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Rehabilitation should be time bound:Dr.Bhakti Kumar Dave

Demand to solve the rehabilitation problem of 1971

By Abhitash D. Singh

PANVEL: “Whenevera new project comes up,it is imperative to firstrehabilitate the resi-dents of that area. Air-port is very essential forthe development andprogress of the country,but villagers should notbe made the target fordevelopment of the coun-try” said Dr Bhakti Ku-mar Dave, President ofPanvel Pravasi Sangh,while addressing theproject affected villagersfrom 18 villages.

He further added,“Before starting theproject the 3000 fami-lies from 18 villages

be rehabilitated and itshould be a time boundprocess.”

“Rehabilitation prob-lem of 1971 is still pend-ing. Policies made bybureaucrats are verylucrative but do not getimplemented. The mon-ey is being squanderedfor personal benefits”informed Dave.

“In beginning theCIDCO officials said 18villages will be affectedand later it became 10and now it is 14 villag-es. The officials keepchanging their plansand the villagers arekept in dark,” stressedDave.

By Abhitash D. Singh

ULWE: It is night-marish experience forthe residents of Ulwe toventure out late in theevening as the streets

are completely dark.While street light poleswere erected in Sectors-16 and 17 in Uwe threemonths back, these arestill not functional.Most of the residentswho walk down fromKharkopar station to-wards their home haveto walk in completedarkness.

The concerned resi-dents said that theyhad a ray of hope of get-ting lights when theysaw poles being erectedopposite Kharkopar sta-tion lane and also insector-16 and 17. But

Streetlight poles erected3 months back in Ulwe;but not yet functional

it is more than threemonths and still theseremain non-functional.

Pratik Yadav, Direc-tor of NGO ParivartanFoundation said, “ Even

though, till date, therehas been no registeredcase of robbery in sec-tor-16 and 17, but mostof the women fearwalking in the dark-ness. The authorityshould look into thematter and they shouldstart the operations ona priority basis.”

Kailash Mishra,Ulwe Node BJP VicePresident said, "Thenode of Ulwe is facingseveral problems.Street lights and lack oftransport facility are

Cont. on pg. 2

1) Rehabilitation should be a time bound.

2) Villagers should not be targeted for the

development of Airport.

3) Rehabilitation programme which is

pending from 1971 should be solved first.

who are going to be af- fected by airport should

Cont. on pg. 3

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Commissioner An-nasaheb Misal conduct-ed a review meetingwith the civic officialsregarding measuresthat need to be takenfor ensuring smoothand hassle free celebra-

tion of the forthcomingGanesh Utsav. Themeeting was held at theheadquarters of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) on Mondayand was attended byAdditional Commis-sioner Mahavir

Pendhari, additionalcommissioner AmolYadav deputy commis-sioner of police, zone 1Pankaj Dahane, Assis-tant Commissioner ofPolice (traffic) ArunPatil, Executive Engi-neer of MaharashtraElectricity Distribution

Company RameshRathod, Upper Tehsil-dar Mrs Wagh and oth-er officers.

During the meeting,a review was made ofthe online services thathave been introduced

Civic Chief gives guidelines forsmooth Ganesh Utsav celebration

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Jewellery worth Rs 1 lakhsnatched from a senior citizen

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A 72-year-old woman whowas out with her hus-band was robbed off hergold mangalsutraworth Rs. 1 lakh and18 thousand. Vashi po-lice have launched asearch operation forthe unidentified per-son.

According to police,

the victim, ShantaNaik (72), a resident ofSector 4, Vashi was outof the house on Fridaymorning with her hus-band. At around11.30am, when Shan-ta Naik with her hus-band was approachingJagteshwar temple inVashi, a robber on amotorcycle, wearing ahelmet, suddenly came

in front of them andpulled the gold man-galsutra from Mrs.Naik’s neck. Despitetheir attempt to savethe jewellery, therobbed was successfulin fleeing from the spotand drove towardsVashi village. After thisincident, Shanta Naikfiled a complaint atVashi police station.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Thedeath of the 10th stan-dard girl of ModernSchool, Vashi who diedduring the school ex-amination on Wednes-day afternoon is still amystery. Sayagli Jag-tap, it is learnt col-lapsed just before giv-ing her exams and wasdeclared dead at Wock-hardt Hospital beforeadmission. Jagtap’sfamily performed herfinal rites mournfully.Meanwhile, the doctorshave kept Viscera andHistopath of Sayali forthe autopsy report.

The viscera and his-topath of the deceasedthat was kept with doc-tors, has been now sentfor further investiga-tion at J J Hospital andKalina Research cen-tre. After getting thehistopath report only

Modern School’s girl deathstill a mystery

the doctor can find outthe reason behind Say-ali’s sudden death.

Dr. Bhushan Jaininformed that, “The ac-tual reason of Sayali’sdeath can be confirmedonly after getting herhistopath report. Doc-tors are assuming thatSayali could be suffer-ing from fever or sick-ness and that could bethe reason she had col-lapsed.”

The parents of Say-ali however denied thatshe was suffering fromany sickness.

Meanwhile, parentsof Sayali have allegedthat the school man-agement and theteachers failed to taketheir daughter to hos-pital on time. If theyhad done, she wouldhave been saved. In-stead of taking her tohospital, they them-

selves tried to bringSayali back to normal.The procedure of bring-ing her back to nor-malcy took lot of timeand she died, it is al-leged.

some of those. As frequency of buses plying to var-ious sectors of Ulwe are less, people have to de-pend on autorickshaw for travelling. The autodrivers take advantage of this and charge exorbi-tantly. They also have to face the problem of darkstreets. The planning authority should take theinitiative of starting the street lights on an ur-gent basis as also improving transportation facil-ity."

An official from CIDCO on the condition ofanonymity said, “We are in the process of start-ing the operation soon. The street light poles havealready been installed and within a month thesewill become functional.”

Streetlight poles erected....Cont. from pg. 1

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: 970Rakhis were sent to CM

970 Rakhi’s sent to CM Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis bywomen from ward no 1.The Rakhi collection

drive was carried outby BJP CorporatorUjwala Jhanjad.

NMMC to develop GanpatTandel ground

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation willdevelop the GanpatTandel ground, Sector26, Nerul as multi-

purpose ground bydividing the groundinto three zones i.e.exhibition areas,playground andchildren park. Theproposed project is

estimated to cost Rs 1crore 32 lakh 89thousand 299 andproposal will besubmitted during thegeneral body meetingto be held on Tuesday.

Shri Bhagwati Sai Sansthan distributeseducational materials to 600 students

PANVEL: ShriBhagwati Sai Sanst-han, Panvel, Sai BabaMandir Panvel run byShri Narayan BabaCharitable Trustdistributed education-al materials to around600 students from 11schools in PanvelMunicipal Corpora-tion.

For the last 46years, Shri BhagwatiSai Sansthan has

been distributing freeliterature, books, anduniforms to studentsof Panvel city. Everyyear about 600students are benefited.

Speaking on theoccasion, Shri Naray-an Baba, said nostudents should bedeprived of education.On this occasion,Chairman of ShriBhagwati Sai Sanst-han, Khemchand

Gokhalani, SecretaryRamlal Chowdhury,General ManagerRam Thadani, Medi-cal Officer Dr.Shakuntal Bhatijaand others werepresent. There were 3lucky draws: KanaiyaThackeray receivedRs. 2500, RatnaJankar received Rs.2000 and DharatiAmbiram received Rs.1500.

Uran Taluka PrincipalAssociation Meeting Held

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: With theprime objective ofcreating a mutualunderstanding andcoordination betweenthe principals of allthe schools in UranTaluka and solve thevarious issues relatedto school and stu-dents, PrincipalAssociation wasformed for the firsttime in Uran Talukaon 16th August, 2019and the meeting washeld in T. H. Vajekar

College, Phunde.The Association

was formed underthe chairmanship ofMr. Mohan Hasur-am Patil (Principalof T. H. VajekarCollege Phunde).The newly electedChairman of thePrincipal’s Associa-tion made theresolution to try andsolve the problemsor disputes arisingin the school fromstudents, teachersor principal which

will be resolved bythe effective workingand decision makingof the Association.

The Chairman Mr.N. N. Naik, Vice-Chairman Mrs.Madhuri KiranPrabhu, SecretaryMr. Kishor HirajiBhoir, Deputy Secre-tary Mr. S. K. Kande-kar, Treasurer Mr. L.M. Bhoye, DeputyTreasurer Mr. AnilUttam Nikam, havebeen appointed ascommittee members.

Civic Chief gives... Cont. from pg. 1

for the convenience ofthe Ganesh Utsav man-dals for getting all therequisite permissionsthrough single applica-tion. As per the order ofthe High Court, themunicipal commission-er suggested that thepolice departmentshould give the ‘No Ob-jection’ certificates 10days before the com-mencement of the fes-tival. The Board alsoadvised to initiate theconstruction of the pan-dal with permissionfrom the Collector's Of-fice. The mandals willbe required to displaycopy of the permit atthe site. So far 162mandals have appliedonline for permission.

The commissioneralso instructed the con-cerned municipal de-partments to ensurethat the roads aresmooth and pothole freeso that the residents donot face problems eitherwhile bringing LordGanesha or during thetime of visarjan. Forthe safety and securityof the devotees, instruc-tions have been given toinstall CCTV camerasat strategic places and

the police officials havebeen asked to be morevigilant during the en-tire festive period. TheCommissioner request-ed the MSEDCL forcontinuous and unin-terrupted supply of pow-er during the festiveperiod and to providenecessary independentpower supply to theGaneshotsav mandals.Instructions have beengiven for the arrange-ment of generators atthe immersion sites incase of sudden powerfailure.

Mr. Misal furtherdirected the tree au-thority department ofthe civic body to ensurethat the trees on theroute towards immer-sion are pruned so thatthe devotees do not faceproblem while takinghuge Ganesh idols. Healso instructed the sol-id waste managementto ensure systematicdisposal of dry and wetwaste. He also directedthe officials to arrangefor separate boxes forprasad and fruits.

The fire departmenthas been asked to de-ploy additional life-guards at the immer-

sion sites and suggest-ed that the volunteersshould be roped in.

The Commissionerreviewed the variousarrangements likecleaning of the immer-sion sites, barricadingas needed, provision ofdrinking water, ambu-lances with first aidroom and medicalteam. In order to pro-mote Ganeshotsavmandals, the commis-sioner suggested thatShri Ganesha Darshancompetition should beorganized in a propermanner this year andpriority should be giv-en to eco-friendly Gane-shotsav Mandals.

The civic chief saidthat all the authoritiesshould cooperate witheach other so that theGaneshotsav is cele-brated with great en-thusiasm and in an or-ganized manner inNavi Mumbai.

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Issue : 94 20 August, 2019

Liberty stretchedtoo far

Absolute liberty or independence of-ten tends to dilute the rules and regula-tions and consequently, many times, leadsto indiscipline. This is true in most of thespheres of life. Over stretching of the def-inition of liberty is evident in the presentsociety and specifically in the education-al field. The modern day colleges appearmore as a get together point for theyouths rather than seats of learning.

As soon as the students completetheir schooling and enter the college,there is inherent feeling amongst stu-dents to break away all the shackles ofthe school life. Not only they wish to feelliberated, they also feel that they havegrown up in life. The idea of cool and ca-sual life of the college campus elatesthem. The present day consumerismcatches fast on them and modern dress-es, mobile phones, bikes and cars, can-teens, parties, etc. tend to become bareminimum needs. For many, educationtakes a back seat and mere qualifyingexams are the ultimate dream. This hasnot only spoilt the results, but has also inturn brought down the reputations of theinstitutions.

As a corrective measure, few colleg-es in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai have broughtin regulations to control dress code, useof cellular phones, loitering in campus,ban on smoking in campus etc. to curbthe erosion of standards. They havebrought in similar restrictive rules for theteaching staff as well. This has not trick-led down well both with the students aswell as the teachers who feel that theirliberty has been encroached upon.Though it may appear so, the dress codealways brings a sense of discipline be-sides a sense of fraternity feeling amongstthe students of a particular college. Alsoit shall help isolate outsider, who entersthe campus. The ban on mobile phonesshall provide uninterrupted lectures andmore concentration.

The college life develops citizens oftomorrow. Too much of rules and toomuch of liberty, both are harmful. Theright combination shall provide ideal at-mosphere for the young brains to grow.It is definite that onslaught of consumer-ism on education has to be curbed to pre-vent the seats of education from becom-ing the fashion ramps or a get togetherplace for gossiping.

Officials and party supporters of Peasants and Workers Party of India from Khanav and Mahalungi in Panvel talukahave joined Bharatiya Janata Party.

PANVEL:

As part of the

ongoing birthday

celebration of

CIDCO and BJP

Raigad District

President

Prashant Thakur,

Ramsheth

Thakur Samajik

Vikas Mandal in

association and

Sadhu Vaswani

Mission Pune had

organised Jaipur

foot camp in

Panvel.

The camp was

held in Market

Yard, Hall, Panvel

and 67 people

availed the

facility and they

were examined by

experts.

67 people benefit during free Jaipur Foot Camp

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Run for health

Yogathon (Yoga Tour - 2019) was organized in association with World Ayush Expo andHealth 2019 and Shri Govardhani Public Sewa Sansthan at Ganpatsheth Tandel Maid-an, Seawoods, Nerul. (By Sumit Renose)

PANVEL: During the PanvelAssembly Booth Workers' Meet-ing that took place on 18thAugust, 2019 at the CKT Collegegrounds in Khanda Colony.During the meeting, partysupporters of the Peasants and

Former corporator Naz Hafizjoins BJP with her supporters

Workers Party of India, Congressand NCP joined the BJP. Theywere welcomed by the state'seducation minister AshishShelar, Ramsheth Thakur,CIDCO President MLA PrashantThakur and other dignitaries.

Three men involved inmobile robberies arrested

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: In sep-arate incidents, the po-lice have arrested threemen who were involvedin looting mobilephones from the pas-sengers on Harbourand Trans Harbourrailway lines. Policehave seized mobilephones from them.

According to police,Ganesh RamshankarKanaujia (24), a resi-dent of Bhandup, wastraveling from Thane toNerul on August 14,2019. Irfan AkramRaine, 19, who wasstanding by the railwayline, struck at Ganesh'shand and stole the mo-bile phone from hishand. Ganesh immedi-ately lodged complaintat Juinagar police sta-tion. After checking theCCTV footage, the policenabbed the accused Ir-fan from near Turbhe

railway station. So thepolice arrested him andseized the mobile he hadrobbed.

On August 12, ataround 4 pm, NageshRamesh Hirave (19), arobber, stood near therake door on the VashiThane locality and hitAnkush Dinkar Bed, 23,and ran off with hismobile phone worth Rs.15,000. Ankush regis-tered the case withVashi railway police.The police arrested theaccused after checkingthe footage from theCCTV camera. Thethief Nagesh Hirave,was involved in four oth-er similar thefts aswell. Senior police in-spector NandkishoreSasta said that he hasbeen involved in similarcrimes as well.

Abdullah ShabirKhan (24), a resident ofMasala Market in

APMC, arrived at theSanpada railway sta-tion from Panvel at 4.30am on August 15 whenGuddu BasavarajHonkore snatched awaymobile phone worth Rs.12,000 from him. AlertAbdullah at once shout-ed and alerted other pas-sengers who nabbedGuddu BasavarajHonkore, 18, who wastrying to flee and hand-ed him over to the po-lice on duty.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Abody of an unidentifiedman was found in theback water of thecreek in Khargharvillage on August 13,2019 at around 3 pm.

An unidentified man's bodyfound in Kharghar creek

Police said the bodycould have beenwashed away with thewater current due toheavy rain. Khargharpolice have initiated

Cont. on pg. 10

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Patriotic Fervour MarksI - Day Celebrations

Students perform mime show on the occasion.

By Ashok Dhamija

KALAMBOLI: St. Jo-seph’s High School &Junior College, Kalam-boli celebrated the In-dependence Day withgreat patriotic fervour& enthusiasm. Thegamut of celebrationactivities organised atthe school campus con-sisted of impressiveMarch Past, Tree plan-tation drive, Mimeshow, Patriotic dance,Aerobics and Prize dis-tribution for the meri-torious students

The Chief Guest Te-jaswini Galande - For-est Department, Pan-vel Municipal Corpora-tion hoisted the na-tional flag in presenceof Guest of Honour forthe program which in-cluded BhagyashreeBarure - Sr, ExecutiveDepartment, Food Ser-vice India Pvt. Ltd.,(Ex student of theschool) Dr. Jyoti Parle

- Head of Physiothera-py Department, MGMHospital, Kamothe,Dr. Alok Sharma -HOD - Neuro SugeryDepartment, Director-Neurogen Brain &Spine Institute, SionHospital

The Guest in theiraddress to the studentsdished out words ofwisdom and encour-aged them to partici-pate wholeheartedly inthe all the activitiesand competitions ar-ranged by the school.

Time To ExperienceFreedom, Peace & Unity

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: The73rd Independence Daywas celebrated withgreat enthusiasm andrespect at St. Xavier’sHigh School, Airoli.The programme wasgraced by number ofdignitaries includingP.I Auti - SeniorInspector TrafficRabale Police Station,

Proud to be an Indian

Babasaheb N. Gaik-wad - Soldier-2 MA-HAR REGIMENTUttarakhand, PrasadChaulkar (Internation-al Medal Winner &3rd Degree Black inKarate) among others.On the momentousoccasion they unfurledthe tri colour flagfollowed by the melodi-ous singing of the

National Anthem byone and all present onthe occasion. Animpressive March Pastby various studentssquads set the tone forthe celebrations. Thecultural programmeby the studentshighlighted the spiritof freedom and nation-

Cont. on pg. 11

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: In afirst of its kind initia-tive taken by Bank ofIndia to generate ideasand review perfor-mance of its brancheson the various Bankingparameters across In-dia, a two day bottom-up consultative processinvolving Branch Man-agers and Domain ex-perts was organized on17th and 18th August2019. One such initia-tive based on the theme‘ Taking Reform toBranch Level Consulta-tion & Ideation’ washeld for Navi MumbaiZone, involving all its60 branches within itsjurisdiction at CBD Be-lapur, Navi Mumbaiunder the stewardshipof its Executive Direc-tor A.K.Das and aidedby the Zonal ManagerVishwajeet Singh.

As part of the firstof the three phase con-sultative approach, thebranch heads werethemselves engaged inself-assessment on KeyResult Areas (KRA),deliberated on the is-sues related to day today operations, andevolved ideas on futurestrategy. The meet fo-cused on the ways andmeans to increase cred-it to various sectors of

BOI Organises BranchLevel Meet Across Nation

Aims to align itself to citizen

centric operations countrywide

The two day bottom-up consultative process involving Branch Managers and Domainexperts was organized at BOI’s Navi Mumbai Zonal Office at CBD Belapur

BOI’s Executive Director A.K.Das addressing the mediain presence of his Navi Mumbai Zonal Manager Vishwa-jeet Singh on his bank’s initiative on taking fresh guardin its operations to serve the need of the nation (Photoby Author).

the economy withgreater IT content tobring about innovationand leverage big dataanalytics. The idea wasto make banking citi-zen-centric as well asmore responsive to theneeds and aspiration ofsenior citizens, farm-ers, small industrial-ists, entrepreneurs,youth, students andwomen.

Sharing histhoughts during thePress Meet organized atits Navi Mumbai Zon-al office on Sunday 18th

August, 2019, A.K.Das,Executive Director,Bank of India said,‘This is a first-of-itskind initiative beingundertaken by theBank with the timelysupport & guidance

from Department of Fi-nancial Services (DFS),Government of Indiawhich oversees severalkey programs/initia-tives and reforms con-cerning the Banking,Insurance and PensionSectors, in India. Sev-eral topical themessuch as: Digital pay-ments, Corporate Gov-ernance in PSBs, Cred-it for MSMEs, Retail,Agriculture, ExportCredit, EstablishingFinancial Grid and En-abling Bank Credit to-wards a $5 Trillioneconomy were dis-cussed during the meetwith a view to Chartout specific roadmap forPSBs. The meet alsoreviewed the Bank’s

Cont. on pg. 9

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Child psychologist andbehavioural management

It is for all theparents and evengrandparents, aswell as teachers,here are some unbe-lievably simple

parenting ideas thatwork wonders inmoulding future of achild.

Children need aminimum of eighttouches during a dayto feel connected to aparent. Parentsshould realise thisand allot somespecial time for thechildren. If they aregoing through aparticularly chal-lenging time, it is a

By C K Subramaniam

minimum of 12 aday. This does nothave to be a big deal;it could be thestraightening of acollar, a pat on theshoulder or a simplehug. The personaltouch go a long wayin maintaining aclose relationship.

Each day, childrenneed one meaningfuleye-to-eye conversa-tion with a parent.Parents play a

pivotal role in form-ing the future of achildren. Childrenare the future of ourcountry as well. It isespecially importantfor babies to havethat eye contact, butchildren of all agesneed us to slow downand look them in theeyes. From a veryyoung age, an eye toeye contact, formspart and parcel ofparental schedule.

Some children arevery quick to reactand do some of thehousehold work withgood intention. So, itis up to the parentsto inculcate the habitfrom the childhood. Ifyou make them bendat five and whengrown up he can beflexible at 50 as well.Again, make childrenspeak with you inEnglish at home butat the same time do

not forget to impartknowledge of yourmother tongue.

There are nineminutes during theday that have thegreatest impact on achild: the first threeminutes right afterthey wake up, thethree minutes afterthey come home fromschool, the last threeminutes of the day

Cont. on pg. 8

These days when Itravel on the road fromBalaji gardens to Bal-aji Movieplex the pot-hole on the road goingthrough Bonkode Vil-lage makes my autoride so bumpy thatsometimes I can hearmy bones creaking.Most of the roads inMumbai have now be-come full of potholes.Infact this is the sce-nario in almost everypart of the country. Ithas become a naturaltendency for drivers toswerve through lanesto avoid potholes,which causes nearbyvehicles to also panic.

In the Lok Sabha,Minister of State forRoads said that 3,597people had been killedand 25,000 injured in2017 because of acci-dents caused by pot-holes alone. Even theSupreme Court re-sponded to this inshock, stating thatmore Indians havedied due to potholesthan by terrorist at-tacks. In Mumbai andNavi Mumbai withthe death of five-year-old child in Thane, thenumber of casualtiesfrom accidents causedby potholes and badroads has risen to threein less than a month.And two of these inci-dents were in Thanecity. Many questionswere raised aboutthese three accidentsthat have claimed livesand these questions areabout the work done byThane Municipal Cor-poration (TMC) and theMaharashtra StateRoad Development Cor-

Potholes or death holes?

poration (MSRDC).The first incident

took place in Mumbraon July 17, killing a46-year-old woman,who was riding pillion,and fell off the bikewhen her husbandskidded over a pothole.On August 6, a traffic

cop fell to his death inAmbernath when hewas trying to avoidpotholes. But theblame game is in fullplay as the MSRDCmentioned that thechild’s death was notdue to the condition ofGhodbunder Road.TMC engineer , placedthe blame on MSRDCsaying that the roadwhere the accident tookplace is not their roadbut MSRDC’s road.This in spite of the factthat in 2017, the bud-get for road safety in-creased by a whopping100.4 per cent to Rs5,217 crore. With thismuch money allottedfor roadworks and safe-ty, why don’t we find

any increase in roadquality? We can saythat a significant rea-son for this lies in ram-pant corruption andthe outright shoddyconstruction of roads.Whatever funds arereleased for roads everyyear, it sometimes feels

like no road can lastfor more than sixmonths in the country.Many blame lack ofcoordination betweenauthorities for the poorcondition of roads. Re-ality is that there is nosingle road standardguideline followed bythese authorities. Buteach tries to blame theother for the road’s con-dition.

There are manysuch accidents like theGhodbunder Road acci-dent, where cementroad is made by oneauthority while the as-phalt road by another,and they worked with-out any co -ordination

Cont. on pg. 11

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before they go to bed.We need to makethose momentsspecial and help ourchildren feel loved.These are simple,right? Nothing reallyearth-shatteringhere. Try it. When-ever you feel likescolding or beatingyour child, take adeep breath, or count

1-10 and then act.Parent should set anexample and angermanagement play asignificant role. If youprovoke them andshow anger then theymay repel and thatwill become the orderof the day.

Let us ask chil-dren to study theirfavourite subject on

their own. Keep thembusy during sparetime. Make themcomplete their homework of their ownwith your guidance.In the evening timebefore proceeding togo for playing makethem do art and craftwork or draw somepicture and colourthem according totheir liking. Encour-age them to partici-pate in drawing

Child psychologist...Cont. from pg. 7

Save dwindling Parsi population

By Vinod

Chandrashekhar Dixit

Jamshedi Navrozwas the Parsi NewYear celebrated on 17thAugust this year. Par-si New Year wasnamed after the legend-ary King of Persia, Jam-shed who started theParsi Calendar. As perthe Parsi mythology,universe is recreated onthis day and life withall its glory is cher-ished. Parsi New Year,also called JamshediNavroz or Pateti, is oneof the biggest events forthe people who followZoroastrianism.

The word pateticomes from patet, theMiddle Persian word forrepentance. Pateti istherefore a day for aperson to reflect ontheir thoughts, wordsand deeds of the previ-ous year and to repentthose that were notgood. The repentanceallows dedicating thenew year to goodthoughts words anddeeds in a process of eth-ical growth. The holyfestival is marked bygrand celebrations andthe atmosphere is fullof positivity andprayers. It is the cele-bration of the remit-tance of the communi-ty from evil thoughtsand deeds as well aspurging themselves ofthe sins of the pastyears. India, beinghome to the largestnumber of Parsis fromaround the world, whomainly reside in Gujar-at and Maharashtra,holds a cultural signif-icance.

Parsis originate

from Iran or Persiawho had to migrate inthe 7th Century ADduring the Islamic in-vasion. The day isnamed after Persianking Jamshed who in-troduced the Parsi cal-endar. Parsis believethat there are six sea-sons in a year with animportant festival ineach of them. These fes-tivals are known by thename of Gahambars.These were originallyagricultural festivalsbut as Zoroastrianismdeveloped, they as-sumed religious signif-icance. Parsis celebrateKhordad Sal as thebirth of their ProphetZoroaster who was bornin the middle of secondmillennium B.C. Hisbirth anniversary fallson the 6th day of thefirst month of the Zoro-astrian Calendar and isobserved with rejoic-ings. In each of thesefestivals Parsis do a lotof charity to the needy.To extend a helpinghand to the poor is spe-cial characteristic ofthe Parsis. It is the cel-ebration of the remit-tance of the communi-ty from evil thoughtsand deeds as well aspurging themselves ofthe sins of the pastyears.

Parsis lay down cer-tain auspicious itemson the table on the dayof New Year. It includesa sacred book, a pictureof Zarathustra, mirror,candles, incense burn-er, fruits, flowers, agoldfish bowl, sugar,bread and some coins.In the Parsi culture,the number seven is a

revered number as itsignifies the seven ele-mental forces of earth-ly life. Therefore, a'Half Seen' table is setup which includes sev-en symbolic elements,all starting with the 'S'sound. These elementsare Sabzeh, Senjed, Sa-manu, Sir, Serkejh, Siband Sumac. This is themost important ritualperformed during theParsi New Year.

These things sym-bolize prosperity andlongevity for the fami-ly members. People goto the fire temple oragiary since the sacredfire, which was broughtfrom Iran once, is al-ways kept burning bythe high priest of thetemple. Offerings ofmilk, sandalwood, wa-ter, flowers and fruitsare made. On this day,people throw theirsabzeh (seeds grown atNavroz) into a river.Some unmarried girlstie sprouts of sabzehand wish for good for-tune and love in lifewhile some crack jokescalling it the thirteenthlie (same as April's fool).

On the occasion ofthese Parsi festivalspeople from all theclasses come together,ignoring social differ-ences to rejoice whole-heartedly and celebratethe festive occasion infriendship, harmonyand happiness. Pateti iscelebrated to gainhealth, wealth, pros-perity, and productivi-ty. Four ‘Fs’ – Fire, Fra-grance, Food, andFriendship – play animportant role in thecelebration. The Par-

sis dress up in theirbest traditional clothesand visit ‘Agiary’ alsoknown as fire temples.

History of Persiasays that after the riseof Islam, only 10,000Persians were left andtoday the count is ap-proximately 2.6 millionworldwide. India ishome to the largestgroup of Parsis fromaround the Worldwhere the communityhas been a significantpart of the economicand industrial growthof the country and livesin harmony with vari-ous other religions likeHindus, Muslims,Sikhs, Christians andmany more. But it ispainful to note that dayby day the population ofParsi is declining.

It is a welcome deci-sion of the Indian gov-ernment to fund newfertility clinics to helpsave its dwindling Par-si population which isnow under threat of ex-tinction. The Parsi'sshould be grateful thatthe Indian governmentactually cares aboutpreserving their com-munity and is even onboard monetarily to re-verse the decline. Thegovernment has alsolaunched a schemecalled ‘Jiyo Parsi’ in or-der to reverse the de-clining trend of Parsipopulation. The Parsisare an illustrious com-munity and their con-tribution to India andits development isstarkly out of propor-tion to their tiny num-bers. Today they areone of India's most suc-cessful communities

with Parsi figures play-ing leading roles incommerce, politics, themilitary and entertain-ment industry. Theirnumbers have declinedby 12% every censusdecade - India's popula-tion increases by 21%.The birth rate of theParsis has dropped dra-matically to below re-placement levels. Par-si numbers have de-clined by 12% every cen-sus decade - India's pop-ulation increases by21%. They are project-ed to plummet to 23,000in the near future, re-ducing this sophisticat-ed, urbane communityto a "tribe".

India’s Parsis havebeen facing a relentlessdemographic decline. Inthe decade till 2011,when the last nationalcensus was held, theirnumbers fell from69,601 to 57,264 . Theirnumbers have been fall-ing every decade since1941, when it hadreached a peak of morethan 1,00,000. Between1971 and 1981 it fell by20%, the sharpest de-cline till the latest de-cennial count.

Having attained acertain level of educa-tion and profession, thegirls want boys from ahigher status andstanding if not equaland that leads to latemarriages or single sta-tus and consequentlyfewer children. The av-erage age of marriagefor Parsi women is 29-30 and 35 for men. Fer-tility rates have fallenbelow viable levels; onlyone in nine wholly Par-si families has a child

under age 10. Thirty percent of the communitynever marries. Manygirls marry outside thecommunity and so theyand their children arenot considered Parsis.One in every 10 womenand one in every fivemen remains unmar-ried by age 50. Fertilityrates have fallen belowviable levels; only one innine wholly Parsi fami-lies has a child underage 10. After three de-cades, their populationis estimated to fall to40,000. Their numbersare down to a critical61,000, and diminish-ing by the day; another40,000 are scatteredacross the world with aneven greater struggle tohang on to their distinc-tive identity. Since2001, the Parsi popula-tion has declined to57,264, an approximate18% drop from 69,601.The tradition of marry-ing only within the com-munity resulted in largenumbers of people re-maining unmarried inthe 70s and 80s. Accord-ing to an estimate, closeto 30 per cent of Parsisin the bigger cities suchas Mumbai, Delhi andPune are marrying out-side the community.Time has now comewhen cognizant effort isneeded by the youngParsi generation tomake a change in theirsocio-psychological atti-tude. They should getmarried early at theright time and shouldnot delay the birth ofchildren for the sake ofbetter careers.The writer is freelance jour-

nalist, writer and cartoonist

competition andprovide them withthe substance with acatchy caption. Afterall life is for enjoy-ment and the kidsenjoyment is ourenjoyment.

Provide them withbasic knowledge andtry to back them tothe hilt. But do notmake them depen-dent all the time.Send them to oneexam without study-

ing at all. Rememberwhat our kids arelearning in 5th std istaught to 7th stdabroad. Let us keepour kids out ofunwanted competi-tion. It is notable that80% of what kids arelearning won't beuseful to them infuture. Our kids canreally afford to dowhatever they wantto do in future. Pleasedo not compel chil-

dren to do what youpropose to do. Higherdegrees do not guar-antee success andhappiness. Not all thehighly educatedpeople do well profes-sionally. And not allwho do well profession-ally are the happiestones. Kids are alwaysin a party mood. Don'tspoil their childhood.Support and let thembe what they want tobe.

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Ryanities Showcase TheirLove For The Nation

Students of Ryan Nerul highlight the importance of national integration through a skiton the occasion of Independence Day celebration. In addition they also highlightedthe importance of Environment Conservation

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: The primary & thesecondary section of Ryan Interna-tional School, Nerul celebrated Inde-pendence Day with great pomp andshow. Decked up in tri-colour theschool had the aura of patriotism. Theprogramme commenced with Lord’sPrayer followed by the unfurling ofthe national flag by the guests whowere also given a sapling in remem-brance of the vision of Chairman Dr.A.F. Pinto to make Navi Mumbai acleaner and greener place to live in.Students showcased their love for the

nation with different dance perfor-mances based on the patriotic songs.Students were felicitated for partici-pating in various National and Inter-national level sports. The Principalof the school Janet Aranha wished thestudents and teachers on the momen-tous occasion and urged the young-sters to remember the contributionof freedom fighters of yester yearswhich enabled India achieve Indepen-dence from the British regimen wayback in 1947. She also inspired themto work for the peace and unity of thecountry through their lives.

contribution to variousnational priorities inareas such as - Creditsupport for economicgrowth, Infrastructure/ industry, Farm sectorand blue economy, JalShakti, MSME sectorand MUDRA loans, Ed-ucation loans, Exportcredit, Green economy,Swachh Bharat, Finan-cial inclusion and wom-en empowerment, Di-rect benefit transfers,Less cash/digital econ-omy, ease of living, le-veraging local poten-tial. The key focus willbe on Rural Agricultur-al and MSME (RAM)sector and Government

guaranteed businessopportunity where wewould like to increaseour limit to 55% initial-ly from the existing51%, while reducingthe Corporate exposureto 45%”.

He further added“Such a comprehensiveexercise facilitated con-ception of a number ofimplementable and in-novative suggestions asto how Public SectorBanks in general, andBank of India in partic-ular which over theyears has contributedin a big way in nationbuilding can play amore effective role in

nation building. Thiswill only add to thegrowth of Indian econ-omy and change per-ception, In addition thesuggestions that werecollated and will be sentfor further discussionsat the SLBC/State lev-el, along with compar-ative performance as-sessment of the branch-es under each region aspart of the second phasescheduled to be held on22nd and 23rd later thismonth. After the SLBClevel, final consultationwill be held at the na-tional level (Phase III)to compare both intraand inter-bank perfor-mances, and to finalizethe suggestions regard-ing the way ahead for

implementation acrossPSBs. It would be at-tended by top officials ofMinistry of Finance andin most probability byour Honorable PrimeMinister NarendraModi too”.

Vishwajeet Singh.Navi Mumbai ZonalManager while speak-ing to Newsband said“The idea behind con-ducting the openingphase of this uniquebottom-up consultativeprocess for Navi Mum-bai Zone branches (ex-tends from Ghatkoparto Panvel and Uran toAmbernath) was to gen-erate ideas and reviewperformance by theirrespective heads so thatBOI align its operations

with national priorities.Held on a weekend thesame saw free flow ofthoughts from the par-ticipants which includ-ed domain experts andresulted in number ofvaluable suggestions.This also provided op-portunity for all of us forself-assessment and im-provements so that thebanking operations arealigned with the needsof our customers”.

Responding to a que-ry regarding the bankscommitment to supportPrime Minister Naren-dra Modi’s Startup In-dia Initiative that wasrolled out several pro-grams with the objec-tive of supporting entre-preneurs, building a

robust startup ecosys-tem and transformingIndia into a country ofjob creators instead ofjob seekers, he furthersaid “ Bank of India hasbeen supporting suchinitiatives subject to el-igibility and feasibility.This could be throughPradhan MantriMUDRA Yojana(PMMY) which allowsfor loans up to 10 lakhto the non-corporate,non-farm small/microenterprises, Stand UpIndia Scheme whichfacilitate bank loansbetween 10 lakh and 1Crore, soon to be ex-tended to 5 Crore as ourExecutive Directorshared during thePress Meet earlier.”

BOI Organises Branch...Cont. from pg. 6

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: With great enthusiasmand joy, St. Joseph’s High School,(SSC), New Panvel celebrated Inde-pendence Day in a grandeur way.The entire school was reverberatedwith national anthem post the un-furling or the tri-Colour flag by theChief Guest Amardeep Kaur Kaly-an- Sqn.Ldr. Indian Air force andformer Alumini of the New Panvelbased institute . Other eminent per-sonalities who have graced the oc-casion were Captain Dikshit SureshSingh, Dnyaneshwar Bhedodkar-API Panvel city Police Station..Vaibhav Kumar Ronge- Sub-Inspec-tor Khandeshwar Police Station andTalekar Vinod Anant , Executive pro-ducer , Saam T.V. News.

The celebration saw Josephianssquads put up an impressive marchpast which brought about a sparkof patriotic fervor to this historic oc-casion. Patriotic speech enlightenedstudents about their pre-dominant

Time To Reverberate WithPatriotic Spirit

Chief Guest Amardeep Kaur Sqn.Ldr. In-dian Airforce Kalyan, an alumni of the in-stitute unfurls the tri-color

Unity in diversity, showcasing the glorious history and rich culture and heritage ofIndia

Cont. on pg. 10

For Newspaper

NMMC to build super market in NerulBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: If allgoes as per the plan theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is all set toconstruct a super mar-ket in Sector 14, Ner-ul where fruits, flow-ers, vegetables, fishwill be available. The

proposed proposal willbe tabled during thegeneral body meetingand the estimated costof the project is Rs8,79,73,452. The supermarket will be 3 sto-ried building.

The proposed supermarket will be spreadacross 1647.76 sqm.

The decision was tak-en following com-plaints from residentsthat the vacant plot isbeing misused and de-bris is dumped there.To utilize the plot in amuch efficient way, thecivic body has decidedto construct a supermarket.

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duties towards the na-tion. Patriotic song byJosephian choir awak-ened everyone’s feelingtowards mother India.It reminded studentsthe sacrifices whichhad done by the free-dom fighters. Glorioushistory and rich cul-ture and heritage ofour nation were exhib-ited through nationalintegration dance,which made the audi-ence spell bound.Awards were distribut-ed to talented Jo-

sephians not just forrecognizing their mer-itorious performance inacademics but also tohonour those who ex-celled in sports, per-forming arts and invarious social events.The guests who werewelcomed by the Head-mistress FarzanaTungekar along withthe school Parliamentmembers earlier ap-plauded the pro-grammes and perfor-mances put up by thestudents.

Time To Reverberate...Cont. from pg. 9

Residence of Sector Vashi salute the tricolor in unision on the occasion of Independence Day (By Ashok Dhamija)

Patriotic Fervour

1. Mission Mangal

Banner: Cape of Good Films, Fox Star Stu-dios & Hope Productions

Director: Jagan Shakti (debut)Producer: R. Balki & Akshay KumarStar Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taap-

see Pannu , Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Shar-man Joshi etc.

Story: Film is based on true events of the In-dian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) whichsuccessfully launched the Mars Orbiter Mission(Mangalyaan), making it the least expensive mis-sion to Mars.

Positive Points ofthe film: Terrific plot,Akshay Kumar issuperb as an isro sci-entist which is wellsupported by VidyaBalan. She delivereda good performanceconsidering the factthat she is no moreheroine material dueto her physical stature. Taapsee Pannu, Sonak-shi Sinha & others too, have acted well. Filmhas plenty of light entertaining momentsthroughout. The scenes emotionally connect leav-ing you with all patriotic feelings. In his debut,director Jagan Shakti has done a fabulous job!Story (Jagan Shakti), screenplay (Nidhi SinghDharma & Saketh Kondiparthi) & dialogues (R.Balki & Jagan Shakti) are extraordinarily im-pressive. Photography (Ravi Varman) is eyepleasing & of high standard. Film is fast paced,especially in the first half. Chandan Arora (Edi-tor) gets full credit for crisp editing.

Negative Points of the film: Hit number (AmitTrivedi) is missing. Subject (Mission Mangal) be-ing technical in nature, is handled like a child’splay. Mangal yaan is treated like a toy on itsway to mars. More than 30% of the dialoguesare in English which is the biggest drawback.Hence, collections in single screens are likely tobe affected.

Box office: Film has got highest advance book-ing for 2019 (approx. 10 cr). Holiday period andextended 4 day weekend would help generate goodbusiness. It has the potential to do a life timebusiness of over 200 cr .

Ratings: 4/5

2. Batla House

Banner: T-Series Super Cassettes IndustriesLtd., Emmay Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, JA En-tertainment Pvt. Ltd. & Bake My Cake FilmProduction

Producer: Bhushan Kumar, Monisha Advani,Krishan Kumar, John Abraham, MadhuBhojwani, Sandeep Leyzell & Divya Khosla Ku-mar.

Director: Nikhil AdvaniStar Cast: John Abraham, Mrunal Thakur,

Ravi Kishan, Manish Choudhary & others.Story: An action thriller based on 2008 police

encounter in Delhi's Batla House which raisedquestions across the nation. Was it a cover-up ora real victory for the Delhi police? Eleven yearslater, the truth is re-vealed in BatlaHouse.

Positive Points ofthe film: John Abra-ham perfectly suits tothe role. MrunalThakur as John’s wifemade her presence feltin a man driven sub-ject. Ravi Kishan &other supporting casthave acted quite well.Nikhil Advani has succeeded in making a thrill-ing investigative film on a real encounter. Dia-logues are extraordinary in the court room dra-ma. Action scenes are well executed.

Negative Points of the film: Too much cine-matic liberty has been taken. After initial en-counter, entire investigation scenes may not gowell with the masses. No hit number (RochakKohli, Tanishk Bagchi, Ankit Tiwari & StereoNation). However, a forced item number of NoraFatehi (remix version of “Saki Saki”) is pictur-ised well. Editing (Maahir Zaveri) could’ve beensharper. Pace is slow in the first half. Dialogueslack punches. Screenplay too, is weak in the firsthalf. Film is devoid of entertainment. It’s onlyin the climax that the Batla House story is re-vealed. It’s the poorest form of screenplay writ-ing.

Box Office: Being a controversial subject basedon real life incident, high promotion & extended4 day weekend would be fruitful. Opening wasgood, but not like Mission Mangal.

Business Ratings: 3/5Combine business for next 4 days of Mission

Mangal and Batla House are likely to be around150 to 175 cr.

Movie ReviewsBy Abhitash D.Singh

RIP Vidya SinhaThe passing away of former Bollywood ac-

tress Vidya Sinha on August 15, 2019 is a greatloss to the Hindi film industry. Vidya Sinha wasa great actresses and made India proud withher films like Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat,Mukti, Inkaar and Pati Patni Aur Woh. Bolly-wood will miss her. She had a sweet and mes-merizing smile and was one of the best actress-es of the 70s-80s.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

efforts to identify the deceased and have filed acase as an accidental death.

The deceased is approximately 45 to 50 yearsof age and is 5 feet 5 inches tall and has a roundface. The deceased is fair and had worn a greyhalf-T-shirt. On the back of the T-shirt there isSG-52 printed. The Kharghar police have urgedif any person is missing or can identify the manshould contact them.

An unidentified man's body..Cont. from pg. 5

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between each other. InJuly, a report claimedthat potholes across thecountry killed 3,597people in 2017, over50% rise in toll since2016. In contrast, 803people died in terror-re-lated activities. Onerecent example iswhere a 40-year-oldwoman in Mumbai diedafter the scooter shewas riding, plungedinto a huge pothole.The woman lost herbalance and wasthrown off into thepath of an oncomingbus and died.

It is true that pot-holes are the cause forthe deaths of almost 10Indians every day. Sowhat should be done ?

I think that thereshould be a mainte-nance code that wouldnecessarily be followedfor all road construc-tion and repair works.The road can be devel-oped by any authoritybut then should behanded over to theTMC for maintenance.The state can providethe revenue to the cor-poration for mainte-nance. This way thecoordination confusionbetween different au-thorities can be re-solved. Actually if weask ourselves the rea-son of the potholes for-mation, the answerslie in the roads them-selves – how roads areconstructed and howthey are being main-tained? Any engineercan tell that a road con-

sists not only of a sin-gle layer of asphalt butmultiple beds of differ-ent materials. An ide-al road consists of dif-ferent strata or sub-grades which have dif-ferent-sized rocks, andthey are called, aggre-gates. The bigger ag-gregates are calledcoarse aggregates,while the smaller onesare called fine aggre-gates. So when the con-struction of the roadstarts off with diggingthree to four feet deepand three layers offoundation for the roadis laid – coarse aggre-gates on the bottom,finer aggregates on thetop, with bitumen orasphalt topping it off.But problems can befound due to which pot-holes emerge. When

Kanak’s pen..Cont. from pg. 7

the aggregates are notused in adequate quan-tities then there is afaulty foundation. Sothe top layer breaksmore quickly, whichcorrodes even quickerwhen there is waterstagnation. And likeany other infrastruc-ture, roads also needmaintenance. But thatis not happening prop-erly. As India has thesecond largest road net-work in the world, In-dia is expanding itsroadways in leaps andbounds as there is adrop in quality, as com-pared to quantity. Thisis some general infor-mation on why roadsfail, we should take ut-most precaution whileriding on roads withpotholes, especiallyduring the rains.

alism through aspectrum of patrioticsongs, group dances,speeches and skits.SSC toppers andwinners of variousactivities and competi-tions were felicitatedby other dignitaries. Intheir address theyspoke about signifi-cance of IndependenceDay, and urged thestudents to follow theideals of the greatpeople. In additionthey also stressed theimportance of freedomand the way to pre-serve it.

Speaking on theoccasion BlaiseD’souza “Freedom inthe mind, Faith in the

words, Pride in ourhearts Memories inour souls. Let’s salutethe nation on theoccasion of the Inde-pendence Day. Tocommemorate thesovereignty of ournation, a number ofactivities were organ-ised in the schoolpremises in presence ofthe dignitaries whoalso unfurled the tricolour flag. Inspiringwords of wisdom bythe guests, distribu-tion of sweets and treeplantation were alsoart of the celebrations.Indeed it was a day ofjoy, a day to love andrespect our countryand make it a betterplace for Indians tolive and experience thefreedom, peace andunity in diversity”

Time ToExperience...

Cont. from pg. 6

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Kid’s ZoneDear Young Read-ers,Here is a chance tobring out yourcreativity and thehidden talent!NEWSBAND will bestarting a column forthe kids everySaturday from 4January 2019 whereyou can send usyour drawings,poems and shortstories. Interestedkids can send theirworks along withtheir Names, Resi-dential Details,School Name andStandard by everyWednesday eithervia email or post tothe following emailid :- dailynews-band@ yahoo.co.inor to NEWSBAND,Real Tech Park,Office No 1313/1314,13th Floor, Plot No39/2, Sector 30A,Vashi, Navi Mumbai -400 703

Raashi B Michael (Std - 2 B), Fr Agnel's MultipurposeSchool, Vashi.

Exploring The World Of Photography

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: “Aphotograph is a secretabout a secret. Themore it tells you theless you know.”- DianeArbus, Americanphotographer wellknown for her poi-gnant portraits ofindividuals frommarginalized groupsof society.

August 19 isobserved as WorldPhotography Day,

which aims to inspirephotographers acrossthe planet to share asingle photo with asimple purpose: toshare their world withthe world.

Ryan ChristianSchool, Vashi studentsfrom Mont I to Gr. II,participated in variousactivities includingmaking photo frame ina creative way, picturetalk and their bestclick to express their

feelings, emotions andsocial thinkingthrough their photog-raphy skills.

“World Photogra-phy Day is observedworldwide on 19th ofAugust every yearwith a lot of zeal andenthusiasm. The dayis not only celebratedby the staunchfollowers of photogra-phy, but all the peopleacross the globeirrespective of their

professions andinterests come togeth-er and inspire thecoming generations tounderstand theimportance of photog-raphy. To inspire ouryoung students toexplore this powerful

means of communica-tion and make initiatethem in to the realmsof visual communica-tion, we observedWorld PhotographyDay on Monday 19thAugust, 2019. Anumber of activities

were organised on theoccasion and the samewitnessed enthusiasticresponse from ourstudents” sharedEdwin Fernando,Headmistress, RyanChristian SchoolVashi