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The Complex CityFestival begins

The youth organisationfrom Kharghar have orga-nised a Complex City Fes-tival from 11th to 23rd Febru-ary, 2020 with various com-petitions such as debatecompetition and a street playcontest. The festival will beheld at Randivee Hall inCBD Belapur..

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Panvel police appointWomen Abuse Preven-

tion TeamSenior police inspector AjayKumar Landge of Panvelcity police station will beheading the Prevention ofWomen Abuse team, whichalso consists of PSI SaritaMusale (Mobile no. 8422980498) and PSI VidyaBhagat (83699 26906).The police have urgedwomen and children to con-tact the numbers if any un-lawful action happensagainst them. Ajay KumarLandge has urged the vic-tims to fearlessly report tothe squad appointed to pre-vent violence against wom-en.

Thousands take part inwalk against blindnessOver ten thousand citizensfrom all walks of life took partin the 7th edition of the‘Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya’- the Walk Against Blindnesson Sunday, 9th February,2020 at Sanpada, NaviMumbai to showcase theirunyielding support to thisnoble initiative and spreadmessage about eye dona-tion at large…

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MNS demand construction

of auditorium at Airoli

One day hunger strike held opposite

the plot allotted for the purpose

By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Irkedby the delay to startthe construction workof the auditorium at

Airoli by the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC),the MaharashtraNavnirman Sena(MNS) held a one-day

hunger strike oppo-site allotted for theauditorium at Sector4, Airoli.

Contd. on pg. 2

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Thebody of the missingowner of MayaBar located atCBD Belapur,Vashistha Ya-dav was foundin the forest inKukke villagenear Bellanhal-li in Udapi,Karnataka onMonday morning. Al-though it is not yetclear how and why hewas murdered, it is sus-

Dead Body of City barowner found in theforest of Karnataka

pected that some peoplewhom Vasishtha Yadavhad cheated, may have

murdered him.The Karna-

taka police af-ter taking thecustody of thebody, performedautopsy. Thereport ascer-tained the rea-son for death to

be strangulation by awire. The police are car-rying out further inves-tigations.Contd. on pg. 3

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: CentralRailway in its endeavorto provide better servic-es to bonafide rail usersand also to curb the tick-etless travel, has regu-larly conducted inten-sive campaign againstticketless and irregulartravel. During themonth of January-2020,Central Railway earnedRs 12.95 crore asagainst Rs 11.44 crorein January-2019, there-by registering an in-crease of 13.20%.

During the month ofJanuary-2020, 2.82 lakhcases of ticketless/irreg-ular travel includingun-booked luggage weredetected as against 2.51

Central Railwaytightens noose against

ticketless travellersRegisters earnings of Rs 168.09 crore

in the period April-2019 to January-2020

lakh cases in January-2019, an increase of12.35%.

During the periodApril-2019 to January-

2020 a total of 32.71lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travel and un-booked luggage weredetected as against29.56 lakh cases in thecorresponding periodlast year thereby show-

ing an increase of10.65%.

The earnings real-ized from such ticket-less/irregular travel reg-

istered Rs.168.09 crorein the period April-2019to January-2019 as com-pared to earnings ofRs.147.00 crore regis-tered during the

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PUBLIC NOTICERe: Apartment No.EWS/28/1, situated at Sector-10, Nerul,Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. ThaneTHIS is to notify the public that our Client MR SUNIL DINKARYADAV is the owner of Apartment No.EWS/28/1, situated at Sector-10, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane, (said premises).That the following Original documents in respect of the aforesaidApartment are lost, misplaced in transit while travelling in Sector-10, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, and are not traceable. i.e. i) Deed ofApartment dated 30th August 1989 duly registered executed betweenCIDCO and MR MULE DAGADU LIMBAJI, ii)Registration receipt ofDeed of Assignment dated 6th September 1999 executed betweenMR MULE DAGADU LIMBAJI and MR ADHIK CHINTAMANKAMBLE, iii) Sale permission & final order issued by CIDCO infavour of MRS MALTI K. PRASAD, iv) Sale permission & final orderissued by CIDCO in favour of MRS PREMLATA SHYAMSUNDERGUPTA and MR SHYAMSUNDER GUPTA and v) Sale permissionissued by CIDCO in favour of MR RAMPHER BADRIPRASADAGRAHARI and MR ANIL RAMPHER AGRAHARI.A Police complaint has been lodged with the Nerul Police Station on6th February 2020 and recorded in Lost Property Registrationno.527/2020.Any person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s,Company/ies, or any other Govt. /Concerned authorities havingany right, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the aforesaidPremises or by virtue of the aforesaid lost documents by way ofinheritance, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, lien, charge,trust, partnership, maintenance, development, easement, transfer,licence, either agitated in any litigation or otherwise or any otherright or interest whatsoever are hereby required to make the sameknown in writing, with documentary proof, to the undersigned withina period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof.If no claim is made as required hereinabove, our client will be atliberty to deem that such right/s, if any, have been waived for allintents and purposes and not binding on our client.

Sd/-M.T.THACKER

ADVOCATE M.T.THACKER & ASSOCIATESAdvocates High Court

E-6/0:4, Sector-1, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400 703.E Mail: [email protected]: 27825052 / 27825084 / 85

Date: 12-02-2020 Ref: 1912077

NAVI MUMBAI: Ascout-guided naturecamp was organizedon Tuesday in thecourtyard of theChangu KanaThakur Secondaryand Higher Second-ary School at Janar-dan Bhagat ShikshanPrasarak Sansthan.

The camp wasorganised under theguidance of theheadmaster of theschool, Indu Gharatand was conducted byPanchayat Samitigroup. Educationofficer NavnathSable, PanchayatSamiti memberRatnaprabha Gharat,entrepreneur VaibhavDeshmukh, SantoshChavan, journalistGanesh Koli, SumantNalawade and otherswere present on theoccasion. The directorof the institute,Varsha Thakur,lauded the initiative.

Through thecamp, the studentswere taught aboutsocial services, self-help, self-reliance,labour value and

Scout-Guided Nature Camp held

other moral values.Various activitiesrelated to ‘cleanlinessof the area’ and‘environmentalconservation’ wereorganized.

RatnaprabhaGharat, a member of

the Panchayat Samiti,said, ‘I felt like cominghere and being in thenature. The ScoutGuide teaches team-work and is workingideally in the commu-nity”.

Also, Chairman of

the Institute, Ramsh-eth Thakur, Directorand MLA PrashantThakur, ChairmanArun Sheth Bhagat,Vice Chairman Y TDeshmukh, officebearers greeted thestudents.

The MNS partysupporters allegedthat the constructionwork of the auditori-um was supposed tostart five years ago.However, due tovarious reasons, thecivic body which hadstarted the work,stalled the construc-tion abruptly. “De-spite several lettersdemanding to startthe work, the NMMChas failed to do so,”said a member ofMNS.

During the agita-tion the agitatorsdemanded to knowwhy the work, whichwas supposed to re-start after the LokSabha elections, failed

to commence and whyno penalty has beenimposed by the NMMCagainst the construc-tion company?

Speaking aboutthe issue GajananKale, City President,MNS said, “We wanta written assuranceas to when the workwill begin. Also it issurprising to see thatthe opposition partiesare silent about theissue and are notraising it in thegeneral body meetingor the standingcommittee meeting.As the construction isleft halfway, the sitehas become a suicidepoint and a site formosquito breeding.”

A plot has beenassigned by theNMMC for theconstruction of an

MNS demand

construction..Contd. from pg. 1

auditorium on an areaadmeasuring 2893.29sq mt on plot no no. 37at Sector 5, Airoli.

Dhananjay Bhosale-Assistant Secretary,Chandrakant Ma-hadek, VishwanathDalvi, Ganesh Mhatre,

Kalpesh Belose,Dinkar Pagire,Akshay Sawant,Gaurav Mahadik,Appasaheb Kothale,BhuvaneshSaigavkar andHasanain Nakadewere present.


PUBLIC NOTICE (Missing Documents)THIS NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the following Original documentsof my Apartment No.B-5/9/38, Artist Village, Sector-8, CBD,Belapur, Navi Mumbai- 400 614, have been lost/ misplaced and thesame are not traceable.1. Original Allotment letter issued by CIDCO Ltd to MRS.

SAROJINI RAMCHANDRA RANE.2. Original Possession letter dated 22/09/1987 issued by CIDCO

Ltd to MRS. SAROJINI RAMCHANDRA RANE.3. Original Agreement to Sell between CIDCO Ltd and MRS.

SAROJINI RAMCHANDRA RANE dated 22/09/1987.A police complaint for the same has been lodged with the CBD, Belapur,Police Station, Navi Mumbai which is recorded in Property MissingRegister vide Regn. No. 196/2020, dated 07/02/2020.If anyone finds any of the above document/s, I hereby request to contactme and get me back the said document/s at my following address.

Sd/-MR. SURESH RAMCHANDRA RANE

Apartment No.B-5/9/38, Artist Village, Sector-8,Date: 12-02-2020 CBD, Belapur, Navi Mumbai- 400 614.

By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Theyouth organisationfrom Kharghar haveorganised a ComplexCity Festival from 11th

to 23rd February, 2020with various competi-tions such as debatecompetition and astreet play contest.The festival will beheld at Randivee Hallin CBD Belapur.

“The Complex CityFestival is a celebra-tion of all kinds ofdiversity in our city.The aim is to bring

The Complex City Festival begins

together citizens,children and youngpeople living indifferent places ofMumbai and NaviMumbai on a commonplatform. The festival

is open to all. Besidescompetitions, variousactivities are beingorganized includingfilm seminars, filmfestivals, theatre-photography-debating,

cultural events, visitsto historical places inthe city (City Walk),art exhibition, MakingMumbai YouthFestival etc,” said anorganiser.

NAVI MUMBAI:The Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) has made achowk at Vashi DivisionNo. 62 near the en-trance of B / 2 Type Sec-tor 15 in front of Datt-aguru Nagar Society. During the inaugura-tion ceremony, thechowk was named as

N. B Naik Chowk inauguratedat B/2 Type at Sector 15 Vashi

late N.B Naik Chowk.The Mayor of NaviMumbai Jayavant Sutarinaugurated the Chowk.

The Leader of theHouse, Ravindra Ithape,C Division CommitteeChairman and Resolu-tion Notifier Local Coun-cilor. Anjali Walunj,Former Mayor ChanduRane, Former Standing

Committee Chairman Shyam Mahadik,Former Transport Com-mittee Chairman Shela-ji Kesarkar andPradeep Gavas and oth-er dignitaries werepresent.

N.B Naik was a fed-eration officer and se-nior social worker ofNavi Mumbai . He was

a great contributor tomany public works andhad actively contribut-ed to the social fields.The proposal to namethe chowk after him wasgiven by Anjali AjayWalunj from the C wardcommittee. The samewas approved duringthe general meeting ofthe NMMC.

Duo nabbed in connection

with diesel theft

By: Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel city police havearrested two people inconnection with dieselrobbery from heavy ve-hicles parked alongroadside. The accusedarrested have been iden-tified as Rahul and Gi-lani. The police haveseized the vehicle usedfor stealing the diesel.The duo and their gangare suspected to havecommitted severalcrimes of diesel theft inPanvel and surround-ing areas.

On January 28, oneof the members of thegang had stolen 60 lit-ters of diesel from atrailer tank which wasparked by the road at

JNPT-Palspe Road,Kundewahal. The trail-er driver NitinLokhande lodged a com-plaint with Panvel citypolice station. AssistantPolice Inspector IshaanKharote and his teambegan investigating inthe case.

“We found the de-tails of the vehicle andnabbed the accusedRahul and Gilani. Afterfurther investigation,they confessed to havecommitted the crime.We also seized a Hondacompany’s car worth Rs5 lakh used for theft.Further investigationinto the case is beingcarried out”, said Assis-tant Police InspectorIshaan Kharote.

corresponding period last year showing an increaseof 14.35%.

During the month of January-2020, 247 casesof transfer of reserved journey tickets were detect-ed and Rs 1.99 lakh recovered as penalty.

Central Railway appeals to the passengers totravel with proper and valid railway tickets in or-der to avoid inconvenience and travel with dignity.

Central Railway... Contd. from pg. 1


Issue : 240 12 February, 2020

This Valentines gift your loved ones agift of togetherness and timeless love

Valentine’s Day iscelebrated on February14. It is a festival of ro-mantic love and manypeople give cards, let-ters, flowers or presentsto their spouse or part-ner. They may also ar-range a romantic mealin a restaurant or nightin a hotel. Commonsymbols of Valen-tine’s Day arehearts, red roses andCupid. Expensiverestaurant bookingsare made a month inadvance, the last-minute rush to buygifts and the de-mands of trying toplan the perfect ro-mantic evening areall part and parcel ofthat large marketingevent we know as Val-entine’s Day. Sure, ifyou boil the day downto its basics, it’s a timewhen you and yourpartner can get togeth-er and spend somequality time.

Just like most peo-ple in the world, manymen and women of In-dia, particularly youngcouples, celebrate Val-entine’s Day in a bigway. Valentine day isgreat day for lovers to

celebrate their love.Lego games are part

and parcel of valentine’sday celebrations to be-gin with. Building arelationship is hardwork, so take a breakand build stuû withLego. The buildingblock company’s gameshave been consistentwith every release, fea-turing easy game playand a zany sense of hu-mour. A bright coloredattire, a pleasing man-ners and the mind toforget the worries andlive carefree life is theorder of the day. The

best way to greet ouroffice friends with apink rose and reveal theimportance of extendinga loving hand to thepoor and down troddenpeople. There lies thereal enjoyment and it isworth a living.

Relationship withyour father or mother,wife or children evenwith friends blossominto a new world on thisfantastic period. Thereis no need of worryingabout lost relations butit is a day to renew old

relationship and estab-lish new relationship. It is indeed a playfulday. We forget aboutthe old enmity and des-perate to form a franticone. The love game startwith “Love All”.

On this particularday oldies and theyoungsters feel that itis their prerogative tocelebrate this day in asimple way. My lovefor newspapers bloomson Valentine’s Day. Mylove for newspaper ven-dor goes a long way inthe last 22 years. WhenI meet newspaper ven-

dors and the newspa-per media unite uswith each other. Wein India love to cele-brate all the festivalsin general and theValentine’s day inparticular.

There is nothingwrong in followingWestern culture, solong as the spirit ofthe Indian custom is

well and truly main-tained. There is noharm in exchanginggreeting cards, gifts orflowers. The society hasto undergo positivechange without mak-ing a big hue and cry.This year’s Valentine’sDay promises love andaffection. Further thisValentine’s day, giftyour loved ones a gift oftogetherness and time-less love.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada,Navi Mumbai

By C K Subramaniam

Connecting with each otherHellen Keller, well known American author, activist once said,

“The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seenor even touched. They must be felt with the heart”

In todays’ world when many of us are living somewhat roboticlifestyle which is devoid of deeper meaning and purpose and hasbecome somewhat visionless and passionless, are we displaying emo-tions towards each other or towards our society?

There is an apparent decline of empathy in society today. Emo-tions critically influence all aspects of our lives, from how we live,work, learn and play, to the decisions we make, big and small. Emo-tions drive how we communicate and connect with each other, andimpact our health and well-being. Human emotional intelligence (oryour EQ) is our ability to recognize not only our own emotions butalso those of other people, and to use emotions to guide our behav-iour, adapt to different environments and achieve our goals.

Today, we are living in a digital world and are surrounded by lotsof hyper-connected systems, smart devices and advanced AI (artifi-cial intelligence) systems. In other words, lots of IQ, but no EQ.That’s a problem. Just look at how we use our mobile devices andinteract with intelligent agents such as Siri and Amazon’s Alexa anddo not interact with human beings.

People have less time to reflect on anything as they become dom-inated by a need to act, a need to be online, robotically always check-ing. Instead of enhancing close bonds, technology has facilitatedavoidance of direct person-to-person contact, which takes too muchtime. We maintain the illusion that we are connected more closelythan ever by the number of Facebook “likes” we accumulate. Oursense of connection exists in the action, not an accumulated, deep-ening experience. It is not unusual to see all the family membersbusy on their phones while dining out. Even at home each one ishooked on to their mobiles checking aimlessly the various posts onsocial media.

Getting rid of technology is not the answer, but society must finda balance. Empathy is very valuable, maybe the most valuable re-source for humanity. There is a need to introspect and ask few ques-tion from ourselves: Do we spend more then an hour a day on anysocial media platform? Are we constantly in a reactive state, whichprevents us from listening to others? Do we look at our phone whenwe are in a conversation with another? Do we answer calls at thedinner table or other valuable family moments? Do we find ourselveschoosing to text instead of having a conversation? Are we havingconversations over text or email that should be done in person? Ifwe have answered yes to any of these questions, then we certainlyhave an imbalance.

As much as we may appreciate modern technology, there is nodenying the fact that it has changed our ability to communicate onmany levels. Communication is becoming a lost art and it is failingmiserably at the hands of our children.

Social media has many advantages, but there are plenty of draw-backs as well. I believe that many people in our world use Face-book and Twitter as a hiding space. Sitting behind the screen of acomputer or phone gives people the courage to say what they wantwithout a filter or compassion. Our emotional intelligence is gettinglost in translation and we are slowly losing the ability to be honestwith each other and work through difficult conversations; to take amoment and sit with a situation, even when it feels uncomfortable,and move toward communication to solve the problem.

Set some family phone rules. Start with some simple limitations,such as only using Facebook on the weekend or certain timesthroughout the day. Respond to all texts or emails periodicallythroughout the day (three times, say). Ask that no phones be onthe dinner table or when you are out to eat.

Enjoying the gifts that come with technology is important, butmoving forward into a new age with balance is even more impor-tant. Maybe the biggest cost we’ve encountered already is theharm to human relationships. A small start is our best next stepand it counts.

Navi Mumbai: A garment shop at Nerul LP MIDC on Tuesday morning caught fire. Uponreceiving information, three fire brigades arrived at the scene and doused the fire. (BySumit Renose)


The Poosam Festival: Nerul Bhakta Samajcelebrates eleven days of divine delight

By Lakshman Sundar

The Nerul BhaktaSamaj had an event-ful, ecstatic andenlivening eleven dayand nightcelebrations of ThaiPoosam Festival. Onall days the turnoutwas tremendous. Onall eleven days therewere Maha Ganap-athi Homam EkadasiDravya Abhishegam,Special Alankaram,Oduvar Sevai, Cul-tural Program,Mangala Aarati,Deepaaradhana andMaha Prasadams.

On Day 1 (Janu-ary 30), Smt. Chel-lam Rajan & Anbar-ghal performed alilting bhajan on SriJayadeva Ashtap-athi’s Gita Govin-dam.

On Day 2, therewere ThirupughazhBhajan by Thuru-pugazh Anbargal inthe morning andBhajan by Vashi SriRajamani & hisdisciples.

Day three featureda Divyanamam andDolotsavavam by SriSreekant Goalakrish-na Bhagavatar andhis team from Mum-bai.

Day 4 witnessedUnchavriti and thegrand celebration ofSri Radha MadhavaKalyana Mahotsavamand bhajans by SriSreekant Goalakrish-na Bhagavatar andhis team in theforenoon and vocalmusic by Sri. Ram-achandra Murthy inthe evening.

On Day 5, SriBalu Bhagavatharfrom Vashi gave asplendid AbhangBhajan performance.

Day 6 showcased aKuchipudi DanceProgram by thedisciples of Guru SriRamachandra Mur-phy of KuchipudiNatya Kendra.

On Day 7, Smt.Perundevi & Anbar-gal presented ‘Sri

Nerul Bhakta Samaj’s eleven day celebrations of Thai Poosam Festival at Lord Murugan Temple, Nerul

Lagu Narayaneem’ inthe morning andShiva Kanya and SriKanya popularlyknown as KanyaSisters rendered adiscourse on ‘SriBhakta Vijayam onSant Pundalikan’ inthe evening.

On Day 8 KanyaSisters’ discourse onSant Ganeshwar wasscheduled in theevening.

Day 9 saw 4thKala Homam forVibhuhti Ganapati,Lakshmi Ganapathiand Aiswarya Ganap-athi Pratishta. TheKanyaSisters delivered adiscourse titled ‘SriBhaktha Vijayam onSaint Namadev

On Day 10, ThaiPoosam celebrationwith Laksha archanato Lord Muruga andAnnadanam wereorganized. In the lateafternoon andevening specialVaideega Atlankaramand a discourse titled‘Sri Bhaktha Vijayamon Saint Gorakumb-har Maharaj’ byKanya Sisters wereheld.

On the concluding

11th Day the KanyaSisters gave a dis-course.

Thus the elevendays were celebratedin an impressive andmemorable mannerto the utmost delightof thousands ofdevotees.Significance

Thai Pusam iscelebrated withgrandeur in all

Murugan templesacross the world.Legend has it thatthe demon Tarakasu-ran was exterminatedby Lord Muruga onthis day. He receivedeleven weapons fromLord Shiva and thepowerful lance (Vel)from His motherShakti to destroy thedemon who wastormenting the

Devas. SaintArunagirinathardescribes this in hisimmortal Thirup-pugazh.

The demonicinstincts arising inour mind incite us tocommit sins. We areentrapped in it as itis a chain reaction.The worship of LordMuruga is sure toextricate us from

this. Tarakasuran’sannihilation againsymbolizes theeradication of thoseinstincts and impuri-ties in the mind ofHis devotees with Hissharp spear.

This day alsocommemorates thedestruction of Tripuraby Lord Shiva. Afestival occurring inthe Tamil monthThai (January -February), on the dayof the star Poosamaround Pournami(Full Moon) is cele-brated as Thaipusam[Thai Poosam]. Thereare several legendsabout the festivalThaipusam. ThaiPoosam is a ten-dayfestival in Palanitemple, where“Thirukalayanam,”the divine wedding, iscelebrated on the daybefore Thai Poosam.Not only in Indiathere are manycountries whichcelebrate this festivalin a grand manner.Singapore, Malaysia,temples in the UnitedStates, Canada, SriLanka are some ofthe countries whichcelebrate this festivalin a grand manner.


By Dr. Neel

Many parentscome expressing theirserious concern thattheir child is introvertand the child mustchange as they feel be-ing introvert will maketheir child a failure inlife.

I would like tothrow deeper insightsso that parents candeal their childrenmore effectively. Mydeep research indi-cates there are manytypes of introverts. In-trovert nature is notunderstood rightly.Some key inputs tohelp them are as fol-lows:1. Introvert by Nature:• Many in this

world are intro-verts by their verybasic nature. Thisnature may re-main lifelong.

• If from birth yourchild avoids social-ising, then do nottry to change thechild. Understandthat being an intro-vert is not negativefrom any angle. It’sa common miscon-ception that intro-verts can’t achievehappiness and suc-cess in life.

• Parents feel thattheir introvertchild must be ex-posed to variousactivities, mustparticipate, mustbe a public speakeretc. etc. This iswrong. Please ac-cept and respect thebasic nature ofchild.

• Many of the topprofessionals fromvarious fields arehighly introvertwhich proves thatbeing introvert hasnothing to do withlife success or

Understanding Introvert Childrenstruggles.

• Never compare themwith other childrenwho are extrovertsand seemingly doingbetter.

• Comparison hurtsthem the most anddemotivates. Itmakes them feel thatthey are inadequateand worthless.Though unintention-ally parents, teachersand relatives end updamaging their men-tal health by compar-ing.

• Parents should ex-press their love by allmeans by expressingthat they are wonder-ful and that theyneed not do thingsthey don’t like.

• Help children tochoose a career inwhich expressionsand interactions withpublic or in any un-comfortable platformare not required.

• If they are forcedwith such career op-tions, then I haveseen without excep-tions that the duringthe growth period thechild loses self-re-spect and even getsinto deep depression.

• They must be helpedwith career optionsthat are aligned withtheir natural natureof being.

2. Introvert because of anevent an accident ortrauma:

a. When a child is notprovided with timelyhelp after a traumat-ic experience then itbecomes very diffi-cult for the child tocope up with innerhurts which leadsthe child withdraw-ing from normal be-haviour and is la-belled as tantrum be-haviour or introvert.

b. If the introvert be-haviour is a sudden

development, thenplease never ne-glect it.

c. Take professionalhelp immediatelyas invariably thechild has gonethrough a traumaor mental healthissue. The childmust go throughsystematic healingprocess to rediscov-er self.

d. Do not compro-mise, compare andunderstand thatthe child must befeeling highly vul-nerable.

e. Feeling of vulnera-bility makes themthink that “if Ishare my traumat-ic experience thenI may be exposed,or I may be put intomore difficulty”.This makes manychildren not to openup.

Summary:

• Dear parents ifyour child is intro-vert by naturesince birth thenplease bless andlove the child. Theyare divine blessingsin your life.

• Every child isunique and is bornwith great poten-tial, great capabili-ties and limitlesspossibilities.

• If the child has be-come introvert be-cause of an event,then seek profes-sional help withoutdelay. Wonderfultools are availableto make these chil-dren comfortableand get them backto their originalnature and blissfullife.Let’s bless all chil-

dren as they are bornto WIN. Professionalgrooming and mentor-ing can go a long wayin helping.

The writer is aconsulting councellorand Psychologist at

Vedanta Health Care &NMIMS, Kharghar.

Mobile: 93245 07182E-mail :

[email protected]

Alegria: The 5 day eventful affairBy Ryhea George

NAVI MUMBAI: Ale-gria, the most awaitedFest kicked off withgreat zeal and enthu-siasm on 4th February,2020 in the presence ofgalaxy of dignitariessuch as the Chairmanof the Standing com-mittee Navin Gavte,Assistant commission-er of the Panvel Mu-nicipal Corporationand the founder of Pil-lai Group of InstitutionDr. Vasudevan Pillaiand Daphne Pillai. Thetheme for this year’sAlegria was “Dream-land”.

True to its theme,the campus was deco-rated with the dreamyinstallations like Olafthe snowman and Dob-by from Harry Potter,a candy store for click-ing pictures, a princesscarriage etc.

The inaugurationwas followed by amalkhamb perfor-mance, followed by theboys straight outtaDharavi ‘7 bantaiz’who judged the rap-ping event. Many oth-er judges such as thecomedian Akash Dode-ja, Aisha Sharma, DCypher also graced theevent. People from Bol-lywood such as ‘RahulShetty, actress ShamaSikander SonnalliSeygall Actor AdahSharma and also thefamous movie Sairatactors “Rinku Rajguruand Chinmay Ud-girkar” were present.

For the nightevents and concerts co-median such as Sau-rav Mehta and KennySebastin were at thePillai campus. The pri-mary students of aGovernment schoolwere invited to the col-lege to enjoy the eventsand observe the cre-ative installations overthe place. There werevarious events goingon simultaneously all

around the campuswhich included class-room and playgroundevents.

The major high-lights of the nightswere the band ’Sabali’.They won the hearts ofthe crowd with theirfusion of old as well asnew songs. Also Ar-maan Malik’s concertmesmerized the crowdwith his soothingvoice. He even gavetribute to Kobe Bryantand his daughter. Forthe EDM night DJShaan was presentand he concluded thewhole festival is a

great way.Urvashi More, a

student of Pillai Col-lege, said, “ The con-cert was so good thatin the end people wereseen crying when weheard Arman singingsongs on friendshipand college days.”Anushka Menon, astudent of Pillai Col-lege said, “The wholeevent was nostalgicjust like the theme.Everyone has goneback to their child-hood as they wit-nessed various perfor-mances and also theinstallations.”


Thousands take part in walk against blindness

Raise awareness for eye pledging and donation among citizens

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Overten thousand citizensfrom all walks of lifetook part in the 7th edi-tion of the ‘Tamaso MaJyotirgamaya’ - theWalk Against Blind-ness, on Sunday, 9thFebruary, 2020 at San-pada, Navi Mumbai toshowcase their un-yielding support to thisnoble initiative andspread message abouteye donation at large.Organised by Sanpadabased Advanced EyeHospital and Institute(AEHI) in associationwith Dr Agarwal EyeHospital & One VisionHealth and Research Dignitaries along take an Eye Pledge Oath in presence of the participants

Navi Mumbai Mayor Jaywant Sutar flags off the 7th edition of the ‘Tamaso Ma Jyotir-gamaya’ - the Walk Against Blindness (Photos by Author).

Over ten thousand participants from all walks showcased their support to the nobleinitiative

Students from Koparkhairane based school dressed in tri colour too showcase theirsupport with a sterling Lezim performance en-route.

The walk was interspersed with dance and music

Students holding placards highlight the importance ofeye donation

Foundation, the walkwas flagged off by NaviMumbai Mayor andChief Guest JaywantSutar in presence of

number of dignitarieson the occasion. In hisspeech the Navi Mum-bai Mayor Sutar con-gratulated the organis-

ers on this initiativeand urged the gather-ing to support the causeby raising awarenessfor eye pledging and

eye donation too.Held over a dis-

tance of over 2kmacross several nodes ofSanpada, the walk in-terspersed with danceand song, fervent slo-ganeering by the par-ticipants, celebrity per-formances coupledwith energetic anchor-ing by the live wire RJArchana from Radiocity of ‘Salil and Arch-ana’ fame ensured afestive outlook. Thelarge gathering whichincluded hundreds ofdoctors, students fromvarious schools and col-lege across Navi Mum-bai and Raigad Dis-tricts, senior citizens

and representatives ofdozens of social organi-zations and NGOs,who wore black Teesinscribed with inspir-ing slogan ‘In the Worldof Darkness – Be TheLight’, motivated peo-ple en-route to get overtheir inhibitions andovercome the shortageof corneas in a verylight-hearted, fun filledway.

The event conclud-ed with a cultural car-nival in which studentsof nine colleges of NaviMumbai showcasetheir solo and grouptalent in singing anddancing contests

Dr. Vandana Jain,Cornea & CataractSurgeon and Directorof Advanced Eye Hospi-tal and Institute(AEHI) explained theimportance of eye dona-tion and general scar-city of cornea in acountry like India

Contd. on pg. 8


Diphtheria in Children

By Dr. Kishore Kumar

Diphtheria is an in-fectious disease causedby a bacterium -Corynebacterium diph-theria. It is highly con-tagious and deadly dis-ease, first described byHippocrates in the fifthcentury BC, andthroughout historydiphtheria has been aleading cause of death,primarily among chil-dren. The diphtheriabacterium was firstidentified in the 1880sby F. Loeffler, and theantitoxin against diph-theria was later devel-oped in the 1890s. Thefirst diphtheria toxoidvaccine was first pro-duced in the 1920smany countries havebeen vaccinating theirpopulation for over 70years that many west-ern countries genera-tions have grown with-out having seen Diph-theria.

The last case of diph-theria in Denmark wasdiscovered in December1988, but outbreaks arestill seen in countrieswith low vaccinationrate. There is generalconsensus that the com-plete eradication of thedisease in western

countries is due to thevaccine programs. Butin India, we still seedeaths due to diphthe-ria, almost a forgottendisease in the west.

It spreads and oc-curs very quickly andmainly affects the noseand throat. Childrenunder 5 and adults over60 years old are partic-ularly at risk for con-tracting the infection.This disease primarilyinfects the throat andupper airways, and pro-duces a toxin affectingother organs. It is a se-rious bacterial infectionthat spreads easilyfrom one person to an-other. Diphtheria canbe of two types - Respi-ratory diphtheriawhich affects thethroat, nose, and ton-sils and Skin (cutane-ous) diphtheria - Thistype affects the skin.

Symptoms

The illness has anacute onset and themain characteristicsare sore throat, low fe-ver and swollen glandsin the neck. The diph-theria toxin causes amembrane of dead tis-sue to build up over thethroat and tonsils,making breathing andswallowing difficult.The condition is typical-ly spread through per-son-to-person contact orthrough contact withobjects that have thebacteria on them, suchas a cup or used tissue.You may also get diph-

theria if you’re aroundan infected personwhen they sneeze,cough, or blow theirnose. Even if an infect-ed person doesn’t showany signs or symptomsof diphtheria, they’restill able to transmitthe bacterial infectionfor up to six weeks af-ter the initial infection.

The bacteria mostcommonly infect yournose and throat. Onceyou’re infected, the bac-

teria release dangeroussubstances called tox-ins. The toxins spreadthrough your blood-stream and often causea thick, gray coating toform in these areas ofthe body- nose, throat,tongue and airways.

Signs of diphtheriaoften appear within twoto five days of the infec-tion occurring. Somepeople don’t experience

any symptoms, whileothers have mild symp-toms that are similar tothose of the commoncold.

Prevention andVaccination

Diphtheria is com-pletely preventablewith the use of vac-cines. Vaccinationagainst diphtheria hasreduced the mortalityand morbidity of diph-theria dramatically,however diphtheria is

still a significant childhealth problem. Onceaffected, treatment in-volves administeringdiphtheria antitoxin toneutralize the effects ofthe toxin, as well as an-tibiotics to kill the bac-teria. Immunization fordiphtheria is accom-plished with a toxoid (amodified version of thediphtheria toxin).

Diphtheria toxoid is

not given as a singleinjection, but rather iscombined with tetanustoxoid and, often, per-tussis vaccine in apreparation calledDTPw, Tdap, DTaP,Td, or DT. The DTPvaccine is administeredin a series of five shots.It’s given to childrenfrom the following agegroups – 6 weeks, 10weeks, 14 weeks, 15 to18 months and 4 to 6years. WHO recom-mends a 3-dose prima-ry vaccination serieswith diphtheria con-taining vaccine fol-lowed by 3 booster dos-es.

The primary seriesshould begin as early as6-week of age with sub-sequent doses givenwith a minimum inter-val of 4 weeks betweendoses. The 3 boosterdoses should preferablybe given during the sec-ond year of life (12-23months), at 4-7 yearsand at 9-15 years of age.Ideally, there should beat least 4 years betweenbooster doses. For vari-ous reasons, the cover-age of diphtheria vac-cine in India is very lowand not 100%. Hencesporadic cases of diph-theria happens now andthen, affecting childrenresulting in mortality(deaths). Hence Karna-taka government hastaken steps to boostchildren’s immunity –on similar lines like“Pulse Polio” to help

eradicate this diseasesooner rather than lat-er. It is high time pub-lic is educated about theimportance of vaccine,so that we can elimi-nate this deadly diseasesimilar to many Euro-pean countries.

Parenting Tips1) Diphtheria and tet-

anus is highly pre-ventable disease byvaccination. Theonly way to preventlosing a child ordeath is by vaccina-tion.

2) Vaccination is avail-able FREE of cost inall government hos-pitals.

3) Whether it is DTPwor DTPa it doesn’tmatter as long asthe child gets therequired booster dos-es.

4) Most parents caneither use theirsmart phones or theapp to remind themabout their vaccina-tion.

5) Anti vaccinationgroups in Europehave gone for near-ly 7 to 8 decadeswithout seeingthese diseases intheir life due to vac-cinations in theircountries since 1920and is not applicableto India where thedisease is still en-demic.

The writer is Chairman andNeonatologist – Cloud-nine Group of Hospitals,Bengaluru

The most visible and common symptom ofdiphtheria is a thick, gray coating on thethroat and tonsils. Other common symptomsinclude:• a fever• chills• swollen glands in the neck• a loud, barking cough• a sore throat• bluish skin• drooling• a general feeling of uneasiness or discom-

fortAdditional symptoms may occur as the infection

progresses, including:• difficulty breathing or swallowing• changes in vision• slurred speech

which has a huge pop-ulation of around 1.37billion. “While it is en-couraging to see we areincreasingly being vo-ciferous about ouropinions on what isgood for the countryand what is not, we stillseem to be doing noth-ing much about whatwe do with our eyes af-ter we are gone. Thestatistics paint a dis-mal picture of the sit-uation the NationalProgram for Control ofBlindness states that1.2 lakh Indians are

Thousandstake part...

Contd. from pg. 7

Participants who joined the walk from variouswalks of life included those from:

A) Schools and Colleges: Z P School Dhamani & Chikhle,Vijeta School - Koparkhairane, Vidyadeep Vidyalaya – Koparkhair-ane, Vivekand Sankul school - Sanpada l, Anjuman-I-Islam’s Schools- Vashi and Turbhe, R.F.Naik Vidyalaya – Koparkhairane, BharatiVidyapeeth Colleges of Nursing and Architecture- Navi Mumbai, Pil-lai College of Arts, Commerce & Science – Panvel, KLE College ofScience and Commerce - Kalamboli, KBP’s Modern College - Vashi,ICLES Motilal Jhunjhunwala College – Vashi, RAIT College – Nerul,SS High School and Junior College – Seawoods, Y C College of ArtsCommerce and Science – Koparkhairane.

B) NGO’s, Samajas, Corporates: Agroha Vikas Trust , RotaryClub of Vashi Sec-6, Humanity First Foundation, Mangalam Foun-dation, Vashi & Sanpada Gurudwaras, WE Women, Kannada Sa-maj, Kutch Yuva Sangh, Noor Masjid, Koparkhairane Masjid, JainSamaj, Mumbai Marathi Ekta Sangh, Samar Gym, U&I Entertain-ment, Fitterflly, MITR Hospital, NBPA, Humanity First Foundation,Goldee Masale, Daawat Rice, Evolve Business School, MGM Hospital,Manoj Multi Foods, Create Together

blind from diseases ofthe cornea, the outerclear layer of our eye.And about 25 – 30 thou-sand new cases are add-ed each year to this hu-mongous backlog.Many of these couldhave been preventable ifthey were treated at theright time” shared Dr.Vandana Jain.

Sharing herthoughts on the way out,she further added “ Mod-ern medicine does pro-vide a solution for this.Newer techniques of cor-nea transplantationmean that many ofthese 1.2 lakh Indianscan be given back theirsight, if only the 1.2 bil-

lion of us cared enoughto get over our inhibi-tions and ignorance to-wards eye donation andurged the younger gen-eration to take uponthemselves to educateother members of fami-lies and their friends theimportance of eye dona-tion. Events likeTamaso Ma Jyotirgam-aya have been creatingawareness in the mindsof people, where we havebeen seeing a recordbreaking number of par-ticipants come on thestreets every year tomake it the largest everwalk to raise awarenessfor eye pledging and eyedonation”.


By Jubel D’Cruz

Ingredients:

• 6 - 7 bombils (Fresh Bombay ducks) • 2 tsp garlic paste• 2 tbsp fish masala• 2 tsp red chilli powder• 1 tsp vinegar• Salt as per taste • Rice flour for coating• Oil for fryingMethod:

1. Chop the head, tail and side fins from eachof the bombils.

2. Slit each bombil from the stomach side tillhalf to make it flatten. Wash properly withrunning water so that all the waste isflushed out.

3. Now place all the bombils one by one in aclean medium sized napkin on kitchen plat-form (or any other clean place).

4. Flip the napkin and cover the bombils andkeep a heavy weight tin on the bombils for30 minutes so that the excess water isdrained out and they turn out more flat(which in turn while frying will give a goodcrispy texture to the fish).

5. Now add salt, garlic paste, vinegar, fishmasala and chilli powder in a bowl with 2tbsp water.

6. Mix well and apply it on the fish both sides.(For more crispy texture, do not add wa-ter, just mix the ingredients and apply iton the fish directly.

7. Coat rice flour on the fish (both sides) andshallow fry on a tawa on low flame untilcrisp (Once the bombils are crisp, flip themonto the other side to be cooked). Tastesbest when served hot with dal rice.

Bombil Fry

Navi Mumbai: The birth anniversary of Jijau Krantijyoti Savitrimai Phule and Tyagamurti Mata Ramai was celebratedon behalf of the Samayak Seva Sangh and Purnima Mahila Utkarsh Mandal in Koparkhairane Sector-11 A. Citizensincluding women from the area participated in large numbers.

By: Crime reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecrime branch unit-3team has nabbed aperson who cheated aman by promising himto provide dollars atcheaper rate. Thepolice have arrestedMohammad JahangirMujahideen Sheikh,47, and have seized amotorcycle and 3mobile phones. Policehave now startedsearching for otheraccused involved in the

City police arrests a man who cheated peopleby promising to give dollars at lower rate

Police on the look out for other members of the gang

case.The police said, gang

has cheated manypeople in the similarfashion. They used topromise to give USdollars at a low price. Ateam of senior policeinspector Vijay Kada-bane of the crimebranch unit-3 startedsearching for theaccused. The crimebranch after verifyingthe CCTV footage at thescene and after conduct-ing technical investiga-

tions, gathered infor-mation about theaccused in the gang.

Accordingly,Assistant PoliceInspector SagarPawar, PSI SunilSawant and his teamlaid a trap for 4consecutive nights. Amotorcycle, 3 mobilephones, and US dollarsand other materialswere found in the case.Police seized the itemand arrested Moham-mad Jehangir.

During interroga-tion the accusedconfessed to havecommitted six offensesalong with othermembers – 3 in Rable,Kharghar-2 andAPMC-1. The crimebranch has handedover the accusedMohammad Jahangirto Kharghar police forfurther investigation.Police have nowstarted searching forthe other accomplicesof the gang.


MUMBAI: NeogenChemicals Ltd. hasposted improved per-formance for the quar-ter ended 31.12.19. Ona standalone basis, thecompany has posted to-tal income of Rs. 82.40cr. with a net profit ofRs. 8.22 cr. verses Rs.63.49 cr. / Rs. 4.36 cr.for the correspondingquarter in FY 19. Forthe nine months of FY2020, it has earned anet profit of Rs. 21.43cr. on a turnover of Rs.224.08 cr. against a netprofit of Rs. 12.29 cr. ona turnover of Rs.159.88 cr. for the firstthree quarters of FY2019. On a consolidat-ed basis, the companyhas reported a net prof-it of Rs. 21.35 cr. on aturnover of Rs. 223.92cr. for nine monthsended 31.12.19. On aconsolidated basis forFY 2019, it earned anet profit of Rs. 20.95cr. on a turnover of Rs.239.57 cr. Thus thetrend of almost achiev-ing previous full year’sbottom line in the firstnine months contin-ued.

Recently Japanesedelegation visited thecompany’s LithiumChemicals Inorganicmanufacturing plantand has provisionallyapproved the new man-ufacturing plant of the

Neogen Chemicals Q3 net up by 88%Ongoing expansion plans are set to boost income

company. They havealso placed an initialorder for the supply ofthe company’s products.

Commenting on theQ3FY20 performance,Mr. Haridas Kanani,Chairman & Managing

Director, at NeogenChemicals said: “I amglad to state that wehave sustained ourgrowth momentumduring the quarter un-der review, on the backof expected gains inboth Organic as well asInorganic Chemicalssegment. Overall, werecorded 30% revenuegrowth and 88% ex-pansion in Profit afterTax, driven by betterdemand scenario aswell as higher produc-tion at our facilities.Further, I am happy tounderline that we havecommenced commer-cial production of Inor-ganic Chemicals at ournew commissionedGreenfield facility atDahej SEZ. NeogenChemicals is best

placed to capture theongoing growth oppor-tunities present in theend-user industries giv-en its expertise as wellas a wide portfolio of of-ferings. We remain ontrack to deliver accel-

erated performance inthe years to comebacked by revenuesfrom the newly con-structed LITHIUM In-organic facility at Da-hej SEZ as well as de-bottlenecking initia-tives at the existingplants. The perfor-mance will be furtherbolstered by upcomingOrganic expansion fa-cility at Dahej Sez fororganic chemicalsmanufacturing plantfor which constructionwork has already start-ed and will come in to-wards the end of thenext financial year. All-in-all, we are excitedwith the business mo-mentum and remainconfident of executingthe growth opportuni-ties in the space.”

All Volvo Cars are nowBSVI certified in India

No Price increase till 31st March, 2020

MUMBAI: Volvo CarIndia has successful-ly introduced BS VICertified cars acrossits range fromFebruary 2020. Allcars assembled atthe plant or import-ed are now BS VICertified. Thiscomes from VolvoCar India’s commit-ment towardsproviding more andmore sustainableproducts to itsesteemed custom-ers.

“Thetransitionfrom BSIV to BSVI hasbeenchalleng-ing,especiallykeeping in mind theindustry’s perfor-mance in 2019. I amextremely proud ofmy team and ourpartners who havebeen relentless inmaking sure asmooth shift to BS

VI well before thedeadline. As agesture to ourcustomers owning an

environment friendlyBS VI Volvo Car thisfinancial year, we donot have any priceincrease for our BSVI certified cars till31st March 2020"said Charles Frump- Managing Director,

Volvo Car India.Volvo Car India

Swedish luxurycar company Volvo

established itspresence in India in2007 and has sincethen, workedintensively tomarket the Swed-ish brand in thiscountry. Volvo Carscurrently marketsproducts throughits dealerships inAhmedabad,Bengaluru, Chandi-

garh,Chennai,Coim-batore,DelhiNCR –SouthDelhi,WestDelhi,

Gurgaon and Noida,Hyderabad, Indore,Jaipur, Kochi,Kozhikode, Kolkata,Lucknow, Ludhiana,Mumbai, Pune,Raipur, Surat,Vishakhapatnam andVijayawada.

Fake notes making way intocountry- A cause for concern

Mumbai City crime branch officers arrested a36-year-old man, who landed from Dubai on Sun-day, at the international airport for allegedly pos-sessing 1,193 fake Indian currency notes worth ¹ 23.86 lakh – all indenominations of ¹ 2,000. The notes are of high quality and all the secu-rity features of the genuine currency have been successfully copied intothe notes. While conducting a search, the police found the notes wrappedin layers of clothes in four travel bags. He was brought to the unit office,and during inquiry confessed that he had been to Dubai for a holiday,where he was handed over the fake currency to deliver in Mumbai.

Despite all the efforts of the government to unearth fake notes, theGulf countries pave way for bringing illegal notes to India and that iscausing concern. With the help of demonetization and unearthing of 500and 1000 rupee notes, we could curtail terrorism in Jammu and Kash-mir and the miscreants are trying for short cut to success.

Jayanthy C. K. Maniam, Pattanwalla Mansion, Sion

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PM Modi keen to ensure that the students take exams in a relaxed atmosphereBy Vinod C. Dixit

Recently our PrimeMinister NarendraModi had an interactionwith students, teachers,and parents during his‘Pariksha Pe Charcha2020’ programme. A lotof excitement and en-thusiasm was seenamong the students,teachers and parents tonot only participate inthe unique event butalso to receive valuabletips from PM Modi whois keen to ensure thatthe students take ex-ams in a relaxed atmo-sphere and do not comeunder stress, to ensurebetter results in thelong run.

To a question from astudent and losing in-terest while studying,the PM said most oftenstudents get demotivat-

ed due to factors that areexternal to them and alsoas they try to attach toomuch significance totheir own expectations.

It is a very commonphenomenon among stu-dents especially when animportant examinationis at their door step. It isextremely disastrous asit affects them psycho-logically, socially, emo-tionally and cognitively.In fact, even Albert Ein-stein suffered from examfever, and WinstonChurchill only managedto write his name whenhe was appearing for anentrance exam.

Prime Ministerasked the students tofind out the reason forthe demotivation andponder over how to dealwith it. He gave the ex-ample of the recent issue

of Chandrayaan and hisvisit to ISRO. PM Modiwhile giving examplesof how cricketers RahulDravid and V V S Lax-man batted in difficultsituations during India– Australia match in

2001 to clinch victoryfor India from the jawsof defeat rightly saidthat “We should not lookat failures as setbacksor stumbling blocks. Wecan add enthusiasm toevery aspect of life. A

temporary setbackdoesn’t mean that wecannot succeed in life.In fact a setback maymean that the best is yetto come. We should tryto convert our dis-tressed situations as

stepping stones for abright future”

Examinations arealways stressful and fillus with fear becauseour future is linked upwith them. The extentof exam stress is too

much that drives themto take extreme mea-sures. For a brilliantstudent the examina-tion is ‘Now or Never’.For a poor one it is ‘Nei-ther here nor Any-where’. The fear of ex-ams is more before theexams causing them tounderperform on thatday. We cannot expectwhat is coming in exam& what is not. Manynegative happeningstake place when examsenter the student’s life.Student becomes ner-vous, tensed & un-healthy because of suchenvironment. The bestsolution for this issue isthat the students needto maintain a calm andpeaceful mind. And it isthe responsibility of par-ents and teachers tomake it possible. Our

parents can also be a bigreason of students get-ting too much tensed fortheir examinations.Parents pressurizethem to perform ex-tremely well in exams& in that immensepressure, academic per-formance gets affected. Sometimes even stu-dents also feel anxietywhen they study to com-pete in exams. They feelthe fear of losing in thecompetition. One mustremember that scoringlow marks or failing anexam is not the end ofthe world. Each time thegoing gets tough, Ithink of this quote I hadread in my school days,“Ever tried. Ever failed.No matter. Try Again.Fail again. Fail better.’’

The writer is freelancer,cartoonist.


Proposal for dummy electionevokes mixed reaction

Members of AMPC had put proposal for the same

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: The proposal by themembers of the Agriculture ProduceMarket Committee (APMC) Onion-Potato division for a dummy electionprior to the upcoming election sched-uled to be held on 29th February, 2020has evoked mixed reaction.

The decision was taken followingthe election pat-tern observedin the APMCfruit divisionwhere theformer directorSanjay Pan-sare had beennominated un-opposed astheir represen-tative.

Speaking about the proposal fordummy election, Onion Potato Adatunion president Rajendra Shelkesaid, “The market has around 1700members and majority of them havewished to have a dummy election sothat we can select from the 5 candi-

dates who have filled the form for theelection”.

The Former Director of OnionPotato Market Ashok Walunj, whoheld the post of director for so manyyears, has however, opposed the de-cision. “I am against the dummy vot-ing,” he stressed. Meanwhile, SureshShinde, one of the candidates, has

also registereddisapproval forthe dummyelection”.

“The elec-tion of the Di-rector of theMumbai Agri-cultural Pro-duce MarketCommittee is

taking place on February 29. Fromthe very beginning, the onion potatomarket has been the focus of the elec-tion. However, with dummy votingwe will have a candidate unopposedand due to this the money and timeof the people and government will besaved”, said Shelke.

After a hattrick win at the State Election held in Delhi the Aam Aadami Party supporters organised a rally at Vashi on Tuesday. (Text by Chandrashekhar Hendve & Photos by Sumit Renose)