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Ghungroo dance andart festival at Urban

Haat on 26th JanuaryOn 26th Janu-

ary, two exclusiveprogrammes are pro-posed to be held atCIDCO’s UrbanHaat in Belapur.The first one isGhungroo dance fes-tival in which groupof young artists willperform variousdance forms. Theforms like kathak,Odissi, Kathakali,Bharatnatyam, Ku-chipudi, Mohiniyat-tam, Manipuri andfolk dances of Maha-rashtra as well aswestern dances.This is the concept ofSindhu Nair who iscoordinating thedance festival withmore than 50 per-formers. The pro-gramme will startfrom 4pm to 9pm atthe open theatre ofUrban Haat…(Moreon page 3)

MP Rajan Vichare toconduct review

meetingTo know the sta-

tus of work on ThaneBelapur road, MPRajan Vichare alongwith MMRDA offi-cials at Bharat Elec-tricity Company inAiroli on Friday willconduct a reviewmeeting of the workon January 24, 2020,at 12:30 pm.

DIG Case: Rape case filed against youthwho accompanied victim to Dehradun

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Giving a new twist tothe allegedmolestation caseby DIG Nisihi-kant More, theTaloja police havenow filed a rapecase against AnkitSingh, 20, whowas with thevictim in Dehra-dun. He has alsobeen accused ofabducting the minorvictim.

The minor girl,

who lives in Talojaarea, had accused DIGNishikant More of

mentally harassingher and had left homewith Ankit Singh atmidnight on January

6. Before leaving thehouse, the victim hadwritten a letter

stating that shewas committingsuicide due tomental torturecaused by DIGNishikant More.

Taloja policehad registered thecase of abductionand startedsearching for the

victim. Duringinvestigation, the

Contd. on pg. 2

NAVI MUMBAI: TheChief Minister’s Secre-tariat Room which wasinaugurated recently atKonkan Bhavan, CBDBelapur, has received29 applications, in-formed DivisionalCommissioner, Shiva-ji Daund.

The Konkan divi-sion room has beenlinked to Mumbaicity, suburbs, Thane,Raigad, Palghar, Rat-nagiri and Sindhu-durg districts directly.A report will be sent tothe Chief Minister'sSecretariat in Mumbaion the 5th of everymonth. Most of the ap-plications have been

Chief Minister's SecretariatRoom receives

29 applications in four dayssettled immediatelyand other applicationsare being sent to theconcerned depart-ments.

The applications forthe Konkan Depart-

ment are related to thevaluation of the land,various questions ofCIDCO, water of theMorbe Dam, goods andservices tax and reve-nue department etc.

Students showcase talent atNMMC’s inter school competition

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munic-ipal Corporation(NMMC) has beenleaving no stoneunturned for theoverall developmentof students and hasbeen paying specialattention at thephysical developmentof the students byencouraging them toparticipate in various

sports. The civicbody recently organ-ised an inter-schoolsports competition toprovide platform tothe students toshowcase theirtalent.

Deputy MunicipalCommissioner NitinKale said that morethan 4,000 studentsfrom Navi MumbaiMunicipal Schools

participated in theinter-school sports atthe municipal level.Games such as Kho-Kho, Kabaddi andCricket were orga-nized at 10 centres.The best winningteams will play atthe municipal levelsports festival.

Sports Committee

Contd. on pg. 4

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PUBLIC NOTICETHIS IS TO NOTIFY THAT my client MR. HASMUKH J. JOSHI,alongwith his wife are legally seized and possessed and otherwisesufficiently entitled to a Flat no. B - 202, Second Floor, MITTALTOWER Co – operative Housing Society Ltd., Plot no. 93, Sector– 1, Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai – 400 709, Tal & Dist – Thane,(hereinafter referred to as “the Said Flat”)That my client have lost 1. Original Registration Receipt of Agreementfor Sale dated 18/01/2002 & 2. Original Franking Receipt ofAgreement for Sale dated 18/01/2002 which was registered withthe Joint Sub - Registrar, Thane – 3, under serial no. 787/2002,dated 18/01/2002 pertaining to the said Flat. In this respect, myclient executed an Affidavit and on lodging the missing complaintfor the same with Koparkhairane Police Station and Certificatedated 16/01/2020 was issued by the Koparkhairane Police Stationvide Property Missing Register no. 143/2020.Any person(s) claim to have found the above mentioned Originaland/or Xerox Document and/or intends to claim the Said Flat byway of Sale, Purchase, Mortgage, Charge, Lien, Gift, Lease,Trust, Possession, Inheritance, bequest/ easement, developmentor otherwise howsoever, is hereby required to make the sameknown to the undersigned at our office address given hereinabove,along with the Original or Certified copies of the document pertainingto the claim, within a period of 14 days from the date of publicationof this Notice, failing which my client will be at liberty to completethe transaction in respect of the said Flat without any reference orregard to any such purported claim or interest which shall bedeemed to have been waived for all intents and purpose and notbinding on my client.

Sd/-Adv. SWAPNA N. BHOJANE B.L.S. LLB.

Office: C-2/4 0:1, Opp. Abbott Hotel, Xerox Lane,Sector 2, Vashi,Navi Mumbai-400 703.

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DOCUMENT MISSINGNotice is hereby given that the Original Share Certificate ofDr. Ravindra H. Birajdar & Dr. Jyoti R. Birajdar, Share CertificateNo. 19.Flat No. 001, Deep Sagar Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd. PlotNo. 25, Sector- 19, Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400706. Share Certificateof Dr. Ravindra H. Birajdar & Dr. Jyoti R. Birajdar, Owner of Flat,has been Misplaced / Lost while taking Xerox Copies.A Complaint to the effect has been lodged by Dr. Ravindra H.Birajdar & Dr. Jyoti R. Birajdar with Nerul Police station who haverecorded the same vide their document missing register No 325/2020, dated 23/01/2020 if any Member of the public had found theDocuments then please contact to Dr. Ravindra H. Birajdar & Dr.Jyoti R. Birajdar or inform the Nerul Police station.

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Place: Navi Mumbai Dr. Jyoti R. BirajdarDate: 24/01/2020 Mobile No. 9892034558

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given on behalf of my client Mr. PRABHAKARBHAGWAN SHIRKULE had purchased Apartment No. SS-III/363, Shree Siddheshwar Owners Association, Sector-18,Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & District- Thane from previousOwner Mr. KISHOR VINAYAK RAJE, The following documentsare lost.1) Original Registered Conveyance Deed/ Deed of Apartment dtd.

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2) Original Registration Receipt of Conveyance Deed/ Deed ofApartment vide doc. no. TNN-3/4067-1999 in the name of Mr.PRABHAKAR BHAGWAN SHIRKULE issued by Joint SubRegistrar Office Thane-3 Dtd. 26.05.1999

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Navi Mumbai policeteam learnt that thevictim was in Dehra-dun along with herfriend, Ankit Singh.Both were taken intocustody and werebrought back to NaviMumbai. The Talojapolice then arrestedAnkit Singh andslapped charges ofabduction under PocsoAct against him.

During interroga-tion, Ankit Singh saidthat the victim was indistress after the

incident and wasunder great stress.Police also said thatthe victim had alleg-edly left the house onthe request of AnkitSingh. After themedical examinationof the girl, rapecharges were also filedagainst Ankit, accord-ing to senior policeinspector KashinathChavan of the Talojapolice station. Thematter was reportedto the court on Tues-day, Chavan said.

DIG Case: Rape case...Contd. from pg. 1

By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: ShivSena organised acamp to help peoplewith different abili-ties, widow withdomicile, incomecertificate, seniorcitizen card, PANcard, life-long medi-claim and full-fledgedhealth care card atAiroli. Shiv Senadistrict chief VijayChougule said thatthe camp has beenorganized to benefitthe people.

Vijay Chougulewas honored withBalasaheb Thacker-

Various activities organised to markBalasaheb Thackeray’s birthday

ay's image. On theoccasion, ManojHaldankar, SureshSalunkhe, former

corporator Raju Patil,Puja Patil, AishwaryaPatil of Yuvati Senaand other office

bearers were present.

Conversion of LTT-GorakhpurExpress to LHB Rake

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Railwayswill convert the firstand second rakes outof four rakes of Trainno. 12541/12542Lokmanya TilakTerminus – Gorakh-

pur Express into LHBrake on permanentbasis from 22 to 25Jan, 2020. Thecomposition of theabove Express in-cludes two AC-2 Tier,Three AC-3 Tier, Nine

Sleeper Class, TwoGeneral Second Class,One Pantry Car andTwo Generator Vans

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NAVI MUMBAI: Likeevery year, Winter Fes-tival 2020 has been or-ganized from 23rd Jan-uary till 9th Februaryat CIDCO’s UrbanHaat. This festival willbe an amalgamation ofvarious cultural pro-grammes, art exhibi-tions, food courts, etc.Cultural programmeswill be held on everySaturday and Sundaywhich will attractmany visitiors, espe-cially youths. On 26thJanuary, two exclusiveprograms are proposedto be held. The first oneis Ghungroo dance fes-tival in which group ofyoung artists will per-form various dance

Ghungroo dance and art festivalat Urban Haat on 26th January

forms. The forms likekathak, Odissi,Kathakali, Bharat-natyam, Kuchipudi,Mohiniyattam, Manipu-ri and folk dances ofMaharashtra as well aswestern dances. This isthe concept of SindhuNair who is coordinat-ing the dance festivalwith more than 50 per-formers. The programwill start from 4pm to9pm at the open theatreof Urban Haat.

And the second one isart festival, where about60 talented artisansfrom different artschools and eminent art-ists will be exhibitingtheir paintings in thispainting festival which

is scheduled from 11amto 9pm. One can findthe live demonstration ofWarli painting, Rajast-hani painting, Muralpainting, Madhubanipainting, Landscapepainting in water coloracrelites,etc by theseartisans. Various interi-or decorators, buildersand art lovers are re-quested to visit and pur-chase those painting-sand encourage the ar-tisans. There are sever-al aspiring artisans inMumbai who requiresmarketing support fortheir talent. Hence, CI-DCO is proposing paint-ing exhibition to give amarketing support tosuch artisans.

Blood donation camp held

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

VASHI: The Nation-al Service Scheme unitof Karmaveer BhauraoPatil College, Vashi or-ganised a blood dona-tion camp recently un-der the guidance ofPrincipal Dr. V. S. Shi-vankar and NSS unitchairman Dr. L.V.Gavali.

127 units of bloodwere collected andhanded over to Dr. Sar-ita Kherwasiya fromNMMC’s blood bank,Vashi.

An awareness onthe importance of do-nating blood is beingcreated by the NSS unitthrough street plays

which they organised inCollege premises. ‘Wealso organise the healthcheck up and eye check

up camps with help ofLions Club of NaviMumbai,” said a stu-dent from NSS unit.

Vice principal Prof.C.D. Bhosale inaugu-rated the programme.Committee members

and NSS volunteersworked hard in makingthis initiative a grandsuccess.

Gutkha worth Rs 45 lakh seized

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Ateam of Navi MumbaiPolice Crime Branchunit-2 nabbed a gangand seized gutkhaworth Rs 44 lakh 64thousand from thetempo on Tuesdaynight in Kamothe.The crime branch hasarrested both the tem-po driver and cleaner.

The crime branchunit-2 had received in-formation that a tem-po would be headingtowards Mumbai withstocks of gutkha from

Goa. Accordingly, un-der the guidance of se-nior police inspectorKR Popere, a trapwas laid on the laneheading towardsMumbai near the tollnaka at Kamothe onthe Sion-Panvel routeon Tuesday night.When the suspectedEicher Tempo arrivedthere late at night, ateam of Assistant Po-lice Inspector SandeepGaikwad, SharadDhole, Prafulla More,Sanjay Patil, SunilKudale stopped and

examined the tempo.Vimal Gutkha, Pan

Masala and tobaccowere found in the tem-po. The crime branchseized gutkha stocksalong with the tempoand called the Foodand Drug Administra-tion. Subsequently,tempo driver AdilSheikh Abu Bakar(32) and cleanerSameer Wahid Khan(26) were arrested bythe Kamothe PoliceStation under theFood Security andDrug Act.

Wife murders husbandwith the help of lover

Rabale MIDC police arrest boyfriend and woman

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Ra-bale MIDC Police havearrested a womanalong with her boy-friend for murderingher husband. The ac-cused, a married wom-an from Chinchpada,Airoli allegedly mur-dered her husbandwith help of her boy-friend.

The woman arrest-ed in the case has beenidentified as LakshmiWaghe and her loverwho is a rickshaw driv-er, has been identifiedas Zeeshan Siddiqui.Laxmi lived with her

husband RupeshWaghe in Chinchpadaarea, while Zeeshanlived in Airoli. Howev-er, due to a dispute be-tween the two for somereason, Lakshmi hadbeen staying with hermother at Chinchpadasince months with herdaughter. During thistime, she got into a re-lationship with rick-shaw driver, Zeeshan.And he would regularvisit Laxmi's house.

On 21st nightRupesh went to meethis daughter and foundZeeshan in the houseand he started having

a heated argumentwith Lakshmi. Duringthe quarrel, Lakshmiattacked Rupesh'shead with a sickle. Lat-er, Zeeshan hit hishead with a stone.Rupesh, who was crit-ically injured in theattack, was taken toChhatrapati ShivajiHospital and then to JJHospital for treatment.He died on Wednesdaymorning while under-going treatment. Ra-bale MIDC police haveregistered a murdercase against Lakshmiand her boyfriend Zee-shan Siddiqui.


Issue : 224 24 January, 2020

Prime Minister ishitting the rightchord in promotingchildren's educationin his Parkisha pecharcha. It came atthe right time on theeve of public exami-nation. Modi hasspared his valuabletime in meetingschool and collegestudents from vari-ous states andoffering pep talkbefore the finalexamination. Theopposition may pinpoint about thetiming but the goodadvises given at theright time will seechildren at their bestin their endeavour.After all, childrenare the future of thiscountry and we wishthem good luck. Forthem it is time todevelop good charac-ter as good marksare not everything.

Thus, PM hit apurple patch andcame in directcontact to know thepulse of the studentsand it is a greatinitiative to provideproper direction.

The third editionof “Pariksha PeCharcha” was held on20th January atTalkatora IndoorStadium, Delhi.During this session,Prime MinisterNarendra Modiaddressed an audi-ence of over 2000students and teach-ers. The event is

PM hit a purple patch in‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’

By C K Subramaniam

designed to act as a“stress buster” for thestudents before theirboard exams. Thestudents also chancedupon the opportunityto meet and interactwith the PrimeMinister. NarendraModi talked about arange of issues,starting from depres-sion to the impor-tance of resilience inlife.

PM Modi cited theexample of Chan-drayaan 2 mission tohighlight the impor-tance of failures inlife. He explained howhe became restlessafter the lunarmission failed duringthe soft landing. Thismotivated the PrimeMinister to meet thescientists, the verynext morning. Headded that everyfailure in life is astepping stonetowards success.While interactingwith the students,PM Modi talkedabout the infamousTest match held atEden Gardens in2001. The objectivewas to highlight thesignificance of astrong will anddetermination in life.He stated that eventhough India was allset to lose the match,the players did notget demotivated. Theextraordinary inningsplayed with RahulDravid and VVSLaxman is a testimo-ny to it. He alsohighlighted the caseof Anil Kumble whose“positive thinking”and courage led himto bowl, despite achin-injury againstWest Indies inAntigua.

The Prime Minis-

ter encouragedchildren to devotetime to learn aboutthe latest technology.He, however, cau-tioned studentsagainst using toomuch of social media.Modi added that onemust not allowtechnology to takeover their lives. Hesuggested implement-ing some “gadget-free” hours. He alsotalked about limitingthe use of technologyand using it to spendquality time withpets, friends, andfamily.

Replying to aquery about balanc-ing studies and extra-curricular activities,PM Modi stated thatstudents cannot livelike a robot. Hestressed the impor-tance of participatingin extra-curricularactivities. Modi urgedstudents to learnfrom their experienc-es. He also statedthat there are nowplenty of opportuni-ties besides academ-ics. The PrimeMinister also high-lighted the change insocial stigma amongparents surroundingextra-curricularactivities. PMNarendra Modiattends numerousevents all year-round. However, hereiterated that the“Pariksha Pe Char-cha” was his favou-rite engagement ofthe year. There liesthe real essence ofPrime Minister'sdedication to the jobin hand and thatincludes the welfareof students as well.The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada,Navi Mumbai

Myopic educational policyAn illiterate nation cannot progress. This universal truth is

all the more visible in our country, which in spite of all the re-sources still appears amongst the list of the developing na-tions. Unfortunately in spite of the sound vision of the stal-warts who drafted our constitution and gave the education sec-tor the due importance, even after more than five decades thecountry is largely illiterate and is lagging far behind. Enoughattention has not been given so far to the education sector.Every government since independence has viewed spendingon education as expenditure rather than as sound investmentfor future. Due to this hindsight policy what we developed is apool of illiterate man power which is being viewed more as aliability rather than an asset in this machine age.

After achieving independence, the first step should havebeen to transform the teeming millions, largely illiterate, intoeducated lot as it would have strengthened the nation. In spiteof clearly laid down fundamental right for education in the con-stitution, various governments both central and states failedmiserably in providing education to most of the children onaccount of poor vision and lack of will. Incidentally the privatesector could realise the enormous commercial opportunity inthis vital field, which the governments failed to comprehend.To do their bit, the governments treaded the easier path byformulating policies which apparently indicated government'scontribution to this sector like making available plots at nomi-nal costs to the trusts for running educational institutions. Thisturned out to be doubly beneficial for the trusts generally headedby some politician, who not only commercialized this once no-ble profession to their gain, but also started dictating termsand conditions for admission to these institutions, thus indi-rectly controlling the education sector. However, this was pos-sible only due to the connivance with the educational depart-ment of the government. Since the avenues for education didnot grow commensurate to the population, these institutionscame in demand and they started the policy of auctioning theseat in the institution by way of donations. Since the demandcould be met only by the privileged few, the gap between thelearning opportunities for the poor and socially disadvantagedand the effluent lot, has widened. The absence of educationalinstitutions run by government has made the matter worse.

In Navi Mumbai too, although in the past few years, a num-ber of good educational institutions have come up, but still thereis a scarcity. More institutions should be developed so thatthere is opportunity for all. It shall be ensured that the institu-tions permitted on concessional plots follow the fee structurecontrolled by the government and that they do not resort todonations and have transparency in the admission procedure.

It is time that government realizes the importance of curb-ing illiteracy by making due investments in the education sec-tor besides effectively controlling the private institutions. Thisway it can convert huge human resource, which is being viewedmore as a liability into asset, as is being visible in the IT sec-tor. Most of the countries of the world are today selling theireducational assets to foreign students for revenues besidescross subsidizing education for the students of their country.With educational institutions like IITs and IIMs having madetheir presence felt on the global map, we can also establisheducational institutions of repute and lure foreign students forrevenue, for cross subsidizing the education cost for studentsof our country.

Chairman Dr. JayajiNath said that thecivic body is commit-ted to bring outquality players and

in future many newactivities will beimplemented throughthe committee.

The teams fromNMMC School No.105 (Ghansoli) andNMMC School No. 4in Sector 4 Nerul

Studentsshowcase...

Contd. from pg. 1

kick started theinter-school sportevent with a cricketmatch under 17. Theprize distributionceremony will beheld in the eveningon January 27, 2020.


NAVI MUMBAI: On the occasion of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti, Mayor, Jayavant Sutar paid tribute to the picture of the late leader. On this occasion Deputy MayorMandakini Mhatre, House Leader Ravindra Ithape, Sports and Cultural Programs Committee Chairman Dr. Jayaji Nath, Corporator Anita Manavatkar, Additional CommissionerMahavir Pendhari, City Engineer Surendra Patil, Chief Auditor Dayanand Nimkar, Deputy Commissioner of Solid Waste Management Tushar Pawar, Deputy Commissioner ofHorticulture, Nitin Kale, Deputy Commissioner of Social Development, Kranti Patil, Health Officer Dr. Dayanand Katke, Administrative Officer Mahendra Sapre as well as otherofficers - employees were present.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti observed at NMMC

: The first edition of the TalentSprint initiative with support from Google saw 100 WE students make the grade froma pool of 7200 plus applicants in their quest to become top-tier tech professionals

TalentSprint Unveils 2nd Edition Of Women EngineersProgram With Active Support From Google

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Wom-en workforce in IT sec-tor have played a keyrole in the early de-cades of programming.The participation ofwomen in the globaltechnology sector todaystands at 26% (per theUS Bureau of LaborStatistics). The Wom-en Engineers (WE) pro-gram, offered by Tal-entSprint with supportfrom Google, addressesthis gender imbalanceby grooming talentedyoung women engi-neering students to ad-vance and contribute tothe field by enablingthem to become world-class software engi-neers. Prioritising in-clusion, the programplaces special focus onmentoring gifted wom-en engineers from un-der-privileged and dis-advantaged back-grounds.

The first cohort of100 WE students,shortlisted and select-ed from a pool of 7200+applicants, began theirintensive training andmentoring sessions inJune 2019, and havereceived a very encour-aging response fromthe tech industry. Wellbefore the completion ofthe program, WE stu-dents received 104 in-ternships and full timeoffers from 54 compa-nies, at compensationlevels 86% abovethe market average asper Glassdoor.

Encouraged by the

success of the firstWomen Engineers co-hort, TalentSprint, incoordination with Goo-gle, is announcing thesecond WE cohort of120 students to begintheir training and men-toring program inMarch 2020. Aimed ata similar cohort ofwomen students cur-rently completing theirfirst year of engineer-ing studies, this year’sWE format has beenexpanded to includecoding bootcamps, on-line classes, full schol-arships, stipends, men-toring by Google engi-neers, hackathons, andprojects over the nexttwo years.

Commenting on thelaunch of the new sec-ond cohort, Anand Ran-garajan, EngineeringDirector at Google In-dia, said: ”The inclu-sion of women at everystage of the process to

create universally rel-evant technology prod-ucts is critical and weare committed to facil-

itating gender and so-cioeconomic diversityamong software engi-neers worldwide. We

feel encouraged by theenthusiastic accep-tance of the first cohortof talent mentored un-

der this program andthe opportunity to drivemore gender equalitywithin the tech ecosys-tem. We are excited tosupport TalentSprintin this initiative, whohave done exceptionalwork in the area”.

Dr. Santanu Paul,Co-founder and CEO,TalentSprint, said:“The success of thefirst WE cohort bearstestimony to the factthat given the rightguidance, environ-ment, and support,young women fromnon-elite colleges cancompete head-to-headwith the best softwareengineers in the world.

Contd. on pg. 8


JNPT hosts round table discussion to strategize on Jalna Dry PortNAVI MUMBAI: At a

high level round tablemeeting held recently,the stakeholders ofJNPT headed byChairman, Sanjay Set-hi discussed and strat-egized about theplanned developmentof the Jalna Dry Port.

JNPT has under-taken the developmentof a proposed dry portcum industrial parkalso known as a multi-modal logistics park atJalna near Auranga-bad in Maharashtra tocapture a wider hinter-land by providing a di-rect-to-port railwaylinkage to exporters /importers; and provideseamless logistics facil-ities to industry in theMarathwada region.

Shri Sanjay Sethi,Chairman, JNPT vis-ited the proposed JalnaDry port site to exam-ine the Project statusand held detailed dis-cussion with potentialstakeholders repre-senting Ernst & YoungLLP; Chamber of Mar-athwada Industries &Agricultural (CMIA);Kayhaon Paper MillsLtd.; Gauri AgrotechProducts Pvt. Ltd.;Shakti EngineeringCompany; Savera

Group (EngineeringDivision); ThakurjiSolvex Pvt. Ltd.; Tan-ish Gloal ForeighTrades & Facilitations;and S.B. Exporters,Salasar Shipping,MRP & Associates.

During the discus-sion, participants wereappraised on initia-tives taken by JNPTfor improving the Easeof Doing Business, han-dling capacity and op-erational efficiency ofthe Port. The partici-pants were also briefedabout the developmentof Centralized ParkingPlaza, first of a kind277 hectares multi-product SEZ, Installa-tion of 3 Mobile Scan-ners to increasing theSecurity Profile and de-

JNPT’s container traf-fic. Hence, it has beenplanned to develop dryports in the state ofMaharashtra itselfbased on a hub-and-spoke model for cargoclearance and aggrega-tion, helping JNPT ex-tend hinterland con-nectivity.

The dry ports shallbe operated through anInland Container De-pot operator cum De-veloper who shall facil-itate cargo movementwhile other Industrialunits shall be allottedplots in the dry portsto generate captive car-go. Once operational,these dry ports shall beconductive to the port’soverall growth objec-tive.

velopment of dry portsat strategic location inMaharashtra namelyJalna, Wardha, Nash-ik and Sangli.

The Chairman andpotential stakeholdersalso discussed the in-stallation of scannersfor scanning of con-tainers at JNPT andDry Port; connectivitybetween proposed Jal-na Dry Port and pro-

posed Samruddhi Ma-hamarg; facility for ob-taining Plant and Ani-mal Quarantine certi-fication at JNPT/JalnaDry Port. The discus-sion further highlight-ed the need for increas-ing the frequency ofrail service from JalnaDry Port to JNPT; theutilization and avail-ability of Empty Con-tainer at other opera-

tional ICDs and thestatus on Doubling theRailway track fromManmad to Auranga-bad.

JNPT handlesmore than 34% of totalIndian Containertrade, where Maha-rashtra state alone con-tributes around 2mnTEUs of traffic to theport annually which isapproximately 50% of

Tri colour yatra held


NAVI MUMBAI: Agrand 1111 FEET tri-colour yatra wasorganized by AkhilBharatiya VidyarthiParishad (ABVP) Navi

Mumbai on theoccasion of SubhashChandra Bose's birthanniversary andRepublic Day on 26thJanuary. The partici-pants at the yatra

chanted slogans of'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'and 'Vande Mataram'.

The 1111 Feet Tri-colour Yatra wasinaugurated by ABVPNational Minister

Aniket Oval, formerMP Sanjeev Naik.The yatra was takenfrom Blue DiamondChowk to RajivGandhi College. AtShivaji Maharaj

Chowk, Minister ofState (ABVP), Prera-na Pawar, AmitDhomse, Minister ofState (ABVP), offeredtribute to the statue ofChhatrapati Shivaji

Maharaj. The tri-colour yatra endedwith a public meeting.Actor Aroh Velankarwas present on theoccasion.


Social media is boon for youths but it is more as a cursebecause the youths are surfing on social media at everysecond. They have forgotten to socialize practically andlive their life along with people around.Shreya Acharekar, TY B.com, Pillai College

FROM THE CAMPUS Your views on youths getting hooked to social media

In modern life social media is developing fast and is es-pecially popular among the youth. However there aremany youngsters who cannot control themselves andare addicted to social media. Addiction to social mediahas many serious effects including poor study habits,living away from reality. Because of social media thestudents who were excellent are now performing poorly.Ritisha Davis, TY BA Wilson College

If you use social media for a good cause it is of no harm. Unfortunately, the youths nowadays are addicted tosocial media to gain attention and waste their time.These two things have caused some serious damage inthis generation. After this addiction when you take awaytheir social media, they feel they have lost an identity.When things turn ugly, they go into depression and sui-cides. Social media should be used up to a limit withgood intentions only then we will face no blunders.Apeksha Sangam, TY BMM Journalism , Pillai College

Today a large chunk of an average youth's daily life isspent in updating and looking their best on social me-dia. Social media is very addictive and has been designedin such a way that people just disappear for hours be-hind their screens. In such a scenario, a degree of per-sonal restraint has become paramount.Abhijit Prakashan, SY BMM, Pillai College

Children and young teenagers have become addicted tosocial media. Social media has become so important thatkids these days prefer to share their problems on socialmedia rather than discussing it with their parents. Butshould children be blamed for this addiction where asparents themselves don't have time to spend with theirkids? They themselves are busy working and surfinginternet. After all, kids grow up looking up to their par-

ents.Mammen Jacob, TY BMM Journalism, Pillai College

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

Fruits truly is theperfect food. It’s theeasiest for our bodiesto digest, and our sys-tem has to do almostnothing to break itdown. All fruit is goodfor you, but we shouldeat it when it’s ripe toproperly digest it anduse it for energy.Think of all the colors,shapes, and texturesof fruit as different an-tioxidants and phyto-nutrients to load upon. And then includea variety of fruits inyour diet to take ad-vantage of all the ben-efits they have to of-fer — from fighting

colds and warding offinflammation to mak-ing your skin glow andyour hair shiny.

Fruit is recognizedas a good source of vi-tamins and minerals,and for their role in pre-venting vitamin C andvitamin A deficiencies.People who eat fruit aspart of an overallhealthy diet generallyhave a reduced risk ofchronic diseases. Thenutrients in fruit arevital for health andmaintenance of yourbody. The potassium infruit can reduce yourrisk of heart diseaseand stroke. Potassiummay also reduce therisk of developing kid-ney stones and help todecrease bone loss asyou age. Folate (folicacid) helps the bodyform red blood cells.• Eating a diet rich in

fruit can reducerisk for stroke, oth-er cardiovasculardiseases and type-2diabetes.

• A fruit containingeating pattern ispart of an overallhealthy diet andcan protect againstcertain cancers.

• Fruit helps main-tain optimumhealth due to thehealth promotingphytochemicals itcontains.

• On an average, oneto 2-1/2 cups of fruitare recommendedeach day for a per-son to stay healthyand keep himselfaway from diseas-es.Seasonal fruits

taste awesome! Sincethey are freshly collect-ed and fruits duringthis period are normal-ly found at the bestrate as well. The studyhas shown that all thefruits available duringthe seasons have highnutritional valuewhen consumed in theseason. Now with ad-vanced farming tech-niques, all fruits all

Fruit Combo to fuel your dayavailable throughoutthe year. But it's alwaysadvisable to consumefruits according to theseason.

Do something amaz-ing for your health andindulge in one of the de-licious fruit plates.Here’s a unique fruit

custard recipe whichyour family can relish.The reason it’s uniqueis it does neither havecustard powder nor re-fined sugar. Right fromthe kid in at your hometo elderly people whoare diabetic or if anyonefacing weight issues

can have this fruit cus-tard without feelingguilty. One bowl offruit custard will pro-vide you with all thenecessary nutrientsrequired by your bodynaturally. So try thisdeliciously healthyfruit custard.

Ingredients: Banana - 3 • Pomegran-ate seeds - 1 bowl • Pear - 1 medium •Apple - 2 medium • Black raisins - 1 smallbowl • Dry Figs (Anjeer) - 4-5 (cut intopieces) • Cashews, almonds & pistachios- 1 small bowl (grinded coarsely) • Milk -200 ml

Method: Cut apple and pear into smallpieces. Take 2 bananas and blend it withmilk in the blender. Cut the remainingbanana into pieces. Now pour the bananamilk mixture in a bowl. Add all the cut fruits and black raisins and dryfigs. Mix it properly. Now garnish with the coarsely grinded dry fruits.

Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve. This is yummy and nutritious loadedwith all the micronutrients required by the body.

The writer is Nutritionist and Founder of AAKANKSHA :

Desire For Wellness. Contact : 7021648382;

http://www.aakankshadfw.com;

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Fruit Custard Recipe: Deliciously Healthy(No Custard Powder, No refined Sugar)

The use of social media has both positive and negativeimpacts on youth today. The positive impact is that so-cial media has become an instrument for the youth tokeep themselves updated regarding the things happen-ing in the world and also to stay connected with familyand friends. But this also becomes a negative thing asface-to-face social interactions have reduced drastically.Another thing I've noticed is that sometimes we are so

glued to our phones that we forget about our responsibilities. Social mediahas affected productivity of youth to a great extent. Just keep some re-strictions on oneself then social media would be a blessingAnupama Sajan, SY Engineering in Electronics and Communication., Fr. Agnel Col-lege

Question for next week: State government allowing malls/multiplexes to remain open 24x7


Force Motors reveals next Genshared mobility platform – T1N

First Indian manufacturer to develop grounds-up

a next generation monocoque panel van platform


MUMBAI: Pune basedautomotive majorForce Motors (India’slargest van maker) re-vealed today to the me-dia the country’s firstnext generation sharedmobility platform thathas been simultaneous-ly designed and devel-oped for both InternalCombustion Enginesand 100% ElectricDrive.

The project code-named T1N was trig-gered about four yearsago with the objective todevelop a trulyworld classshared mobili-ty platformthat would beway ahead ofcurrent offer-ings and raisethe bar interms of pas-senger comfort,convenienceand safety toInternationalstandards.

The T1N isthe first vehiclein this catego-ry in the country offer-ing crash and rollovercompliance with airbags for driver and co-driver even though cur-rent Indian legislationdoes not mandate them.In addition, T1N comeswith large ventilateddisk brakes on all fourwheels with ABS, EBD,EDTC and ESP offeringunmatched safety forits passengers.

The T1N has beendeveloped with globalaspirations, it is designprotected for plying inselect markets of Mid-dle East, Africa,ASEAN and SouthAmerica where theT1N is expected to bean excellent valueproposition vis a vishigh premium prod-ucts from Europe, FarEast and USA.

A dedicated and ex-clusive team of about100 young specialistengineers and senior

managers, who wereexperts in their respec-tive domains, were se-lected for this projectby Force Motors. Thisteam after doingbenchmarking studieswith domestic and in-ternational offeringsdeveloped and engi-neered the concept ofthis new platform.

Force Motors T1Ndevelopment teamthen consulted withleading technology spe-cialists, domain ex-perts across the globe,in Italy, Spain, UK,

Germany, Japan, USAto improve, refine andvalidate the platform tomatch internationalperformance expecta-tions.

The T1N with itsnext generation, inter-national styling andbody design is in a classby itself and in thesame league as leadinginternational offerings.The looks are furtherenhanced by first insegment signature dayrunning LEDs, first insegment projectorlamps and first in seg-ment tail lamps withlight guide technology,all making it a headturner whichever wayone looks at it.

The T1N platformhas been designed witha 2-box constructionkeeping the engine ful-ly outside ensuringleast NVH in passen-ger compartment. Forthe first time in this

segment independentfront suspension withtransverse parabolicsprings has been of-fered, giving it best inclass ride quality.

T1N is powered bya new and more pow-erful BS6 compliant,Common Rail Dieselengine, offering peaktorque of 350Nm. Theplatform will also offerBS6 CNG variant asalso a class leading fullelectric version.

This new platformis underdoing final val-idation and homologa-

tion processes. A newstate of the art facility,with body shop withrobotic and laser weld-ing facilities is beingset up at the Pitham-pur works. These vehi-cles would be show-cased at the forthcom-ing Delhi Auto Expo2020. It is expected tobe available for sale bythe end of the year.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Mr. PrasanFirodia, Managing Di-rector, Force Motorssaid, “As segment lead-ers, we considered itour duty to offer ourcustomers not justwhat they need butwhat they aspire for,and hence we set aboutdeveloping this trulyworld class next gener-ation platform packag-ing leading edge tech-nologies in every as-pect. We are confidentour customers will wel-come it.”

MUMBAI: PiramalRealty, the real estatedevelopment arm of thePiramal Group, todayannounced its foray intothe Value Housing Seg-ment, with an invest-ment of ÌNR 1500crores at PiramalVaikunth, Thane. Thisfirst of its kind projectby Piramal Realtywould be a part of thelarger township inThane with a develop-ment potential ofaround ̀ 2 million sq. ft.The newly launchedCluster 3 will offer 1,1.5 and 2 BHK apart-ments with access topremium amenitiesstarting at 350 sq. ft.carpet area at ̀ INR 60lacs.

Strategically locatedin the heart of Thane,this project will set anew benchmark inquality living by givingan opportunity to itsresidents to be a part ofa premium develop-ment at delightful pric-es. The project also fea-tures an ISKCON tem-ple complex spreadacross ̀ 2.75 acres.

Commenting on thelaunch, Anand Pira-mal, Founder, PiramalRealty said, “With mil-lennials at the helm, wehave witnessed an in-creased traction to-wards the value seg-ment over the last few

Piramal Realty Makes a Forayinto Value Housing Segment

• To invest ÌNR 1500 crores to build this segment at Piramal

Vaikunth, Thane• Spread across `5 acres, this launch will be a part

of the larger township in Thane • Offers 1, 1.5 and 2 BHK apartments

starting 350 sq. ft. at a ticket size of ÌNR 60 lacs

quarters. Our foray intothis segment is in linewith our expansionplans of creating pres-ence across the con-sumer demand pyra-mid. With this launch,our aim is to createhomes that significant-ly improve the qualityof life for the youth andfirst-time homebuyersby setting gold stan-dards in customer-cen-tricity, architecturaldesign, quality and

safety”.The newest launch

from Piramal Realtygoes beyond bare neces-sities of practical homesby providing its ownersan elevated experience.This project offers aunique blend of ameni-ties along with biophilicaesthetics that includeelements of naturalhabitats. In addition tothe larger project’s com-

mon amenities, some ofthe Cluster 3 specificamenities would com-prise of swimming pool,toddler’s play area, li-brary, hobby area, in-door games room andgymnasium.

Piramal Vaikunthis a world-class resi-dential complex, de-signed for communityliving, spread over 32acres in Thane. Theproject partners withleading firms such as

Chicago-based architec-tural firm, HOK; Lon-don-based structural &services engineers, Bu-roHappold; verticaltransportation part-ners, Lerch Bates; de-sign architects, DSPDesign; US-basedproject managers,Turner ConstructionCompany; and trafficconsultants, SystraMVA Consulting.

Piramal Vaikunth and Cluster 3

Amenities at a Glance:• Composition: 1,1.5, & 2 Bed Residences• Project Location: Balkum, Thane West• Piramal Vaikunth Area: ~32Acres• Cluster 3 Area: ~5 Acres• ` 2.75 Acre ISKCON temple complex• Up to 40% open spaces• Up to 60,000 sq. ft. of amenities• Renowned project partners

Cluster 3 amenities: Swimming pool, Tod-dler’s play area, library, hobby area, indoorgames room and Gymnasium

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Two-day State Level Athletic This Weekend Under Lights

Entries invited from athletes in age group of 8 to 18 years

By Ashok Dhamija

The TrackblazersSports Academy inassociation with theMumbai SuburbanAthletics Association(MSDAA) and Maha-rashtra AthleticAssociation will beorganising the inau-gural ‘Tracknights’, aState-Level AthleticMeet at the SportsAuthority of India(SAI) 400m Syntheticathletics tracks onSaturday, January 25and Sunday, January26, 2020.

This two-dayathletics event is forthe first-time everbeing held underfloodlights, which willprovide budding youngathletes an idealcompetive platform ofinternational level butwill also serve as atalent hunting plat-form for the coachesthis was announced amedia conference onThursday.

Addressing mediapersons, renownedcoach V. GovindBalamj, mentor ofTrackblazers said,“This is a very goodinitiative to conductthe meet under lights.This will encouragethe young athletes,and the evening startwill not hamper theirstudies. The studentswill not have to skiptheir classes as theymeet is being heldafter their school andcollege classes. Thecooler evening weath-

Trackblazers mentor V. Govind Bala (centre) addressing the media in presence of (L toR) Wiron Vaz, VP MSDAA; Firoz Ustad, Chirag Patel, both co-founders of Trackblazersand Arthur Fernandes, Gen. Secretary, MSDAA. (Photo by Author).

er conditions will alsoensure better perfor-mances which couldresult in bettertimings.”

Competition will beheld in about 77 trackand field events forBoys’ and Girls’ in theUnder-8, Under-10,Under-12, Under-14,Under-16 and Under-18 age categories. Theorganisers will alsoconduct mixed (Boysand Girls) relay teamraces, a first of itskind in India. Thewinners will bepresented withmedals, certificatesand for the very firstthey will also receivecash awards.

A National levelHigh Jumper ofrepute Chirag Patel,Co-founder of Track-blazers Sports Acade-my and Long andHigh Jump coach said“My interest in thefield of athletic

prospered after I wonmy first medal at anAthletic organised byWillingdon CatholicGymkhana. Sincethen I have won manymedals in my 12 yearcareer. We wanted togive back to the sportsand hence we have

undertaken thisinitiative to organise aState Level AthleticMeet. We hope theevent will go a longway in inspiringyoung athletes to bepart of the competitivecircuit and excel”.

Firoz Ustad , Co-

founder of Trackblaz-ers Sports Academyand NIS Patialatrained Athleticscoach on the otherhand added “Theinaugural level StateLevel Athletic Meetwhich has been beingplanned over the pastfew months withactive support fromthe parents of theyoung athletes of ouracademy will beconducted underfloodlights. The samewill witness electronictiming and distancemeasuring devices.There will alsoelectronic scoreboardswhich will instantlydisplay the results. Allthis will provide theathletes a feel of aninternational athleticsevent”.

Over 600 entriesfrom 40 schools,

colleges and clubs havealready been receivedand the number ofparticipants willincrease as the MS-DAA and Trackblazersare still receivingrequests from athletesto take part in the two-day event. Athletesfrom Mumbai City,Mumbai Suburbs,Navi Mumbai, Thane,Pune, Nasik, Nagpur,Latur, Satara, Kol-hapur to name a fewwill be seen vying fortop podium finishes.The meet on both dayswill commence from5.00 pm onwards.

For more informa-tion and registrationkindly contact theorganisers on [email protected] via mobile on+919920607450 /+919987889490

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Letters to the Editor....

Cowardly act by unscrupulous elementsThe church of St Francis of Assisi at Satellite Town in Kengeri, Ben-

galuru has been attacked on the night of January 21, 2020 by unknownmiscreants. The alter has been vandalized and the tabernacle destroyed.Holy Communion has been strewn all around the place and trampledupon. We Christians condemn this dastardly and cowardly act of unscru-pulous elements and urge upon the police and the authorities to arrestthe culprits immediately.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Democratically Democratic CountryDespite 50 plus ranking, Indian sub continent is the most peaceful

and democratic country. We faced all terrorist activities inside our coun-try and in spite of all the terror we came out trumps with timely mea-sures and almost got rid of them in Jammu and Kashmir after a greatstruggle.

The so called erosion of civil liberties came in recent years after thefailed attempt of disturbing the nation through agitation and strikes af-ter terror efforts failed. The economy also suffered in the process becausepeople are ready to work against the government for Rs.500/= and a plateof Briyani and that look rather ridiculous. In the top countries like Nor-way, Iceland and Sweden people cooperate with the government and reapeda harvest of facilities, whereas in India, we try to damage the publicproperty and thereby bringing disrepute to the country. India is the onlycountry for the people, by the people and of the people and there is nodoubt about it in the 71st year of Indian Republic. It is not the time tounderestimate our world standings by mere rankings.

Jayanthy Anandambal, Joy Homes, LBS Marg, Bhandup, Mumbai

A slap on the face of the oppositionThe Supreme Court made it clear that it will not grant stay on the

Citizenship Amendment Act or the National Population Register withouthearing the Centre. It is a right step in the right direction and a slap onthe face of the opposition. The BJP has described the Supreme Court’srejection of a stay on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) till thepetitions are heard by a Constitution bench as a setback to the opposition.

The rejection of a stay on the CAA till the matter is heard is a slap forthose who were unleashing violence on the streets and attempting to bull-doze institutions to suit their political agenda. The agitation, strike anddisturbances all caused human loss and a huge financial loss and nothingmaterialised in the one side attack. The Central government is geared upto present all the arguments in favour of the CAA and are confident thatthe Hon’ble Court will find this humanitarian legislation within the am-bit of constitutional framework and reflecting its spirit.

It is a matter of national shame to provoke the government when boththe houses of Parliament cleared the bill with a voice vote.

Jayanthy Subbu, Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

Indian Cricketer Smriti Mandhana unveilsall-new power fitness collection

The brand ambassador announced Power Fitness

Challenge to promote active lifestyle

MUMBAI: Power, thesports and performancebrand by Bata, alongwith Smriti Mandha-na, BCCI’s Best Wom-en's InternationalCricketer and the faceof Power, launchedtheir all new fitness col-lection for 2020. Thelaunch was announcedin Mumbai on Wednes-day noon where Smritispoke about her associ-

ation with the brandand her efforts to moti-vate people to #FindY-ourPower with the newcollection.

Power’s new fitnesscollection comes with arange of new styles inpop colors and is de-signed with featuresthat enable people topursue fitness withease and comfort. Thecollection boasts of thePower foam technologywhich provides bettershock absorption, high-er rebound effect andbetter energy return.The unparalleled qual-ity of the shoes thatPower offers is courte-sy to the parent brand– Bata. Power Move,the central highlightproduct of the collectionhas been built for run-ning and gives a tirelessrunning experiencethrough 30% more re-bound.

Power extends intothe life of consumers byencouraging them toget fit, while getting

rewarded for the samewith its annual PowerFitness Challenge. The2nd season of the chal-lenge was announcedby Power’s fitness am-bassador, SmritiMandhana who encour-aged people to take partin it for a healthier life-style. The 1st annualPower Walk Challengesaw a massive partici-pation with over 6 thou-

sand people taking partwith the goals of adopt-ing a healthy lifestyle.

Speaking about thelaunch of the new col-lection, Mr. AnandNarang, VP - Market-ing, Bata India Ltd,said, “We are excited tolaunch Power’s new Fit-ness collection thatcomes with our flagshipproduct Power Move of-fering Power foam tech-nology for better shockabsorption, higher re-bound effect and betterenergy return alongwith Power Hitro andAero offering greattraining & walking ex-perience. We are alsokick-starting the secondseason of our annualPower fitness challengethat motivates and re-wards people by beingfit and healthy withPower. Smriti Mandha-na, our brand ambassa-dor, is the perfect choiceas she truly resonateswith the brand ethosand is a symbol ofstrength and fitness.’’

Smriti Mandhanahas been the face ofPower since 2018 andhas been on a quest topromote fitness as a lif-estyle. Speaking on herassociation with thebrand, she said, “As anathlete, it is critical tobe comfortable in yourfeet and be quick to re-spond to every strike. Ihave tested the collec-tion and found it to be

the best match for mygame. The collectionhas been exclusivelydesigned for everyonewho is looking for apartner for their fitnessneeds. Running, walk-ing, training, whateveryour fitness is, there isa Power for you. Theshoes will keep youlight on your feet, andthe 3-layer outsole foamtechnology in PowerMove gives you an add-ed advantage in termsof bounce and agility.”

Smriti Mandhanashared her fitnesshacks at the gatheringafter unveiling the col-lection along and urgedpeople to take part inthe upcoming Power fit-ness challenge. Thechallenge starts from27th January and en-courages people whobuy Power footwear toget in shape to reward-ed for future purchase.To participate in thechallenge, people canvisit the Bata store formore information.


By Vinod C. Dixit

One would agreethat Trade unions inall state-run banks, inthe past, have actedas a powerful correc-tive force against theexcesses by bankmanagements. Onecannot ignore the factthat the trade unionscontinue to be aformidable force innationalized banks.During last sevendecades Bank Employ-ees had fought manyBattles - but have notlost in a single one.They have won ineach and every battle.Their strength is theirunity among rank andfile. Supporting thisstrike call. No doubt,the merger exercisehas already been setin motion and it is

Bank employees have always stood like rock and supported Government schemesreckoned to be amatter of time beforethe process is complet-ed; the employees aremaking a last-ditcheffort to stall it.

During demoneti-zation, our PMNarendra Modithanked all banksemployees for goingthe extra mile toensure that theimplementation of thedemonetizationscheme was on track.There is no doubt thatall bank employeesdeserves a big ap-plause for workingfrom morning to tilllate hours for thebenefit of customers inthe exchange of highdenominations,collection of depositsand other regularbanking transactions.

Our PM also statedthat “The amount ofwork which bankemployees normallyhave to put in over ayear, they haveworked more thanthat in the last oneweek alone”. Bankemployees really needsalutations since theyare working longerperiods with tirednessvisible on them. Theyface the people’s wrathfor not providingsmaller denominationnotes - but they arehelpless since thesenotes are not suppliedby planners. In case ofbank officers, thereare no specific timingsfor their working andmany a time, theirwork stretches from 9to 10 hours every day.

It is observed that

the moment bankopens the door; peoplerush in like a herd ofbulls. They push eachother to move aheadand shout at bankemployees for notletting them inimmediately. If bankdo not follow anorganized system, theentire branch may fallinto chaos.

The public sectorbank employees doseem to have risen tothe occasion and byand large have beendoing a really com-mendable job underdifficult circumstanc-es. There is no doubtthat bankers havealways performed thetask given by theGovernment rightfrom the time ofnationalization.

Bankers have alwaysin the past stood likea rock and supportedthe Govt move andmade the Govtscheme successful inits drive. Bankersneed good reward forits work.

Here I would liketo point out that byand large, a bankemployee/officer nevergets his due given thequantum of workloadand financial riskwhen compared to hiscounterpart in anyother public sector/central governmentdepartment. It isvery easy for peopleoutside the industryto pass comments. Itmust be rememberedthat the bank employ-ees are known fortheir contribution in

building the IndianEconomy.

The public sectorbank employees doseem to have risen tothe occasion and byand large have beendoing a really com-mendable job underdifficult circumstanc-es. There is no doubtthat bankers havealways performed thetask given by theGovernment rightfrom the time ofnationalization.Bankers have alwaysin the past stood likea rock and supportedthe Govt move andmade the Govtscheme successful inits drive. Bankersneed good reward forits work.

The writer is freelancer,writer and cartoonist.


Sweta Samota(B.E. Computersand PGDMM) isan Indian novel-ist who writesromance, mysteryand thriller. Sheis also a techie,runner and fit-ness enthusiastand conductscreative writingworkshops to helpyoung authors towrite and publishtheir work. She isalso a part ofSheCreate-sChange familyin change.org. APinkathon Am-bassador fromNavi Mumbai, sheconducts weeklyfree fitness ses-sions for womenin her locality. Inan interview withRyhea George,the Newsbandreporter Swetaspeaks about herachievements,speculated plansand her lifestyle.Here are theexcerpts:

Newsband :The world is goingdigital and manyhave stoppedreading books. Asa writer what doyou feel aboutthis?

Sweta Samota: Ido not agree withthis. You will besurprised to knowthat even if peopleare watchingNetflix, they havenot stopped readingbooks. In fact,according to statis-tics, India is thenation which readsmost number ofbooks - readers

get a little late there.But, we women alsohave the virtue ofpatience.

Newsband: What

motivates you whilewriting?

Sweta Samota: Ilove sharing mythoughts and ideasthrough my writings.Fiction or nonfiction -the writing is likegiving wings to mythoughts and travelingacross the world. It's

Newsband :Who are yourtarget audience?

Sweat Samota :For fiction, thetarget audience formy books arereaders who love toread romance andthriller books.Audience who readsAshwin Sanghi andChetan Bhagat. Fornon-fiction: audiencewho reads self-help,biographies andmemoirs, health andfitness.

Newsband :Please tell usabout your upcom-ing publication?

Sweta Samota:We all need a bit (ora lot) of motivationin our day to daylives to keep givingour best. Althoughwe are capable andtalented, we get thatextra push when wehear how someonelike us was able tobreak the ceiling andmake it to the sky.But with time, wetend to forget howspecial each one ofus is and there isnothing we cannotachieve. The writtenword is as powerfulas the spoken one.We attend work-shops, hear tedtalks, read inspiringstories, watch filmsto get inspired andall pumped up toget-set out andachieve our dreams.My upcoming bookis a non-fiction(anthology) bookthat will inspire andmotivate you to getup, roll up yoursleeves, and be thechange every singleday.

Read More, Write More, And Ignore The Naysayers -SWETA SAMOTA (Novelist and Fitness Trainer)

spend at least 10hours every weekreading books. Thai-land and China arenext from the top.Today, readers are notonly reading paper-backs, but alsoeBooks on differentplatforms. Audio-books are also pickingup. I think, this is thegolden era for authorsand readers.

Newsband : Whatare the challengesyou face as a writ-er?

Sweta Samota: Ifyou know what youwant to write, have anorganized plan andconcept ready, thentime is the onlychallenge for thewriter. You have tobe releasing at leastone book every year. Isee authors workingday and night andreleasing 2-4 books ayear. Time is thechallenge for me. Itrequires a lot of focusand discipline to keepchurning books afterbooks in a year. Whenit comes to genre, it'skind of taken in badtaste if you as afemale writer writeromance/thriller inIndia. Women areexpected to writefeminist/inspirational/memoir/children-bookkind of stuff. Theyaren't expected towrite romance/thriller/sci-fi. (No wonderwomen writers takeup male pen-names towrite these genres!)But if you startignoring the judgementand just focus on yourcraft, it's a fair fieldfor all the genders. Ifyou are good, youraudience will love youback. Though it may

like the smell thatspreads and the entireneighbourhood comesto know that I ambaking a cake. I write

to entertain myaudience and sprinkleinformation/facts.When readers readmy work, all theyshould care about isthe story. My ultimateaim is to entertain,destress, motivate andmove the readers.Freedom of expres-

sion and the high I getafter completing astory, keeps memotivated.

Newsband : Youradvise to the youngwomen writers inIndia?

Sweta Samota:Read more, writemore and ignore thenaysayers. Give yourbest work to theaudience and don'tfeel shy to improveyourself daily.

Newsband: In 5years down thelane, what kind ofwriting or whatgenre are youplanning to workon?

Sweta Samota: Ina matter of 2 months,you will be inspired toread non-fictionalSelf-Help/MemoirAnthology from me. I

love to write romanceand thriller. Fitness issomething I ampassionate aboutevery morning. So,Romance, Thriller,Drama, Fitness bookswritten by me aregoing to rock thebestseller charts innext five years.