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Uran markets floodedwith array of flowersand pooja materials

With the onset ofthe holy month of Margasheersha fromWednesday, the mar-ket area of Uran orBazar Peth is seeingbrisk business. Dur-ing this holy month,married women wor-ship Goddess Laksh-mi Devi on everyThursday during themonth. The marketis flooded with an ar-ray of flowers and oth-er pooja materials…

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Fortis launches ‘Caringfor the Environment’

initiativeWith an aim to

identify and enhancean emotional connec-tion between peopleand their naturalworld, the Depart-ment of MentalHealth and Behav-ioural Sciences, For-tis Healthcare, con-ducted a workshop on‘Caring for the Envi-ronment’ in variousbranches of FortisHospital. Held aspart of its unique Pro-social Peer ModeratorProgramme, thesame was attended byover 230 students(class 9th-11th) &teachers from 36schools across NaviMumbai and Mum-bai … (More on page 12)

Lady robbed on thepretext of performing

gold pujaA Lady from Sec-

tor 19, Koparkhair-ane was robbed of hermangalsutra worthRs.50,000/- on Mon-day morning on thepretext of performingGold pooja…

(More on page 3)

NEWS INBRIEF Drink and Drive cases

decline in the cityStringent measures and increase in

penalties cited to be the reason

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI:Stringent measuresby the traffic depart-ment along with theincrease in penalties

appear to have suc-ceeded in achievingthe goal. Navi Mum-bai has witnessed adecline in the numberof drink and drive

cases in 2019. Accord-ing to statistics fromNavi Mumbai trafficdepartment, there is a

Greens ask Mahaalliance to give top

priority to environmentNAVI MUMBAI: As the

new tri-partite allianceis set to assume powerin Maharashtra, envi-ronment groups haveasked the three partychief to accord top pri-ority to ecology in theircommon minimum pro-gramme (CMP) andmake effort to save

Aarey as a forest andexpedite steps to form adedicated Green Police.

In an open letteraddressed to Shiv Senapresident UddhavThackeray, NCP chiefSharad Pawar andCongress president So-nia Gandhi, the envi-ronment groups appre-ciated the reported planto focus on the farmers’problems which re-mained unresolved formany years.

“We were happy tolearn from media re-ports that the CommonMinimum Programme(CMP) envisages to savethe money to be spenton the environmentunfriendly Bullet Trainproject and use thefunds for farmers’ wel-fare,” said the letter

floated on social mediaby NatConnect, ShreeEkvira Aai Partishtanand fishermen’s group

Contd. on pg. 2

Contd. on pg. 2

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI:There is an over-whelming response tothe Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corpora-tion’s (NMMC)initiative of collectingold footwear, whichwas launched in thefirst week of Septem-ber in collaborationwith Green Sole. Inless than twomonths, 1000 oldfootwear have beencollected from hous-ing societies in thecity.

According to a

NMMC receives overwhelming responseto its old footwear collection initiative

1000 old footwear collected in less than two months

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Paaramparik Machhi-mar Bachao KrutiSamiti .“The Ahmeda-bad-Mumbai BulletTrain project is slatedto destroy 54,000 man-groves and unsettle theentire ecology as hasbeen confirmed in theofficial impact assess-ment reports. At a timewhen we need moreand more mangrovesand new varieties ofthem to protect thecoast, we are hell benton destroying the exist-ing ones. This is noth-ing short of a recipe fordisaster,” said B N Ku-mar, director of Nat-Connect.

SEAP head Nanda-kumar Pawar remind-ed the Shiv Sena of itspre-poll promise thatthe Aarey area will bedeclared as a forest.“The merciless destruc-tion of 2,700 trees formetro car shed at Aareyis too well known to bedescribed here. It istime you took some cor-rective steps once yourgovernment assumesoffice,” Pawar said.

“While trying tosolve the farmers’ is-sues, we appeal to youto look at the unre-solved problems facedby the fishermen, par-ticularly in Uran area,and the wanton de-struction of environ-ment in the name ofi n f r a s t r u c t u r eprojects,” TukaramKoli of PaaramparikMachhimar BachaoKruti Samiti said.

As much as 8,000hectares of 32,000 hect-ares of wetlands andmangroves in the eco-sensitive Uran regionhave been destroyed.The process of destruc-tion is going on unabat-ed despite the BombayHigh Court rulings andthe court appointedmangrove committee’sinstructions.

“500-acre wetlandat Dastan Phata hasbeen turned into a dustbowl, thousands of man-groves are being de-stroyed in the name ofJNPT SEZ, NMSEZand expansion of high-ways; wetlands are be-ing buried at Bori Pa-khadi, Belpada, Pagoteand other places. Thelandfill and blockage offree flow of creek waterhas led to the water

finding its own courseand flooding several vil-lages during Holi festi-val,” said Kumar.

Kumar who hadsuggested a dedicatedgreen police has askedthe alliance to pursuethe idea to tackle envi-ronment violations asthe existing police forceis ill-equipped and inad-equate to take care ofsuch cases.

“In the name oflandfill for Navi Mum-bai International Air-port, hundreds of hect-ares of mangroves arebeing wiped out. Thishas in fact led to floodsat CBD Belapur duringFebruary when therewas no semblance ofrain,” he added.

“JNPT has alreadyreclaimed 80-hecratesfor its container termi-nal-4 in which 4,500mangroves have beendestroyed. On top of it,JNPT has now startedreclaiming 110 hect-ares more, which isbeing vehemently op-posed by the fishingcommunity. All projectproponents, withoutexception, have violat-ed the preconditions byenvironment and otherauthorities whichclearly stipulated that

the projects should notcause any harm to theenvironment and notinterfere with fishingcommunity’s move-ments,” Koli said.

The environmentgroups have drawnthe alliance’s attentionto the recent US re-search study whichcautioned that the ris-ing sea levels willdrown Mumbai andother coastal cities.Floods at BKC, Bad-lapur, Kalyan-Sheeland Uran are too freshin our minds to be for-gotten, they said.

“The previous gov-ernment had chalkedout plans to reclaimsalt pan areas for afford-able housing and ex-pand MMR to developurban infrastructure.Again here, environ-ment will be the big-gest sufferer and theprojects will not survivethe nature’s fury,” saidPawar.

”Our appeal for de-claring Panje wetlandin Uran as a bird sanc-tuary is also pendingwith the government. Itis essential to save thelarge wetland not onlyas a bird destinationbut as an environmentproject,” he added.

Greens askMaha

alliance...Contd. from pg. 1

reduction of 259 casesin comparison with2018 for the periodfrom January tillOctober 2019.

Sunil Lokhande,Deputy Commissioner,Traffic said, “Thetraffic officials aretaking stringentaction against thosewho drive under theinfluence of alcohol.We will be conductinga special drive on31st December and1st January as manymotorists violate thisrule due to NewYear’s celebration. Weare spreading aware-ness among themotorists about theimportance of safe

driving. We havesufficient breathanalysers, which ishelping us in nabbingthe offenders. Heavypenalties introducedby the government isalso resulting in thereduction of cases.”

One of the seniortraffic officers in-formed, “We are veryhappy that thenumber of drunkdriving cases havereduced in the city. Itis unfortunate thatdespite stringentmeasures and heavypenalties, manymotorists continue toflout rules and regula-tions. The motoristsneed to be made awareof the importance offollowing trafficdiscipline.”

The officer further

Drink andDrive cases...

Contd. from pg. 1

informed, “Drink anddrive continues to bethe major reason forroad accident. Accord-ing to the official datafrom January toOctober, 2019 around1,993 culprits werebooked for drink anddrive and fine to thetune of Rs. twentynine lakh ninetythousand and fivehundred were collect-ed. In 2018, fromJanuary to October2,252 motorists werebooked and fines tothe tune of rupeestwenty eight lakhninety eight thousandand two hundred werecollected. If we com-pare statistics of 2018and 2019 for theperiod from Januarytill October, we find areduction in drink and

drive case by 259.The citizens laud

the efforts of thetraffic cops. “One cansay that the reductionin drink and drivecases is the result ofthe countless hours ofplanning by authori-ties, traffic officialsand volunteers. Theirefforts have ensuredthat the city and itsroad stay safe foreveryone,” saidAkalakh Barkhabhresident from Vashi.

The traffic policeare also spreadingawareness throughtheir campaigns like“Road Safety Week”“Campus with Hel-met” and many suchother initiatives whichare aimed at spread-ing awareness amongcitizens.


NAVI MUMBAI: Bankof Maharashtra cele-brated ConstitutionDay with great enthu-siasm at its headquar-ters, Lokmangal Shiva-ji Nagar, Pune, ZonalOffices and Branches

Bank of Maharashtracelebrates Constitution Day

across India. Constitu-tion Day was also cele-brated with great en-thusiasm at the branchand zonal office ofVashi, Navi Mumbai.On this occasion, theBank’s Chief Manager,

Duttatray Kaveri, Jyo-ti Badkar, NeelimaKhopkar, NeelamKarme, Namita Me-shram, Arvind More,Gopichand Patekar,Nidhi Sharma werepresent.

Mahesh Baldi, the newly elected MLA of the Uran assembly constituency was sworn inas a member of the Legislative Assembly in front of the Assembly Speaker KalidasKolumbkar on Wednesday.

MLA Mahesh Baldi takes oath

As Margasheersha monthbegins, it is business time

at Uran’s Bazar Peth

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN : With the on-set of the holy month of Margasheersha fromWednesday, the marketarea of Uran or BazarPeth is seeing briskbusiness. During thisholy month, marriedwomen worship God-dess Lakshmi Devi onevery Thursday duringthe month. The marketis flooded with an arrayof flowers and other poo-ja materials.

The Margasheershamonth is very impor-

tant especially for mar-ried women as theyworship Goddess Lak-shmi for the well-beingof the family, wealth,peace and harmonyand for this everyThursday, they per-form a special pooja,said a trader from UranBazar Peth.

Sonabai, a vendor atthe Bazar Peth said,“As the margasheershamonth begins it is timefor business and themarket area is crowd-ed on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays as womencome to buy pooja ma-terials like plantationleaves, leaves of fivetrees, bananas, coco-nut, flowers, which areessential for the pooja.”

Speaking about therates, she further saidflower garland is soldbetween Rs. 60 to Rs.100, while a veni andstring of jasmine flow-er is sold at Rs 30. Theleaves of 5 differenttrees cost around Rs.10 for a handfulbunch.

By Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ALady from Sector 19,Koparkhairane wasrobbed of her mangal-sutra worth Rs.50,000/- on Monday morningon the pretext of per-forming Gold pooja.

Vaishnavi Baraskar(32) along with herhusband reside in Sec-tor 19 of Koparkhairne.Last Monday after herhusband left for work,Nitin Jadhav, the ac-cused, visited theirhouse. Since he had

Lady robbed on the pretextof performing gold puja

visited earlier also, hewas known to her andwas allowed entry intothe house.

Nitin Jadhav toldher that it was essen-tial to perform Swarn(Gold) Puja to have achild and 20gm of goldwould be required forthe puja. Vaishnavitrusted him and hand-ed over her 20gm man-galsutra to NitinJadhav.

Taking the orna-ment, he informed herthat he will perform

the puja at the templeand come back and sheshould not tell aboutthis to anyone, soVaishnavi remained athome waiting for NitinJadhav to comeback.

When Nitin Jadhavdid not come back af-ter long time, she calledon his mobile whichwas switched off.

Realising she wasrobbed of the mangal-sutra, she went toKoparkhairane PoliceStation to file acomplaint.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Thespecial branch of theMumbai Police has ar-rested two more per-sons who were living il-legally in Kopri villagein APMC. This is thethird action taken bythe Special Branch ofthe Mumbai Police inNavi Mumbai. The po-lice have so far arrest-ed 13 Bangladeshi na-tionals.

Bangladeshi couple arrestedfrom Kopri village

The Special Branchof the Crime Investiga-tion Department ofMumbai Police had re-ceived information thatsome Bangladeshi na-tionals were living ille-gally in the Kopri vil-lage area of Vashi. Ac-cordingly, Police In-spector of Crime Inves-tigation DepartmentSachin Gaikwad andhis team raided the sus-pected hut in Kopri vil-

lage Sector-26A withthe help of APMC police.

Milton BakharSheikh, 30, and his wifeChampa Milton Shaikh,28, were found to be liv-ing in the cottage illegal-ly. During interroga-tion, they confessed tohave entered the coun-try illegally. They havebeen arrested in accor-dance with the PassportAct 1920 and the For-eign Citizen Act.

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Issue : 175 28 November, 2019

Need to encourage all the sportsThe recent decision of former Mayor Sagar Naik to introduce

Navi Mumbai IPL to encourage young cricket talent from the city,is praiseworthy. Undoubtedly

Cricket has become the craze in the country and more and moreyoungsters desire to take up this sport. However, along with crick-et, there is also a need to encourage other sports as well.

It is unfortunate that while all of us are familiar with the namesof almost all the cricket players, most of us struggle with our mem-ory when asked to name players of other sports. Not many re-member that in Shooting, Gagan Narang won four Gold medals inCommon Wealth Games2010 or Indian World Champion wrestlerSushil Kumar has won the gold medal in FILA 2010 World Wres-tling Championships or Leander Paes has won Olympic bronzemedals in Tennis.

Along with cricket, there is a need to encourage players of oth-er sports too. Athletes from US perform well as they are givenwide coverage by media and broadcasting units irrespective of howmany viewers are present to watch them perform. The profit andmoney should not always be the criteria. Giving media exposureto the budding athletes boosts their morale and performance. Ad-ditionally, the Government should keep an eye on the biggestmedal prospects and provide good coaching to them. Private broad-casting companies should take help from sports authorities to covercertain sports which are unfamiliar in the country. It is equally im-portant to give financial assistance like introducing pension poli-cies and offering government jobs to all the talented sportspersonof all the games. Rarely do we hear of a cricketer living in poverty-thanks to the policies tabled by BCCI for cricketers due to whichthey do not have to deal with shortage of debts in their playingperiod or post retirement. Unfortunately, that is not the fate ofmost of the players of other sports who fail to get even thesponsors. They only live normal life when they are in the playingperiod and struggle post their retirement.

Leagues should be introduced for different sports to help innurturing more champion players. A sports like Kabaddi, forinstance, which was just familiar in rural India is now a vital part ofIndian sports- thanks to Pro Kabaddi which was sponsored &broadcasted by Star Sports in the earlier part. Hockey was also adepleting sport in India but Hockey India League gave it a newlifeline. Likewise, with the introduction of ISL, football too is see-ing positive improvement and India is now ranked under 100 after2 decades in football.

In a fast-growing economy like India, there is a tremendouspotential for the sports sector to develop and achieve the status ofan industry. India, now hosts the Indian Premier League (cricket),Hockey India League, Indian Super League (football), Pro Kabba-di League and Indian Badminton League, all of which have aidedin the growth of the sports sector. If sport is recognised as anindustry, it can generate a large number of employment opportu-nities in the form of the apparel and equipment sector, sports med-icine, sports tourism and other sport-related sectors. The Indiangovernment must also invest in technological advances such assports analytics to assist in coaching professional athletes. It mustalso provide wearables, sensors, and nutrition as per the require-ment of the sport and the sportsperson.

India being the second most populated country in the world,has the ability to churn out athletes who can put us on the globalmap in terms of sports, other than cricket. Players from differentsports are already making the country proud with their splendidperformances. By providing them with good facilities, monetaryassistance, world class infrastructure, India will have a huge med-al tally in all the sports. What Indian sports need is the support ofthe Government and its People.

Making Milk dream come true

With monsoon inMaharashtra takingheavy toll of milk andmilk products, Mumbaiand suburbs are facingshortage of milk. Butmilk is a country’s de-light and both youngand old would like todrink milk in differentforms. Natural milk isthe most wholesomenutrition for your kid.In fact, natural cowmilk is the best substi-tute to mother’s milkfor infants. As per anFSSAI survey, morethan 68% of milk inIndia is adulterated.Milk typically travels500-1000 kms and takeup to 2 weeks to reachyour doorstep. Adulter-ants such as Urea,Caustic Soda and De-tergent are added to themilk to control acidityand kill bacteria. Mostmilk consumed today isa combination of milk,milk powder and water.

India has rapidlyemerged as one of thelargest producers ofmilk over the last threedecades, accounting for18.5 per cent of globalmilk production. Ac-cording to an Edelweissreport of late last yearstated that buoyed byrising consumerismand the preference of ahealthy lifestyle, theIndian dairy industryis expected to register15 per cent compound-ed annual growth till2020 and emerge as a ¹9.4-lakh crore industry.

With an opportuni-ty this huge, it’s nowonder that there hasbeen hectic activity inthe industry in the lastfew years with severalwell established Indiancompanies and multi-nationals hopping on tothe bandwagon. Thishas resulted in a slewof new and innovativeproducts beinglaunched at the upper-

end of the spectrum.However, amidst thisheady growth, a healthcrisis looms.

The dynamics of theIndian dairy industryis very different fromthat of more developedcountries. While in de-veloped markets, dairycompanies depend onan ecosystem of largecorporate dairy farmsand most procurementis done from few largefarms, in India, dairy-ing is still largely seenas an instrument of so-

cial and economic devel-opment. While 18-20per cent of the dailymilk produced is chan-nelled through the or-ganised segment andpasteurised, a whop-ping 80 per cent of theindustry remains unor-ganised. The milk sup-ply comes from millionsof small producersbased in rural areaswho have an average ofone or two milch ani-mals comprising cowsand/or buffaloes.

Another specific dy-namic is the phenome-na of vendors collectingmilk from local produc-ers and selling it in bothurban and rural areas.What this translatesinto is inefficiencies inthe supply chain wherea large portion of milkproduced does not ad-here to basic standardsof hygiene and is unfitfor consumption. Con-sidering that over 80 percent of milk consump-tion in India is liquidmilk, it can pose seri-ous health risks. Un-chilled and unpas-teurised milk can pro-duce disease-causinggerms and bacteria. A2012 survey conductedby the Food Safety andStandards Authority of

India in 33 States andfound that 68.4 per centof 1,791 milk sampleswere contaminated. Inurban areas, 70 percent of the sampleswere found to be con-taminated, in rural ar-eas it stood at 31 percent.

To ensure that theIndian dairy industrycontinues to grow in ahealthy, sustainablemanner it is importantto assess each elementin the supply chain andmodernise it with a fo-

cus on creating toxinfree and antibiotic safe,high quality milk. Atthe start of the supplychain, attention needsto be paid to managingand rearing cattle, andproviding farms withthe right kind of cattlefeed. The next step in-volves processing andcold chain infrastruc-ture. While significantsteps had been takenunder the ‘OperationFlood’ programme,some of the processingunits have become ob-solete and need to berevitalised. Again,since it is not feasibleto transport raw milkbeyond 200 km, it isimportant that multi-ple sourcing, processingand distribution pointsbe set up to maintainthe quality and shelf-life of milk. Quality-friendly technologiessuch as the Bulk MilkCoolers (BMC) modelwould be an answer tothe lacuna in the indus-try since it brings downthe time taken to collectmilk to around 45 min-utes as opposed to the2-3 hours for a typicalcentral chilling/coldstorage model, thus

By C K Subramaniam

Contd. on pg. 5


lowering bacteria for-mation.

Building processingunits and last-milelinkages is another im-portant area in the sup-ply chain that will ben-efit stakeholders acrossthe supply chain andensure that milk,which is an importantpart of the Indian diet,remains a source of

safe, wholesome good-ness. White revolutionis brought in India byVerghese Kurien andwe are not feeling theshortage despite in-clement weather due tovarious processingmethods that keepsmilk last longer.

The writer is freelancer

from Sanpada, Navi

Mumbai

Making Milk dream...Contd. from pg. 4

By Dr. (Mrs.) Firuzi V. Mehta

One of the biggestmisconceptions aboutHomeopathy in theminds of people is thatit is a slow form ofmedicine for acute dis-eases and is only goodfor chronic diseases.This statement is onlypartially Correct. Ho-meopathy is certainlyone of the best forms ofmedicine for all chron-ic diseases, however,even in acute diseases,Homeopathy can actSwiftly and Gentlyleading to a rapid cure.Let us first understandwhat acute and chron-ic diseases are.

Acute diseases are adeviation from the orig-inal state of health witha rapid onset, rapidprogress, and a definiteduration. If not treated,they can end in eitherdeath or recovery. Eg.,most infections likemalaria, typhoid, thecommon cold, pneumo-nia, gastroenteritisetc., are acute diseases.Chronic diseases, onthe other hand, are de-viations from the origi-nal state of health witha usually slow, imper-ceptible onset, slow butsure progress, and in-definite, long durationwhich end only withdeath, if not treated. All

Homeopathy forchronic diseases

the degenerative dis-eases of the modern daylike cancer, rheuma-toid arthritis, osteoar-thritis, hypertension,diabetes mellitus, etc.,are chronic diseases.

It is generally pro-claimed by the medicalprofession that mostchronic diseases can-not be cured but canonly be controlled bymedication, or if cureis to be attempted, it isto be done with surgeryby the removal of un-wanted tissue or the re-placement of malfunc-

tioning parts. Will thisbe a real cure? Whyhas the unwanted tis-sue arisen in the firstplace? Why has the nor-mal functioning of thebody parts gone astray?The unwanted tissuelike the growths of can-cer and the malfunc-tioning organs or partsare not ‘the disease’ butthey are the outcome ofthe disease process, anunseen process whichhas gone on for a longtime in the body, muchbefore the visible signs/outcome of the diseasecould manifest.

Hence, it becomesclear, that to reallycure such a chronic dis-ease, we need to dealwith and treat the un-derlying disease pro-

cess as well and notjust the outcome of thedisease process. If theunderlying disease pro-cess is not treated, af-ter a brief respite, thedisease will rear itsnasty head up again,resulting in newgrowths and new man-ifestations. Targetingthe diseased cells andthereby trying toachieve cure is Not thesolution to a chronicdisease.

No one can denythat there is an energyforce within each living

cell and it is this sys-tem that makes us aunity, and keeps ourbody functioning har-moniously with its mil-lions of cells. This en-ergy is dynamic andinvisible and can be af-fected not only by phys-ical factors of the envi-ronment, but also byother dynamic, invisi-

Contd. on pg. 10

Senior citizen of Kharghar met CIDCO officials and demanded civic amenities in gar-dens and playgrounds in Kharghar. They urged the officials to complete the work assoon as possible. Gurnath Mahadev Gaikar and Gurunath Lilathar Patil of Shiv Senawere present (By Chandrashekaher Hendve )

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Devotees celebrate 94th birthday of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in cityBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Theweek long celebrationsof the 94th Birthday ofBhagawan Sri SathyaSai Baba which wasorganised by citybased Sri Sathya SaiTrust & Sri SathyaSai Seva organizationrecently witnessedtens of thousands ofdevotees from allwalks of life across thecity and surroundingareas who congregatedat Sai Prem Centre inSector 10A, Vashi toseek blessings of theirbeloved Lord.

Held from 17 to 23Nov, 2019 a plethora

Faithfuls pull the chariot of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba through various nodes of Vashi aspart of his 94th birth anniversary celebrations.

The volunteer teachers of Saideep’ Free Coaching classes were felicitated by committee members of the Sri SathyaSai Trust pose for are all elated to be part of the celebrations

A devotee makes a floral offering on the occasion

Devotees take part in the Rudra Havan which was organised by the priests in thesanctum sanctorum of Sai Prem on the opening day

The students from Saideep and Balvikas along with Sai Youth showcase placardshighlighting the various social relevant messages during the rally.

of events were organ-ised with religiousfervor and gaiety.Rudrabhishekas andRudra Havan (bothconsidered to be one ofthe finest, purest andcompelling ritual inHinduism of LordShiva) by dozen oflearned priests as pertraditional rituals andvedic chants, sinceearly morning on theinaugural day, puri-

fied the sanctumsanctorum. The samewas attended bydistrict and local –coordinators andvarious in- charges,devotees and withtheir family membersand public at large. Inaddition Aarti, Ma-haprasad and Naray-an Seva (feeding poor)too was held on theoccasion post noon.’Purna Kumbha’

procession by theLadies wing of SSO –Navi Mumbai in theVashi node followed bySri Sathya Sai Ashtot-tar Namavali latter inthe evening session,was followed by aninspiring speech byDr. Kiron Bala ,Retired Warden, SriSathya Sai College forWomen, Aanantpur(Andhra Pradesh),Aarati and Maha

Prasad .The committee

members of Sri SathyaSai Trust (Saiprem)led by PandharinathS. Haral, SeniorMember, VenkatSandhi, Coordinatorand TV C Nair alsohonoured the Volun-tary Teachers, of the‘Saideep’ Free Coach-ing Classes for their

thankless effort intutoring the under-privileged studentsfrom the city, yearafter year. The stu-dents of the ‘Saideep’latter showcased theirartistic talent as theyentertained thegathering with theirsterling show duringthe cultural pro-gramme too.

On the occasion ofthe 94th Birthday of SriSathya Sai Baba a‘Rath Yatra’ too wasorganised on Saturdaymorning (23 Nov,2019) and was takenthrough variousstreets of Vashi. Theentire route reverber-ated with melodiousdevotional songs andchants dished out byhundreds of devoteeswho joined the colour-ful rally. The students(Saideep and Balvi-kas), Sai Youth on theoccasion showcasedplacards highlightingthe various socialrelevant message of

Sri Sathya Sai Baba.The week long celebra-tions ended latter inthe evening with adevotional recital bythe Shekote siblingsAhbijay and Abhinavfrom Puttaparthiamidst a huge gather-ing at Sai Prem,followed by Aarti &Mahaprasad.


By Salma Prabhu

One of the starkquality of a personwith high EmotionalQuotient is that theyalways seem to be hap-py. Happiness Quotientis another terminologywe have started hear-ing and reading aboutit now. It is said thatthe Bhutan is knownas the kingdom of hap-piness and the onlycountry that supportsa policy of “Gross Na-tional Happiness”.

So the questionarises what makes aperson happy. Is it thenature of a person orthe surroundings, orthe country, or the en-tire mental composi-tion.

When we talk of themental composition,we remember the wordChemical Loccha orChemical compositionand yes this is one ofthe major part of beinghappy.

These are mainlythe neurotransmittersknown as Dopamine,Serotonin, Oxytocinand Endorphins.

Many events andactivities can triggerthese neurotransmit-ters and there are alsoways in which they canbe intentionally madeto release.

So let us under-stand first the role ofeach neurotransmitter.

Dopamine motivatesus to take action to-wards goals, desiredand needs and gives usa happiness when weachieve them. This isvery high in childrenand if low then can beraised by appreciation,praise, encouragementand positive genuinefeedback as discussed inthe last article. Seroto-nin makes one feel im-

The Art of Being Happy EQ- VIIIportant and signifi-cant. Absence of thisneurotransmitter cancause loneliness and de-pression.

This can be raisedby soicalizing, havinggood peer relationships,healthy and securedfamily environment,having healthy conver-sations regarding fam-ily and individualachievements, feelingproud of accomplish-ments etc.

Oxytocin increasesloyalty, trust, obedienceand strong bonds. Ab-sence of this would cre-ate infidelity, loneli-ness, feeling rejected.This can be easily cre-ated with physical com-fort. Parents therefore

need to give their chil-dren many hugs andkisses in childhood.Cuddle together, becomfortable with touch.

E N D O R P H I N Shelp to you remain fun-ny. The funny bone isactually due to the re-lease of Endorphinswhich is high when ex-ercising, remaining ac-tive and lively. Absenceof this can lead to de-pression and anxiety.

So now we have un-derstood what keeps ushappy and how we cankeep them released nat-urally.

Besides the above itwould be essential toalso1. Eat healthy and en-

sure all the vitalsare good

2. Exercise at leastmoderately which isthree times a week.Children are en-

couraged by me tohave one outdoorand one indoor exer-cise if their liking.

3. Sleep well. Givingappropriate andenough rest to thebrain is very essen-tial for normal re-lease.

4. Listen or play mu-sic of your choice.

5. Learn to meditateand also teach chil-dren the art ofmindfulness medi-tation which is be-ing in the presentand being aware ofwhat one is feelingand emoting.

6. Be around role mod-els and interestingpeople who will al-ways have a good

message or a posi-tive experience toshare.

7. Take up a socialcause to create joyand happiness forothers. This gives agreat sense ofachievement.

8. Learn one new skillevery year and alsoteach others.

9. Travel and makenew friends andlearn about othercultures and coun-tries.

10.Read positiveand.self help booksto keep you moti-vated and happy.

Salma Prabhu is

Clinical Psychologist,

Career Counselor

and Author of Mom Dad

U R Wonderful and

You are My Star.

Readers can write to her

on [email protected]

or call 9322851485

Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar interacted with children at Sai Sanjeevani CardiacCare Child Hospital, Kharghar which has completed one year. (Photos by Sumit Renose)

Sri Satya Sai Sanjivani Centrefor Cardiac Care Child Hospital

celebrates first anniversary

PANVEL: Shri SatyaSai Sanjivani Centre forCardiac Care ChildHospital in Kharghar,the provider of tertiarypediatric cardiac careand public health ser-vices, celebrated the

first anniversary. TheCentre has examined7500 young childrenand 550 pregnant wom-en in just one year of itsestablishment.

The Gift of Life Cer-tificate was presentedto the children who un-derwent successfulheart surgery. BharatRatna Sachin Ten-dulkar, Pandit Shiv

Kumar Sharma, ShriHariharan, Navi Mum-bai Police Commission-er Sanjay Kumar andMedical Officer Dr. Sa-chin Jadhav werepresent on the occasion.Parents of young chil-

dren who had free sur-geries were alsopresent. They were notonly given free surgerybut the attendants weregiven free accommoda-tion and food facilities.

A cultural dancedrama was presentedon the occasion on theconcept of Gift of Life.

Shri Satya Sai San-jivani Centres are run

by Shri Satya SaiHealth and EducationTrust and have centresin Naya Raipur, Palw-al and Navi Mumbaiand provide completelyfree services to theneedy, irrespective of

caste, religion and na-tionality. Shri SatyaSai Health and Educa-tion Trust Chairman,Shri Satya Sai Sanji-vani Centre, operationshead, Mr. Srinivas inhis welcome speechsaid, “We feel privilegedto serve children andthe citizens of Maha-rashtra through NaviMumbai Centre.”


Breast Cancer is currently the most common cancer among Indian women, both interms of incidence as well as mortality, with proportional prevalence in younger age-groups being higher than the global average. Pinkathon plays a vital role in creatingawareness about breast cancer. This year, women & children specialty hospital, Moth-erhood hospitals has become the official health partner of the 8th Pinkathon to beheld in Mumbai at MMRDA ground.

8th edition of Bajaj ElectricalsPinkathon to be held at MMRDA Ground

Why sex determination andfemale foeticide continues?By Vinod C. Dixit

Sex determinationtests on pregnantwomen have been il-legal in India foryears. Sex determina-tion tests, and prefer-ence for sons result inthe selective termina-tion of pregnancy.The widespread use ofillegal tests to deter-mine the sex of an un-born child is fuellinga rise in female foeti-cide cases in India.India banned sex de-termination tests in1994, as the genderbalance became in-creasingly skewed. Indian laws do not,under any circum-stance, allow sex de-termination tests tobe undertaken withthe intent to termi-nate the life of a fetusdeveloping in themother’s womb, un-less there are otherabsolute indicationsfor termination of thepregnancy as speci-fied in the MTP Actof 1971. The MedicalTermination of Preg-nancy Act, 1971(MTP) Act, which pro-hibits abortion, wasenacted with a viewtowards containingthe size of the fami-ly. However, in somecases the desire for asmall family mayhave outweighed thedesire for a child of aspecific gender, lead-ing to abortionswhere the sex of thefetus was differentfrom that desired bythe family.

In India, whereaborted female foet-uses have contribut-ed to a nationwidegender imbalance,it’s illegal for doctorsto reveal the sex of an

unborn child. But withboys still often far morevalued than girls, a lu-crative businessthrives underground.Though, sex determi-nation tests throughtechniques such as ul-trasonography and am-niocentesis are bannedin India, female foetus-es are still commonlykilled in some regionswhere a preference forsons runs deep. Underthe Indian Penal Code,causing an abortion,even if caused by thepregnant woman her-self, is a criminal of-fense, unless it is doneto save the life of thewoman. The offense ispunishable by imprison-ment for a period ofthree years, by fine, orby both. The PNDTAct mandates that allultrasound facilitiesmust be registered andmedical practitionersmust maintain recordsof every scan of a preg-nant women. It statesthat pre-natal diagnos-tic techniques can beused only to detect “ge-netic abnormalities ormetabolic disorders orchromosomal abnor-malities or certain con-genital malformationsor sex-linked disor-ders”. There were con-cerns that ultrasoundtechnologies were beingused to determine thesex of the unborn childand abort the femalefoetus, so the 1994 lawmade it illegal for med-ical practitioners to re-veal the sex of a foetus.It is clear that sex de-termination and femalefoeticide continue be-cause of insufficientmonitoring of medicalpractitioners. It is ob-served that most par-ents celebrate the birth

of a son, considered tobe their family pride.The birth of a daugh-ter can be a time ofembarrassment andeven mourning asparents, especiallythe poor, look towardthe immense debtsthey’ll need to take onto pay for marriagedowries. The focus onfoeticide has been con-veniently forgotten.Nothing is done tocheck illegal foeticide& hence in groundreality, the one who isinvolved in foeticide &sex determinationmoves scot free.

According to ex-perts, the problemisn’t with the Act butwith its implementa-tion. There is poormonitoring of ultra-sound clinics. Suchclinics are required tomaintain records ofthe scans they con-duct but the violatorsare often let off witha fine. On goingthrough sex ratio atbirth – the number ofgirls born per 1,000boys – in India fellfrom 945 in 1991, to927 in 2001, to 914 in2011, according tocensus data. Govern-ment had failed inenforcing the lawwith a huge lobbyworking in favour ofsex selection. In orderto minimize the pos-sibility of foeticide andinfanticide, it is nowthe need of the hourto bring a change inthe PNDT Act bymaking it compulso-ry for all pregnantwomen to undergo ascan at governmenthospitals for sex de-termination of foetus.

The writer is freelancer,

writer and cartoonist.

World Health Organi-zation survey, approx-imately 35 millionfootwear are discard-ed annually world-wide. At present, theuse of footwear hasdecreased. Now thenew culture of useand throw is inprocess. Therefore,this innovativeinitiative is beingimplemented by theNavi Mumbai Munic-ipal Corporation incollaboration with theGreen Sole to mini-mize the waste of oldfootwear which afterrepair are given anew look. These arethen distributedamong the needy. Theold footwear whichhave been collectedfrom various societiesand colonies, are sentto Shree Ram Fash-ion Industry Mahape,where these getreprocessed and thendistributed to theneedy children andcitizens. NMMCMayor Jaywant Sutarand CommissionerAnnasaheb Misalhave appealed all theother housing societ-ies and colonies tocome ahead andcooperate fully andhelp the needy getfootwear.

Civic ChiefAnnasaheb Misalsaid, “Even though

Navi Mumbai ranksfirst in the state incleanliness, andseventh in thecountry, our aim is tofurther improve ourranking this year andbring the city in thefirst three. To thisend, in addition to thescientific process onwaste, we have givenspecial attention tothe importance ofreusing and recyclingthe waste by payingclose attention to howwaste is produced.The initiative ofreusing and recyclingour old slippers,knitted footwear, isboth- innovative aswell as noble. The oldfootwear are given anew look and arethen distributed tothe needy citizens.Green Sole is activelyparticipating alongwith us in thisinitiative and we aregetting good responsefrom the citizens. Weare proud that NaviMumbai is the firstMunicipal Corpora-tion in the country toinitiate this. Thisinnovative concept isgiving new dimensionto the cleanliness ofthe city.”

Jaywant Sutar,Mayor, NMMC said,“The concept of 3Rthat is Reduce, Reuseand Recycle is being

given special atten-tion by the NMMCwhen it comes toCleanliness Survey-2020 and the collec-tion of old footwearand then creating anew footwear from itis also an importantpart of this innova-tive initiative.”

Shri Ram FashionIndustry GroupNaresh Bhasin said,“This initiative whichwas implementedfrom a service pointof view is reallygetting a very goodresponse. It takesmore than 100 yearsfor footwear to bedestroyed and nowa-days, the footweargets discarded verysoon. The good thingsin this discardedfootwear are separat-ed to produce recycledfootwear which arethen given to needychildren. The pro-gramme has thedouble benefit:recycling the wasteby converting it intouseful commodity andthe social commit-ment of helping theneedy children andcitizens who receivenew footwear.”

Navi Mumbai isthe first municipalityin the country tolaunch an innovativeinitiative to reducewaste and deliverfootwear to theunderprivilegedpeople.

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Anil Kurghode bestowed withPatrakar Gaurav Puruskar

PANVEL: AnilKurghode, editor of“Panvel Vaibhav”, hasbeen honored this

year with PatrakarGaurav Puruskar.The event wasorganised by the

Amardeep ChildDevelopment Founda-tion and Yusuf MeherAli Centre.

Navi Mumbai: As soon as it was announced that Uddhav Thackeray will lead the MahaVikas Agadi party, supporters of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress celebrated the victoryat Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk, Vashi (Sumit Renose)

22nd,Ashok Ley-land, flagship of theHinduja Group, thesecond largest com-mercial vehiclemanufacturers inIndia, ready with thecomplete range ofBS6 vehicles, recentlysigned a Memoran-dum of Understand-ing (MoU),with AxisBank to enterinto a strate-gic financingpartnershipfor two years.The MoU willenable bothAshok Ley-land and AxisBank to offercustomizedfinancialsolutions tothe customersbased across India,including semi-urbanand rural regions.

Commenting onthe partnership, Mr.Anuj Kathuria, ChiefOperating Officer,Ashok Leyland, said,“Ashok Leyland isdelighted to partnerwith Axis Bank tooffer customizedfinancial solutions toits customers. With a

Ashok Leyland partnerswith Axis Bank

Pan-India presence,both organizationscan leverage theirstrengths for themutual benefit of thecustomers. AshokLeyland productscome with differenti-ated technology thatoffer our customersbest-in-class total cost

of ownership, therebyproviding profitabilityto their business.Ashok Leyland hasembraced future-ready technology tooffer digital platformsand services that areahead of the curve,thereby living by itsbrand promise of‘Aapki Jeet. HamariJeet’.”

Speaking on the

partnership, Mr.Jagdeep Mallareddy,President and HeadRetail Lending, AxisBank Limited, said,“As a part of ourconsistent endeavorto offer holisticsolutions to custom-ers, Axis Bank hascollaborated with

Ashok Leyland, one ofIndia’s leadingcommercial vehiclemanufacturer. Thiscollaboration willenable us to offercustomized financialsolutions by leverag-ing the Bank’sextensive physicaland digital reachacross India, includ-ing semi-urban andrural regions.”

Mar Thoma Youth Movement to holdDiocese Level Cultural Competitions

drawing.There are five group

events like group song,tableau, margamkali –a dance form, choreog-raphy and drama aswell in the competi-tion’s list.

The participantswill be divided into twogroups – below andabove 18. The maxi-mum age for participa-tion is thirty five years.A minimum of thirteenpoints should be gainedby the participants tobe considered for the“Best Performer”awards with five, threeand one point beingawarded for winningfirst, second and thirdpositions respectively.Trophies and certifi-cates will be awarded tothe winners.

By Jim George

The Mar ThomaYouth Movement is or-ganising Diocese LevelCultural Competitionson 30th November, 2019at Chembur Mar Tho-ma Church. Mar Tho-ma churches fromacross Navi Mumbaiwill take part in theevent. Eligible membersof the movement are al-lowed to take part in thecompetitions in theirrespective age groups.However, each partici-pant can only take partin four events. The“Best Male Performer”and “Best Female Per-former” awards will begiven at the end of thecompetitions.

“Around three hun-dred people from differ-ent states will be par-

ticipating in the compe-titions including peoplefrom Mumbai Central,Navi Mumbai Central,Kalyan Central, PuneCentral and GujaratCentral”, said SherrinPhillip, Diocese LadiesSecretary.

There are a widerange of individualevents like solo singing,elocution; bible reading,essay writing, storywriting, poem writingand recitation are divid-ed into two competi-tions for English andMalayalam separately.Individual events alsoinclude four differentcategories of instru-ment music – organ,wind, string and per-cussion, clay modelling,quiz, pencil drawing,painting and cartoon


Democracy dieda natural death

Those who fight under an alliance should notbe allowed to have ‘nuptials’ with another partyagainst whom it had pitched its campaign ear-lier. At the same time one party in the allianceshould not be allowed to dictate terms becauseof its brutal majority. After all equal rights iswhat is sought for even in married life.

Nikhil Maniam, Sector 42, Mahaveer Seawoods

Tribute to Phil HughesGame of cricket is by far dangerous of all

games and still the craze for the game is notdiminishing all over the world. We saw howPhil Hughes felled by a bouncer and died in theHospital during treatment and that created bigstir in the cricketing circle. After that the deathof a cricket umpire in the field of play also suc-cumbed to his injury on the field and died. The

game is becoming increasingly dangerous aspower exerted by bowlers deliver cannon ballsand the batsman has to decide whether to go fora short or duck underneath within a split of asecond. Bowlers deliver thunderbolts and thebatsman is at mercy of the pitch and the protec-tive equipments they wear to face fire with fire. In the lead to attack the bowler, the batsmanfall prey and get injured. At times the injury isfatal and at times the bat came down the ball atright time to save it from hitting and the ball gopast to the boundary as well. The power gener-ated from the modern day bats are too muchand the ball sped past the fielders and umpiresin a split of a second. The umpires standing atthe bowler’s end and at square leg run the risk

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of getting hit and hurt. Recently an Indian-ori-gin umpire and former Israel Captain meets Hugh-es fate during a league match. Just like bats-man, the umpire does not have enough time gapto see the route of the ball as he is already lookingat the impact of the ball and other basic things tofollow. Thus the cricketing field is becoming akiller ground these days and care should be takento protect the players and umpires to avoid suchon field fatal injuries.

The game of cricket has become highly dan-gerous after every passing season as the pacebowlers strive for pace and steep bounce on fasttracks. All over the world we come across pacerace won over since the inception of the game.From the body line series to the latest happeningin Sheffield Shield Games, the pace bowlers bounceout batsmen with extra pace with the balls aimedabove the rib cage and at times directing to thehead. Despite having modern head gears, chestguard, Arm guard, abdomen guard and pads therisk of facing genuine pace is regularly troublingbatsmen all over the world. Australian cricket israther tough and the players take it rather seri-ously from the County levels to press their claimto knock the highest level of the game. After PhilHughes death he was given a memorial and it isa place of visit like the one of Don Bradman. Inthe ensuing test series Phil Hughes was giventhe pride of place as the 13th man of the test team.

Phil Hughes last innings score 63 not out willremain eked out in history of cricket in goldenletters. The word tragedy gets used far too oftenin sport but this freak accident is now a real-lifetragedy. Just shy of his 26th birthday, Phillip hasbeen taken from us far too young. As a cricketer,Phillip was an incredibly talented and dearly lovedmember of the Australian, South Australian andAdelaide Strikers squads and a former NSW rep-resentative. He also played county cricket in En-gland and IPL in India. Without doubt he was arising star whose best cricket was still ahead ofhim. As a cricket community we mourn his lossand extend our deepest sympathies to Phillip’s fam-ily, friends and team mates at this incredibly sadtime, and of course to the Australian cricket fam-ily and the State Associations. We are thinking ofyou right now. The best part is that the broadercricket community around the country for thewonderful show of support given to Phillip andhis family. From social media to phone calls to

front desk, the support has been tremendous.Phillip Joel Hughes played 26 Test matches forhis country. He will be sadly missed and foreverremembered. His mortals will mix with famousSydney Cricket Ground for ever.

C.K.Subramaniam A-8 Millennium Towersflat 5 Sector 9 Sanpada

Dhoni and IPLIndian cricket and Indian cricketers take

things for granted and their future is not decid-ed with the performance to the country but thebits and pieces played in the IPL. India’s MS.Dhoni is a veteran and he should retire withgrace and pave way for the young lot to take hisplace. It is better to quit when people ask whyand not “why not? Now it is reliably learnt thatMS. Dhoni will take a call on his future afternext year’s Indian Premiere League (IPL).

IPL is not the yardstick measuring the formof a players but Ravi Shastri is thinking other-wise. It is not fair to determine Dhoni’s formwith IPL show. We need to have a broader out-look in our cricket, instead of a narrow mindedapproach to encourage an over age player allthe time. Infuse young blood is the order of theday and why BCCI is going back on its basicsand it looks rather absurd at this stage.

Annapurani Shanthi, Ashok Nagar,Sai Sadan, Ghaziabad

Power of Pawar GameMaharashtra politics was compared to the

game of cricket. When there was no conclusiveevidence the decision was referred to the Gover-nor, who in turn turned it to the President torevoke President’s rule in the state. Even BJPPresident Amit Shah, hailed as a modern dayChanakya fell for the Ajit Pawar bait dangledby Sharad Pawar to demonstrate that he is bet-ter at the game of political one-upmanship, evenat the ripe age of 78.

He proved his wits and the BJP headquar-ters fell into his trap of rushing to form the gov-ernment. Ajit was uncle’s Trojan Horse in theBJP to fox Amit Shah’s plans. The wily SharadPawar thus outfoxing veterans with smartmoves, suspect his hand in sending newphewAjit Pawar to the BJP camp to prove his mettleas a veteran politician. Pawar’s power gameproved a reverse swing of things to follow andmade Fadnavis to quit in the end.

Gundu K. Mani, Joy Homes, LBS Marg, Bhandup

ble forces like stress,grief and anxiety. Theseinimical forces of ourday-to-day living, aftera period of time, bringabout a derangementin the normal function-ing of our life energy.Once this happens, it isbut a matter of timeuntil visible malfunc-tioning in the state ofhealth develops.

In other words, thederangement of thenormal life energyleads to the underlying

disease process whichin turn, leads to thevisible manifestationsof disease, be they justfunctional signs andsymptoms or more se-rious and dangerousstructural changes inthe health of the indi-vidual. No two individ-uals are the same; ithence follows that notwo individuals willhave the same de-rangements in healthfrom the same identi-cal causative factors.Each individual hashis or her own immunestatus, own tolerancelevels to environmen-

Homeopathyfor chronic...

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tal and other dynamicinfluences, own in-born weaknesses andstrengths. A highlycomplex interaction ofall these factors takesplace before an individ-ual gets sick and hencethe manifestations ofthe sickness are alsohighly individual incharacter.

Homeopathy re-spects the uniquenessof the individual andthe Homeopathic treat-ment of a person’schronic disease is be-gun after a detailedcase history whichtakes into account not

only the person’s pastand present medicalhistory but also the lifehistory, emotional andintellectual character-istics of the individualto be treated. The focusof treatment is not onthe diseased organsand tissues, but on theunderlying disease pro-cess which has result-ed in the creation ofthe diseased organsand tissues.

Homeopathic medi-cines do not suppressthe immunity but at-tempt to get the im-mune system function-ing at the optimal lev-

el so that the life ener-gy which has been de-ranged in its function-ing, can get back itsnormal functioningagain. Once the life en-ergy is functioningnormally, the diseasedorgans and tissues cangradually get backtheir own normal func-tioning. It can thus beunderstood from theabove paragraphs thatsetting an individualon the path of healthin a chronic disease isnot an easy short-termmatter. Setting rightunderlying disease pro-cesses can take time,

depending on how longthe process has gone onbefore the patient hassought treatment.

There is no stan-dardized treatment forany of the chronic dis-eases, but in each case,the treatment has to beindividualized to suitthat particular patientwho is an individual inhis own right. Only iftreatment is undertak-en at depth, only if theunderlying causes aredealt with, can realcure be achieved.

The writer is B.H.M.S.

(Bom.) H.M.D. (Lon.)


Ripsey, a Mumbai-based health-food techstartup, has openednew outlets in Powaiand Chembur addingto its existing outlet inBKC. With thisexpansion, Ripsey isready to offer delecta-ble healthy food to theentire Mumbai region.Ripsey offers full stacksubscription solutionwhere a top-class teamplans, cooks, deliversand tracks the healthgoal journey for theconsumers. In additionto the subscription,one can taste thetantalizing Ripseyflavours through food

aggregators likeSwiggy, Zomato, UberEats.

Ripsey’s currentmenu of subscriptionplans helps theconsumers with theirvarious health goalssuch as Fat Loss,Muscle Gain, Stay Fitand Keto. The teamtailors the food planto one’s dietaryrequisites, cooks themeals, delivers thefood as well as tracksthe health goalprogress. “We arevery attentive to theconsumers, and weconstantly improviseon our recipe offerings

and service based onour customer feed-back. Both ourproduct strategy andoperational strategyis designed aroundproviding a seamlessexperience to aconsumer that islooking to ‘eat-healthy,’ says AlekhyaBoora, CFO & Headof Corporate Strategy.

Recently, thecompany has alsoraised funding fromthe Stand-up Govern-ment India Fund,which aims to sup-port women entrepre-neurs.

Speaking about

the new launch, SilkySingh, CEO & CTO,said, “The new outletsare a natural evolu-tion in the business.We are extremelydelighted to launchthese outlets andspread the wonderfulflavors of Ripsey. Wemake our own food,everything is madeon-site in our kitch-ens, by a team of topchefs. Every operationis in-house, and thuswe ensure the foodquality, taste, and

safety. We are con-stantly innovating,and we are looking tolaunch several newplans in the comingmonths.”

Alekhya says, “Weare excited about ournext roll-out and theirlaunch is an answerto numerous feedbackand requests that wehave received fromour customers. Weare all geared up tolaunch Ripsey Ath-lete, a plan focused onfolks with intense

activity lifestyle, andRipsey Cutter, acustomized andpersonalized approachto Fat Loss thatensures the achieve-ment of the healthgoals in an expedi-tious manner. Theidea behind the newlaunch is to leverageour data insights andtechnology and createfood that the custom-er is looking to eat.We have many moreexciting plans in theworks.”

Ripsey steps-up with the launch of Powai and Chembur outlets in Mumbai

The brand offers lip-smacking nutritious recipes to the consumers


By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: With an aim to iden-tify and enhance an emotional con-nection between people and theirnatural world, the Department ofMental Health and Behavioural Sci-ences, Fortis Healthcare, conducteda workshop on ‘Caring for the Envi-ronment’ in various branches of For-tis Hospital. Held as part of its uniquePro-social Peer Moderator Pro-gramme, the same was attended byover 230 students (class 9th-11th) &teachers from 36 schools across NaviMumbai and Mumbai which washeld at Hiranandani Hospital, Vashiin addition to Fortis Hospital, Mu-

lund, and SL Raheja Hospital, Ma-him.

Spearheaded by Dr. SamirParikh, Director, Department ofMental Health and Behavioural Sci-ences, Fortis Healthcare, the work-shop was held in a peer-mentor modelformat wherein students were givenhands-on training so that they be-come environment ambassadors andconduct similar sessions with fellowstudents at their respective schools.The interactive session focused onwater conservation, importance ofreuse & recycle, importance of greencover and digital detox. As a part ofthis workshop, students also plant-ed saplings at various Fortis Hospi-

Fortis launches ‘Caring for the Environment’ initiativeMore than 200 students and teachers from 36 schools in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai participate

Green crusader at work

The participants are all ears to the words of wisdom dished out by the Environmental, Mental Health and BehaviouralSciences experts during the one day workshop on ‘Caring for the Environment which was held in four branches ofFortis Hospital

tal branches in Mulund, Vashi andMahim. The participants were alsoencouraged to be green crusadersand adopt a plant in the vicinity oftheir homes or school in addition totake care of it and share its progresson social media platforms to spreadmore awareness among their peers,family and friends. The participantswere given an e-Certificate on com-pletion of the programme.

Speaking about the programme,Dr Samir Parikh, Director, Depart-ment of Mental Health and Behav-ioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare,said, “As mental health experts, itis our responsibility to use insights

from the field of eco-psychology tobuild awareness and motivate youngchildren to become more empathetictowards the environment. So far wehave conducted numerous workshopsacross India to promote this initia-tive that engages young minds; theyhave garnered immensely positive re-sponse”.

Speaking about the program, Dr.S Narayani, Zonal Director, FortisHospital Group said, “Enabling andempowering young minds is whatwill help bring a paradigm shift, tobuild a generation empathetic to-wards the environment. I am thank-ful to Dr Parikh and his team, whohelped curate and deploy this pro-

Over 230 students from various schools including Fr. Agnels, Ryan Group of Institu-tions took part in many activities during the workshop which included newspaperresearch, group discussions, poster making, sapling plantation drive etc.

gram that will helpshape generations tocome”.

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