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Onion prices likely tocross Rs 100 markDespite the arriv-

al of new onionssince September -October the prices ofthe onions have notreduced in the Agri-culture ProduceMarket Committee’s(APMC) Onion andPotato Division inVashi. Rather therates are sky rocket-ing. As per the datafrom the market,onions with goodquality are beingsold at Rs. 54 to 65per kg against Rs 24to 38 during August-September. Traderspredict that the ratewill further rise inthe coming weeksand touch Rs 100and above…

(More on page 6)Jewellery shop looted;Jewellery worth Rs. 1

crore stolenA servant work-

ing at a jewelleryshop in Sector 14,Vashi Sector-14 al-legedly decampedwith jewellery worthRs 1 crore. The al-leged accused hasbeen identified asGopal Solanki, 40,Vashi…

(More on page 3)One dies as drunk

tanker driver hits fivevehicles

A drunk tankerdriver going fromRoadpali to TalojaMIDC mowed downa motorcyclist andcaused heavy dam-age to the other fivevehicles parked onthe road in TalojaMIDC on Tuesdaynight. Taloja policehave registered acase against thetanker driver andarrested him…

(More on page 3)

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Angry residents take out morcha to MSEDCL office

Woman Power: City’sMayor Post reserved forwoman in open category

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheMinistry of Urban De-velopment on Wednes-day 13th November,2019 announced the res-ervations for 27 May-or’s post in Maharash-tra. For Navi Mumbai,the post has been re-served for the woman inopen category.

According to the an-nouncement, the postin Mumbai, Pune, Nag-pur, Thane, Nashik,Kalyan-Dombivali,Sangli and Ulhasnagarhave been reserved forthe open category whilein Navi Mumbai, Jalg-aon, Bhivandi, Akola,Panvel, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Auranga-bad and Chandrapur,the post has been re-

served for the woman inopen category.

The post in Vasai-Virar and MiraBhayandar are reserved

for the candidate fromthe scheduled caste andscheduled tribe respec-tively. In Ahmednagarand Parbhani corpora-tions, women corpora-

tors from scheduledcastes will be headingthe civic bodies. Where-as in Latur, Dhule,Nanded, Solapur, Kol-

hapur, Malegaon thepost has been reservedfor the women from thebackward class.

Activists demand propercare of the animals left

behind at NMIA areaThe food being supplied is inadequate to

feed their rising population, they allege

By Jim George

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecity activists are high-ly concerned about thewelfare of the animalsleft behind by some ofthe villagers in theNavi Mumbai Inter-national Airport’s(NMIA) constructionsite. It is alleged thatthe locality has around500 animals with noproper food and shel-ter.

“We learnt aboutthe fate of these ani-mals in mid-Februaryand started feedingthem every day. Westarted by purchasingaround 30 to 40 kg offood in May this year.This gradually in-creased to around 100kg of food. Unable tofund the expenses dai-

ly from our own pock-ets, we also started aFacebook account.While, people are do-nating for the cause,but these are far lessthan the actual ex-pense, which isaround Rs. 3000 perday,” says Pooja Teli,a member of NMIARescuers, a group ofanimal rights activistswho are fighting for

By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Fourchildren, residents ofSector 23, Gothivali,Ghansoli sustainedserious injuries whenthey were electrocut-ed by a high-tensionwire that passesclosely through theirSociety. The injuredhave been identifiedas Hemang Chandra-kant (8), Pari BipinSingh (7), SomnayaPatil (8) and TanishaChavan (8). Theinjured children were

Four children electrocuted byhigh tension wire passing

through the Society in Ghansoli

rushed to the burncentre hospital inAiroli for treatment.One of the children

was taken to ModiHospital in Airoli

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Persons any Govt./Non Govt. Authorities and/or any otherConcerned Authorities, if any, having any right, title, claim etc.against or in the aforesaid Flat by way of aforesaid lost documentsand/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage, possession, sale,gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement,transfer, license, either agitated in any litigation or otherwise or anyother right or interest whatsoever is /are hereby required to makethe same known in writing to the undersigned within a period of 7days from the date of publication hereof.If no claim is made or received as required hereinabove, my clientwill be at their liberty to complete the transaction in respect of thesaid Flat without any reference or regard to any such purportedclaim or interest, which shall be deemed to have been waived forall intents and purpose and not binding on my client.

Sd/-Adv. Lalita S. More

Add. 5/43, Ekta Vihar, Sector – 25,CBD, Navi Mumbai – 400614

Date : 14-11-2019 Mob. : 9664503181

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Sd/-Adv. MANISHA K. KALE

Advocate High CourtGS-36, Fruit Mkt., Sector-19,

Vashi,Navi MumbaiDate : 14-11-2019 Ph. No.:9967350878

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Ganesh Mukadam, ArunParte, former presidentDamu Khaire, NanduSonawane, PrakashGhogare, DarshanPalekar and PravinKhandagale were

present.

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550th Gurunanak Jayanti was celebrated at Nerul Gurdwara with great zeal and enthusi-asm. Former MP Sanjeev Naik, Leader of the House Ravindra Ithape, Corporator NetraShirke, former corporator Suresh Shetty, former corporator Sandeep Sutar were present.

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN : A yatra (pil-grim) was organized onthe occasion of TripuraPurnima in ShivMandir at Shri KshetraMankeshwar Tirthak-shetra in Kegaon inUran taluka.

The devotees gath-ered in large numbersince morning to per-

Shri Kshetra Mankeshwarpilgrim concluded

form Deep Mala. Thepujan was performedby Assistant PoliceCommissioner (PortDivision) VitthalraoDamgude and NitinMoreshwar Patil.

Mankeshwar Tem-ple Trust PresidentShailesh Sharad Mha-tre, Secretary Digam-bar Mhatre, Member

Rupesh AtmaramThakur welcomed allthe guests. On this oc-casion, Kesgaon GramPanchayat SarpanchRajendra Thakur,former Sarpanch Nay-an Mhatre, former Sar-panch Motiram Mha-tre, KGram PanchayatMember and other dig-nitaries were present.

A pillar of Gurunanakji erected at Vashi

The pillar of Gurunanakaji was erected at Vashi, Navi Mumbai. MLA Ganesh Naik, formerMP Sanjiv Naik, Former MLA Sandeep Naik, Leader of House Ravindra Ithape, Corpo-rator Sampat Shewale and other dignitaries were present.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A ser-vant working at a jew-ellery shop in Sector 14,Vashi Sector-14 alleged-ly decamped with jew-ellery worth Rs 1 crore.The alleged accused hasbeen identified as GopalSolanki, 40, Vashi.

Ashok Sohanlal Ba-dola owns the jewelleryshop ‘Gahana’ at Sector14, Vashi. Solankiworked with him sincemany years and earnedthe trust of Sohanlalwho often entrusted

Jewellery shop looted

Jewellery worth Rs. 1 crore stolenhim with the responsi-bility of the shop.

Last week, Badolawent to Rajasthan, hishometown, for religiouswork, handing over theresponsibility of thejewellery store toSolanki. Solanki, it islearnt, opened the shopas usual last Sundaymorning. However, hecollected the jewelleryworth Rs. 1 crore andfled. As Solanki was notreachable, Badolaasked his relative Vin-od Bafna, a resident of

Vashi, to visit the shop.When Bafna visited theshop, he found the shopto be closed. Bafna tootried to contact Solankibut as there was no re-ply, he called the policeand made a duplicatekey. On opening theshop, they learnt aboutthe theft.

Suspecing Solankito be behind the theft,Bafna filed a complaintat Vashi police station.The police havelaunched a search forGopal Solanki.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Adrunk tanker drivergoing from Roadpali toTaloja MIDC moweddown a motorcyclistand caused heavy dam-age to the other five ve-hicles parked on theroad in Taloja MIDC onTuesday night. Talojapolice have registered acase against the tank-er driver and arrestedhim.

The arrested tankerdriver Babu ShivappaVasmeeni, 30, was stay-ing in Nawade area onTuesday night. He wasdriving the tanker fromRoadpali in TalojaMIDC at around 8 pm.In the drunken state,

he crushed a motorcy-clist Dnyaneshwar Pa-til (30) who died on thespot. Vasmeeni fledfrom the spot. A man onbicycle tried to stop thetanker. However, Vas-meeni hit the cycle too.To save his life, the cy-clist jumped from thecycle and sustained in-juries.

Later Vasmeenirammed into a tempocrossing the road infront of the Taloja traf-fic branch in an at-tempt to flee from thescene. The traffic policeput barricade on theroad to stop the tankerdriver. However, thetanker driver rammedthe barricade as well

and escaped with thetanker in a high speed.

When Vasmeenireached towards IGPL,he hit three more vehi-cles standing on theside of the road - Wag-ner, Swift Desire andSwift Car. The tankerthen climbed on thefootpath in front of thegate of the Western In-dia Glass Works Ltd.Company. He later hidhimself in the village.Traffic police, however,searched him andhanded him over toTaloja police.

The accused was pro-duced in court onWednesday and the courtsentenced him to twodays in police custody.

One dies as drunk tankerdriver hits five vehicles


Issue : 163 14 November, 2019

Another Children’s DayWith the arrival of 14th November, hectic and elaborate prepa-

rations are started by the ministers, political parties and other childwelfare organisations to celebrate the Children’s Day in the sweetmemory of Chacha Nehru, one of the greatest visionaries of India.Pt. Nehru could see the future of the nation in the twinkling eyesof its children. He promulgated the idea of caring and nurturingthe young generation, on whose shoulders lie the responsibility oftomorrow. The stronger the young generation, the better shall bethe future of the nation.

While the country does not forget to celebrate 14th Novemberwith cultural activities and children’s programmes, the ideas andvision that Nehru envisaged and propagated in respect to chil-dren, appear to have been lost somewhere. A child who needstender care, love, affection and protection for natural growth isbeing forced to learn skills at an unusually higher pace. A toddlerwho has barely learnt to walk is coaxed by anxious parents to learnalphabet and numbers, etiquettes and hobbies so that he fits intoour poor education system and competitive society. He is forcedto go through the interview trauma in order to obtain admission inthe choices school. Once in school, life gets still tougher with loadedsatchels, long duration of classes and distant schools. A child whois not old enough to differentiate pink from red is made to learnthe names of animals and birds that he may have never seen orheard of. The rigorous exercise of school is repeated at home byover enthusiastic parents who want their wards to occupy the firstposition right from the day one. The young innocent child wiltsunder such harsh exercises and in many cases, it also results inhealth and psychological problems. Rather than imparting realknowledge and values our educational system, infact, snatches awaythe creativity in children.

The plight of these children can still be described as fortunatein comparison to those children who are made to work at tenderages as labourers in bot hazardous and non-hazardous industries.There are innumerable cases of children put into bonded labourby the needy parents or sometimes are even maimed and employedas beggars. The government on its part has promulgated a num-ber of laws prohibiting child labour but enforcement is unfortu-nately not upto the mark. The supreme Court has given clear di-rectives to safeguard the interests of children, but very little hasbeen done in this regard. Till today children, because of their lowwages and easy adaptability, have been increasingly employed bymany industries.

Labelling one day in a year as Children’s Day and celebrating itwith cultural programmes will bear no fruit, unless and until someconcrete steps are taken towards the implementation of child wel-fare programmes. It is necessary, first of all, to improve the presenteducation system, prohibit child labour and create healthy atmo-sphere. Children are the budding architects of the nation. It is theprime duty of each one of us to given them better environment,better society and culture where they can bloom and blossom nat-urally without any meddling from us. This can be achieved withcommitted action on the part of the government and whole heart-ed support from non-governmental organisations along with theawareness among people about not depriving children of the plea-sures of childhood.

By C.K. Subramaniam

As a tribute to LatePrime Minister Jawa-harlal Nehru and hislove for the children,his birthday is celebrat-ed all over India asChildren’s day. Mostschools have culturalprogrammes for theday, with the studentsmanaging it all. All overthe country, variouscultural, social, andeven corporates and in-stitutions conduct com-petitions for children.Children’s Day is a dayfor children to engagein fun and frolic.Schools celebrate thisday by organizing cul-tural programmes.Teachers of the schoolperform songs anddances for their stu-dents. Therefore, Chil-dren’s Day is special. Itis a day set aside to re-member Pandit Nehruand his love for chil-dren.

Chacha Nehru asthe children fondly re-ferred to him, was fondof both children androses. In fact he oftencompared the two, say-ing that children werelike the buds in a gar-den. They should becarefully and lovinglynurtured, as they werethe future of the nationand the citizens of to-morrow. He felt thatchildren are the realstrength of a countryand the very foundationof society. He was thebeloved of all the chil-dren who gave him theendearing name ofChacha Nehru. He be-came the prime minis-ter of India just afterthe independence of In-dia. The Children’s Dayis celebrated every yearto let the people special-ly parents aware aboutthe importance of cele-brating this day.

Children’s day, inHindi known as “BalDiwas”, in India fallson November 14th ev-ery year and for goodreason. Children’s dayin India is celebrated onPandit Nehru’s birth-day in a meaningfulway and the celebra-tions depict Nehruji’slove for them. Bal Di-

Children’s Day Celebrationswas in India is celebrat-ed every year to in-crease the awareness ofpeople towards therights, care and educa-tion of children. Chil-dren are the key of suc-cess and development ofthe country as theywould lead their coun-try in different and newtechnological way. Theyare adorable and shinesame like the preciouspearls. Children are theGod gifts to their par-ents by the Almighty.

They are innocent, ad-mirable, pure and lovedby everyone.

The day long eventscarried on this day in-clude:-

Children given giftsand chocolates.

Varieties of competi-tions - like fancy dress,debates, speech relatedto the freedom fighters,country, story tellingand quizzes.

Cultural and socialprograms like singing,dancing and entertain-ing with other musicalinstruments.

Special Programmefor Orphan children bydistributing theclothes, toys, musicalinstruments, statio-nery, books, and etc.

Organizing someprograms related to thefreedom fighters.

Organizing somegame activities includ-ing puzzle, sweet andsugar treasure huntetc.

In the year 2016,Google India celebratedChildren’s Day, with the

rest of India and whatbetter than a beautifuldoodle to put the senti-ments across! Whatmakes the doodle morespecial is that it was adrawing by an 11-year-old from Pune, AnvitaPrashant Telang, whowon the ‘Doodle 4 Goo-gle’ contest that year.Children are the futureof this country and wemake the Children’s daycelebrations most mem-orable one.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada,Navi Mumbai

With monsoon season coming to an end, grass cuttingmeasures are in full swing to the delight of the visitors.(Photo courtesy: C.K. Subramaniam)


Sri Vara Siddhi Vinayaka Seva Samaj hosts SwamiRamakrishnananda’s scintillating talk

Swamiji’s Eloquent Address On ‘Thirukuralum HinduMadhamum’

Suswagatam Swagatam To Swamji With Poorna Kumb-ham Given By Joint Secretary Of SVSVSS Shri. Seshadri-nathan & Shri. Vaidyanathan Of Chinmaya Mission,Kharghar

Audience Listening Attentively To Swamiji’s Inspiring & Motivating Talk At SVSVSS, Vashi

By Lakshman Sundar

Kharghar: TheChinmaya Prerana ofthe Chinmaya Missionat Sri Mahalakshmitemple in Khargharorganized an inspira-tional talk in Tamil on‘Thirukuralum HinduMadhamum’(Thirukural & HinduReligion) by SwamiRamakrishnananda,Nagapattinam, TamilNadu on November 11,2019 at Sri VaraSiddhi Vinayaka SevaSamaj’s (SVSVSS)temple complex atSector 29, Vashi, NaviMumbai.

Starting from thefirst Kural ‘AgaraMudala EzhuthellamAadi BhagawanMuthatrey Ulagu’ (A’is the prime of allletters. The Source -the God is the prime ofthe world), the Swam-iji took snippets ofThirukural andcompared them withthe philosophiesenunciated by LordKrishna in our holyBhagawad Gita andSrimad Bhagawatam.Swami Ramakrish-nananda vividlybrought out compari-sons with the Vedanticconcepts in scriptureslike Ramayana andMahabharata. SaintThiruvalluar usedsimple and lucid Vedicknowledge in Tamilwith his far-sightedvision of the Vedicunderstanding toreach out to a commonman. He brilliantlydrove home theessence of Thirukuraland Vedas. It wasindeed a great feast tothe ears of the attend-ees who got an oppor-tunity to listen to theprofound wisdom ofHinduism. One is sureto get happiness if onesincerely follows theselong-establishedtruths. The audiencewas spellbound bySwamiji’s eloquence,empathy and erudi-tion. Despite amorning session, therewas a sizable atten-dance of enthusiasts

who got insatiableappetite for knowledge.

Earlier SwamiRamakrishnanandawas traditionallywelcomed with PoornaKumbham by Shri.Seshadrinathan, JointSecretary of SVSVSS.The Swamiji wasgarlanded by Shri.Vaidyanathan fromChinmaya Mission,Kharghar.

About SwamiRamakrishnanandaInspired and

encouraged by PujyaGurudev SwamiChinmayananda’sideals and talks,Swami Ramakrish-nananda joined theTamil Vedanta Courseat Tamaraipakkamnear Chennai underthe guidance of SwamiSridharananda. Hewas initiated asBrahmachari GaganChaitanya. He hadserved in Trichy, SriLanka, Coimbatore,Reunion Island since1995, and at presenthe is the Acharya of

Chinmaya Mission,Nagapattinam. In2010 he was blessedwith Sannyâsa dîkcâas Swami Ramakrish-nananda.

Swamiji is anexcellent orator and

has a very unique andjovial way of teaching.He is very popularamong the young andthe old alike. He ispassionate aboutSanskrit and hishallmark is the “Easy

Sanskrit Course”which has come as anaid for the bloomers inlearning Sanskrit.Chinmaya Internation-al Foundation (CIF)offers this Sanskritcourse in online, postal

and study kit modesfor which the syllabuswas designed bySwami Ramakrish-nananda.

Chinmaya MissionThe Chinmaya

Mission is a Hindureligious and spiritualorganization engagedin the disseminationof Vedanta, the scienceof the self as expound-ed in the holy Vedas,particularly theUpanishads, andother Hindu scrip-tures such as the holyBhagavad Gita. TheChinmaya Missionwas established inIndia in 1953 bydevotees of the re-nowned Vedantateacher SwamiChinmayanandaSaraswati. Adminis-tered by the CentralChinmaya MissionTrust in Mumbai,India, the mission waslater headed bySwami Tejomayanan-da and is now headedby Swami Swa-roopananda. There areover 313 missioncentres all over Indiaand abroad. The mottoof Chinmaya Missionis “to give maximumhappiness to maxi-mum people formaximum time.”The writer is freelancer


By Ashok Dhamija

CBD BELAPUR: Kon-kan Railway Corpora-tion Limited (KRCL), aspart of its educationalseries to impart exper-tise on the various chal-lenges that it faces forsuccessful completion ofits various projects, or-ganised a three days’short course on “Inspec-tion & Maintenance ofTunnels and TunnelApproaches” at the

Participants from various Zonal Railway benefited from the three day informative work-shop on Inspection & Maintenance of Tunnels and Tunnel Approaches

KRCL organises three days’ informativetechnical workshop on tunnels

George Fernandes Insti-tute of Tunnel Technol-ogy of KRCL, Madgaon.It was attended by 29participants from vari-ous Zonal Railway whofound the interactivesession very informa-tive and valuable.

KRCL is a UnionGovernment Company,headquartered at CBDBelapur in Navi Mum-bai. It has been respon-sible for the construc-

tion of the 741-km KRlink between India’scommercial capital,Mumbai, and Manga-lore via Maharashtra,Goa and KarnatakaStates — a region of for-midable terrain com-prising of criss-crossingrivers, plunging val-leys and mountainsthrough numerous tun-nels and bridges withthe help of several tech-nological innovations.

Navi Mumbai: Railway employees, who have not received Diwali bonus till date, carriedout a morcha at the Konkan Railway headquarters in Belapur. (Sumit Renose)

MLA Mahesh Baldi visited Sant Gorobaka Temple in Tupgaon for special Kakada Aarti.Bapu Ghare, Madhumati Manohar Gurav, Vasant Maharaj Kumbhar, Ramdas Salvi, Sa-dashiv Salvi, Kamal Hatanolkar, Ravisheth Aptekar, Nandakishore Sonawane, AmolArun Gurav, Vijay Thosar, Namdev Salvi, Ganesh Haribhau Gurav, Ramesh Gurav, San-tosh Gawade, Vishal Taboli, Santosh Kumbhar, Ketan Salvi, Gajanan Kumbhar, SachinSalvi, Mahesh Gurav, Pratik Gurav, Ramesh Salvi, and Tupgaon villagers were present.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Despite the arrival ofnew onions sinceSeptember - Octoberthe prices of the onionshave not reduced inthe AgricultureProduce MarketCommittee’s (APMC)Onion and PotatoDivision in Vashi.Rather the rates aresky rocketing. As perthe data from themarket, onions withgood quality are beingsold at Rs. 54 to 65 perkg against Rs 24 to 38during August-September.

Onion prices likely to cross Rs 100 mark

Traders predict thatthe rate will furtherrise in the comingweeks and touch Rs100 and above.

The traders saythat the reason for thehigh prices are theextended monsoon andthe post monsoon rainswhich have adverselyaffected the crop.Although there is aninflow of the producebut these onions haveless shelf life as theyhave more watercontent in it.

“The old onions arealways in demand asthe shelf life of these

onions is longercompared to the newones. However, as thisyear the new onionshave more watercontent, the onionswill be sold at a muchhigher rate”, saidpotato trader Dat-tatray Hande.

The new onions, itis learnt, have a shelflife of 2 to 4 days.These are sold betweenRs 15 to 35 and arebeing preferred byhotels and restau-rants. The domesticconsumers prefer oldonions only, sayanother trader.

WomanPower...Contd. from pg. 1

The NMMC PROinformed, “The Mayor’spost for the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) MayorPost has been reserved

for the woman from theopen category. Earlierthe Mayor and DeputyMayor’s post had beengiven extension of threemonths due to the en-suing Vidhan SabhaElections in the state.”

Tejaswi Ranaware,a resident of Juinagar

said, “As a woman I feelvery proud that the citywill have a woman asMayor. Today’s womenare not far behind menin any field and I amconfident that any wom-an who will be the nextMayor of Navi Mumbaiwill do a great job.”


By Salma Prabhu

When we read orhear the word Curiosi-ty, we often complete itwith the statement ‘cu-riosity kills the cat’which gives a little neg-ative angle to the word.

But human beingsare born with the traitand characteristic ofcuriosity. In fact if therewould have been no cu-riosity, there would nothave been any inven-tions or discoveries. Itis only because we arecurious species have webeen able to achieveand discover theworld and be-yond.

A baby’s mostdistinctive fea-ture when bornis curiosity.There is curiosi-ty in the eyes, inthe movement ofthe body, ges-tures every-thing. As we allgrow up, we areeveryday curiousabout one or theother thing. What hap-pened, why did it hap-pen, how did it happen,what will be the out-come of it is what leadsto discoveries and moreand more learning.

Unfortunately todaywe provide our childrenmore than necessaryand earlier than neces-sary, we do not allowthem to discover manythings own their ownand we tend to answerbefore they can ask. Weare not encouragingthem to be curious.

Being curious is oneof the essential ingredi-ents of having a goodEmotional Quotient. Ithelps an individual topersuade and have per-severance to learn andunderstand. It alsohelps an individual togo to the depth of the

Curiosity or Compulsive EQ-VImatter by leaving nostone unturned. It helpsthem to be goal orient-ed and determined. Ithelps them to do re-search.

However along withcuriosity another ingre-dient which is impor-tant is patience. As cu-rious people often getimpatient and wantanswers quickly, theywant instant results,they want quick discov-eries. In the processthey also might get ob-sessed with it and de-velop compulsive habitswhich would then dis-tort the formation ofbeing curious. It is goodto be curious but beingobsessed about it wouldlead to irritation, angerand even disturbingemotions.

Let me give an ex-ample here. A personbecomes curious abouta particular type of food

he has heard about.Now he does all the re-search of what it is andwhere it is available.But he cannot rest tillhe goes and eats it orfinds it. This kind ofimpatience would leadto obsessiveness and isnot healthy.

Whereas a child iscurious about whatmakes water freeze inthe freezer. He does re-search on that and feelshappy to have thatknowledge with himand he shares it withothers. This would behealthy curiositywhich has taken him tothe path of science andresearch and a conclu-sion.

Being curious aboutothers and their per-sonal affairs is an un-healthy curiosity. But

being empathetic andhelping others withsome discoveries wouldbe healthy.

So we come to theconclusion that healthycuriosity means beingable to do research pa-tiently, find the an-swers slowly, be able toenjoy the discovery andnot get obsessive aboutit.

A person with a goodEmotional Quotient hasboth curiosity and pa-tience.

To develop a goodEmotional Quotient inyour children you mayfollow the tips below.1. Encourage their Cu-

riosity and givethem support andideas to research itthemselves.

2. Have patience if theyfail in their at-tempts. Encouragethem to also to bepatient and help

them with moti-vation to find theanswers them-selves3. Play gameslike treasurehunts when theyare small as thegame has cluesand by doing soyou are trainingtheir minds tofollow certainsigns and clues. 4. Give them alot of praises for

their discoveries5. Read to them about

the research and ef-forts people haveput in all the discov-eries we are enjoy-ing.

6. Teach them the dif-ference betweenhealthy and un-healthy curiosity.

7. Also teach themabout being carefulwhile researchingas it is only whenthe cat takes risksto fulfill the curiosi-ty that she dies.

Salma Prabhuis Clinical Psychologist,

Career Counselorand Author of MomDad U R Wonderfuland You are My Star.Readers may write

to her [email protected]

or call 9322851484

I Love Navi Mumbai a selfie point recently created at Sagar Vihar is attracting not onlycitizens of Navi Mumbai but even citizens from Mumbai and Thane (Photo by SumitRenose)

Need to provide right opportunities andproper environment for children to

unleash their potential: Ryan Chairman

Ryan students look up to their Chairman Dr. A. F. Pinto, for his inspiring words ofencouragement ahead of Children’s Day celebration.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Chil-dren’s Day or Bal Di-was is celebrated acrossthe nation as a tributeto India’s first PrimeMinister Pandit Jawa-harlal Nehru on hisbirth anniversary ob-served on 14th Novem-ber every year. Knownfor his unbridled loveand care he showed to-wards children, he wasfondly known as‘Chacha Nehru’ amongchildren and stronglyadvocated the right fortheir education.

To mark this mo-mentous occasion Dr.A. F. Pinto, Chairmanof Ryan InternationalGroup of Institutionswhich has a pan Indiapresence including NaviMumbai and RaigadMunicipal areas shared

his view on the eve ofChildren’s Day.

The excerpts are asfollows:

As we rememberour first Prime Minis-ter Pandit JawaharlalNehru on this day ofgreat significance, dueto his great fondness ofchildren and becamepopular as ‘Chacha Ne-hru’ among them. Pan-dit Nehru who was awell-known senior free-dom fighter always de-sired that every childgrows into a responsi-ble citizen throughproper education andsuitable environment.He wanted children toprosper in life and ful-fil their dreams.

Even our formerPresident Dr. A. P. J.Abdul Kalam throughhis quote “Let us sac-

rifice our today so thatour children can havea better tomorrow, “wonderfully highlight-ed the importance anddire need of parents,school educators, el-ders, leaders and thesociety focusing on thewelfare of children.

We at Ryan groupstrongly believe our lit-tle wonders, our kidsare truly capable ofmighty things in life, ifthey are provided withthe right opportunitiesand proper environ-ment to grow. Todayeveryone seems to bejuggling between fastpaced family life and fi-nancial securities withlittle quality time forchildren. It is hightime for parents to be

Contd. on pg. 11


Arshad, John, Pulkit’s bromanceis a hit on the sets of Pagalpanti

MUMBAI: Ever sincethe trailer and songs ofPagalpanti were un-veiled, people havebeen talking aboutthe bromance be-tween John Abraham,Arshad Warsi andPulkit Samrat. Thetrio got along like ahouse on fire duringthe shoot of the AneesBazmee-directorialand kept everyone onthe set entertainedwith their banter andjokes.

After the shoot,the three actorswould often hang outtogether. From bikesand food to movies,they bonded over arange of topics. Evenat the trailer launch,people got to see aglimpse of their bond-ing off-screen, whichpromises to make theironscreen camaraderiesomething to watchout for.

Pagalpanti starring

Anil Kapoor, Ileana D’Cruz, Arshad Warsi,Pulkit Samrat, KritiKharbanda, Urvashi

Rautela, SaurabhShukla & John Abra-ham and directed byAnees Bazmee to re-lease on 22 Nov 2019.The film is produced by

Bhushan Kumar andKrishan Kumar’s T-Series & Kumar Man-gat Pathak and Abh-

ishek Pathak’s Pan-orama Studios and co-produced by Vinod Bha-nushali, Shiv Cha-nana, Aditya Chowk-sey and Sanjeev Joshi.

By Hema Gobindram Lobo

It is interesting tounderstand that thesuperterm ‘Ayurveda’ isno longer a mystery, asit used to be a decadeago. In fact, almost ev-ery Indian, in India orthe Indian Diaspora, allover the world, engag-es, practices, believes,adores and even propa-gates the art and sci-ence of Ayurveda, in themanner he or she mayunderstand, even aseveryone at some pointin time realizes that itis a veritable open end-ed process of learning,an understanding, ac-tually relatable to everysegment of our life andlifestyle!

A few years ago, per-haps giving due creditto various Gurus andmentors like BabaRamdev, Sri Sri Raviand now of course thehighly popular Sadhgu-ru, we all understand

Auto celebration modeKartik Ashtami on November 5

was observed as Ayurveda Day!

that there is anAyurvedic way, andmethod to the mannerin which we wake upand sleep, what we eat,how it is cooked and soon. Even bathing tech-niques and use of ap-propriate Aromas canhelp to weave in well-ness and rejuvenationinto

a fatigue filled sys-tem, a tired body, andmind or a spirit look-ing to add more life toliving!

Of course, the socialmedia, while it dissem-inates valuable infor-mation or even misin-formation at times, ithas been a challenge torightly figure out theright methods ofPranayam and Yogicexercises, all verymuch linked withAyurvedic thoughts andprocesses, one can onlyhope that a specialsixth sense develops

with certain Vedic prac-tices, which can help usfine tune our sense ofjudgement and discre-tion so that we can sep-arate the wheat fromthe chaff!

What is truly greatto celebrate not just onKartik Ashtami butevery day is that peopleare becoming more dis-cerning, searching formore holistic practiceseven in personal sincer-ity, ethical and honestpractices especially inpersonal life and emo-tional relationships!

Steadily and surelywe all have to under-stand that irrespectiveof how individuals mayperceive the wonders ofAyurveda, essentially itis the harmony of aHuman with Nature,the Harmony of Humanwith other Human Be-ings and the intrinsicharmony of a Humanwithin his own Being.

By Abhitash D. Singh

MUMBAI : In a one ofa kind partnership tolaunch bestselling au-thor Harish Bhat’s newbook ‘An Extreme Loveof Coffee‘, Penguin Ran-dom House India collab-orates with Tata Star-bucks. Celebrating thebeautiful beverage thatexcites and sustainsmillions of Indians,young and old, for thefirst time ever in India,several outlets of TATAStarbucks across thecountry will be retail-ing this unique novelentirely inspiredby the romance ofIndian coffee.

The book takesreaders on an ex-citing journeyfrom the coffeeplantations of Co-org to graveyardsin Japan, in asearch for trea-sure, which is atthe heart of thisfast-paced adven-ture story. Inter-estingly, the story un-folds at a Starbucksstore, and then movesto many other fascinat-ing locations, as it cele-brates true love for cof-fee. Published by Pen-guin Random HouseIndia, this title is cur-rently availablethroughout the coun-try.

“An Extreme Love ofCoffee” is HarishBhat’s debut novel. Hehas earlier authored thebestselling book “TataLog”. ”Anyone wholoves coffee will lovethis unique story,which brings alive mag-ic in your steaming cupof coffee. Through thepages of this novel, youwill enjoy so many in-teresting and varied fla-vours of Indian coffee,and I am sure you willbe enchanted by all ofthem. You will join ayoung couple, Rahuland Neha, in theirsearch for secret trea-sure, accompanied by afriendly coffee ghost andpursued by sword-bear-ing strangers. This

Tata Starbucks and Penguin RandomHouse India collaborate to launch a

unique coffee themed novelnovel is all about discov-ery of coffee, adventure,travel and a streak ofromance. Everyone willenjoy this coffee-drenched story!”said Harish Bhat, aprolific writer and col-umnist, who works asa Brand Custodian atTata Sons while talk-ing about his book.

Customers aroundthe world come to Star-bucks for coffee, stayfor the inviting warmthand return for the veryhuman connection.With this partnership,

book lovers visitingTata Starbucks storesin India will have theexclusive opportunity topreview a chapter of“An Extreme Love OfCoffee”, while they en-joy Starbucks` uniqueThird Place Experi-ence. A chapter of thebook can be download-ed by logging onto theWi-Fi at Starbucksstores. The novel willalso shortly be avail-able for sale at selectTata Starbucks storesin Mumbai, Delhi andBangalore. In addition,Penguin and Star-bucks will soon be or-ganizing coffee and con-versation book readingswith Harish Bhat,where the author willvisit Starbucks storesto talk about the book,passion for coffee, read-ing and writing.

“Since the opening ofour first Starbucksstore in India back in2012, our experiencehas been nothing shortof extraordinary. Weare proud of India’s richcoffee heritage and this

novel captures thatessence beautifully. Weare passionate aboutdelivering the highestquality coffeehouse ex-perience to our custom-ers and believe that ev-ery ‘moment’ is a mo-ment of connection andrecognition. Throughthis promotion withPenguin, we want toprovide the ideal ThirdPlace experience to ourcustomers; one whichgoes beyond coffee, foodor the service our pas-sionate partners pro-vide, to offer the perfect

setting where theiconic combinationof coffee and bookscome to life. We areextremely happy tocelebrate thelaunch of “An Ex-treme Love of Cof-fee” across our se-lect stores and arelooking forward toits reception by ourcustomers”, said NavinGurnaney, CEO,Tata Starbucks

Pvt. Ltd. Milee Aishwarya,

Publisher, Ebury Pub-lishing and VintagePublishing, adds – ”AtPenguin RandomHouse India, we con-stantly endeavour topush the boundaries andbe creative with ourpublishing. So, whenHarish Bhat sharedwith me that he is writ-ing his first book of fic-tion and a novel basedentirely on coffee, I wasexcited. And when Star-bucks came on board tocollaborate with us onthe launch of this book,I couldn’t have beenhappier. This is a per-fect example of synergybetween two globalbrands and one of ourbestselling authors toreach out to a wide au-dience and spread thelove of books and coffee. I am delighted at the op-portunity, and wouldlike to thank Starbucksand Harish Bhat fortheir support. I amsure that every book lov-er will enjoy this beau-tiful novel.”


Korean Cultural Festivalcomes to the city

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheRabale police havenabbed a 30-year-oldman for looting ahouse in Mathadi Ka-mgar Society at Sector9, Ghansoli The ac-cused, identified asKamlesh RamanandGupta gained entryinto the house by say-ing he is a plumber. Herobbed jewellery worthRs. 70,000 after tyingthe lady of the house.

In a similar fash-ion, Gupta, who is adriver with Uber, hadallegedly looted anoth-er house at Sector-11,Koparkhairane.

A resident of Mum-bra-Diva area, themodus operandi ofGupta was to enter thehouse where the lady

Man enters house as plumber;loots jewellery worth Rs. 70k

was alone. He wouldgive various reasons togain entry into thehouse and would latertie the victims’ handsand feet and flee awaywith cash and jewel-lery. Last Monday af-ternoon, Gupta enteredthe new building atMathadi Kamgar inGhansoli Sector-9.

He gained entryinto the house by tell-ing the victim TolabaiJadhav, who lives onthe fifth floor, that hewas a plumber and hadcome to do houseplumbing. After he en-tered the house, hetook out a knife andtied Tolabai’s mouth,hands and feet androbbed jewellery worthRs 70,000 from herhouse. After the inci-

dent, Rabale police hadlodged a robbery caseagainst an unknownrobber and investigat-ed CCTV footage in thearea. Kamlesh Guptawas seen passing by.The police searched theaccused from the carnumber and foundthat he was staying inthe Diva area of Mum-bra.

Accordingly, the po-lice arrested Gupta inthe Mumbra area onTuesday. During inter-rogation, he admittedthat he had enteredthe house in Ghansoliand Koperkhairaneand looted the ladies.The accused was tak-en to court and hasbeen sentenced to po-lice custody till No-vember 18.

By Diwakar Gore

MUMBAI : A two dayfestival hosted by theConsulate General ofthe Republic of Ko-rea in Mumbai iscoming to Mumbaishowcasing SouthKorea’s rich cul-ture, art and heri-tage. The eventwill take place onthe 15th and 16thNovember 2019 atSophia Bhabha Au-ditorium, Mumbaibetween 6.30pmand 8.30pm bothdays. This two-dayevent aims to pop-ularize Korean tra-ditional dance,music and food by giv-ing Indians a glimpse ofKorean values and tra-dition.

The event will have

a live stage perfor-mance by 14 Koreanartists from the groupcalled Pilbong Nongak

Preservation Group.Pilbong Nongak is cul-tural intangible heri-tage selected by theKorean government.

The Consul Generalof the Republic of Koreain Mumbai, H.E. Mr.Dong-young Kim men-

tioned thatthrough the medi-um of such cultur-al events, we wantto show the Indianaudience our Kore-an authentic andunique culture. Wehope that throughthe Korean Cultur-al Festival 2019and coming events,the relations be-tween India andSouth Korea wouldreach next leveland their truefriendship shine

forever.Entry is on first

come first serve basis.There are no registra-tion charges.

the well being of theanimals in these ar-eas.

“We had requestedthe City and Industri-al DevelopmentCorporation Ltd.(CIDCO) to take careof these animals. Atfirst, the officials saidthat there was a plotin Ulwe where theanimals from the sitewould be relocated.Later we were toldthat the animalswould be taken to acattle shed in Asudga-on where 200 cowsand other cattlealready live. Theofficials informed usthat they would befloating tender askingthe agency to lookafter the animals fora period of 2 years.On our request, theofficials had acceptedto make the period as

15 years as that isthe life expectancy ofdogs,” she added.

The activistsallege that despiterepeated assurance,CIDCO has notinitiated the workand the paper work isstill underway.

Three activists ofthe group-AnandSiva, AditiParameswaran andPooja Teli alsolaunched a petition inMay with an aim todraw the attention ofthe citizens towardsthis serious issue.

“We started apetition in May, 2019.From 1st July, GVKGroup agreed toprovide food for theanimals and startedpaying for 140kg offood and the transpor-tation of food but it isinadequate and weare still providing anextra 60kg food forthe dogs with the helpof donations. Recent-

ly, we have alsostarted giving awaypuppies for adoption.Some of the dogs atthe site have frac-tures, while othershave problems due toheat and constructionequipment that lie onthe ground but theofficials have not paidheed to our pleas,”says Pooja.

Senior Vice Presi-dent of GVK, Rajago-pal Anilraja howeverrefuted the claimsthat the animals arenot getting enoughfood. “The 140kg thatGVK provides for theanimals are morethan enough. Mostanimals are strongerthan ever before”,says Mr. Rajagopal.

When contactedPRO CIDCO, PriyaRatambe said thatthe concerned officialwill look into theissue and the needfulwill be done at theearliest.

Activistsdemand...

Contd. from pg. 7 The children

lived on the 15th flooralong with theirfamily in MavaliHeights, Ghansoli. Ahigh- tension electricwire passes veryclosely through theSociety. To avoidpotential danger, theresidents had beenfollowing-up with theMSEDCL since lastyear.

On Tuesday, thechildren were play-ing on one of thefloors of the buildingat around 6 pm inthe evening. Thesechildren, unknowing-ly, went very near tothe high-tension wireand got electrocuted.In the incident all

the four childrenwere seriouslyinjured and wererushed to Airoli Burn

Fourchildren...

Contd. from pg. 7

Centre.Blaming the

MSEDCL for theaccident, the angry

residents of theSociety carried out amorcha to theMSEDCL office atAiroli and demandedexplanation for theirnon chalant attitude.

Speaking toNewsband, ExecutiveEngineer, AnantJadhav said, “I haveinspected the siteand we will do theneedful at the earli-est.”

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A Different ball game altogetherAfter much reluctance, India will finally play

its first-ever day-night Test at the Eden Gardensagainst Bangladesh later this month. But morethan the cricketers, all eyes will be on the SGpink ball that will be used for the very firsttime. The basic construction is the same but just painting the ball pinkwon’t do it. It’s the leather which is treated differently. We dye through,put pigment on top which is a bright colour and preserve it through thepolish. Other than that, the seam colour is different. It’s black but it isthe same thread. So there is no difference. A bowler should feel verycomfortable.

Having played the game from the grass root level to the highest lev-el, I have seen the bounce of different balls and on different types ofwickets. New ball play a pivotal role in all the three forms of the gameand decide the prospects of a side scoring runs batting first or secondand the fate of the openers and the top order is decided with thedicey ball with shine.

Cricket ball cause serious head injuries and wearing of helmet hasbecome mandatory for all the batsmen playing at the top level cricket.In India SG balls are used as these balls have prominent seam, whichis closer together because of a thicker thread used. However,these balls lose shine very rapidly and help our spin oriented attack anearly look and the spinners prefer these balls because of the pronouncedseam. It also helps reverse swing as the wickets in India are slower innature and never encourages seam bowling and the lateral movementplay a key role after 15 to 20 overs. In olden days when Tiger Pataudiwas leading the Indian side, the new ball used to be rolled on the pitchfor an early introduction of spin in the attack.

Playing club level cricket and International cricket is entirely differ-ent and the ball quality changes. In Australia, New Zealand, South Af-rica, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Kookaburra made balls get the pride ofplace. In English county cricket, the ball swings and their players andthe overseas recruits are good enough to spot the natural movement inthe best way possible. Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan was showing phenome-nal success with the bat on these conditions. Graeme Hick carried on fora long time in the English County cricket with his batting technique.

The Kookaburra red ball is a lot better but Dukes is also right upthere. Pretty disappointed with the current SG ball. It used to be topnotch, the seam used to stand up even after 70-80 overs. It is not thesame anymore. But in one day cricket, white balls are used as most ofthe matches are played day and night with colour dress. White ball hasmore visibility at night then red ball and it appears prominent on screenas vast followers have access to cricket through different online sitesand television, balls visibility is compulsory for the viewers. White ball issaid to be swing more and is smoother than the red ball. White ball isharder than the red cricket ball.

In present day cricket two white balls are used as discolouring ispossible and sighting the ball will be difficult in ODIs. The logic givenwas the discolouring of the white ball during the end of the innings andbatsmen not being able to sight it properly especially in the dusty sub-continental conditions under lights. The current rule means that thewhite kookaburra is bowled for only 25 overs from one end.

C.K. Subramaniam, Cricket Umpire (Retd.), TNCA PanelMillennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

Pray for the speedy recovery of the singerSinging legend Lata Mangeshkar continues to be critical but she is

fighting the pneumonia condition very well. She was admitted to BreachCandy hospital after she suffered from acute breathlessness and is un-der the support of the ventilator. Doctors have diagnosed her with pneu-monia and a left ventricular failure. The singer who turned 90 is onheavy medication to clear the infection and her X-ray has shown slightimprovement but still critical. She is on ventilator support in the Inten-sive Care Unit (ICU). The aged singer is fighting for life and all her fanspray for her speedy recovery.

Calicut Krishnan Mani, PW Mansion, Sion, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....

By Vinod C. Dixit

India faces an epi-demic in diabetes. Pre-vention of the diseaseand dealing with it callfor important measuresand alternative treat-ments to cure diabetes.If the rising incidenceof diabetes goes un-checked, its long-termimplications will un-dermine our progress.It needs to be tackledby a multi-prongedstrategy that includesawareness campaigns.One must modify life-style to keep diabetes atbay. This is because ofthe change in lifestyleand, most importantly,lack of physical activi-ty. If left unattended,diabetes will assumeformidable proportions.

Diabetes has nowbecome a major publichealth concern espe-cially in India becauseof several reasons. To-day, over 300 millionpeople live with diabe-tes. A similar numberis at highrisk. Diabetes is a ma-jor health issue in ourcountry. One of theimportant barriers inhandling this issue isthe change in behav-iour of the people andawareness on the im-portance of lifestylemodification. Diabetesmakes people prone toheart disease, kidneyfailure and infectiousdiseases like tuberculo-sis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS, among others,leading to prematuredeath. Sugar is thenew tobacco, experts,medical studies andhealth organizationshave declared. The be-lief is that diabetes isan urban and richman’s disease but wenow know that the an-nual increase in thenumbers of those withdiabetes is much high-er in the rural areas,poor individuals andthose less educated.

Diabetes isn’t dead-ly, it just needs regu-lar monitoring andmedication and disci-plined living. Regularexercise and healthyeating are the only

Celebrating World Diabetes Dayways to control bloodsugar levels and stayfit. Diabetes is not adisease but a metabol-ic disorder. Acceptanceof the problem is thefirst step to dealingwith it. We need to taketo heart the statementthat “strengtheningprimary care is imper-ative”. This is true ofnot only diabetes, but

for all widely prevalentand enduring ail-ments. Many patientsthink that merechanges in food habitsand taking alternativetherapy can control di-abetes but that’s im-possible. Lifestyle cor-rection is a must, butone cannot stop insulinintake. Not taking in-sulin leads to forma-tion of ulcers, infec-tions and high sugarlevels. Excessiveurine, thirst and hun-ger, unexplainedweight loss and fatigueare some of the com-mon symptoms. All ofthese occur due to in-sulin deficiency.

According to the Di-abetes Foundation ofIndia, about 50.9 mil-lion people in India suf-fer from diabetes, andthis figure is likely togo up to 80 million by2025, making it the‘Diabetes Capital’ of theworld.

Unhealthy diet isone major cause of thedisorder. People focuson reducing the quan-tity of food but are un-aware of the caloric val-ue of food items theyconsume. The medicalfraternity needs to gearup to the challenge ofpreventing, diagnosingand treating diabetesin society and people.

Several institutes haveinitiated in-service pro-grammes to enhancethe knowledge, skillsand core competenciesof primary care physi-cians to deliver stan-dardised care.

The only possiblereason for the increasein the number of per-sons with diabetes inIndia could be the

change in food and lif-estyle habits, wherethe younger generationis addicted to the fast-food culture with itsminimal fibre content.In addition to this isthe lack of physical ex-ercise. It is crucial thatlessons on diabetes con-trol are incorporated inthe academic curricu-lum. There must be afree and compulsorymedical check-up forstudents. We need towork collaborativelywith governments, civ-il society, private sec-tors, schools, work-places, media and oth-er local partners. Weall have a role to playto ensure healthier en-vironment for ahealthy living. Walk-ing is perhaps the sim-plest and the most ef-fective way to main-tain one’s health, andfor diabetics to managethe chronic disease asit doesn’t require anytraining or specialequipment, whichmeans it can be donewithout a break. Liv-ing with diabetes maynot be easy but it isn’timpossible either. A fewlifestyle and dietarychanges is all it takesto keep the disease incontrol.

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aware of their prioritiesin lives. A child needsattention and wants tofeel loved by parents.‘Spending quality timewith children’ is vital asit helps them in build-ing security & self-es-teem. Let this qualitytime not be replaced bymobile phones, TV orcomputer. Even simplethings like doing activ-ities together or read-ing stories to them canboost the confidenceamong children andmake them feel thatthey are loved, valuedand cared for. Develop-mental psychology tellsus that the brain devel-opment is at its high-est peak during child-

hood where childrenlearn rapidly duringthese early years. Theyare like sponges justready to absorb things.Parents’ quality timeand interaction at homeand teachers’ person-alised attention duringthe formative years atschool are therefore,critical factors in shap-ing and moulding theirfutures.

Actually the re-quired sacrifices madetoday by the parentswill ensure that theirchildren will have a bet-ter tomorrow. Let usnot ruin their future bydepriving them of theirright to happy child-hood. All that they needis Healthy & Safe En-vironment; Love AndCare; EmpowermentThrough Education;

Healthcare; ProvisionOf Opportunities ForHolistic Development; AListening Ear; QualityTime; Safe & JoyfulFuture; Green, Clean& Pollution Free Envi-ronment .

In our country, theneed of the hour is lay-ing a greater emphasison enhancing theschool education sys-tem which is the larg-est in the world, cater-ing to over 260 millionyoung students. Weneed to treasure ourchildren and providethem with opportuni-ties and an environ-ment to go to school andgrow into persons theytruly deserve to be.“You have to love yourchildren unselfishly.That is hard, but it isthe only way.” These

words of Barbara Bush,Former US First Ladyhold a profound mes-sage for every parentand teacher about thefact of preparing power-ful, creative, integratedand emotionallyhealthy future citizens.

In his message forthe children Dr Pintowho always believesthat children shouldhave all-round person-ality also expects thechildren to be open tolearning and make thebest of every opportuni-ty provided to them. Inaddition to imbibe val-ues, critical thinking,collaborative and team-work skills, time man-agement and commu-nication skills and self-development into anemotionally strong per-sonality. All this will

lead to a happy lifeamong the children andalso contribute positive-ly towards building anempathetic society. “Begrateful to God for thegift of childhood. He hasblessed you with. Prayfor those who are notfortunate to go to schoolthat they too may getthe opportunity to studyand live a life of dignity

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and respect. As you cel-ebrate your childhood,remember that you areunique, special and awonderful child of GOD.Wish you a very Hap-py Children’s Day!”added Dr Pinto, the vet-eran educationist, wholaid the seeds for theRyan InternationalGroup of Institutions,way back in 1976.

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3rd Edition of DELL International Kids Film Festival Gets Underway

To showcase 100 award winning children’s movies in over 9000 schools across India

Winners of the previous edition of IKFF 2018 competition who were felicitated pose with the dignitaries which includedBollywood actress Manisha Koirala, key members of IKFF and DELL Team

Sultan Syed - MD & Chief Learner at LXL andFestival Director DELL –IKFF addressing thegathering on the occasion.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: DellInternational Kids FilmFestival (Dell-IKFF) isa first-of-its-kind globalfilm festival hosted inschools. Currently in its3rd edition, the festivalendeavours to introducekids to the magic offilms and utilize itspower to educate andinspire. The festivalprovides an opportuni-ty for students to notonly watch the best ofinternational children’sfilms but to also learnfrom film-making mas-ter classes and to par-ticipate in a film-mak-ing competition. IKFF2019 will be the World’sLargest Film Festivalhosted by schools in40+ countries targetingover 2million school stu-dents and their fami-lies. Starting from No-vember, the two -month global event in-cludes Film Screen-ings, Film-makingMaster Classes and theWorld’s largest stu-dents Film-makingCompetition with in-dustry experts like Ra-jeev Masand, JayaBachan, Sriram

A snap shot of some of the films that will be screenedduring the 3rd edition of the Dell-IKFF

Raghavan, ManishaKoirala and a numberof international filmmakers as part of theJury. The festivalwhich kick started onthe eve of Children’sDay in Mumbai withthe screening of moviesand interaction withjury members will alsobe showcased in over9000 schools across In-dia including NaviMumbai too with aview to the prime objec-tive of ‘Watch, Learn &

Make Cinema’.The movies, which

are in different lan-guages and sourcedfrom around the worldwill feature Englishsubtitles and will beaired via EduSat, In-dia’s first thematic gov-ernment satellite dedi-cated exclusively foreducational servicesthat supplement thecurr i cu lum-basedteaching in major cit-ies, town and villageswill also give students

exposure to cultures,languages and societiesall over the world, andenhance their skillslike empathy and peo-ple skills. .

Dell-IKFF in thisedition has also part-nered with the stategovernments of Karna-taka, Telangana andAssam to bring the fes-tival to their schools.With over 7000 schoolsparticipating this prom-ises to be the biggestever festival touchingthe lives of governmentschool children in India.

Syed Sultan Ahmed,MD & Chief Learner @LXL Ideas and FestivalDirector DELL –IKFFon the occasion shared,“Today most of the con-tent that is being gen-erated and consumed isvideo as opposed print.And films are the idealplatform to engage withchildren to communi-cate value-based mes-sages. Dell-IKFF doesjust that in bringingmillions of childrenfrom around the globetogether to watch andlearn from the same setof movies that havebeen curated and hand-

picked basis relevantage groups”.

He further added,“We have curated over100 films from 40 coun-tries in 35 languages onissues ranging fromenvironment to conflictto childhood to spaceand many more in thisedition. The idea of thefestival is to expose chil-dren to world languag-es, issues, challengesand stories which areall integral to educa-tion.”

“Dell in India has

been vocal about in-creasing digital litera-cy in the country andthrough Dell Aarambh,has taken computerlearning to teachers,mothers and studentsof thousands of schools.Our partnership withIKFF 2019 comes fromthe shared belief thattech literacy will be apre-requisite for chil-dren who go on to joinfuture workforce, “add-ed Ritu Gupta, Director– Marketing, CSB - DellTechnologies, India.

Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your creativity and latent talent! News-band has a column exclusively for our young readers. Children sendus your drawings, articles, poems etc. along with your Name, SchoolName and Standard. Either email us or send by post to the following email id :[email protected] or Newsband, Real Tech Park, Office No 1313/1314,13th Floor, Plot No 39/2, Sector 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703

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