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Personal Jottings By RK Rishikesh Sinha An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier Image: Jaipal Coming to our home daily and narrating interesting stories of his life experiences to us, made my memory laden with knowledge of socio-geo-political scenario of his times and I feel today, those ‘stories’ were the first lessons in the field of history, geography, political science and international relations for me. I was at the beginning of my teenage when he started visiting our home in Kashmir. Today, if someone comes daily, it might be taken as harassment and intrusion to ones daily life and wastage of time. But those days and time was different. People were more social and guests would be welcomed heartily. Treating guests with hospitality was the daily ritual that people would love to follow. He was a Bishnupriya Manipuri hailed from Rajagaon, Patharkandi (Assam, INDIA). He was a siphahi in BSF. Though he couldn’t get promotion as he told us with great amusement, “my servic...

By RK Rishikesh Sinha Indira Gandhi A new chapter has been added to the Indo-Bangla relationship on July 25. Bangladesh conferred Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona on Indira Gandhi posthumously for her “outstanding contribution” to the country's independence from Pakistan. Though belatedly, the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has taken a historic step by recognizing India’s role in the formation of Bangladesh. The then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi’s personal and political role to help millions of fleeing Bangladeshi people by opening Indian borders, providing economic aid and shelter, besides sending army to fight against Pakistani army, and finally giving a nation-statehood status to Bangladesh in the world map, is undeniable. However, during the period of 40-year of Independence of Bangladesh, its successive governments have done “calculative distortions …[of] India's role in the war … and [made] Indira Gandhi… the main villain. [Haroon H...

By RK Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Students of Kendriya Vidyalayas, the largest system of Central government schools in India , which serve children of Defence Personnel, share something common in their experiences of school days. About the school:  A Central School or Kendriya Vidyalaya, has always a vibrant and invigorated environment with frequent transfer of students. The most distinct feature that characterizes a central school is its creating a mini-India in the school. KV Students are mostly the children of personnel under different armed forces posted out to different parts of India . They speak different mother tongues, born and brought up in different localities, defence campuses, and bring with them traits of all these specialties. A student who has studied in different Kendriya Vidyalayas located in different regions of India could hardly remember all the friends’ name who had once shared his bench, and classroom in his schooldays. It is often seen one-third ...

Personal Jottings By Sonika Rajkumari, New Delhi I do not know how to start. I have never been so confused while writing like I m today. Whatever is running into my mind I am just writing it down. I know this is not the way to write something formally. We often say “I am not lucky” or “I am happy.” What does lucky or unlucky mean? What are the criteria that decide someone is lucky or unlucky? Or are we lucky and content? Very confusing, even I am confused I know so you are. Nevertheless, if we look into others life personally then this confusion would go away within a second. I had visited a place and met a 29-year-old woman that made me think all this. Since the day I came home from hostel, I didn’t go out from my home. So, the day before yesterday i.e. on 16th I had been to my brother’s friend house, she lives in Dwarka Sector 22, Delhi. As usually, that day also I was in happy happy mood. Her husband welcomed and took us to her bedroom. We sat near by her. My brother introdu...

High Fliers By RK Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi His life catapulted suddenly from being a faceless and nameless boy to a heartthrob of millions after he participated in the Zee TV Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa singing programme. Viewers across the world were hooked to their television sets to watch him singing the hit numbers of Hindi songs. What was his life before appearing in the Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa programme which has the rare distinction of producing singers like Shreya Ghosal, Kunal Ganjawala, and like many talented singers to the movie-crooning nation? He said, “During those days I was singing in local orchestras and someone informed me that Himesh Sir is coming to Guwahati, Assam and will be taking auditions from contestants for the programme”. He went on saying that he had never expected that he would be selected among the thousands of contestants, competing first in Guwahati and then in Kolkata, West Bengal. Explaining what are the steps or hurdles that he had to cross to appear fi...

Assam has been rocked by the earthquake for the fifth time. It was reported that intensity was 6.3 in the Richter Scale. The consecutive quakes have arisen a sense of panic and impending danger of life among the people. The haphazardly growing city and unorganised concrete buildings one after another has further made the city more earthquake risk prone. It is important to spread awareness about the safety measures and dos and don'ts among the people. We have given a slideshow presentation about the preparation and necessary steps to be taken for the earthquake prone areas. Click Alert Assam:Earthquake Emergency Survival Guide Please click on the rectangular tab on the right side of the slide menu. Or Click Alert Assam:Earthquake Emergency Survival Guide Today is Ninthoapa (Monday) What next? Get Email Alerts (Bishnupriya Manipuri) Get SMS Alerts (Bishnupriya Manipuri) Get Email Alert (E - World)

KALEIDOSCOPE By Prabal Atreya, Bangalore Austerity. Rahul Gandhi. Shatabdi Express. SM Krishna. Shashi Tharoor. Five-Star facilities closed. Pranab Mukherjee. Shashi Tharoor again. Twitter. Cattle class. Jayanthi Natarajan. Ashok Gehlok. Media. Blogs. Most of us reading this piece would have gone through at least a few of the above mentioned in some way or the other, in the last couple of days. The austerity drive by the government that’s been labeled by the media, so-called intelligentsia, and the learned bloggers all around the country. Can’t blame them, it’s this country which has such a tarnished image about the politicians. Such has been a polit-bureau’s image that the common man does not want to distinguish between the age-old practices and good practices that are on the process. As if Rahul Gandhi and his invisible army of advisers were not aware of the fact that he cannot board a Shatabdi Express every now and then; that this drive could only aggravate his image as a lausy e...

High-Fliers By RK Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Sunil Kumar Sinha, a multi-talented artist based in Guwahati has been adding vibrancy and vitality since many decades, to the land of Assam through the power of his creativity. As a former student of Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, Sunil has something to proud about, it is his association with the institute from where many notable personalities of the country had been shaped. Raj Kamble, the first Indian who got nominated in British Design and Art Directors (D&AD) and a first Indian to win prestigious One Show Gold Pencil; Arun Kolatkar, poet; Nana Patekar, Indian actor and filmmaker; Raj Thakare, politician and social worker; Vikas Sabnis, illustrator and caricature artist, are few of the names who passed out from the Institute and made history in their own sphere. Getting into the precincts of J.J. Institute of Applied Art and learning the nuances of art, was a dream came true for Sunil Kumar Sinha, born in a village Katabar...

Views Where is Tushar Sinha, the Zee TV Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa singer who once rocked the television viewers all over the world with his soulful voice? His elimination from the programme seems has taken such a toll that he is no more visible in the tinsel world of television. His absence from the limelight has been so long that people are now actually asking where he is now. “Such a long bye…now come back,” said Micheal Daglous in a website on September 15, 2009. Micheal Daglous comment in the site reads “Where are you lost?” in the memory of the singer who was in the Rock Gharana of Himesh Reshammiya in the Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa musical programme in 2007. A quick Google search with “Tushar Sinha Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa” throws out 3, 430 results in 0.30 seconds; it is an irony beside the article, which was carried out in the bishnupriyamanipuri.com and the other in the Rediff.com, there are no relevant materials related to the singer. It is no better in the social networking site Orkut. The singer is dead in...

May you live long Assam Bhawan, Mumbai, is celebrating the birthday of legendary figure of Assamese film industry and Northeastern cultural world, Dr Bhupen Hazarika on September 8, 2009. The event will take place at Assam Bhawan, Vashi, Navi Mumbai from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika is one of the well renowned and versatile music composers and film makers of Indian cinema. He is regarded as the pioneer who brought Assamese cinema in the global arena. He is conferred with many prestigious national and international awards. In 1977, he won the Padamshree for his outstanding contribution to the field of culture in India. In 1979, he won the All India Critic Association Award for the best performing folk artist in India. Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi awarded him in 1987 for his outstanding contribution towards Indian music. Not only this, in 2001, he was honoured with Padma Bhusan, one of the highest civilian award by the Government of India. He was given the Lata Mangeshkar Aw...

News Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) incorporating IT products should always go for open architecture-based products and not for proprietary one, said Ravi Bharadwaj, General Manager, SMB, Dell India. In addition, the MSME units should also consider energy and power factor while taking a decision on the adoption of Information Technology in their workplace, he said while speaking in a conference on 'How to Use IT Smartly: To Cut Costs and Win Markets' in New Delhi on September 4, 2009. Explaining the future of cloud computing in the IT sector the world over, he said that by 2010, 80 per cent of the Fortune 1000 companies would switch over to the new concept “cloud”. Now when the one-third of the SMEs are in the Asia-Pacific region and which is expected to grow to 500 million units by 2015, Ravi Bharadwaj said that the MSMEs shouldn’t go by the prevailing myths that IT is complex and expensive, rather it should embrace it as a “basic level of enabler”. Today is Thank...

NEWS Special Officer-In-charge for Linguistic Minorities (SOLM), Shri Upendera Tripathi, has stressed the need for pursuing more vigorously the Constitutional Safeguards provided to the Linguistic Minorities. This was stated in a press release released by Government of India on August 28, 2009. Shri Tripathi announced that a 10-Point Programme is being prepared for helping Linguistic Minorities Safeguard their right to maintain the identity and propagation for their language. He also said that henceforth there will be regular meetings of Nodal Officers and Education Secretaries of States/UTs dealing with the Office of Special Officer Linguistic Minorities. Today is Thanksha (Saturday) What next? Get Email Alerts (Bishnupriya Manipuri) Get SMS Alerts (Bishnupriya Manipuri) Get Email Alert (E - World)

E-WORLD By RK Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Among the many sweet reasons for which Delhi is wooed the world over, the biggest is the array of food delicacies and myriad cuisines that it pans out for food freaks. Whether it is hot sumptuous aalu tikki, lacchedar paratha, butter chicken , or the frosty lassi , to name a few - the city has more to offer than perhaps any other city of the country. Born, brought up and living in Nizamuddin East, a historical residential colony by all standards and a Mecca for Mughlai food-lovers, for Ravi V. Chhabra, it came very natural to delve into the food and beverages sector. He worked for India’s first Alcobev magazine called Ambrosia in 2001 and did many path-breaking stories on Indian government’s vexed excise policy, beer companies and about the alcohol trade. In 2005, he decided to occupy a space in the cloud with the launching of www.fnbworld.com . Ravi V. Chhabra, who has worked with many international national publications as a full-time journa...

News The benefit of reservation in National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala, has now been extended to students belonging to OBC category. This came with the Union Cabinet’s approval for the implementation of reservation for students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes situated therein. This was stated in a Press Information Bureau, Government of India, press release today. The National Institute of Technology (NIT) located at Jirania in the Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council, Agartala, was unable to extend the benefit of reservation to students belonging to OBC category in view of the non-applicability of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, under Section 4 (a). Section 4 (a) of the CEI Act, 2006 provides that the provisions of Section 3 of the Act shall not apply to a Central Educational Institution established in the tribal areas referred to in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of I...

Views By Rebati Mohan Sinha, Mumbai The treatment meted out to Shah Rukh Khan detained beyond 66 minutes at the US airport is best known to the Airport Authority. These are the security drills that can’t be changed. The point is that every country has its own set of rules. Some are more stringent than the other. Here I would like to say that a visitor always has a choice of his own to go or not to go to a particular place that makes him uncomfortable. The United States is known to be scrupulous while screening of the tourist is concerned, especially after 9/11 attack and we are quite aware of this punishing procedure. All visitors are subjected to rigorous screening; nobody should feel victimized while going through such painful processes (ordeal). Last year, at Singapore Airport I faced several irrelevant questions for carrying a physiotherapy belt made up of cloth pouch having steal strips in it for leg exercise. However, at Mumbai Airport no security personnel had questioned me, eve...

Today is Lamboishing (Sunday) News Are you a serving or retired Central Government Employee, or serving employee of Central PSUs, State Governments, Union Territory Administration, Autonomous Bodies, Corporation, Nationalised Banks, you can have your dream dwelling on “no profit-no loss” basis through self-financing schemes. Thanks to Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO), which is an autonomous body of the Government of India, to promote, control and coordinate the development of housing schemes at selected places. The “organization is conducting a demand survey to take up housing projects for Central Government employees at Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati, Patna, Raipur, Goa, Chandigarh, Vadodra, Shimla, Jammu, Ranchi, Mysore, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Agra, Allahabad, Dehradun and Siliguri” reads the website. Interested! You can visit the organization website for more information: Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation . Eve...

By Prabal Atreya Well…Well…Well. Yet another airport conduct incident. Mr. Shah Rukh Khan being detained in Newark, NJ (USA). The Indian in me got furious for a moment; after all SRK does hold a place in our hearts. And I don’t compare the Badshah with the Shehenshah, both have their own forte. Maybe, as a human, I may tend to do it down the line but surely when SRK turns 60. But that does not mean ‘am putting my CRAZYmeter down for him; for I’ve also grown up with all the Yash Raj banners he was part of, seen the craze in the female fans who came to hold my hands but only to watch SRK do what he does best- Stretch his hands open so wonderfully that almost half the world’s females would get into his already suffocating heart. Sir, you almost made me a pimp then! What more, I tried doing the same magic; and got responses like- Honey! I like the way you are! Liar she was, because I never saw the same craze for me! Nevertheless, on a serious note, over the years, I also developed a fan fo...

NEWS Subroto Sinha Border Security Force (BSF) 07 Battalion under the command of S ubrata Sinha seized 10 crore worth of 2 kg heroine in the India-Pakistan international border, reported Hindi daily Punjab Kesari on June 6, 2009. Acting on a tip – off, the search operation in the area began from 7 am to 11.50 am and made the seizure at DT Mall Post between the pillar number 193 and 194 or between fencing and zero line. DIG, BSF, RK Gupta said that the two heroine packages weigh 1 kg each. Today is Shakolsher (Thursday) What next? Get Email Alerts Get SMS Alerts

Today is Imsha Imsha (Wednesday) NEWS In a glittering event in New Delhi today, Dinsha J Patel, Minister of State of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), inaugurated the launch of the NSIC Business-to-Business (B2B) website to facilitate e-commerce in the sector. The launch saw participation of the industry captains, geographical and sectoral SME Associations, and Government officials. The website www.nsicindia.com will go a long way in the marketing of products and services, identifying the quality of the products, sourcing of the raw material, for the small and medium enterprises of the country, said the Minister. Explaining the role the MSME sector plays in the Indian economy, Dinesh Rai, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, said it contributes 45 per cent of the industrial output and 40 per cent of the total country’s exports. He said from the 800 reserved items in the MSME sector, it has come down to 21 items in the present time. P Dey, DGM, NSIC, elucidated the features of the...

Today is Shakolsher (Thursday) The launch of picsite.co.in by Amit Singha has created a new medium for his photographs to reach new destinations. “In my profession, website is no more a luxury thing that you can boast of, but has become a necessity in this digital age,” Amit Singha said explaining the logic behind his move to conquer an online space in the Internet. The Delhi-based photographer has been the hand behind many commercial endorsements. His photographs have been the visual representation of many corporates’ identity. Take Cleartrip.com, many of you might not be aware that, all the photographs of the hotels of this group in Delhi and NCR have been captured by Amit. Not enough! The click-happy Amit’s photographs have been endorsing India in national and international tourism sector. His photographed many images of India, the magnificent India, for the Incredible India! initiative. The Incredible India! is Government of India’s initiative to showcase the rich diversity ...