The D-room decorumis broken with the captain-coach spat in public, addingpungency to the colorfulhistory of Indian cricket.

Indian cricket ismoving through a very badphase. With all the ludicrousevents happening in theIndian cricket, it canbe essentially judgedfrom a spectator’sview point that Indiancricket is at its nadir.Be it the BCCIElections, Greg-Ganguly spat or theo b l i v i o u sperformance ofTeam India,Un-professionalism hasbeen the keyingredient in theentire mechanism.

The public spatbetween the team’s twomost visible powerhouses,the captain Sourav Gangulyand coach Greg Chappellhas created a hue and crysituation in the cricketingarena. Greg Chappell is asheer professional whonever entertains the whimsand fancies of individuals asfar as perfection inperformance is concerned.Chappell must have beenappointed by the selectionpanel of the BCCI with thevision to provide the best

input in order to raise thequalitative standard of TeamIndia. From his professionalattitude it was clear that hewould brook no nonsenseand that his word would belaw in the dressing room.Chappell would not be JohnWright who was more

accommodative and tried toreason out things with theboys.

After scoring astruggling century at theBulawayo Test againstZimbabwe when Gangulytold the media that he wasforced by the coach to stepdown and Chappell sent asix paged e-mail to theBCCI chief, fuel was addedto the fire of growingtensions in the dressingroom. Chappell has directlyaccused Ganguly of not

being physically andmentally fit to be captain, inaddition that he stays outfrom practice sessionsciting fake reasons and triesto divide and rule in theteam. A matter whichwould have remained adressing room affair went

for the public speculationdamaging the ‘‘Conceptand Coherence of TeamIndia.”

Now the current rowbetween Ganguly andChappell has become amedia spectacle. Dressingroom matters should neverbe revealed for individualgains or to settle scores.In such an emotionallydynamic sport, differencesbetween players andsupport staffs are verynatural. But once these

differences are ventedpublicly, the sameinformation takes anotherugly and unwieldydimension. The status ofthe dressing room as asanctum sanctoriuminherent sense of moralcorrectness.

Ganguly is perceivedto have had thebacking of the Dalmiyagroup and quitepossibly his fatedepends on the returnof the Dalmiya andCo. to the helm of theaffairs. But seniorplayers at the twilightof their career withscant usage shouldvoluntarily step downrather than beings a c k e dunceremoniously by

the top officials giving wayto the younger lot not onlyproving their credibility, butalso generosity for thecountry at large. Theteam’s think tank must lookin depth at these coreissues rather than washdirty linen in public.

Amrit Amlan Pattanaik

Lethal Counterblast Of the Ye a rFirst Thoughts

“There is noemployment for Bar Girls andtheir lives have become di-sastrous now-a-days”,depictsevery newspaper. Accordingto reports, the BollywoodBabes are ready with theirbullets at actor-turned politi-cian Raj Babbar for his pro-posal to recruit unemployedbargirls as junior artistes inthe industry. The President ofMahila Kalakar Sangh hasraised their voice against thegiven proposal by stating thattheir own members arefinding it difficult to get jobs.She also added that the bargirls will not be able to man-age with Rs.600/- per shift. Itis also reported, a juniorartiste supplier concurs thatBollywood does not enjoy agreat reputation and if bar

girls join the industry, what-ever little respectability theyhave would also vanish. TheSangh President sould thinkthat there exist such girls,who are not able to earn

even Rs.600/- per month.And their survival is now aquestion to them. Theybelieve that the society isturning them fromsurvivours to victims.

Every coin has itsother side. The juniorartistes in the industry feel

insecured about bar girls en-tering films, because “Mostbar girls are glamorous andthey might get more workthan the regularmembers.”And talent mat-ters. If a bar girl has got thelook and talent than the well-known actresses in the tinseltown, then majority of themass will want that the firstpreference should go to thebar girl.

The college-goers onbeing asked said, ‘thesociety must give an effort toprohibit the bar girls turninginto sex-workers.There are alot of phases like screen testsin Bollywood to enter. If thebar girls qualify them, thenwhy can not they get entryinto the tinsel town?’

Arunima Mishra

Bar Girls : The No Entry Problem!

For Stars, profession andpolitics are two sides ofthe same coin. Use anyside to win the game !

•Hope is like a road inthe country;there wasnever a road, but whenmany people walk on it,the road comes intoexistence. -Lin Yutang•All seasons are beauti-ful for the person whocarries happinesswithin. -Horace•Tears will get yousympathy;sweat will getyou change.

-Jesse Jackson•Leaders do not createfollowers, they createmore leaders. -Tom Peters•Flowers are the sweet-est things God evermade, and forgot to puta soul into. -Henry Beecher•True love begins whennothing is looked for inreturn. -Antoine De Exupery

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an icon to reckon with - likeVictor Hugo said, “Nothingcan stop an idea whose timehas come” - that’s PHOENIXfor you.Today, we are nineyears old, well experiencedand yet learning !

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We invite our muchvalued alumni and theesteemed society at large, tocontribute to this effort;however small, and help thistabloid to grow as a parallelplatform of creative content tothe Fourth Estate.

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Vol I Issue ISep-Oct 2005

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“A thing of beauty is ajoy forever”. This poeticfragnance of Keats still re-verberates in our earswhich expresses the divin-ity of an art. From the timeimmemorial, humans aresaid to be naturally inclinedtowards beautiful thingswhich revolves around theaxis of human sentimentsand emotions. A collectionof beautiful things thatgrooms our enthusiasmcan thus be defined as averse in itself...Priyabrat Biswal, a personfrom the interior costalbelts of rural Orissa has afascinating story to tell- aremeniscence of photo andautographic imagerieswhich has been an invalu-able property for him. It hasbeen an instinctive pastimeof this 35 year old literaryenthusiast who believesthat Public Relation is thegreatest asset of a humanbeing. Weaving the threadof relationships and nurtur-

ing a very different desire,he has been writing lettersand collecting autographedphotographs of celebritiesfrom all around the globe forthe last two decades.

Born as the eldestson to Prahlad Biswal andKanaklata Biswal in 1969 atOlihan village nearAstaranga, Priyabrat did hisschooling at BiswambarBidyapitha to later join SCSCollege, Puri, from where hepassed out as a graduate.An avid literary enthusaistfrom the childhood, he wasan introvert by nature whogradually self-alienatinghimself from the crowdedworld indulged in studies.To avoid an unsocial atmo-sphere, he started writingletters stretching theboundaries of public rela-tion. Thus the introvert atti-tude of this man acted as aboon in pursuing such a dig-nified hobby. With a simple

mechanics of writing let-ters which resulted him avery unique theme of collec-tions, he has induced aneffort to keep alive the dy-ing trend of letter-writing. ‘lifehas become a fast- trackcourt for people who hardlyunderstand relationship andthe value of letter-writing. Iam alone in this businessbecause of my die-hard in-terest’, says Biswal.

Never meeting any ofthe celebrities, only throughhis letters and impressivehandwriting, Mr.Biswal hascollected the autographedphotographs of the formerU.S. presidents, GeorgeBush(Sr.), Ronald Reagan,Bill Clinton, U.N. secretarygeneral Koffi Annan and Brit-ish prime minister Tony Blairincluding France presidentJacques Chiraq and allmost all presidents andprime ministers of India. Acollections of album that

fringes “Unity in Diversity”includes the autographedphotographs of celebs likeNobel laureates NelsonMandela and MotherTeresa, Margaret Thatcher,Bill Gates, DominiqueLappierre, Niel Armstrong,sporting icons like Pele,Florence Griffith Joyner,Michael Jordan, Steffi Graff,Richard Hardlee and manymore. Picking the Indian ce-lebrities categorically, hiscollections stretches fromSunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev,Sachin Tendulkar toP.T.Usha, VishwanathanAnand and Edmund Hillary.From the show businesshe has too many collec-tions from Big B AmitabhBachchan to Nandita Das.Top writers like Vikram Sethand Manoj Das are alsosafely stored in his albums.

He turns gloomywhile talking about thepreservation of thosememorabilias. “I have al-ready writen two to threetimes to the state museum.But the condition and pres-ervation system of the statemuseum stopped me ofproviding my invaluable as-sets to them. Preservationhas been a big problem. Al-ready 200-300 photographswere damaged during 99’Cyclone” recollects Biswal.He is planning to set up amuseum to preserve anddisplay all his collections

for public visuals. It is thelack of resources and fi-nancial help that is drag-ging his ambitious thoughtsdown . He has also a planto work for the down trod-den mass. He wishes to dosome thing regarding theeducation of the under-privilged ones.

“It has become ahighly expensive hobby. Af-ter 9/11, due to security rea-sons, most of the celebri-ties are not responding. Ihave to buy the addressesof foreign celebrities at avery high cost and after writ-ing to them, if they don’t re-spond, it is highly pain-staking”, says Biswal. It isnever-say-die optimismand sheer patience of thisman that makes him keepgoing.

Recently he have gotthe signed photographsRussian Tennnis QueenMaria Sharapova. In theWest, it is easy to main-tain such hobbies. Here itis very tough. But we canform Autograph CollectorsClubs to help other personsinterested in pursuing thisunique hobby” says Biswal.

A pastime that hasbecome a life time compan-ion of this man is a result,worthy of speaking volumesregarding him. Collectionsare different and so is thebeauty...

Amrit Amlan Pattanaik

Morning shows theday. Three year old Budhiaof Bhubaneswar, whosename has beenreccomended for theGuiness Book ofWorld Records forrunning at astretch for 10hours, is all set tobe a marathon run-ner of whomOrissa can beproud.

He hasmany prizes underhis belt and plansto set a world record by run-ning the 90 km stretch fromCuttack to Puri. Too good tobe true? But better believeit!Recognition has not comeeasily for Budhia. He had tostruggle with a sad past toachieve the feats. Just after

his birth, his father died andbeing unable to earn enoughto bring him up, his motherhanded him over to a mar-tial art teacher. As a Gold-

smith can recognisepure gold, so did themartial art teacherdiscover Budhia’sstamina and talentfor running when hewas very young andhoned his skill.People feel they arereally lucky to havethe young runningstar. “The Govern-

ment should train Budhia toparticipate in national and in-ternational events in the fu-ture. I hope him all the bestfor his future, said AshokMishra, a State athlete.

Wonder KidDurga puja has started

knocking on the door. Its timefor getting pocket moneyfrom elders,shopping andenjoying Orissan cuisine, es-pecially aludam dahibara ifone is in Cuttack. For thepeople of Cuttack,aludamdahibara is much more thanjust a dish, it is a way of life.Aludam dahibara is preparedby topping small fried piecesof rice and black gram pastewith green pea curry andspicy potato curry and gar-nishing with curd,corianderleaves and finely cut greenchillies.

The dish, which is en-

E c s t a t i c D e l i c a c i e s

FEW PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PRIYABRAT’S ALBUM

Abhijit Mohanty

An Inspiring Pastime of a Rural Man

joyed by both children and el-ders alike, finds its origin fromCuttack and is now availablein different areas of the State.If one hears the knocking of

vessles, it must be theneighbourhood aludumdahibara seller on his dailyrounds. Dussehra is a time ofgood business for vendors ofthe dish as people relish thedish while visiting the Durgamandaps and streets

decorated with bright lightsand colourful cut-outs. Thedish is enjoyed by bothchildren and elders alike, butnot many are aware of thehardwork put in by the ven-dors of the dish. Every sellerhas to get up early in themorning to prepare the dishand has to cycle down thestreets with vessles ofaludam, ghuguni anddahibara hanging from bothsides of his cycle. For all thislabour a dahibara aludamvendor earns a paltry sum ofrupees two hundred per day.

Bhaskar Pratap Swain

Priyabat Biswal

Shah Rukh Khan – starrer‘Paheli’ was selected to be India’sentry in the foreign film categorycontest of the prestigious Academyawards. Amol Palekar-directed‘Paheli’ scored over ‘Swades’, ‘Veer-Zara’, ‘Parineeta’, ‘Page-3’, ‘Black’,Iqbal’ and ‘Mangal Pandey-theRising’. The decision to select‘Paheli’ wastaken bycommittee ofFilm Federationof India.C h o o s i n g‘Paheli’ asIndia’s Oscarnomination wasnot easy, as allthe films were ofreally highcaliber, but it was a unanimousdecision taken by the jury after greatdeliberation,” says Vinod Pande,acting chairperson of the FilmFederation of India. Defending thenomination of Shah Rukh Khan –Rani Mukherjee, he said the filmwas ‘high on cinematic excell ence,directorial excellence’. Talking,about ‘Black’ it was rejected outrightby some jury members for being acopy of a foreign source.

‘Paheli’ was chosen for Oscarbecause of the directorialcompetence, it is deeply seeped inthe Indian ethos and true to the

Indian concept of fine arts,customs, art designing andperformances are also outstanding.Whereas ‘Black’ was not nominatedbecause it was rejected by Cannesfor being a copy of foreign film ‘TheMiracle Worker’.

As said by Anant Mahadevan,noted film personality that if ‘Paheli’

has foundfavour, it musthave beendue to itsa u t h o rV i j a y d a a nDutha. Hisstory is deep -rooted toIndian cultureand tradition.W h e r e a s ,

‘Black’ is neither traditional picturenor of Indian culture. ‘Black’ speaksthe language of heart and it is notbased on an original work.Whereas, ‘Paheli’ speaks thelanguage of Indian art. It representsIndian culture, ethos, myths, andbelief. It is based on an original workof an Indian writer from Rajasthan.These are the elements that mayhave titled the scale towards‘Paheli’ and away from other goodfilms. ‘Paheli’ has some stunningvisuals and fulfills Shah RukhKhan’s dream of scoring points inan Oscar.

REEL DYNAMISM : The Directors’ SpecialIt was an ordinary dawn of 1913

with an extra-ordinary theme rising andshinning. It was the public premier ofRaja Harishchandra, the first Indian cin-ema which stood as an phenomenalcommercial success. Since then thescreen never looked back. There hasbeen an unceased evolution of film-mak-ing which can be sensed from the verymaiden to the most recent.. from thepioneer Mr.Dada Saheb Phalke to therecent experimental master-mind RamGopal Verma.The concept, the format,the screen and the effect all are the brainchildren of one man’s wit, who makesthe concept flow, builds the format tobe followed, drives the screen to moveand empowers the effect to spark. It isalways the director who speaks with thetypical relativity of the charactersthrough screen. May it be Phalke’s RajaHarishchandra (1913), Barua’s Devdas(1935) or Himanshu Rai’s Achhut Kanya(1936) and never to forget VShantaram’s social films. These, morethan anything else, paved the way foran entire set of directors who took itupon themselves to interrogate not onlythe institutions of dowry-marriage-wid-owhood but the grave inequalities cre-ated by caste and class distinctions.

The next significant phase ofHindi cinema is asssociated with fig-ures like Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy andGuru Dutta. Raj Kapoor created someof the most popular and memorable films

philosopher and guide of Michellewho brings unimaginable differ-ences in her life. Playing this char-acter adds a nice feather to his cap.It definitely hones his histrionic bril-liance. Dhritman Chatterjee, a re-puted Bengali actor plays the roleof a stubborn father who deprivesher own daughter from fatherly af-fection.

Black is a perfect demonstra-tion of artistic audacity. Exception-ally exposed from the artistic di-mension, the movie may not be adriving one commercially. The

movie holdssome equalr e f l e c t i o nwith its itsHollywoodcounterpartThe MiracleWorker. Adeaf, dumband blindchild who isa l i e n a t e dfrom the

peer, fights from the day one whenthe Almighty brings awareness intoher life.The sheer interest of ex-pressing her emotions, her wishesare being perfectly guided by herteacher.This intellectual amalgam-ation elevates the liet-motif of themovie..This is all about theverseless movie that celebratesmusic in silence and pain in tunes.

like Awara, Shree 420 and Jagte Rahowhich acclaimed both critical and com-mercial success. Bimal Roy’s Do BighaZameen which gave birth to ‘Italian Neo-realism’ onscreen explored the difficultlife of the rural peasantry under themost oppressive conditions. His filmDevdas, a re-make ofBarua’s actwas a testi-mony to thenear impossi-bility of thefulfilment of‘Love’ underIndian socialc o n d i t i o n swhich was amark ofsocial pro-test. It carried an implicit indictment ofarranged marriage and undoubtably gavesome satisfaction on this score to thosewho hate these institution, while Sujatapointed to the problems posed by thearranged marriages without the consentof the children.

Meanwhile the Hindi cinema hadseen the rise of its first undisputed ge-nius, Guru Dutt, whose films criticisedthe conventions of society and deploredthe conditions which compel artists toforgo their inspiration. It is doubtlessthat under the influence of directors likeSatyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal

Movies & EntertainmentBLACK : a Post Mortem PAHELI:The Riddle For the Oscars

In the niche of histrionics,Black as an exposition compels theaudience to becomespeechless.The movie thatmagnatises the entire world with itsintense feelings and technical as-pects, is about the metamorphosisof a lively rock into a livelyhuman.The girl who can be calledas a dead alien in a true sensebrings transformation into her lifeeliminating social rejuvenation.

Being the fourth directorialventure of Sanjay LeelaBhansali,Black is portrayed in a verymetaphysicallyappealing man-ner. The em-ployment of thecharacters isquite demonia-cal with the ex-actitude to pro-vide a perfor-mance par ex-c e l l e n c e .A y e s h aKapoor, playingthe character of junior Michelle is adark horse in acting as shesnatches the cream of perfor-mance. Rani Mukherjee, the pro-tagonist of the silent plot is too goodat expressions and acting skills.She plays the character of Michelle,a deaf, dumb and blind girl. AmitabhBachchan is equally heroic on -screen depicting the character ofDebraj Sahai, the teacher, freind,

Sen, however the Hindi cinema spe-cially and specifically also began totake somewhat a different turn in 70’sagainst the tide of commercialcinema.The latter now characterised bysong and dance routines, trivial plotsamd family dramas. Ceaseless meta-

morphosis isthe nature ofthe Nature.And Indiancinema is noteven an alien-ated conceptout of it. Herecomes theera of modernand realisticdirections.A new brand

of Indian film-makers like Shyam Benegal, GovindNihalani, Deepa Mehta and Mira Nair,exhibited a different aesthetic and po-litical sensibility and were inclined toexplore the common man, the casteand the class contradictions of typicalIndian society, the nature of oppressionsuffered by women, the dislocationscreated by capitalism and the migra-tion of rural to urban materialism, it isthe problem of landless-ness, the im-potency of ordinary democratic andconstitutional procedures of redress andso on.It’s ever the relative psychologyand the reaction of the audience to clas-

sify the Blue-screen. The juxtapositionof mainstream commercial movie andrealistic cinema is distinct on the pa-rameters of theme, making, art, editing,screenplay, background scores, cin-ematography and above all characterportrayal. Always there have been a con-trast among the film-makings of thesame era, e.g., between MeheboobKhan’s Mother India and Guru Dutt’sShahib Bibi aur Gulam, betweenMughle-e- Azam and Mani Kaul’s UskiRoti followed by Kumar Shahani’s MayaDarpan.

Unlike the popular cinema, theNew Indian Cinema is almost alwaysconcerned with the common man butwith a unique touch. Apart from themainstream cinema, the stress is di-rectly being laid on reality and sensi-tivity starting from Dialectic Marxismand maturing to a humanisticphiolosophy with a certain grace andwarm perceptiveness. Very often thefridays of Bollywood are oscillating be-tween the commercial and realistic reelsnot in adventative manner with mere or-thodoxy but with innovative vision ofemerging talents, the pioneer who nevercare a belly flop but certainly can raisenew horizons, sounds therapeutic ?

Badri Nath Mishra

Amrit Amlan Pattanaik Lipsha Das

James Welton inEncyclopedia Britannicawrites that educationconsists in “an attempt on thepart of the adult members ofhuman society to shape thedevelopment of the cominggeneration with its own idealsof life”

Our education is value-oriented and culture basedwhich needs marketapproach. Gone are the daysof Gurukul system orteachings under banyan tree.Keeping in view the dynamicchanges, the system of ruraleducation is discussed anddebated from man to media.But the core issue to behighlighted is the degree ofcommitment of various

organizations in theupliftment of rural education.

According to Article29 of the “Rights of child”,the education of the childshall be to the developmentof the child’s personality,talents, mental and physicalabilities to the fullest

potential. In a way theGovt. has invested ahuge sum but there isa caution regarding itsutilization. The rate ofenrolment of ruralstudents is marked tosome extent, but notsubstantially. There is a

question regarding theattendance of the schoolchildren. The single maladythat is reeling around is therising trend of the drop outchildren, who after attendingfor a few days is never seenin the premises of theschool.

The percentage ofdrop out is 47.9 at theprimary level and for thesepitfalls; teachers are the first

person to be madeaccountable. He or she mustgo beyond its subject. Peoplein rural areas are found to betradition bound and fatalisticin their outlook. There by ateacher in rural school mustpossess certain personalitytrails and be very mustreceptive to the changestaking place in the pedagogyand management systems.Another suggestion is fromcompulsion that teacher’saccountability will begets theresponsibi l i ty.The teachersmust motivatethe rural tenderminds to theexposure of printand electronicmedia.

It is to bebelieved thate d u c a t i o nsystem mustgenerate human resources.With the global change incorporate sector there is aneed for drastic change in the

curriculum of rural education.Thus to cope with theprevailing malady in ourexisting rural education,revolution transformation isrequired for our holisticdevelopment.

The technocratic skillof rural children can bedeveloped by holdingseminars, workshopawareness programmed,summer and winter coursesin colleges and universities.Information Career Guidance

Cell (ICGC) should be madecompulsory on everyeducational institution. Therural institution may set a

linkage with the state ofnational level specializedorganizations like IIE or SISI.etc.

Public library can helpin changing the unproductiverural masses into productiveand contributive individuals.Rural folks need to beinformed about the policiesand programmes of thegovernment. ThereforeUNESCO Public LibraryManifesto defines publiclibrary as a local gateway toknowledge provides a basiccondition for life long learning,independent decision makingand cultural development ofthe individuals and socialgroups.

Hence, the abovementioned measures mustbe considered to achieve thetrue objective of ‘education’.Rural education can only besuccessful by implementingthese strategies.

Ravenshaw had aterrific craze in the pastamong universities. It hadits rank in the categories ofbest colleges .The scholars,which it had produced wereestablished then at the top-most places in India as wellas the World. They used tomake India feel proud bytheir determination andefforts. But today the gloryof Ravenshaw is lost due tothe lacking determination ofthe Ravenshaviansresulting in a process ofdeterioration of the nameand fame of the institution.

The teacher-taughtrelationship which used tobe at its peak in theinstitution is at stake today.The teachers are not evenbothered about the future ofthe students.They don’t think that theyhave any responsibility

EDUCATION : A Gateway to success

Satarupa Samantaray

RAVENSHAW : The Weathered Edifice of Education

Issue Of The Month

towards the students ,which evokes agony. Thepresent generation ispicking up the illegal thingsmore quickly than the goodones. If they have fiftypercent of fault , the otherhalf goes to their teachersand guardians.

In the recent past,Ravenshavians had filledup the Regional

Newspapers bytheir criminalactivit ies.Therewas the news ofthe disturbance atCuttack RailwayStation, and therustrication orderof six students bythe principalleading to a strike,

full of spices andspeculations. Politics isgetting more and moreinvolved in the collegeadm in i s t r a t i on ,wh i chshould be avoided. The so-called political leaders aremuch more consciousabout their image and

personality than doingsomething good to thesociety . A philosopher of theancient era hassaid,”politicians shouldmake their personalitiesmuch more clear andstraight-forward to expectrespect from the people”.

The number of theoutsiders of local areas , andsupporters of many politicalparties are now more thanthe students in the collegecampus which very oftenpromotes hooliganism. Theythink that they have a licenseto do whatever they want ,as they have political back-up and are well-protected bythe police. The managementmust think about all theseaspects and then proceedon it. Otherwise the loss cannot be compensated.Someone has rightlysaid:“The question is notwhether we’ll die, but howwe’ll live.”

The College-Electionis an internal process. Butthe outsiders are controlling

it. Is the management blindabout all these facts or ithas just closed its eyes?The students of the collegeshould question thisaspect instead of going fora strike for the sake ofothers. Ravenshavianscan write applications to thePrincipal or the higherauthority of education,regarding the teaching skillof the lecturers instead ofholding a strike to delay theinternal examinations. Thestudents have the power toquestion everything goingon inside the campus.Nobody can stop themfrom doing this as we are asocial, democratic, secular,independent society. AlbertEinstein has said: “Theimportant thing is not to stopquestioning.”

Students are catchingall this from the Hindi MasalaMovies.The young mindsare pseudo- inspired by theaction genre protagonists ,whereas they are just fore n t e r t a i n m e n t . S o m e

society-oriented films like“Gangajal” ,”Sarkar”andmany more influence thecollege-goers to move inthe same track. Whereas,the Directors are trying toshow different problems ofthe society such asexploitation, poverty, etc, theyoung viewers are taking itup like a challenge andtrying to follow it.Theyshould question themselvesif the way which they haveadopted is the right one ornot. They must resolvethemselves to try to changethe system which is thebiggest example ofcorruption.They shouldprepare themselves in away to be in places wherethey can do somethinghelpful to this society. Theyshould not harmthemselves physically andmentally by doing all thesenot so sensible things. Theinnocent lot are trying tochange the system which initself is a dangerous ideaand has got the potential tospoil their careers and lives.And of course the “sting”likesystem is biting them backrepeatedly due to theiri g n o r a n c e .

Arunima Mishra

India and USA signed a nucleardeal in July . For this agreement boththe American President and IndianPrime Minister faced a strongcriticism. America faced challengebecause some Congress mendoubted India’s potential and itspeaceful credential while ManmohanSingh was criticised for inviting anunnecessary diplomatic challenge.Because without anyspecific motto, USAwould not have agreedin this nuclear pact. Andthis was proved whenUSA asked India to putpressure on Iran to signthe Non ProliferationTreaty. No doubt USAforced India to face a diplomatic chal-lenge. Because India had a friendlyrelationship with Iran, again at thesame time it had signed India-Pakistan-Iran pipeline project withIran.

In the meanwhile India’s PrimeMinister had a hectic foreign tour.India’s effort to garb the nuclear co-operation as well as to convince thedeveloped nations to make it a per-manent member was outstanding.The successful tour from France byManmohan Singh and the recent visitof Tony Blair to India gave it a strongbacking to attain its goal. While at theother hand India’s appeal to becomea permanent member in the UNCouncil and get the nuclear statuswas strongly opposed by China and

the African Union. These countries ex-pected India to focus in the funda-mental reforms in the UN (FRONT-LINE). Without being a permanentmember how can a country bring areform in the UN council? Again USA’sopen support for Japan to be a per-manent member of UN Council in-creased India’s worries. But still thenit did not give up hope and still trying

it’s best to convinceUSA to give India thenuclear status.

Finally this effortput India in a crucialposition. The confronta-tional atmosphere be-tween Iran and USAmade the situation

more paramounting. India waswarned by the USA Congress to goagainst Iran, otherwise it might loosethe nuclear deal signed between thetwo countries which would also ap-peal the International community torelax the nuclear co-operation.Thelong awaiting suspense came to anend. Despite of being a non-alignedcountry India voted against Iran at theVienna meet. This decision ofManmohan Singh was stronglycriticised by the Left parties andraised a question that- was sufficientenough convince the US Congressor should we ready to face anotherdiplomatic challenge. Could thismuch make US realize that India canbe it’s peaceful political partner?

Manoj Bebarta

The monsoon session of theParliament in the month of Augustmarked the passing of somesignificant bills dedicated towardsthe upliftment of the rural lot and theempowerment of women.The LokSabha unanimouslypassed on August24, a “landmarklegislaton” Protectionof Women fromDomestic ViolenceBill, 2005 proving formore effectiveprotection to womenfrom violence of anykind within the family even as theGovernment announced that itwould soon bring a legislation forcurbing sexual exploitation at thework place. The Bill includes under“domestic violence” actual abuse oreven threat of abuse-physical,sexual, verbal, emotional oreconomic and dowry harassment.Later, it was passed by the RajyaSabha also. It fulfills a long-standingdemand of women’s organizationsand other groups for a civil remedyfor domestic violence.

The Lok Sabha passed onAugust 23, the most ambitious anti-poverty programme in the history ofIndia, the National RuralEmployment Guarantee Bill, 2005through voice vote.The Billguarantees 100 days of job in ayear to one member per householdand a minimum wage of Rs.60 perday even if the state provides alower ceiling.The scheme will belauched in 200 districts in the firstphase and then gradually cover

the entire country in five years. OurPM Manmohan Singh said that thisprogramme can only be successfulif the country is able to maintain 6-7% economic growth rate to haveenough resources to finance this

programme which isonly possible if theinvestment climatebecomes favourablefor public and privateinterest.

A legislation onthe Hindu Succession( A m e n d m e n t ) B i l l2004 aimed at giving

Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikhwomen equal rights in inheritance ofancestral property was passed bythe Rajya Sabha on August 16.Moved by the Union Law Minister,H.R.Bhardwaj, it proposes to removethe discrimination contained inSection-6 of the Hindu SuccessionAct 1956 by giving equal rights todaughters in ancestral property andagricultural land as being enjoyed bythe sons.Later,it was passed by theLok Sabha also.

With the approval of these Billsalongwith the Bills on RailwayLand,Payment of Wages(Amendment) Bill and the Citizenship(Amendment)Bill2005 brings to lightthe success of the National CommonMinimum Programme of the UPAGovernment.Though the fact thatthese Bills are without any loop-holescannot be outrightly ruled out but weIndians,are looking forward to abetter tomorrow under the light ofthese land-mark bills.

It’s the stuff that couldlaunch a hundred Veer Zara’s, butnot always with happy endings.Sarabjit, the real life “Veer”is knownin every household. According toIndians, the innocent Sarabjitstrayed across the Pak- border andhasn’t come back. Sarabjit akaManjit Singh was sentenced todeath for being a RAW agent in-volved in the 1990 bomb blasts inLahore by the Pakistan SupremeCourt. But his family hasn’t given uphope and the tears from their eyeshasn’t yet stopped. Shahrukh Khanand other actors have also showntheir interest behind the campaignto save Sarabjit. “He has alreadyserved 15 years in prison and purelyon humanitarian grounds we appealfor his release”, said Sharukh Khanwhose recent blockbuster film VeerZara centres around an Indian whospend years in Pakistani prison ontrumped-up espionage charges.

Sarabjit Singh,facingcharges of spying in Pakistan ishoping for mercy as a peace divi-dend from improving relations be-tween the nuclear rivals. Day byday it is emerging as a political is- Alkananda Panigrahi

India’s Nuclear Agreement: A Tough Deal Bravo Parliamentarians !

Shradha Swain

The VEER Reality : Sarabjit gets the final reward..

National & International

sue . PM Manmohan Singh has as-sured Sarabjit’s relatives that hewould speak to Musharraf. Thematter was officially raised with thePakistani authorities when India’sHigh Commissionerin Islamabad calledon Foreign Secretary.Pakistan’s Informa-tion Minister SheikhFasid said that Is-lamic Law would notpermit Musharraf touse his presidentialauthority to pardonSarabjit. Meanwhile,Pakistan’s maingroups of Islamistsurged PresidentPervez Musharraf not to pardonSarabjit as it would be a sign of weak-ness on the part of Pakistan.Munawar Hassan, Secretary Gen-eral of Jamaat-e-Islaami, said evento talk about pardoning the spy wasan insult to the nation. According tohim, “Spying is an accepted crimeall over the world and there is nomercy for a spy anywhere if Gen-eral is showing his freedom in thisregard that means he is handing his

gloves to the Indian side.” On theother side Pakistan may considerthe merciful request made by therelatives of Sarabjit Singh. His sis-ter during the conversation, ap-

pealed to Mr. Kasurithat her brothershould be spared ashe is innocent. Shesaid that it is a caseof mistaken identity,my brother is beingpunished for thecrime which he hasnot committed. ButMr. Kasuri told her,“The Supreme Courthas taken 15 years todecide, It cannot say

anything at the stage. Your clem-ency appeal will reach the Presi-dent. Only he can take a decisionon it.” According to him PakistanCourts were independent and Govt.can’t interfere in it. The issue madeall the hazy relationship clear.

On 13th Sep. , Sarabjit hasconfessed on PTV that he did carryout the attacks. But the authenticityof the tape is questionable. Accord-ing to Sarabjit’s lawyer, “ This con-

fession on video or audio, to myknowledge has not been producedbefore the court at any tome of trialnor is it a part of record, not it canbe presumed that it is a statement.”Legally the statement was not arecord nor was it a part of the case.The tape, therefore, appears to bea result of threat and torture; else,why was it not produced before thePakistan supreme court.

On 27th sep. Pakistan Su-preme Court confirmed the deathsentence against Sarabjit Singh.The court finds him guilty in anotherblast in Lahore. The High Court hadhanded down capital punishment toSarabjit in four cases, on chargesof spying and bombing inLahore,Kasur and Faisalabad in1990s which reportedly killed four-teen persons and these explosionswere made on behalf of RAW. Andafter the dismissal of Sarabjit’scase Hamid, his lawyer told “it is anerror of judgement patently visiblein this case”. Tears are yet to besoaked and the family of Sarabjit isyet to see a fruitful dawn.Time willunfold the further proceedings.

Deoxy-ribonuclic acid(D.N.A.) is a nuclic acid thatcontains the genetic instruc-tions specifying the biologicaldevelopment of all cellularforms of life(and manyviruses).D.N.A. is often re-ferred to as the molecule ofheredity, as if is responsiblefor the genetic propagation ofmost inherited traits. Duringreproduction, D.N.A. is repli-cated and transmitted to theoff-spring.

In bacteria and otherother simple cell organisms,D.N.A. is not separated fromthe Cytoplasm by a nuclearenvelope. In the complex cellsthat make up planets, animalsand in other multi-cellularorganisms,by contrast,most

of theD.N.A. islocated inthe cellnucleus.Thee n e r g ygeneratingorganellesknown asChloroplastsand Mito-c h o n d r i aalso carry

D.N.A., as to vary viruses.D.N.A. finger-printing, a

method of identification ofhuman beings that com-pares fragments of (D.N.A.).It was first developed in 1985.D.N.A. finger-print was firstconstructed by extracting aD.N.A. sample from body tis-sue or fluid such as hair,blood, or saliva.The sample isthen segmented using en-zymes, and the segments arearranged by size by a processcalled Electrophoresis.Thesegments are marked withprobes and exposed on x-rayfilm, where they form acharacteristic pattern of blackbars-the D.N.A. finger-print.The D.N.A. prints producedfrom two different samplematch ,then the samples prob-ably came from the same per-son. This technique originallyused to detect the presenceof genetic diseases.D.N.A. fin-ger-prints soon came to beused in criminal investigationsand Forensic Science.TheD.N.A. evidence can implicateor exornerate a suspect.

D.N.A: Helping Forensics

Sweta Mohanty

We live in the MilkyWay Galaxy which has morethan ten billion stars, ofwhich our Sun is just one.There are more than tenbillion galaxies in theUniverse, many of whichare much, much larger thanour own. Many of these starswill have more than oneplanet, ours has nine. So isEarth the only planet wherelife has sustained?

There is a strongchance that life once existedon Mars. There is evidenceof flowing water, the mostimportant prerequisite forlife, and many scientistsbelieve that bacteria havebeen found on variousmeteorites from Mars. If itdid exist, that would be twoplanets with life in just oursolar system on which lifehas evolved. Maybe it hasdone on many thousands ofplanets elsewhere, in thisuniverse and others. It isalso thought that conditionson Saturn’s moon, Europa

may be suitable for theevolution of life.

Just because there islife on a planet, it does nothave to be intelligent. If a

meteorite had not wiped outthe dinosaur, mankindwould not exist. Life hasbeen evolving on Earth forfour billion years, of whichwe have been around forjust 1 million(1/400th of thetime), and civilization just4000(1 millionth of the time).However, out of all theUniverse, surely we cannotbe the only intelligent life toevolve.

Even if there isintelligent life elsewhere, it

could be billions of lightyears away. Journeyingacross space, even at theimpossible speed of light,would take one tril l ion(1,000,000,000,000) years.Clearly aliens would need totravel faster than light,interstellar journeys wouldbe impossibly long. But do thealiens have any reason toinvade Earth? They may,assuming that their ownresources are exhausted, oraliens from anoverpopulated world mightseize any opportunity toensure the survival of theirspecies. It may alllook like science fiction, butit cannot be ignoredcompletely that there is lifeform other than Earth. Whoknows, in the years aheadto come we may even findsomeone from outer spaceand even develop friendshipwith them.

Are We Alone : The Search continues ..

Sujit Kumar Mohanty

Albert Einsteinwas just 26, when he com-pleted an astonishing rangeof theoritical physics publi-cations, written in his sparetime without the benefit ofclose contact withscientific literatureor colleagues. It isduring this periodthat he was work-ing as TechnicalExpert at the patentoffice in Bern. Thethree papers weresent to the Germanjournal “AnnalenDer Physik” whichwere all publishedin the same issueand itrevolutionised theworld of Physicsafter that.

The first wasan update of MaxPlanck’s QuantumTheory of radiation.Another concernBrownian motion,an until then unex-plained phenomenon involv-ing bouncing molecules.The third modified, thetheory of space and timewhich is known as the Spe-cial Theory of Relativity. Thefamous equation E = MC2

is the favourite of almost all

science lovers, where noth-ing can move faster thanlight and matter and energyare equivalent. His ideas di-rectly or indirectly led to theelectron. Microscope, tele-

vision set, digital age andthe dreaded atom bomb.

Einstein was not justa scientist and he usedpopularity to speak up onissues affecting the world.He was shocked when hisvisions were misutilised in

The Genius of Albert Einstein

• Imagination is more im-portant than knowledge.• Gravitation is not re-sponsible for people fall-ing in love.• The hardest thing is theworld to understand is theincome-tax.• Weakness of attitude be-comes weakness ofcharacter.• Anyone who has nevermade a mistake has nevertried anything new.• The secret to creativityis knowing how to hideyour sources.• The fear of death is themost unjustified of allfears, for there’s no risk ofaccident for someonewho’s dead.• If you are out to describethe truth, leave eleganceto the tailor.

• How on earth are youever going to explain interms of chemistry andphysics so important a

EINSTEIN SAYS:

Science

the making atom bombsand dropping them overHirosima and Nagasaki.

Einstein indeed was agenius and scientist evenhad taken samples from his

brain to find its spe-ciality. Einstein gotcloser to nature’struth then anyonehad before, and heknew how much hehad left unsolved.Einstein sent thisreply alone witha page full of dia-gram to a fifteenyear old girl whohad written for helpon a homeworkassignment ; “Donot worry aboutyour difficulties inMathematics,I canassure you thatmine are muchgreater. Everythingis relative”.

“Put your handon a hot stove for aminute, and it

seems like an hour. Sit witha pretty girl for an hour, andit seems like a minute.

“THAT’S RELATIVITY”.

Sujit Kumar Mohanty

biological phenomena asfirst love?

• Where there is love thereare no questions.

• Imagination is intelli-gence having fun.

• Not everything that canbe counted counts, andnot everything that countscan be counted.

• I have found the para-dox that if I love, until ithurts, then there is nohurt, but only more love.

• It is not that I am sosmart, it is just that I staywith problems longer.

• The best part of lovingis not hoping that a per-son loves you so much asyou do, but in knowingthat you love her far morethan you can.

Amrit Amlan Pattanaik

LITERATURE: An Aspiration

R.N. Tagore is one of the mostprominent philosopher, thinker, poet of all ages.He will always be remembered for his outstand-ing contribution in the field of literature. His po-ems are the expression of truth revealed to him. The outward life of Rabindranath was notvery eventful. Excepting the award of the NobelPrize and the founding of the Shantiniketan, theexternal events of his life were, more or less,normal. But, this was an index of a very power-ful and dynamic life being lived within. His Remi-niscences themselves speak not so much aboutthe external happenings of his life as about hisurges and aspirations, feelings and realization.Therefore, an attempt to determine the natureof his thought and beliefs is, in fact, to tell thestory of his life.

His works include Sadhana, Gora, Cre-ative Writing, Sadhana, The Religion of Man,Geetanjali. Gora is a very complex novel andthough full of debates and arguments. In effectthe novel is about the choices available to theIndian.

This is 21st century- an epoch making erafor the development of Information TechnologyManagement, Biotechnology and otheradvanced disciplines. Thus a man now hasbecome a natural lover of mechanical life. Hehas learned the artof pursuing suchresearch orienteddisciplines. The fullapplause goes tothe previousg e n e r a t i o nregarding the aboveconcept. If the viewsand opinions of thepresent generationare conceded, amajority of themwould like theirsuccessors to become stalwarts in the fields ofScience and Technology. And a pressure isconstantly being put on them to pursue suchcareers and study accordingly from the verybeginning. That’s how the love affair betweenthe children and LITERATURE stops. The aboveis a serious consideration for the degradation ofliterature. Why do parents analyze that selectingadvanced disciplines like I. T. Management,biotechnology can strengthen or prosper thesocio economic condition of the family? Whynot literature be the field of economic prosperity?Neither the parents, nor their children childrenare seriously viewing the positive aspects ofliterature.

Maintaining such a hectic life style, in thelatest world of internet and e-mails man doesnot get time to write letters to parents andrelatives. Then what about writing a book? Whatwe lack here is human interest, generation ofwill power. Literature doesn’t mean reading abook or writing a poem, but a spontaneous formand constant processing of the same. What we

need is constant regular sincere writing as tryinghard is equally synonymous with not dying. If wehave literary volcanoes hidden in our intellectualbrains, then let them come out and flow as lavathrough pen and paper. That’s the developmentprocess. Justice would certainly be fair if theindividuals have really tried and struggled hard.As it is clear that tough customers are going tosurvive since it is the survival of the fittest. Thecompetition is a must and that would the perfecttime to present individual skills, temperament inthe original style. Originality matters a lot in thiscreative field. Presentation may be regarding anydimension. The way and material should beoriginal. Thus the significant requirement forindividuals interested in pursuing careers inliterature is the flair for writing. The spontaneousflow of writing can lead an individual to thisparadise discipline.

Talents are there and scope too. Theentire thing is that budding talents should betrained well under systematic guidance. It cancome from the home, rather than schools,college and universities.

Literature students have the brightopportunities in pursuing careers in writing forprint and electronic media. As far as jobs in theprint media are concerned we have to presentgood features, literary community. The wholethings require a lot of hard work implementingdreams to go up and up. They can opt too forfree-lance writing. Individuals with extra-ordinarycreative brilliance should go for writing books andnovels. Continuous writing can shape theirgenius and they can develop into very goodwriters.

Mass Communication would be anotheroption for literature students. As they are thebroad thinkers of the society and mass, they canbeautifully handle the public relation dept. Themuch awaited career for the students of literatureis the administrative personalities which can get

through civil service examination. As far as thedreams of children and parents for literature areconcerned a majority would be going for civilservices

Judiciary too has opened gates forliterature students. It is essential for literaturestudents that they should develop withinthemselves the attitude of nature loving. Theyshould inculcate the habit of analyzing naturalaspects of life along with the happenings of thecontemporary society. Since “Literature is themirror of the society” being literature lovers andstudents, it is our paramount duty to exploreourselves accordance with the society. Fromthe time immemorial the influence of the literarymass is a striking one, it may be the socio-economic revival or spiritual renaissance.

In the past, in the pre independence era,literary stalwart like Swami Vivekananda, Yogi

Aurobinda, GuruR..N.Tagore, RajaRam Mohan Royhad brought upcultural and spiritualchange throughpen. If they had triedand succeeded witha very limitedliterature mass atthat time, then whycan’t we? For theproper reformation

of the present society, for cultural and nationalintegration., a literary mass and connoisseursof literature should come forward to bring achange, to tie the bond of universal brotherhood.It is my request to all literary dreamers to comeforward and regenerate their psyche for theultimate good of the existing world.

Priyanka Ghosh

Books & Literature

Rabindranath’s thought reflect his greatemphasis on ‘Personal Realizations’. In his bookReligion of Man, he says, “ I have already madethe confes-sion thatmy religionis a poet’sreligion. Allthat I feelabout isfrom visionand notf r o mk n o w l -e d g e .Frankly, Iacknowl -edge that Icannot sat-isfactorily answer any question about evil orabout what happens after death. Nevertheless ,I am sure that there have come moments in myown experience when my soul has touched the

Infinite and has become infinitely conscious ofit through the illumination of joy.” Tagore, is a poet, and so his sense ofbeauty is also different. He finds ‘Beauty’ in ev-ery example of order and harmony. In his book‘Sadhana’ he defines ‘Ugliness’ as ‘the distortedexpression of beauty in our own life and in ourart which comes from our imperfect realizationof truth.’ Awareness of Beauty, therefore, isbased on an Awareness of Truth. Music, according to him, is the purestform of art, the most direct expression of beauty.Tagore feels that the manifestation of the Infi-nite in the finite forms of creation is itself a Mu-sic, silent and visible. This world is a song whichis never separated from the singer. Every as-pect of the universe is a note of this music, andtherefore, every aspect of the universe reflectsthe Infinite. Art, music, cultivation of the aestheticsense - these are the ways through which theaspirant for realizations can approach the ob-ject of its aspiration.

TAGORE: An Introspection

Sports

On September 3, aseminar was organised byUtkal Karate School in col-laboration with the OrissaPowerlifting Association onOrissa Sports : Problemsand Remedies. To give animpetus to sports in Orissa,some of the core issueswere discussed. Headed bySports Journalist SanatanPani and media consultantSaroj Kumar Das, the pro-ceedings were taken for-ward with some eminentsports personalistsArupananda Routray,former Indian Basketballplayer, Sanat Mishra, Ex-In-dian Badminton, AshirbadBehera, Secretary ofOrissa Cricket and OlympicAssociation, Sports Jour-nalist Suresh Swain andpsychologist YogamayaPanda were few of thespeakers who came for-ward with fruitful remediesanalysing the key problemsthat are associated withOrissa sports. Sportsshould be promoted atschool level. A group of vigi-lance officers should beappointed who can move tothe interiors of Orissa andtap the budding talents. Thefocus should be shifted tothe inclusion of sports in theacademic curricullum of thetribal lot.

Team building mea-

sures should be adoptedand the administrative lacu-nae needs to be done awaywith. Free workshops anddifferent national level tour-naments should be con-ducted in Orissa. badmittondevelopment organisationhas been established intheStewart school premiseswithy the inputs from SanatMishra and few badmittonenthusiasts. ‘Government

should provide financialhelp for developing indoorcourts and organising interstate tournaments. But thegovernment input has beendomoralising’, revealsSanath Mishra.

The consideration ofthe parents is also requiredfor serious participation inmore and more tourna-ments which is a must forproper exposure and im-provement.

Sytematic psycho-logical profiling and stressmanagement programmes

The Spunkyteenager rocks withattitude, ambition and aforhand that has expertreaching for the nearestthesaurus. Sania’s rise inWTA ranking to 39 hasbeen like a fairy tale inIndia sports but apartfrom becoming acynosure of everyone’seyes she was blamedand critised by someMuslim clerics forwearing short skirts onthe tennis court isunfortunate and thosewho critised about herattire on court shouldrealize that she is anIndian first and then aMuslim and have right towere clothes like anyother tennis player inwhich she iscomfortable.

She says ‘I enjoytaking risk, hitting the ballas hard as I can’.

Compared to our pamperedoverrated cricketers, Mirzacomes as a gust of fresh airand the interesting aspectof her game is beatablewhich show optimism level

and apart from burdeningher with expectation andhype, media should givesome space to develop hernatural talent.

The tennis prodigywho is thef a s t e s tclimber onthe WTAranking list,moving anincred ib le264 place inthe past 18month andthe onlyplayer at USo p e noutside thetop 10 takinginternationaltennis worldby storm.M i r z ascored uptwo victoriesover top 10

player, stunning last years

must be undertaken fortesting the confidence levelof the players. Psychologi-cally killer instinct and com-plex- both inferiority and su-periority are certain factors,which our sportsmen arenot finishing well at the end.Easily our players succumbat the day’s end lacking de-termination. Diet and nutri-tion are also very essentialfactors as far as sporting fit-

ness in differentdisciplines areconcerned. Sponsor-ships should be pro-vided to the middle-class budding talents.Orissa had alwaysbeen famous for pro-ducing talentedsportspersons at theschool level. So per-formance of the

junior players has alwaysbeen in the news, becausethey are tapped early andprovided with facilities likesports hostels and propertraining. At the youth levelthe scenario is sorrow-casting. They arenot endingto the expectations.Sports-hostels should be built toraise the qualitative stan-dard of college and univer-sity level players with properaccomodation and diet.Mushrroming sporting insti-tutions which exist in painand paper are gaining

grarnts and diverting themoney for personal benifits.Attention should be given tothe rising sportsorganisations with financialinputs in order to nurtureand hone raw talents andsquads shuld be formed toveirfy the organisationalworks. Accontability andtransperancy should bemaintained in the sports de-veloping bodies.

Another matter ofconcern is the sportingdrain. Our talented sportspersons are leaving ourstate because of job secu-rity, poor finance and manyother factors.

Media has the respon-sibility in highlighting playersrather abusing and scoldingsports authorities and ad-ministrators. Governmentand authorised associationinterventation is extremetelynecessary in order to get adesired result. Sports taxescan be imposed in a reason-able manner to collect morefunds furthering the devel-opment process. Consis-tency and stability can onlybe brought up in Orissasports by embibing andworking on the aboveremedial measures.

Spunky Sania : Redefining Youth and SuccessAmrit Amlan Pattanaik

US open championSvetlana Kuznetsova inDubai open and crushingworld number 2 NadiaPetrova at San Diegobefore losing in the final ofthe Forest Hill and her rankjumped to 42 after reachingthe final of the Forest Hill andon August 8, 2005, sheentered top 50 following herperformance in the AcuraClassic in San Diego.Reaching the quarter final ofCincinnati open on July2005, she loses to AkikoMorigami but her rankingclimbs to 64. She wasranked 77 after her win overKuznetsova in the DubaiOpen. She ranked 193 inMakes Grand Slam debutin 2005 Australia Open,loses in the third round toeventual winner SerenaWilliams ranking to 132.

Ramaya Ganesh

Sports Seminar : A Ray Of Hope Ashes To Ashes

The recent Ashes seriesbetween two arch rivals Aus-tralia and England hasproved that Test Cricket stillhas that charm which is re-quired to bring the crowdinto the stand. This series isplayed with a great spiritwhere there is no contro-versy involved.

And it is good to see En-gland clinched the Ashesafter seventeen long years.Probably it is a comebackseries for England in seven-teen years. They were mov-ing lethargically with themotion of the game till thelast Ashes series, But in therecent series, sudden re-vival of two heroes - AndrewFlintoff and Kevin Pietersonwho pulled England to a roar-ing victory turned the story.In the First Test Australiamaintained its supremacyby beating England in a bigmargin, but in the SecondTest the English came intothe flow, paused on the partof the Kangaroos. Theceased English dreamfound its wing resulting in aboosted spirit in the ThirdTest. The field favored theEnglish for their comebackand the series levelled atone-all This forced RickyPonting, the Australian cap-tain to wear his thinking cap.In the Fourth Test, Englandcarried the same momen-tum irrespective of all strat-egies of the visitors. Thismatch put England ahead ofAustralia in long 1.7 de-cades and a new flavourwas added to the England’sspirit. Now it was time toplay for pride of the nationand single mistake couldhave taken all the perse-vered efforts down to defeat.Again Pieterson and Flintoffdelivered an all-round per-formance to win the muchawaited series victory.

This metamorpho-sis of English Cricket hastaken its name forward tobe in l ist of chiefcontentders of the 2007World Cup to be organisedin the Carribean Islands.

Bhaskar Pratap Swain

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