Parliament, raising questions and issues. Even if they do, they are hardly heard or noticed. I am confused whom to vote for as I barely understand politics”

Name

Party

Tenure

The victory

Late Rohini Kumar Chaudhury

Congress

1951-56

As a winner, Rohini Kumar Chaudhury got a total of 96122 votes. Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury from Socialist Party was the runner up and got a total no of 72553 votes. The margin of votes was 23569 which were 11.63% of total valid votes.

DN Sarma

Congress

1956-57 (By polls)

Hem Barua

Praja Socialist Party

1957-62

Hem Barua, who was also a famous poet of Assam, won the election battle. As a winner Hem Barua got 143497 votes. Devendra Nath Sarma, candidate of Indian National Congress (INC) was runner up and he got a total 96624 votes. The margin of votes was 46873 (19.52% of total valid votes).

Hem Barua

Praja Socialist Party

1962-67

As a candidate of Praja Socialist Party (PSP), he got 133812 votes and again won while Tirtha Nath Sarma from Indian National Congress (INC) was the runner up and got 101750 votes. The margin was 32062, which was 11.96% of total valid votes. After this Lok Sabha session Hem Barua moved to Mangaldai constituency and became first MP from that constituency.

D Kalita

Communist Party of India

1967-71

The 4th Lok Sabha election was held on 15th Feb 1967. Candidate from Communist Part of India (CPI) D. Kalita got 90208 votes and won the elections. His rival RD Barkakati, candidate of Indian National Congress (INC) got 88658 votes. The winning margin was just 1550 (0.59% of total valid votes).

Dinesh Chandra Goswami

Congress

1971-77

In the 5th Lok Sabha elections, there were six candidates in fray. Dinesh Chandra Goswami defeated Dhireswar Kalita of Communist Part of India (CPI). Goswami got 140483 votes while his rival Kalita got 44482 votes. The margin of votes was 96001 (43.40% of total valid votes).

Renuka Devi Barkataki

Bharatiya Lok Dal

1977-85

The battle was between Renuka Devi Barkataki (BLD) and Dinesh Chandra Goswami (INC). Barkataki got 149255 votes while Goswami got 112815 votes. Renuka Devi Barkataki won with a margin of 36440 votes.

Dinesh Goswami

Independent

1985-91

The 8th Lok Sabha elections were held on 16th December 1985. Dinesh Goswami, who was independent candidate got 428013 votes and defeated Bhagaban Lahkar from Indian National Congress (INC) who got 124507 votes. Dinesh Goswami won by a huge margin of votes which was 303506 (43.20% of total valid votes).

Kirip Chaliha

Congress

1991-96

As a 8th MP of Guwahati constituency, Kirip Chaliha from INC was elected as a winner. He got a total 169628 votes while his rival Asfaf Ali, candidate of Natun Asom Gana Parishad (NAGP) got 124823 votes.

Prabin Chandra Sarmah

Asom Gana Parishad

1996-98

Prabin Chandra Sarmah of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) contested with Bhubneshwar Kalita (INC). Prabin Chandra Sarmah got 372833 votes while Kalita managed to get only 258436 votes.

Bhubaneshwar Kalita

Congress

1998-99

Last time runner up Bhubaneswar Kalita (INC) was the winner of this session. There were total 7 contestants. The polling was held on 16th Feb 1998. Kalita (INC) got 285482 votes and Manoranjan Goswami from BJP got only 157309 votes. The winning margin of vote was 128173 (22.25% of total valid votes).

Bijoya Chakravorty

Bharatiya Janata Party

1999-2004

Bijoya Chakravarty from BJP was the winner of the 13th Lok Sabha election. As a winner, she got 384771 votes while her rival Bhubaneswar Kalita(INC) got 309533 votes. In this session there were 10 contestants including 3 female members.

Kirip Chaliha

Congress

2004-2009

In this session, the famous singer of India as well as Assam, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was a contestant. He was a candidate of BJP. Kirip Chaliha of Indian National Congress (INC) won this time and he got 353250 votes while Dr. Hazarika got 292099 votes.

Bijoya Chakravorty

Bharatiya Janata Party

2009-2014

Bijoya Chakravarty was the winner this time. She is current MP of Guwahati and as a BJP candidate she got 496047 votes while runner up Capt. Robin Bordoloi got 484192 votes. The margin was 11855 votes. There were total 12 candidates in fray including 2 female members. The polling was held on 23rd Apr 2009.

to sources there might be an alliance between Congress and AIUDF which is compelling the perfume tycoon Badrudin Ajmal’s party to refrain from announcing its candidate. As the polls in Guwahati are scheduled to be held on 24th April, the nominations will be filed by April 7th. So, the final phase of Assam’s polling will see Guwahati candidates combating on April 24th.

Who will you vote for?

Till the last moment of pressing the button of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), the voters somehow are mostly confused about who do they will choose as their representative. Unless and until one firmly follows a political party and its ideology, it’s confusing for the general public to decide on someone as their representative. There are many options in every election to choose from and because of the politicos’ negligence towards the people after they win, people find it difficult to whom to opt for. But what are people thinking of this time? A 22-year-old city voter who got registered as a voter only this year, feels that Guwahati does not have a proper leader yet to represent the people in the Lok Sabha. He said, “Our past MPs are hardly seen being active in the Parliament, raising questions and issues. Even if they do, they are hardly heard or noticed. I am confused whom to vote for as I barely understand politics and people’s view about different candidates differ from each other. I seriously want to vote for someone who is reliable and approachable even after becoming the MP as in Guwahati; even meeting the MLA is a rigorous affair.” Another 38-year-old housewife is confident that she will choose the NOTA option as according to her, there is no eligible leader to represent the city in national politics. She said, “I have been voting for a particular candidate since the last 10 years but I did not like the way that person works after being selected as an MP. I am so annoyed by the entire state politics that I have decided not to vote for anyone and this way I will be doing my duty as a citizen and also be happy for not choosing a wrong person.” Similarly, there are various thoughts which rule a voter’s mind and decides on whom to choose as the representative becomes a challenge for the public. May 16th will let us know what people thought of and who the winner is but till then, even we are restricted to do an opinion poll as the model code of conduct does not allow us to do so. Whoever is your choice, don’t forget to vote if you are an eligible voter.

rahul.chanda@g-plus.in

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

In The News

THE WEEK THAT WAS

City police collects 800 firearms from licensed holders

ore than 800 firearms have been collected by the city police since the election dates were declared. The Election Commission of India has directed to the state police to procure arms from the licence holders. According to the norms, the district administration and police should make a detailed assessment of all the licence holders individually so that licensed arms could also be impounded for the sake of a free and fair election. Police sources said in the city alone there are almost 1,200 licensed firearms in the hands of several industrialists, sports personalities, businessman, politicians and private security agencies. Nine mm and 7.62mm pistols are common. The district administration is liable to make full proof arrangements to keep the deposited guns in safe custody.

Assam athletes shine in National Athletics Championship

n the recently held National Athletics Championship, organized by Special Olympics, Bharat, Assam bagged six gold and three silver medals. The event was organised at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, New Delhi, which ended on March 15. Altogether 11 players from Assam participated in the championship. The schools which participated in the event were Shishu Sarothi, Ashadeep and Asha School, Narengi. Hirakjyoti Barman and Aminul Haque of Shishu Sarothi won gold and silver medals respectively in 25 metre running. Aminul Haque also bagged a gold medal in soft ball throw. More than 600 athletes from 26 states participated in the championship.

CJM Kamrup rejects Akhil’s bail plea

he court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M), has rejected the bail petition of KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi on March 25 in connection with three cases and remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. The leader was produced in court in connection with the cases registered at Khetri and Bharalumukh police stations. “In the Bharalumukh case, the court rejected Akhil’s bail plea and sent him to judicial custody. In the Khetri cases, Akhil will be produced in the court of the Kamrup district and sessions judge on April 27 for trial,” his lawyer, Bijan Mahajan said. The high court granted bail to Akhil and his other associates - Debendra Nath Sarma, Ibrahim Ali, Norul Islam, Gajendra Baishya and Hareswar Kalita who were arrested on March 2 in four cases but the police had pleaded before the court to show he has been arrested in the three cases as well. The police, in an affidavit in the court of the Kamrup (M) CJM earlier this month, had stated there are 26 cases pending against Akhil and his associates. There are no non-bailable charges against the six persons, except the three cases for which bail applications will be filed in the high court. The court instructed the jail authorities to provide proper treatment to Akhil as he was suffering from spinal ailments and if required, he should be transferred to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.

Judicial meet held on child Statue of Sahityarathi unveiled rights

n a bid of better implementation of the laws meant for child rights, including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, a two day consultation was organised by the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, and UNICEF on March 22 and 23. The state government last year had issued a notification designating the court of district and sessions judge in each judicial district, as special courts to try offences under the act. Special public prosecutors were also appointed for the purpose. Assam became the second state after Goa to set up children’s courts, especially for cases related to child rights violations and crimes against children. Judges from Calcutta and Gauhati High Courts will attend as resource persons to talk about the guidelines and the issues in the trial cases related to children.

at Gauhati University

sam Sahitya Sabha president Imran Shah unveiled the life-size statue of Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa in the New Academic Building complex of Gauhati University on March 26. The statue has been sculpted by noted artist Benu Mishra with the help of 15 sculptors of Mirza area. Shah said that Bezbaroa set an example of selfreliance and he created a very powerful language to express his thoughts using the elements of ancient literature, history, idioms, etc. Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, former president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha Sahityacharyya Mahim Bora said that Bezbaroa will continue to command respect of the Assamese people till Assamese nationality survives. Apart from the GU Assamese Department’s Annual Research Journal Anweshvan, which was published as Bezbaroa issue this time, the reprints of Lakshminath Bezbaroa: The Sahityarathi of Assam and The Religion of Love and Devotion of Lakshminath Bezbaroa, Adhunik Asamiya Sahityar Aitijya aru Lakshminath Bezbaroa, Lakshminath Bezbaroar Bhasa were also released at the function.

NHPC and IIT Guwahati to organise reflux

HPC and the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati will be organizing the second edition of its Annual Symposium, Reflux. With the vision of “Cleaner Energy, Greener Tomorrow”, the theme of the second edition is “Ignition beyond Convention”. The symposium is going to be held on 29th and 30th March. Reflux has organized the Earth Hour Awareness Campaign in the Guwahati city in association with WWF. Reflux will host events like lecture series, exhibitions and panel discussion. One of the prime mottos of the festival is to find new energy sources to meet the increasing demand for energy. Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan Awardee Dr. Manmohan Sharma will be one of the esteemed speakers. The symposium will also organize scientific workshops, competitions such as paper and poster presentation, process design problem, green tech and the quiz. Despite being a departmental festival, the events are tailored to attract a wide range of participants from a variety of fields like biotechnology, chemistry and mechanical engineering.

SFI stir against faulty grade system Protesting against the introduction of faulty evaluation system and semester system in graduate and postgraduate courses, the Gauhati University unit of SFI staged a demonstration at the university premises on March 26. According to the students, the current evaluation system of the university is too perplexed to understand which has landed many students in trouble and hence, immediate changes are needed. “Because of the faulty evaluation system, a few universities have rejected mark sheets of Gauhati University pass outs when they applied for higher courses,” said Sangita Das, the president of the students’ union. According to AASU president Shankar Prasad Roy, the university authorities should upgrade the grade system of evaluation and place it at par with the international standards and other top-ranking educational institutions of the country. “Even a section of teachers is opposed to the new evaluation system,” said Kashyap Choudhury, the president of the student union.

City school hosts the biggest chess tournament

he 1st RGS International Rating Chess Tournament (below 2200) was held at the Royal Global School, from March 23. Altogether 228 players from across the country, including 5 players from Sri Lanka and Nepal respectively have participated in this mega event organised by the Assam Chess Club and Guwahati Chess Association (GCA). The 6 day event was inaugurated by Ashutosh Agnihotri, Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup (M), in the presence of AK Pasari, Chairman Royal Global School, Mridul Mahanta, president, GCA, Arup Mukhopadhyay, principal Royal Global School. Altogether `501500 is at stake as prize money in the 10-round Swiss event.

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Ward Watch

BAGHORBORI

DETACHED FROM CITY DEVELOPMENT Shubhojit Roy

s soon as you cross the historical museum, the Sankardev Kalakshetra and take a left from the Baghorbori Tinali, you enter the Baghorbori-Satgaon Road and witness one of the most dilapidated roads in Guwahati city. The road is too graveled, too dusty and too disease prone. While moving deeper inside Baghorbori road, one can see the road condition getting worse from bad. However, you see some drain construction going on somewhere down the road, but it doesn’t look like any reconstruction or renovation; it looks like a freshly started project. So, the question is what have the authorities being doing for so long, while the rest of the city had already taken steps to initiate development? Howsoever, the road isn’t even less busy, but on the contrary, it’s a major connecting road between Panjabari and Satgaon. For a deeper analysis on the inside story, G Plus went ahead and talked to the locals in the area.

Everything needs fixing! While talking to one Meena Das from the locality, we got to know that Baghorbori suffers from almost every aspect of urban and civic problems. Well, the road condition is very visibly poor and the dustiness adds to the breathing problem for even the healthy people. “There is no drinking water supply. Water logging is a major problem during rainy season. The entire road is graveled and there is no construction work going on whatsoever. Furthermore, the area suffers from major voltage fluctuation problems; the transformer has been placed after much agitation by the residents, but supply has not reached our homes yet”, lambasted Meena, a housewife living in the locality for past 11 years.

Major Issues

Un-pitched Roads/ Dust

No. of Voters

31,000

Sub- Division

31A/ 31B/ 31C

Concentrated Region

Baghorbori, Satgaon PWD Road bad roads, we reached the house of Pankaj Sonowal, a tax inspector living in the locality. Pankaj told us how the dusty roads affect the school going kids of the locality and how the authorities are least concerned. “The lack of rain has resulted in such hazardous pollution for us. The entire PWD road from Panjabari to Satgaon is affected by pollution. It’s so much more deadly for the young kids. But then when the rain arrives, we will start having water logging problem. Our problems seem never ending”, said Pankaj.

Roads are a major Construction concern worker’s faith While during the traffic rush hour, the dust cloud is so dense that one can hardly see across 20 metre distance. The scene is more like any wintery foggy day, but rather an extremely harmful one and not at all natural. It’s highly disease prone for the young and the old. Struggling through smog and

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Moving further ahead inside the Baghorbori path, we reach the Saneki path area where some drain construction work is going on. There, we happened to find a construction worker named Sarat Chandra Talukdar who told us about the ongoing project. “It’s been a month or so that we

started with the project, I think it was February 20th to be appropriate. We have a team of around 100 labours who are camping nearby. We are currently working on the drainage system and once it is done, we will move onto road construction,” Sarat told G Plus. When asked about when the project is expected to be finished, Sarat replies that such a project usually takes 3-4 years as rain will hamper the work on certain days. Sarat is currently working under Tejpal Singh, as mentioned by him.

Joining the evening chat Strolling further into the Baghorbori Path, G Plus joined a group of people chatting over the frustration of road condition. It was already getting dark, and the mosquitoes joined us too. So, our first question was, “Didn’t they spread any DDT medicine in the locality to get rid of the mosquitoes?” The answer came, “No, never!”

The major pertaining issues of the locality were discussed. “You saw the road condition right? it’s been like this for over 12 years,” said frustrated A. Hussain from the group. On asking about other issues, M.R. Pradhani, a businessman mentioned about the water logging problems and pleaded the government to provide boats during the rainy season, if they can’t find an absolute solution. “Do come here during rainy season, you will find knee length water. It’s more dangerous because you can’t see if you are stepping on the road under water or on any open pot hole. The schools are closed during the rainy season and it affects our children’s education. If the government can’t fix our road and drains in time, tell them to provide us with boatways,” smashed Pradhani in clear frustration. In the meantime, we also came to know that the garbage collecting carts under GMC charges `50 from each house every month. “We need to pay `50 to the waste collectors of GMC every month. Ain’t it supposed to be free?”

asks Gulzar Khan, an electrician in the locality.

Councilor Speaks According to Sapan Das, the ward councilor of Ward No- 31, the road construction was done thrice in three installments. “The road was repaired thrice under three installments in previous years. However, the road construction project got a fresh start from the PWD department and is expected to be finished in due time”, Sapan Das told G Plus. Baghorbori path is undoubtedly in a very pathetic condition due to its roads and it seems like it’s been in such a condition from a very long time and no one really cared to fix it or beautify it. Even being a part of one of the fastest developing city in the country, Baghorbori path looks like being completely ignored. The authorities need to act fast and act now!

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Business

Guwahati airport privatisation deferred for time being SHAMBHAVI

he model code of conduct has saved Guwahati airport from the privatisation, which the civil aviation ministry the initiated. Guwahati was among the six airports, which were chosen to be privatised. Civil aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa said during a programme recently that the Election Commission has told the ministry to stop the privatisation of the airports. “The privatisation will now be taken up postelections.” Apart from Chennai and Kolkata, the airports which were to be privatised included Jaipur, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow. The privatisation has been stoutly resisted by the workers. In October, a draft of the model concession agreement formulated by the Planning Commission was rejected by the ministry of civil aviation. The Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture headed by CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury had also opposed the privatisation and recommended that instead of privatising the airports, state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) should form a subsidiary or a special purpose vehicle to grant management contracts to entities having expertise in the field. Guwahati airport is the ninth biggest airport in terms of traffic. The airport has 95 movements per day (this

The Parliamentary panel has remarked that slashing of Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) budgetary support will hit the airport development programme in Northeast India.

includes 42 scheduled departures and landing). The Parliamentary panel has remarked that slashing of Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) budgetary support will hit the airport development programme in Northeast India. The budget from airports of the region is systematically slashed. The department related parliamentary standing committee has, in its recently submitted report stated

that budgetary support in the form of Grants-in-aid provided to AAI in annual plan 2013-14 is `2 Crore, Out of this, `32 Crores has been earmarked for the project at Pakyong (Sikkim) in the North Eastern Region and the balance amount of `10 crores for construction of new terminal building including apron at Tirupati airport. The Committee found that the AAI was allocated a budgetary support of `280 crores for the year 2012-

13 while it has been reduced to `42 crores in 2013-14. Out of this, `3200 crore is exclusively for development works at airports in Pakyong and Tirupati. The Committee was informed that AAI’s requirement for various projects under Grant-in-Aid Schemes is to the tune of `460.21 crores and it feels that such a drastic cut in budgetary support for the airport infrastructure developer of the country will defi-

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nitely slow down the ongoing projects especially in North-Eastern Region. The Committee hopes that necessary funds will be allocated to AAI at the revised estimate stage so that its ongoing as well as future projects are not delayed for want of funds. The Committee finds that the spending pattern of Plan funds has been poor during 2012-13, which needs a lot of improvement. Slow progress in the case of North Eastern Region projects is a cause of concern and the Committee recommends the Ministry to take necessary steps urgently to finalise/approve these Plan schemes at the earliest to spend the allocated funds during the current year. Union minister of State for Civil Aviation, K.C. Venugopal recently stated that at present, scheduled air services are available at nine airports in the NE Region viz. Agartala, Lengpui (Aizawl), Bagdogra, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat and Silchar. In addition, Lilabari, Shillong and Tezpur are also operational airports but scheduled flights are not operating from these airports at present. The Shillong airport in Meghalaya is an operational airport but at present, no commercial operations are taking place from this airport. AAI has constructed a new terminal building at Barapani (Shillong) airport with an allocation of `28.27 crores in the 11th Five Year Plan. The work commenced in June 2009 and was completed in May 2010 at a cost of `29.70 crores. There is a proposal for expansion and modernisation of Shillong airport and `75.65 crores has been earmarked for this project in the 12th Five Year Plan. Move is on to develop at least eight airports in Northeast India with Greenfield airports coming up in Sikkim and in Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. Northeast India has 23 airports out of which 12 are operational. Several non-operational airports are expected to be developed by the 12th plan period.

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Society

The Silent Appeal subhrajit roy

Guwahatians witnessed the first ever National Mime Festival in the city recently where humour and social message ran parallel with each other.

man begging for food on the city streets represents a bitter reality of our society. The neglected beggar visualises all the to and fro happenings around him, but remains quiet. The situation forces him to carry on his search for food in a dustbin, where he finds a newborn child. Such a brutal act made him utter for mercy to the almighty. Supporting this, a popular number by the Colonial Cousins in the background made the fluid movements of the beggar more vivid finally telling the truth that ‘Humanity is above all religion’. Mime artist Bijit Kumar Das performed the piece named ‘The Real Society’ in the recently held 1st National Mime Festival in Guwahati and held the spectators spellbound

to rethink about the reality. In connection with the World Mime Day (March 22), the birth anniversary of legendary French mime exponent Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), the city celebrated the 1st National Mime Festival at the Rabindra Bhawan on March 22-24, 2014. Organised by the Mime Academy, Guwahati in association with Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and the Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Assam, mime artists, both locals as well as from Rajasthan and West Bengal, presented their creative pieces in this three-day gala event. In this ‘art of silence,’ the artists with their faces painted white, portrayed different human emotions clubbed with social issues. On the inaugural day, the students of the Mime Academy, under the leadership of Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee Moinul Haque, brought to the spectators various burning issues through their different acts. The issue of medical negligence was also visible in the act named ‘Health Centre.’ The act ‘Hunger’ spoke about the atrocities among different religions, followed by the pain of hunger, which dilutes all such differences. On one side, the act named ‘TRP’ raised the issue of unhealthy competition among television channels to increase the viewership, while on the other hand the illegal immigration from Bangladesh to Assam and its aftermath was visible in the piece named ‘Intrusion’. The over expectation of parents and the present day academic system were questioned in the act ‘America America’. The solo performances of Moinul Haque included ‘Moinul as Balloonwala’, ‘Moinul and the dog’, ‘Moinul in Buffet’ and the most popular ‘Moinul as Boxing Champion’. Though all these items acted and directed by Moinul Haque were presented several times earlier too on this very

In this ‘art of silence,’ the artists with their faces painted white, portrayed different human emotions clubbed with social issues platform, but in this festive atmosphere, the staging of these acts again with finesse, added more flavour. The live music by Ratan Das was also an added advantage in making all these stories alive on stage. The second day of the festival presented the performances of various artists outside Assam. Veteran couple Vilas Janve and Kiran Janve from Udaipur, Rajasthan enthralled the spectators with their acts comprising of emotions of thrill, motherhood as well as greed. The couple dedicated their performances to Rabindranath Tagore by enacting two of his poems. In the hilarious act named ‘Cinema Cinema’ Vilas Janve portrayed the different shades of excitements visible in the body language of a Cine buff. Similarly, Kalpataru Guha from Amiya Memorial Creative Art, Asansol, West Bengal, brought the flavour of live cricketing actions on stage through his mime act. Atanu Mukherjee from the same institute characterised the haunting

moments of a tiger and that of a deer to get rescue. The transitions and synchronization in the act by Atanu were commendable. In spite of him being hearing impaired, both the artists proved their perseverance in their acts. Another artist from West Bengal, Saswata Biswas, played the characters of Balloon vendor, milkman and dentist. The concluding day of the festival showcased the directorial presentations by two students of Moinul Haque. Apart from the solo performance ‘The Real Society’, Bijit Kumar Das presented ‘Lord Krishna’ under the banner of his troupe ‘Third Theatre’. Similarly, Pranjal Gogoi of ‘Nisabda’, staged ‘Sabka Sapna Money Money,’ where he raised issues like corruption, religious superstations and attacks on the weaker sections in the society.

In this satire, he targeted the political as well as the academic system, through various Bollywood numbers. Though humour has been an integral part of mime acts, but all raised the issues with which a common man can connect. Over the last three decades, silent crusader Moinul Haque has been contributing a lot in the cultural arena of the state through his creative art and is hopeful to organise such national festivals every year with the same international dimension as well. Many unuttered things about our society were spoken about in the festival in the guise of entertainment. Though many of the acts were just comedy, many others were expected to serve as eye-openers. Above all, the Silent Appeal of the artists, which got reflected on stage projects the success of the initiative.

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Sports

Understanding

local football

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ers to initiate the tournament and 5,00,000 if any foreign team is included. However, the Asian Football Confederation has accepted Bordoloi Trophy under its wing on completion of its 63rd year.

The local football scenario is not encouraging but the region seems to have enough talent and potential to meet not only national but international standards too.

Making of the players

ootball, the 90-minute on-field sporting extravaganza for pride and glory is the most cherished game worldwide. It is a game of determination, integrity and absolute adrenaline rush. Speaking about the local football scenario or even so the national status of football, India holds 154th position as per updated March ratings of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). India has seen an utter shrink since the 1960’s Rome Olympics and 1962’s Asian Games gold medal under the leadership of then Captain Chuni Goswami. So, the question is what resulted in such degradation and how important is Assam football to the country? G Plus found out how the league structure works and what hinders the growth.

DIVISIONS & TEAMS SUPER DIVISION TEAMS

DIVISION A TEAMS

DIVISION B TEAMS

DIVISION C TEAMS

Green Valley FC

Assam Police Blues

Abutani SC

Deepor FC

NF Railway SC

Gauhati Town Club

Jewel Star Club

Guwahati Metro Club

GSA League structure

Navajyoti Club

SAI SC

Young Amateur Club

Ankurjyoti Club

The Guwahati Sports Association League is distributed into four divisions with 8 teams in top two divisions and 10 teams in the bottom two divisions. However, the bottom division has empty positions for 3 new teams to be filled in. The top team from 2nd division gets promoted to the 1st division and the top team from 3rd and 4th division gets promoted to 2nd and 3rd division respectively. Similarly, the bottom team from 1st division gets relegated to 2nd division; bottom 2nd division team gets relegated to 3rd division and so on. Interestingly, the Assam Police Blues which got relegated from Division 1 to Division 2 became the runners up for Assam Club Cup Championship and has won many other titles in other district championship of Assam. It only shows how other district teams of Assam are under performing creating much concern for the Assam Football Association (AFA).

FCI SC

Rising XI

Guwahati Young Star FC

Lion Boys Club

Sunrise AC

Maharana AC

Narengi SC

MahabahuSangha

Dynamo Club

City Police SC

Sporting Union Club

Nava Suruj SC

ASEB FC

Rajabari AC

Star Sporting Club

United Star FC

Ganga SC

Kamrupa FC

FC Arambag

River Rine Club

Favourite Club

Questionable Under-performance The reasons pertaining to the under-performance of the local teams are numerous as told by Sajal Sengupta, Football Secretary, Guwahati

Sports Association (GSA). Sengupta lambasted the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for being responsible of the present football scenario in entire India. He says, “There is a major financial crunch going on in the industry. If AIFF tries, it can improve the sport as the country has such huge potential. AIFF is being funded by FIFA and Olympics but all the money goes into the pockets of top officials in AIFF. The AIFF doesn’t support the state-level football financially at all”. Sengupta further states that the state level football organisations need to give money to the AIFF for initiating a tournament in the name of affiliation, registration etc. “AIFF has implemented some rules that help them to make money through club licensing and others”, alleged Sengupta.

Money talks Bordoloi trophy is the biggest trophy in Assam and the income received from the trophy is used for the welfare of not only Football, but also for sports like cricket, hockey, badminton etc. However, it costs a hefty amount to manage a team and players for such grand tournament. “A player from a foreign country like Nigeria is contracted for 60,000- 70,000 on an average per month or per seasonal month depending upon the player capability. A local player would be paid around 20,000- 25,000 per month on an average for a team like Green valley FC”, said Thomson Langthasa, a senior state player representing Green Valley FC. Strangely, AIFF charges 25,000 from the Bordoloi Trophy organis-

“A good football player requires very strong calf muscle and there is no better place to develop it naturally but in the hilly terrain like that of Assam and other north-eastern parts of India”

It is true that Assam, like many other parts of India, has a major setback for producing the world class players but as Sajal Sengupta says, “A good football player requires very strong calf muscle and there is no better place to develop it naturally but in the hilly terrain like that of Assam and other north-eastern parts of India.” So, it is true that Assam has great potential to produce world class legends as the boys from hills have stronger feet comparatively, but without proper direction, all these enormous potential go wasted. There is a lack of training equipments, lack of fields and lack of income for the players. “If you compare Indian Football with English football, you should know that English Football has both glamour and income that flows parallel. Out here, the players know that they will soon enough be old to play and would require themselves to find a government job before their football days are over”, adds Sengupta.

How to start your own football club? In order to start a football club in Guwahati, one needs to file an application with the GSA. The application shall explain about the constitution of the club and its executive committee and shall be forwarded to the General Secretary. Once the filing of application is done, the team shall participate in qualifying tournament for the C division. For example, there are three positions available at the C division presently. The top three ranking teams from the qualifying round will attain a position in the C division for next season. The season starts from June-July usually after completion of general meeting and paper work.

Conclusion Assam has produced many great players like Sibren Hazari, Jilendra Brahma, Deepak Ghatowar and others. Interestingly, GSA has been the winner of district championship for past 5 years. Meanwhile, young players like Allen Deori have been approached by Manchester to provide training under its premier clubs. It is indeed a great step forward towards building a better footballing nation.

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City

TREASURED WHEELS OF GUWAHATI A vintage car collector in the city has stuck to his passion and has gone on to create a unique museum of some old classics which are worth a watch.

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hat does it take to follow a dream; a dream that drives man to do the extraordinary? Pickloo Deka, a junior engineer in the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) is one such man from Guwahati with tremendous determination. He is on a quest of his dream for past three decades. Deka’s ultimate dream is to gift a museum of vintage vehicles to the younger generation. Pickloo Deka is probably among the top 20 if not top 10 vintage car collectors in the country. His exclusive collection of cars include a Renault 749 cc; an Oldsmobile, the oldest in his possession; Morris Oxford 1476cc; the iconic Volkswagen Beetle 1300cc, The Volkswagen microbus or the camper and Austin 7 747cc (1926). His bike collection includes seven wonders from the World War II era,

with a Paratrooper bike of 1933, which weighs only about 20 kg, occupying the pride of the place. At the moment, Deka has an elaborate collection of nearly fifty cars. All these cars are displayed in a museum at Sonapur, Tepesia and have been registered as Treasured Wheels, the North East Heritage Foundation. However, most of the vehicles need proper makeover to look presentable but the work is pending due to lack of adequate funds. The man who puts a lot of what he earns into the maintenance of these cars and in putting his plan into action, urges people to come forward and contribute towards saving the heritage. “My dream and hobby has turned to be a very expensive one,” says Deka, proudly exhibiting his collec-

Volkswagen beetle and Volkswagen Kombi or Microbus

Norton

16H

BMC Mini

I have seen the extremes, I know people who speak with a lot of negativity about me and if I wished I could have been a millionaire with all my cars. But I choose to lead a life like this so that I can leave a legacy behind for our State and our future generations

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City

tion of 50 vintage cars and 40 bikes, made possible with loans from banks, friends and every other source.“The Northeast is a treasure-house of vintage cars. Unlike other parts of India, here we have both regular cars used by European tea planters, and those left behind after World War II”, Deka adds further. Treasure Wheels in Tepesia, Sonapur is spread around 30 bighas on a hilly terrain. The road conditions are not proper but the museum is worth visiting. As soon as one enters the museum gate, the soldier helmets collected from the Bangladesh Liberation war of 1971 welcomes you to the historical magnificence. On asking about the restoration of all the cars collected, Pickloo Deka replied, “I have collected all these prized possessions of antiquity with my own money with limited fund. I took loans from banks and friends to fulfil my dream. However, I was once promised a sum amount of 5 lakh from our CM Tarun Gogoi of which I received 2 lakh and utilised it for the restoration of this place. I also received a personal fund of 20,000 from Assam Industries and Commerce, Power (Electricity) and Public Enterprises Minister Pradyut Bordoloi on one occasion”. Narrating his griverances, PicklooDeka told G Plus about how he spent sleepless nights when there was not even a bag full of rice to feed his family. “I have seen the extremes, I know people who speak with a lot of negativity about me and if I wished I

Assam Oil’s Hand fuel pump

While doing a research on the other vintage collectors across India, G Plus found out that Pickloo Deka is probably the only vintage collector in India who is not rich. Here is a list of few vintage car collectors from India.

Dr. Vijay Mallya

UB Group chief has a collection of over 260 cars universally which made him form his own car museum. Apart from these, he has an assortment of about 45 vintage and classic cars. A distinguished businessman, Mallya, upholds this huge collection out of his love for cars.

Pranlal Bhogilal

The renowned industrialist Mr. Bhogilal has an extensive collection of vintage exquisiteness, all of which are in working condition till date. Pranlal Bhogilal has a possession of 240 vintage and classic cars out of which 90 have been shifted to his private museum in Ahmedabad.

Sharad Sanghi

Mr. Sharad Sanghi is addicted to cars. He has a collection of close to 130 cars. His first car was a Daimler that was once driven by King George V. Sharad Sanghi’s tremendous love for cars has made him addictive towards his cars collection.

Manujendra Shah

At the time of Auto Expo, around 100 vintage cars and 50 vintage motorcycles & scooters were drawn out of the palatial residence of Manujendra Shah, ex- regal from the house of Tehri Garhwal.

Dharmaditya Patnaik Dharmaditya Patnaik of Bhubaneswar has a royal collection of 35 classic cars. Out of 35 vintage beauties, two of them are striking RollsRoyce 20hp of Maharanas of Udaipur and Mercedes Benz 630 owned by Alexandrajeet Singh.

could have been a millionaire with all my cars. But I choose to lead a life like this so that I can leave a legacy behind for our State and our future generations,” says Deka. Interestingly, while enjoying the golden era of vintage cars in Treasure wheels, G Plus also discovered that Pickloo Deka, with help from friends, reestablished a school named Pathalipani Prathamik Vidyalaya, which existed in the premises during 1978. Indeed, it is absolutely true that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, applies aptly to the cars. The relationship between man and car is well defined by the Canadian philosopher and intellect Marshall McLuhan’s in his own words, “The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound.”

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G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Life

MIDLIFE CRISIS Every man and woman reaches a stage in his life when he or she starts getting psyched about ageing and the transition from youth to old age.

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idlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 by Elliott Jaques, meaning a time when adults come to realise their own mortality and how much time is left in their lives. Midlife crisis is a phase, which each of us have to face at one point. This is a transition phase from youth to middle age. Generally, with the onset of midlife, a lot of changes takes place in our life. Firstly, all of a sudden we realise that we are ageing. Menopause, death of parents, children leaving home, significant changes in our dayto-day life, marriage and career takes place. Generally speaking, this midlife crisis is also known as the “middle years of life.” It generally starts at the age of 40. The deep emotional feeling of having a wasted life and realising that you want to recreate a life you would have liked as a younger person - buying a sports car, dating young women, clubbing etc. Midlife crisis affects men and women differently. The

A sudden realisation happens among women that they have wasted their life doing nothing - just taken care of the kids and family.

male midlife crisis lasts between three and ten years, whereas women will only suffer the crisis for two and five years, the study found. During this stage, we will see a sudden change in people. They tend to enjoy life more and do things they have always wanted to do. A lot of stress gets into one’s life at this stage. A sudden realisation happens among women that they have wasted their life doing nothing - just taken care of the kids and family. This is a stage when they realise that half of their lives were wasted doing things for others and the fear that very, little time is left for them, they start realising they have to live for themselves. This is the reason why men are said to ‘turn naughty at 40.’ Midlife crisis hits men harder than women. Most people manage to work their way through a midlife crisis without too much trouble, but others struggle to find balance in their life again. The concept of the ‘passing of youth’ pertains to millions of people struggling with these feelings on a daily basis.

Signs & Symptoms of a Midlife Crisis • Changes in habits and mood swings • Changes in sleeping pattern • Looking for a relationship outside marriage • Obsession with looks and appearances • Disconnecting with old friends and making new younger friends

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Constantly thinking about dying Bouts of stress and depression Indulging in too much of alcohol Feeling a sense of helplessness and boredom • Impulsive decision-making

How to overcome midlife crisis?

To overcome midlife crisis, we need to take it lightly and not think about why it is happening? Every phase has its own beauty - be it of childhood or youth. Similarly, even middle age has its own positive aspects. The past is where you learned the lesson and the future is where you apply the lesson. So don’t get lost in the middle. In fact, this is the stage where we can enjoy the most because we get a little free from our duties as a parent, as a caregiver and many more. This is when we can spend more time with our spouse, enjoy life, do things we always wanted to do in life and take each day as it comes. At the onset of this stage, it is but natural to feel very nervous because youth is overtaken by middle age but gradually we start enjoying this stage as well. To overcome midlife crisis we have to accept it. Once the feeling of acceptance gets in we are ready to face it too. As put very beautifully by Ralph Waldo – ‘Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle, another can be drawn. That there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning; that there is always another dawn risen on mid noon, and under every deep a lower deep opens.’

ndia with Her billion plus people is the largest democracy in the world. We have elections at various levels – village panchayat, zila parishad, block level, then state and finally there are the national level elections. Unfortunately, many people have one yardstick for all of them and elect the same party for everything. But the issues and their scope is different at every level and one cannot have the same yardstick for all these elections. In fact, the strength of democracy is that every sphere can tackle its own issues autonomously. On the contrary, when the priorities at these levels mix, chaos reigns. Regional parties who try to play a national role create more havoc and more hurdles for good governance because their vision remains limited. I would suggest people to clearly see the various issues facing the country at various levels. At the village and taluka level, voters should focus not on the party but the capability of the locality’s candidate and his/her connectedness with the people. For the national level, the perspective should be to look for strong leadership at the top. State level requires a balanced approach. In all these cases, the character and conduct of a person plays a very important role, although at the national level, if we have to choose between the national party and a candidate of good character, the party should be given more preference. At the same time, I appeal to all parties not to give tickets to people with a criminal background. People also tend to vote out of a blind sense of loyalty in this country – “My grandfather and father voted for a party, I will also vote for them.” Blind faith in parties should be done away with. We must choose based on the situation of the country rather than on past political affiliations of the family. The current situation is such that in terms of economy and industrial growth, the country is on a ventilator. The need of the hour is a strong and stable government at the center that can boost the economy. There is also an impulse to get swayed by emotions in making a choice, especially in the youth. Often people with good intentions end up making wrong decisions because their vision gets clouded by emotions. The situation of an intelligent voter today is similar to that of Arjuna. He was overwhelmed by feelings and unable to see clearly. Lord Krishna told him to set aside his emotions and fulfill his dharma in the interest of greater good. Our dharma as citizens in the upcoming national election is to make a choice for a firm, decisive and experienced leadership at the top that leads the country on a path of progress and prosperity. I urge people to take responsibility to ensure that everybody among their friends and family cast their vote this time and vote wisely. This election is like an examination for all of us but I’m sure that after passing through this phase, our country will truly blossom.

mail us at: life@g-plus.in Ritu Gupta is a psychological counsellor dealing with people having individual, marital, job related and child related issues. She also assists Dr. Deepak Goenka with infertility counselling.

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G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Money ROHIT SARAWGI Independent Financial Advisor

hese days, organising a highprofile event entails several mini functions in addition to the main one. The budget is high and sometimes might run to several crores of rupees and the number of invitees is close to 1,000. Given the scale of the event, there might be chances of any eventuality due to which many a things could go wrong. Therefore, one of the first things required is to buy insurance to cover the risks that could jeopardize the function. Now, suppose the event in question happens to be a wedding. Generally buying an insurance cover for a marriage ceremony is the last thing we consider. No one wants to consider the possibility of a cancellation or accidents. Perhaps, this is the key reason why wedding insurance typically does not find a place in a family’s must to do list. This, despite Indian Marriages being synonymous with huge spends, often sourced from lifetime savings. Some people, though, seem to have started according due importance to this cover. While the concept of wedding insurance has not taken off in a big way, we did receive proposal for certain high profile weddings last year. Usually, those spending huge amount on wedding opt for wedding insurance. The venues play a key role here. I have seen such policies being bought mostly for weddings in metropolitan cities

Terms of coverage

Primarily, the standard policy offers insurance against any cancellation or re-scheduling of the wedding. This could be due to the death of the bride, groom or their immediate family members, accidents that are severe enough to result in postponement, calamities like cyclones, flood and fire at the venue. In addition, option for covers against personal accidents, burglary and theft are also available. Any damage to the bride or

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groom’s resident can be covered as well, in addition to loss of money or valuables due to theft and burglary, a public liability cover can also be opted for in case of any legal liability arising out of injury to a third party or property. Most general insurers offer wedding insurance as a standard package, but also allow customisation as per requirement. At the time of buying a cover, therefore, it becomes important to make a list of expenses and items to be covered so as to ascertain the requisite sum assured. While estimating the ideal cover amount, it is important to factor out the expenses that are not recoverable. For instance, money paid to the marriage venue, decorators and the event organisers. The insurance company will reimburse the amount after adjusting the refund amount. The coverage can start a week before the

Any damage to the bride or groom’s resident can be covered as well, in addition to loss of money or valuables due to theft and burglary wedding day. Such covers can also be bought even if the venue is located abroad.

Exclusions

The cover undertakes to offer compensation only for cancella-

tion due to unforeseen eventualities. Therefore, if the wedding is mutually called off or postponed, the cover will not kick in. The same would be the case if it stems from a dispute between the two families. While the insurer will pay up if the groom or the bride is unable to turn up at the designated hour due to external factors like riots, strikes, disruption of arrival schedules etc, any last minute refusal to get married will not be covered. Any misrepresentation or concealment of facts will also result in rejection of the claim. For example, if the venue is located by the beach and the insured has concealed this fact at the time of buying the cover, the insurance will not be responsible should the event be disrupted by floods.

Claim Procedures

Like all other insurance claims,

informing the insurer is the first and foremost thing which is required to be done. The company may want to assess the documents to verify the amount to be paid out. In case of accidents, documents related to hospitalization is also required. Similarly, in case of burglary and theft, a copy of police FIR lodged with the nearest police station should also be produced. Making a list of all that can go wrong is certainly not a pleasant thing to do. And it gets accentuated due to the magnitude of emotional investment into the marriage. However, there is no harm in being practical in matters like these, given the large sum of money in stake. All that is required is a slight mental adjustment, because the cost of this cover can hardly be a deterrent. With a very less premium, a wedding insurance is likely to fit into any big fat budget with ease.

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Health Dr.Bikash Rai Das, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

o you follow the advice of your doctor to the hilt? No, because you hate the pills! Then, there might be a way out. It’s condescending to assert that patients have an obligation to comply with the doctor’s treatment plan. Doctors have understood this problem and that’s why they are trying to do something about it. Most of the times, compliance becomes “Comp-LIE-ance” as patients lie through their teeth to avoid medications. In medicine, compliance describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice. Most commonly, it refers to medication or drug compliance, but it can also apply to other situations such as medical device use, self-care, self-directed exercises, or therapy sessions. Compliance rates may be overestimated in the medical literature, as compliance is often high in the setting of a formal clinical trial but drops off in a “real-world” setting. Medicines prescribed for preventative purposes are especially likely not to be taken as prescribed; perhaps because people do not feel immediately threatened or, in the case of symptomless conditions such as raised cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolaemia) and raised blood pressure (systemic hypertension), feel no obvious benefits at the time of taking the medicines. Cost of the medicine is the major deterrent in India for non-compliance. An estimated half of those for whom treatment regimens are prescribed do not follow them as directed. Until recently, this was termed “non-compliance”; which was sometimes regarded as meaning that not following the directions for treatment was due to irrational behaviour or willful ignoring of instructions. Today, health care professionals more commonly use the terms “adherence” to or “concordance” with a regimen rather than “compliance”; because these terms are thought to more accurately reflect the diverse reasons for patients not following treatment directions in part or in full. However, the preferred terminology remains a matter of debate. In some cases, concordance is used to refer specifically to patient adherence to a treatment regimen that is designed collaboratively by the patient and physician. Despite the ongoing debate, adherence is the preferred term for the World Health Organisation, The American Pharmacists Association, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health Adherence Research Network.

Cancer and non-adherence

Even Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple was non-adherent with his cancer treatment and avoided an operation for too long to cause havoc with his health. Cancer has one of the high-

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est tolls of all disease areas on quality of life, families, happiness and life itself. Cost and poor understanding of the directions for the treatment (referred to as ‘health literacy’) are major barriers to completing treatments. There is robust evidence for a correlation between education and physical health. Poor educational attainment is a key factor in the cycle of health inequalities.

The status of the elderly

Poor health is more common among older respondents - those aged 55 to 65. The proper care of older people is important especially in giving and effectively managing medicines in this section of the community. However, elderly patients are more likely than average members of the overall population to live alone, have a lower literacy level than other age groups, take multiple medicines with high dose frequencies, have decreased dexterity and/or cognitive functioning. Yet the average over 65 year old has to manage 35 prescribed medicines each year.

Reasons why adherence is so poor in elderly

In general, amongst the elderly population: 40% of elderly patients do not know the purpose of their medication. Only 20% know of the consequences of non-adherence. Less than 6% know about possible side effects of the drugs prescribed for them. Costs

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Even Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple was non-adherent with his cancer treatment and avoided an operation for too long to cause havoc with his health. to the Individual up to two-thirds of elderly patients render their medications useless by taking them at the wrong times. With the average elderly person juggling 35 medications a year, they are imposing side effects on themselves unnecessarily. A conservative estimate says 10% of all hospital admissions are through patients not managing their medication.

In the young

Young people who felt supported by their parents and doctor, and had good motivation, were ten times more likely to comply than those who did not. Young adults may stop taking their medication in order to fit in with their friends, or because they deny their illness. Those who did not feel

their condition to be a threat to their social well-being were eight times more likely to comply than those who perceived it as such a threat. Non-adherence is often encountered among children and young adults; young males are relatively poor at adherence.

Cultural reasons and Language barriers

Sometimes, cultural perspective can also lead to non-adherence of medicines. It is very commonly seen in India due to superstitions and taboos related to some diseases like leprosy and TB. Language may be a major barrier in non-adherence. Until and unless the patient understands the purpose and dosage forms of the medicines, they are not going to take them seriously and there is every chance that they will miss the medicines sooner than we think.

Importance of ‘Course completion’

Once started, patients seldom follow treatment regimens as directed, and seldom complete the course of treatment. In respect of hypertension, 50% of patients completely drop out of care within a year of diagnosis. In case of antibiotics, incomplete course can lead to resistant organisms and higher cost of treatment. The reasons for non-adherence have been given by patients as follows, the poor quality of information available to them about their treatment, a lack of knowledge as to how to raise concerns whilst on medication, concerns about unwanted

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effects, issues about remembering to take medication. Doctors and pharmaceutical industries are making every effort to improve compliance by aiming at simplifying medication packaging, providing effective medication reminders, improving patient education, and limiting the number of medications prescribed simultaneously. Measures of adherence may need to be modified for different ethnic or cultural groups. A wide variety of packaging approaches have been proposed to help patients complete prescribed treatments. These approaches include formats that increase the ease of remembering the dosage regimen as well as different labels for increasing patient understanding of directions. For example, medications are sometimes packed with reminder systems for the day and/or time of the week to take the medicine. The failure to complete treatment regimens as prescribed has significant negative health impacts worldwide. Now-a-days there are many apps which can be used to set reminders for dosing and timing purpose. May be in future, mobile technology will play a bigger role in this aspect. Right now, the problem is that it’s the doctor’s plan. Without participation from the patient, it just won’t work. People do things when it’s to their advantage to do them, and they don’t do them when the costs outweigh the benefits. It applies to other areas of life, and there’s no reason to think that the same philosophy doesn’t apply to medication. So, if a patient says, “The doctor wants me to take all these pills, but I don’t see the need,”then it isn’t the patient’s treatment plan, it’s the doctor’s. The doctor’s explanation for adherence should be, “You have a medical condition that could kill you, but there are prescriptions that can give you a better chance of survival. I want you to live as healthily as possible, so I’ll give these prescriptions the way they’ll be most helpful, and follow-up with me to monitor your progress.” Compliance with a treatment plan happens when it’s the patient’s treatment plan. So, next time you need to visit a doctor, look for a doctor, who doesn’t talk down to you, who listens to you, answeryour questions, and don’t act like you’re too stupid to understand the basics of what’s going on with your health. It’s not easy to take multiple medications, but your doctors should make it as easy as possible by explaining why this is a good treatment plan. Take up a concordance treatment plan and adhere to it for speedy recovery.

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Food

TALK OF THE TOWN BARBECUE NATION, GUWAHATI |

Sanjukta Dutta food enthusiast

he talk of the town is right here and almost every food lover is talking about it. Though I have been to Barbeque Nation in Mumbai, I didn’t want to make a cardinal mistake of not experiencing Barbeque in Guwahati. My rating of 4 for Barbeque Nation is exclusively because of ‘on the grill menu’. Mutton Sheekh Kebab is served off the grill and that is not good news for mutton lovers. Chicken on the grill is average but the show stealer is for me is definitely ‘prawn and fish barbeque’. The on your table grill is categorically being loved by Guwahati Food lovers and the full house each time you visit the restaurant is the testimony of it. Though at the moment the management seems a little mislaid and the gracious waiters may seem unusually inquiring, but the experience of having barbeque with family and friends is incredible. The tables are bustling with people and their conversations that the background music fades away. This is definitely not the place right now, if you are expecting a quite lunch or dinner. Main Course served is Biryani (Chicken Biryani and Veg Biryani), which is average in taste. The LaalMaas is undeniably a hit. Sea Food

how we rated them Salad served along with the Main Course doesn’t find a place in the dinner plate and I felt it was quite out of place dish in the menu. Dessert section has a wide range to choose from and the pastries they served were very average (in contrast to some great pastries that we get to choose from in Guwahati). However the ‘Kesri Phirni and ‘Angoori Gulab Jamun ‘should not be missed. This Place is not a onetime visit place and we want to visit back again and will try the Vegetarian section that we happily ignored this time. But we did talk to a few fellow foodies who said that they have never tasted such delectable vegetarian barbeque. So that is one response enough to bring us back and relish Barbeque food again.

Our Recommendation:

Try and avoid the main course if you want to expereince a wide spread of dishes unless you are looking for a quick lunch.

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Barbeque Nation, Guwahati

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Reviews

Dishkiyaoon

Director: Sanamjit Talwar Cast: Sunny Deol, Harman Baweja, Ayesha Khanna, Aditya Pancholi

ost of the underworld sagas have been successful in intriguing the viewers with its concept and display of events making a chain to give a final conclusion. Sanamjit Sarkar Talwar the director takes one such concept in his directorial debut Dishkiyaoon and serenades the story of one such desperate youngster who is keen to take on the mafia world. The concept isn’t new as there have been numerous flicks, which have narrated the rise of many such mafias who have independently brought a big terror to make the world insane. Although the script has its share of events, which surprise the movie goers in the mid of the flick but that doesn’t even complete the onefourth of its task of giving an appropriate doze of entertainment. The story revolves around Viky (Harman Baweja) who has lost his mother. He is lonely in his world and is shown least care and love by his father due to which he takes an unwise route and finally enters the mafia world. Later he meets Lakwa (Sunny Deol) who turns him into a gangster. Viky is now Viky Katoos and is set to rule the underworld. Amidst all, he finds his true love in the name of Ayesha Khanna with whom he wants to spend a peaceful life. But as destiny had it, Viky’s Uturn proves dangerous for him and here begins his battle to come out of the mud filled with betrayal and conspiracy. Undoubtedly, this Dishkiyaoon has a lot of bullets but unfortunately none of them meets its target. A compilation of stars, despite possessing brilliance in acting, proves to be a bunch of non-utilized material or say go waste with the bad one-liners. Debutant producer Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra’s decision of not roping in big stars could be identified as they couldn’t have lifted up this flick with the storyline which goes berserk. And therefore the commercial risk would be lesser with the current actors. Every character is arrogant and

Director: Akashdeep Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Anand Ishawram, Anupam Kher, Mandira Bedi

ulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah Jane Dias, Mandira Bedi, Salman Khan, Iulia Vantur The story revolves around two Delhi reporters Prantabh Pratab aka PP (Pulkit Samrat) and Anand Ishwaram Devdutt Subhramaniyam aka AIDS (Bilal Amrohi) and the corrupt system. They get to know about a big scam one day. They realise the magnitude of this scam only after their lives fall in danger. Besides gaining popularity by disclosing about this scam, the two show their commitment and devotion towards the nation and ensure that the culprits are nabbed. Movie review: The main USP of this film is Salman Khan, who is seen in the title track. The movie starts with Salman’s voice and ends with his ‘O Teri’ dance number. The story is really impressive but director Umesh

Bist has left no stone unturned in making it more hilarious. The execution of the film could have been more tight and effective. Pulkit and Bilal have done a good job in the roles of ‘stupid’ reporters. But they look immature in certain scenes. The female lead of this film, Sarah Jane Dias, has nothing much to do. Mandira Bedi also tries her best to make a mark in the film but she fails to do so. Salman has an association with this film as it has been produced by his brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri. Salman has gone an extra mile to make this comedy film a hit. In order to gain public attention, Salman has also featured his rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur in an item number called ‘umbakum’. If you judge the film critically, it may have some flaws. But none the less ‘O Teri’ is a ‘paisa wasool’ entertainer.

Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly looks like as if it has been inserted for self-praising. The characters who were supposed to persuade us with their motive in the flick are mostly given back seats after their character development. Obviously, Mumbai lanes are once again the target of our director who utilises the riverside and roadside of the city immensely just to give an idea that it is still the epitome of terror and glamour. Flourishing the latter, debutant Ayesha Khanna is at the core but nothing more comes out of her. Sanamjit’s focus on chisel shed Harman and his act looks as if it’s a re-launch of this doomed actor. Had the director given a bit more attention on the storyline and the treatment, Dishkiyaoon would have been a different flick altogether. Performance wise Harman shows a progress in his act, though still there are moments you feel he isn’t is in Hrithik Roshan’s get-up. I wish there could have been more scenes of Sunny Deol, whose presence adds weight in the scenes. Ayesha Khanna is decent considering her debut flick. Prashant Narayanan and Aditya Pancholi are well in their acts. Dishkiyaoon has a lot of bullets but unfortunately none of them meets its target.

ost religious movies feel as if they’re made by a church committee, but every now and then a wild-eyed prophet wanders in and rattles the theater with brimstone. Regardless of your feelings about either movie, Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” qualifies and so does Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ.” Now director Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan,” “The Wrestler”) has ascended to the mountaintop and returned with the strangest, most visionary cinematic parable yet. Russell Crowe turns out to be perfectly cast in the title role. He’s big, he’s implacable, he can turn on a dime from sensitivity to mournful fanaticism. Most importantly, he carries himself with the authority — the sheer moral weight — of an Old Testament patriarch. “Noah” begins with the hero and his family, the last descendants of Adam’s third son, Seth, scratching out a monk-like existence in harmony with nature while the corrupt children of Cain spread wickedness and poison across the Earth. Aronofsky stages Noah’s visions of the coming cataclysm with a splendor nearly worthy of Kubrick, but then he has Noah fight off attackers in a silly action-movie sequence. Right there’s the movie’s split per-

sonality, and it bedevils most of the 138-minute running time. As he did in “The Fountain” (and this time with more success), Aronofsky brings together science-fiction elements, primal myths, and impassioned human dilemmas and hopes for the best. The loading up of the animals, in the required pairs, is digital eye-candy — straight-up popcorn wonder — even if “Noah” dodges the maintenance issue (feeding, grooming, cleaning the litter box) by using a magic incense to put all the critters into extended hibernation. Sorry, the beasts of the Earth sleep this movie away. Among the many dualities of “Noah” is that of judgment and mercy, rendered by Aronofsky in terms of male and female. Jennifer Connelly, as Noah’s wife Naamah, and Emma Watson, as Shem’s love Ila, embody the latter half of the equation, both surprisingly well. They’re too pretty and well-groomed for the Bronze Age — so is Booth’s Shem, for that matter — but they’re fine actresses, and they win you over. Winstone’s no slouch, either, but while he gives Tubal-Cain a full dose of lip-smacking menace, in the end he’s just this movie’s super-villain, complete with the knuckle-busting climax even a biblical tentpole flick

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Microsoft working on next-gen ‘no-touch’ screens

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ech giant Microsoft is working on next generation technology that will enable ‘no-touch’ phones, tablets and televisions that can be operated from afar, without the need to swipe them. The technology will allow users to control a screen with their fingers even from the other side of the room and put their hands through a screen to ‘touch’ objects. Microsoft said it is has begun to create machines that move far beyond touchscreens. Rico Malvar, Microsoft’s chief scientist, said work has begun on new screens that can be manipulated without needing to approach a gadget. The company is building an electronic bracelet that can detect movements in a person’s fingers, allowing them to imitate the actions of poking and flicking the screen to operate a device. The bracelet would allow people to operate a television despite

Spy on your lover with new smartphone software

artners can now sit back, relax and let a new smartphone software do the monitoring of their beloved’s everyday calls, texts and practically everything. A company called mSpy has reportedly launched a software that allows a user to track a person’s mobile activity. According to the CNET, phones preloaded with the software are ideally aimed to help people monitor their loved ones, like parents trying to track their unruly teens. However, mSpy founder, Andrei Shimanovich, stressed that it wasn’t his business how people end up using the software. The software’s policy reads that the company absolutely does not endorse the use of its software for illegal purposes. The report said that the mSpy does advocate notifying users of the device that they are being monitored and requires one to tick off a few boxes confirming that they have informed the monitored party and got the consent for the tracking tool. Preloaded phones such as the HTC One, Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5S, are available with the mSpy software

having their back turned or control a mobile phone with their hands in their pockets. Microsoft has also unveiled new ‘interactive displays’. Among them is a ‘floating display’, which gives the illusion of a globe spinning or a dragon flying, just inches above a flat monitor. Cameras and motion sensors then allow people to interact with these floating objects. Another prototype allows someone sitting in front of a large screen to see a series of cubes. They can then slip their hands behind the device in order to ‘touch’ these objects. This device operates by surrounding a screen with cameras that can detect the user and their movements, matching them to onscreen items. Tim Large, a researcher from Microsoft Applied Sciences Group, said that final versions of these displays will be ready in two to five years.

Buy Hatke

MakkhiChoose is a chrome plugin that alerts to you a lower price when you are shopping on any of the ecommerce sites (Flipkart, Indiatimes, Homeshop18, Infibeam, Naaptol and Mysmartprice). The beauty of this chrome plugin is that it works in the background and comes into action ONLY when you are in a product detail page (doesn’t track personal data). On the product detail page, if the plugin finds a lower price elsewhere, it alerts you with a little note inserted right into the page you are browsing. The plugin pretty much works as promised and what’s commendable about the plugin is that it doesn’t really expects users to ‘initiate’ anything and works in the background. Infact, this is a classic example of “What business are you in‘. Every other price comparison engine is into SEO (or rather, Google franchise network), while MakkhiChoose has developed the most relevant price comparison service, so far.

‘Dendroid’ Rat malware targets Android devices in India

BuyHatke is a one stop solution to finding your dream product online, with minimum damage to your credit card! BuyHatke has overcome the demerits of price comparison services with its intelligent search techniques developed by a team of passionate IITians. Results are crawled with such intricacy that takes consumer preferences into account and displays the best deal available. No misguided results or prices can be found on BuyHatke! BuyHatke has a unique vision of giving the ultimate shopping experience to the user. This is our start and we are relentlessly focused on making it convenient for customers to find, discover and shop what their hearts desire using our service. We are keen to hear your opinion, so, please share any feedback you may have for us here. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

Fool your friends with these 5 pranks and fake viruses

Indrajeet Bhuyan

So guys, 1 April is coming, be ready to do pranks with your friends & make them April Fool. These are 5 Computer Pranks & Fake viruses that will surely surprise your friends. Check them out !!! st

he Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a warning asking all Android smartphone users to be beware of a deadly virus ‘Dendroid,’ that can compromise the data stored on their phone. CERT warns that “the malicious application” allows cyber criminals to “completely compromise the affected smartphone and control it remotely.” RAT malware or Remote access toolkits provide a variety of spying options. The Dendroid Tool Kit can invade your privacy, by taking photos with the infected device’s camera, enable audio, record videos, steal pictures from the device and much more. “It has been reported that a malicious toolkit called Dendroid is being used to create Trojanised applications that infects Android-based smartphones. The malware is created by modifying the required permissions by any clean APK (Android Application Package) with Dendroid RAT functionality that allows detailed management of the infected devices,”

says an advisory by CERT-In that comes under the Department of Electronics and IT. CERT advises users not to install and download applications from untrustworthy sites and exercise caution while clicking on links from trusted/ untrusted sites and install Android updates and patches as and when available from Android device vendors. Android phone users have also been asked to keep a check on data usage and unusual increase in mobile bills and battery usage. “Avoid using unsecured and unknown Wi-Fi networks. There may be rogue Wi-Fi access points at public places used for distributing malicious applications and make a practice of taking regular backup of Android device,” the advisory said. According to a recent report by Cisco 99 percent of all malware targets Android devices. The report highlighted that 71 percent of web delivered malware was for android while for iPhone users it was only 14 percent.

Add / Remove

Add/Remove is a cool prank that makes it appear that all of your software on your computer is being removed using the Windows Add/ Remove Program feature. This is so real, that it will shock the most of the experienced user.

Avoid

It makes your Windows Start button avoid any mouse clicks. Just launch this program exe and watch as your Start button jumps away from your mouse cursor whenever you try to click on it.

ClickStart

ClickStart is one of the cool Windows prank program which hides itself in the background and after every 45 seconds it will click on the start button causing the start menu to open. Users will be sur-

prised when their start menu pops up, they will have no idea what is going on.

Copy Cursor

It replicates the current Windows mouse cursor over-and-over again on the screen. This is VERY annoying which makes it a great prank!

Flip It

It will display a fake Windows message that appears to have flipped upside-down. Clicking on the YES button will slowly make each piece of text rotate 180 degrees until you can read it again. Click on the following link to download the above mentioned tools

tinyurl.com/gplus-aprilfool

These all pranks are safe & designed just for entertainment purpose. Try with your friends and have fun.

Indrajeet Bhuyan is a 16 year old tech blogger and security researcher. He is passionate about computers and believes in sharing knowledge and information . He uses his spare time helping people and companies secure themselves. fb.me/indrajeet.bhuyan

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Your weekly dose of HOROSCOPE ARIES

You’re an activator, an instigator, maybe even an agitator on Monday. Get stuff started! And — thank your lucky stars — you’re better than usual about following through around Tuesday and Wednesday. Add nice little details to your plans and convince a certain someone that your way’s the best way. Talk about lucky — if you’ve got love on your mind around Thursday (and you probably do), you’ve got a way with compliments and general wooing right on time. Just keep it sweet and light, and save the big questions and answers for later. This weekend brings pertinent emotional developments.

TAURUS Approaching an issue with creativity gets much better results than going with the default option on Monday — it’s time well spent, not wasted. And while your best days for romance this week may be Tuesday and Wednesday (aren’t you sexy!), your energy around Thursday isn’t too shabby either. Hint: Share how you’re feeling, but keep the plans short term. Let the heavy stuff take care of itself rather than getting ahead of yourself — all in good time! When the weekend comes, you just might have a revelation about how to handle a certain situation. Call it a gift from the stars.

GEMINI You’re thinking so fast on Monday that you might really benefit from bouncing your ideas off somebody. Then, if information’s en route or a secret’s circulating around Tuesday and Wednesday, don’t get so caught up that you fail to look at things critically. Does it all add up? Is it worth getting all wound up about? Love’s in the air around Thursday. You can thank the stars later, as you ought to be busy making the most of your love interest through Friday (you’re still extra hot, and they know it). When the weekend comes, though, are you clinging to something or someone?

CANCER

TIMEPASS

LIBRA

What happens when you’re even more emotional than usual? Find an outlet for it all, or you’ll find out the hard way on Monday. Kick your traditional side to the curb around Tuesday and Wednesday. Why? Because the more original you are in your thinking — and in what you choose to do — the better. Bonus: People will love it — and you. Around Thursday, be warned: Your efforts in the love department may go awry. The stars say to be very clear in conveying your feelings — or reschedule the romantic stuff for the weekend, when you’re hot stuff.

LEO Fit in a little fun on Monday to get your week off to a good start — try lunch with a friend, a movie or an impromptu outing to somewhere new. Over the next couple of days, you’re likely to be entangled in work, and you may feel somewhat inflexible. Doing something to loosen up physically (yoga, anyone?) helps your whole being. And guess what? Your hopes and desires come into play around Thursday — and the stars favor a risk. Take a romantic idea and run with it! This weekend, if at first you don’t succeed, don’t just blindly try again: Heed your intuition about what to do next.

VIRGO Those around you may drive you nuts on Monday, but could it be that you’re expecting too much of them? Around Tuesday and Wednesday, the stars send an opportunity your way, but you’ll need to do your part, too. Seek out inspiration, make your world an interesting place and embrace existence. If you’ve got love on your mind around Thursday, you’ll already have the good karma going to take advantage. Just choose your words (or your flowers) with your customary care. When the weekend comes, you’re the one to organize something that everyone loves. Put it together and get mad props!

Your usual diplomacy may go right out the window on Monday — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If saying what you mean and meaning what you say causes a ruckus, you can smooth it over around Tuesday and Wednesday. The benefits of laying it on the line can be long lasting. Around Thursday, here comes Cupid, and he isn’t stupid — expect (or create!) new developments in your love life now. How about sharing a deep feeling to get things going? When the weekend comes, though, you may want to keep to yourself. You’re cute when you’re shy.

SCORPIO You’re a bit accident-prone on Monday, so go slowly, be methodical, back your work up and keep track of your keys. You’re a force to be reckoned with around Tuesday and Wednesday — but can you acknowledge your sensitive side along with your strength? Forcefulness is fine if you can also see when to relent and when to be gentle. And while going out on a romantic limb may seem like the normal thing to do around Thursday, don’t get carried away. You’re far from normal (in a good way!), and your own timing and understanding of matters of the heart will be much better when the weekend comes.

SAGITTARIUS Getting into a great groove ought to be easy on Monday, especially if you’re stretching your imagination’s wings. Find time to follow your nose to a discovery now. You’re all about drilling down, reading the fine print and finding out more around Tuesday and Wednesday. This detail-oriented side of you is unusual, so use it before you lose it! If you’re sending any romantic messages around Thursday, be sure you’re not overstating your case. The response may surprise you. This weekend, things are in flux. Can you go with the flow?

CAPRICORN Anything out of your comfort zone or out of the blue is liable to throw you for a loop on Monday, but don’t freak out. Rather than sounding off, hit ‘save’ instead of ‘send,’ keep your head down and sleep on it. Tuesday and Wednesday bring some much-needed perspective and a way for you to push on through — and maybe even a little romantic action! Hand out the love notes and flowers — you’re hot right now. Around Thursday, you’ll still be warm; just keep it sweet and simple. With the weekend comes some ups and downs. Can you handle it? Yes, you can.

AQUARIUS You have an urge to be free on Monday, but make sure you cancel plans instead of leaving people hanging — it’s only polite. Then past, present and future intersect in interesting ways on Tuesday and Wednesday. Where’s your head? How about your heart? It’s definitely time to live in the moment, to seize the day and embrace possibilities around Thursday — and the stars say the romantic sparks can really set things afire now. Your beauty plus your brains equals an awesome combination. When the weekend comes, though, get into a groove instead of going out on a limb.

PISCES Allow for changeable moods and evolving relationships on Monday. Letting go of an illusion and seeing things as they are makes room for some reality-based greatness. You’ll have energy to get it going, too, around Tuesday and Wednesday. Your romantic (not to mention work) instincts are amazing right now, so listen to them and just go with it. When Thursday comes, it’s inadvisable to have too many expectations or get too specific — just relax and you won’t be disappointed. You’re burning hot this weekend. Have your own celebration of love!

JUST FOR LAUGHs A peculiarly scary thing was happening in a hospital’s ICU. Every Sunday, with unfailing regularity, patients on bed number 5 died at 11 AM. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something to do with the supernatural. To investigate the cause of such bizarre incidents, the doctors and nurses

SUDOKU

decide to keep strict vigilance. A few minutes before 11 AM, the part time Sunday sweeper arrived. Whistling cheerfully, he unplugged the life support system of bed nnumber 5 and put the plug of his vacuum cleaner in it place!

Solutions (Last Issue)

Fun

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CREATIVE ARTS INSTITUTES G Plus will keep on publishing such relevant and useful information in this page in the coming issues. Compiled by Rangman Das

AADI Paltanbazar, GH-8 Ph. 9864063854 AAINETOM ACADEMY Anandapath, dispur, Gh- 6, Ph. 9864100184 AAKRITI Sixmile, Gh- 22, Ph. 9707221151, 9859982944 AALAP Udayachal path, Christianbasti, Gh-5 Ph. 9864066382

GANDHARBA KALA KENDRA, Hengrabari Rd, Dispur, Gh-6, Ph. 2267428 GEET MAAT AK Azad Rd, Rehabari, Gh-8, Ph. 9864130966 GEETAYAN MUSIC SCHOOL, Jorpukhuri, Gh-1, Ph. 2542949 GUWAHATI CULTURAL INSTITUTE, Basistha Chariali, Gh-2, Ph. 2308780

ANKUR SEMINERY Survey, Beltola, Gh-28 Ph. 9864087999

GUWAHATI DANCE ACADEMY, Zoo Rd Tinali, Gh-21, Ph. 9864226715

ART ACADEMY 112, AK Azad Rd, Rehabari, Gh-8, Ph. 9854048244

GUWAHATI KALA NIKETAN, Zoo Tinali, Gh-24, Ph. 9864042230

BEDABATI BORGOHAIN Japorigog, Gh- 24- 2200351

GUWAHATI SISHU NATYA VIDYALAYA Chandmari Colony, Gh- 3, Ph. 9864047363

BRIZ DANCE ACADEMY Bharalumukh, Gh- 9 Ph. 9864084678, 9207041145 BULU’s ACADEMY Japorigog, Gh- 24, Ph. 9864108433 CANVAS Rajgarh Rd, Gh-3, Ph. 9864026953 DANCE CENTRE Chandmari- Gh- 3 Ph. 9864097629 DEEP ROOT MUSIC INC Silpukhuri, Gh-3, Ph. 9435485644, 9859936905 DHRUPAD MRD Rd, Chandmari, Gh-3, Ph. 2661148 DISCOVERY SCHOOL Kahilipara, Gh-19, Ph. 9864060452

ILA CHITRAKALA VIDYALAYA, Dharapur Chariali, Gh-33, Ph. 9864047039 INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL KEYBOARD Byelane-4, Pub Sarania, Gh3, Ph. 9864016658 JHANKAR, Apurva Sinha path, Zoo Rd, Gh-21, Ph. 8876251019 JHANKAR DANCE ACADEMY, ParamanandaKutir, Rehabari, Gh-8, Ph. 2544044

KAVERI SANGITALAY RP Rd, Ganeshguri, Gh-6, Ph. 2228782

EMERGENCY NUMBERS AMBULANCE

Ambulance 102 Arya Hospital, Ulubari 2606888, 2606665 Downtown Hospital 9864101111, 9435012669 GLP Social Circle 2737373 GGUMTA (Mirza) 03623-227109 Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251

BLOOD BANK

Arya Hospital, Ulubari 2606888, 2606665 Ganga Blood Bank 2454742, 2455029 Lion’s Club of Ghy Central 2546611 Marwari Yuva Manch 2546470, 2547251 Saharia’s Path Lab (24 hours) 2458594

LITTLE STAR MUSIC COLLEGE, Nr. Cycle Factory, Kalapahar, Gh-16, Ph. 2472099 MAHESWARI INTELLECTUAL ACADEMY, Saniram Bora Rd, Bora service, Gh-7, Ph. 9435040365 MIME ACADEMY Hedayatpur, Gh- 3, Ph. 9864024205, 9435143190 MITALEE KALA KENDRA Hedayatpur, Gh-3, Ph. 2663631, 9864321777 MODERN CHILDREN ART SCHOOL- GS Road, Ulubari, Gh-7, Ph. 2459714 MORPH Ganeshguri, Gh- 6, Ph. 2231993, 9864016078 ZOO ROAD TINALI, Gh-21, Ph. 9954212210 MRIDANGA INSTITUTE OF KATHAK, Chenikuthi, Gh-3, Ph. 2665740 NEERU’s ART CLASSES NarengiTinali, Gh- 26, Ph. 2558773 NORTH EAST KALA NIKETAN, Nr. Dispur Polyclinic, Gh- 6, Ph. 9085295687, 9859000734 NRITYANGANA, Hengerabari, Ganeshguri, Gh-6, Ph. 2413921

JOYTIKA SANGEET ACADEMY, Silpukhuri, Gh-3, Ph. 9864046025

NUPUR, Santipath, RGB Road, Gh- 24, Ph. 2451857

KALABHUMI Sarvodainagar, RGB Rd, Gh- 24, Ph. 2412744

PALLAVI KALABHYAM SCHOOL, Beltola, Gh- 28, Ph. 9864087999

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International Hospital 0361-7135005 Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (2541477, 2543998) Marwari Hospital & Research Centre 0361-2602738/39 Marwari Maternity Hospital 0361-2541202/01 Nemcare Hospital 0361-2528587, 2455906, 2457344

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24-HOUR PHARMACIES Arya Hospital, Ulubari (2606888, 2606665)

DEAD BODY CARRYING VAN GLP Social Circle 2737373, 9435047046 Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251 GGUMTA 98640-16740 ELECTRICITY SUPPLY Call Centre – 9678005171

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Kamrup metro district administration opens toll free number for election

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s per section 171 B of Indian Penal Code, any person giving or accepting any gratification in cash or kind during election process, with a view to inducing the person to exercise his electoral right is punishable with imprisonment up to one year or with fine or with both. Further, as per section 171 C of Indian Penal Code, any person who threatens any candidate or elector, or any other person, with injury of any kind, is punishable with imprisonment up to one year or with fine or both. Flying Squads have been formed to register cases against both the giver and the taker of bribe and for taking action against those who

are engaged in threat and intimidation of electors. All the Citizens are hereby requested to refrain from taking any bribe and in case, anybody offers any bribe or is having knowledge about the bribe or cases of threat/intimidation of electors, then he should inform on the toll free number 1800 345 3742 ,of the 24x7 Complaint Monitoring Cell of the Kamrup (M)district, set up for receiving the complaints.

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

G-Talk

Should job reservation be introduced in the private sector? Raphael Kujur

JAFAR PANGAN

President, All Adivasi Student Association

Entrepreneur

POINT

COUNTERPOINT

here should be provisions for reservation of jobs in private sector so that the under privileged or weaker sections of people living in the society can be benefitted. By under privileged and weaker section, I am referring here to the people belonging to the scheduled caste, schedule tribe, tea tribes, adivasi societies etc. Sometimes what happens is that even after having the minimum necessary qualifications, the people belonging to these communities do not get a job. The companies hire people who can prove their talents or merits in the interview. But, even after having all the necessary qualifications, the meritorious students belonging to these communities get deprived of jobs. They might not be able to prove themselves in the interviews, because of the limited opportunities under which they have done their studies but it is not their fault. Besides, if we look into the example of the tea garden areas, we will get to see that the children of the tea garden workers do not have good facilities for studies. Since most of the tea gardens are situated in the remote areas of the state, they are bogged down with the problems of connectivity, infrastructural issues etc. There should be technical or vocational institutes in tea garden areas but in reality, there is no such set up or institutes in those areas. Recently, while visiting Dibrugarh for the upcoming LS campaign, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had announced of projecting Dibrugarh as a global tea city. But, what is more important for the tea garden workers is education, connectivity and jobs. Now, some good students are coming up from the weaker communities of the society who are doing well with their studies even after living in the interior places. It would be a great help to them if they can be provided with some facilities, so that they can rise up in society and their lives. Therefore, I think it would be a very good move if jobs are reserved for under privileged people in the private sector.

“The companies hire people who can prove their talents or merits in the interview. But, even after having all the necessary qualifications, the meritorious students belonging to these communities get deprived of jobs”

hould there be job reservations in the private sector? Absolutely not! India is a country where we have become accustomed to take things for granted, and job reservation is certainly one of those things. There already is a system of reservations in the public sector - education, health, politics, etc. to name a few and the fact is not hidden from us, as to what is the fate of our public institutions. But while saying that, it is also of prime importance from the government perspective to address the welfare of the people, irrespective of caste and creed, for the overall nation building process. But things are different in the private domain. Private sector is a highly competitive field and profit driven. The companies out there in the private sector have to continuously evolve and keep updating themselves to stay afloat in the market. For companies, which are involved in such a sector, it can be very dangerous to compromise with their talent pool just to satisfy the political aspirations of some people. It is a talent driven sector which recruits talented people to whichever caste or creed they may belong to. Moreover seeing the role the private sector is going to play in the future in the development of India Inc, it will be very inimical for our country to have the sector compromised like our public sector by introducing baseless reservation laws into it. Governments on their part should dedicate its resources and machineries to develop the infrastructure and produce a conducive environment, wherein, real talented resources emerge from the system. That way the disparity syndrome would not be present. The fruits of reservation have been enjoyed for far too long now and mind you, even a tree has its lifetime for bearing fruits. Private sector is business, and business my friend, cannot be done on the background of emotions. So to conclude, I am of the firm opinion that reservations in private sector would only lead to a situation like our sick public sector and we cannot afford that, can we?

“Private sector is a highly competitive field and profit driven. The companies out there in the private sector have to continuously evolve and keep updating themselves to stay afloat in the market. For companies, which are involved in such a sector, it can be very dangerous to compromise with their talent pool just to satisfy the political aspirations of some people.”

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Travel

Spiti Valley G Plus Feature

he district of Lahaul-Spiti in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh is one of the most spectacular valley with ancient monasteries and natural formations. It consists of the two formerly separate districts of Lahaul and Spiti. The present administrative head quarter is Keylong in Lahaul. Earlier, Kardang was the capital of Lahaul, and Dhankar the capital of Spiti. One can visit this place either from Delhi via Manali or from Kalpa via Shimla. The important tourist destinations spread across the Lahaul Spiti valley are Kaza, Tabo, Nako, Keylong, Jhnaskar and others. Another main attractions of this valley is Kunzum la or the Kunzum Pass (altitude 4,551 m; 14,931 ft) is the entrance pass to the Spiti Valley from Lahaul. It is 21 km from Chandra Tal. This district is connected to Manali through the Rohtang Pass. To the south, Spiti ends 24 km from

Tabo, at the Pare chu gorge where the road enters Kinnaur and joins with National Highway No. 22. The two valleys are quite different in geographical character. Spiti is more barren with huge and varied natural formations at an average elevation of the valley floor of 4,270 m (14,009 ft). It is enclosed between lofty ranges, with the Spiti river rushing out of a gorge in the southeast to meet the Sutlej River. It is a typical mountain desert type area with an average annual rainfall of only 170 mm (6.7 inches).

TABO (3050 m) : 163 km from

Kalpa is the ancient village of Tabo, situated on the left bank of river Spiti. Flanked on either sides by hills, its one of the most important Buddhist monasteries regarded by many as only next to the Tholing Gompa in Tibet. It is also known as the Ajanta of the Himalayas. Tabo is the largest

monastic complex of Spiti which has since been declared a protected monument under the aegis of Archaeological Survey of India.

KAZA (3600m) : 210 Km from

Kalpa, 47 km from Tabo, the headquarters of Spiti sub-district, Kaza lies on the bank of river Spiti. In earlier times, it was the capital of Nono, the Chief of Spiti. It has a Buddhist Monastery and Hindu Temple.

KEY MONASTERY / KEY GOMPA (4116m) : 7 km from Kaza, the larg-

est monastery in Spiti Valley, established in the 11th century has ancient Buddhist scrolls and paintings. It also houses large number of Buddhist monks and nuns.

KIBBER (4205m) : 18 km from

Kaza, the highest village in the world which is connected by motorable road and is the highest habitated village in the world which has its own polling station during elections.

DHANKAR (3890m) : 24 km from

Tabo, this place is famous for a Buddhist monastery.

PIN VALLEY : The Pin valley lies

below the Kungri Glacier and has several beautiful and important monasteries. It is called the land of Ibex and snow leopards.

KUNZAM PASS (4551m) :

One of the highest motorable pass. Goddess Kunjum keeps guard over this pass and wards off evil.

CHANDRATAL LAKE (4270m) :

7 km from Kunzam Pass, is one of the most beautiful lakes in the entire Himalayan region. Surrounded by snow, this deep blue water lake has a circumferences of 2.5 km. River Chandra flows very close to the lake.

BEST TIME TO VISIT This varies from year to year but in general, if you are coming from Manali, Kunzum La and Rohtang Passes, the route is open around mid-May. Coming from Shimla, the Reckong Peo road is all weather and the Border Roads Organization do their best to keep this route open all year round. The best time to come to Spiti is the Summer months between May and October when temperatures are perfect, roads are (mostly) clear and the sun is shining!

G PLUS MAR 29 - APR 04, 2014

Catching Up

Headlining acts! Anna Kendrick WHO’S SHE Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer. She rose to international fame after her performance as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air (2009), for which she received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. SO WHAT In October 2010, She Attended The 2010 Top Glamour Awards in Mexico where she won for “Best International Actress”. Now what It has been confirmed that Kendrick will star in a film adaptation of The Last Five Years. Kendrick will also star in a psychological thriller titled The Voices. On June 21, 2013, it was confirmed that Kendrick will play Cinderella in Rob Marshall’s 2014 musical film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. In 2013, she scored a hit song with “Cups (When I’m Gone)” from the film Pitch Perfect which became a No. 2 hit on Billboard’s Adult Pop Song chart. Kendrick will make her SNL hosting debut on April 5th, 2014 with musical guest Pharrell.

America’s First-ever Cannabis Club Opening in Colorado A private club is set to open in the mountain town of Nederland, in Colorado. All thanks to Amendment 64, which legally allows people to smoke pot. Cheryl and David Fanelli want to establish “Club Ned,” America’s very first legal cannabis club. Their biggest hurdle was getting marijuana exempted from Colorado’s Clean Air Indoor Act, which prohibits smoking inside businesses. So, the Fanelli’s will set up their social cannabis club “like the Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts or Elk’s Clubs” (i.e. private clubs where indoor smoking is allowed).

pick of the week The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its second navigational satellite, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1B (IRNSS-1B), next week from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The satellite will be launched on April 4 using its rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

Ireland Needs Shaggy Sheep for ‘Shearing Olympics’ The Irish require at least 6,000 sheep as hosts of this year’s Golden Shears World Championships. But they’re more than 1,000 short with just weeks to go before an event dubbed “the Olympics of sheep shearing.” Organizers said they need ewes, aged 12 to 14 months, to ensure that all competitors are supplied similarly shaped sheep. Prices for such animals in Ireland are running high, and farmers are under pressure to sell them before the May 22 start of the four-day competition in Gorey, south of Dublin.

Super Hercules crashes

To subscribe type GPLUS In a major setback to the Air Force, a newly acquired US-made C-130J transport aircraft on Friday crashed near Gwalior after taking off from Agra air base, killing five crew members, including four officers. Two Wing Commanders, two Squadron Leaders and another crew member were killed in the Super Hercules Special Operations plane crash, Defence PRO told PTI in Jaipur. India had recently inducted six C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which were bought from the US at the cost of around Rs 6000 crore (USD 1.1 billion) three years ago. The per unit cost of the aircraft comes to around Rs 1,000 crore.

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Elizabeth Chase WHO’S SHE Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films Silent House, Liberal Arts and the critically acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene, for which she was nominated for numerous awards. She is the younger sister of actresses and fashion designers Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. SO WHAT In January 2013, Olsen was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She co-starred in the 2013 American remake of the 2003 South Korean film Oldboy; she played Marie, a young social worker who developed a relationship with the protagonist, played by Josh Brolin. Now what Olsen will next star in the 2014 Godzilla remake, opposite Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Olsen signed on to play the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the 2015 sequel to The Avengers. She first appeared as the character in a post-credits scene of the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

What did I just hear? North Korea leader Kim Jong Un just amped up his capacity for hair-raising hilarity. From now on, according to reports, when men in the Hermit Kingdom slide into the barber chair, they are only allowed to have one ’do done: the “Dear Leader Kim Jong Un.” Kim’s hairdo lockdown means that men have gone from 10 approved styles to one.

Kamur of the week Farcical tobacco ban. The authorities might have put a ban on the sale of smokeless tobacco, but every pan shop sells it without much hassle. The tobacco users might shed a bit extra from their pockets, but getting the tobacco is not really a trouble. So, what is the point of the ban?

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