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Workers demandpayment of

outstanding duesA protest march was orga-nized by the workers fromthe solid waste departmentof the Navi Mumbai Munic-ipal Corporation (NMMC)under the leadership of Sa-maj Samaata KamgarSangh at the civic head-quarters demanding pay-ment of outstanding dues on17th February, 2020. Themarch was led by MangeshLad president of theSangh..

(More on page 3)Four BJP corporators

resignFour BJP corporators fromTurbhe division submittedtheir resignation on Mondayto the Navi Mumbai Munic-ipal Commissioner, Annasa-heb Misal. The corporatorswho resigned are SureshKulkarni ward no. 68, se-nior corporator of Turbhe,Radha Kulkarni, corporatorfrom ward no 73, SangitaVaske, corporator fromward no. 69, corporatorMudrika Gawali from wardno. 70…

(More on page 3)Additional staff

deployed at examina-tion centres

To ensure that the childrenappearing for the HigherSecondary Certificate ex-amination (HSC) and Sec-ondary School CertificateExam (SSC) do not get stuckin traffic snarls, the PanvelDivisional Traffic Depart-ment has decided to deployaddition staff…

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NCP demands direct train

from Nerul to CSMT

Will be staging protest at Nerul station on Tuesday

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Nation-alist Congress Partyunder the leadership ofNCP Navi Mumbai’sdistrict General Secre-tary and spokespersonAfsar Imam will bestaging a protest atNerul station platformno.1 on Tuesday18th February, 2019 to

push their demands fordirect train from Nerulto Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminal(CSMT).

At present the directtrain to CSMT startsfrom Vashi and CBD-Belapur station. Nerulis considered as one ofthe populated node ofNavi Mumbai with pop-ulation of around four

lakh. Afsar Imam,NCP Navi Mumbai dis-trict general secretaryand spokespersonspeaking with News-band said, “We havebeen demanding directlocal train from Nerulto CSMT from last fif-teen years. Till date wehave taken the signa-

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Ashwini Bidre’sdaughter writes

letter to CMAppeals him to find her mother’s body

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: LateAssistant Police Inspec-tor, Ashiwni Bidre’sdaughter Suchi Gore, inan emotional letter tothe Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray hasappealed him to findher mother ’s bodywhich was allegedlydumped by the accusedpolice inspector AbhayKurundkar. In her let-ter Suchi has written“Abhay Kurundkar, apolice inspector, hasmurdered my motherand dumped her body inVasai creek. My moth-er, Assistant Police In-spector Ashwini Bidre-Gore, was murdered bypolice when I was six.The search for mymother’s body has been

Suchi, who is stud-ies in HatkanangaleSchool is a class fivestudent. She wrote theletter to the chief min-ister a week ago andrequested for an ap-pointment with him.

“I lost my motherin childhood, now I donot want to lose my fa-ther. There is always afear within me that thepolice will kill my fa-ther. My father alwaystravels to Mumbai,Navi Mumbai to getjustice. Many times Itoo accompany him.Most of the time myfather is in court. If mymother’s murderers getpunished early, he willbe able to spend timewith me,” she writes inthe letter.

stopped for no validreason”.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

Navi Mumbai: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Ciorporationwhich will he hold itsstanding committeemeeting today will behearing two proposals-construction Commu-nity Hall at Belapurand beautification ofGhunali Lake, worthRs 3crore 87 lakhsand 8 thousandamongst others.

The first proposedproposal to be tabled isto construct a commu-nity hall at BelapurSector 8B, at plot no

Proposal for CommunityHall at Belapur and

beautification of GhunaliLake to be tabled

The standing committee

meeting will be held today

20. Presently, there isno large culturalbuilding or communi-ty hall for the citizensof Sector 8, Belapur.Therefore, a proposalwill be tabled for thesame. The proposedcommunity hall willbe built at a cost of Rs3 crore 22 lakh 61thousand.

The second propos-al is to remove siltand beautify thesurrounding area ofGhunali lake inGhansoli. The Ghuna-

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PUBLIC NOTICETAKE NOTICE THAT 1) Original Allotment Letter issued by

CIDCO to MR. IMTIYAZ AHMAD MOHD., 2) Original Agreementof Hire Purchase between CIDCO and MR. IMTIYAZ AHMADMOHD. Dt. 19/09/1983, 3) Original Possession Letter issued byCIDCO in favour of MR. IMTIYAZ AHMAD MOHD. Dt. 19/09/1983 4) Original Final Order in favour of MR. SUSHIL KHER5) Original Final Order in favour of SMT. CHITRA KHER Dated10/09/2004, 6) Registration Receipt of Doc. Sr. No. 2040/1995, 7)Registration Receipt of Doc. Sr. No. 2893/1998 in respect ofProperty bearing apartment No. NL-5/18/0:4, Hill View apartmentOwners Association, Sector – 11, Nerul, Navi Mumbai – 400706,Taluka and District-Thane, Maharashtra-State, Admeasuring about38.40 Sq. Mtrs. (Built Up Area) have been lost/not traceable fromthe custody of my Clients MR. JALALUDDIN QURESHI. Myclients have taken diligent search to find the said lost/misplaceddocuments but the same are not traceable. My clients have alsolodged N.C. Complaint in concerned Police Station vide MissingReg. No. 437/2020 Dt. 31/01/2020.Take notice that if said lost/not traceable documents are found toany person or persons the same has to be reported to the undersignedwithin the period 15 days from the date of publication of the PublicNotice. Also any person having any claim or right or objection inrespect of the said property or any part threof, by way of shareencumbrance or Mortgage howsoever or otherwise is herebyrequired to intimate to the undersigned within 15 days from the dateof publication of this notice of their such intimation, with all supportingdocuments failing which the transaction in respect of said propertyshall be completed without reference to such claim or objection andthe claims or objection, if any, or such person shall be treated aswaived and not binding on us.

Sd/-MRS. TRUPTI ANIL SHINDEADVOCATE HIGH COURT

Stall No. 8, Plot No. 17, Janta Market,Date: 18-02-2020 Sector – 03, Nerul, Navi Mumbai – 400 706

PUBLIC NOTICEPublic notice is hereby that my client 1) MR. ANIL RAJARAMPATIL, and 2) MRS. LATA ANIL PATIL are the lawful owners of theproperty being Apartment No. B-10/27/2:2, NavprernaApartment, Sector – 15, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400703 (hereinafterreferred to as the said Apartment).My client 1) MR. ANIL RAJARAM PATIL, and 2) MRS. LATAANIL PATIL have purchased the said Apartment from Mr. R.Ganeshan vide Deed of Apartment / Conveyance Deed dated22/04/2003 and the said document has been registered at Sub-Registrar Office Thane – 3, Vashi, Navi Mumbai having Doc.Reg. No. TNN3-4014-2003, dated 22/04/2003 in respect of thesaid Apartment.The above mentioned Original Deed of Apartment / ConveyanceDeed has been lost/misplaced by me at Mankhurd Station area on13/02/2020 around 17.30.My Client has obtained Police N.C. having Property Reg. No. 215/2020, dated 17/02/2020 from Mankhurd Police Station, Mumbai forthe same.Any person/s, Company, firm having objection or having any claimagainst or to the said property or property documents by way of sale,mortgage, charge, gift, lease, trust, possession, inheritance, lien,development, maintenance, easement, attachment or otherwise howso ever is hereby require to make the same known to the undersignedat his office address given herein below, along with certified copy ofdocuments pertaining to the claim, within 15 days from the date ofpublication hereof, otherwise after 15 days no claim will be entertainedand the same, if any will be considered as waived.

Sd/-Mrs. Jayshree S. PatilAdvocates High Court

SP AssociatesSS-4/273, Sector – 2, Vashi,

Navi Mumbai – 400703Date: 18-02-2020 Mob. : 9867717271

PUBLIC NOTICE(Navi Mumbai International Airport under

22.5% rehabilitation & re-establishment Scheme)BE IT KNOWN TO the General Public at large, that my client’s M/S. SHREE GANESH ENTERPRISES, intend to purchase andacquire development rights of the following land/property situatedat Node Pushpak Nagar, Dapoli, Tal. Panvel & dist. Raigad,from SMT. RAMUBAI NARAYAN KEDARI & OTHER 25.

Plot No. Sector Areas

7 8 2150 Sq. Mtrs. Area

(herein after referred as the said property / Land)Any person/s having any claim against or to the said property byway of sale, mortgage, development rights, charge, gift, lease,easement, use, trust, possession, inheritance, lien, court case,litigation, appeal, lis-pendency, or otherwise however, is herebyrequired to make the same known to the undersigned at the officeaddress given herein below, within a period of fourteen (14) daysfrom the date of publication hereof, otherwise the sale will becompleted without reference to such claims and the same, if any,will be considered and treated as waived.

Sd/-Adv. Suraj P. Kadam

Advocates High court,JN-1/35/A-5, Sector – 9,

Date: 18-02-2020 Vashi, Navi Mumbai.

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE is hereby given to the public at large that, 1) Mr. ManojKumar Mewalal Sharma (2) Mr. Bharatbhai Dungarshibhai Patel(3) Mrs. Dhanalaxmi Shree Nair (4) M/s. Tarans Ventures (P) Ltd.are the partners of M/s. Shiv Constructions, having registeredoffice at : 111, Agrawal Trade Center, Plot No. 62, Sector – 11,C.B.D. Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400 614, Tal. & Dist. Thane.NOTICE is hereby given to the public at large that Mr. ManojKumar Mewalal Sharma shall henceforth the only authorizedsignatory in respect of all the transactions including sale, purchase,lease, lien, charge, mortgage, bank accounts, gifts or any othertransactions which is not mentioned in the public notice on behalf ofthe partnership firm in respect of the Plots No. 34, Sector – 47,Dronagiri, Tal. Panvel, Dist. Raigad adm. about 1200 sq.mtrs. andthe flats/shops/offices/godown constructed thereon (hereinafterreferred to as the “Said property).The remaining three partners (1) Mr. Bharatbhai DungarshibhaiPatel (2) Mrs. Dhanalaxmi Shree Nair (3) M/s. Tarans Ventures(P) Ltd. shall not raise any objection at any point of time hereinafterabout any transaction entered into by Mr. Manoj Kumar MewalalSharma.NOTICE is hereby given to the public at large that, any person,firm, association, company, authority entered/entering into any kindof transactions in respect of the said property other than Mr. ManojKumar Mewalal Sharma shall not be binding upon the said firm andthe same shall be treated as illegal and void, which please note.

Sd/-Adv. Bhkati S. DalviAdvocate High Court

903, Prabhat Centre, Annex, Sector – 1A,Date : 18-02-2020 CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400614

I, W/o. Mr. Suresh Pathak, DOB 27-10-1963 residing atC-5/1-2, Sahyadri CHS, Sector - 8B, CBD Belapur,Navi Mumbai - 400 614 have changed my name fromMEENAKSHI BABANRAO PATHAK to SNEHALSURESH PATHAK after my marriage dated 13-05-1984.

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ture petition of 10,000residents from Neruland submitted it to theDivisional RailwayManager, Central Rail-way and also to theUnion Railway Minis-ter, but yet the de-mands of the Nerul res-idents have not beenfulfilled. Senior citizensand women face moreproblems during thepeak hours and some-times accidents alsotake place due to rush.Considering all theproblems of the resi-dents and the failure ofthe authorities to takeit seriously, we havedecided to protest at

Nerul Station platformno.1. We are also invit-ing large number of res-idents from Nerul tosupport us.”

Imam further add-ed, “We have taken thepermission from all theofficials for carrying outone day protest and alsoinformed all the seniorofficials from railwaysabout it. I request peo-ple to come forward andsupport the agitationby participating inlarge number.”

The protest will beheld at Nerul Stationplatform no.1 on 18th

February from 9am to6pm.

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NRI police find deadbody in Ulwe Creek

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: The NRI police have found thebody of a 30-35-year-old man has been found inUlwe creek. The body has stabbed marks of knifeon his head and at the back of the head. The NRIpolice have launched a search to identify the nameof the deceased. A case of murder has been regis-tered against an unidentified person.

The police said the deceased is approximately30 to 35 years old and has normal physique and isabout 5 feet 4 inches tall. He wore a sky-blue andwhite striped t-shirt and blue jeans. The man’sbody was found on Thursday morning in the Ulwecreek. A security guard working at the Ulwe overbridge noticed the body and informed the Mari-time Security Office. Shortly thereafter, a team ofNRI police arrived there.

The police found that the victim’s throat wassliced with a sharp weapon and that he had beenstabbed to death. The deceased had head and backinjury marks. “We have sent the body for autopsyand have since launched a search to identify thename of the person,” said Ravindra Patil, PoliceInspector (Crime) at NRI Police Station. He fur-ther appealed to citizens to call the police if theyare able to identify the person with the above in-formation. The citizens can call on: 98216 25800 /76503 06900/98707 09255 or 022 2756 4404.


By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A ganghas allegedly duped ayoung doctor of Rs 1lakh 17 in Vashi, bygiving false promise ofgetting employment atFortis Hospital inVashi. Police havelaunched a searchagainst the gang in ac-cordance with the fraudand IT Act.

The 26-year-oldwoman doctor, who wascheated in the incident,stays at Koparkhairaneand obtained herBHMS degree in 2017.She wanted to startmedical practice andwas looking for a job ina good hospital. Forthis, she had uploadedher bio-data on thejob.com website. Thenin May 2019, a womannamed Shweta Singhcontacted the victim onher mobile and told herthat she had been se-

Gang dupes doctor bypromising job in a hospital

lected for the job asmedical administratorat Fortis Hospital,Vashi. She was alsoasked to send Rs 1500to register her profilewith Dyas RecruiterCompany. Accordingly,the victim sent theamount through onlinetransaction.

After this, a wom-an named Mahek Gup-ta contacted the victimand asked her to senda total of Rs.1,17,000stating various charg-es and for completingthe job process at For-tis Hospital. Believingthem the victim trans-ferred the amount.However, the groupagain contacted the vic-tim and demanded foranother 62 thousandrupees stating variousreasons. As the victimstarted to suspect thegang, she demanded allthe money back. Fear-

ing of being caught, themembers of the gangturned off their mobilephone and said that amail would come fromFortis Hospital. How-ever, the victim realisedthat she was cheated.Therefore, she filed awritten complaint withthe cyber cell.

“A gang named Ra-jiv Mittal pretended tobe HR manager of For-tis Hospital and spoketo the victim’s elderbrother. Therefore, thevictim and her brotherwere convinced. Thegang prepared a fakeoffer letter and agree-ment letter from FortisHospital and sent it tothe victim from anemail id [email protected] victim believedthem and fell in the trapand sent money to themaccording to their re-quest”, said a police of-ficer.

Workers demand paymentof outstanding dues

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: A pro-test march was orga-nized by the workersfrom the solid waste de-partment of the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)

under the leadership ofSamaj Samaata Kam-gar Sangh at the civicheadquarters demand-ing payment of out-standing dues on 17th

February, 2020. Themarch was led byMangesh Lad president

of the Sangh.A proposal to pay the

outstanding dues for aperiod of 14 monthswas approved in theGeneral body on29.08.2019. Despite theapproval by the Stand-

ing Committee on24.01.2020, the work-ers have not receivedany outstanding bal-ance till date. Also,there is a 30-monthoverdue for employeesworking in the wastemanagement. “The

dues should be recoveredimmediately. The agita-tion is being carried outfor this purpose,” said amember from theSangh.

“The Navi MumbaiMunicipal Commission-

er has given assuranceto solve the issue soon,”said Mangesh Lad, whohas threatened that theSangh will go on strikeand stop the work if thecommissioner does notfulfil his promise with-in 7 days.

Opposition Leader Devendra Fadnavis performed the bhumipujan of the BJP buildingin Sector 15 Vashi (By Sumit Renose)

Stage protest at NMMC headquarter


NAVI MUMBAI: FourBJP corporators fromTurbhe division sub-mitted their resigna-tion on Monday to theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Commissioner, An-nasaheb Misal.

The corporatorswho resigned areSuresh Kulkarni wardno. 68, senior corpora-

Four BJP corporators resign

tor of Turbhe, RadhaKulkarni, corporatorfrom ward no 73, San-gita Vaske, corporatorfrom ward no. 69, cor-porator MudrikaGawali from ward no.70.

Shiv Sena leadersand opposition leaderVijay Chougule werepresent at the time.

During the assem-

bly elections, four cor-porators had joined theBJP along with MLAGanesh Naik who hadleft the NCP. “The vot-ers and supporters wereunhappy with our deci-sion of joining BJP”,said senior corporatorSuresh Kulkarni. He,along with the othercorporators have decid-ed to join Shiv Sena.


Issue : 245 18 February, 2020

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Dhananjay Tribhuvan(24), who lives inDigha area after beingsubjected to emotionalstress by his wife andmother-in-law commit-ted suicide. RabaleMIDC police havelaunched a probe intothe case againstDhananjay’s wife andmother-in-law.

The deceasedDhananjay Tribhuvan,a young man, was tostay with his family inJalgaon district. Hewas supposed to marryRupali Pethare, ayoung girl from Digha,a year ago. However,for some reason theirmarriage was calledoff. However, Tribhu-van befriended Rupa-li’s sister throughFacebook and theydeveloped liking foreach other. After that,the two married lastMay. However, Ashwi-ni’s parents were not

Unable to bear the emotionaland mental stress by wife and

mother-in-law man commits suicideinterested in themarriage. After mar-riage, Dhananjay andAshwini stayed inJalgaon for fivemonths. The two thencame to stay at Ashwi-ni’s house in Digha.Then Dhananjaystarted working as asecurity guard.

Dhananjay’s motherShobha Tribhuvan inher complaint said thatthey (Ashwini’s)parents were againstthis marriage. Whenshe came to visitDhananjay in Dighalast December, shestated that Dhanan-jay’s father-in-lawtreated him like aservant and alwaysabused him. While wifeAshwini would alsoinsult Dhananjay.Meanwhile, Ashwiniand Dhananjay hadphysically abused eachother over a dispute.Dhananjay had in-formed his motherabout this. He also told

his mother that he hadstored all the informa-tion on his mobileabout the torture thathis wife and mother-in-law inflicted upon him.

Dhananjay’s motherasked him to come toJalgaon. But he hadsaid that he would becoming to the Jalgaonin two days. However,the next day, onFebruary 1, Dhananjaycommitted suicide byhanging himself in theresidence. Followingthe incident, Dhanan-jay’s family filed acomplaint againstDhananjay’s wifeAshwini, father-in-lawAshok Pethare, moth-er-in-law AnitaPethare, at RabaleMIDC police stationlast Saturday afterfuneral processions andother rituals werecompleted. Accordingly,the police havelaunched a probe intothe crime against thethree.

Special campaign against hawkerslaunched in the APMC market forusing unauthorized gas cylinders

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:APMC police havelaunched a specialcampaign againstunauthorized hawk-ers who use gascylinders illegally formaking Vadapav,Chinese food etc. inthe APMC marketpremises. In the lastweek, police havesearched and prose-cuted 8 such unau-thorized Vadapavs,Chinese stalls in theAPMC market. Theyhave also seized theirmaterials along withgas cylinders.

In the APMCmarket, unautho-rized use of gascylinders is rampantby hawkers whoillegally encroachupon the footpath andsell vadapavs, Chi-

nese and othereateries. It was alsofound that thesevendors were unoffi-cially using gascylinders to cook foodon the roads, thusendangering the livesof the citizens.

Since last week,the APMC police havestarted taking actionagainst illegal andunauthorized vada-pavs, Chinese andother stall hawkers inthe APMC market. Inthis operation, policehave filed caseagainst 8 vendors andprosecuted them. Inparticular, the policehave registered a caseagainst seven vendorsas per section 285 andseized other materi-als, including gascylinders.

The action was

taken against ShahAlam MohammedDawood Syed, 26,Ganesh ShankarlalMakwana (26),Kamlesh Gupta (21)Rajkumar Ram AdharYadav (22), Rama-kant Govind Jena,Ranjeet RamratanGupta, Keshav KookaPatel, 43 said, SPINikam. “Vendors arebeing prosecuted forillegally using gascylinders on thefootpath in the pre-mises of APMCMarket. The purposeis not just to shutdown illegal trade, butalso to prevent crimesthat are likely tohappen at nightbecause of these illegaltrade. This action willbe continued on aregular basis”, headded.

Widening tax base forfaster development

In the early 90’s our country made remarkable strides in eco-nomic growth with higher exports and industrial output. Unfortu-nately, the same development process could not continue for longas there was overall economic recession and the revenue fell farshort of expenditure. Today, the statistics of industrial output andeconomic growth is quite disheartening. The government in itsbid to contain deficits and carry out development process findsraising the tax rates of the introduction of new taxes as the easi-est way out.

However, frequent and disproportionate hikes in tax rates notonly put an additional burden on the masses but also encouragetax theft and evasion. It should be realised that the hikes can bemade more acceptable to the people if they are done in smallproportions. Similarly, after paying huge taxes, citizens have ev-ery right to know where the money is spent. Consumers definite-ly will not be happy to pay the increasing taxes if they continue toface problems and poor quality services.

While it is true that it is absolutely necessary to generate moreand more number of tax payers but practically things are differ-ent. High rates of tax are generating a feeling of burden in themasses. Every common man shells out his maximum income tothe government by way of taxes. No one can escape the tax trau-ma. Because of high tax rates, people are either reluctant to payor are manipulating and concealing true income to save on taxes.They are able to do this because of loopholes in the policies. As aresult, the tax base of our country and the state is not widening atthe pace at which it should have grown.

To increase the revenue, government should try to widen thetax base and this would be possible only when the tax rates aremade reasonable. This will automatically generate voluntary taxpayers. Apart from this, stringent policy measures should be madeand adopted to prevent tax evasion. Methods of calculation oftaxes should be simplified so that there is least possibility of ma-nipulation and evasion of taxes. With simple rules and reason-able rate of taxes, the government will be able to widen the taxnetwork, which will ultimately result in larger revenue and fasterdevelopment process as a whole.

li Lake was cleaned in2011 under LakeVision by state govern-ment. It is been 9

Proposal forCommunity

Hall...Contd. from pg. 1

years since any kindof work or even thesludge has beenremoved from thelake, which also hasan immersion pointwhere idols of Ganeshand Goddess areimmersed duringGaneshotsav and

Navratri respectively.Therefore, the sedi-ment gets stored inthis lake. The sur-rounding area of thelake also needsbeautification. Theproposal will cost thecivic body Rs 64 lakh47 thousand.

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Near to nature far from stressFrom last month I

was feeling stressedout- stress of not work-ing towards my goals.I was feeling such amental block that Iwas not able to write afew lines without feel-ing stress. Suddenlyone of my friends invit-ed us to his farmhouse. I decided tomanage and go, andbelieve me as soon as Iwas on the outskirts ofMumbai the air invig-orated me. When Ireached the farmhouse, the beautifulmarigolds from thegarden gave such awarm welcome ,I justcould not stop smiling.And in two days spentthere I found thatspending time in na-ture can help relievestress and anxiety, im-prove your mood, andboost feelings of happi-ness and wellbeing.

We can call it eco-therapy, green time orthe nature cure, it is awell- known fact thathumans evolved in thegreat outdoors, andyour brain benefitsfrom a journey back tonature. This is a tech-nological world and welive in a time when wecan set the thermo-stat, order takeout andstream a movie from acell phone; never hav-ing to get off the couch,let alone leave thehouse, and this hasmade us the couch po-tato we are. Our an-cestors were tightlytied to time in natureas they had to survive.They had to be alert allthe time to get food bykilling animals or tosave them from pre-dating animals .Themodern way we livehas changed radicallyfrom life in the stonebut our brains havemostly stayed thesame, that is havingdeep connection withnature, and the newdiseases and problemstell us that if we don’tnourish this bond de-spite our technologicaladvancements, wemay suffer greatly.

Today, we live withadvanced technology

designed to constantlypull for our attentionbut many scientistsbelieve our brains werenot made for this kindof information bom-bardment, and that itcan lead to mental fa-tigue, overwhelm, andburnout. If you areholed up in your home

for too long then youfeel suffocated andstressed and gettingback to nature couldsoothe you. If you arefeeling depressed, tryto take a stroll in thewoods and your moodwill improve immedi-ately. In the urban en-vironment the buzzingof people, cars zippingdown the street andbright billboards flash-ing advertisements areall constant stimula-tion that puts stress onbrains. While naturepresents a tranquil at-mosphere that gentlycaptures your atten-tion instead of sudden-ly snatching it, calm-ing your nerves .We alldo so much exercise aswe think that it is goodfor body as well as forthe state of your mind.But walking in thenatural scenario low-ers activity in the partof the brain linked tonegative rumination.We always knew thathiking in nature hadmany psychologicalbenefits, but till nownot much scientific ev-idence was there butnow scientists are be-ginning to find evi-dence that being innature has a profound

impact on our brainsand our behaviour,helping us to reduceanxiety, brooding, andstress, and increaseour attention capacity,creativity, and ourability to connect withother people.

In a study conduct-ed in 2015, the re-

search team randomlyassigned 60 partici-pants to a 50-minutewalk in either a natu-ral setting or an urbansetting. Before and af-ter the walk, the par-ticipants were assessedon their emotionalstate and on cognitivemeasures, such ashow well they couldperform tasks requir-

Contd. on pg. 8


PANVEL: To ensurethat the children ap-pearing for the HigherSecondary Certificateexamination (HSC) andSecondary School Cer-tificate Exam (SSC) donot get stuck in trafficsnarls, the Panvel Divi-sional Traffic Depart-ment has decided to de-ploy addition staff.

“The exam for the12th standard will startfrom Tuesday. Realizingthe increasing problemof traffic congestion,

Additional staff deployedat examination centres

Chairman of PanvelSangharsh Samiti,Kantilal Kadu gave let-ter to the Panvel Divi-sional Traffic Depart-ment Assistant Com-missioner of PoliceRavindra Chavan andurged him to deploy ad-ditional staff to ensurethat there is no trafficjams on the way to-wards examination cen-ters”.

Accordingly, Chavanhas directed senior po-lice inspector AbhijitMohite of Panvel Trans-

port, Ankush Khedkar ofKalamboli, RajendraAwhad of Taloje, AnandChavan of Kharghar,New Panvel officerMadhukar Bhate.

Twelve examinationcenters have been select-ed by the State Govern-ment Examination De-partment in someschools in Panvel, NewPanvel, Kamothe,Kalamboli, Namde,Khand Colony andKharghar. Exams willstart from tomorrow, ex-cluding some holidays.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Apoisonous snake wasspotted in a plantnursery at Uran pha-ta on Sundayevening. Vishal Tupe,the snake activistwas called to catchthe snake by the res-idents living in the vi-cinity.

Tupe, whoreached the site im-mediately, seized thesnake with a stick.The snake was laterreleased into thewoods on the PalmBeach Road.

Snake rescued from a plantnursery in Uranphata


Navi Mumbai: An event was organized for women at Koparkhairane on behalf of Mahavikas Alliance. Aadesh Bandekar anchored the programme (Sumit Renose)

Contd. on pg. 9

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Aspart of its vision topromote sports,culture and education,the city based IndianCultural League*Education Society(ICLES) has decidedto tie up with OliverKahn Academy,Germany for twomajor initiatives. Thefirst being the Goal-keeper’s CoachesProgram that will beheld later this week inVashi. In additionICLES’s will alsoorganize ‘Train N’Fight Challenge’ forkids in the age groupof 8-12 years on thelines of the one whichwas held recently inMumbai.

Addressing themedia on the occasionRajesh Jhunjhunwa-la, President, ICLES,while highlighting thegenesis of how thisassociation withOliver Kahn (formerGerman Goalkeeper)would benefit the

ICL Education Society To Collaborate With OliverKahn Academy For Promoting Football In City

young children, said“Our association withOliver Kahn Academyfor Footballing Devel-opment Program is aproud moment for ouresteemed institutionas this is the first ofits kind initiative inIndia. Such a uniqueinitiative wouldunequivocally raiseawareness of footballamongst children. Aproper sports curricu-lum would comple-ment the conventionaleducation methods in

institutions andsignificantly contrib-ute to holistic develop-ment of children,” saidJhunjhumwala.

He further added“ICL EducationSociety would alsosetup a full timeSports ManagementInstitution and offer adegree course from theUniversity of Mum-bai. The Institution isexpected to commencefrom the next semes-ter.”

The unique sports

initiative by ICLwould identify theyoung talents in thefootball arena andnurture and mentorthem so that they aretransformed intointernational players.

Tim Wohlfardt, aGerman coach associ-ated with GoalPlay,the goalkeepingtraining academyfounded by formerGerman goalkeeperOliver Kahn and hasplayed in the compe-tive German Youth

Pro League early inhis career, said, “I amextremely proud to beassociated with agreat institution likeICL Education Societyand its visionaryleaders. I believeGoalkeepers CoachesProgram for footballcoaches as well asfootballing trainingprogram for kids aretwo unique initiativeswhich catapult Indiato occupy a pivotalposition in interna-tional football.”

Kaushik Moulik,founder of FootballNext Foundation,Kolkata and Advisor –GoalPlay which willtrain the kids in Indiasaid, “The interestand awareness ofyoung kids to takefootball as a careerhas grown in letterand spirit in the lastfew years. We appreci-ated the efforts of ICLEducation Society forbeing a pioneer infostering a spirit ofsportsmanship in thebudding talents. Webelieve that themeticulous trainingOliver Kahn Academywould help the stu-dents learn footballmore scientifically andempower them to finda place in the national/ international arena”

Sitaramji Agarwal, Sr. Vice President,ICL Education Societywhile speaking toNewsband on the sidelines shared “This

Rajesh Jhunjhunwala, President, ICLES (with pair of goalkeeper’s gloves specially sent former German custodianOliver Kahn) poses with his school and college children in presence of various dignitaries (Photo by Author).


Aashray Special School conducts Inter School Dance Competition 2020

By: C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI: Aashray Special School, Sanpa-da conducted Inter School Dance Competition2020 at their school auditorium at Sanpada.The competition was inaugurated by ManagingTrustee, Surya Prasad Rao. Mrs. NagamaniRao, Principal and her team of teachers helped

in conducting the event in a well plannedmanner. Neutral Judges were appointed to avoidfavoritism. Aashray Special School Childrenwon the first and second prizes in solo competi-tion. Schools from various parts of the cityparticipated in the competition. Following arethe results:

Solo: 1st prize- Ritika from Aashray SpecialSchool Sanpada • 2nd Prize-Ishita from AashraySpecial School Sanpada • 3rd prize- Mansi Datar,School Panvel.

Group Dance: 1st prize -Suhit Jeevan Trust Pen.• 2nd prize - Swami Brahmanand School

The writer is a freelancer from Sanpada, Navi Mumbai

Everyone particularly the youth are constantly updat-ing on Social Media about what’s happening in theirlives. It’s addictive and people subconsciously right af-ter unlocking the phone, open social media apps to seewhat is happening in others’ lives. Today’s youth notonly spend their time in consuming the social media butalso in deciding what and how to update it. As a student,I feel that social media distracts students, wastes their

time, doesn’t allow them to concentrate properly on studying and ulti-mately students get no benefit of using Social Media. Social Media can bea blessing for everyone but the addiction of it is harmful.

Saurabh Patil, Nerul, CA Student

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Your views on general addiction to social media?

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK : Do you feel AAP’s victory may turn tables in NMMC’s elections?

Social media addiction is way more dangerous than wethink- too much of something is always a problem, andwhat’s worse it is not just restricted to teens. Socialmedia is something everyone seems to be addicted to. Ikeep coming across the depressing stories of how peo-ple hustle way too much in order to maintain theirreputation on social media. Is this really what socialmedia is for? Following memes, keeping in touch with

lost friends, posting once in a while or posting even for the sake of busi-ness is one thing and getting addicted to it to an extent where you feeldisappointed & ungrateful about your life & your personal achievementsis whole another level of comparison. I have seen content mocking about‘social media addiction rehab centres’. Hope this remains a topic of jestand we don’t need them in near future. Access to internet & social me-dia is a privilege.

Samrudhii Vanarse

Social media has increasingly become a form of valida-tion for the youth in particular. The advent of this con-cept has led our generation to develop an addiction wherea few days without its presence is considered to be a“Detox”. The fact that we let the virtual world of socialmedia affect us so much, that its consumption is becom-ing toxic for us, is scary enough to know where the youthis leading. Everything and anything beyond the thresh-old is harmful. Back in the days, we used to watch a total of 2 hours oftelevision in a day, and yet it was called the ‘Monster Box’Now I wonder what would we call the social media, a place which theyouth lives each day for?

Simran Pol, Music Student & Freelancer, Nerul

As Dave Willis said, “Social media is addictive preciselybecause it gives something which is real world lack of”and I think this is the basic reason for social media ad-diction. People are having so called perfect edited onlineversion of themselves on social media platform and ev-eryone is comparing their real offline selves with thatfiltered version of others which leads to social anxietydisorder. Social media is invented as a means of commu-

nication and today we made it weapon of our own mental and emotionaldestruction. No doubt social media platforms have their own advantagesbut using them excessively is obviously degrading us rapidly. So, have acontrol on social media but don’t let social media control us.

Reshma Nawale, CA student, Ghansoli.

Although Social Media has many benefits in our lives,addiction to Social media is dangerous. From the view-points of promoting and branding your business and shar-ing education information, social media is the right plat-form. Many business owners and other types of profes-sional organizations look for the right candidates throughsocial networking platforms for example LinkedIn. SocialMedia caters to your requirements perfectly whether youare a student. This capability of social media bridges the gap, and studentscan connect with their teaching staff and groups easily, anytime and any-where. Infants, kids, youngsters, adults, old aged are all glued to socialmedia via mobile (biggest suspect). Next to terrorism, being glued to socialmedia is the biggest threat to mankind. Kids have forgotten to play out-door, they play video games. Moreover they trust online fraud friends rath-er than trusting close friends or siblings.No doubt youth and teenagers aremajorly at the risk. Some of the negative effects of social media are Cyberbullying, Depression, Lack of concentration, social isolation, and internetaddiction. Your information resides on social media which may be misusedby hackers or undesirables and lead a potential threat to your business orprivacy. Too much time spent on social media can also risk your mentaland emotional health disconnecting you from the real world.

CA Shweta Patil, Seawoods

Nowadays one can notice that more than 70 percent ofpeople in the country are addicted to social media. Socialmedia addiction is really killing the productivity amongthe youngsters. They are hooked on social media most ofthe time and the reason they are losing their focus.

Poonam Rai, Estate Agent, Ulwe

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All in the mind

By Dr Veena Adige

Getting physicallyold is mandatory butbecoming old dependson you. Take our ownPrime Minister ShriNarendra Modi for ex-ample. At sixty plus, hegoes round the world,works for eighteenhours a day, has nottaken a single day offfor the last manyyears, and even whenhe fasts for nine contin-uous days, with noth-ing more than nimbu-paani, he is active andon the move.

Or take 92 year oldDr. Mahathir Moham-mad, the seventhPrime Minister of Ma-laysia. He is still active,healthy and in full pos-session of all his facul-ties.

Nearer home, mymother Sushila Mallya

was very active till her74th year. She travelledalone in busy Mumbai,attending meetings,staging plays, partici-pating in social workand organizing bhajangroups. It was onlywhen her kidneys total-ly failed that she had totake a back seat. Eventhen she was fully de-termined to go back toher active life, once shewas ok.

Looking back, a cou-ple of generations ago,forty was consideredold. The average lifespan then was just 57years. Better healthawareness raised thisbottom line and sixtybegan being consideredas the youth of old age.Some years back sixtymeant one had crossedan immense barrierand pujas were done onthe sixtieth birthdays.

Today, you are asold as you feel. A personcan be old at twenty fiveand another can beyoung at seventy five,it depends on the indi-vidual himself.

A few basic points tokeep oneself young are:• Be busy. If you are

busy you have notime to think aboutgrowing old. If youhave retired you cando social work. In theevening of your life,you would be havingadequate savings tofall back upon sonow you can work inan honorary capaci-ty or you can giveback to society whatyou have got from it.You can use your ex-pertise and experi-ence in advising andhelping others inyour field.

• You can be a watch-dog for your buildingor park to see thatno untoward inci-dent takes place.

• You can teach youngchildren Indian cul-ture, good mannersor just play withthem and enjoy. Be-ing with youngsterstakes a big load ofage away from you.

• Cleanse your mindand have only posi-

tive thoughts. Thisreflects in your be-havior, in yourthinking.

• Think young. Thereare many who feelthat they should be-have ‘according totheir age’. It is aknown fact that peo-ple can be emotional-ly young even at 90.You still can feel thesame emotions, havethe same feelings youhad when you wereyounger

• People feel that theyshould dress tradi-tionally once theyhave crossed a cer-tain age. It need notbe so. You can wearany dress, any co-lour, if it suits you,at any age.

• Physically you mayhave slowed down, itis natural. But slowdown gracefully, ac-cepting it and notfeeling that you canno longer do thingsyou used to.

• Eat healthy food.Fuel is important forany vehicle, whether

it is a car or a hu-man body. So if yourfood is healthy it ishalf the battle won.

• Money is important.After keeping asideadequate amountsfor hospitalization,medicines, emergen-cies and the like, therest can be used tohelp social causes,charity and theneedy. A greatamount of satisfac-tion can be experi-enced by doing thiswhich keeps you in abetter frame ofmind.

• Children, at thisage, have their ownlife and will not bewith you or may nothave time for you. Sodevelop friendshipswith like-mindedpeople where you candiscuss topics of mu-tual interest. Thereare senior citizensgroups, NRIPAgroups (Non-residentIndians Parentsgroups) etc. and youcan become a mem-ber.

• Get involved in hob-bies and developthem. You may havewanted to do some-

thing earlier butcould not do becauseof work or familypressures. Now isthe time to do it. Itcan be walking,trekking(dependingupon your physicalhealth), writing,reading

• You can continueyour education. It isnever too late. Iknow a person whowas awarded thePh.D. at 72 and an-other one who re-searched and be-came a Ph.D. at 69.Or you can doD.Litt. or anythingyou wish. What’sstopping you?

• Think of ways andmeans of spendingyour time fruitfullyinstead of wallowingin self-pity or wor-rying about achesand pains which arenormal at this age.

• Have a completemedical checkupand follow the doc-tor ’s instructionsand take the medi-cines prescribed.

The writer is senior jour-nalist and is the author offive books and six e-booksalso.

Kanak’s pen..Contd. from pg. 5

ing short-term memo-ry. After the task whenresults were assessed,it was shown thatthose who walked innature experienced lessanxiety, rumination,and negative affect, aswell as more positiveemotions, in compari-son to the urban walk-ers. The nature walk-ers also improved theirperformance on thememory tasks.

In one recent exper-iment conducted in Ja-pan, participants wereassigned to walk eitherin a forest or in an ur-ban place while theirheart rate variability,heart rate, and bloodpressure were mea-sured. The participantsalso filled out question-naires about theirmoods, stress levels,and other psychologicalmeasures and the re-sults showed that thosewho walked in forestshad significantly lower

heart rates and higherheart rate variabilitywhich indicates morerelaxation and lessstress, and reportedbetter moods and lessanxiety, than those whowalked in urban set-tings. The conclusionwas that there’s some-thing about being innature that had a ben-eficial effect on stressreduction, above andbeyond what exercisealone might have pro-duced. Changing thescenery is a great wayto get the creative juic-es flowing, and natureoffers stimuli that youwon’t find while staringat a screen that’s whywe find that writerswrite better when theyare alone in the lap ofnature. RememberRobert Frost ‘s miles togo before I sleep .

Time in nature canhelp with your person-al relationships also asnatural beauty resultsin more prosocial be-haviours, like generos-ity and empathy. The

reasons for this effectare unclear; but scien-tists believe that weevolved to be more re-laxed in natural spac-es. These studies andothers provide evidencethat being in naturalspaces, or even justlooking out of a win-dow onto a naturals c e n e — s o m e h o wsoothes us and relievesstress. With all ofthese benefits to beingout in nature, it’s prob-ably no surprise thatsomething about na-ture makes us feelmore alive and vitaland being outdoorsgives us energy, makesus happier, helps us torelieve the everydaystresses of our over-scheduled lives, opensthe door to creativity,and helps us to be kindto others. So go nearnature and be beauti-ful.

“My soul can findno staircase to Heavenunless it be throughEarth’s loveliness.”-Michelangelo

Kid’s Zone

Nikku’s latest creationNikhil Krishnan, Std. 1, Reliance Foundation School, Koparkhairane


ICL Education Society...Contd. from pg. 6

major sports initiativeby Indian CulturalLeague EducationSociety, with onecollege and twoschools catering to14000 students inNavi Mumbai, is thefirst of its kind inIndia and will lay thefoundation for ourmajor initiatives onthe sporting front be itindoor or outdoor. Notonly it will ensure all–round development forthe students but willalso lay a roadmap forpursuing sports atdifferent levels be itplaying, coaching,management etc. Innear future ICLESwill also open its doorto talented sportsper-son from across thecity and neighbouringareas too”.

About Indian Cultural

League:

Indian CulturalLeague is an institu-tion that was set up in1942 by a group ofspirited and dynamicyoungster hailingfrom various parts ofIndia under theleadership of LateShri Amalendu Roye,with the objective ofinculcating the spiritof patriotism in theyouth, throughcultural and sportsactivities.. In thesports arena, especial-ly football, ICL carvedout a niche for itselfby becoming the firstnon Calcutta (Kolka-ta) team to win theprestigious IFA Shieldway back in 1953. ICLentered the education-al field in 1975 with

the formation of “IndiaCulture LeagueEducation Society”(ICLES). It selectedVashi, Navi Mumbaias its “KarmaBhoomi” to cater tothe educational needsof the wards of“Project AffectedFamilies” (PAF) ofCIDCO, the wards ofKoli and Agri Samajfor pursuing highereducation. The ICLJunior college wasstarted in 1978 whilethe degree college wasstarted in 1984. In1998 under the ableleadership of Shri R.S.Jhunjhunwala, thecollege was renamedas “ICLES’ MotilalJhunjhunwala Col-lege”. In addition ithas two schools underits fold viz ICL HighSchool, Vashi andI.C.L.Monami HighSchool, Turbhe,

Customs too good for CR: MDFA League 2019-20

Fr. Agnel held by Tarun SportingBy Ashok Dhamija

Defending champi-ons Mumbai Customsregistered another im-pressive showing intheir 3-1 victory overCentral Railway in anElite Division match ofthe Rustomjee-MDFALeague 2019-2020, atthe Neville D’Souzaground, Bandra.

A brace by RinaldoFernandes and onefrom veteran JohnCoutinho helped themstamp their authorityon the tie on the pathto success Akshay K.netted Central Rail-way’s lone goal despitenumerous opportunitiescreated by the railmenin their quest to makea strong comeback inthe tie but to of noavail.

In another Elite Di-vision tie Bank of Bar-oda (Dena Bank) whichhad registered a con-vincing 4-1 win overWestern Railway SArecently after DenzilMascarenhas regis-tered a hat-trick foundthe going tough in theirhard fought 1-0 winover HDFC Bank. Thebankers derby played atthe Cooperage ground,Colaba, witnessed akeen tussle between the

two teams before strik-er Rohit Bheke brokethe dead lock in the runof play with a crucialgoal in the 19th minuteof the match. The wellcontested match wit-nessed a number ofmissed opportunitiesfrom both sides and inthe end it was Bank ofBaroda, who showed lotof character and resil-ience, which earnedthem full three pointsfor their success.

Karnatak SportingAssociation (KSA) on

the other hand regis-tered an authoritative3-1 win against ICL-Payyade at the NevilleD’Souza ground, Ban-dra. The ICL-Payyadeside tried their best tounsettle the Karnatakside, but were unable tocall the shots. Karna-tak SA’s live wire strik-er Deepak Pal strucktwice in the second halfwhile is Scott D’Souzanetted one to ensuretheir team the lead.ICL Payyade finallymanaged to pull one

back through OlaideAmosson’s strike.

In a Super Divisionencounter, AakashValmiki struck twice topower State Bank ofIndia to a comfortable3-0 win. Brett Stewartgot the third goal toround off State Bank’swinning tally.

Earlier ESIC SportsClub on the other handscored a hard-fought 2-1 win against ColabaSports Academy in an-other Super Divisionmatch played at the

same venue on Friday.Striker Shantanu

Gaikwad struck boththe goals for ESIC.Gaikwad netted thefirst goal in the23rd minute and addedthe second in the49 th minute to putESIC in a good position.Colaba SA scored a lategoals through PrafulSolanki in the 82stminute.

Navi Mumbai basedFr. Agnel Gymkhanawere held by TarunSporting Club in high

scoring eight goal thrill-er. Jasbaan Siddiquetwo goals and one eachby Neeraj Singh andAnuj Gharat added tothe Agnel’s kitty. On theother hand Rahul Ma-jhi hat-trick and KrishSingh solitary strikeenabled Tarun Sportinga late comeback andsplit points

Results:

# Elite Division:Mumbai Customs 3(Rinaldo Fernandes 2,John Coutinho) beat

Central Railway SA 1(Akshay K.); Bank ofBaroda (Dena Bank) 1(Rohit Bheke) beat

HDFC Bank 0; Karna-tak Sporting Associa-tion 3 (Deepak Pal 2,Scott D’Souza) beat

ICL Payyade 1 (OlaideAmosson).

# Super Division:State Bank of India 3(Aakash Valmiki 2,Brett Stewart) beat

West Zone United 0;ESIC Sports Club 2(Shantanu Gaikwad 2)beat Colaba SportsAcademy 1 (PrafulSolanki); Fr. AgnelGymkhana 4 (JasbaanSiddique 2, NeerajSingh, Anuj Gharat)drew with TarunSporting Club 4 (RahulMajhi 3, Krish Singh).

Mumbai Customs


Leander Paes- The learningcurve of Tennis

It is better to quit the game when people askwhy instead just prolonging the career just forplaying and then get dropped from the team inthe end. Leander Paes had a good run in International tennis and theend game. Every event Leander Paes graces in his last year as a profes-sional athlete is sure to mark an end to a glorious chapter. EverywhereI play, it’s just a rekindling, says Paes as he bids farewell to Maharash-tra Open. Paes played his last Tata Open Maharashtra and bid farewellto tennis.

Doubles win in Davis cup became a habit for the most successfuldoubles player in the history of tennis. Paes, the 46 year old veteran nowappear to be up the hill. He won 18 Grand Slam titles in men’s doublesand mixed doublestitles combined innearly 30 years onthe circuit. Paeshas won eight dou-bles and ten mixeddoubles GrandSlam titles. Heholds a careerGrand Slam inmen’s doubles andmixed doubles,and achieved therare men’s dou-bles/mixed doublesdouble at the 1999Wimbledon tour-nament. Hismixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010 made him the second man (afterRod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three decades.

Paes received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India’s highestsporting honor, in 1996–97; the Arjuna Award in 1990; the Padma Shriaward in 2001; and India’s third-highest civilian award, the PadmaBhushan Award in January 2014, for his outstanding contribution totennis in India. He won a bronze medal for India in singles in the 1996Atlanta Olympic Games. He competed in consecutive Olympics from1992 to 2016, making him the first Indian and only tennis player tocompete at seven Olympic Games. He is a former Davis Cup team cap-tain, and holds the record for the most Davis Cup doubles wins. Paes’record of 44 wins is unlikely to be broken anytime soon as except him,none of the active doubles player feature in the top-10 list.

Both Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi pair were the excellent indoubles in all grand slams.

Leander has been described as having a strange playing style byAndre Agassi. He varies his play as the match goes on; he is one of thebest volleys and a talented drop shots. His volleying techniques werelearnt from former Indian player Akhtar Ali. He hits a one-handed back-hand, which he drives only seldom, preferring instead to slice whenreturning serve or rallying from his backhand. Tennis doubles is a gameof understanding and a serve and volley game.

At a time when Indian tennis players are searching for ways to makeconsistent inroads into the top levels, Paes is a reminder of an era thatheralded great possibilities. Perhaps his one last roar will inspire theyoung generation to do a world of good to the tennis world. Leander Paesis really a learning curve of the tennis world.

C.K. Subramaniam, Millennium Towes, Sector 9, Sanpada

Flesh trade on the rise in several parts of thecountry- A cause for concern

Prostitution is on the rise in several parts of the country. One cansee young girls and even women trying to lure customers at many plac-es, even at crowded places and public residential areas. What is moreshocking is that these women operate in connivance with the police whoreceive their dues (haftas). Prostitution also takes place inside manyapartments and high-rise buildings in connivance with the police whoare their regular customers.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor.... BOOK REVIEW

Winning Lessons from aChampion’s Life

Author: Viswanathan Anand

By C.K. Subramanaim

The game of chess is a mindgame where every move counts. Itis about making right moves andthe players need lot of patience andperseverance to play at the top lev-el.

Vishwanathan Anand, the mandid a wonderful job at the top of thetennis world as a Grand master andbrought name and fame to India.He kept Indian flag fly high in theInternational chess world.

Vishy Anand went on to win fiveWorld Championships — and morestrikingly, attained distinction inall three formats of the game: clas-sical (played in stately fashion, overmany hours); rapid (where playersget between 10 and 60 minutes); andblitz (a shoot-out that lasts barelya few minutes). Along the way, hebecame India’s first Grand master(the highest chess title) and inspireda chess revolution at home: to thepoint where there are today 65 In-dian Grand masters — one for eachsquare on the chessboard, and thenone more! Even at age 50 (he crossedthat temporal milestone on Decem-ber 11), Anand ranks in the top 15players in a sport where supercom-puters and chess software have ren-dered some old-world game skillsredundant and where Grand mas-ters are getting progressivelyyounger. In every way, it’s been anepic journey, and over such a dis-tinguished career, Anand has welland truly written his name in thestars: in fact, a ‘minor planet’ hasbeen named ‘4538 Vishyanand’ inhis honour.

As much as the book is a delightfor chess lovers, with illustrativegames thrown in to embellish apoint that Anand is making, thechampion has pointedly rendered itaccessible to anyone who wants totake away life lessons. Indicative-

ly, since chess has been remarkablydisrupted by the advent of super-computers and machine learning,Anand’s experience of how he, as adigital migrant, embraced technol-ogy when some of his old-world skillswere rendered redundant hold learn-ing for anyone coping with techno-logical disruption at the workplace.

Mind Master is, in the end, anengrossing read — and not just forchess players. It offers fascinatinginsights into the working of a keen

chess mind that grapples with com-plex ideas farther afield, and dis-tills the learning derived therefromfor those of us who are not similar-ly gifted. Anand’s voice in the nar-rative sounds authentic, which isa tribute to the exertions of sportswriter Susan Ninan, who collabo-rated on the project to map Anand’smind and lay it out for lay readers.It is a must read for the young gen-eration.

Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your cre-ativity and latent talent! Newsband hasa column exclusively for our youngreaders. Children send us your draw-ings, articles, poems etc. along withyour Name, School Name and Standard. Either email usor send by post to the following email id :[email protected] or Newsband, Real TechPark, Office No 1313/1314, 13th Floor, Plot No 39/2, Sec-tor 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703


Dry Cleaners’ & Launderers’ Association of India holdFirst Annual General Meeting & Best Practice Awards 2020

MUMBAI: Dry Clean-ers’ & Launderers As-sociation of India(DLAI) conducted itsFirst Annual GeneralMeeting & Best Prac-tice Awards 2020 forSustainable Practiceson February 16 at theCourtyard by MarriottMumbai InternationalAirport, Mumbai.

Marking the firstyear of the formation ofDLAI, the well-attend-ed convention ad-dressed Smart & effi-cient laundry technolo-gy, Asian Trends & suc-cessful business inCommercial Laundryand Retail Laundry andpanel discussions onHow to overcome chal-lenges for small & me-dium dry cleaning/

laundry companies in acompetitive, fast-changing environmentbesides others.

The Awards weregiven away at a galaevening programme totop players in the indus-try. The nominations forthe Indian Best Practic-es Awards – Retail Tex-tile Cleaning wereCleanovo, Laundrokart,Gemfab 5asec, Laundro-mania, LaundroMINT,The Laundry House,Mercury Dry Cleaners,Synergy Express andWe Wash Laundro-mats. The nominationsfor Indian Best Practic-es Awards-IndustrialTextile Services were:KLEANWISE, QuickClean and IntensiveClothes Care Unit.

A member-jury fromIndia and Germany col-lectively shortlisted thebest performers basedon five criteria. Thewinners are

Industrial Textile Services

• Overall Best Prac-tice Award – QuickClean • SustainabilityAward – IntensiveClothing Care Unit •Innovation Award –Quick Clean

Retail Textile Cleaning

• Overall Best Prac-tice Award – Laundro-mania • SustainabilityAward – Mercury DryCleaners • InnovationAward – Laundrokart

Anshul Gupta, Co-founder, commented,“Quick Clean is knownfor Innovation and Sus-tainable solutions. We

are proud to representIndia at Global BestPractice Awards in In-dustrial Textile CareSegment.”

The Indian BestPractices Awards, a na-tional pre-selectionchapter on The Road toFrankfurt Germany,where GBPA2020 Finalwill take place (June20, 2020, at Texcare In-ternational).

Speaking on the oc-casion, Suresh Bhatia,President and one of the23 founder members ofDLAI, said, “DLAI wasformed in 2018 andwithin a span of oneyear, it has more than1,000 members. Thisalso includes the small-er associations all overIndia that operate in a

traditional and unorga-nized way in fragment-ed sections. We havebeen successful in in-cluding a few andwould like to reach outto the others too.

Right from thosewho want to sourceequipment or moderntechnology to upgradethemselves, to those inthe new generation whowant to enter the laun-dry business, DLAI isin the process of creat-ing a cell for providingthe required trainingand facilities.

Another core area isin addressing the press-ing disparity in the GSTand we are requestingthe Government to re-move it completely. Ourmission is to foster and

encourage professional-ism and ongoing devel-opment within the Pro-fessional Textile Careindustry in India.”

Virtual Info Sys-tems Pvt. Ltd, the sup-porting organization ofDLAI, has been work-ing for the bettermentof the Indian Laundryand Dry-cleaning seg-ment since 2008. “It isa moment of pride to seethe industry grow andtoday, as we stand atthe first convention ofDLAI, we look forwardto creating the best ofthe platforms and helpcreate such best per-formers in the futuretoo,” said the Chair-man, Jayaram Nair,who was the chief guestto the occasion.


Parameswaran Kalalaya Foundation conducts aGrand Carnatic Vocal recital by Shri Sandeep Narayan

By: C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI:Parameswaran Kala-laya Foundation con-ducted a Grand Car-natic Vocal Recital byShri Sandeep Narayanat Agri Koli Hall atNerul on Sunday, 16th

February, 2020. Theprogramme began withthe lighting the auspi-cious lamp and in ad-dition to honouring thesponsors and wellwishers of the Founda-tion. Ms. Varda Shar-ma, Editor of NaviMumbai’s English lo-cal newsdaily ‘News-band’ and eminentfreelancer of NaviMumbai, Shri C.K.Subramaniam werealso honoured for theirservices.

The Foundation rec-ognises the artists whohave contributed inpreserving the rich cul-ture and tradition ofMusic and Senior Mor-sing Artist of Mumbai,Shri K.N. Gopalanwas conferred with thePKF Puraskaram 2020in the presence of emi-nent artists.

Sandeep Narayanwas born into a family

of musicians and mu-sic lovers. A housenearly always filledwith visiting musi-cians and students ofSouth Indian classical(Carnatic) music,Sandeep was exposedto this ancient tradi-tion right from thechildhood. Althoughhis decision to relocatefrom Los Angeles toChennai in 2006 in or-der to take up music ashis full-time professionwas unprecedented, itdid not come as ashock to those whoknew the extent of hispassion. After undergo-ing his initial trainingin Los Angeles from hismother Smt. ShubhaNarayan, Sandeep re-ceived advanced les-

eri set to AdhiThalam. This was fol-lowed by Cheta ShriBalakrishnam, in Rag-am Dwijavanti, in 2kalai RoopakaThalam. The supportby Shri B. Anan-thakrishnan on the vi-olin was superb. Re-nowned artist ShriNeyveli Narayananprovided stupendoussupport on the Mridan-gam and Shri Chan-drasekhara Sharmacompleted the ensem-ble with his amazingperformance on theGhatam.

The main songChakkani Raja inK h a r a h a r a p r i y a ,which is very rarelysung nowadays, wasexplored very deeply by

Sandeep and the im-pressive thaniavartha-nam by Narayanan andChandrasekhara Shar-ma received thunder-ous applause. In RTP,the main Ragam wasSaveri followed by Rag-amalika and the Thil-lana in Kaapi Ragamwith 25 beats thalamcaptivated the audi-ence.

Guru M.S.Parameswaran, Presi-dent of the Foundationwas lauded for his effortsin bringing artists ofsuch high calibre to thesatellite city of NaviMumbai for his disciplesto learn the nuances ofa traditional concert.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada, Navi

Mumbai

sons from the reveredmusicologist CalcuttaSri K.S. Krishnamur-thy in Chennai. AfterSri Krishnamurthy’sdemise in 1999, Sand-eep began training un-

der the well-known vo-calist, Sri Sanjay Sub-rahmanyan.

The vocalist ShriSandeep Narayan be-gan the concert with avarnam in Ragam Sav-

Parameswaran Kalalaya Foundation honoured both Mrs.Varda Sharma, Editor Newsband and C.K. Subramaniamfreelancer since 50 years.

BJP will work hard to win the upcoming civic election: J. Nadda“The present ruling

alliance in Maharashtrahas come to power in anunethical manner. BJPhas decided to fight in theupcoming NMMC elec-tion on its own andhence party workersshould start workinghard. Our goal is to winelection with a thumpingmajority,” said BJP’snational presidentJayaprakash Naddawhile addressing a rallyat the State BJP Confer-ence which was held inthe city on 15th and 16th

February, 2020.The conference was

inaugurated by the na-tional president of theparty, J.P. Naada.Chandrakant Patil,Leader of Opposition andformer Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis,Union Minister Piyush

Goyal and others digni-taries were present atthe conference.

Nadda further said,“In the last five years,when BJP was in pow-er, a number of develop-

ment work was carriedout. Now the BJP is inopposition. But our mot-to continues to be thesame- work for the devel-opment and bettermentof the state.” He advised

the party members towork at village level.

Chandrakant Patilappealed to the farmersto write to the Governorabout the fraudulentloan waiver.

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