MMC PRODUCTION PORTFOLIO

MMC 206 Production Portfolio

A POWER TALE BYCONFUSING VINOD RAJPUT SECTOR-61: RESIDENTS OF NOIDA HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF

‘NO POWER CUT ZONE’ THAT IS A TAG GIVEN TO THIS HIGH-TECH CITY BY THE PUBLIC AGENCIES BOASTFULLY. IN THIS GOVERNMENT DECLARED NO POWER CUT ZONE, UTTAR PRADESH POWER CORPORATION LIMITED (UPPCL) POWER SUPPLYING AGENCY DO NOT EVEN BOTHER TO INFORM ITS CONSUMERS ABOUT THE TIMING OF POWER CUTS. RESIDENTS ARE MORE UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT POWER CAN GO ANYTIME FOR A LONG PERIOD WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE. AND UPPCL DO NOT EVEN ALLEGEDLY ANSWER CONSUMERS’ CALL AND TELL ABOUT THE POWER SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN TO COPE UP WITH THE POWER CUTS. IF THIS IS NOT ENOUGH RUSTED WIRES, OLD TRANSFORMERS, FLUCTUATIONS, FREQUENT SPARKS IN RUSTED ELECTRICITY BOXES AND FREQUENT FAULTS IN ELECTRICITY LINE ADD INSULT TO INJURY. LAST WEEK’S RAIN BROUGHT OUT A NIGHTMARISH EXPERIENCE AS ENTIRE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM GOT COLLAPSED IN MANY SECTORS LEAVING RESIDENTS HELPLESS. ANXIOUS RESIDENTS FORCED UPPCL OFFICIALS FOR A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PREVAILING ISSUES AND REACHING OUT TO A DESIRED SOLUTION. RESIDENTS AND UPPCL OFFICIALS HAD A MEETING AT SECTOR-61 COMMUNITY CENTER ON JULY 22. RESIDENTS OF MANY SECTORS PUT FORTH THEIR ISSUES BEFORE THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER UPPCL AP MISHRA AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE SUITABLE STEPS. “WE ARE PAYING OUR BILLS ON TIME FOR THE GOOD POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM SO WE DESERVE TO AVAIL 24X7 SUPPLIES WITH NO POWER CUTS OR FLUCTUATIONS. WHY IT TAKES 10 HOURS TO REPAIR A SMALL FAULT AND UPPCL STAFF DO NOT EVEN SPEAK WITH COMPLAINANTS DECENTLY AS A GOOD PROFESSIONAL,” QUESTIONS GAURI SHANKAR SHARMA OF SECTOR-22 IN THE MEETING. RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONLY AGITATED WITH THE LONG POWER CUTS (2-6HOURS) HERE BUT EVEN MORE WITH ERRATIC FLUCTUATIONS THAT MAKES THEIR LIVES MISERABLE IN THIS CITY. “DOZENS OF FREEZES WENT INTO FLAMES IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD SOME TIME BACK DUE TO FLUCTUATIONS. UPPCL SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT WORRIES EACH RESIDENT EVERYDAY,” SAYS ARUNA ARORA OF SECTOR-31. WHILE MOHAN SINGH OF SECTOR-56 DEMANDED OF PUTTING ELECTRICITY CABLES UNDERGROUND TO AVOID SPARKING AND FIRE THAT TAKE PLACE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS OR BLOW HEAVY WINDS. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS DEMANDED OF REPLACING OLD WIRES AND TRANSFORMERS WITH NEW ONES TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS IN SMOOTH POWER SUPPLY. “ENSURING 24X7 POWER SUPPLY IS AN ISSUE UPPCL SHOULD LOOK INTO SERIOUSLY NOW. BESIDES THAT, PUTTING ALL CABLES UNDERGROUND IN THE CITY ALSO CAN SOLVE MANY OF THE ISSUES. AND NA ALONG WITH UPPCL CAN DO IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM OF FUNDS BECAUSE NA IS A RICH AGENCY,” SAID NP SINGH PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION OF NOIDA RESIDENTS WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS (FONRWA). ON THE OTHER HAND, AP MISHRA DIRECTED ALL HIS JUNIOR OFFICIALS PRESENT IN THE MEETING TO WORK ON ALL THE POINTS RAISED IN THE MEETING. “ALL THE FEASIBLE ISSUED DISCUSSED TODAY IN THE MEETING WILL BE WORKED UPON IN THE TIME TO COME. WE ALSO STRIVE TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO OUR CONSUMERS. I WOULD DO MY BEST TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM TO THE BEST FOR BOX: OF MY CAPACITY,” SAID MISHRA WHILE ADDRESSING THE MEETING. CONSUMPTION OF POWER: 530 MEGA WATT AVAILABILITY OF POWER: 645 MEGA WATT BALANCE AMOUNT OF POWER: 115 MEGA WATT


2. UP POLICE’S NEW FRIENDLY FACE

PUJA CHAKRABORTY THE UP POLICE ARE MORE PEOPLE FRIENDLY NOW, CLAIMS THE UP POLICE ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL (ADG). AT A RECENTLY HELD PRESS CONFERENCE, BRIJ LAL ADG (POLICE) ADMITS THE POLICE WAS RELUCTANT IN REGISTERING CASES EARLIER, BUT AFTER REVIEWING THE PRESENT CRIME SITUATION AND RECEIVING ORDERS FROM LUCKNOW, THEY HAVE BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TOWARDS THE RAMPANT ISSUE. SINCE THE PRESENTING NOIDA CRIME FIGURES, BRIJ LAL, ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL, LAW AND ORDER (MEERUT RANGE) SAID THAT THE NOIDA POLICE HAVE A LOT TO DO IN THIS DIRECTION. THE STATE DIRECTIVES HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND IT RIGHTLY SHOWS IN THE EVER RISING CASES OF CRIME. THE CRIME FIGURES HAVE RISEN IN NOIDA AS SECTION 392 OF IPC HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CASES OF “THE CRIME CHAIN SNATCHING, FIGURES THEFT, ARE LIKELY LOOT AND TO SHOW ROBBERY. AN INCREASE KEEPING THE RISING POPULATION IN MIND. THEREFORE, THE STATE HAS GIVEN DIRECTIONS TO ITS POLICE HEADS TO REGISTER ALL CASES AND ALSO BE MORE SENSITIVE TOWARDS THE PUBLIC,” THE ADG SAID. BESIDES HAVING A GPS SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE SURAJPUR CONTROL ROOM, THERE WILL BE YET ANOTHER IN MEERUT TO ENABLE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO ROOMS AND NAB CULPRITS WHO TRY TO ESCAPE FROM NOIDA VIA THAT ROUTE. FOR ANY INPUTS ON THE TERROR ATTACK, THE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU OF UTTAR PRADESH WILL FIRST INFORM THE DELHI POLICE WHICH WILL ENSURE A BETTER CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN THE CENTRE AND THE REGARDING COMMONWEALTH A TRAINED PERSONNEL STAFF WILL BE STATES AND THE DOES AWAY WITH ANYGAMES, CONTINGENCIES. GIVEN TRAINING ON BASIC SPOKEN ENGLISH SKILLS AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS TO INTERACT EFFECTIVELY WITH THE TOURISTS. “THE STAFF WILL BE SENT BY NEXT WEEK,” ADDED LAL. THE POLICE HAVE PREPARED A FIVE-PRONGED APPROACH, WHICH INCLUDES A SECURITY PLAN, RESPONSE PLAN, COMMUNICATION PLAN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN. THIS PLAN WOULD ENSURE FULL-PROOF SECURITY IN CROWDED PLACES. “THE GPS DEVICES WILL ALLOW USERS TO RECEIVE POINT-TO-POINT DIRECTIONS, SO THAT THE TOURISTS CAN MAP THEIR WAY BY USING THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE GRID TOOL,” ASHOK KUMAR SINGH, SP (CITY), SAID. 3. ALL FOR ATTAINING THAT PERFECT ‘FIGURE’ BIPIN SHARMA GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN YOUNGSTERS WERE MERELY CONTENT WITH 36”-24”-36” WAISTLINE. NOT ANYMORE AS THE TREND SEEMS TO HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED WITH STARLETS LIKE BEBO AND POSH SPICE HAVING SET NEW BENCHMARKS IN THE FIELD OF FASHION AND GLAM SLAM WORLD WHERE LOOKS AND FIGURES ARE THINGS THAT MATTER IMMENSELY. WELCOME TO THE WHOLE NEW WORLD OF SIZE ZERO FIGURES! UNQUESTIONABLY, DANCE, AEROBICS, YOGA, WORKOUTS AT GYM AND JOGGING ARE THE BEST AVAILABLE FITNESS MANTRAS TODAY AS THEY HELP IN KEEPING THE HUMAN BODY IN PERFECT SHAPE AND SIZE. WHILE THEY HAVE INNUMERABLE BENEFITS INCLUDING THERAPEUTIC ONES, THERE ARE COUNTLESS YOUNGSTERS WHO HAVE TAKEN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED MANTRAS NOT MERELY TO BE FIT, OR TO KICK UP THEIR LIVES, BUT INTERESTINGLY TO ATTAIN THAT SO SPECIAL, INIMITABLE AND MATCHLESS “SIZE ZERO FIGURE”, UNDENIABLY THE LATEST RAGE TO HAVE HIT THE CITY’S YOUNG, HIP AND HAPPENING CROWD. BLAME IT ON STARLETS LIKE KAREENA AND POSH SPICE, OR SIMPLY CALL IT THE MADDENING QUEST FOR ATTAINING SIZE ZERO FIGURE, BUT THEN THAT’S WHAT DRIVING THE YOUNGSTERS, COLLEGIATES AND

MMC 206 Production Portfolio ASPIRING MODELS CRAZY IN THE FUN FROLIC CITY OF NOIDA. WHEN NEWS ABOUT KAREENA KAPOOR SHRINKING TO SIZE ZERO BROKE, IT RESULTED IN SPLITTING THE YOUNG BRIGADE INTO BROADLY TWO CATEGORIES, ONE PREFERRING TO STICK TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, WHILE THE OTHER KEEN TO TURN INTO PERFECT SIZED MODELS. AS FOR NOIDA, A CONSIDERABLE STRENGTH CAN BE SEEN INDULGING IN RIGOROUS FITNESS REGIMES JUST TO ATTAIN SIZE ZERO FIGURE. FITNESS REGIMES NECESSARILY DOES NOT COMPRISE ONLY STRENUOUS WORK OUTS IN GYMS AND HEALTH CLUBS, BUT ALSO INCLUDE FOLLOWING A LOW PROFILE DIET CHART AND REGULAR SLIMMING EXERCISES THAT COULD BE SIMPLE ROPE SKIPPING, CYCLING AND JOGGING. WHO DOESN’T DESIRE TO DON GREAT LOOKS? FROM THE MOST CHERISHED 36-24-36 WAISTLINE TO THE LEAN AND ULTRA THIN SIZE ZERO, THE PREREQUISITES FOR GOOD VITAL STATISTICS HAVE BEEN CHANGING PROGRESSIVELY. QUIPS NOTED FASHION GURU DR DK BATRA, "I KNOW A LOT OF MODELS, AND THEY ACTUALLY EAT, THEY'RE JUST NATURALLY THIN GIRLS. MANY OF THE MODELS ON THE CATWALK MAKE YOUNG GIRLS FEEL INSECURE ABOUT THEIR OWN BODIES. ICONS LIKE KAREENA WOULD SURELY NOT WISH TO BE ACCUSED OF GIVING YOUNG GIRLS A COMPLEX ABOUT THEIR IMAGE, AND THUS EMULATE TO BE AS SKINNY AS HER. THE SIZE ZERO ISSUE IS AN EXTREMELY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, COUNTRIES LIKE SPAIN HAVE BEEN THE PROTAGONISTS IN BANNING SIZE ZERO MODELS ON THE CATWALK. WHILE FASHION ICONS AND MODELS TRAVERSE MANY A MILES FOR ACHIEVING THOSE KILLER LOOKS AND FIGURE, EVERY YEAR A HUGE NUMBER OF YOUNG GIRLS PUT THEIR LIVES TO GREAT PERIL IN PURSUIT OF THEIR DREAM FIGURES. AND SURELY, THIS DOES NOT GO DOWN WELL WITH THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY, WHICH IS QUITE NATURALLY DISTRESSED WITH THIS UNHEALTHY UPWARD TREND. HOWEVER AS FAR AS NOIDIANS ARE CONCERNED, THEY ARE A FAR MORE WISE LOT WHO KNOW WHERE TO DRAW LINES BETWEEN AN ELEGANT FIGURE AND GOOD HEALTH.” POINTS SANJAY AGARWAL, DIRECTOR OF THE REPUTED INSTITUTE OF FASHION TRENDZ (IFT) NOIDA, “THE INDIAN FASHION INDUSTRY HAS UNDERGONE A PHENOMENAL CHANGE, AND IT WOULD BE NO HYPERBOLE TO SAY THAT IT’S BEEN QUITE A REVELATION IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS. SIZE ZERO ACCORDING TO EUROPEAN PARAMETERS, MEANS A BODY FRAME BORDERING SOMEWHERE AROUND 31, 23 AND 32 INCHES, AND REACHING THIS SIZE WOULD MEAN SLIPPING INTO A PAIR OF 22 INCH WAISTLINE JEANS. THE TERMS "FASHIONABLE" AND "UNFASHIONABLE" ARE USED TO DESCRIBE WHETHER SOMEONE OR SOMETHING FITS IN WITH THE CURRENT, OR EVEN NOT SO CURRENT, POPULAR MODE OF EXPRESSION. WHILE ONE IMPLICATION OF ‘FASHION’ IS FLAMBOYANCE, GLAMOUR AND BEAUTY, THE OTHER CONNOTATION OF FASHION IS USED TO DENOTE FADS AND TRENDS. PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I DON’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG IN THIS MODERN DAY QUEST FOR ATTAINING SIZE ZERO FIGURES, AS LONG AS ONE IS NOT PUTTING THEIR LIFE TO ANY SORT OF HEALTH RISK. IT’S GOOD TO BOAST OF A GOOD FIGURE, AND BE IN PERFECT SHAPE, BUT NO WAY AT THE COST OF ONE’S HEALTH. THIS IS COMPLETELY SUICIDAL IN THE VERY FIRST PLACE! WHAT IS THE NEED TO FLAUNT RAVISHING LOOKS IF IT COMES AT THE COST OF YOUR PRECIOUS HEALTH?” WHILE PEOPLE OVERSEAS HAVE GIVEN UP ON SIZE ZERO, ASTOUNDINGLY ENOUGH, FEW DAMSELS ON THE HOME TURF STILL SEEM OBSESSED WITH THEIR DIE-HARD WEIGHT REDUCTION REGIMENS. NO OPTIONS THEN, BUT TO LEAVE IT TO TIME TO DECIDE IF SIZE ZERO BECOMES A FAD, OR SHALL PERISH AFTER A CERTAIN PASSAGE OF TIME!

4. CAMPAIGN OF CITY LOVE GOES VIRAL PUJA CHAKRABORTY

WHEN MOST PEOPLE SEE A FAST-FOOD BAG FLUTTERING ON THE CORNER OF THE MARKET, THEY FEIGN IGNORANCE AND KEEP ON WALKING. FALSE CLAIMS BY MCD AND LACKADAISICAL APPROACH OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE BECOME THE CAUSE OF FILTH STREWN AROUND IN ANY MARKET IN THE CAPITAL AND ITS SUBURBS. IN A CITY WIDE CRUSADE, PEOPLE OF NOIDA POURED OUT ON THE STREETS ON JULY 25 AND BROKE INTO THE DELUGE TO MAKE THE CITY SPARKLING AND SPOTLESS. THE MOTTO OF THIS CAMPAIGN WAS “BLAME NO ONE, BE INSPIRED AND INSPIRE OTHERS”.


THE ENTHUSIASM CAUGHT ON WITH PEOPLE TAKING THE CHORE MORE AS A PLAYFUL ACTIVITY, GROOVING TO THE SONG ‘AAO MILKAR SAATH CHALEIN HUM, NOIDA KO SAAF KAREIN HUM’ AND WADING THROUGH THE GARBAGE AND THE FILTH LITTERED ACROSS. AT THE NOIDA SITE, OVER 140 BAGS OF GARBAGE WAS COLLECTED BY 450 VOLUNTEERS. "IT’S MY FIRST EXPERIENCE BUT I AM LIKING IT. IT’S VERY SIMPLE, JUST PICK UP THE RUBBISH AND PUT IT IN THE BIN. WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS AREA AS A NO-WASTE ZONE," SAID RANBIR MALLICK, STUDENT OF DPS, NOIDA. ALSO PRESENT WERE THE RWA PRESIDENTS OF SECTOR - 12, MR. YOGENDRA SHARMA AND SECTOR – 22, MR. N.K. BADOLA WHO PLEDGED THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL "WE'RE HOPING MACHINERY ANDTO SECTOR RAISE AWARENESS RESIDENTS FOR ANDTHE SHOW CAUSE. PEOPLE A FEW THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO, AND RAISE ISSUES ABOUT THE BROADER CONSUMPTION STREAM AND HABITS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LONG TERM," CAME ANOTHER VOICE FROM THE YOUNG CROWD WHO WERE SINCERELY ENGAGED IN CLEARING OFF THE HEAP OF GARBAGE FROM THE SITE. SCORES OF PEOPLE CAME OUT OF HOUSES, ENQUIRED, SHOWED INTEREST, CHEERED AND PROMISED TO KEEP THE AREA NEAT AND CLEAN IN FUTURE. THEY JOINED THE CAMPAIGNERS AND PICKED UP PLASTIC PACKETS, CHIPS-TOFFEE-GUTKA WRAPPERS ALONG WITH SCRAPS OF PAPERS, BIO-DEGRADABLE WASTE, PIECES OF CLOTHS ETC. MANY SWEPT THE ROADS AND LANES COLLECTING PILES OF GARBAGE WHICH WERE PICKED UP AND PUT IN TO HAND TROLLEYS CARRIED BY THE SWEEPERS OF THE NOIDA AUTHORITY. “IT IS NOT ABOUT A COLONY OR AN ORGANIZATION. IT IS ABOUT THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND IS SET TO HOST THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. IF I DON’T COME FORWARD TO CLEAN IT, THEN WHO WILL?” SAID SAVITA BHATIA, RESIDENT OF NOIDA. SHE WAS AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS WHO HAD GATHERED TODAY AT THE NOIDA SITE- CHAUDA MOR, SECTOR 12-22, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ART OF LIVING ‘MERI DILLI, MERI YAMUNA’ PILOT PROJECT FOR A CLEANER CAPITAL. VOLUNTEERS CLAD IN WHITE T-SHIRTS WITH ‘LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN’ AND ‘MOVE TOGETHER’ LOGOS, GLOVES AND CAPS SCRAPED DIRT AND PICKED GARBAGE FROM EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THE COMPLEX AND DUMPED IT INTO GIANT BIN BAGS. THE INITIATIVE WAS STARTED WITH THE ‘MERI DILLI MERI YAMUNA’, A CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP THE YAMUNA RIVER EARLY THIS YEAR. “THE CDD IS A FOLLOW-UP OF SUCH AN INITIATIVE,” ADDED LALIMA DANG, ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS. HUNDREDS OF NGOS, ORGANISATIONS AND CORPORATES WERE PART OF THE INITIATIVE. ALONG WITH THE CLEANING, THE VOLUNTEERS ALSO SPOKE TO THE SHOPKEEPERS, HAWKERS & PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO KEEP THE AREA AROUND THEIR SHOPS CLEAN BY KEEPING DUSTBINS AND NOT USING PLASTIC OR LITTERING. SINCE IT WAS A SUNDAY, THE MARKET WAS ABUZZ WITH ACTIVITIES AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD GATHERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CLEANLINESS DRIVE. CITIZENS WERE INFORMED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS THROUGH “NUKKAD NAATAK”, A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE. DURING THE PROGRAM EVERYONE TOOK A PLEDGE FOR NON VIOLATION OF CIVIC RULES AND TO MAINTAIN THE CLEANLINESS IN THEIR LOCALITY. THE VOLUNTEERS WERE SEEN PUTTING UP POSTERS OUTSIDE THE SHOPS AND DISTRIBUTING PAMPHLETS TO SHOPKEEPERS AND PASSERS-BY WITH A POLITE REQUEST TO NOT THROW THEM ON THE ROAD AFTER READING THE PILOTTHEM. PROJECT ALSO AIMED AT SENSITIZING THE PEOPLE LIVING IN SLUMS. A NUMBER OF SLUM CHILDREN FROM THE NEARBY AREAS JOINED IN THE PILOT. “THIS PILOT HAS SERVED TO CREATE AN INITIAL DRIVE FOR ACTION AND AWARENESS FOR


THE MASSIVE WEEK-LONG CLEAN UP DRIVE SCHEDULED FROM SEPTEMBER 6-12 WHERE KEY STRATEGIC SITES WILL BE SELECTED AND CLEANED UP TO SHOWCASE A CLEANER CAPITAL TO THE WORLD, DURING THE UPCOMING COMMONWEALTH GAMES,” ADDED SONIA MADHOK, A MEMBER OF AOL. END 5. COVER- BOOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE TOWARDS A SIGNAL FREE NOIDA

PUJA CHAKRABORTY

A YEAR AFTER THE ATTA-GIP UNDERPASS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC, THE NOIDA AUTHORITY OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING TO CLEAR OFF MORE TRAFFIC FROM THE OTHER BUSIEST HUBS OF NOIDA. FOLLOWING A RECENT PROPOSAL FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF NOIDA, THE TOP OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN A NOD TO CONSTRUCT A FLYOVER AS WELL AS AN UNDERPASS TO MAKE A FASTER COMMUTE ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING FROM DELHI VIA NOIDA, TO GREATER NOIDA. AT GOLF CROSSING, A FLYOVER AND AN UNDERPASS WILL COME UP AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF RS 72 CRORE. THE UNDERPASS WILL BE BUILT AROUND 600 METERS LONG AND WILL RUN FROM ATTA UNDERPASS THROUGH BOTANICAL GARDEN, TOWARDS DSC ROAD WHILE THE FLYOVER WILL CATER TO TRAFFIC COMING FROM KALINDI KUNJ THROUGH SECTOR 37 TOWARDS DADRI AND BHANGEL IN GREATER NOIDA. FOR A ROAD USER, THIS UNDERPASS AND FLYOVER WILL MEAN EASY MOVEMENT ON THE BUSY STRETCH OF THE ROAD AND SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN NOIDA, GREATER NOIDA AND OTHER NCR REGIONS. IT WILL ALSO HELP MOTORISTS AVOID A DETOUR VIA SPICE MALL COMING TOWARDS SECTOR 18 AND GOING TO SECTOR 37. COMMUTERS FACING TRAFFIC RUSH AT THE GOLF CROSSING WILL HAVE AN EASY RIDE AS THE JUNCTION WILL BE MADE SIGNAL FREE AS SOON AS THE FLYOVER AND UNDERPASS BECOMES OPERATIONAL. “WE HAVE CHARTED OUT THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND WORK WILL START IN PHASES FROM SEPTEMBER ONWARDS,” ADDS S.K. SRIVASTAVA, PROJECT ENGINEER (NOIDA). COMMUTERS USUALLY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BEAT THE RUSH AT THE PEAK HOURS AT THIS CROSSING. SOURCES IN NOIDA SAY, “THIS WILL IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND ALLOW EASY INTER-CITY AS WELL AS INTRACITY COMMUTING. IT WILL DECREASE PRESSURE ON THE ROADS PASSING THROUGH NOIDA, CAUSED DUE TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF VEHICLES.” THE GREAT RELIEF METED OUT TO MANY NOIDA CITIZENS AFTER THE ATTA UNDERPASS BECAME FUNCTIONAL HAS MADE THE AUTHORITY OFFICIALS TAKE A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THESE FLYOVERS AND UNDERPASSES, NOIDA WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB AS MUCH RUSH FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND GIVE A RELIEF TO THE RESIDENTS OF NOIDA WHO COMMUTE UNDER SEVERE TRAFFIC MISMANAGEMENT. ACCORDING TO TEJAS AGGARWAL, A RESIDENT OF SECTOR 21, “NOIDIANS USUALLY SUFFER BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC RUSH FROM DELHI, GHAZIABAD AND OTHER ADJOINING AREAS. THOUGH THE METRO HAS BEENAROUND A RELIEF,THESE THE UNDERPASS THE FLYOVER WILL HUGE OVERHAUL THE “SMALL POCKETS JUNCTIONS AND WHICH EARLIER FACED TOTAL TRAFFIC SCENARIO NOIDA.” CONGESTION WILL BE FREEINFROM TRAFFIC SNARLS. PEOPLE ENTERING NOIDA WILL HAVE A DIRECT WAY TOWARDS GREATER NOIDA WITHOUT TAKING THE INNER ROADS WHILE THE TRAFFIC FROM GREATER NOIDA WILL ALSO PASS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE


FLYOVER TOWARDS THE DSC ROAD, WITHOUT HAVING TO STOP AT SECTOR 37,” ADDS KOMAL JAIN, AN MNC EMPLOYEE AND A DAILY COMMUTER. WHILE MANY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN JUST AIMED AT ACHIEVING THE COMMONWEALTH DEADLINE, THIS PROJECT HAS SET ITS MARK FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT VOWS TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT MOST PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAVE FAILED TO — INCONVENIENCE FACED BY COMMUTERS DURING THE PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION. “THUS A TRAFFIC DIVERSION PLAN HAS BEEN CHARTED FOR THE INITIAL PHASES OF CONSTRUCTING THE FLYOVER AND THE UNDERPASS,” ADDS SRIVASTAVA. IN A BOX TRAFFIC DIVERSION PLAN •

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DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, ROAD WILL REMAIN BLOCKED ON THE SECTOR 37 SIDE. VEHICLES MOVING TOWARDS DADRI AND DELHI WILL BE DIVERTED THROUGH SHASHI CHOWK. IN THE SECOND PHASE, THE ROAD WILL BE BLOCKED TOWARDS THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. TRAFFIC COMING FROM DADRI SIDE TO ATTA MARKET WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH SHASHI CHOWK BY TAKING A RIGHT TURN AT GOLF CROSSING. TRAFFIC COMING FROM DELHI TO ATTA MARKET WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LEFT TURN BEFORE THE MAHAMAYA FLYOVER AND THEN FOLLOW THE ROUTE OF FILM CITY FLYOVER TO REACH THE ATTA MARKET.

6. FAITHFULLY YOURS, WITH YOU, FOR YOU, ALWAYS…

BIPIN SHARMA LIFE TODAY IS ALL ABOUT MEETING STRINGENT DEADLINES AND ACHIEVING IMPOSSIBLE TARGETS. BESIDES, THERE ARE COUNTLESS OF OTHER PERTINENT ISSUES THAT PULL YOU DOWN AND BECOME CAUSE OF SOME SORT OF AILMENT, DISEASE, DEPRESSION OR SORROW. IT IS FOR THIS REASON PRECISELY WHEN HAPLESS BEINGS LIKE US HAVE TO TURN TO ASTROLOGERS, NUMEROLOGIST, TAROT CARD READERS, VAASTU, FENG SHUI EXPERTS, FACE READERS, PALMISTS IN THE SHEER LOOKOUT FOR REMEDIES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BAIL US OUT FROM TURMOIL STATE OF MIND. WHILE SOME WOULD SIMPLY DISCARD THE CONCEPT OF TURNING TO SUCH OPTIONS, OTHERS MIGHT POSSESS A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK. HONESTLY SPEAKING, WE SEE THE FAITH OF PEOPLE GROWING STRONGER TOWARDS SUCH REMEDY OR RELIEF PROVIDERS. IT’S ALL A QUESTION OF ONE’S FAITH AND BELIEF. SPIRITUALITY TOO, AFTER ALL CONNOTES EMBARKING ON A VOYAGE THAT TRANSCENDS ONE INTO AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT WORLD OR, A NEW PLANET FAR AWAY FROM THE MADDENING WORLD. SIMPLY PUT, IT UPLIFTS YOU BOTH MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY INTO MUCH MORE LOFTIER ECHELONS OF PEACE, TRANQUILITY AND FORE VISION ABOUT LIFE. IT IS A COMMON PHENOMENON THAT WE MOSTLY RESORT TO MYSTICISM IN DISTRESSFUL AND TRAUMATIC TIMES WHEN NOTHING SEEMS IN SIGHT, COMPARED WHENAN THE TIMES ARE HALE,AHEARTY ROSY. DR. RAKESHTO KHERA, ASTRO SCIENTIST, VAASTUAND EXPERT, AND AN ACCOMPLISHED GEM THERAPIST HAS INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME IN TOUCH WITH HIM BY GIVING THEM A NEW DIMENSION IN LIFE TO LOOK AT. AN IN-DEPTH SCHOLAR WITH A POSTGRADUATE DEGREE IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND GOLD MEDALLIST IN NATUROPATHY , HE IS RECIPIENT OF PRESIDENT'S AWARD FROM LATE PRESIDENT GIANI ZAIL SINGH IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF ASTROLOGY.


SAYS DR KHERA, “ASTROLOGICAL QUERIES ARE DEALT BY BRIEF HOROSCOPE READING OR DETAILED HOROSCOPE READING AS PER THE REQUIREMENT. GEM THERAPY IS USED IN CASES OF HIGH FEVER, SKIN PROBLEMS, MENTAL DEPRESSION AND CHRONIC THYROID. SAME CASES ARE HANDLED THROUGH TELE-THERAPY WHEN PATIENT IS MILES AWAY (EVEN ABROAD) WHICH INVOLVES USE OF VARIOUS PRECIOUS STONES. GEMS ARE EXTREMELY POWERFUL TOOLS TO AID IN BALANCING THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL SIDES OF LIFE. THIS IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO KEEP ONESELF IN PROPER ORDER & MIND FRAME. VASTU IS A PRACTICAL SCIENCE OF OPTIMISM HELPING IN ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN ALL FIELDS PLANNED SUCH AS EDUCATION, RIGHT FROM HOME THE CONCEPTION AND BUSINESS. OFVASTU AN IDEA GIVES OF HAVING IMPORTANCE YOURTO OWN THEHOME.” SUN’S IT’S A COMMON MOVEMENT TENDENCY IN THE HEAVENS TO PRESS ANDPANIC BRINGS BUTTONS ABOUT BEST DURING RESULTS DISTRESS WHEN OR AGONIZING TIMES. THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER EXPERTS OR PROFESSIONALS IN SUCH TRYING TIMES ARE ASTROLOGERS, FACE READERS AND PALMISTS. ASTROLOGER NARESH SHARMA IS ONE SUCH FAMED PERSONALITY WHO ENJOYS A GOOD FOLLOWING MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE PRECISE PREDICTIONS HE MAKES, THAT NOT ONLY HELP PEOPLE TAKE DUE REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR AVERTING INEVITABLE PROBLEMS OF LIFE, BUT ALSO ENABLES THEM TO PLAN THEIR FUTURE MORE SAGACIOUSLY AND EFFICIENTLY. UNDOUBTEDLY, THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR PROBLEMS RELATED TO JOBS, LOVE, FAMILY DISPUTES, LIFE THREATENING AILMENTS, MARITAL PROBLEMS, COMPLICATED COURT CASES, CHILDLESS COUPLES AND SO ON. ASTROLOGER SHARMA, HAS ALL THE ANSWERS FOR PEOPLE COMING TO HIM IN PAIN, TALK ABOUT FACE READER’S, AND THE FIRST NAME THAT CROPS UP IS AK SHARMA WHOPROFFERS AND IS UNDENIABLY REMEDIES A RAGETHROUGH IN THE CITYPUJA, FOR HIS SOSPONTANEOUS AS TO EXPEDITE AND THE ACCURATE PROCESS OF THEIR WELL BEING PREDICTIONS LEAVING ANDHIS PROSPERITY. FOLLOWERS SPELL BOUND AND SHORT OF WORDS. TAROT CARD READERS TOO, ARE IN GREAT DEMAND SINCE THEY IMPART WISDOM, BESIDES PROVIDING INCREDIBLE SOLUTIONS TO PEOPLE IN SUFFERING. THE WISDOM OF TAROT CARDS FREES THE HUMAN MIND FROM THE ILLUSIONS OF EGO, AND ARE HELPFUL IN THE PROCESS OF DIVINATION, WHICH IS THE ART OF ACCESSING ANY INFORMATION NOT DIRECTLY AVAILABLE TO THE FIVE SENSES. SO WORRY YOU NOT NOIDANS, FOR YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF NUMEROUS EMINENT TAROT CARD READERS, FENG SHUI PROFESSIONALS, ASTROLOGERS, PALMIST AND VAASTU EXPERTS TO HELP OVERCOME THE TURBULENCES AS WELL AS PLAN YOUR LIFE BETTER. 7. NOIDA AUTHORITY REVS UP FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE

PUJA CHAKRABORTY IN A BID TO INTRODUCE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE CITY; THE NOIDA AUTHORITY HAS IDENTIFIED TWO LOCATIONS FOR LANDFILL SITES. THE SITES IDENTIFIED ARE SECTOR 123 AND 156 WHICH ARE CLOSER TO YAMUNA AND HINDON AND IS A LOW LYING AREA. IN A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH HUDCO, THE NOIDA AUTHORITY HAS ASKED THE TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE A DETAILED PROJECT REPORT ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND THE VIABLE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTES. “THOUGH THE SUPREME COURT HAD DIRECTED THE STATES IN 2003 TO ENGAGE IN SCIENTIFIC DISPOSAL OF WASTES, THERE ARE VERY FEW STATES WHICH ACTUALLY ADHERED TO THIS,” ADDS R.K. SINGH, ASSISTANT CHIEF (HUDCO). HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT IS AT ITS INCEPTION STAGE WHERE THE NATURE OF WASTE THAT IS GENERATED FROM INSTITUTIONAL, COMMERCIAL AND


RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF NOIDA WILL BE STUDIED AND THEN A SUITABLE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE. HUDCO IS A COMPANY THAT DEALS PRIORLY IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HAS PREPARED DETAILED PROJECT REPORT FOR 10 AIR-FIELD TOWNS SUCH AS GHAZIABAD, PUNE, AMBALA, FIRSA, BAREILLY, ETC. “THE LAND ALLOTTED FOR LANDFILL SITES WILL COVER THE FIRST PHASE OF NOIDA, THE OTHER ONE WILL COVER THE SECOND PHASE OF NOIDA,” SAID C.B. SINGH, DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. UNDER THE THREE STAGES OF DEALING WITH WASTES VIZ SEGREGATION, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE PRODUCTS, NOIDA AUTHORITY IS INITIALLY FOCUSED ONTO DISPOSAL. ACCORDING VED PAL, PROJECT ENGINEER (HEALTH), “MOST OF THE WASTES ARE ORGANIC IN NATURE, THUS LAND FILLING IS THE MOST PREFERRED OPTION.” ACCORDING TO SINGH, “WE PLAN TO COMBINE TWO PROCESSES OF DISPOSAL BY CAREFULLY DESIGNING A STRUCTURE BUILT INTO OR ON TOP OF THE GROUND IN WHICH GARBAGE CAN BE DUMPED AND IS ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE ENVIRONMENT. ALONG WITH LAND-FILLING WE HAVE DECIDED TO SET UP A COMPOST PLANT FOR PROCESSING OF WET GARBAGE.” THE AUTHORITY HAS RULED OUT THE OPTION OF INCINERATION AS THE WASTE HAS A LOW CALORIFIC VALUE AND FUEL NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO IT WHICH WILL RESULT IN WASTE OF ENERGY. ALSO, BURNING THE GARBAGE TO GET REUSABLE MATERIAL CAN BE HAZARDOUS. “WE ARE ALSO WILLING TO COMPARE AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT STATE PROJECTS ON DEALING WITH SOLID WASTES,” SAID PAL. WITH NO ELECTED MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN NOIDA AND NO CIVIC BY-LAWS, THE ABSENCE OF A DISPOSAL SITE HAD CREATED A MESS WITH FLIES AND STRAY ANIMALS VISITING THE OPEN BINS TO SPREAD CONTAMINATION. THE DECISION FOR A PROPER SYSTEM FOR THE DISBURSAL OF WASTES BY NOIDA AUTHORITY WILL NOW HELP TO DISPOSE OF THE 300 TONNES OF SOLID WASTES GENERATED EVERYDAY, WHICH INCLUDE

IN A BOX: BIOMEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES.

AS SUGGESTED BY HUDCO OFFICIALS, THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF WASTES. •

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COMPOSTING FOR BIODEGRADABLE WASTE SUCH AS MANURE, PAPER, LEAVES AND FOOD WASTES REFUSE DERIVED FUEL SYSTEM FOR DRY AND COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENTS. THE COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL IS THEN SEGREGATED AND ACTS AS A FUEL IN POWER PLANT. BIO-MECHANISATION SYSTEM FOR INERT WASTE, FROM WHICH GAS IS GENERATED.

8. PLAYSCHOOLS WHERE LEARNING IS FUN AT EVERY STEP

BIPIN SHARMA PLAYSCHOOLS HAVE BEEN IN VOGUE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, BUT ONLY IN RECENT TIMES, HAVE THEIR CONCEPT UNDERGONE A PHENOMENAL CHANGE. IT WOULD BE NO WRONG TO ATTRIBUTE THIS TO THE INTENSE COMPETITION AS WELL AS THE EVER PERVADING NEED FOR GROOMING THE CHILD FROM THE VERY INCEPTION STAGE WHICH CAN APTLY BE DONE ONLY AT A GOOD PLAYSCHOOL.


WHEN IT COMES TO COMPREHENDING THE PRECISE CONNOTATION OF PLAYSCHOOL, ONE COULD SIMPLY SAY THAT THEY ARE THE ‘AGELESS TEMPLES OF FOREMOST LEARNING GROUNDS FOR A CHILD’. WHILE NO TWO THOUGHTS THAT PLAYSCHOOLS HAVE COME AS A ‘BLESSING IN DISGUISE’ FOR WORKING PARENTS, THEY SIMPLY CANNOT BE PASSED OFF AS ‘VOID FILLERS’ FOR THE INTERIM PERIOD WHEN WARDS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR TAKING CARE OF THEIR LOVED ONES. SIMPLY BECAUSE, PLAYSCHOOLS HAVE A FAR GREATER ROLE THAN WHAT SEEMS TO BE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. INCIDENTALLY, IT IS ONLY AT A PLAYSCHOOL WHERE A CHILD GETS TO MINGLE WITH PEOPLE (READ STRANGERS) OTHER THAN THE FAMILIAR FACES, HE OR SHE SEES EVERYDAY AT HOME. BY INTERACTING WITH TODDLERS OF THEIR AGE GROUP AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS, A CHILD GETS TO LEARN THINGS FASTER. OF THE MYRIADS OF BENEFITS THAT A PLAYSCHOOL PROFFERS, A KEY ONE IS HOW PLAYSCHOOLS HELP CHILD OVERCOME THEIR PHOBIA OF STAYING AWAY FROM PARENTS FOR SOME STIPULATED TIME PERIOD. COMING TO NOIDA, THE CITY IS ABODE TO SOME VERY REPUTED PLAY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TREADED MANY A MILES IN INTRODUCING A NOVEL METHODOLOGY OF PRESCHOOL LEARNING FOR LITTLE TENDER MINDS. YEARS OF METICULOUS PLANNING THERE ARE PLETHORA OF OPTIONS BEFORE A YOUNG NOIDAN PARENT ASPIRING TO AND BRAINSTORMING HAS GONE INTO DESIGNING AND FRAMING THE BASIC MODULE ENROLL THEIR LOVED ONE IN A CITY PLAYSCHOOL. THERE IS SHEMROCK GALAXY OF LEARNING AT THESE SCHOOLS. INCONTESTABLY, THEY ARE THE BEST LEARNING (SECTOR 27), SHEMROCK VATIKA (SECTOR 56), TRINITY TINY TOTS, (SECTOR 62), GROUNDS AS FAR AS PRELIMINARY EDUCATION GOES. TEDDY’S MOTHER CARE (SECTOR 50), KANGAROO KIDS (SECTOR 34), THE LITTLE SCHOLAR (SECTOR 19), WINDOWS PLAY GROUP AND NURSERY SCHOOL (SECTOR 50), SANSKAR PLAY SCHOOL (SECTOR 35), KIDZEE, MOTHER’S PRIDE, CUDDLE KIDS PLAY SCHOOL AND DAY CARE (SECTOR 40), EURO KIDS (SECTOR 27), PARENTS’ PRIDE (SECTOR 55), AND SO ON. HIGHLIGHTING THE SALIENT FEATURES OF SHEMROCK GALAXY NOIDA, PRINCIPAL SHALINI BHATNAGAR SAYS, “HERE, CHILDREN FOLLOW DAILY ROUTINE OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO BUILD SPECIFIC SKILLS. THE DISTINCTIVE FACET IS THE WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULE NAMELY SINGING, LISTENING STORIES, MUSIC, DANCE, CRAFTS, DRAMATICS (PLAYS), GROUP-PROJECTS ETC. THESE ACTIVITIES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVITY, PHYSICAL CO-ORDINATION, EMOTIONAL MATURITY, PRACTICAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS. THE ONUS HERE IS TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING OF CHILDREN AS WELL AS DEVELOP THEIR CONFIDENCE AND ABILITIES THROUGH FUN AND CREATIVE PLAY. OUR USP IS THE ‘PLAY WAY APPROACH’ FOR TRAINING KIDS.” DITTO HOLDS TRUE FOR WINDOWS PLAY GROUP AND NURSERY SCHOOL, WHOSE PUNCH LINE, “WHERE LEARNING IS FUN” SAYS IT ALL. WHILE THE EMPHASIS IS ON OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, PERSONAL CARE AND ATTENTION, THE TEACHING METHODOLOGY IS THAT CHILDREN ENJOY LEARNING THROUGH PLAY, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, CELEBRATION OF FESTIVALS, BIRTHDAYS, AND BY INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. EVERYTHING IS IN TANDEM WITH THE SPIRITS OF GAME, COUPLED WITH DIVERSE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON TO MAKE THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF LEARNING EXTREMELY FUN FROLIC. SPECIAL IS THEIR TEACHING THAT IT HELPS ECHOES MONICA BALUJA, SUCH PRINCIPAL WINDOWS PLAY GROUPSTYLE AND NURSERY SCHOOL, CHILDREN TO EASILY ADJUST IN THE BIGGER FORMAL SCHOOL AND SANSCONFIDENT, ANY INTRICACY. “WE NOT ONLY HELP IN MAKING TENDER ONES INDEPENDENT BUT ALSO INCULCATE IN THEM A A STRONG LOVE FOR LEARNING. FOR THIS, WE HAVE NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MUSIC, DANCE, ART AND CRAFT, LEARNING THROUGH AUDIO VISUAL AIDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRE LEARNING SKILLS.


PLAYSCHOOLS HAVE IMMENSE SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE THEY HELP IN BUILDING THE BASIC FOUNDATION OF A CHILD. SINCE COACHING IN THE LONG RUN, ONLY CONFUSES A CHILD AND SUPPRESSES CREATIVITY AND INTELLECT, OUR FOCUS IS ON BOOSTING THE CHILD’S SELF CONFIDENCE.” SHARES SHAILJA CHHABRA, DIRECTOR SANSKAR PLAY SCHOOL, “OURS IS AN ENGLISH MEDIUM, CO-EDUCATIONAL PREPARATORY AND NURSERY SCHOOL CONCEIVED WITH THE CORE OBJECTIVE OF IMPARTING VALUE BASED EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL CATERS TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGE GROUP OF 2 AND 4 YEARS. WE FOCUS ON INSTILLING SELF CONFIDENCE, LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, BESIDES EMPHASIZING ON ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD’S PERSONALITY INTEGRATED WITH CORE VALUES. SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION IS PAID FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CHILD AS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER EDUCATION IN REPUTED SCHOOLS. FEELS GREAT TO SAY THAT WE FINELY INTEGRATED A GREAT DEAL OF LEARNING WORTH WITH EVERY ACTIVITY OR SAME WITH KANGAROO KIDS IN SECTOR 34 NOIDA, WHERE THE TEACHING KNOWLEDGE THAT WE IMPART TO THE KIDS.” METHODOLOGY IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT CHILDREN ENJOY LEARNING THROUGH PLAY, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND INTERACTION WITH OTHERS. KANGAROO KIDS SCHOOLS FORMULATES THE TEACHING OF CONCEPTS THROUGH ACTIVITIES, SONGS, GAMES AND A VARIETY OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES THROUGH WHICH CHILDREN CAN EXPLORE AND LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM. SINCE MOST OF THESE PLAYSCHOOLS ARE AIMED AT SHAPING THE "ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT" OF CHILDREN THROUGH A FUN LOVING AND FRIENDLY LEARNING APPROACH, IT WOULD NO MEAN EXAGGERATION TO TERM THEM AS ‘UNRIVALLED PLAYSCHOOLS OF NOIDA”. 9. QUINTESSENTIALLY THE CITY INDISPENSABLE

BIPIN SHARMA NOIDA IS DEFINITELY NO MORE THE SAME NOIDA IT USED TO BE SOME TEN YEARS AGO. THANKS TO THE COLOSSAL ALL ROUND EXPANSION IN ALMOST EVERY MAJOR SEGMENT BECAUSE OF WHICH THE CITY IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER HABITATS IN AND AROUND DELHI-NCR TODAY. IF ONE WERE TO ENLIST THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO REVAMPING AND REDEFINING THE CITY IMAGERY, THEY WOULD BE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF ALL, A RELATIVELY POLLUTION FREE ENVIRON, TOP CLASS LAY OUT DESIGN CITY ARCHITECTURE, MESMERIZING LANDSCAPES, AMAZING MULTIPLEXES, MALLS AND WEDDING VENUES, ASTOUNDING EATERIES AND CLUBS, METRO RAIL CONNECTIVITY, WIDE SPACED CITY BOULEVARDS, HI-END SCHOOLS, MULTI SPECIALTY HOSPITALS, AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, PROGRESSIVE MINDED DENIZENS SANS WHICH THE WHEEL WOULD NOT HAVE COME THE FULL CIRCLE. SHARES GAURAV GUPTA OF GOLDMINE DEVELOPERS PVT LTD., “KUDOS TO THE TOP CLASS MINDS, ARCHITECTS AND ENTREPRENEURS FOR HAVING WORKED OVERNIGHT TO GIVE THE CITY AN ALTOGETHER NEW SWANKY LOOK, AT PAR WITH ANY TOP COSMOPOLITAN CITY OF THE WORLD. THE BIG REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS SUCH AS AJNARA INDIA LTD., ELDECO INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES, JAYPEE GROUP, OMAXE, UNITECH, SVP BUILDERS INDIA, SAAMAG CONSTRUCTION, ALLIANCE NIRMAAN HAVE PROFFERED A NOVEL DIMENSION TO THE CITY SKYLINES WITH SOME OF THE MOST MARVEL RESIDENTIAL HOME PROJECTS COMPLETE WITH ULTRA MODERN SHOPPING ARCADES, SWIMMING POOL, JOGGING TRACKS, CLUBS, AMPLE PARKING


SPACES AND ROBUST SECURITY PROVISIONS. THE USP BEING THE AFFORDABILITY AND THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FACTOR.” THE CITY IS ABODE TO GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED BRAND OUTLETS HOUSED IN ULTRA MODERN CHIC SHOWROOMS WHICH OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF EXCLUSIVE CONSUMER GOODS AT COMPETITIVE RATES. AS FOR THE AMBITIOUS ONGOING YAMUNA EXPRESSWAY PROJECT, IT PROMISES TO RADICALLY ALTER THE CITY’S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL SKYLINES. BESIDES, IN THE PIPELINE ARE COPIOUS OF FLYWAYS, SUBWAYS, UNDERGROUND PARKING LOTS, STATE OF THE ART COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRES THAT WILL FURTHER BOLSTERLANDMARK THE CITY’SOF STATUS IN THE GLOBAL ARENA. TALK ABOUT THE PROMINENT THE CITY, THE ONE AND ONLY THE GREAT INDIA PLACE MALL, AND THE FIRST NAME THAT COMES TO MIND INSTANTLY, IS ‘THE SPORTS BAR’ (TSB) ON THE THIRD FLOOR WHICH INCONTESTABLY IS A RAGE IN TOWN, OWING TO IT’S SPLENDID THEME, SCRUMPTIOUS FOOD, AND ROCKING EVENTS. SAYS KEDAR NATH CHAKRAWARTHY OF TSB, “IT IS THE BEST OPTION TO EXPERIENCE MOUTH WATERING WORLD CUISINE IN ITS STADIUM SECTION, WHILE VIEWING LIVE SPORTS ON A MEGA 47’ WIDE SCREEN, MULTIPLE PLASMAS COUPLED WITH STATE OF THE ART SOUND SYSTEMS. VISITORS TERM THIS PLACE A TOTAL ‘REVELATION’ OWING TO THE SHEER BRILLIANCE AND REGALITY THAT HAS GONE INTO CONCEPTUALIZING AND DESIGNING THE DIVERSE SEGMENTS IN THIS ENTIRE EDIFICE. TAKES PRIDE TO PROCLAIM THAT WE HAVE EFFICIENTLY COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT WITH ENTHUSIASM. INDEED, ONE HAPPENING JOINT IN THE CITY ANOTHER CAN DO WONDERS UNIQUE FACET TO THEABOUT REALTY THE OFCITY ITS SURROUNDING IS THAT DENIZENS AREAS.” NO LONGER NEED TO THRONG TO FAR OFF PLACES IN SEARCH OF GOOD SPACIOUS VENUES FOR HOSTING MOMENTOUS EVENTS LIKE MARRIAGES, RECEPTION AND THEME PARTIES. THANKS TO GREAT INDIA CELEBRATION (GIC), A UNIT OF CA HOSPITALITY PVT LTD. IN SECTOR 38-A THAT PLEDGES TO MAKE YOUR SPECIAL MOMENTS TRULY UNFORGETTABLE WITH STUNNING OPEN AIR LAWNS AND ELEGANTLY ADORNED BANQUET HALLS DULY SUPPORTED BY LIP SMACKING FOOD, IMPECCABLE SERVICE AND AMPLE PARKING SPACE. ALL CREDITS TO GIC THAT THE CITY IS NOW BEING REFERRED TO AS ‘ONE STOP WEDDING DESTINATION’ OWING TO THE SHEER MAGNITUDE AND OPULENCE OF THE PLACE. COMING TO THE CRUCIAL EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTHCARE FIELD, NOIDA IS SIMPLY UNRIVALLED PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE CITY BOASTS OF SOME TOP WORLD CLASS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS HOSPITALS. THE GROWING NUMBER OF MNCS, IT AND CORPORATE COMPANIES AGAIN SPEAKS HIGHLY ABOUT THE CITY’S EXISTENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AMENITIES AND SUPERIOR WORKING CONDITIONS. ON THE ECOLOGICAL FRONT, NOIDA WOULD WALK AWAY WITH THE CAKE, AS CITIZENS HAVE YET AGAIN PROVED TO BE TRUE GREEN CRUSADERS WITH THEIR PROLIFIC GREEN DRIVE CAMPAIGNS THAT SAW A LARGE CHUNK OF THE SOCIETY 10. SOUTH DELHI COMMERCIAL ANDFOR CULTURAL HUB TO BETHE CONNECTED BY CONGREGATING ON ONE FORUM TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENT INTO A METRO COMPLETE GREEN ZONE. AMEN! PUJA CHAKRABORTY NOW GOING SHOPPING WOULD GET EASIER WITH THE METRO GIVING A BOOST TO STATIONS IN NEAR PROXIMITY TO THE POPULAR MARKETS. THESE METRO STATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ADDED COMMUTER FRIENDLY FACILITIES. THE INA METRO STATION ON THE CENTRAL SECRETARIAT – QUTUB MINAR - HUDA CITY CENTRE LINE


WILL BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL METRO STATION IN SOUTH DELHI AS THIS STATION WILL CATER TO THE INA AND SAROJINI NAGAR MARKETS, WHICH ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST MARKETS OF THE CAPITAL. IN ADDITION, THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEARBY LAXMI BAI NAGAR, SAROJINI NAGAR, AND PARTS OF SAFDARJUNG ENCLAVE WILL BE BENEFITTED IMMENSELY WITH THE OPENING OF METRO SERVICES THE AREA. THE WORK AT THISINUNDERGROUND STATION IS COMPLETE WITH ONLY MINOR FINISHING WORKS BEING DONE AT PRESENT AND IS EXPECTED TO OPEN BY AUGUST. THE TRIAL RUNS FOR THE ENTIRE 12.53 KMS LONG UNDERGROUND CENTRAL SECRETARIAT – QUTUB MINAR STRETCH IS GOING ON IN FULL-SWING AND THE ENTIRE STRETCH IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED FOR THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST 2010. THE INA METRO STATION WILL HAVE THREE ENTRY/EXIT STRUCTURES WITH SEPARATE GATES CATERING TO AUROBINDO MARG, DELHI HAAT AND THE INA MARKET. THE DMRC HAS ALSO CONSTRUCTED FREE-SUBWAYS FOR COMMUTERS AT BOTH THESE ENTRY/EXITS BELOW THE AUROBINDO MARG SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS THE ROAD SAFELY EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT USING THE METRO. A TOTAL OF SIX STAIRCASES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AT THE STATION WITH THREE STAIRCASES BETWEEN THE GROUND AND CONCOURSE LEVEL AND THREE STAIRCASES BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND CONCOURSE LEVEL OF THE STATION. THE STAIRCASES ARE WIDE, RANGING FROM 4.7 METERS TO 4.2 METERS SO THAT MORE PUBLIC CAN BE ACCOMMODATED EASILY. THE NORMAL STAIRCASE WIDTH IS 2.4 METER IN DMRC. THE INA METRO STATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH FIVE ESCALATORS WITH THREE ESCALATORS BETWEEN THE GROUND AND CONCOURSE LEVEL AND TWO ESCALATORS BETWEEN CONCOURSE AND PLATFORM LEVEL OF THE STATION. A TOTAL OF SIX AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION GATES ARE BEING INSTALLED APART FROM SIX LIFTS WHICH ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PASSENGER MOVEMENT AT THE STATION. THE DMRC HAS ACHIEVED A MAJOR ENGINEERING FEAT BETWEEN THE INA AND JOR BAGH METRO STATIONS BY CONSTRUCTING TWO TUNNELS (FOR UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT OF TRAINS) BELOW THE INDIAN RAILWAYS TRACK AND THE SAFDARJUNG FLYOVER WITHOUT HAMPERING RAILWAY AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EVEN FOR A DAY. THE TUNNELING WAS DONE 12 METRES BELOW THE EARTH SURFACE. THE DELHI METRO HAS ALSO RESTORED THREE PARKS COVERING AROUND 9, 000 SQUARE METERS OF AREA ABOVE THE INA METRO STATION WHICH IT HAD TAKEN FROM THE CPWD OWING TO THE METRO CONSTRUCTION WORKS. ALL THE THREE PARKS WILL BE HANDED OVER TO ITS PARENT AGENCY WITHIN A MONTH’S TIME.


Edited Tele printer copies 10 A power tale Byconfusing Vinod Rajput

Residents of Noida don’t agree that the city deserves the tag of ‘no power cut zone’ that has been given to it by the public agencies. In this so-called ‘no power cut zone,’ Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), the agency responsible for supplying power, does not even bother to inform its consumers about the timing of power cuts. Residents are severely distressed with the fact that there are long power cuts without any prior notice. Their complaint is also against the fact that UPPCL does not answer consumers’ calls. Consumers feel they deserve to know the power cut schedule so that they can plan accordingly. Adding insult to the injury are the rusted wires, old transformers, fluctuations, frequent sparks in rusted electricity boxes and frequent faults in electricity lines. Last week’s rain ushered in a nightmarish experience for residents. The entire electricity system collapsed in many sectors leaving residents helpless. Anxious residents forced UPPCL officials to call for a meeting to discuss possible solutions to the issue. During the meeting, held at Sector 61 community center on July 22, residents of many sectors put forth their issues before the deputy general manager of UPPCL, AP Mishra. “We are paying our bills on time and deserve 24x7 power supply. Why should it take 10 hours to repair a small fault? Also why does UPPCL never respond to complaints in a professional manner?,” asks Gauri Shankar Sharma of Sector 22. Residents are not only agitated with the long power cuts (two to six hours) but even more inconvenienced with erratic fluctuations that make their lives miserable in this city. “Dozens of refrigerators went into flames in my neighbourhood some time back due to fluctuations. UPPCL should address this issue as soon as possible because it worries each resident everyday,” said Aruna Arora of Sector 31. Mohan Singh of Sctor 56 demanded that electricity cables should be put underground to avoid sparking and fire that take place especially when it rains or heavy winds blow. Residents also demanded that old wires and transformers be replaced with new ones to avoid interruptions in smooth power supply. “Ensuring 24x7 power supply is an issue UPPCL should look into seriously now. Besides that, putting all cables underground in the city also can solve many of the issues. Noida Authority along with UPPCL can do it without any problem of funds because Noida Authority is a rich agency,” said NP Singh president of federation of Noida residents welfare associations (FONRWA). On the other hand, AP Mishra directed all his junior officials present in the meeting to work on all the points raised in the meeting. “All the issues discussed today in the meeting will be worked upon. We also strive to provide

For box: better services to our consumers. I will do my best to improve the system to the best of Consumption power: 530while megaaddressing watt my capacity,”ofsaid Mishra the meeting. Availability of power: 645 mega watt Balance amount of power: 115 mega watt

MMC 206 Production Portfolio Residents demand bill collection windows in various sectors on alternate days. They also want all electricity wires to be put underground like in Sector 18

UP police’s new friendly face

Puja Chakraborty

The UP police are more people friendly now, claims the UP Police Additional Director General (ADG). At a recently held press conference, Brij Lal ADG (police) admits the police was reluctant in registering cases earlier, but after reviewing the present crime situation and receiving orders from Lucknow, they have become more sensitive towards the rampant issue. Presenting Noida crime figures, Brij Lal, Additional Director General, Law and Order (Meerut Range) said that the Noida police have a lot to do in this direction. The state directives have not been implemented and it rightly shows in the ever rising cases of crime. The crime figures have risen in Noida as Section 392 of IPC has expanded to include cases of chain snatching, theft, loot and robbery. “The crime figures are likely to show an increase keeping the rising population in mind. Therefore, the state has given directions to its police heads to register all cases and also be more sensitive towards the public,” the ADG said. Besides having a GPS system installed in the Surajpur Control Room, there will be yet another in Meerut to enable interaction between the two rooms and nab culprits who try to escape from Noida via that route. For any inputs on the terror attack, the Intelligence Bureau of Uttar Pradesh will first inform the Delhi Police which will ensure a better co-ordination between the Centre and the states and does away with any contingencies. Regarding the Commonwealth Games, a trained personnel staff will be given training on basic spoken English skills and personality development sessions to interact effectively with the tourists. “The staff will be sent by next week,” added Lal. The police have prepared a five-pronged approach, which includes a Security Plan, Response Plan, Communication Plan, Traffic Management Plan and Disaster Management Plan. This plan would ensure full-proof security in crowded places. “The GPS devices will allow users to receive point-to-point directions, so that the tourists can map their way by using the longitude and latitude grid tool,” Ashok Kumar Singh, SP (City), said.


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By Bipin Sharma Move over, Barbie, women now aspire Twiggy’s reed thin body. No more satisfied with the 36-24-36 vital statistics, the body image trend has drastically changed with starlets like Kareena Kapoor and Victoria Beckham setting new (scary) benchmarks. Unquestionably, dance, aerobics, yoga, workouts at gym and jogging are the best available fitness mantras today as they help in keeping the human body in perfect shape and size. While they have innumerable benefits including therapeutic ones, there are countless youngsters who have taken to the abovementioned mantras not merely to be fit, or to kick up their lives, but interestingly to attain that so special, inimitable and matchless ‘size zero figure’, undeniably the latest rage to have hit the city’s young, hip and happening crowd. When news about Kareena Kapoor shrinking to size zero broke, it resulted in splitting the young brigade into broadly two categories, one preferring to stick to a healthy lifestyle, while the other keen to turn into perfect sized models. As for Noida, a considerable strength can be seen indulging in rigorous fitness regimes just to attain size zero figure. Fitness regimes necessarily do not comprise only strenuous work outs in gyms and health clubs, but also include following a low profile diet chart and regular slimming exercises that could be simple rope skipping, cycling and jogging. Which girl doesn’t want to slip into a slinky little number? From the most cherished 36Quips fashion Dr DK Batra, “I know lot ofthe models, and theyfor actually eat, statistics they're 24-36 figure toguru the lean and ultra thin sizeazero, prerequisites good vital just thin girls.progressively. Many of the models on the catwalk make young girls feel havenaturally been changing insecure about their own bodies. The size zero issue is an extremely contentious issue, and as a matter of fact, countries like Spain have been the protagonists in banning size zero models on the catwalk. While fashion icons and models traverse many a miles for achieving those killer looks and figure, every year a huge number of young girls put their lives to great peril in pursuit of their dream figures. And surely, this does not go

down well with the medical fraternity, which is quite naturally distressed with this unhealthy upward trend. Couture to blame? Points Sanjay Agarwal, Director of the reputed Institute of Fashion Trendz (IFT) Noida, “Size Zero according to European parameters, means a body frame bordering somewhere around 31, 23 and 32 inches, and reaching this size would mean slipping into a pair of 22 inch waistline jeans. Personally speaking, I don’t see anything wrong in this modern day quest for attaining size zero figures, as long as one is not putting their life to any sort of health risk. It’s good to boast of a good figure, and be in perfect shape, but no way at the cost of one’s health” While people overseas have given up on size zero, astoundingly enough, few damsels on the home turf still seem obsessed with their die-hard weight reduction regimens. No options then, but to leave it to time to decide if size zero becomes a fad, or shall perish after a certain passage of time! However as far as Noidians are concerned, Dr Batra thinks, “They are a wiser lot who know where to draw lines between a great figure and good health.” Noida shouldn’t have to worry…for now.


Noida joins cleanup drive

Puja Chakraborty In a citywide crusade, people of Noida poured out on the streets to make the city sparkling and spotless recently. The motto of the campaign was “Blame no one, be inspired and inspire others”. The enthusiasm volunteers who grooved the song milkar and saath chalein hum,caught Noida on Ko with Saaf the Karein Hum while wading to through theAao garbage the filth littered across. Nearly 450 volunteers collected over 140 bags of garbage. “It’s my first experience but I am liking it. It’s very simple, just pick up the rubbish and put it in the bin. We’re trying to promote this area as a no-waste zone,” says Ranbir Mallick, student of DPS, Noida. The RWA presidents of Sector 12, Yogendra Sharma, and Sector 22, NK Badola pledged full support to the local machinery and sector residents for the cause.“We’re hoping to raise awareness and show people little things that they can do to make a long term difference,” says one of the young volunteers. Scores of people came out of their houses, enquired, interest, cheered and promised to keep the area clean in future. They also joined the campaigners. While some swept the roads and lanes, others collected piles of garbage and kept it in hand trolleys carried by sweepers of the Noida Authority. “It is not about a colony or an organization. It is about the city that we live in and is set to host the Commonwealth Games. If I don’t come forward to clean it, then who will?” says Savita Bhatia, a resident. She was among the hundreds of citizens who had gathered at Chauda Mor in Sector 1222, to participate in the Art of Living Meri Dilli, Meri Yamuna pilot project. The volunteers wore white T-shirts, which had inspiring Let’s Make It Happen, and Move Together logos on them, along with gloves and caps. The initiative was started with the Meri Dilli Meri Yamuna campaign which was started to clean up the Yamuna river early this year. “The CDD is a follow-up of such an initiative,” says Lalima Dang, one of the organisers. Hundreds of NGOs, organisations and corporates supported the initiative. Besides cleaning, the volunteers also spoke to shopkeepers, hawkers and residents and encouraged them to keep the area around their shops clean by keeping dustbins and not using plastic. Since it was a Sunday, the market was abuzz with activities and thousands of people joined the cleanliness drive. Citizens were informed about the importance of cleanliness through a Nukkad Naatak. During the program, everyone took a pledge to follow civic rules and maintain cleanliness in their localities. The volunteers put by. up posters outside the shops and distributed pamphlets to shopkeepers andhad passer The pilot project was also aimed at sensitising the people living in slums. A number of slum children from nearby areas participated. “This pilot has served to create an initial drive for action and awareness for the massive week-long clean up drive scheduled from September 6-12 where key strategic sites will be selected and cleaned up to showcase a


cleaner Capital to the world, during the upcoming Commonwealth games,” says Sonia Madhok, a member of AOL. Boosting infrastructure towards a signal-free Noida

Puja Chakraborty

A year after the Atta-GIP underpass was opened to the public, the Noida Authority is planning to clear the traffic from the other busy hubs of the city. Following a recent proposal from the engineering department, officials at the authority have given a nod to a flyover and an underpass at the Golf crossing to address the rising traffic between Delhi and Noida. The flyover and underpass will cost near Rs 72 crore. The 600-meters-long underpass will run from the Atta underpass through the Botanical Garden, towards the DSC Road. The flyover will cater to traffic coming from Kalindi Kunj through Sector 37 towards Dadri and Bhangel in Greater Noida. It will be 900 meters long. The proposed underpass and flyover should bring a lot of respite to the daily commuters. They would ensure easy movement on the busy stretch and seamless connectivity between Noida, Greater Noida and other NCR regions. It will also help motorists avoid a detour via Spice Mall coming towards Sector 18 and going to Sector 37. Commuters on the stretch will enjoy a signal free travel once the flyover and the underpass become operational. “We have charted out the feasibility report and work will start in phases from September,” says SK Srivastava, project engineer, Noida. Commuters usually find it difficult to beat the rush at the peak hours at this crossing. “This will improve connectivity between the national highways and allow easy inter-city as well as intra-city commuting. It will decrease pressure on the roads passing through Noida, caused due to the increasing number of vehicles,” says a Noida Authority official. The great relief meted out to many Noida citizens after the Atta Underpass became functional has made the Noida Authority officials take a step forward towards infrastructural development. Through these flyovers and underpasses, Noida will be able to absorb the rush flowing in from the surrounding areas and give a relief to the residents of Noida who commute under severe traffic mismanagement. Residents unanimously welcome the plan. “Residents in Noida usually suffer because of traffic rush from Delhi, Ghaziabad and other adjoining areas. Though the metro has been a relief, the underpass and the flyover will overhaul the total traffic scenario in Noida,” says Tejas Aggarwal, a resident of Sector 21. “Small pockets around these junctions, which earlier faced huge congestion, will be free from traffic snarls. People entering Noida will have a direct way towards Greater Noida, while the traffic from Greater Noida will also pass directly through the flyover towards the DSC Road, without having to stop at Sector 37,” says Komal Jain, an MNC employee and a daily commuter. While many projects have been just aimed at achieving the Commonwealth deadline, In a box Traffic diversion plan this •project hasthe setfirst its mark the upcoming year. project vowsontothe accomplish During stage for of construction, road willThe remain blocked Sector 37 what

most public projects have failed — inconvenience by Shashi commuters side.infrastructure Vehicles moving towards Dadri andtoDelhi will be divertedfaced through during the period of construction. “A traffic diversion plan has been charted out for the Chowk. initial constructing,” • phases In the of second phase, theadds roadSrivastava. will be blocked towards the Botanical Garden. Traffic coming from Dadri Side to Atta Market will have to go through Shashi

MMC 206 Production Portfolio Chowk by taking a right turn at Golf Crossing. Traffic coming from Delhi to Atta Market will have to take a left turn before the Mahamaya Flyover and then follow the route of Film City flyover to reach the Atta Market.

Distress people turn to astrology for help

Bipin Sharma

In this era of cut-throat competition, life is all about meeting stringent deadlines and achieving impossible targets. On top of that, there are countless other pertinent issues that always hover in our minds. It is precisely for this reason that we turn to astrologers, numerologist, tarot card readers, vaastu, feng shui experts, face readers, palmists for remedies to pacify our overburdened minds. While some rubbish the art, others have blind faith in it. Rather, for the believers, the faith grows stronger with time. It’s all a question of one’s faith and belief. What is spirituality all about? In the literary sense, it connotes embarking on a voyage that transcends one into an altogether different world or, a new planet far away from the maddening world. Simply put, it uplifts your body and mind to loftier echelons of peace, tranquility and fore vision about life. Dr. Rakesh Khera is an astro scientist, a vaastu expert, and an accomplished Gem Therapist who has inspired thousands of people who have come in touch with him and given them a new dimension in life to look at. An in-depth scholar with a post-graduate “Astrological queries are dealt by horoscope reading. Gem Therapy is used to deal with degree in Alternative Medicine and gold medallist in Naturopathy, he is a recipient of high fever, skin problems, mental depression and chronic thyroid. The problems can also be handled through President’s Award for Tele-Therapy his contributions where to patients astrology. miles away can be cured through the use of precious stones. Gems are extremely powerful tool to aid in balancing the physical, psychological and spiritual sides of life. This is necessary to keep oneself in proper frame of mind. Vastu is a practical science of optimism that helps one in achieving success in all walks of life. Vastu gives importance to the sun’s movement in the heavens and brings about best results when planned right from the conception of an Astrologer Naresh has been in the business of predicting past, present and idea of having yourSharma own home.” future for the last 15 years. Quiz him on what virtually makes him so indispensable and he would rather modestly attribute all his success to the Supreme Power. Sharma a famed personality who enjoys a good following mainly because of the precise predictions he makes. His followers say he is the one-stop shop for all your problems. Talk about face readers and one is reminded of AK Sharma who is undeniably a rage in the city for his spontaneous and accurate predictions leaving his followers spell bound and short of words. Tarot Card readers too, are in great demand since they impart wisdom, besides providing incredible solutions to people in suffering. The wisdom of Tarot Cards frees the human mind from the illusions of ego, and are helpful in the process of divination, which is the art of accessing any information not directly available to the five senses. Worry you not Noida residents, palmist for the city several eminent tarot card readers, feng shui professionals, astrologers, andhas vaastu experts.


Noida to get new solid waste management sites

Puja Chakraborty

In a bid to introduce Solid Waste Management System in the city; the Noida Authority has identified two locations for landfill sites. The sites identified are Sectors 123 and 156, which are closer to Yamuna and Hindon and are situated in a low lying area. In a preliminary discussion with HUDCO, the Noida Authority has asked the technical consultants to provide a detailed project report on the latest technology and the viable options available for disposal of wastes. “Though the Supreme Court had directed the states in 2003 to engage in scientific disposal of wastes, there are very few states which actually adhered to this,” adds RK Singh, (HUDCO). However, the project is at its inception whereAssistant the natureChief of waste that is generated from institutional, commercial and residential areas of Noida will be studied and a suitable technology will be recommended for the treatment and disposal of solid waste. HUDCO is a company that deals in Housing and Urban Development and has prepared a detailed project report for 10 air-field towns such as Ghaziabad, Pune, Ambala, Firsa, Bareilly, etc. “The land allotted for landfill sites will cover the first phase of Noida, the other one will cover the second phase of Noida,” said C.B. Singh, Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Under the three stages of dealing with wastes viz segregation, collection and disposal of waste products, Noida Authority is focusing on the third stage of disposal as of now. According to Ved Pal, Project Engineer (Health), “Most of the wastes are organic in nature, thus land filling is the most preferred option.” According to Singh, “We plan to combine two processes of disposal by carefully designing a structure built into or on top of the ground in which garbage can be dumped and is isolated. Along with land-filling we have decided to set up a compost plant for processing of wet garbage.” The Authority has ruled out the option of incineration as the waste has a low calorific value and fuel will need to be added to it. This will result in a waste of energy. Also, burning the garbage to get reusable material can be hazardous. “We are also willing to compare and look at different State projects on dealing with solid wastes,” said Pal. With no elected municipal corporation in Noida and no civic by-laws, the absence of a disposal site had created a mess. Flies and stray animals visiting the open bins had led to spread contamination. The decision for a proper system for the disbursal of wastes by Noida Authority will now help to dispose of the 300 tonnes of solid wastes generated everyday, In a box: As suggested HUDCO officials, there are three types of technology which are which includeby biomedical and industrial wastes. required to deal with different kinds of wastes. •

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Composting for biodegradable waste such as manure, paper, leaves and food wastes Refuse Derived Fuel system for dry and combustible elements. The compostable material is then segregated and acts as a fuel in power plant. Bio-Mechanisation System for inert waste, from which gas is generated.


Playschools where learning is fun at every step

Bipin Sharma

Playschools have been in vogue since time immemorial, but the concept has undergone a sea change in the recent past. It would not be wrong to say playschools play a very important role in laying the foundations of a child’s growth, especially in this era of intense competition. When it comes to comprehending the precise connotation of playschools, one could simply say they are the ageless temples of foremost learning grounds for a child. They are indispensable for working parents who find it very difficult to dedicate enough time to groom their child. And with its ever-rising demand, it comes as no surprise that the satellite city has several reputed play schools that have treaded many a mile to develop novel methodologies of preschool learning for little tender minds. Noida Connect The city offers a plethora of options to young parents aspiring to enroll their loved one in takes a closer look at the various playschools in the city. a playschool. Few of the prominent ones include Shemrock Galaxy (sector 27), Shemrock Vatika (sector 56), Trinity Tiny Tots, (sector 62), Teddy’s Mother Care (sector 50), Kangaroo Kids (sector 34), The Little Scholar (sector 19), Windows Play Group and Nursery School (sector 50), Sanskar Play School (sector 35), Kidzee, Mother’s Pride, Cuddle Kids Play School and Day Care (sector 40), Euro Kids (sector 27), Parents’ Pride (sector 55), and so on. Shalini Bhatnagar, principal of Shemrock Galaxy Noida, says, “Children at our school follow daily routine of activities designed to build specific skills. The distinctive facet is the wide range of activities including singing, listening stories, music, dance, crafts, dramatics (plays), group-projects etc. These activities provide opportunities for creativity, physical co-ordination, emotional maturity, practical and social skills. We try to boost the confidence and abilities of the tiny tots through fun and creative play. The play way approach for training kids is our USP.” Highlighting its USP, the tagline of the Windows Play Group and Nursery School reads where learning is fun. The school emphasises on overall development with personal care and attention. All activities are weaved in games that make the entire process of learning extremely enjoyable. Such special is their teaching style that it helps children to easily adjust in the bigger formal school sans any intricacy. Monica Baluja, principal Windows Play Group and Nursery School, says the school helps kids become independent, confident, and grow in them a strong love for learning. Ranjana Bhargava, principal and director of The Little Scholar Play School and Day Care Center, says, “Being one of the oldest playschool in the city, we believe in ‘A good beginning that lasts a lifetime’ for our students. We give individual attention to every child with stress on personality development. Incidentally, we have been delivering 100 per cent results for the last 15 years, a feat that speaks for itself about the high standards that the school follows. Our alumni have further bolstered the standing of the school. Our play area has modern play equipments and swimming pool.” Shailja Chhabra, principal of Sanskar Play School, shares, “Ours is an English medium, co-educational preparatory and nursery school conceived with the core objective of


imparting value-based education. The school caters to children between the age groups of two and four years. Sanskar is a school full of values and joys. It lays special emphasis on developing self confidence, leadership qualities and an all-round development of the child’s personality. Individual attention is paid to each child.” Echoing almost the same philosophy, Kangaroo Kids in sector 34 Noida uses teaching methodology based on the belief that children enjoy learning through play, hands-on activities and interaction with others. Since most of these playschools are aimed at shaping the "all round development" of children through a fun loving and friendly learning approach, it would no mean exaggeration to term them as ‘Unrivalled Playschools of Noida”. Tale of a world-class city called Noida

Bipin Sharma

Noida is becoming a sought after destination for people planning to settle in and around the Capital. The planned satellite city has become a hot favourite with the real estate companies. From mesmerising landscapes to multiplexes to good schools and multi-specialty hospitals, the city offers all the things one requires to settle in. The city also offers a cleaner environment than the Capital. “Kudos to the top-class minds, architects and entrepreneurs for having worked overnight to give the city an altogether new swanky look, at par with any top cosmopolitan city of the world. The big real estate have proffered a novel dimension to the city skylines with some of the most marvel residential home projects complete with ultra modern shopping arcades, swimming pool, jogging tracks, clubs, ample parking spaces and robust security provisions. The USP is the affordability and the long-term sustainability factor,” says Gaurav Gupta of Goldmine Developers Pvt Ltd. The city boasts of international brand outlets and ultra-modern chic showrooms which offer a wide range of exclusive consumer goods at competitive rates. The ambitious ongoing Yamuna Expressway Project promises to radically improve the connectivity and traffic. The city also has several flyways, subways, underground parking lots, state of the art commercial complexes and entertainment centres in pipeline that will further bolster the city’s status as a global city. Coming to the crucial educational and healthcare field, Noida is simply unrivalled. The city boasts of world class academic institutions and hospitals. The growing number of MNCs, IT and corporate companies again speak highly about the city’s infrastructure, amenities and superior working conditions. Noida has large well-maintained parks botanical It organises regular green drive campaigns as well. hub. This city isgardens. turning out to be a well-planned residential and commercial


South Delhi commercial and cultural hub to be connected by Metro

Puja Chakraborty With new Metro stations coming up near popular marketplaces, visiting your favourite shops in Delhi is going to get easier. What’s more, the metro stations are designed to accommodate the expected high footfalls in the– area. The INA Metro Station on the Central Secretariat Qutub Minar - HUDA City Centre line is going to cater to the INA and Sarojini Nagar markets, the two major markets of the Capital. In addition, the residents of nearby Laxmi Bai Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, and parts of Safdarjung Enclave will also benefit with the opening of Metro service in the area. The construction of the underground station is complete and minor finishing is being completed. It is expected to open by August. The trial run for the entire 12.53 kms long underground Central Secretariat – Qutub Minar stretch is underway. The INA Metro station will have three entry/exit structures with separate gates catering to Aurobindo Marg, Delhi Haat and the INA market. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has also constructed free-subways for commuters at the entry/exits below the Aurobindo Marg. A total of six staircases have been provided at the station with three staircases between the ground and concourse level and three staircases between the platform and concourse level of the station. The staircases are wide, ranging from 4.7 meters to 4.2 meters, instead of the usual 2.4 meters, for accommodating the expected high footfall at the station. The station will have five escalators, six Automatic Fare Collection gates and six lifts for smooth passenger movement. The DMRC has achieved a major engineering feat between the INA and Jor Bagh Metro stations by constructing two tunnels below the existing Indian Railways track and the Safdarjung flyover, without disrupting the railways and vehicular traffic. The tunneling was done 12 metres below the earth surface. The Delhi Metro has also restored three parks covering around 9, 000 square meters of area above the INA Metro station which it had taken from the CPWD for the construction work. All the three parks will be handed over to its parent agency within a month’s time.


Chapter 2: Newspaper Page make up






Chapter 3: Reviews Books TV Films Serials


BOOK REVIEW (1)

Lessons from Kargil BOOK FACTS Asymmetric warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict edited by Peter R. lavoy; Cambridge University Press; Pages 407, Rs 895:

Factual account:

This book, edited by Peter

Lavoy, is not the first to examine the way deterrence theories played out during the Kargil conflict. It is, however, the first to provide a factual account of the unfolding of the conflict in the light of evidence available on both sides.

military hierarchy's infallibility.

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An interesting question to ask is whether both

Bringing together the views and position statements by military officers, diplomats, and scholars from India, Pakistan and the United States, it offers a fascinating portrayal of a crisis that was unique in the post-Cold War era.

sides pushed to explore the limits imposed by the possession of nuclear weapons. Pakistan did try, until it found the strategic fallout overwhelming its tactical gains. Bruce Riedel gives a chilling account of the information

Kargil witnessed vigorous military operations in a highly charged atmosphere of nationalist sentiments by two nuclear-armed adversaries, even as major powers were exerting their utmost to see that the catastrophe of a nuclear

President Clinton provided to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about nuclear measures the Pakistani military was undertaking. India, on the other hand, not only took back the territory seized by Pakistan, but also retained strategic

exchange was averted. What major strategic and operational lessons does Kargil provide in the realm of nuclear deterrence? Robert Jervis, who coined the term ‘stabilityinstability paradox', described it thus: “To the

high ground by limiting the military response to its side of the LoC, conveying in the process its unwillingness to reach for the nuclear escalation ladder. That meant incurring serious cost in human terms on the high fields of

extent that the military balance is stable at the level of all out nuclear war, it will become less stable at lower levels of violence.” After Kargil, Jervis has chosen to rephrase his formulation. He says, “Strategic stability permits, if not

battle. Even as the book was being compiled, the security context has substantially changed both globally and between India and Pakistan. It is difficult to visualise another misadventure of the Kargil kind by Pakistani military. But it

creates, instability by making lower levels of violence relatively safe because escalation up the nuclear ladder is too dangerous.” Catastrophic: The book is quite informative on the way Pakistan's small military coterie, led by General Pervez Musharraf, launched what was considered a small operation, which India will not find worth responding to powerfully due to risks — as Jervis puts it — of escalating up the nuclear ladder. The failure to anticipate the

has not stopped playing the same game at another level. Apparently there has been no change in its mindset. This and the real risk to Pakistan's nuclear assets from that country's own and international terrorist elements have

strategic consequences of a limited military adventure proved catastrophic. It not only changed the global perception of a nuclear Pakistan but grievously undermined political stability of Pakistan. Yet, it was in line with the

changed the nuclear deterrence field in wholly unpredictable ways.


BOOK REVIEW (2)

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Shantaram is the 2003 novel written by Gregory David Roberts , a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison and fled to India

where he lived for 10 years.

Plot summary

Shantaram is a novel based on real events in the life of the author, Australian Gregory David Roberts, interwoven with fictional adventures featuring Roberts in the lead role. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to nineteen years’ imprisonment in Australia after being convicted for a series of armed robberies of building-society branches, credit unions, and shops he had committed to feed a heroin addiction. In July 1980, he escaped from Victoria’s Pentridge Prison in broad daylight, thereby becoming one of Australia’s most wanted men forstory, the next ten years. part of Roberts' life is known In the fictional Roberts (underThis the fictional name Lindsey or Lin)fact. arrives in Mumbai (Bombay) from New Zealand . Mumbai was only a stopover on a journey that was to take Lin to Germany, but he decides to stay in the city. Lin soon meets a local man named Prabaker, who becomes his best friend and renames him Linbaba. Both men visit Prabaker's native where the christen withathe name Shantar am, meaning Man of village, Peace. Sunder, On returning to locals Mumbai and Lin after night out, Lin and Prabaker are robbed. With all his possessions gone, Lin is forced to live in the slums, giving him shelter from the authorities and free rent in Mumbai. He sets up a free health clinic in the slums as a way to contribute to the community. He learns about the local culture and customs in this crammed environment, to know and love the encounters,and and even becomes fluent in of cholera and Marathi , the gets local language. Hepeople also he witnesses battles outbreaks firestorms, becomes involved in trading with the lepers, and experiences how ethnical and marital conflicts are resolved in this densely crowded and diverse community.

The story contains several other characters, notably a number of foreigners of varied srcin and local Indians, highlighting the rich diversity of life in Mumbai. Lin falls in love with Karla, a Swiss-American girl, befriends local artists and actors landing him roles as an extra in several Bollywood movies, and is recruited by the Mumbai underworld for various criminal operations, including drug and weapons trade. This eventually lands him in Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail , where he endures severe beatings and other physical and mental abuse by guards, while existing under extremely squalid conditions, along with hundreds of other inmates. However, thanks to the protection of Afghani mafia don "Abdel Khader Khan", Lin is eventually released, and works in black market currency exchange and passport forgery. Having travelled as far as Africa on trips commissioned by the mafia, Lin later goes to Afghanistan to smuggle weapons for mujahideen freedom fighters in Afghanistan. When his mentor Khan is killed, Lin realizes he became everything he grew to Lanka which lays the premise for the sequel to this book. loathe and falls into depression after he returns. He decides that he must fight for what he believes is right, and build an honest life. The story ends with him planning to go to Sri


Fictional versus non-fictional content? Shantaram is a work of Literary fiction. However, due to its very vivid content and

Roberts' known biography, some readers believe the book to be based more on fact and less on fiction. [1] [2] While the book is published as fiction, many readers perceive it as being in fact semi-autobiographical.[3] This highlights inherent difficulties with verification of the accounts given in the book. Some parts of the story are on the public record, such as Roberts' criminal history and escape from prison in Australia [4], while others remain obscure. However, Roberts has stated that most of the story is fiction, and that he merged different elements taken from true events and people into fictional events and characters like Prabaker 'of the big smile'.[5] The Mumbai Mirror , in March 2006, reported they may have discovered the inspiration of the big smile of the character Prabaker as belonging to a still living cab driver called Kishore, who took Roberts to his home village. [6] Many other major facets of the book are fictional; for example, Roberts admits that there were no Publication History Sapna killers. [7] Originally Shantaram was published by Scribe Publications as a Hardcover and later as a paperback. Following the mediated resolution in 2004 of a dispute that arose in 2003 between Scribe and the book’s author, Gregory David Roberts , rights to all forms of the local publication of Shantaram reverted to the author after Scribe sold its remaining stock of hardbacks.[8] Pan Macmillian then took over publication under the Picador label. [9]. There is now a strong buyer demand for signed First Edition Hardback copies of the srcinal Scribe

Edition.


MOVIE REVIEW

Lamhaa DIRECTOR: Rahul Dholakia CAST: Sanjay Dutt, Anupam Kher, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor RATING: **

While Rahul Dholakia’s first film ‘Parzania’ brought forth with gravitas the futility ofthe Gujarat riots of 2002, he fails to achieve the same effect with his latest film, ‘Lamhaa,’ based on the Kashmir problem.With Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha and Kunal Kapoor, essaying the main characters in this film, Dholakia appears to have sold out to the commerce. ‘Lamhaa’ doesn’t have the regressive‘item’ number in it’s folds but it does have an incredible ‘hero’ dictating the progress ofthe narrative when it should have ideally been story driven.Sanjay Dutt plays the typical hero figure who appears out of nowheregettinghis typical solo softfocused entrywith musical accompaniment et al, few moments into the start of the film. From there he goes on to establish hissuperhuman credentials byjumping across buildings,rescuesa damsel in distress , usesfriendly diplomacy to resolve a crisis and worksundercover to eke out intel info that the best could not manage to unearth. But Sanjay Dutt in this case, despite all the expended screentime, is an unlikely hero. He appears too old, too unfit, extremely sluggish and sports a body language that is just not convincing. He is supposedly an intelligence officer sent undercover to unveil a plot meant to sabotage the coming elections. And he is expected to prevent the terrorists, separatists, activists, opportunists and political leaders( all are suspects) from escalating theconflict to Jammu. Dholakia’s narrative hyper-ventilates for most of it’s run-time. Right from the prologue- a basic history of the kashmir conflict, to the scenes of indoctrination, foreign interference, resident dissatisfaction, abuse by armed forces and political indecisiveness, we are treated to continuous visuals of unrest and mayhem.Dholakia and team try to incorporate Taleban elements into the narrative but they appear borrowed and unconvincing of the true Kashmir reality. James Fowlds camera movements appear unnecessarily frenetic and distracting. A few of thevisuals look stunning but theunsteady nature of the camerawork is off-putting. The editing doesn’t allow for much coherence either. Kunal Kapoordoesn’t have the talent or the personality to play seperatist leader Aatifwith conviction. His performance is acutely passionless and the less said about his dialogue delivery the better.Bipasha on the other hand manages to imbue Aziza with enough conviction to make her performance the piecede-resistance of the film.

Movie review : New York


When a hardcore commercial flick gets a standing ovation and a huge round of applause at the end of the show, you know that there is something definitely right that the director has done. In this regard, Kabir Khan can take a bow because he has done exceedingly well in making a film that istonot frivolous, and still carries commercial reach has a message out to massesenoughas well ingredients as classes. The entire sequence of events involving FBI and the round up of suspects is brilliantly executed. In case of "New York”Aditya Chopra doesn't shy away from showing the world what US has become post 9/11. New York opens around 7 years after the 9/11 attacks with Omar (Neil Mukesh) being wrongly held captive by the FBI. Investigating officer Roshan (Irrfan Khan) offers to go easy on Omar if he agrees to spy on old-time friend Sameer (John Abraham) who the FBI suspects to be a terrorist. With a maneuvered reunion, Omar gets entry into Sameer’s house and tries hard to unveil his activist identity but fails every time, much to his relief. In contrast, Sameer himself narrates his distressing past to Omar of how he was illegally detained and brutally tortured by the FBI for 9 months, immediately after 9/11 and victimized for being a Muslim suspect in New York. The movie starts with an intriguing note with Omar’s attempts to infiltrate into Sameer’s life. The ensuing chemistry between the characters keeps you riveted till the movie takes an interesting (though palpable) twist at the interval point. The terrorism theme comes into picture predominantly in the second half. The physical and mental abuse on innocent Muslims, imprisoned merely on suspicion and their consequent repercussions are effectively portrayed.

The commonplace climax where the FBI headquarters is held as the terrorist target doesn’t go beyond Fanaafrontiers. The terrorist is terminated but the topic of terrorism it tackles keeps long lingering. The message doesn’t come across compellingly and perhaps that’s why the director preaches with an extended epilogue. What one gets to see is not just America's mentality after 9/11, but also the way suspects are detained for months and tortured in spite of lack of concrete evidence. However, to the credit of the filmmaker, the brutality being demonstrated is pretty much under control. Even though the desired impact is created for the audience to be a part of the lives of John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Katrina Kaif, nothing goes over the top or something that cannot be swallowed. The issue of global terrorism somewhere goes for a toss with the film turning into a human emotional drama. More mush comes into picture as Omar confesses his campus feelings to the married Maya (Katrina Kaif. Here he traditional Yash Raj triangle is averted. The sidetrack of a frustrated Muslim driver (Nawazuddin) committing suicide doesn’t contribute to the and could have With a subjectplot like "New York" where one of the protagonists is labelled as been a terrorist and avoided. the other is out to prove that he isn't, the film could have become a grim drama, more so because it deals with real issues. A strict eye is kept on the box office hence making sure there is enough drama, thrills and emotional moments to keep audiences thoroughly engaged in the not-so-lengthy movie. The acting potential in john has finally been tapped by Kabir Khan and he gives his career's best performance so far in the movie John does well in his frail characterization which could


have been much more convincing, intense and effective.. The scenes in the detention centre or the film's climax surely brings a lump in your throat. Neil has the most complex role of the three as he has to be a part of the proceedings in spite of being on the peripherals Neil looks rehearsed in some scenes but doesn’t disappoint. Irrfan Khan never misses any punch in his lines and is as expressive as ever. His scenes with Irrfan Khan, who plays anThey FBI officerare and is extremely effectivewell once again, need a special mention. extremely written and

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. Katrina too suits the role to a T and after "Namastey London" again gets to play a part where she actually contributes to the film's plot. Katrina Kaif doesn’t get the meatier portion and contributes to the sloppy effect. All the three lead protagonists of New York are Muslims affected by the 9/11 episode in varied ways and to different degrees. Sameer turns a scapegoat of the situation; Omar’s identity gets him in trouble, while Roshan’s character (a Muslim investigating on terrorism) offers humankind. that ray of hope prevailing amidst discriminating With the kind of subject that "New York" has, it could have easily become a sermonizing or a pseudo exercise in motion. Thankfully, Aditya Chopra, who has written the film's story, doesn't allow that to happen. He keeps it all under check to ensure that "New York" reaches out to the masses while also ensuring itself quite a few awards when the best of the best are announced at the end of the year. "New York" is a must watch! As the last frame closes amidst the Yash Raj mascot of maple leaves, you just wish the film had a lot more grit, the characters had a lot more depth and the treatment had a lot more sensitivity. Alas New York fails to break new grounds on that note

TV PROGRAM REVIEW 1


“Chak Dhoom Dhoom”, the popular children’s dance reality show on Colors TV telecast its

final episode yesterday night. The Saturday night episode was perhaps the most entertaining with the four finalists staging their best performances till date. Since only one child could take home the trophy, it was Sparsh Shrivastav, the 11 year old kid from Agra, who was declared the winner of “Chak Dhoom Dhoom”.

“Chak Dhoom Dhoom” has been on air in Colors television for more than three months now and Sparsh Shrivastav had to undertake grueling lessons under the guidance of choreographers Bosco and Caesar to reach where he did on Saturday night. Surprisingly, Sparsh Shrivastav has had no professional training prior to taking part in the show. Though the 11 year old Agra child is well acquainted with folk, kathak and Bollywood dancing styles, all his training has been done under the guidance of his own mother. Sparsh Shrivastav has emerged victorious in “Chak Dhoom Dhoom” after defeating sixteen contestants who were present from the beginning of the reality show. The final episode of “Chak Dhoom Dhoom” saw the children perform to a variety of dance forms like the disco, the tango, to even the kathak and lavni. The winner of the show was adjudged by sitting judges Saroj Khan, Ahmed Khan, Bosco and Caesar, and Pony Verma, all of whom had been a part of the television program since the beginning of the show. Hosted by Pravesh Rana and child star Saloni Daini, “Chak Dhoom Dhoom” saw four children perform on the stage for the final episode. They were Piyush Bhagat from Jammu, Orissa’s Tejaswani Behera and Gauri Ingwale from Satara, apart from Sparsh Shrivastav.

TV PROGRAM REVIEW


Showing: Since 2007 / Channel: Discovery / Cast: Bear Grylls

If you have never seen the show, each episode of MAN VS. WILD is based on real-life events where people fought for their survival after finding themselves in danger in popular wilderness locations. A seasoned adventurer and former British Special Air Service soldier, Bear demonstrates the basic survival methods for specific locations -- including navigation, making fire and finding water and food -- and goes one step further.As he explains, the people who stand the best chance for survival are those who are prepared to push the limits, and he certainly does so himself. The general format of each episode is the premise that Grylls is left stranded in a region. The episode documents his efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization, usually requiring an overnight shelter of some kind. Bear also tells about successful and failed survivals in the particular area which he is in. Each episode takes about one week to ten days to shoot. Before each show the crew does about a week of reconnaissance, followed by Bear Grylls doing a flyover of the terrain. Grylls then undergoes two days of intensive survival briefings. Bear Grylls, the British host, author, and star of Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild spends his time traveling the world in search of beautiful locations, new adventures, and extreme experiences in nature that will challenge his renowned survival techniques. For two weeks in a row he took us to Patagonia and gave us a taste of the true ruggedness that is manifested throughout the southern Argentine lands. Both the beauty, and ruggedness is anything but understated in his Patagonian adventures. Week two was just as exciting as he experienced an all new part of Patagonia, and not just any part, but one of the most highly recommended destinations from us here at Argentina’s Travel Guide. The infamous El Chaltén makes our list of Argentina’s Top 10 Destinations. Mountain hungry travelers with their eye on adventure head to this destination with intentions of trekking themselves sore. El Chaltén is the trekking capital of Argentina with thedon’t biggest being Cerro Bear’s and his crew takechallenge us up the mountain, butFitz his Roy. Patagonia adventures in episode 2 are a great introduction to this breath-taking part of the country and will undoubtedly inspire you to discover more about the true spirit of Patagonia and plan a trekking adventure of your own.


Chapter 4: Script Writing

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Tony Blair has said remarkable progress is being made in Afghanistan - and Britain is committed to supporting the country. He was talking after meeting the Afghan President,


Hamid Karzai, in the capital, Kabul. Mr Blair said the people of Afghanistan deserved to live in a proper democratic state. Audio insert NAME: AFGHAN BLAIR IN WORDS: Our commitment... OUT WORDS: ...challenges with you. DURATION: 0'11'' The Iraqi government has rejected claims from an international human rights group that the trial of Saddam Hussein was unfair. Human Rights Watch said, among other things, key evidence hadn't been disclosed to the defence in advance. Dozens of Palestinians have converged on a house which they believe is under threat from Israeli warplanes. This is the second time in recent days civilians have been urged to act as human shields at the homes of militants in Gaza. On Saturday, Israel called off a planned air strike. The American technical stock exchange, Nasdaq, has launched a takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange. Nasdaq is trying to challenge the dominance of its main rival, the New York Stock Exchange. Health unions have criticised proposals for NHS hospitals to be able to advertise for patients. The Department of Health has warned trusts not to spend too much on marketing their services. Doctor Laurence Buckman, from the British Medical Association, rejected the idea. Audio insert NAME: NHS BUCKMAN IN WORDS: Patients want... OUT WORDS: ...care for patients. DURATION: 0'09'' Environmental protesters are blockading a big Shell petrol station in Birmingham. They say they're angry that the impact of the oil giant's work on the environment - and also the way they believe it treats people in third world countries.

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A former Russian secret agent's critically ill after claims he was poisoned An ex-Russian spy's under police guard in hospital after claims his government's tried to kill him in a London restaurant. It's thought Alexander Litvinenko's was poisoned with a


chemical called thalium. He'd met a contact to try and expose who murdered a reporter who'd heavily criticised the Russian President Vladamir Putin. Alexander Goldfarb's his friend. GOTO AUDIO NAME: r1 mon Russian Spy Goldfarb OUT WORDS: can hardly talk DURATION:0'11" Tony Blair's thanked British troops in Afghanistan for the courage they've shown fighting the Taliban. He spent an hour and a half talking to soldiers at the main British camp in Helmand province. The government's putting more money into a pupil mentoring scheme in schools to try to stop bullying. It comes as a new report says 20-thousand children are skipping classes every day because of bullying... GOTO AUDIO NAME: 0800 bullying OUT WORDS: their responsibility to DURATION:0'09" Mountain rescue teams are searching for two ice climbers who've gone missing in the Cairngorns. It's thought may have been caught in an avalanche. Michael Mulford's from RAF Kinloss... GOTO AUDIO NAME: 1030 climbers OUT WORDS: sudden unanticipated avalanches DURATION:0'07" Blackburn and Spurs both ended up with ten men in a 1 all draw at Ewood Park. Red cards for Tugay (too-guy) and Hossam Ghaly and Martin Jol got in to an argument with the ref. And more problems for Hearts in the SPL - after a 1-0 defeat at home to Rangers there was a fans protest calling for captain Steven Press-ly to be recalled and owner Vladimir Romanov to go. Radio One Newsbeat..more at...11.30...

Script writing for other Radio Programmes

Annex 3: RADIO PROGRAMME SCRIPT I OVERVIEW ON SMOKE AND HEALTH

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This programme is being brought to you by Ministry of Health , Kisumu District together with Intermediate Technology Development Group, Eastern Africa. This Project works with working with Communities in Kisumu District, Kadibo and Winam divisions to alleviate the problems of smoke and health supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) . The key message is that because of smoke in the home from cooking on wood, dung, crop waste and coal worldwide, over 1.6 million people die every year - It's a death toll greater than malaria. Every 20 seconds someone - usually a child or mother - dies from an illness because of smoke. Diseases related to Indoor Air pollution are of the world concern as very little action has been taken at the grassroots level with the target groups to overcome this problem. Thus smoke has remained a killer of millions of people without them knowing about it. Currently world organizations: DFID, WHO, EPA, ITDG and various stake holders are taking action to alleviate indoor air pollution problems. The Ministry of health brings to you this programme to help you know that kitchen smoke is a health hazard and you need to deal with it. Today on the programme is Dr Obara ,MOH Kisumu Distsrict. She give you highlights on the dangers of cooking on a smoky stove. Cooking is central to our lives, yet the very act of cooking is a threat to children’s health and well-being. Half of the world’s population rely on solid fuels, such as dung, wood, crop waste or coal to meet their most basic energy needs. In most developing countries, these fuels are burned in open fires or rudimentary stoves that give off black smoke. When you have incomplete combustion the you have more of the harmful products of smoke products. For example in 1kg of wood which is estimated to have 454g of carbon, you end up with 403g CO2,3.8g methane 37.5g CO and 2g particles ( also known as particulate matter) Children, often carried on their mother’s back during cooking, are most exposed. The indoor smoke inhaled gives rise to pneumonia and other respiratory infections – the biggest killer of children under five years of age. Indoor air pollution is responsible for nearly half of the more than 2 million deaths each year that are caused by acute respiratory infections. Good ventilation and improved cooking stoves can dramatically reduce children’s exposure to smoke. Ultimately, making the transition to gas and electricity will save lives


and reduce the physical toll on women and children from gathering wood, freeing time for education and development. This problem has been largely ignored by policy-makers.

Health effects Established effects:

• Pneumonia and other respiratory infections • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (including bronchitis, emphysema) Smoke breaks down the respiratory defenses (Suppresses the immunity system)thus with prolonged exposure People get more exposed to various diseases. • Tuberculosis • Cataracts • Asthma • Low birth weight • Middle ear infection (otitis media) In the next 12 weeks, I will share with you more insights on smoke and health mainly focusing on the health effects and interventions for reducing smoke in the Cooking environment.

RADIO PROGRAMME SCRIPT II KITCHEN SMOKE AND HEALTH ISSUES

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This programme is being brought to you by Ministry of Health , Kisumu District together with Intermediate Technology Development Group, Eastern Africa. This Project works with working with Communities in Kisumu District, Kadibo and Winam divisions to alleviate the problems of smoke and health supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) .


The key message is that because of smoke in the home from cooking on wood, dung, crop waste and coal worldwide, over 1.6 million people die every year - It's a death toll greater than malaria. Every 20 seconds someone - usually a child or mother - dies from an illness because of smoke. Diseases related to Indoor Air pollution are of the world concern as very little action has been taken at the grassroots level with the target groups to overcome this problem. Thus smoke has remained a killer of millions of people without them knowing about it. Currently world organizations: DFID, WHO, EPA, ITDG and various stake holders are taking action to alleviate indoor air pollution problems. The Ministry of health brings to you this programme to help you know that kitchen smoke is a health hazard and you need to deal with it. Today on the programme is Dr Obara ,MOH Kisumu Distsrict. She give you highlights on the dangers of cooking on a smoky stove. Prologue ( 1min) Play( 3 min) Programme Content (5mins)

In Africa, biomass has been always been used as the main source of fuel. From ages past, people have cooked in smoky kitchens. In any given area, people are asking themselves who they have witnessed dying from serious chest conditions; small children for pneumonia or elderly ladies with persistent coughs and breathlessness – many of these deaths will have been hastened (or caused) by coughs. Maybe none, or one…. or many. Many of us may ask “Why does biomass burning produce pollutants which damage my health? What parts of the smoke have this effect? What health effects do we know about – and how do they happen? This• is really as: as a natural fuel Woodsurprising is well known • Burning wood as a fuel is also natural. How can it be a significant health hazard?


We need to understand the burning process. Wood burns properly when there is just the right amount of air around it, and when the fire is really hot. For proper burning to take place wood needs to be completely dry. The better your fire burns, the less of these substances will get into your kitchen – and the less of a health hazard it will be. However, even with a very good stove and really dry wood, smoke will be emitted from your fire whilst it is getting hot. For this reason, you should also think of ways of getting the smoke out of your kitchen. When these conditions are not perfect, you get smoke – which is made up of substances called the Products of Incomplete Combustion (PICs). There are lots of different substances in the smoke, but the two we are going to talk about are particulates and carbon monoxide.

Pollutants in Solid Fuel Smoke Those of concern to us are particulate matter and Carbon monoxide.

Particulates are the tiny particles that are not visible to the naked eye, but they

accumulate in the walls of the kitchen as soot (or Oyare in dholuo ) and we feel them in our lungs when we breathe in the smoke. Carbon monoxide is an odourless, colourless but highly poisonous gas. Particulates

Particulate matter is breathed in through the nose and mouth and is deposited on to the breathing pipes and lungs – and may even reach the blood supply. This deposition is not a one day thing ; it occurs over a period of time. Small particles - too small to see – are the most dangerous as they get into the farthest into the body. Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide is a gas that gets into the bloodstream and reduces the ability of the bodyto carry oxygen around the body. Carbon monoxide attaches to blood 250 times more easily than oxygen – to form a compound called carboxy-hemoglobin. Depending on how much carbon monoxide you have breathed in, it can take a day or more to clear it from the blood, so if you are exposed to it every day from the fire, you can never really get rid of it from your body. Smoke breaks down the respiratory defenses (Suppresses the immunity system)thus with prolonged exposure People get more exposed to various diseases. What happens in the lungs?

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A lot of mucous is produced from irritation of the airways which, over time, causes permanent scarring of the lungs The particulates in the smoke stop the lungs’ self-cleaning mechanism from getting rid of pollution, particles and germs They reduce the ability of the immune system in the lungs to resist infections

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They lead to the airways becoming constricted, especially for people with a tendency to asthma

What happens beyond the lungs?

Very tiny particles and gases (such as carbon monoxide) get beyond the lungs and are absorbed into the bloodstream where they can affect other organs such as the heart, and the skeleton muscles. All these effects can lead to serious illnesses including pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and even tuberculosis (TB) Although the levels of carbon monoxide from a cooking stove rarely lead to death, you are likely to know people who have suffered discomfort and health problems such as mild headaches, nausea and dizziness, and maybe even severe headaches from this invisible gas.

Conclusion

Following what I have presented to you concerning the dangerous pollutants, which are products of biomass wood burning, you realize that smoke is hazardous to your health, you need to do something about it to protect your health and that of your family, particularly your small children. Kitchen smoke in the home from cooking on wood, dung, crop waste and coal leads to the deaths of 1.6 million people every year throughout the world. Smoke is a silent killer - Take action now Thank you. Song2 mins

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This programme is being brought to you by Intermediate Technology Development Group, whose work with Communities in Kisumu District, Kadibo and Winam divisions is being supported by the UK Department for International Development.

The key messageis that because of smoke in the home from cooking on wood, dung, crop waste and coal worldwide, over 1.6 million people die every year - It's a death toll greater than malaria. Every 20 seconds someone - usually a child or mother - dies from an illness because of smoke. Diseases related to Indoor Air pollution are of world concern and very little action has reached the grassroots level with the target groups to overcome this problem. Thus smoke has remained a killer of millions of people without them knowing about it.

Currently world organizations: DFID, WHO, EPA, ITDG and various stake holders are taking action to alleviate indoor air pollution problems. Therefore Intermediate Technology Development Group working with the Ministry of Health brings to you this programme to help you know that kitchen smoke is a health burden and you need to start thinking now about taking action against it.

It IS possible to reduce levels of smoke in the kitchen. Today on the programme is Dr Rosemary Obara, the MOH, Kisumu District, , Ministry of Health, , and Vincent Okello, a project officer with ITDG-EA Kisumu Office, who will give you tips and strategies on how to start immediately reducing the exposure of your family to kitchen smoke.


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Why interventions use appliances to get rid of smoke? When to start – the immediate, medium and long term perspectives.

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What methods to use Where to put them in your kitchen How to use them to get rid of smoke

Methods Of Improving Indoor Air Quality

There are three main ways of reducing indoor air pollution from cooking activities. 1. By producing less smoke: improved stoves, improved fuels and fuel switching 2. By removing smoke from indoors: chimneys, flues, hoods and ventilation 3. By reducing exposure to smoke: changes in cooking practices and behavior, and kitchen design

1. Producing Less Smoke Improved Stoves

In many developing countries of the world traditional cooking is usually done over a threestone fire. Cooking in this way can produce lots of smoke, which has health-damaging particles and gases (including carbon monoxide) which should be minimized. . A well-made stove allows air toall get the wood, and thelots stove should made out of a material that doessufficient not ‘swallow’ thetoheat. Mud absorbs of heat, butbeyou can mix it with other lightweight materials that let air into the mixture, and this will make the stove more efficient. Keep the flames rubbing against the pot so that they give the pot all their heat. This will also save you fuel. Why use fuel at all if you can find ways of cooking without it? A fireless cooker or a solar cooker can mean that you only have to use biomass fuel for a small part of the time. Contact ITDG if you want to know more about these technologies. Types of Improved Stoves

Most stoves are built with an opening for fuel that is located below a hole or place for a cooking pot. In the Upesi stove, the heat utilization is increased by directing most of the heat to the pot. Less heat is lost to the surroundings due to insulation. The result is a stove which decreasing the amount of fuel needed and the time spent cooking. Stoves like this can be made out of many materials including earth, clay, brick and ceramic.

MMC 206 Production Portfolio Another variation on this stove concept can be seen in the shielded fire, which a simple three stone fire that is shielded with clay around it. These stoves will help reduce the amount of smokeand will keep your kitchen cleaner and safer for small children. They will also reduce the health problems related to carrying lots of fuel and give you more time to do other things.

Improved Fuels and Fuel Switching

In considering which stove to use, another factor is the kind of fuel that can be used for cooking. The quantity of damaging smoke particles and carbon monoxide produced depends highly on the type of fuel used. In ranking fuels based on emissions, the worst fuels are dung, crop wastes and charcoal. Firewood is slightly better and kerosene, gas and electricity are the safest. If you can afford to use cleaner fuels, consider how much time it would save for you if you used LPG or a kerosene pressure stove and did not have to clean the soot off the outside of the pots – or gather fuel. Do you keep cattle? – biogas is a wonderful technology which gives you fuel to cook and good clean fertilizer for growing your crops. None of these fuels will give off substantial amounts of harmful emissions, so your health will be protected. However, though emissions are an important element in choosing a fuel, they are not the only deciding factor. Cost and availability of the fuels also needs to be considered, for instance, LPG and kerosene pressure stoves. They have the lowest emissions For these reasons using alternative or improved fuels is a way for you to improve indoor air quality. 2. Removing Smoke from Indoors Chimneys, Flues, Hoods and Ventilation

Another method of improving indoor air quality is by removing the smoke produced by the stove to the outside of the house. This removes it from the home where it can cause the most damage. There are several ways of removing the smoke. Chimneys and Flues

Chimney- stoves have a flue as part of the stove, allowing the smoke to exit to the outdoors. This type of stove removes the smoke directly from the chamber where the fuel is burning straight upwards as the flue provides a draft that draws out the smoke. Chimney stoves` can be constructed out of clay, cement, bricks, ceramic or metal. However, they need to be well maintained by cleaning the chimney every few weeks, or else they can create more even more smoke than a three-stone fire; so you have to be prepared to clean the chimney; regularly. But if they are properly designed and maintained, chimney stoves can greatly improve indoor air quality.

Hoods

Hoods work in much the same way as chimneys and flues but they are built over the stove. This can be a benefit because they can work with many types of stoves including open fires while still removing a good portion of the smoke. Hoods, however, also need to be cleaned, but this tends to less regularly than chimney stoves, and it is easier to do.

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Improved ventilation can be another method of removing smoke from a home. The proper placement of eaves spaces can allow the smoke to escape just under the roof, and windows and doors can greatly increase the flow of air through a home and thus improve the removal of smoke. This could be the cheapest and simplest method of removing smoke from a home, thoughcultural feelings toward open windows and doors must be taken into consideration. 3. Reducing Exposure to Smoke Changes in Cooking Practices and Behaviors: Changes in cooking practices and behaviors can reduce exposure to smoke by either limiting the amount of time inhabitants are exposed or by setting up situations where inhabitants are distanced from the smoke. Ways of limiting the cooking time/exposure time include the preparation of food before lighting the fire so that the fire is used more efficiently, pre-soaking the foods in water, and using any insulating containers available to keep food warm. However, these may require significant changes to cooking customs. Changes in household cooking behavior can be effective in decreasing exposure to smoke and can start immediately. Some of these changes can seem relatively easy, such as simply keeping children away from the fire, though this may be difficult if the cook is also the only available person to care for the child; sending children away could subject them to other dangers. . There are some areas, though, that we should think hard about: • increasing education about the harm of air pollution so that the inhabitants can know to avoid being too close to the smoke if possible, • better management of the cooking space to decrease time spent close to the fire • better-informed decision making about the balance between air pollution problems and other dangers. • Training the cook so that she gets the most benefit from technological solutions. Changes What caninyoKitchen u do to Design: reduce exposure is the redesign of the kitchen set up. Kitchen

redesign means that you can improve ventilation by where you site your doors, windows, and furniture. A big kitchen is usually less smoky, because any smoke that does escape from your fire mixes with lots more air, so the smoke is not so concentrated. If you place your stove near a window, make sure that you can close the window so that if the wind blows the smoke around, you can stop this happening. If you put your stove against a wall instead of in the middle of the room, it is easier to contain the smoke using a smoke hood or by installing eaves spaces. It also means that children are less likely to fall into it and get burnt. Another redesign that can drastically reduce exposure is to locate the kitchen in a separate room – but remember that the cook will still be breathing in the smoke if she is working in there. However, if the stove is kept alight at night, remember that children who sleep in the same room can be affected by smoke.


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Script 1 CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: We are kicking off a brand new Thursday edition of CNN Student News. Glad to have you with us. From the CNN Center, I'm Carl Azuz.

First Up: Race for Delegates

AZUZ: The votes are in, the polls are closed and Pennsylvania is in the rearview mirror. But before we leave the Keystone State, let's break down the results of this week's primaries and see how they affected the overall race for the White House. Hillary Clinton came out ahead for the Democrats. She rode the wave of momentum all the way to Indiana, which is hosting the next round of presidential contests. But Clinton is still trailing in the all-important delegate count. Barack Obama leads there with 1,719 delegates to Clinton's 1,586. It takes 2,025 to win the party's nomination. As for the Republicans, John McCain won the Pennsylvania primary and is currently campaigning across the country. And delegates? Done! McCain wrapped up his party's nomination earlier this year. His sights are now set on the general election.


League of First Time Voters

AZUZ: Every time an election rolls around, whether it's a presidential primary or a regional referendum, a new group of voters gets the chance to cast ballots. It's not an exclusive club. All you have to do is turn 18 and register. That's how you join the League of First Time Voters. Rick Sanchez sat down to talk with some of this year's new members. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RICK SANCHEZ, CNN REPORTER: You guys are the first ones to talk to me about health care and say, "This is a priority. This is important for this country." Why is that? FIRST-TIME VOTER: I've grown up the majority of my life without health insurance, so I know how costly it is to go to the doctor, to go to the hospital and not have any backup. You never want to see somebody get rejected or think they shouldn't go to the hospital because they can't afford it. I think that's inhumane. SANCHEZ: She calls it "universal healthcare." Republicans say it's "socialized medicine." Is that a fair criticism? FIRST-TIME VOTER: I think there are certain situations where government should step in and put in certain programs that are gonna help overall. You need some kind of overall... SANCHEZ: So, you think the government should be relied on to do some of these things? FIRST-TIME VOTER: Yes. SANCHEZ: Just to do it better? FIRST-TIME VOTER: Yeah. SANCHEZ: (to others) Agree? country is everything that we say it is, I think it's our responsibility, our civic duty, to take FIRST-TIME VOTER: I think it goes beyond government. If we're a community, if this care of one another. FIRST-TIME VOTER: I live, like, 20 minutes out of Scranton, and it's just so poor. There are so many people who are not covered and who can't go to the hospital like Steph is saying. They can't live up to their potential because they don't have insurance or because the school systems are so poor around here. FIRST-TIME VOTER: I think there's a difference between taking a socialist idea and working with it, as opposed to taking socialism and putting it into the country. And I think that's the core difference between what Hillary's doing and what Barack is planning on doing, and what people are saying they are doing. SANCHEZ: We're looking like we're gonna be spending something like a trillion dollars in Iraq. Money well spent? Raise your hand if you think we ought not to have gone into Iraq, that it was a mistake? (4 raise hands)


FIRST-TIME VOTER: If we were to pull all of our troops out and take them home, I feel that would be more disastrous. SANCHEZ: You guys believe this country needs change. FIRST-TIME VOTER: We shouldn't be at war, and John McCain is going to keep our troops at war. SANCHEZ: What makes you think that Hillary or Barack Obama will be any better? FIRST-TIME VOTER: He doesn't talk about his policies. He just talks about how everything needs to be changed. FIRST-TIME VOTER: The young American public is getting really caught up in his campaign because all he speaks of is change. They hear him speak and they're like, "Yes, change. Change." But they don't really know what he wants to change. FIRST-TIME VOTER: Right. He's a good speaker. Words come out of his mouth and people like to hear them. They don't think about the implications of what those words mean, though. SANCHEZ: Do you believe the next president of the United States will be a Democrat? Raise your hands. (5 raise hands) All but one. Thanks, ladies. Script 2 Is This Legit?

GEORGE RAMSAY, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this Legit? In 1971, the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave 18-year-olds the right to vote. Right year, wrong amendment. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. The 25th Amendment actually deals with presidential succession. Today's Headlines

AZUZ: Now, on to some more headlines this Thursday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he wants General David Petraeus to start moving on up to take over U.S. Central Command! Petraeus is currently serving as the top U.S. commander in Iraq. If the Senate approves the new assignment, his responsibility will expand to include nearly 30 countries. Secretary Gates is asking the Senate to sign off on the move by Memorial Day. A three-person crew of international astronauts is safely back on Earth. But they faced some serious danger on the trip home from space. Check this out: The Russian capsule they were flying in entered the atmosphere facing the wrong direction! To make matters worse, it landed about 260 miles off-target. Amazingly, no one was hurt in this wreckage, but officials are checking into what went wrong. Up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... What is it? That's what some Phoenix-area residents were asking when they spotted these red lights earlier this week. But the truth is


out there. One man claims he's the cause. He says he attached road flares to balloons to create the eerie effect. We're guessing, just for the heck of it. Ri$ing Food Co$t$

AZUZ: All right, let's turn our attention to the economy, where some important numbers are heading in opposite directions. Oil and gas prices are up, and the dollar is down. That adds up to tough economic times. Another addition to the "up" side of the equation: food costs. Ali Velshi explains why those are on the rise. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ALI VELSHI, CNN REPORTER: As the housing market continues its plunge and stock markets gyrate, one market, the market for commodity futures, stays red hot. In the past year alone, corn futures have spiked more than 60 percent, soybeans over 90 percent and rice has more than doubled. Hedge funds and other pools of big money are pouring billions into commodities. They want a better return than real estate, the stock markets or the U.S. dollar can give them. Why do you care? Because this speculative fever is finding its way here: to the checkout line. LAKSHMAN ACHUTHAN, ECONOMIC CYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: When we get the momentum in a market going one way, smart people can make money doing that. And that is what their job is. What is happening now is that this is showing up and impacting, you know, people very much on Main Street and on their dinner tables. VELSHI: Now, to be fair, these high prices aren't just caused by speculators. Bad weather has caused the price of food grains to spike. And growing demand from emerging markets like China and India and the weak U.S. dollar is also playing a part. But as futures markets rally, companies that buy crops to make food must swallow higher prices to guarantee future delivery of the raw goods that they need. And that's driving prices even higher. KENDELL KEITH, NATIONAL GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION: It ultimately adds to the cost in the marketplace of merchandizing and marketing grain. VELSHI: Bottom line: At least some of the price boom appears divorced from the laws of supply and demand. Proof, say some economists: Easily traded commodities like corn and wheat are showing historic gains, while commodities that are not widely traded, like rubber and burlap, are up by a much smaller amount. Others say that connection is tougher to make. VIC LESPINASSE, GRAINANALYST.COM: It's very difficult to say exactly how big of a role speculation has played. I think it is relatively minor. The speculators are not setting the trend, they're just following the trend. VELSHI: Traders say the fundamentals play a much bigger role than speculation. Drought in wheat-growing Australia, for instance. And they say don't forget higher oil and gas prices that make it more expensive to produce and transport food. Now, you'd think farmers here in the U.S. would be happy about these high prices, but even some of them


are complaining that all of this speculation has thrown the whole market out of whack. They say they're not feeling the full benefit of the price increases, and they're asking the U.S. government to somehow limit speculation in food markets. Easier said than done. But speculation in commodity markets is provoking "food rage." ACHUTHAN: When you have, you know, your milk price double or your bread double or something like that because of some financial gyrations, and you say something is wrong here. And I think that's what people are really reacting to and are feeling right now. VELSHI: It may be wrong to some, but a global market is a hard thing to stop. Ali Velshi, CNN, New York. (END VIDEO CLIP) Word to the Wise

RAMSAY: Two Words to the Wise... supply and demand. These are the keys to determining price. Supply is the amount of a

good or service available, and demand is the amount of that good or service that consumers are willing to purchase at a certain price. source: www.investorwords.com Before We Go

AZUZ: And finally, a crime-fighting team you just don't find every day. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ALLAN KIETA, SAVED BY DOG: She was acting like she was scared, and she's an excellent alarm dog. Yes, she is. She is very good. (Dog growls) REPORTER: She's telling you something now, right? (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: What Bellaprobably was scared wassame a suspected intruder in herwe house. So, she woke up her owner Allan, usingofthat growl. This is where should probably mention that Allan is visually impaired. Didn't matter. He found the source of the disturbance and fought him off for 30 minutes!

Goodbye


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While getting ready for school, a little girl finds her sock missing.

To her relief her faithful pug finds it for her in no time.

The girl tries to catch a small fish using her hand.

The pug makes the job easier for her by getting a net.

The girl is then seen with some envelopes scattered in front of her.

With the gum not available, her pug helps her by licking the stamps.


It strikes her in the school bus that she has left her tie in the home.

Here too her loyal friend comes to her rescue as we see it running behind the bus with the tie in its mouth.

Super: Happy to help. Vodafone Customer Care. Make the most of now.

The film opens on a boy and a girl meeting to break up their relationship.

They present each other with mementoes.

The girl asks for his sunglasses.

Our guy too makes it a point to own her wristwatch.

Over and done with the relationship they part company happily. VO:

The guy flirtatiously puts on his other pair of sunglasses on seeing a pretty girl on

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Chapter 6:


Posters Pamphlets




NEWS RELEASE 1


Chapter Press7: Releases

July 24th 2010

BOBST VISIONFOIL PROVIDES ULTRAPRECISE HOLOGRAM APPLICATION

MMC 206 Production Portfolio The newly launched visonfoil is dedicated to Hologram Industry

New Delhi: HOMAI, the leading supplier of equipment and services for the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries has recently launched a version of its VISIONFOIL press, dedicated to security hologram application.

As more and more industries look for solutions to protect the authenticity of their products, holographic materials offer an ideal solution, helping its brand owners make a clear difference between srcinals and forgeries, deterring counterfeiters. However

reproducing holograms, and placing them accurately on the product, require specialized equipment. Until 2010, the reference machine for flat-to-flat hologram application on paper, labels, or board has been the BOBST SP 76-BM Foilmaster. Now HOMAI has introduced the VISIONFOIL 104 H to deliver hologram application of utmost accuracy.

The VISIONFOIL 104 H uses BOBST’s patented, high precision Registron cameras to bring each hologram on the sheet into perfect register, be they 2-D, 2-D/2-D, 3-D, 2-D/3-D, or multiplexed. The same cameras process diffraction foils, skipping the unusable shim line areas. All current sizes of holograms can be processed using the VISIONFOIL 104 H. The smooth foil path created by the specially designed internal foil unwind module, enables high precision foil handling and better productivity. The cameras are auto-setting, reducing make-ready time. Up to six independently driven advance shafts, increase flexibility and cut down on foil waste. The platen entry easily handles light materials which make up the majority of security print jobs.


Alongside its hologram application capabilities, the VISIONFOIL 104 H is highly flexible, being able to apply conventional as well as holographic foil. The press shares with the rest of the VISIONFOIL 104 range a maximum running speed of 7,500 sheets per hour, along with the ability to run paper and labels down to 80 gsm, carton board to 2000 gsm, and corrugated sheets up to 4 mm in thickness. The maximum sheet size the VISIONFOIL 104 H can handle is 1040x740 mm. The VISIONFOIL 104 H is ideal for banknote printers applying holograms and/or metal stripes; software packaging manufacturers applying seals to CD/DVD cases; ticket printers producing concert, event and sporting event tickets, tobacco industry suppliers and other industries trying to protect their products. ENDS

Note to editors About HOMAI:

The Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HOMAI) www.homai.o r g - is made up of nearly 30 of the world's leading hologram companies. HOMAI members are the leading producers and converters of holograms for banknote security, anti-counterfeiting, brand protection, packaging, graphics and other commercial applications around the world. HOMAI member companies actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security and quality standards.

For further details contact C S Jeena on +91 (9818281116) or email [email protected]

NEWS RELEASE 2

July 16th 2010


2010 HOLOGRAPHY AWARDS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The countdown has started to find the best in commercial holography with nominations now open for the 2010 industry awards. Organised by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association’s (IHMA), the annual Excellence in Holography Awards recognise outstanding achievement and those markwho have been at the forefront of the industry, introducing innovative or commercially viable hologram products or techniques over the past year. Attended by delegates from hologram suppliers, manufacturers and users worldwide, the awards will be presented at this year’s Holo-pack•Holo-print® conference dinner in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia on November 15. A display of product from the winners and runners-up will be on show at the conference. st The closing date for applications is September and 1must be for hologram projects

involving commercial production after 1 August 2009. Any company or individual is eligible to enter - not just IHMA members. The categories are: •

• •

Innovation in Holographic Technique Innovation in Holographic Production and OEM Product Best Origination

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Best Applied Security Product

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Best Applied Decorative Product

The annual Brian Monaghan Award for Business Innovation, given at the discretion of the Board, will also be presented in recognition of outstanding industry achievement and contribution.

Entries will be judged by a panel of experts – a representative of the IHMA Secretariat and two invited independent judges: an authentication specialist and a promotion or design expert.

IHMA General Secretary Ian Lancaster said: “The awards celebrate the very best in holographic achievement and the many remarkable innovations the industry introduces each year.


“We expect that creativity, design excellence and quality will again be to the fore with this year’s crop of entries, showing how holography continues to push forward the holographic boundaries technically and commercially.”

Anyone involved in a hologram project can enter while others can nominate holographic projects for an Award as long as they provide details of the user or producer of the hologram.

Further information, downloadable application forms at www.ihma.org ENDS Note to editors

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) www.ihma.org -

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is

made up of nearly 90 of the world's leading hologram companies. IHMA members are the leading producers and converters of holograms for banknote security, anti-counterfeiting, brand protection, packaging, graphics and other commercial applications around the world. IHMA member companies actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security quality Issued and on behalf ofstandards. the IHMA by MHW PR Ltd. For further details contact Andy Bruce on +44 (0) 191 233 1300 or email [email protected]

NEWS RELEASE 3

June 12, 2010 HOLOGRAM ASSOCIATION ELECT NEW GOVERNING BODY


New Delhi: The results of the elections of governing body of Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI) were announced yesterday (Friday, June 11, 2010). The elections for the governing body were held during the 10th Annual General Meeting at Hotel Claridges, New Delhi as per guidelines of HoMAI. HoMAI was established in 1998 to promote holographic OVDs industry in India. The Association worked closely with International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) and Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau (CIB) to fight against counterfeiting and provides extremely high security solutions to Governments, Brand Protectors and Owners.

The new governing body is now compromised as follows; PRESIDENT: MR. PRADIP SHROFF- PRESIDENT & MD (PRS – PERMACEL PVT. LTD) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.prs-permacel.com VICE-PRESIDENT MR. MANOJ KOCHAR – MANAGING DIRECTOR (HOLOFLEX LTD) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.holoflex.com GENERAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER MR. LUV D SHRIRAM- SHRIRAM VERITECH SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.veritechindia.com MEMBER MR. G S DHILLON – MANAGING DIRECTOR (ALPHA LASERTEK INDIA LTD) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.alt.co.in MEMBER MR. R D. SURANA – MANAGING DIRECTOR (EVEREST HOLOVISIONPVT LTD) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.everestholovisions.com


CO-OPTED MEMBER MR. ARUN AGARWAL – MANAGING DIRECT (KANTAS TRACK-PACK INDIA LTD) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tpil-kanta.com Photo Caption: Pradip Shroff, New President of HOMAI ENDS Note to editors About HOMAI:

The Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HOMAI) www.homai.o r g - is made up of nearly 30 of the world's leading hologram companies. HOMAI members are the leading producers and converters of holograms for banknote security, anti-counterfeiting,

brand protection, packaging, graphics and other commercial applications around the world. HOMAI member companies actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security and quality standards. About Holograms: Since their introduction on payment cards in the early 1980’s, holograms have become one of the most recognized common overt or public security features on value documents and branded goods, their presence both indicating the authenticity of these items and providing a powerful deterrent to counterfeiting. It is the only technology which can provide overt, covert as well as forensic features. Today, Holograms are used by more thanfurther 90 issuing nearlyon250 notes denominations For detailsauthorities contact C on S Jeena +91bank (9818281116) or email infoworldwide. @homai.org

NEWS RELEASE 4

April 16th, 2010 FASTER ON LINE HOLOGRAM REGISTRATION FOLLOWING IHMA MOVE New improved Hologram Image Register


Hologram producers can now protect their designs more quickly and easily following improvements to the International Hologram Manufacturers Association’s (IHMA) Hologram Image Register (HIR).

The IHMA represents 90 of the world’s leading hologram producers. The highly secure HIR, established in 1993 and now merged with the Hologram Manufacturers of India’s (HoMAI) Hologram Roster, is the only database of hologram images in the world. It was established in 1993 to help prevent IHMA members from mistakenly copying an existing hologram design already issued in another part of the world. The Register underpins the use of holograms for authentication by enabling members to see if a proposed hologram design, as requested by customers, infringes existing designs. In doing so, it can unearth suspected attempts to source counterfeits. The IHMA claims that it is the only database of a security or authentication feature in use by suppliers of such features. And because the date of first registration of a new hologram is recorded on the Register, it also supports the copyright in that image.

Suspected counterfeit holograms can also be compared against genuine ones stored within the Register and, if found to be fake, the producers and customers of the srcinals can be notified and action taken. The hologram search and register forms have been merged by the IHMA into one easy-to-use, streamlined web browser-based new Hologram Proposal Form which producers can use to make rapid online submissions. This features check boxes and drop-down menus to aid application and improved registration. Merger with the Hologram Image Roster ensures that a search of the HIR will avoid the risk of failing to spot a match with a hologram produced in India, which has a large domestic hologram industry. Holograms registered on the HoMAI database can be reregistered on the HIR The registration service is now free and will be included as part of IHMA membership. The HIR database is kept off-line to maintain the highest levels of security and is operated by the Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau of the Commercial Crime Services division of the International Chamber of Commerce. Only authorised staff at the CIB have access – the HIR operation is totally confidential between these and the IHMA member registering holograms.


The success of the HIR has been proven over the years, and a growing number of customers commissioning secure holograms require them to be registered on the HIR. Several attempts to make counterfeit holograms have failed because the HIR demonstrated the hologram was already being produced by an IHMA member. Equally, there have been cases of fake holograms reported to the HIR which has then proved useful in demonstrating that they were counterfeit. This has then led to prosecutions and the counterfeiters punished. Further information about the HIR can be found at www.ihma.org ENDS

Note to editors

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) - www.ihma.org - is made up of nearly 90 of the world's leading hologram companies. IHMA members are the leading producers and converters of holograms for banknote security, anti-counterfeiting, brand protection, packaging, graphics and other commercial applications around the world. IHMA member companies actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security and quality standards. Issued on behalf of the IHMA by Mitchell Halton Watson Ltd. For further details contact Andy Bruce on +44 (0) 191 233 1300 or email [email protected]

NEWS RELEASE 5

16th January 2010 NEW BOARD FOR HOLOGRAM ASSOCIATION IHMA restructures as innovation drives growth


The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) has elected a new Board th following its recent AGM - and the end of a successful year marking the anniversary 60 of

the invention of the hologram.

The IHMA is made up of 90 of the world's leading hologram companies, including leading producers and converters of holograms for banknote security, anti-counterfeiting, brand protection, packaging, graphics and other commercial applications around the world. Member companies actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security and quality standards. Optaglio’s Philip Hudson becomes the new Chairman. Fellow Board members are Khalid Khanani of Metatex (Pakistan) and Rob Levy of Holo-Source (USA). Simone Foine of Centro Grafico (Italy) becomes the new regional representative for the EU/EFTA, while Manoj Kochar of Holoflex (India) is the new deputy regional representative for Asia. The Board is now comprised as follow: • •

Philip Hudson – Optaglio (UK/CzechRepublic) – Chairman Khalid Khanani - Metatex (Pakistan) - Board member

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Rob Levy - Holo-Source (USA) – Board member

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G S Dillon - Alpha Lasertek (India) – Asian representative

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Manoj Kochar - Holoflex (India) – deputy Asian representative

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Laurence Holden - JDSU (USA) - North American representative

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Pedro de Eguiluz Selvas - Fast Forms (Mexico) - deputy North American representative

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Simone Foine - Centro Grafico (Italy) - EU/EFTA representative

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Goran Milinovic - System Intelligence Products (Serbia) - East Europe/CIS representative

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Dmitry Paltsev - First Print Yard Holographics (Russia) - deputy East Europe/CIS representative

At the IHMA, Chairman Philip Hudson said: “2008 was a year of remarkable technical achievement and progress.


“The industry is a very strong position, with innovation being driven not only by established hologram companies but also those new to the industry. “New ideas and investment is allowing the holography industry to expand rapidly – borne out by the membership of the IHMA, which stands at an all time high with more than 90 and is expected to reach 100 soon.” The AGM also saw the announcement of the winner of the IHMA’s competition to design a hologram for the organisation. Optaglio’s winning 3D image will feature on all future IHMA promotional and stationery items. Ian Lancaster of the IHMA secretariat presented Petr Vizdal of Optaglio with a cheque for £1000, which will be shared out among the team that created the hologram. More at www.ihma.org. Photo caption: Philip Hudson, new Chairman of the IHMA.

ENDS Issued on behalf of the IHMA by Mitchell Halton Watson Ltd. For further details contact Andy Bruce on +44 (0) 191 233 1300 or email [email protected]


Chapter 8: Questionnaire

Questionnaire 1 Questionnaire for Research

Targets: Travel agents and media

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Do you know about Galileo?  Yes  No Do you think Galileo leads in travel technology space as a GDS provider


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Yes

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No say Cant’

Tell us about the strengths and weaknesses of Galileo? Any other comments Open ended

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What are your views towards ITQ? Open ended

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What is the association between Galileo and i{tq}? Open ended

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Is Galileo perceived better as against competing brands – Amadeus, Worldspan, Abacus, Sabre  Yes  No  Cant’ say For journalists only

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Are spokespeople easily accessible?  Yes  No  Cant’ say Do you derive any value in your interaction with the company spokespeople  Yes  No  Cant’ say

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Do you  derive Yes any value in your interaction with the company spokespeople  No  Cant’ say o

Is company  Yes information transparent?  

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No Cant’ say

Do you consider it for industry stories?  Yes  No  Cant’ say

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Are Galileo products user friendly?  Yes  No  Cant’ say

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According to you, is Galileo the leading travel technology company? Any comments  Yes  No  Cant’ say

QUESTIONNAIRE 2 Objective of this feedback:

HOMAI published a quarterly house journal by the name of The Holography times. The research was conducted among its subscriber to get the feedback about the newsletter / house journal. This questionnaire was email / courier to its entire subscriber Questionnaire for feedback about House Journal 1) Do you read the newsletter? (If yes, then give the answer 2 to 10)

YES / No


2) Do you like the format of the Newsletter? If no, how would you prefer it to be presented? (Cut whichever is applicable)

YES / NO 3) What do you find most useful about the newsletter? Give the rating according to your preference?

a) News Bytes b) Know Your Member c) Alert of the Issue d) Article on Technology e) Industry Updates

1 – HIGHEST, 5 LOWEST

4) What do you find least useful? Give the rating according to your preference?

a) News Bytes b) Know Your Member c) Alert of the Issue d) Article on Technology e) Industry Updates 1 – HIGHEST, 5 LOWEST

5) What section of the newsletter do you find most interesting? 6) What do you find least interesting? 8) How can we improve the newsletter? 9) Your Comment on Importance of Hologram on Document Security? 10) List of topics which you want us to write in future issues?

Please fill this questionnaire and email to us at [email protected] or courier at HOMAI 21-Ground Floor, Devika Tower 6, Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019

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