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MayurGunjalPune,22OctOn Tuesday,

PCMC launcheda cleanlinessdrive to removeseveral goddessidols along withgarlands andother offeringsfrom the holyriver Indrayan-ion the ghats ofAlandi has the im-

mersion had pollutedthe river immensely. The city of Pune wit-

nessed enthusiastic cel-ebrations of two back toback big festivals name-ly Ganesh Utsav andNavratri. This resulted inhuge pressure on riverswhen idols and offeringstodeitieswerereleasedintherivers.Alandi,situatedon bank of river the In-drayaniwasavictimofthis

pollution. Thus, PCMCmembers of theSanita-tion Department started acleanliness drive and re-moved a large number ofhalf immersed and bro-ken idols of deities. Tonsof garbage were pulledoutandcarriedoutbythePCMCsanitationworkers.Indiaisacountrywhere

rivers are worshippedas Goddesses but treat-ed inhumanly by thevery same worshippers.

President Addresses Symbiosis Graduates

Cleaning Drive for Indrayani

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ShashankKelkarPune,22OctDespite Maharashtra

State Co-operative So-ciety Workers’ hungerstrike reaching its 105thDay, there are no takersto resolve the issue. Al-though not paid for past17months; the resolve oftheprotesterscontinues tobe resilient in a peacefulmanner outside CentralBuilding near Collector’sOffice.Nineworkerswhowere

onhungerstrikehavebeenadmittedtothehospitalbutit has notmoved a singleofficial in the hierarchy.TheStateGovernmentOf-ficialhaspromisedtolookinto the issue a few timesbut to no avail. The big-gest irony of the strike is

theabsenceoftheSocietyPresident, Mr. JagannathJadhav and other appoint-edofficials.An anguishedprotester claimed thattheir President and otherCommittee officials areenjoying their AC officeswhiletheyareontheroadunder the swelteringheat-demandingapayupgrada-tionasperStatePayCom-mission.ThisSocietywasformed

by the Government spe-cially to impart education

and training to Co-oper-ative Institutes. For thepast 100 years, the soci-etyworkers haveworkedtirelessly to impart quali-ty education and training.However, financial aidgiven by the State Gov-ernmentstopped suddenlyin 1998which aggravatedwhen the StateEducationGrantwasalso terminatedin 2013 leaving the Soci-ety high and dry. The so-cietymanaged to functionfor sometime under graveconstraints and eventuallyledto thesmallscalepro-testin2015.Thiscrisishasaffectedover265familiesof the workers who havenot been paid for last 17months.

Idols from Indrayani River

Hunger Games: Yielding No Effect

NavnathKahandalPune,22Oct

Specialized departmentsofUniversityHealthCen-tre, is closed from twomonths. Students as wellas the employees of theuniversityhave togoout-sideforthepaidtreatmentsin private hospitals. Uni-versityhasbeenprovidinghealth services to the stu-dents from long time.Butthe construction work athealth centre discontinued

ShashankKelkarPune23OctA young work-

ing-woman from NorthIndia (namewithheld onrequest)washarassedbycalls continuously lastnight. She blocked thenumberafterafewcalls.However, the unknowncaller continued switch-ing the number and ha-rassing her unabashedly.The victim approachedthe Cyber Cell in themorning. The identity ofthecallercouldnotbees-tablishedimmediatelybutthe location was tracedbacktoNoida.CyberCell,Shivaji Nagar is furtherinvestigating the case.

ShashankKelkarPune,22Oct‘Some Concepts’ Tech-

nologies Pvt Ltd, anE-Learningsoftwarecom-pany was in a state ofshock, when it laid handsontheirmodifiedsoftwareavailable at throw awaypriceinthemarket.Cy-ber Cell investigated thecase and identified ‘PanGuruSystem’locatedatKKMarket,Dhanakwadiastheplacewhere‘new’soft-warewascreatedbymak-ing fewminor changes instolenoriginalsourcecodeof‘SomeConcepts’.Apo-licepersonnelincivildresswas tasked to approachthe pirates as potentialcustomer. The pirates fellfor the bait. They werecaught red-handed withsoftware, dongle and billbooks. The culprits havebeen identifiedasMaheshPawar and Santosh Gosa-wi, both fromPune.TheyhavebeenbookedunderITAct Section 420 and 434.

Harassment calls to young woman

Software pirates nabbed in raid

Date : 23 October, 2018, Tuesday, Experimental Journal

The Department of Communication and Journalism, Savitribai Phule Pune University

Pune,21Oct

Today, while addressingat Chandrashekhar Hall,Inter-University for As-tronomy and Astrophys-ics (IUCAA); the FormerISRODirector,Dr SureshNaik said there is need tosimplify the discourse ofthe Space Science in or-der to make it easy forthe school students andnon-science backgroundpeople to understandit. Thus, to popularize

science it shouldbe made interestingand understandable.Dr Naik delivered a lec-ture on the Chandrayan-1mission, India’s first evermission to the moon. Heexplained the missionandmadepeopleproudtoknow that India is the 1stcountry to declare firmlywith evidence that wateris present on the moonsurface. He presented thedifferent facts and thelong journey of the mis-sioninaverysimpleman-

On the eve of twin oc-casions of the Interna-tional Observe the Moonday and the tenth anni-versary of Chandrayan 1,Inter-University Centrefor Astronomy and As-trophysics set telescopesopen to all. People fromPune as well as from vil-lages around became apart of the worldwidecelebration of the LunarScience and Exploration.Annually, thousands of

people participate in mu-seums,planetaria,schools,universities, observato-

Make science understandable: Dr Suresh Naik Moon gazing at IUCAA

Pune,23OctThe 15th Convocation

Ceremony of Symbio-sis International Univer-sity, Lavale, Pune was

graced by the presenceof the Hon’ble Presidentof India Shri. Ram NathKovind for the occasionheld Contd. to page 2

Dr Suresh Naik Adressing Science Enthusiasts at IUCAA

Health Centre : SPPU

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ShashankKelkar

Post1998Pokharannuclear tests,USA and many countries exceptFrance imposed sanctions on In-dia. Since then, a lot of water hasflownunder thebridgeand the rela-tions with USA have certainly im-proved. However, it hasn’t alwaysbeen a smooth sailing. Presently,thetwoissuesaffectingtherelation-ship are: India’s decision to con-tinue import of IranianOil and theRussian S - 400Air Defence deal.Energy security has always been

a sensitive and challenging issue toall‘nonorlessoilproducing’econ-omies likeIndiawhichsatisfies al-most 80%of its crude oil require-mentthroughimports.SincepullingoutofnucleardealwithIraninMaythis year, USA has been openlycautioning countries to stop im-porting oil from Iran. Incidentally,Iran is India’s third largest suppli-erofcrudeoil and Indianeconomy

needs assured crude oil supply tosustainhealthygrowthof economy.ChinaandPakistanhaveemerged

as ‘All Weather’ allies over lastfew decades. The collusive threatwith depleted numbers of IndianAir Force (IAF) squadrons neces-sitated Russian S – 400 deal. AsS–400AirDefenceSystemisthe

best in the world with unmatchedranges, it gives IAF a significantedge during war. Both decisionshave been driven by the nation-al interest and the same needs tobe conveyed to all our allies espe-cially USA from our perspective.Therearenopermanentfriendsor

enemies but only ‘Permanent Inter-ests’.ThiscanbeeasilyjudgedfromthefactthattheUSstartedlookingatIndiaasareliablepartnerandapossi-bleallyinSouthAsiaonlywhentheChinese juggernaut challenged theUSdominatedunipolarworld.IndiashouldfullyutilisethecurrentUSre-lationshipwhilesecuringherownen-

ergyandnationalsecurityneeds.Thiscanbeachievedthroughmeaningful,firm andmultilevel diplomacy.Thefirst 2+2 dialogue held last monthwith the United States of Ameri-ca is the idealbeginning fordeeperengagement to ensure preservationof ‘Energy and National Security’.Nationalinterestsremainsupreme

and should never be diluted underanycircumstances.As‘Interests’areperpetually dynamic;India shouldcontinue to engageUSA at variouslevels. Simultaneously, we shouldpursue past successful approach ofmaintaining friendly relations withother dominant powers and not re-maininginasinglecamp.Thetiltinanycampcanhurtoutinterestsinthefutureespeciallyduringchallengingtimes.IfeelthatitistheappropriatetimeforIndiatostandupandbevocalabout pursuing and preserving owninterests as there are no permanentallies. but onlypermanent interests.

AmalaReddie

OnFridaynight,anordinarynightoffireworksandburningeffigies inAmritsarwastransformedintoahor-rifying nightmare when a train ranover thepassers-by standingon thetracks leavingbehindatrailofnear-ly 150 injured and almost 62 dead.Soon accusations began flying andthe burning question was- whosefaultwasitintheend?On hearing about the tragedy, theIndian Railways issued a statementthat they were not informed priorabout the event and therefore were

unaware of the gathering of 300peopleonthetracks.Theorganisershit backclaiming that the train wasspeeding and thus, plowed throughthe crowd. Eyewitnesses have alsoaccused the train driver of lyingthathewaspeltedwithstonesasthewholetragedyhappenedinamatterofsecondsandcaughteveryoneun-aware.So, the negligence was on whosepart?Iftheorganisershavebeenar-rangingsucheventsyearafteryear,whyweren’tanyprecautionstaken?Therewas a clear absenceofbarri-cades and police personnel aroundtokeepacheckonthecrowd.Even

iftheyweretechnically‘trespassers’on the tracks, a properly designedwarningsystemcouldhavedispersedthemass gathering and the tragedycouldhavebeenavoided.Lastbutnotthe least, itwascertainlyunwise tohavetheburningoftheRavaneffigysoclosetothetracks(notevenaban-doned)inthefirstplace!Italleventuallyboilsdowntopoororganisation skills and serious lackof implementationofsafetyandse-curitymeasuresbytheeventmanag-ers and railways alikewhich if fol-lowed,wouldnothaveleftawakeofdestructionanddeeplytragiclossoflives.

PrashantBhushan@pbhushan1

InsteadofsuspendingRakeshAsthana,itseemsthatthePMistryingtosendtheCBIDirectorVermaonleave!PMhasnoauthoritytosendCBIdirectoronleaveashistenureisprotected.ItisnotCBIvsCBI.ItisCBIversusacorruptofficerplantedintheCBIbythePMO.

Chaitali Avadhani

Traffic police are ex-posed to a high amount of pollution every day and suf-fer from v a r i o u s infections related to breathing or respira-tory tract. If we take the ex-ample of Pune city; the ratio of

traffic police for public is one policeman per 1lakh of people.

As a result, the number

of police on the streets is inadequate to handle the huge amount of traffic.

The pollution becomes

unbearable and there-fore, they suffer from various respiratory dis-

eases. To prove

it, a survey was carried out in Feb-ruary 2018 by the final year stu-dents of mi-crobiology of Garware College, the results of which are presented in the graph.

SAUDI’S PLOT BACKFIRES

TIME TO BE VOCAL ABOUT OWN INTERESTS

Amristar Tragedy: A Case of Negligence

Respiratory Diseases Affecting Traffic Police?

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ChaitaliAvadhani

“Saudi will be punished for Khashoggi,” said Trump.The mysterious disappearance of Khashoggi raisedmany unanswered questions. People have already as-sumed that he is dead. The disappearance of a re-nowned journalist who was known for his exclusivesand grave critics against Saudi stunned everyone. Itquestions the freedom of press and the will to write.This is not the first time that a journalist has beenkilled.OurveryownGauriLankesh too, ison the list.AwellplannedplotwaslaiddownbytheSaudiArabia’sgovernancetoeliminatehim.Onthedayhedisappeared,the intelligence team consisting of 15 Saudi memberswas at the embassy inTurkey.Hewas kidnapped andperhapskilledlaterasthebodyisstillmissing.However,thecrownPrinceMohammadBinSalmanfailedtonoticethatthismightbackfireonhim.Oneofthemostfamousbusinessmen like Sir Richard Branson, head ofVirginhascanceledhisinvestmentsinSaudi.ThisalsopresentsanexcellentopportunityforTrumptostrikethemastheirinternationalrelationsareatadeclinedue to therisingoilpricesbySaudiArabia.Apartfromthis,thebipartismgroupofUSsenatorsaredemanding that thePresidentevoketheGlobalMagnitskyAct(GMA).ThishasleadtoaninternationalpressureontheSaudi’sgovernment.Accordingtosources,the15peoplehaveacquireddip-lomatic immunity underViennaConvectionAct 1963.TheyaredetainedinTurkeyatthismoment.Thecontro-versywillcontinueiffailedtoactinadesigneddirection.Khashoggi must be avenged. Justice for Khashoggi.

on 23rd Oct After felicitating the

graduates who won theChancellor’s Gold Med-als; the President then ad-dressedthehugegatheringaboutimportanceofeduca-tionaswayofhelping theunderprivileged where hestated,“Empathytofellowcitizensisasmuchatestofyour scholarship, as yourmarks and your degrees.”He also notably com-

mended the greater num-berofgirlswhoperformedacademically better thanthe boys and proclaimeditasahappysignofprog-ress in society. Addition-ally, he mentioned theincreasing number of for-

eign students in India andtheir relevance tobuildinga multicultural and cos-mopolitan atmosphere inthe various institutions.Before concluding his

speech, Kovindji men-tioned the decision tak-en by the Government topromote and support 20institutions of higher ed-ucation as institutionsof eminence and hopedthat Symbiosis Interna-tional University wouldstrive to be a part of that.Hispartingcongratulatorywordstothenewgradu-atesontheirfurthercareerpathswere“Thepastmo-tivatesuswhilethefuturebeckons.”.

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VRUTTAVIDYACHILDREN’S SOCIETY PUNECELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE

SnehalWarekarPune,22OctToday, In the Program

to felicitate Mr Raghu-nathji Kuchik, who hasrecently been appointedas the Chairman of Ma-harashtra State MinimumWage Advisory Board,SudhirGadgil appreciatedMrKuchik for his uniquestyleofworking.Evenbe-ing a leader of Worker’sunion Kuchik believes incommunication insteadof protests and agitation.He is close to the heartof workers, he added. The program held at

SantDnyaneshwar Hall,Main Building, Savitrib-aiPhule University Pune.Dr Nitin Karmalkar,Vice Chancellor, SPPU,NeelamtaiGorhe, MLA

and senior Shivsena lead-er, Rajeev Sabade, Direc-tor, Cosmos CooperativeBank Ltd, ShivajiUttekar,BalasahebAatre, R. K.Kulkarni-Branch werepresentat theprogramme.At the program, the

dignitaries addressed thehugesupportersinthehall.UnionleaderKuchikinhisaddress promised to bringthe change on worker’spart. He also looked for-

ward tothe con-t r a c t u a llabourers.Neelam-taiGorhesaidpolit-icalorso-cial workisnothingbut theground towork for

thepeople.RajeevSabadealso made some sugges-tions regarding workersmovementandintheinter-estofjournalismfieldsinceit’s alsobeing affectedbythe contractual system.The responsibility of

the anchoring was suc-cessfully fulfilled byMr AnandDeshmukh.Mr Shivaji Uttekar ex-pressed a vote of thanks.

ChaitaliAvadhaniPune,22Oct

Are there enough toi-lets for women in urbanas well as rural areas? Isthe hygiene maintained?Are the ladies taking pre-cautions of sanitary con-ditions? What kind ofinfections affects them?These questions were an-swered at a programe byDr. Himangi Pataskar atMaharashtra SahityaPar-ishad on Tuesday 22ndOctober 2018. “This is asensitiveissueandhasnotbeendiscussedquiteopen-ly before,” said PataskartoBhushanKattakar,whowas interviewing her.According to Pataskar,

the rural areas lack toiletstherebymakingitdifficult

forthewomentogooutinthe daylight. They eithergoin thedarkordon’tgo

at all. They feel that theonly logical solution forthis is to stop drinkingwater.This leads tomanyinfections and health is-sues like dehydration,kidney stones, pain andburning sensations andeven gas or constipation.Another angle is that

women even get rapedand molested. “I facedthis situation while work-

ing in Sasoonhospital,” saidPataskar.Com-pared to ruralareas; urbanareas do havetoiletsbut theyare unclean,lack waterfacility andelectricity too.This topic

was also touched by Ra-jagauri Jadhav, a 13 yearold rural resident whereher tone and level of un-derstanding of the sub-ject stunned the audience.The programme endedwith a questionnaire ses-sion followed by po-ems written on the same.

To Pee or Not To Pee

ShanshankKelkarPune,22Oct

“Today,thechildrenbe-tween8 to15yearshavelost their innocence dueto premature adolescencetriggeredbyinappropriateand excessive exposureto TV, ads, internet andsmartphones” said Lax-mikant Deshmukh, IAS(Retired), President ofAkhil Maharashtra Sahi-

tyaSammelan, during therelease ofSetu, a GoldenJubilee Book of Chil-dren’sSociety,Pune.Thefunction was conductedat S M Joshi Hall, NaviPethon22October2018. On the occasion of

Golden Jubilee, the im-portant contributors ofChildren’s Society wereappreciatedwithmemen-tos. Later, Deshmukhand popular actor, RahulSolapurkar felicitatedtwo best students fromseven selectedschoolsparticipating in variousactivities of Children’sSociety- Ashwani Jog-dand and Vaishnavi Jad-hav from Blind School,Kothrud. The occasionalsowitnessedthereleaseof the 60th book writ-

ten by President of CS,Dr NM Joshi titled ‘NaMaKatha’which narratesincidents from peoplewhich influencedhis life.“Present younger gen-

erationisuselessbecausemy generation failed topass on Ethics andMor-als learnt by us duringourchildhooddays,”saidSolapurkar in anguish.He emphasised the im-portance of Emotional

Quotient (EQ) and Sur-vivalQuotient (SQ) rath-er than IntelligenceQuo-tient(IQ).Herecalledhisschooldaysandthestellarroleplayedbytheteachersin building core values.Vitthal Rao Joshi, ex

Construction Minister, Government of Eden,formed Children’s Soci-ety on 12 October 1968to impart proper Eth-ics and Morals educa-tion to school children-through sports centres.Since then, ithascomealong way evolving withthe time while retainingits original objectives.President Dr Joshi alsourgedtheaudiencetoex-tend monetary supportto theorganisation toen-hance its present reach.

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SanyogIngalePune 22 Oct : Janse-

va Co-Operative Bankannounced its ‘JansevaAward’ to the Sevavard-hini Institute for help-ing the service-orientedorganisations across thecountry in various fieldson 22nd October 2018.The award will be pre-

sentedattheMahatmaJy-otiraoPhule Cultural Bha-vanatWanwadionTuesday,23rd October 2018 ac-cording to a press confer-ence by Pradeep Jagtap,President of the Bank.Chief Executive Of-

ficer Vinayak Joshi andGeneral Manager KishoreGholava were also pres-ent at the conference.There are 30 branch-

es of Janseva Bank andit has a turnover of 3.51crore. Jagtap added thatthe construction work oftheHeadquartersBuildingof the Hadapsar Indus-trial Estate is underway.

ShanshankKelkarPune,22Oct It was sunny and hot

and yet it did not damp-en the spirits ofhundredsof the National Con-gress Party (NCP) work-ers during their ProtestMarchagainsttheBJPledNDA Government fromNehru Memorial Hall,Pune Camp to Division-al Commissioner (DC)Office. AjitDadaPawarand Supriya Tai Sule ledtheMarchwith their sup-porters chanting slogans.The street was full of

workers carrying NCPflagsandplacards reflect-ing their demands. Largenumber of women sup-porters accompanied Su-priya Tai. The demandsput forth by NCP were: Immediate declarationof drought in the State,complete loan waiverfor farmers and no sur-charge on electricity forfarmers. One of the plac

ardsread-‘Ifyoucannotensure Achhe Din (greatdays) then at least ensurestatus quoprior to 2014’.Before the start of the

March, all core membersandworkersfromvariousTalukas of Pune DistricthadgatheredinsideNehruMemorialHall.Afterthis,the protesters marchedand reached DC Officeand staged a dharana.AjitDada andSupriyaTaialongwithselectmemberswere allowed to enterDC Office premises.

Mayor PuraskarAnnounced

Ajit Dada Leading Protest

Communication beyond the strikes and agitation : Kuchik’s Art

NCP UPS THE HEAT ON DROUGHT

Janseva Awards Declared

ner making it fascinating.Afterthepresentation,heansweredthequestionsfromtheaudiencewhichalsothrewlightonvariousrelatedtopicsinSpacetechnology.Theprogramwasthefeastforthecuri-ousminds.

theservicewhichisaffect-ingstudentsbadly.

The X-Ray, dentist-ry, orthopedic wards areclosed.Onlyprimarymed-ication is available at theHealth centre. Studentsdemand to reopen thesewardsasearlyaspossiblesothattheyneednottogoand spend much on sameservicesoutside.

ries, parks and business-es around the world.One dayeach year, ev-eryone on Earth is invit-ed to observe and learnabout themoon together.

NavnathKahandalPune22OctThescholarshipschemesannouncedbythegovern-mentareseemtobefailedwhenitcomestotheimplementation.Studentshavetogothroughtheon-lineproceduretoapplyforthescholarship.Thegivenwebsite‘mahadbt.com’doesnotrunproperlyhencestudentsaregettingtroubledwhileuploading

theapplication.Whenstudentscontactedthedepartmentregardingtheissue,officialsdidn’tgiveanypropersolution.Studentshavetoperformotheracademicworksandstudies.Thescholarshipissuesetsthemonthecrossfirethateithertheycanconcentrateontheirstudyortheycanspendtheirtimeinrespectiveoffices.

Dr.JaimenPatel, Dr.Manu Rathi, Dr.Vivek-Manade and Dr.Supri-yaManviwillbeaward-ed the Mayor Puraskar2018.Theprogramwillcommence at AuroraTowerson28thOctober.Thisawardistobegivenby Medworld- Asia In-ternational Publicationsfor their contributionsto the medical field.Around40suchpeople

willbeawardedfromallover the country. Somewell-known people likeManisha Bodas, Dr.N.M.JoshiandBhushanGokhalewillbepresentfor this function. Apartfromthis,theawardwillalso be given to peoplewho have contributedin other fields like artand sports.Few suchnominations are Su-hasKhamkar, Amol Ba-rate,Anil Nagarkar etc.

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Moon Gazers

TUESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2018LOCAL NEWS

TrangDang

What will you do if you had onlyone day to exploreMumbai- one of themost populous and wealthiest cities inIndia? Here are a few suggestions forone-daytripforthosewhoareinarush,but do not want to miss special desti-nations and food that attracts about 6million tourists per year to Mumbai.D e s t i n a t i o n s :Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termi-

nus(CSMT).Whyisarailwaystationisworthavisit?Because it isamong threeUNESCOWorldHeritageSitesinMum-baiandoneofthemostbeautifulrailwaystationsworldwide.CSMT is a stunningand historic building that dates back to1887andwasoriginallynamedforQueen

Victoria before being renamed in 2017.

ChhatrapatiShivajiMaharajVastuSan-grahalaya (CSMVS) formerly known as

PrinceofWalesMuseumofWesternIndia.AfterpayingINR85peradultfortheen-trancefee,youwillsatisfactorilywanderaroundthe3-storybuildingwithvastcol-lections,archaeologicalfindsandartifactsfromtheIndiansubcontinent,theMughal

era,andtheMarathaempiretonameafew.

GatewayofIndia.Thisisprobablythemostfamoussitethatyoumustincludeinyourone-day trip toMumbai.Themag-nificent archway commemorating thelandingofKingGeorgeVwhenhevisitedIndiain1911,islocatedrightonthewa-terfrontandisalwayspackedwithpeople.Therefore, please be prepared to queueandhaveloadsofpeopleinyourphotos.

Food:

VadaPav.VadaPavamust-have,origi-natedfirstascheapstreetfoodinMumbai,butisnowservedinfoodstallsandrestau-

rantsacrossthecountry.VadaPavconsistsofadeepfriedpotatodumplingplacedin-sideabreadbun(pav)slicedinhalfthroughthe middle. It is generally accompaniedwith chutneys and green chilli peppers.

How to get to Mumbai from Pune?

Takingtrainisthemostconvenientandcheapest way to travel to Mumbai Cityforadaytrip.AfterpayingINR104foraseat at general compartment and spend-ingaround4hoursonthetrain,youwillreach to Chhatrapati Shivaji TerminusRailway Station.The train ticket can bebooked online or bought at the ticketcounterofPuneJunctionRailwayStation.

Book Review - Paradise ‘Lost’ Towers.

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AmalaReddie

Having heard thatShwetha Bachchan-Nandawouldbethelatesttojointhebandwagonofcelebri-ty writers with her debut‘Paradise Towers’ a dra-ma infused with mystery;I was somewhat intriguedand wondered if she hadanything new to bring tothe table.Needless to say,Iwassorelydisappointed.The novel begins, con-

tinues and finishes withendlessly dull narrationsabout the residents livingin the seemingly idyllicapartment complexwhosedescription itself takesaround three-four pages.Nanda takes her time es-tablishing her many char-acterswho,whileinclusiveandfromallbackgrounds;areburdenedwiththeirste-reotypesandclichéswhichmakesthemredundantand

fail toevokeany senseoftruesympathyinthereader.Theplotseemstothick-

en when Mrs. Mody, aseptuagenarian inhabitantisfounddeadinherapart-ment. Quite naturally, itcreates a stir among theothers and a mystery be-ginstodevelop.However,before you can even theprocess themystery fully,it is resolved in the nextcouple of pages whichmakes you wonder whatthetrueplotofthebookis.Nandaseemstohavethe

same question inmind asshe dabbles with not onebut two sub-plots!One of

themisaninter-castemar-riagewhichunfoldsduringa Diwali celebration inan extremely predictablemanner and without anybang. The other sub-plotis admittedly more in-teresting but happens to-wards the climax and istied up rather hurriedlythus leaving you with asense of unsatisfaction.The only redeeming

feature of the novel isNanda’swry sense of hu-mourwhere she points outthesimpleironiesoflifeatwhich you can’t help butchuckle.Ifonlythereweremore of those than theexhausting expositions!Soifyou’relookingfora

goodjuicymysteryandin-trigue;thisisnotthebookfor you. However, if youwant a quick bite-sizedread to gowith your eve-ning chai, go right ahead!

TrangDang

Chai plays an importantrole inevery Indian’sdai-lylife.Thehotdrinkkeepsthevendorswarmwhoof-tenstarttheirdayatcrackof dawn. At lunch time,it is easy to catch groupsof white collars gather-ing around chaiwallahs,chatting and enjoying thefavorite beverage. Aftera long day of studying,a cup of chai is again anindispensable ingredientof the vibrant conversa-tions among youngsters.Although chai appearsfrequently in our lives;

howmanypeopleactuallyknowabout thehistoryofthis‘national’drink?Tea first appeared in

ancient India as a formof herbal medicine rath-er than a drink. It gaineduniversal attention in the1830s when the BritishEastIndiaCompanyraisedconcerns about the Chi-nesemonopolyontea.TheBritish colonists noticedtheexistenceof teaplantsinAssamandbegantocul-tivateteaplantationslocal-ly.Despite the increasing

export to other countries;the consumption of black

tea in India remained lowuntil a promotional cam-paignbytheIndianTeaAs-sociationinearly20thcen-tury. This British-ownedorganization encouragedfactories, mines, and tex-tile mills to provide teabreaks for their workersand also supported thebusiness of chaiwallahsacrosstherailwaysystem.Regarding the addition

ofmilktotea,itisbelievedthat the first form of chaiwith milk was developedby travelers and trad-ers mostly from Gujarat,Maharashtra and Bengal.They were people whocame from regions withgoodqualitymilkandwiththe growing cross-countrytrade;sweetmilkychaibe-camethego-todrink.Lat-er, the masala chai (chaiflavored with aromaticspices)arrivedandisusu-allyservedwithsweetandsavory toasts- a blend ofIndianandBritishtradition

London,23TheGunners’camefir-

ingallgunsaftertrailing1 - 0 in the beginning.BrillianceofMesutOzilandAubameyangscoredone and brace respec-tively.Thewinwas theGunners’ 10th straightwin against LeisterCity and seventh con-secutive win in EnglishPremier League (EPL).

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