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Two held for cheatingyouths by offering jobs

abroadTwo men Narendra aliasNavneetsingh SukhpalSingh (32) and Hira Nis-hansingh (25) have beenarrested by the city policefor cheating 21 unemployedyouths who were aspiringto work abroad. They werearrested from Punjab byEconomic Offensive WingUnit 2. In this crimeMandeep Singh had beenarrested earlier…

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Konkan Agri –KoliFestival kicks off todayThe Konkan Agri Koli festi-val organised by KhargharPranit Sevabhavi Sansthaaffiliated to MaharashtraNavnirman Sena is startingtoday, 7th February and willcontinue till 16th February,2020 at Utsav Chowk,Kharghar…

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CBSE Board affiliatedcivic schools to be

extended upto class 8Acting on the demand of thecorporator, Munawar Pateland seeing the overwhelm-ing response to the CBSEBoard affil iated civicschools, located at Sea-woods and Koperkhairane,the Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC) in itsgeneral body meeting heldrecently, passed the reso-lution to extend the schoolupto 8th standard from thenext academic year. Theteachers and the staff will beappointed for the same…

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Navi Mumbai hostsInternational Welding

Congress & Weld India 2020Industry to recruit more women welders

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheIIW-India’s MumbaiChapter has organized5th International Weld-ing Congress & 13th

Weld India Exhibitionin association with theInternational Instituteof Welding from 6th Feb-

ruary to 9th February2020 at CIDCO Exhibi-tion Centre, Vashi onthe theme ‘AdvancedWelding Technology &Quality Systems forDeveloping Economies’.

5 th InternationalWelding Congress wasinaugurated yesterday

by lighting the lamp atthe hands of ChiefG u e s t - M r . P .Madhusudan, CMD of AP High Grade SteelsLtd, Guest of Honor,Mr. Y S Trivedi, Sr. VicePresident & Member of

Contd. on pg. 2

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: A man whowas trying to breakopen the ATM ma-chine of Bank of India

Man caught red handed for trying tobreak BOI’s ATM machine in Uran

(BOI) located atGandhi Chowk inUran Taluka wascaught red handed byUran police on 6th

February, 2020. He isidentified as VikrantPrashant Mokal (22),

Contd. on pg. 5

By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Piqued by the anti-encroachment drivesagainst illegal struc-tures undertaken bythe City and Industri-al DevelopmentCorporation (CIDCO),

the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) and thePanvel MunicipalCorporation (PMC),the students andtheir parents fromthe slum areas under

Ghar HakkaSangharsh Samiti

demand rehabilitation

the banner of GharHakka SangharshSamiti staged aprotest demandingtheir rehabilitation.

Within the geo-graphic limit ofNMMC and PMC,many slums have

come up illegally onthe properties ofRailway, Forest,CIDCO, RevenueDepartment of theGovernment

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Shed negativity and enrich one’s life with human values:Satguru Mata Sudikshaji Maharaj

NAVI MUMBAI: SatguruMata Sudiksha Ji Maha-raj, head of the SantNirankari Mission,made a fervent appeal tothe mankind to shed neg-ativity and lead one’s lifeenriched with humanvalues. While addressinga mammoth gatheringin One Day NirankariSant Samagam orga-nized at BoriwadeGround, Anand Nagar,Ghodbunder Road,Thane (West), yesterday.

Her Holiness ob-served that Humanmind which harboursdarkness of negativity,negative thoughtsagainst fellow beingsuch as hatred, jealousy,enmity is the majorcause of disaster in theworld, much more in in-tensity than the naturalcalamities with lastingeffects. These negativethoughts can be trans-formed into positive hu-manized thought andthe darkness can beeradicated by illuminat-ing mind with God’sknowledge.

Satguru Mata Jiwent on to stress on the

need to beautify one’s in-ner self to exhibit nobletraits in thoughts,wordsand action to make thisworld a beautiful place tolive in. The only way totransform is by seekingSelf-knowledge thru God-Knowledge through Spir-ituality, which the SantNirankari Mission is do-ing for past 90 years and

the legacy continues.Her Holiness further

explained, by self realisa-tion one is able to riseabove man made seg-mentation and embraceall as one brethren andexhorted for the transfor-mation to be perpetual.

With a regular flowNirankari devotees com-

ing, a Sea of Humanityemerged at Boriwadegrounds, Boriwade, a lo-cality of Anand Nagar, afast developing suburbon the GhodbunderRoad, Thane.

All roads led to thevenue with devotees com-ing in from Thane, near-by connected Mira-Bhayander, adjoining

Navi Mumbai, Dombiv-ali-Kalyan and Ulhasna-gar. Those from a dis-tant Vasai-Virar region,Mumbai city and sub-urbs were not to be leftbehind. All came in avery disciplined mannerwith one common goal toseek Blessings of HHand rededicate to the

cause of upliftment ofhumanity while treadingthe path of Spirituality.Navi Mumbai Sewadaland other devotees ren-dered their selfless ser-vices in the preparationsof the Samagam.

With the works ofMetro in progress andwith the program beingduring the peak hours,

the organisers appealedthe devotees to reach thevenue well on time whichwas duly heeded.

The approach of theconcerned authorities byway of granting all thenecessary permissions,went a long way in mak-ing the program happen.In addition, the trans-

port undertakings viz.BEST, TMT, NMMTwent out to take appro-priate measures to en-able devotees reach thevenue and back, com-fortably. The ST starteda dedicated route for bus-es from Thane Station tothe venue and back

Taking recourse tomodes of expression viz.

speeches, devotionalsongs, hymns, poems allhighlighted a commongoal to spread Love,truth, Oneness and prac-tical exhibition of Hu-man Values so that weall can mutually co-existand live in the aura ofUniversal Brotherhood.Multi-lingual approachwas observed with theHindi, English, Marathi,

Gujarati, Kannada andPunjabi being the lan-guages, spoken.

Since 31st January,2020 when the programwas inked, local devo-tees followed by thosefrom neighbouring ar-eas performed selflessvoluntary Sewa to clearthe grounds of shrubs,grass and dirt to erect-ing a Satsang Pandal,impressionable Gateshighlighting the Aim ofthe Mission and its pro-gram and other infra-structure needed tomake this endeavour to-wards strengthening ofhumanity is rendered aSuccess.

Publication stallwas put up to providewith the literature ofthe Mission viz books,periodicals, magazines,DVD’s etc for the bene-fit of those attending theprogram .

With the second pro-gram of the series be-ing held at Bandra on6th February the entou-rage moves ahead forsimilar One-day pro-grammes in the Stateof Gujarat with thefirst one at Vapi on 7th

February, 2020.

Board, HEIC, L&T Ltdand Mr. Parimal Bis-was – President, IIW-India in the presence ofRituraj Bose, KamalShah, Suresh Agrawal,Keyur Sanghavi,Nimesh Chinoy, RSrinivasan and othercommittee members.This was followed byrelease of the Souvenir,Awards distribution tooutstanding students,keynote address andpresentations of papersby the experts.

In the Weld India

2020 exhibition, theparticipating manufac-turers from USA, Eu-ropean Union, Japan &China, are showcasingcutting edge technologynever seen before in In-dia. It is also showcas-ing new generation au-tomated welding tech-nology which inte-grates with the pro-duction lines reducingpower consumptionand the welding time byup to 50%, enablingsavings of 20% to 30%in average weldingcosts and recovery ofinvestment in a shortspan of around 40months. Expo is also

showcasing the latesttechnologies that hasdeveloped globally tomeet the challenges andthe participation of var-ious Industries and theTraining Institute,thereby giving an op-portunity to over 4000Industrial Visitors andthe Delegates to under-stand the new tech-niques that can be usedto reduce the gap in theneeds of the skill devel-opment.

Suresh Agrawal,Treasurer, IIW, Mum-bai while addressingthe media said, “Indus-tries will be benefitedlargely by associating

with this event, as over150 technical papers arelikely to be presentedand an opportunity iscreated by the IIW In-dia to the Indian Indus-tries by bringing over250 highly experiencedpersons from all overthe world to interactwith the Indian Indus-tries so that the IndianGovernment Mission ofMake In India isachieved at all levels”.

The Weld India 2020aims at providing over40,000 Indian visitorswith exposure at parwith the best in GlobalWelding & FabricationTechnology.

Navi Mumbaihosts...

Contd. from pg. 1I have changed my name from KALPANA KIRAN GURAV toKALPANA VILAS ADAK as per Maharashtra GovernmentGazette Reg No. M-1840769 Dated:- 12 to 18 July 2018.

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St. Mary’s Annual Day 2020- A Big Hitamong teachers, students and parents

By Ryhea George

NAVI MUMBAI: St. Mary’s Multipur-pose High School & Junior College,Vashi organised its Annual Day func-tion for the academic year 2019-2020on Friday, 31st January in the schoolpremises. Around 7000 people attend-ed the programme.

The function started with thelighting of the lamp, followed by theprayer song and the school anthemwhich was melodiously sung by thestudents.

A musical drama titled ‘The Sto-ry of My Life’ was staged by the stu-dents. The drama showcased the sto-ry from the holy scripture and howthe child makes mistakes and theparents forgive. The student choirmelodiously sang songs, making thewhole narration enthralling for theaudience. The drama was writtenand directed by Neil Azavedo and cho-reographed by Neil Azavedo, Kan-chan Pirdhnani and Mitesh Mishra.Students from pre-primary sectionstill 9th and 11th grade participatedin the drama. More than 2000 stu-dents participated in the musicaldrama.

The chief guest Padma Shri Dr.Tatyarao P Lahane and the Guest ofHonour, Assistant Director Ministryof Home Affair Government of India,Deepak Grover addressed the audi-ence. The annual report of the Schooland the Junior college was present-ed by the Principal Rev. Fr. Abra-ham Joseph and the Presidentialaddress was given by H.G Geevargh-ese Mar Coorilos.

The students who topped theirclasses last year were awarded with

prizes. The prizes such as the besthouse and the best student were alsodistributed during the function.

The audience were highly im-pressed with the electrifying perfor-mance of the students. Sheela Phil-ip, a renowned professor of St. Tere-sa’s B.Ed College said, “This is suchan opulent Annual day celebrationfor a school. So impressed with thedimensions of the stage, lighting andsound effects. Three cheers to thechildren, teachers, management andNeil Azvedo.”

Assistant Headmistress, VivitaCastelino said, “For around fivemonths we have been continuouslypracticing for the event and we be-lieve that the output was successful.The whole credit goes to Neil whobeautifully scripted the story andstaged it. Some of the staff memberscame even on Saturdays and Sun-days to make this Annual Functiona huge success.”

Two held for cheating youthsby offering jobs abroad

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Twomen Narendra aliasNavneetsingh SukhpalSingh (32) and Hira Nis-hansingh (25) have beenarrested by the city po-lice for cheating 21 un-employed youths whowere aspiring to workabroad. They were ar-rested from Punjab byEconomic OffensiveWing Unit 2. In thiscrime Mandeep Singhhad been arrested earli-er.

The trio, according to

police, had hired aroom in Sector 3,Yu-gandha Complex,Kharghar where theyran recruitment agen-cy for Carpenter,Plumber, Electricianand other such profes-sions. They offered jobopportunities in Russiaand Thailand. Throughadvertisement manyunemployed ap-proached them and inthe name of registrationand visa fees, the triocollected Rs. 10 to 15thousand from every-

one. They were also giv-en bogus visa, but afterverification of visa, theyouths realized that theywere cheated. Theyouths filed complaintagainst the trio in Eco-nomic Offensive wing inKharghar Police Station.

The police got infor-mation that NavneetSingh and Hira Singhwere staying in Punjaband from there the po-lice arrested them. Theyhave been sent to Policecustody till 10th Febru-ary.

NAVI MUMBAI:Mukesh Sonu Sar-wan, President,Maharashtra StateSafai Karmachari willbe visiting the Navi

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheVashi police have ar-rested a man on thecharges of sexual as-sault, stalking, sexualharassment, sendingpornography on what-sapp to a 16 year oldgirl. The man has beenbooked under POCSO

Man held for sexuallyharassing teenager

Act and is identified asSunil Pillay aged 58years, a resident ofVashi.

The girl and the ac-cused live in the samearea. Sunil Pillay worksin Tata Power Company.The girl used to call himuncle. Misusing the re-lationship, Sunil Pillay

used to sexually harassher in the parking areaof MTNL office locatedin Sector 16, Vashi. Hehad been harassing herfrom June 2017 to 25th

October, 2019. When theact became unbearable,she filed a case againsthim at Vashi police sta-tion.

President, Maharashtra StateSafai Karmachari to visit NMMC

Mumbai MunicipalCorporation on 7th

February, 2020 todiscuss problems facedby Safai Karmacharis(Cleaners). The

citizens who wish topresent their problemsrelated to the aboveissue can visit NMMCwith written com-plaint.

CBSE Board affiliated civicschools to be extended upto class

8 in the next academic yearBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Actingon the demand of thecorporator, MunawarPatel and seeing theoverwhelming responseto the CBSE Board af-filiated civic schools,located at Seawoodsand Koperkhairane, theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) in its generalbody meeting held re-cently, passed the reso-lution to extend theschool upto 8th standardfrom the next academ-ic year. The teachersand the staff will beappointed for the same.

To provide good ed-ucation facility to thepoor students NMMC

has constructed spa-cious buildings withgood amenities. In aca-demic year 2018-2019,two CBSE board affili-ated schools were start-ed in Seawoods andKoperkhairane, whichhave received an over-whelming responsefrom the parents andthe students.

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Remember, 10thand 12th examina-tions are not the onlymilestones, but theyare the stones formany miles to come.Help your childrendeal with the stress-ful situations in aconfident way andbring out the best outof them with theirstrengths and abili-ties which will behelpful through outtheir life.

Parents, yourchildren’s exams arestressful and chal-lenging to you too.You have to under-stand that when yourchildren face exams,they are underincredible pressure.They need yoursupport and under-standing.

Here are few tipsto understand andhelp them achievetheir goal and whendealing with theirexam stress, consid-er:-

The words ‘pres-sure’ and ‘stress’ areused interchangeably,but are actually quitedifferent. Pressurecan be challenging,but positive andmotivating overall.Stress feels negativeand can get in theway of performingwell. Each childresponds differently toexam stress andpressure

What to expect whenexam stress hits?Your child may

openly express howstressed they are feel-

Tips for parents helping kidsdealing with exam stress

By C K Subramaniam

ing. Or they may holdit in and try to cope ontheir own. These aresome signs they may beunder stress:-1. Skin breakouts2. Losing touch with

friends3. Racing heart and

sweating4. Difficulty making

decisions5. Mild chest tight-

ness or pain6. Nausea or minor

stomach upsets7. Blaming others,

anger or frustra-tion

8. Problems going tosleep or wakingup

9. Teeth grinding,

nail biting andfidgeting

10. Feeling or think-ing negativelyabout the future

11. Feeling crankyand irritable(increased yelling,crying, swearing,lashing out)

How can kids managetheir exam stress?

One of the chal-lenges as a parent isthat exams aresomething your childhas to do on theirown. But you cansupport them bytrying the following:-a. Have realistic

expectations anddon’t push themtoo hard

b. Be constructiveand positive

c. Encourage good

sleep patterns andeating habits

d. Provide a quietspace for them tostudy and prepare

e. Teach them theimportance ofstudy breaks andrelaxation.

f. Encourage themto ask the teacherquestions if theyare unsure

g. Help them knowwhat to expect onthe day of theexam

h. Help them be ontime for the examor arrive early

i. After the exam,listen to theirconcerns and

avoid criticisingthem.

Playing a game ofchess of few boards ofcarrom can give thechildren some relax-ation and start afreshto study and refreshtheir minds.

Exams are not thebe-all and end-all.Your son/daughter isnot defined by theirresults, there aremany career optionsopen to them andmany avenues. It istime to encouragethem and extractmaximum benefitsout of the time frameavailable and makethem feel comfortableall the time.The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada, NaviMumbai

Need to expedite worksNMMC has undertaken road repairing works in Navi Mum-

bai. While this is not a new experience for the Navi Mumbai-ites as road repairing work appears to be an ongoing processin the satellite city, but the manner in which the works areprogressing is very disheartening. The dug up roads are caus-ing inconvenience and great deal of hardship to the motoristsand the pedestrians alike.

The quality and quantity of infrastructural facilities of a cityis the barometer for assessing its development. It is not onlyindicative of economic progress, but also aids it. It helps instarting development process as well as in sustaining thegrowth rate. The paved roads with good riding quality not onlyfacilitate uninterrupted movement of vehicles, but also help insaving the vehicle operational cost. This is all the more signif-icant from the point of view of energy conservation and savingthe already meager and fast depleting irreplenishable petro-leum resources. Unfortunately, in Navi Mumbai the picture onthis front is not very rosy. In spite of being a well-planned city,developing the road network has been completely ignored bythe development authorities for Navi Mumbai. Inspite of re-peated requests by the residents including agitations by theangry commuters, no care is being taken in these past yearsto improve the riding quality of the roads. Roads with poorriding quality cause distress in the vehicles besides increas-ing the vehicle operational cost. Although quite a large amountis earmarked every year in the budget for the maintenance ofthe roads, but going by the quality it is evident that these fundsare not being effectively utilized. One of the major reasons forpoor roads is that they are frequently dug up by the serviceproviders like MTNL, MSEB and other private companies forlaying cables and pipes. As they are not restored afterwards,these portions initiate the deterioration of further stretch.

If Navi Mumbai is to integrate with other cities for eco-nomic development, all out effort is required to be made todevelop the road network as these are the life- lines of aneconomy. Once road repairing work is undertaken, effortsshould be made to complete the project as fast as possible.NMMC should employ more staff so that the works could becarried out day and night. Lenient and casual approach wouldcertainly not pay result.

of Maharashtra. Theplanning authoritieshave been conductingdrives against theseillegal encroach-ments.

“Due to thesedrives, the familiesget displaced and theeducation of thechildren gets affected.Corporations have nopolicy regardingrehabilitation of suchfamilies. The ThaneMunicipal Corpora-tion has the SlumRehabilitation

Project. NMMC andPMC should havesimilar policy,” said amember of theSamiti.

Protest March wasled by HiramanPagar, President,Ghar Hakka SngarshSamiti. Many schoolchildren, affectedpeople participated.

Ghar HakkaSangharsh

Samiti...Contd. from pg. 1

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Tata Steel BSL launches programmefor women empowerment

More than 3400 villagers from

5 villages of Khopoli to benefit

PANVEL: Tata SteelBSL launched aprogram for helpingwomen from villagesnear its plant atSarvoli, Khopoli underRaigad district to beself-reliant through aprogram called WEE-Women Empowermentand Entrepreneurship.

ChanakyaChaudhary, VicePresident, CorporateServices, Tata Steelformally launched theprogramme in thepresence of seniorofficials of the compa-ny. Manikanta Naik,Chief, CorporateServices, Kapil Modi,Executive Plant Head,Khopoli and Hosur, MsPrachi Lad, Sarpanch,Savroli, Ms Preetilatafrom WatershedOrganisation Trust(WOTR), Ahmednagar,the implementingpartner of the pro-gramme and localvillagers.

More than 3400

people including 1580women from 5 villagesof Khalapur Tehshilincluding Savroli,Niphan Devnhave,Dahiwali andSangdewadi willbenefit from theprogramme.

Thanking the PRImembers and thevillagers for theirsupport for the pro-gram, Mr Chaudharysaid, “WEE programat Tata Steel BSL is asignificant steptowards womenempowerment in the 5villages which consti-tute 46 percentwomen. We will alsocontinue our interven-tions in other domainsfor inclusive growth inregions in and aroundour areas of opera-tions.”

Main objectiveof the programme is todevelop socio-economicstatus of women ofthese villages throughforming formal and

functional Self HelpGroups (SHGs),enhance their incomeby setting up microenterprises and alsoattain improvedcommunity healththrough clean drink-ing water and bettermaternal health.Besides strategiccollaboration andconvergence with theGram Panchayat andwith governmentservice providers -Health, ICDS andLivelihood depart-ments- will also be thekey focus of theprogramme.

a resident of AksharBuilding 4/103, SaiMandir, Ulwe road.

Mokal was tryingto break open theATM machine withthe help of electricgrinder. The police-men who were onnight duty caughtMokal red handed andfiled a case under

Sections 380, 454, 511& 427 of Indian penalcode.

Mokal is beingfurther interrogatedby Vrushali Pawar,Assistant PoliceInspector, Uran PoliceStation. He has beengranted police custodyby Uran Court till10th February.

Man caught red handed...Contd. from pg. 1

Konkan Agri –Koli Festival kicks off todayBy Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheKonkan Agri Koli festi-val organised byKharghar Pranit Sev-abhavi Sanstha affiliat-ed to MaharashtraNavnirman Sena isstarting today, 7th Feb-ruary and will contin-ue till 16th February,2020 at Utsav Chowk,Kharghar. “The festivalhas been organised tospread awarenessabout the culture of

Agri Koli Samaj of Kon-kan division,” saidPrasad Parab, Presi-dent Kharghar CityMaharashtra Navnir-man Sena.

Various culturalprogrammes will beheld between 6 p.m. to10 p.m. On 7th Febru-ary, “Najrana Lokdha-ra” related to Marathiculture will be held; on8th February, Marathi“Lavni” programmehas been organised” on

9th Agri-Koli folk songswill be showcased; on10th there will be a real-ity show “Chala khelkheluya” for women; on11th February, Fashionshow has been organ-ised; on 12th there willbe a Solo Dance compe-tition; on 13th there willbe group dance compe-tition; on 14th there willbe Sangeet festival andon 15th ”Garju laglaMaharashtra” will beheld.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: On the Occasion ofWorld Cancer Day (4th February), anawareness programme was held inthe headquarters of the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corporation (NMMC)for its employees. Dr. Naveen Kha-tree, Deputy Director, Tata Memori-al Centre was the chief guest.

A film “Cama” which depicts thejourney of Mrs. Alka DevendraBhujbal who overcame Cancer wasscreened on the occasion. She ex-plained as to how a woman looks af-ter everyone whom she loves andcares but neglects herself. In the

NMMC organizes Cancer awarenessprogramme for its employees

film, Mrs Alka gave credit to her fam-ily members who stood by herthroughout. She also praised theawareness programmes undertakenby NMMC for the welfare of the soci-ety.

Additional Municipal Commis-sioner Mahaveer Pendhari alsoshared his experience and highlight-ed the importance of regular healthcheck up. On the occasion Dr Ujjwa-la Oturkar, Medical Officer, Execu-tive Engineer Shubhangi Dode, Chi-tra Baviskar, Deputy CommissionerKranti Patil, Devendra Bhujbal werealso present.

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Ryanites take part in Terry Fox Run Showcase support for finding a lasting cure for cancer

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: ToRun for a Cause- Tobring a Smile. TerryFox ran so thatothers could live; Hisfighting spiritbrought a revolution.

The Terry FoxRun is organizedevery year to raisefunds for CancerResearch. It is inmemory of a youngCanadian boy namedTerry Fox who beganthis initiative to fightagainst Cancer.

Inspired by Terry’sinspirational life,hundreds of enthusi-astic students of RyanInternational School,Sanpada joined othercitizens from allwalks of life, partici-pated in the non-competitive runwhich was held onfrom Nariman Point(Air India Building)towards MarineDrive, Princess Streetflyover before it endedat Brabourne Stadi-um (CCI). In theprocess they keptTerry’s legacy alive

The non-competitive run was held from Nariman Point (Air India Building) towardsMarine Drive before it ended at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai

Wearing Terry Fox T shirt Ryan Students and Teachers take part in the 22nd Terry Fox Run in Mumbai to support thecause for finding a lasting cure for cancer

a marathon runner of42.195 km daily andin the process collect-ed money (CAD 30million) for cancerresearch, before hebreathed his last. Thus began a journeycalled Marathon ofHope. Terry died soonafter, leaving thislegacy behind, com-monly known as theTerry Fox Run. Ourstudents too partici-pated in huge num-bers with fervor andenergy in this non-competitive runenthusiastically byshowcasing solidarityto the cause andhelping to keep hisdream of a cure forcancer alive. TheTerry Fox Rundefinitely has givenhope and renewedspirit to the peoplefighting the dreadeddisease and it willdefinitely bring abouta positive change intheir lives” sharedMuriel Fernandes,Principal of RyanInternational School,Sanpada.

for finding a lastingcure for cancer.

“Terry Fox was aCanadian who at 18was struck by aCancer called Osteo-genic Sarcoma (bonecancer) in his rightleg. To make theworld aware of thiskind of cancer he ranfrom East Coast to theWest Coast of Canadafor 143 days consecu-tively covering adistance equivalent to

Action from the NBASA Inter-school Athletics Meet 2019-20

Finalist in the Boys U-10 60m sprint final were off the block quickly post the signal by starter on the way to the finishline. The event which saw participants from over 200 athletes was won by Saksham Opal (Sanjivani Kharghar) aheadof Pratik Kohi (Fr. Agnels Vashi) and Ashutosh Behera (St Xavier’s Airoli) (By Ashok Dhamija)

Action from the Boys U-8 Long jump event on the finalday.

RFS Koparkhairane Coach Yogita Marathe explains thenitty-gritty of the Inter school Athletic Meet to the par-ents who were present to cheer their wards.

Kavya Mayekar from St Mary’s Vashi crosses the finishline ahead of her closet rival Aarya Datar from Fr AgnelVashi in the Girls U-14 sprint final

Technical officials manning the finish line had a busyouting considering many of the heats and finals whichwere closely contested ones.

Young participants with happy memories of the meet onthe way back to their school

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HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

In India, our an-cestors used to cook inclay pots. Due to ur-banization clay potsare now replaced bymetals like steel, alu-minium and non-stickpans. Are we moresmarter than our an-cestors? We thinkthat since financiallywe are more strongerthan our ancestorsand hence we aremore smarter thanthem. We have theresources availablewith us to make ourlife easy. Have we everthought that why inolden days people usedclay pots for cooking?Was there any scien-tific reason behind it?Now it’s time to anal-yse the reasons andfind out whether weshould again switchback to the clay potsreplacing steel, alu-minium, non-stickcookware, etc.

During olden daysit was said that whenfood when cooked in

the presence of sunlightand air gives maximumhealth benefit. Whilecooking in the clay potthe clay lid will notcompletely cover thepot. Air will be movingin and out from all thesides and when the lidis opened in betweencooking, the food willget sunlight. Foremosthealth benefits of claypot cooking come fromits ability to circulatesteam throughout cook-ing. This provides plen-ty of moisture andmeans that you cancook with less oil andfat.

The second mostimportant point whichis scientifically provenis that 100% nutritivevalue of the food is re-tained when cooked inclay pots. Whereas ifthe food is cooked inbronze or copper thenonly 90% of its nutritivevalue is retained and ifthe utensil used forcooking is aluminiumthen only 7%-13% nu-tritive value is re-tained. Consumption offood cooked in clay potscan make us stay awayfrom diseases like bron-chitis, asthma, arthri-tis, cancer etc. Theseare the main factorswhy we need to switchback to cooking in claypots.

Clay pots add manyimportant nutrients

like calcium, phospho-rous, iron, magnesiumand sulfur to food,which are extremelybeneficial to ourbody. Clay is also alka-line and thus, neutral-izes the acidity in thefood, which makes iteasier for us to digest.Since Clay is alkalinein nature and when food

is cooked it neutralizesthe PH balance of foodand hence acts as a nat-ural detox. You will besurprised to know thatmud contains all thepossible vitamins; evenVitamin B12. Slowcooking process retainsall the nutrients of thefood that we cook andhence the food is muchtastier. Reheating thefood always leads to lossof nutrition but if youcook in a clay pot it re-

Healthier Kitchen with earthen potstains the temperaturefor a longer time and noworries for reheating.Hence there is no needto transfer it to a cas-serole.

Since clay is porous,you cannot clean it us-ing soap or normal dish-washing detergent. Thesoap will soak into theclay and end up leach-

ing into thenext mealyou cook inthe pot. In-stead, youn e e dto clean aclay pot us-ing hot wa-ter and astiff brush.Baking sodacan be usedto removethe odoursespecially ifyou havecooked withonion andgarlic. For

stubborn stains, takerock salt in a scrub padand scrub it nicely. Fillthe pot with hot waterand wait for half hour.Discard the water andwash it again.

A tip would be if youwant to use your potsfor both savory andsweet dishes and youhave the storage space,you might want to in-vest in two pots so thatany absorbed flavorswon’t affect the taste of

your recipe.At the same time

when you decide to re-place your kitchen withthe earthen ware thensome important pointshas to be taken care of.1. The mud which is

used to make thepots should not befrom the nearby cityarea as there is toomuch of human in-terference. It meansthat this mud wouldhave come in touchwith the detergentand sewage which inturn would pollutethe natural elementof mud.

2. Handmade potsshould be boughtand not machinemade. The reason iswhen the pots areprepared manuallythe unwantedstones and otherthings are removed.But in machinemade pots, thestones and pebblesand other unwantedthings will be pro-cessed automatical-ly which will not bebeneficial duringcooking. The quali-ty will be depleted.

3. The bottom of theclay pot should berough compared tothe upper portionsbecause then onlythe pot will get heat-ed properly usingless fuel and the food

will be cooked re-taining all the nu-trients.

4. You will be sur-prised to know thatwhen you are fill-ing clay bottle withRO water whichdoes not have anymineral in it, thenatural nutrientsof the mud/claywill get mixed withwater and providesminerals to thewater. Keep thebottle filled for onehour, the waterwill be replenishedwith all mineralspresent in themud.Now its high time

to understand that ourancestors were moresmart and intelligentthan us. So let us goback to our roots andstart preparing andeating in clay pots andget all the nutritionrequired by our bodywithout consumingpills for calcium orvitamins or minerals.

“Let’s make ourlife healthier and hap-pier”The writer is Nutritionist

and Founder ofAAKANKSHA : DesireFor Wellness. Contact

7021648382; http://aakankshadfw.com.

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I think AC trains are a good idea. There will be lesscongestion as the crowd will get divided. We should alsoconsider the fare factor. The tickets should be affordableespecially for the students.

Riddhi Shirke, SY B.Com, Pillai College

FROM THE CAMPUS Should we have more air conditioned local trains?

I think most of the college students would not be able toafford the tickets of the air conditioned trains. So forstudents like me, it is not a good idea. I believe if ACtrains are affordable then only they should be welcomed.Students should be able to afford these trains that shouldbe the motive.

Sreejith Kumar, Pillai College

I think it is not necessary as college students cannotafford air conditioned trains and it will be heavy on theparents’ pockets as well. It is better they work on clean-er and better trains rather. Please add regular cleaningsessions in the train.Merrin John, TY BMM, Pillai College

According to me there is no problem introducing air con-ditioned locals. It will be as good as metro and moreover,people will no longer lean outside running train. It willbe good as far as safety measures are concerned as well.Sumit Sharma, SY B.Com, Pillai College

Question for next week: Your views on graffiti on city walls?

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Explaining Corona Virus: Things to know

By Dr.Vinay Joshi

A meeting of theEmergency Committeeconvened by the WHODirector-General underthe InternationalHealth Regulations(IHR) (2005) regardingthe outbreak of novelcoronavirus 2019 in thePeople’s Republic ofChina, with exporta-tions currently report-ed in the Republic ofKorea, Japan, Thailandand Singapore, tookplace recently. Whilethe committee mem-bers expressed diver-gent views on whetherthis event constitutes aPHEIC or not yet thereis an urgency of the sit-uation need to create asmuch awareness aspossible about the virus.

What is a coronavirus?Coronaviruses are a

large group of virusesthat are commonamong animals andmainly circulateamong animals andrarely get transmittedfrom animals to hu-mans (zoonosis). Ex.Middle East respirato-ry syndrome (MERS)

and Severe acute respi-ratory syndrome. InMay 2015, there was anoutbreak of MERS inKorea, which was thelargest outbreak out-side of the Arabian Pen-insula. In 2003, 774people died from a se-vere acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS) out-break. MERS andSARS are types of coro-naviruses. Coronavirusinfections, in general,are virtually indistin-guishable from otherrespiratory infections.In mild cases, theycause runny nose,cough, sore throat, fa-tigue and fever. Butwith 2019-nCoV, pa-tients can progress tohigh fever, difficultybreathing and evenpneumonia..

Signs and symptomsMost coronaviruses

spread the same wayother cold-causing vi-ruses do: through in-fected people coughingand sneezing, by touch-ing an infected person’shands or face, or bytouching things such asdoorknobs that infectedpeople have touched.The patient may devel-op mild to moderate up-per respiratory tract ill-ness, similar to a com-mon cold. The symp-toms include a runnynose, cough, sorethroat, headache andfever, which can last forfew days. For immuno-compromised patients(elderly and newborns),

the virus could causemore serious, respirato-ry tract illness like apneumonia or bronchi-tis. Other symptomsinclude diarrhea, fa-tigue and shortness ofbreath, respiratory dis-tress and kidney fail-ure. In other words, thesymptoms of most coro-naviruses are similar toany other upper respi-ratory infection, includ-ing runny nose, cough-ing, sore throat, andsometimes a fever. Inmost cases, you won’tknow whether youhave a coronavirus or adifferent cold-causingvirus, such as rhinovi-rus.

The Wuhan coro-navirus is currentlythought to be milderand patients have expe-rienced a mild coughfor a week followed byshortness of breath and15% to 20% of caseshave become severe, re-quiring ventilation inthe hospital.

How it spreads?Viruses can spread

from human contactwith animals but weyet don’t know whichanimal may havecaused the current out-break in China. Hu-man-to-human trans-mission of the viruseshappens after comingin contact with an in-fected person’s secre-tions, such as dropletsin a cough. Dependingon how virulent the vi-rus is, a cough, sneeze

or handshake couldcause exposure.

Who is affected?Wuhan coronavirus

appear to affect immu-nocompromised pa-tients mainly elderlyand children.

TreatmentYou could get lab

tests, including noseand throat cultures tofind out whether yourcold was caused by acoronavirus, butthere’s no reason to.The test resultswouldn’t change howyou treat your symp-toms, which typicallygo away in a few days.But if a coronavirus in-fection spreads to thelower respiratory tract(your windpipe andyour lungs), it cancause pneumonia, espe-cially in older people,people with heart dis-ease, or people withweakened immune sys-tems. There is no spe-cific treatment. Most ofthe time, symptomsusually subside on theirown however oneshould seek medicaladvice early. The symp-toms can be controlledby pain or fevermedication. It is advis-able to drink plenty offluids, adequate rest

and sleep as much aspossible.

How can you canprevent it?

There is no vaccineyet to protect againstthis family of viruses. However, awareness re-mains the key. You canreduce risk of infectionby avoiding people whoare sick. Refrain fromtouching your eyes,nose and mouth. Washyour hands often withsoap and water and forat least 20 seconds. Cov-er your mouth andnose when you cough orsneeze, and disinfectthe objects and surfac-es you touch. If travel-ing to China, be awareof symptoms and avoidlive animal markets,which is where the lat-est outbreak began inChina. If you see some-one coughing or sneez-ing, try to keep yourkids as far away fromthem as possible. Andmake sure that every-one in your house (in-cluding yourself) hasreceived the flu shot.

How to protect othersIf you have cold-like

symptoms, you canhelp protect others bydoing the following• stay home while you

are sick

• avoid close contactwith others

• cover your mouthand nose with a tis-sue when you coughor sneeze, thenthrow the tissue inthe trash and washyour hands

• clean and disinfectobjects and surfacesCoronavirus and

pregnancyIn pregnant wom-

en, the infection withcoronavirus can be se-rious but we don’t haveany reports of it yet.

Coronavirus and IndiaThe Government of

India issued a traveladvisory to its citizens,particularly for Wu-han. It was announcedthat passengers arriv-ing from China to Indiahave to would undergothermal screening. Lat-er, the procedures wereextended to six othermajor international air-ports. Travelers are ad-vised to avoid all “no-es-sential travel to China”and to “avoid close con-tact with people show-ing symptoms of illnesssuch as cough, runningnose etc”The writer is Consultant –Pediatrician, Cloudnine

Group of Hospitals,Malad

CR One Way Special Train on Nagpur -Kalaburagi route via Panvel Jn.

Bookings open today

By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: CentralRailway has decidedto run one way Spe-cial Train from Nag-pur to Kalaburagi viaPanvel Jn. to clear theextra rush of passen-gers. The details asunder:

Train No. 02094Special will leave Nag-pur 15.30 hrs on Sun-day 9 February, 2020and reach Kalaburagi

at 14.55 hrs next day.The above Special willinclude 21 Sleeper Sec-ond Class and TwoGeneral Second Class*cum Guard’s BrakeVan. Halts includeWardha, DhamangaonBandera, Akola, Sheg-aon, Malkapur,Bhusaval, NashikRoad, Igatpuri, Kaly-an, Panvel, Lonavala,Pune, Daund and So-lapur stations.

Bookings for Spe-cial Train No. 02094 onSpecial Charges willopen on Friday 7 Feb-ruary, 2020 at all PRSlocations and on web-site www.irctc.co.in.

*General secondclass coaches of thesespecials will run as un-reserved coaches andwill be booked throughUTS system as appli-cable to Superfast Mail/Express trains.

By Jubel D’Cruz

Ingredients:

3 eggs • 3 tbsp cooking oil • 3green chillies, finely chopped • 2tomatoes, finely chopped • 1 tsp redchilli powder • 1/4 tsp turmericpowder • 1/2 tsp jeera powder • 1tsp dhania powder • Salt to taste• 1/2 tsp sugar • 1/4 capsicum,finely chopped • 2tbsp corianderleaves, chopped • 1onion, finely chopped• 2 tbsp gratedcheeseMethod:

Heat one tbsp oilin a non-stick pan.Add green chilliesand onions. Sauté till goldenbrown.

Now add tomatoes and sauté fortwo minutes on high heat.

Add chilli powder, turmeric pow-der, jeera powder and dhania pow-der and stir well.

Masala OmeletteAdd salt and mix well. Sprin-

kle some water and mix well.Add sugar and capsicum and

mix well.Switch off the heat and allow it

to cool. Break the eggs in a bowl. Add

little salt and beat well. Add the prepared mixture to

the eggs and mixwell.

Add corianderleaves and mixwell.

Add cheese andmix.

Heat remain-ing oil in a nonstickpan.

Pour the mixture and spreadevenly.

Lower the heat. Cover andcook for two to three minutes ortill eggs are cooked.

Remove in a serving plateand serve hot with toasted bread.

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Health seminar highlights importance of protein consumption for Indian massesBy Ashok Dhamija

With a mission toeducate the people ofIndia on the impor-tance of protein con-sumption and its rolein daily diets in orderto good health, fitness,and well-being, aHealth Seminar titled“Right To Protein” washosted at The ClubMumbai in Mumbairecently.

The seminar wasinaugurated by theGuest of Honour Dr.Jyoti Dipak Vora -Head of Department,Associate Professor,Ramnarain Ruia Col-lege (Superannuated);Nilesh Lele, Director,Sawarde Valley FoodFoundation; Dr. MeenaMehta - Associate Pro-fessor of Food Science& Nutrition, Dr. B.MNanavati College ofHome Science (Auton-omous); Priya SubnisArte, Founder Director,SBC3 (Centre for So-cial and BehaviorChange Communica-tion); and Ms. Chin-mayee Deulgaonkar,Secretary, AssociationFood Scientists andTechnologists India inpresence of doyens ofthe health industryfrom across India in-cluding nutritionists,renowned Chefs, FoodResearchers and Biol-ogists, Food, Healthand Fitness experts.The esteemed panel of

guests provided usefulinsights on the subjectand introduced Pro-tein-O-Meter too on theoccasion.

Lt. General BalbirSandhu AVSM, VSM,enlightened the audi-ence with his experi-ence about the food sup-

by the together expertsfrom across India atlength.

Talking about‘Right To Protein’initiative Atul Khanna- Advocate of Proteinand Fitness Expertsaid, “We are guided bythe six core values-Right To Protein Edu-cation, Right To Pro-tein Examination,Right To Protein Af-fordability, Right ToProtein Accessibility,Right To Protein In-take & Right To Pro-tein Fitness. We havereceived great responsefrom the experts of thehealth industry to notjust advocate the vari-ous benefits of the nu-trient but to also de-bunk the myths relat-ed to macro nutrient”.

About ‘Right To Protein’:With a mission is to educate the people of

India on the importance of proteins in theirdaily health, fitness, and well-being. The coreobjective is to, therefore, foster behavioralchange among individuals and communitiesat all levels, by championing the cause of pro-tein sufficiency and help India be more pro-tein aware for better nutrition and improvedpublic health.

‘Right To Protein’ is India’s first such ini-tiative supported by several like-minded Indi-ans, individuals, academicians, professionals,and institutions and has also garnered sup-port globally. The ecosystem also aims to im-prove the quality and consistency of differenttypes of protein consumed in India and there-by leading to higher consumption of both ani-mal and plant-based proteins.Lt Gen Balbirsingh Sandhu - AVSM, VSM (Centre), along with dignitaries advocate the

right of Protein

Dr. Vaibhav Daga, Head- Sports Science& Rehabilitation at Kokilaben DhirubhaiAmbani Hospital highlighting the impor-tance of protein in sports and bodybuild-ing

Chef Sabyasachi Goria live cooking demoshowcased using protein-rich ingredi-ents in daily food

ply at the Indian Armsforces. He discussedthe dire need to educatethe Indians about theadequate consumptionof protein to facilitatethe Government’s vi-sion of having a fit andhealthy nation. On theother hand,. Priya

Karkera, a leading Pae-diatric Nutritionist fo-cused on educating theattendees on the vari-ous kinds of protein,their nutritional factsand the daily require-ments. Dr. VaibhavDaga, Head- SportsScience & Rehabilita-

tion at KokilabenDhirubhai Ambani Hos-pital stressed the impor-tance of protein in sportsand bodybuilding andsuggested ways to im-prove the performanceof the sportsperson invarious games. ChefSabyasachi Goria pro-vided the perspective onthe use of protein-richingredients from the cu-linary point of view andshowcased a live cook-ing demo using protein-rich ingredients.

In addition as dur-ing the course of theseminar the impor-tance of first-class Pro-teins, its requirementsin Indians (Paediatrics& Geriatrics) and itsrole in various sportsand body building ac-tivities were discussed

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By Jubel D’Cruz

The carnival of Goais the most famous fes-tival in the state andhas been celebratedsince the 18th centuryAD as a precursor tothe abstinence of Lent.The carnival is exclu-sive and unique to Goa,and was intro-duced by the Por-tuguese whoruled the Statefor over five hun-dred years.

Huge colour-ful parades takeover the state’scities with bands,floats and dances. Thefloat parades are orga-nised in associationwith the State TourismDepartment. Although,the three-day festival isprimarily celebrated byCatholics, it has alsoabsorbed Hindu tradi-tion revelry, westerndance forms, andturned into a pageant-ry of sorts. Though itstarted as a celebrationenjoyed only by the lo-cal population, it hastoday crossed the statefrontiers and attractsthousands of peoplefrom all over the coun-try as well as from oth-er parts of the world.

Viva La CarnivalThe carnival is held

in February/March forfour days and nights,when the legendaryking Momo takes overthe state and the streetscome alive with musicand colour. The carni-val is meant to be afeasting-drinking-mer-rymaking orgy just be-fore the austere 40 daysof Lent. Huge paradesare organized through-out the state withbands, dances andfloats out all night onthe streets, and grandballs held in the eve-nings.

Goa is a small statelocated in the extremewestern end towardsthe southern coast ofIndia right below Ma-harashtra. It is safe tosay that Goa is one ofthe most sought-afterand a popular getawayfor people all across theglobe. It offers a uniquevibe mixed with tradi-tion, culture, cuisine,and the fun of being acontinental state. Onecan go on and on aboutGoa and not stop with-out wondering how cana place give a differentexperience on every vis-it and stay. Goa is oneof the topmost vacation

places for Indians andtourists from all overthe world and surpris-ingly, it has a vast his-tory.

The history of theGoan carnival goes backto almost 500 years. Itwas essentially intro-duced in Goa by thePortuguese. The trendof celebrating the car-nival with hedonisticpleasures dates back toancient Rome andGreece. It came to beknown to the Portu-guese and Spanish peo-ple with time and whenthe Portuguese estab-

lished their colo-ny in Goa, theyintroduced theconcept there.Since then, thecarnival is regu-lar feature everyyear and a timewhen people allover Goa take

part in it with pleasure.Carnival means a

complete holiday dedi-cated to fun and enjoy-ing as a break from thedaily routine and stressof the every-day life.The word ‘carnival’ isoriginated from a Lat-in word ‘carnelevari-um’ meaning ‘removingthe flesh’ or ‘raising agala storm’.

Since Ash Wednes-day (the beginning ofLent) falls on February26 this year, the carni-val will be celebratedfrom February 22 toFebruary 25 — for fourdays.The writer is freelancer

By C.K. Subramaniam

Heart surgeons inIndia today and a worldclass cardiologist feelthat the confidence lev-el of the heart patientand how he recoversfast from the ailmentare factors that lead toa normal life even aftera massive attack.

The thumb rules fora layman is to take careof his heart in the mostsuitable way by adher-ing to the exercise rou-tine and to take propermedicines at the righttime to manage such ashock in the life. Main-ly food control with aneye on excess of carbo-hydrate, more of pro-tein, less oil is the rightschedule to be followed. More over half anhour’s walk, at leastfive days a week; avoidlifts and avoid sittingfor a longtime will givea sigh of relief and thewill to live longer. It istime to quit smoking,control weight and con-trol blood sugar leveland blood pressurewithin the permissiblelimit and controlweight as well. Avoidfried items, sugar andpotato to make you fitall the time. Eatingnon-veg food (fish) notgood for the heart inanyway.

It is still a graveshock to hear that someapparently healthy per-son gets a cardiac arrestand it is difficult to un-derstand it in perspec-tive. This is called si-

Taking care of Heart

lent attack; that is whydoctors recommend ev-eryone past the age of30 to undergo routinehealth checkups. Theheart disease is a hered-itary one and a person’sparents having suchdisease needs to be care-ful. The heart isstressed and that is themajor reason for thehappenings all of a sud-den. We need to prac-tice to de-stress in aproper way. For this totake place change yourattitude towards lifeand do not look for per-fection in everything inlife.

Cholesterol accu-mulates right from thechildhood age. It is timeto avoid irregular eat-ing habits and avoideating junk food whenthe habits are irregularand your body’s enzymerelease for digestiongets confused. To con-trol cholesterol controldiet, walk and eat wal-nut and yoga helps oneto keep fit. The bestfood for a heart patientis fruits and vegetablesand the worst is oil.

First few minutesare golden when a per-son suffers from heartattack. Help the personinto a sleeping position,place an aspirin tabletunder the tongue witha sorbitrate tablet ifavailable, and rush himto a coronary care unitsince the maximum ca-sualty takes place with-in the first hour. Thereis a wrong notion about

the pain caused by gas-tric trouble and heartattack. So one mustknow to differentiatebetween pain caused bya heart attack and thatcaused due to gastrictrouble and an ECGcan provide the rightmedical treatment un-dertaken immediately.There is a steep in-crease in heart prob-lems amongst young-sters and that is worri-some.

Sedentary lifestyles,smoking, junk food,lack of exercise in acountry where peopleare genetically threetimes more vulnerablefor heart attacks arethe causes for heart ail-ments. Many of ushave an irregular dailyroutine and many atimes will have to staylate nights in office.When you are young,nature protects youagainst all these irreg-ularities. However, asyou grow older, respectthe biological clock. Taking anti-hyperten-sive drugs cause someother complications andmost drugs have someside effects. However,modern anti- hyperten-sive drugs are extreme-ly safe.

There is lot of rela-tion between heartproblems and blood sug-ar as diabetics are morevulnerable to heart at-tacks than non-diabet-ics.The writer is freelancer from

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai

Bridgestone India Committed to all aspects of Road Safety

Focuses on driver health and upgrading driving skills

MUMBAI: In order tohighlight and empha-size the need for saferroads, Bridgestone In-dia commemorated theNational Road SafetyWeek. Bridgestone be-lieves in a holistic 360degree road safetywhich includes driverhealth, driving skillsand pedestrian knowl-edge. With this in mindand keeping in view itsCSR philosophy of ‘Our

Way to Serve’ Bridge-stone India conductedmore than 12 camps,benefiting 500 driversand creating awarenessamong students inmore than 200 schools.

”As a mobility solu-tions provider, we havea responsibility to-wards better road safe-ty. Road Safety is a com-bination of man andmachine and it is withthis that we primarily

focus on upgrading driv-ing skills, ensuring goodhealth of drivers andcatching them young byimparting road safetyawareness to more thanone lakh students.” saidParag Satpute, Manag-ing Director, Bridge-stone India

As part of its variousinitiatives, 200 ruralschools were ap-proached as a platformto create awareness to

around 1,50,000 stu-dents and nurturedover 600 road safetychampions in collabora-tion with the Trafficpolice and education de-partments. To cater tothe healthcare needs ofdrivers of 10 fleetsacross India, HealthCamps were organizedwherein more than 500drivers benefitted.First Aid Pouches werealso distributed

amongst the fleet driv-ers.

Under Bridgestone’sflagship initiative,Project Sarthi, whichfocuses on skilling theHeavy Motor VehicleDrivers in conjunctionwith the Institute ofDriver Training & Re-search (IDTR), 70trainee drivers under-went extensive trainingon enhancing drivingskills and safety. They

were awarded certifi-cates after completingthe 45 days trainingperiod. In addition,these drivers took apledge towards safedriving practices.

All the BridgestoneIndia employees partic-ipated with full fervourand commitment dur-ing the Road SafetyWeek and undertook apledge to reinforce roadsafety practices.

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An artists version of Marathon Group’ of its Phase IIflagship township project in Panvel – Marathon Nexzone

Marathon Nexzone to address Burgeoning demand 1BHK in PanvelBy Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL : Mara-thon Group, one of theprominent real estatecompanies in Mum-bai, has launchedphase II of its flagshiptownship project,Marathon Nexzone inPanvel. After thesuccess of Phase 1 ofthe project wheremore than 2,200apartments have beensold and more than1,000 homes havealready been deliv-ered, Phase IIof Marathon Nexzonewill bring the much-in-demand 1BHKconfiguration to theproject is located just6kms from theupcoming NaviMumbai InternationalAirport and right onthe NH4 Highway.

Marathon NexzonePhase II will compriseof four towers of 33storey each with 20000sqft of retail space & aplethora of podiumamenities. MarathonGroup is currentlylaunching the first twotowers in NexzonePhase II - Daffodil &Cedar.

The 1 BHK apart-ments in Phase IIhave been thoughtful-ly designed to mini-mize long drawnpassages & thusprovide more usablecarpet area in additionto having a largecommon podiumbetween the fourtowers. This spacewill have a separatekid’s play area, ajogging track, land-scaped garden & a

fully equipped gymand a dedicated indoorgames room as part ofthe clubhouse of theproject. 20,000 sqft ofretail space is to behoused in the first 2

floors and will cater tomost of the dailyneeds. Phase II willhave a mix of both 1& 2BHK homes withprices starting 44L forthe 1BHK & 62.5L for

the 2 BHK.“Our ambition is to

create great homeswith thoughtful floorplans, brilliant views& great lifestyleamenities within areasonable budget. Sowe scouted for loca-tions that had superbgrowth potential aswell as seamlessconnectivity andconceptualised ourNex series of projects -modern townshipswith stunning high-rises in future-readylocations. We’velaunched townships atBadlapur, Panvel,Dombivli, and Kalyan-Shil. Nexzone is one ofthe best townships weare developing”, said.Mayur Shah, MDMarathon Group

Samyag Shah -

Director Marathon Grouphas said, “Nexzonehas built a stronglegacy over the past 9years. We have soldmore than 2200homes here & alreadydelivered over 1000 ofthem in a challengingmarket. With PhaseII we are looking tocomplete the wholepicture by bringing in1BHKs at Nexzone.Since our launch, thishas been one feedbackthat we received fromour customers &channel partnersalike. There is a bigdemand for spacious1BHK homes in thearea which are notonly closer to the up-coming airport butalso is set up in anarea which has athriving social infra.”

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Lynn in conversation

with Harshita Dagha,

freelancer with the

Newsband

If somebody asked me what my

retirement plans looked like, it def-

initely would be something like sav-

ing enough money to move to the

mountains and live the rest of my

days in peace and seclusion far, far

away from my poke-y relatives.

This, however, is a little too differ-

ent from how Lynn Ruth Miller

sees her life.

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Lynn Ruth

Miller decided to take a jab at

stand-up comedy at the tender age

of 70. Now - at 86, she is still go-

ing strong and is currently on a

world tour (about to hit Asia soon)

and she shows no signs of stopping.

She had spent so much of her life

trying to figure out how to live her

life, catering to others and fighting

against conventions, the charming

lady had literally nothing to lose

when she took up comedy. “I stum-

bled on stand up when I wanted to

write a story about a comedy col-

lege. I took the class and discov-

ered something I enjoyed doing,”

Lynn tells us, “I was 70 years old.

It wasn’t until I had been doing it

for about a year as a lark that I

realized people make money at this

and that it is a profession. It devel-

oped into a career for me without

my even being aware of it.”

She recounts her life in the for-

ties, growing up as the girl her moth-

er didn’t want to be—a “failure”

as she calls herself. But then she

asks “What is wrong with being dif-

ferent?” And she is right, there is

indeed nothing wrong with being

different. Just look at her for ref-

erence! She would gladly scoff at

my own retirement plans. “People

think that life stops when they re-

tire and it does not. It can, it’s your

choice. That’s the thing they don’t

realize, they have a choice.”

You can see her as an icon too,

someone who is going against all

conventions set in place for older

women. You expect someone at 86

to be a “doddering” old woman

who you leave your seat for in pub-

lic transportation. And even though

she would appreciate the seat, she

rather not have you see her as just

that—an old woman. She wants to

be seen as an individual and she is

doing the best at it. It kind of makes

the rest of us hopeful as women.

More often than not, ageism hits

us harder and suddenly, we aren’t

supposed to have a personality, hob-

bies and interests after, say, we hit

our thirties.

The nice thing about dating at my age is you don’t have to worry about meeting

their parents: Lynn Ruth Miller, the World’s Oldest Stand-up Comedian

Lynn gives us something, a

shimmer of hope that perhaps

things do change. That at an age

when an average person waits and

broods for death, Lynn has given

her life to do something she im-

mensely enjoys. She is right now,

travelling across the world, per-

forming and looking ahead to meet

new people. For instance, she re-

counts to So It Goes, how she had

met a breakdancer in an airport

who had mutilated his body and

begun to lose his hair due to the

high demands of his profession. It

led her to evidently say, “I certain-

ly cannot afford to lose any more

hair than I already have. Bald is

only beautiful on a baby’s butt and

I am definitely beyond that.”

Also, I had to ask: does her age

make her richer in experience or

not? She gladly answered, “No. I

get material from the life I am liv-

ing now. My age gives me a bit of

perspective and that means I am a

pretty good judge of what is funny

to others as well as myself. The

problem with younger comedians

is that they think because THEY

think something is funny, everyone

else will and that is not

true. Finding the funny is an art,

and no one can teach it to you. You

have to experience failure to fig-

ure that out.”

However, does the audience

connect with her or is it the other

way around then? She explains, “I

connect with the crowd. It isn’t the

other way around. After all, I am

at least 40 years older than most

of my audience. I am from a dif-

ferent world from theirs. I have to

show them what we have in com-

mon even though I am older than

their grandparents.”

Now, she was in the USA and I

was here in another country, but I

hear she is visiting Jakarta, Saigon

soon. So I had to ask if she had

any plans to come visit India. “I

would love to do my comedy in In-

dia but I have not been invited. I

have sent out several e-mails to

comedy clubs but have received no

response. It would thrill me to take

my comedy so such an interesting

and diverse country.”

A telephonic conversation

wasn’t possible (time zones are a

mess), our email conversation left

me smiling widely. I don’t know

about you, but I know I’d love to

see her here, so please get the

“hint”?

(harshita@beingblahblah.com)

Double crown for Father Agnel at Basketball TournamentNAVI MUMBAI:

Father Agnel U-16

Boys and Girls won

the 2nd Fatima inter

school invitational

Basketball

tournament

conducted by

Fatima School

Vidhya Vihar. The

U-16 girls have been

winning the

championship for

the second year in a

row.

From the Boys’

category Parth Kale

and from Girls’

Tanisha Chavan

were awarded the

most valuable player

of the tournament.

In the U-14 Boys

category Venkat

Rajesh bagged the

most promising

player of the

tournament award.