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MumbaiWeekly Volume 01 Issue 08 FRIDAY, 17 February 2012
feature metro sports people
Charge of the Saffron „Sena‟
The Shiv Sena – BJP –
RPI alliance defied
election pundits and
came out with the high-
est number of seats in
the Mumbai Civic Elec-
tion results announced
on 17 February 2012.
The alliance fell short
of a clear majority in
the civic body but is
expected to retain
power with the support
of independent candi-
dates. In the final tally
t h e S h i v S e n a ,
Bharatiya Janata Party-
Republican Party of
India combine bagged a
total of 107 seats. It was
followed by the Con-
gress-Nationalist Con-
gress Party coalition at
a distant second posi-
tion with 65 seats. The
MNS grabbed 29 seats,
and Independents and
others 26 of the total
227 seats.
The Shiv Sena alliance
also won majority of the
seats in neighbouring
Thane but fell short of a
clear majority even
there.
The Congress, suffered
the most, failing in yet
another attempt to cap-
ture the Brihamumbai
Municipal Corporation
(BMC). The Sena-BJP
combine, which has
kept control of India's
biggest and richest civic
body, now looks set to
extend its rule by an-
other five years.
Conceding defeat Con-
gress party's Mumbai
city president Kripa-
shankar Singh told the
media "We accept the
verdict given by the
citizens of Mumbai.
The Congress-NCP
alliance expected to
win these elections but
people have given a
verdict which is differ-
ent. We will work in
BMC as a constructive
opposition party"
After a fortnight of
campaigning candi-
dates could only attract
a low voter turnout of
People cheer the results of the Mumbai civic polls announced on 17 February 2012. The Shiv Sena alliance retained power in the body.
Saarthak Aurora / Mumbai weekly
Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
Consumer Price Index (CPI) to be introduced for retail sector
A girl sits on a window next to a hoarding in Mumbai. From 21 February 2012 the government will release the nation-wide Consumer
Price Index (CPI) on a monthly basis for better reflection of retail price movement and to help the Reserve Bank take effective monetary
policy steps to deal with inflation. The new CPI,according to experts,will eventually replace the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for policy
actions to deal with the price situation. The monthly CPI will be in addition to the three retail price indices -- for agricultural labour-
ers,rural labourers and industrial workers -- prepared by the Ministry of Labour. Shailesh Andrade / Mumbai weekly
Drug use in city
Two men smoke on a street in downtown Mumbai 15 Febru-ary 2012. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), substance abuse is persistent or sporadic drug use inconsistent with or unrelated to acceptable medical practice. The problem of substance abuse in the youth has gained an alarming status in Mumbai, like the rest of India. Narrowing cultural values, increasing stress and decreasing bonds are turning a casual initiation into substance use. Cannabis, her-oin, and Indian pharmaceutical drugs are the most frequently abused ones. Drug abuse is also due to the nature of the drug, the personality, circumstances and the immediate environment of the individual. Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
Cont’d on page2
people 2 FRIDAY 17 February 2012 Mumbai Weekly
A woman waves as the election news breaks out 17 February 2012. Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly
A group of men celebrate the election results. Gitartha Goswami / Mumbai Weekly A woman shouts during an election procession. Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly
People line up outside a poll booth in Mumbai. Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
A man walks past the Congress Mumbai party office. Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly A woman greets her supporters after the election results were announced in Mumbai.
Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
A man prepares for an election victory rally in Mumbai.
Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
A man looks for his name in the poll list in Mumbai 16 February 2012
Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
Charge of the saffron brigade
Cont’d from page1 45percent in Mumbai
the richest Civic
body in the country
pegged at 2200crores.
We are very happy to
see that Mumbaikars
have once again put
their faith in us. This
has given us strength
and we will not let
the people down.
This also shows that
t h e C o n g r e s s
and NCP are losing
their base in Ma-
harashtra and similar
results will be seen in
the Maharashtra as-
sembly elections of
2014," Shiv Sena
Executive President
Uddhav Thackeray
told media persons.
All eyes are now on
the 2014 state assem-
bly elections where
the Sena-BJP will
have an edge in fund-
raising and infrastruc-
ture that might prove
influential then.
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The city of Mumbai was visited by
an „angel‟ in the form of a PETA
( People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals) activist dressed in a red
gown distributing red roses urging
people to go vegetarian in Suburban
Mumbai 13 February 2012. The
„valentine angel‟ encouraged people
to show compassion to animals by
sticking to vegan meals.
Valentine‟s Day is the perfect time to
show love to all living beings by
choosing vegan meals said PETA
activist Benazir Suraiya. Not only
will you help countless animals,
you‟ll also do your health and envi-
ronment a favor she continued.
Sandeep Desai, a professor from Mumbai, asks for donations in a local train 16 February 2012. Saarthak Aurora / Mumbai Weekly
Large population of elderly in India is depressed: Report
According to a media report, one in every four among India's eld-erly population is de-pressed, one in three suffers from arthritis, while one in five cannot hear. One in three suf-fers from hypertension in rural India and one in two in urban areas, al-most half have poor vision. Around one in 10 experiences a fall that results in fracture,
while two in five are anemic. A Union Health Ministry note released stated that In-dia will soon become home to the second largest number of older people in the world. 80% of the elderly population are in the rural areas, 30% of them are below poverty line, and 51% of them would be women by 2016.
Above: A man sits by the sea front in Mumbai 13 February 2012. Above Right: A woman sits on the stairs in Mumbai. A recent report showed a large
number of elderly people are depressed in India. Shankar Narayan / Mumbai Weekly
Sandeep Desai is a man on a mission. Professionally,
a marine engineer (DMET), and an MBA, he was a
professor at the S P Jain Institute of Management &
Research and a visiting faculty at several B-Schools
all over India . In 2001, Desai founded the Shloka
Missionaries, a non-charitable trust, along with two
other trustees in order to spread literacy among the
poorest of poor in India. When shortage of funds
started hampering his efforts, he decided to collect
money directly from the common man. He began trav-
elling to and fro in the Mumbai local trains for upto
six hours a day, asking people for donations. In a span
of five months, he has collected over Rs. 4 lakh.
He enters the train and speaks to the passengers in
English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati. He explains to
them that donations made towards food for the poor
only solve their problems for a day, whereas dona-
tions made towards education change their lives in the
long run. Desai accepts donations from 50 paise to Rs
1,000 with equal humility. He has already started four
schools in Maharashtra and the construction of the
fifth school will soon begin in rural Rajasthan. Be-
sides collecting funds, he actively looks for teaching
volunteers as well.
PETA‟s
„valentine angel‟
descends on
earth
A PETA activist hands out roses to
people on 13 February 2012 in Mum-
bai. The „valentine angel‟ encour-
aged people to show compassion to
animals by sticking to vegan meals.
Shailesh Andrade / Mumbai Weekly.
Mumbai‟s
„Begging Professor‟
EDITORIAL
OPINION :CHILDHOOD LOST AND NEVER FOUND
4 FRIDAY 17 February 2012 Mumbai Weekly
POINT OF VIEW “ INCREDIBLE INDIA”
A woman walks past a billboard in Mumbai 14 February 2012. Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
The art of losing is-
n‟t hard to master;
so many things seem
filled with the intent
to be lost that their
loss is no disaster.
...One Art by Eliza-
beth Bishop
The art of losing has
been best mastered
by the human race
caught in the abyss
of modernity. Lose a
key, a watch, a pen –
the replaceable. But
then we lose time,
way of life, memory,
self- expendables- in
mastering the art of
running.
Life is not child's
play! Life doesn‟t
have time for child's
play. In fact it seems,
life doesn‟t have
time for childhood.
Red and blue bal-
loons don‟t crowd
the sky anymore.
Kites have returned
to their homes.
Cricket bats lie
somewhere full of
dust, unnoticed. Hide
-n-Seek has turned
into just a biscuit
brand. Streets too are
packed with busy
suits, skirts and there
is no place left for
the soft summer
cheerful frocks. Peb-
bles die a lonely
death. Vehicle-horns
subdue chirpy
squeals. The city is
running. We are run-
ning…leaving child-
hood behind.
Childhood, confined
within four walls of
mechanical innova-
tion, seems to fade
out. Gone are the
good old days when
children were born
children, and enjoyed
childhood pleasures
like riding a bicycle
or floating a paper
boat in a water-body.
Laptops and video
games are the toys of
new age children.
The world they live
in is of competition,
both in study and in
games. Childhood
has lost its becoming
now.
Incredible India- as it is
known. For outsiders it
is a rich conglomera-
tion of different cul-
tures, but for insiders it
is a constant struggle to
cope with this diversity.
It may seem simple,
that Indian culture is
the backdrop for life in
this vibrant country.
But thanks to the colo-
nial rule, culture in
India is a melting pot of
many things. It is not,
for instance, uncom-
mon to see people cele-
b r a t e V a l e n t i n e s
Day in modern cities
like Mumbai. Young
couples holding hands
and walking by the sea-
side, will not have en-
raged onlookers. It is
common place to see
expensive shops to
street-hawkers sell their
merchandise to these
couples, besides the
several other promos
and discounts that are
on offer to make the
day special. But in the
same country, also
making headlines are
honour killings -
where young people are
killed, merely for fal-
ling love or wanting to
get married to someone
who may not share their
caste or religion. Again
in cities like Mumbai,
young women are em-
powered to work late
and are safe to travel
even in the wee hours
of the morning. But
there are cities, where
women have been at-
tacked, when seen in
pubs, for instance. The
mix of cultures is send-
ing out mixed-signals,
empowering young
people at one level, and
restricting them at an-
other. And in this vast
„diversity‟ where do we
stand? Are we actually
being liberal, truly
behaving like responsi-
ble educated citizens or
is that just on the
surface? In the name of
values are we in fact
becoming more rigid?
True culture, traditional
or handed across from
the British, should in
fact bridge the dis-
tances between people,
and help people live in
greater understanding
of each other‟s differ-
ence. And that is the
peace one seeks in this
diversity.
Clockwise above: 1) A group of boys sit on a pile of mud in Mumbai. Gitartha Goswami /
Mumbai Weekly 2) A girl plays in Mumbai. Abhinav Reddy / Mumbai Weekly
5 FRIDAY 17 February 2012 Mumbai Weekly feature
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People eat at a street side stall in Mumbai 14 February 2012. Street food forms a major part of the local cuisine in the city dishing up food with influence from all over India. Saarthak Aurora / Mumbai
Weekly
Street food of Mumbai Upscale restaurants can be found in every part of the world, but it's the street food which adds that extra flavour to a city – for India‟s economic capital Mum-bai, street food makes an inseparable part of life. To a great extent, it
is Mumbai‟s fast pace that has lead to invention of these reci-pes that are tasty, quick, and extremely afford-able. No wonder, one can find the city streets sprinkled with small eating joints on every corner some more popu-
lar than the other but a savior nonetheless. From the humble Vada Pav (burger bun with a patato patty) to the family fa-vourite „Chaat‟ Mum-bai's street food has eve-ryone from a laborer, to a CEO gorging in com-pany.
6 FRIDAY 17 February 2012 Mumbai Weekly economy
The potato growing belt in north India had a bumper crop this year. However this was no reason to celebrate for farmers as prices dropped to an all time low of inr 3/kg ($.06/kg) forcing farmers to sell their
produce at a loss. The second harvest of the crop has seen farmers abandoning their produce in cold storages forcing cold storage owners to dump the stock on roads. The annual rent of the bags kept in cold
storage (Rs 65 per bag) and the freight charges (Re 1 per bag) which are higher than the market value of the potatoes. Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
Apple to quadruple outsourcing in India Apple‟s chief informa-
tion officer (CIO) Niall
O‟Connor visited India.
He had a meeting with two
of the country‟s biggest
consultancy firms –
Infosys and Wipro. Apple
already contributes mil-
lions of dollars to
both companies, but is
reportedly ready to quad-
ruple its investment in
India thanks to its industri-
ous workforces and
lower outsourcing cost.
Apple‟s current India
spend totals around $100
million, accounting for
nearly a fifth of its global
outsourcing spending. The
company already shares
about $50 million in an-
nual business with Infosys,
and Wipro has become
Apple‟s go-to source
for application and soft-
ware testing.
A street vendor grills corn cob in
Mumbai 17 February 2012.
Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai
Weekly
Maize exports on
decline
Maize exports have been increased
by 7 percent to 3 million tonnes in
the ongoing 2011-2012 marketing
year.
2.8 million tonnes of maize have
already been exported in 2011
marketing year (October-
September). There is more demand
of Indian maize in southeastern
and middle east countries. Produc-
tion of maize in Indian might touch
21 million tonnes in the 2012 mar-
keting year. Currently the whole-
sale price of maize is at Rs. 1,250
(25.37 $) per quintal.
Bumper potato crop forces farmer‟s to dump stock
A man looks at products at
an Apple reseller store in
Mumbai 14 February
2012. Apple a popular
computer and music
player brand in India an-
nounced it will quadruple
its outsourcing investment
to India. Arkadripta Chak-
raborty / Mumbai Weekly
7 FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2012 Mumbai Weekly Arts and entertainment
Man looks from his window near a theatre in south Mumbai on 15 February 2012. Agneepath, a Bollywood movie crossed Rs.100 crores ($ 20million) in a fortnight of release at the Indian Box Office, after
setting the record for highest nett collections on the opening day Indian film industry, of Rs.21.72 crores ($4million). Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly
Bollywood churns out money spinner
Small scale pottery industry threatened with development
Dharavi a central dis-
trict in Mumbai is home
to thousands of micro
enterprises manufactur-
ing an recycling various
goods, one of them be-
ing earthen pots. From
five decades now pot-
ters for the northern
state of Gujrat have
made this their home
shaping pots from clay.
They manufacture
flower pots, to disposal
tea cups to artistic vases
which even find their
way into galleries. Most
of these businesses are
family run enterprises
with every one in the
house chipping in a bit.
The pots are hand made
with soil mixed in wa-
ter, shaped on a potters
wheel and either air or
furnace dried later. The
existence of there arti-
sans are now under
threat as the government
has announced an urban
development plan for
the area which most
probably will make
them shift from this
area. The lively hood of
these artisans is now
under threat and they
have no representation
to fight their cause.
Newly produced clay pots are left in the open as part of their manufacturing procedure.
Shankar Narayan Mumbai / Weekly
Shankar Narayan / Mumbai Weekly A man hand makes an earthen pot in Mumbai. Shankar Narayan / Mumbai Weekly
Kabir Festival celebrated in
Mumbai
A dancer performs at the „Kabir Festival‟ in Mumbai 17 February 2012 in
Mumbai. The festival is an enactment of the poems by the fifteenth century
poet Satguru Kabir. Varsha Lahrani / Mumbai Weekly
Kabiir Festival, a liter-
ary festival in Mumbai
started on 17th february.
The performance called
„ A k a t h a K a -
hani‟ (Untellable Story)
is a song, story and
dance presentation fea-
turing three sisters; Jaya
Madhavan who is the
author of the book
„Kabir the Weaver
Poet', Bindhumalini
who is a trained Car-
natic and Hindustani
vocalist and Archana
who is a Bharatnatyam
dancer, will individually
narrate how Kabir has
affected their lives and
jointly sing the songs of
the saint-poet made
popular by Hindustani
classical singing legend
Kumar Gandharva.
Kabir festival intends to
introduce the message
of fifteenth-century
magestic Indian poet
Satguru Kabir (1440-
1518),The festival is a
voluntary effort by peo-
ple from different walks
of life, drawn together
by their passion for the
poetry of Kabir,The
universal relevance of
Kabir Vani is due to the
fact that human nature,
which he understood so
well,continues to remain
the same,the main focus
of the festival is to fos-
ter an awareness and
understanding of the
message of Kabir to the
audiences of Mumbai.
SatGuru Kabir's teach-
ings are being taught in
the schools and univer-
sities of India. Many
people, even those not
belonging to the Kabir
Panth, are able to quote
him freely. Many of his
sakhis are quoted as
popular wisdom in all
parts of India and
abroad. He had a pierc-
ing wit and a clarity of
thought which others
could not challenge.
8 FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2012 Mumbai Weekly Sports
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Punching the stress out of life Mumbai is running out
of open space and Gym
memberships have be-
come really expensive.
Beating both these re-
alities are martial art
c l a s s e s . M u mb a i
Weekly photographer
Shankar Narayan visited one such facility
run in the basement
parking of a building to
find young working
executives sweating it
out with friendly bouts
of kick boxing, sparing
with a punching bag
and strength training.
Not only does this work
out keep us physically
fit but is also a great
stress buster said a par-
ticipant.
Football gains popularity Maybe it is not a religion, but football in India does have a tre-mendous cult following. And this following is not something which is just new age. Indian football team qualified to play in the Football World Cup Finals in 1950. International teams and World Cup players have been coming to India year after year. The major hindrance in the devel-opment of this sport in the coun-try has been lack of infrastruc-ture, exposure and funding. But for the past few years, Indian football has seen an exponential growth. With the introduction of the I League, funded by ONGC and aired by Zee, both, players and viewers have started taking more interest in the world‟s most played sport. More and more home grown professional foot-ballers are coming up from train-ing facilities like Tata Football Academy. The national team has tied deals with multinationals like Nike and Panasonic. British clubs are taking interest in the scenario, with Manchester United FC start-ing a training facility in Mumbai and Liverpool FC planning to start one in the National Capital
Region. Indian firm Venky‟s are the recent owners of British first division club Blackburn Rovers FC. Not only are training facili-ties being developed, but the sport is becoming more glamou-rus with football cafes swarming all the major cities. If the pro-posed Premier League Soccer starts in the state of West Bengal, we could be seeing former World Cup players playing in Indian clubs. The respect towards Indian football was seen during the trib-ute match for India‟s most well known footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, when Bayern Munich first team players played a friendly in India. We cannot ex-pect Indian football to be at par with the European leagues be-cause of the very reason that European professional football clubs have been existing in large numbers since the mid 1800s. But the pace of development is constant. And if the sport grows like this, soon a conversation between two Indians about foot-ball will not have a reference to other popular sports of the coun-try.
Boys practice football at a coaching camp in Mumbai. Pratham Ghokale / Mumbai Weekly
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