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Playbacksinger

MadhabDash, who

has lent voiceto more than

40 films,loves to

spend timewith his sonYodhant on

non-workingSundays.

n Why is the place in a stadium where you SIT, called aSTAND ?

n Why is that everyone wants to go to HEAVEN, butnobody wants to DIE !!

n Shall I say that there is racial discrimination even inchess, As the WHITE always moved FIRST.

n We have FREEDOM of SPEECH, Then why do we haveTELEPHONE BILLS ?

RASHMI REKHA DAS, OP

Late riserI wake up a bit lateon Sundays. But Inever miss doingriyaz to condition myvoice and get better.

Proud dadMy life has alwaysrevolved around myson Yodhant akaYash. Playing withhim and taking himfor long drives aremy favouritepastimes. I alsoteach him the basicsof music on holidays.

Expert chefI enjoy treating my family withscrumptious food. So, on mostSundays, I cook traditionalchicken or mutton curry forthem.

Mini partyOften, I host houseparties and invitefamily members andclose relatives to have agala time together.

Hanging outwith friendsI have limited friends.Due to a hectic workschedule, I hardly gettime for them. So, Imeet them onSundays.

Movie buffBeing a film buff, I make sure towatch some classic Hindimovies with family.

with son

with friends

RASHMI REKHA DAS, OP

E very year, ahead of theRepub l i c Day orIndependence Day, the nation

pays tributes to those brave men andwomen who had made the supreme sacrificesfor a free India. It is a matter of pride that weare now an independent, strong and self-sufficientnation that our predecessors dreamt of.

But are we really a free nation? Have we got freedomfrom issues such as superstitions, drug abuse, atrocitiesagainst women and many other taboos? The list is endless.

The British have certainly gone, but today’s ‘freedomfighters’ still wage a war, which is tougher than the one thatwas fought decades back. They fight the enemies within.

Ahead of the Republic Day, Sunday POST lists a fewwarriors who, away from the media glare, are trying to bringindependence in true sense.

Prabhu Dutt PatelFrom someone who couldn’t do without 36 cans of beer

a day to working actively with addicts to ameliorate thescourge of intoxication,

Bhubaneswar-basedPrabhu Dutt

Patel’sstory is

un-be-

lievable and uplifting at the same time. Thosewho had come back from the brink of destitution

and death due to their fatal habit have foundsuccour and sustenance at Samarpan, his rehab centre.

Prabhu’s efforts to help recover drug addicts and drugdependence are exemplary in a society permeated by selfishnessand ego. Without exaggeration it can be said that the 52-year-old has emerged as a messiah for drug addicts and al-coholics.

Like other addicts, Patel, an alcoholic, could not controlhimself despite some effort. By the time he completed hisgraduation from Hindu College of Delhi University, drinkinghad become a way of life for him. Following his graduationin 1989, he joined the University Law Center (LawFaculty) and completed LLB in 1992. Alcoholintake just kept increasing. He has spent around22 years of his life in Delhi, practiced lawfor around three years in Delhi.

In July 1995 he left for the USAfor his LLM degree. His habit hadalready taken an extreme turn andhe could barely function withoutalcohol. As a result he stoppedgoing to law school and stoppedappearing for exams. He was fi-nancially and morally bankrupt,a long-standing relationship hadcome to an end and his health,

both physical and mental, wasdeteriorating. He was con-

suming 32 to 36 cans ofbeer every day. He was

s ick of dr ink ing butcouldn’t stop.

However, one of his oldfriends got him connectedwith the National Instituteof Alcoholism and AlcoholAbuse of the National

Institutes of Health (NIH)in Bethesda, Maryland. “I called

them and after a series of telephonicinterviews they agreed to induct me for free

treatment there. After that there was no looking back. Sincethen, I haven’t had a drink,” says Patel.

Asked about the de-addiction activities, he continues: “Wehave a number of successes to our credit and it’s extremelyheartwarming to see an alcoholic or addicts get back tonormal family life once again. I feel proud to see peoplewho used to be alcoholics once and now have run rehabcentres after being counseled by me. My work with alcoholismand addiction also led to my working on issues related toHIV and AIDS.”

Today Patel is a national level resource person / facilitator/ trainer on HIV and AIDS issues including counseling.

Nargis BahaarFor more than two decades,

Kakatpur-based Nargis Bahaar hasbeen waging a battle to stop

atrocities against women.She has rescued many vic-

tims of domestic violenceand girls ensnared bytraffickers.

“You don’t need tobe physically strongto fight for the causeof women. All youneed is to raise yourvoice to stop atrocities

against women,” saysNargis who has been

fighting for the rights ofwomen since 1998. She has

resolved more than 3,000 do-mestic violence cases apart from

rescuing girls from being trafficked.Nargis believes that the mindset of

the people towards the girl child is yet tochange even as the world has seen a lot ofchanges in terms of scientific inventions and

technological advancement. Issues like rape, do-mestic violence, killing of female foetus and bride

burning are what made her take up the cause ofwomen, she adds.

SUNDAY POST COVERJANUARY 24-30, 2021

Nargis donating a blanket

Prabhu Dutt Patel at his centre

STRUGGLE NOT OVER YET

Republic Day Special

Though India became free from the clutches ofBritish, modern-day ‘freedom fighters’ claim

the country is yet to free herself from issues such as superstitions, drug abuse and

atrocities against women

SUNDAY POST COVERJANUARY 24-30, 2021

Born in a Muslim household, it was noteasy for Nargish to fight for the rights ofwomen. Recalling the initial days of herjourney, she says, “It was extremely difficultfor me to fight for women who were torturedby their in-laws and husbands. However, anincident in 1998 forced me to raise my voice.A woman named Malati (name changed), aneighbour, had been tortured by her in-lawsfor no reason. On the fateful day in 1998,she was found dead. Shocked at her death, Ireached her place instantly. I was even moreshocked to see her in-laws trying to bury thebody. I called a few other women of ourlocality and informed the police about theincident. When Malati’s in-laws said she dieddue to snakebite, I told the police the truth.I also staged a sit-in in front of the policestation as I sensed that the matter was beingcovered up. I demanded that the police searchfor injury marks on Malati’s body. Left withno option, the police investigated the matterand confirmed that she was beaten to deathby her in-laws. Since that day, I have beendoing my bit for women facing abuse besidestaking up other causes.”

She has also been instrumental in forming50 self-help groups (SHG) to empowerwomen.

Soumya Ranjan BiswalSoumya Ranjan Biswal spends most of his

time creating awareness about Olive Ridleyturtles and the marine ecosystem. The greencrusader has been into many activities for thelast eight years. He with the help of his teamcleans beaches, cycles to coastal villages tosensitise people of the fishery community andtheir children about the significance of OliveRidley turtles for ecology, conducts

workshops aimed atsea turtle conser-vation with seaturtle volun-teers of 25off-shorecamps indifferentcoastaldivi-

sions of Odisha. Besides, he interacts andtrains the turtle activists how to collect eggsfor artificial conservation, how to relocateeggs safely, how to prepare artificial nests andhow to realise the baby turtles in the ocean.

Hailing from Jahania, Soumya and hisfriend Dillip got themselves dressed in Ollymascot and cycled 800 km to reachGahiramatha, the major nesting siteof the turtles in Kendrapada dis-trict, while covering the coastalareas of Puri, Chilika,Gopalpur, Rushikulyariver mouth, Satakosia,Bhubaneswar, Cuttack,Siali and Paradip. Forthis journey, bothSoumya and Dilip en-tered the Limca Bookof Records for carryingout the ‘Longest CycleRide for Turtles’.

“The next generationneeds to take responsibilityand promote conservation,” saysSoumya who along with his fellowenvironmentalists cleared 15 tonnes of plasticwastes from various beaches of Odisha.

About half the world’s population of OliveRidleys comes to the Odisha coast for nesting,and to ensure the hatchlings make it back tothe sea safely, Soumya with his team has or-ganised 288 beach clean-up events.

“My village is near the sea where OliveRidleys used to come ashore to nest. Fed upwith the sights of dead turtles washed ashore,I decided to do my bit for their conservation.There is a lot of focus on the tiger but noone was paying attention to the marine ecosys-

tem,” says Soumya, who discontinuedhis B. Tech course to be closer

to the nesting zone..Apart from workingon turtle conservation,

he is into revivingmangrove vege-

tation and birdconservationfor the lasteight yearsand has madean amazingimpact at thegrassrootslevel.

Ghasiram PandaAlthough India has

laws to prevent child mar-riage, it is still rampant in

many parts of Odisha especiallyin tribal and backward communities

owing to lack of awareness and a host ofsocio-economic problems including abjectpoverty and a poor female literacy rate. AndGhasiram Panda, communication in-chargeat ActionAid, Odisha and an advisor to OdishaChild Right Commission, was instrumentalin popularising the concept of child marriagefree village and also instrumental in bringingthe Odisha Child Marriage Prohibition Rules2016 and the state strategy action plan toend child marriage by 2030.

Panda with the support of the localAnganwadi workers made Rugudipalivillage in Subarnapur as the firstchild marriage free village inJanuary 2020. Thanks to hisefforts, now more than 1,500villages have been declaredchild marriage free.

Panda filed a PIL inHigh Court seeking ef-fective implementationof Chi ld Marr i ageProhibition Act respondingto which a committee has beenformed to prevent the practice.With the Odisha State Commissionfor Protection of Child Rights, Pandaensures no child should sleep underthe open sky. As many as

500 children and their parents have been ben-efited by the project so far. He is managinga FB page ‘Say No to Child Marriage’ havingmore than 3.5k members across the globe.That apart, he has authored two books —Manaba Adkikarara Swara and AsumariSwapna. These books are on issues relatedhuman rights, right to education and endingchild marriages.

About his work, Panda says, “I am facilitatingin ending child marriage practices in 51 districtsof five different states such as Odisha, Jharkhand,West Bengal, Bihar and Rajasthan. In Odishawe have this programme in 15 districts. Inthe last two years with the support of UNICEFand district administrations we have successfullystopped 1,051 child marriages in 15 mostvulnerable districts of Odisha,” says Panda.

Ghasiram Panda making his point at a meeting

Soumya inspects the carcass of an Olive Ridley turtle

Soumya and Dillip on anawareness drive

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SUNDAY POST JANUARY 24-30, 2021 MATINEE SHOW

Ten movies to watch this

THE COUNTRY WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 72ND REPUBLIC DAY IN A FEW HOURS FROMNOW. THE CELEBRATION HAS BEEN A TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. THIS IS ALSO AN OCCASION TO CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF MOTHERLAND WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY SEVERAL FILMMAKERS IN THEIR

WORKS. SUNDAY POST, AHEAD OF REPUBLIC DAY, LISTS A FEW FILMS THAT OFTEN EVOKE NATIONAL PRIDE.

HaqeeqatOne of the first properly made warfilms in India, it boasted of a castincluding Balraj Sahni, a youngDharmendra and Sanjay Khan alongwith Vijay Anand. The film based on theIndo-Sino war in 1962, was directed byChetan Anand.

BorderJ P Dutta’s unfettered recreation of theLonghewalla battle from 1971, sawSunny Deol using a bazooka to annihi-late the ‘dushman Pakistan’ soldierswith Jackie Shroff providing air sup-port.

The Legend ofBhagat SinghRajkumar Santoshi’s fantastic retellingof the story of the young freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev andRajguru, who willingly tied the noosearound their necks, filled us with prideand made us introspect.

Rang De BasantiA fancier version of telling the story ofBhagat Singh, the film’s narrative isrooted in current day Delhi Universityand explored parallels between howthings would change if today’s youthwere as driven as those in pre-independent India.

Chak De India!Quite singularly the most technically-proficient sports film to be made inIndia, the movie put us on the journeywith these 15 everyday girls to eternal glory.

LagaanAshutosh Gowariker’s seminal film,which established him in the bigleague, carefully charted the journey ofa few Indian farmers taking on officersof the British Army in a cricket matchto save their fields and their crops.

1971Manoj Bajpayee’s film about a bunch ofIndian army men fleeing from theenemy, instilled in all of us with a fearfor the armed forces personnel.

Mangal Pandey:The RisingThe first war of independence on filmstarted after a dissenting Aamir Khanwith long hair refused to continue serv-ing under the British Army. And thenbroke into patriotic songs.

Deewaar: Let’sBring Our HeroesBackBased on Indian army officers impris-oned on the other side of the LOC, thismovie boasts of compelling perform-ances from its cast including AmitabhBachchan, Sanjay Dutt, AkshayeKhanna and Kay Kay Menon.

Netaji SubhashChandra Bose: TheForgotten HeroOne of Shyam Benegal’s most ambi-tious films in terms of scale, the filmstarring Sachin Khedekar tried to retellthe story of one of the most enigmaticfreedom fighters, determined to drivethe British out of the country.

Republic Day

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Actress Shilpa Shetty says she doesnot believe in the stereotyping peopleface once they cross a certain age.

“Ageing is a process we have ab-solutely no control over. But, stereo-typing what you can and cannot dojust because you have crossed acertain age is something I don’t be-lieve in,” she wrote recently onInstagram .

She added: “The years add a lotof wear & tear to the bones,

nerves, & muscles; but, con-sistently taking care of

ourselves is important.Follow just three sim-ple rules: Eat right,Exercise regularly,

Smile and laugh moreoften.

The body may have reached acertain age, but if you are young atheart then the world is your oys-ter.”

The actress also shared a videothat captures her jumping on a tram-poline with son Viaan. The videohas a message that reads: “Aging isinevitable, but how you want toage is a choice.” IANS

Mumbai: Actress Katrina Kaifrecently shared the benefits ofpilates over gymming. She feelspilates can be better for themuscles.

Katrina shared a video onInstagram where she is seenpracticing pilates under the

guidance of her trainer, fo-cusing on her left leg.

“I usually prefergym, but I ve re-

alized u can geta lot of mus-

cle workthoughPilates

aswell --

@yas-minkarachi-

wala has been tak-ing me though focusing

on one body part in our Pilatessessions,” the actress wrote onInstagram.

Commenting on her post,fans showered the actress withtheir love and appreciation callingher ‘fitness queen’ and ‘fitnessicon’.

“The trendsetter of fitnessamong women in Bollywood,”commented a user.

“India’s number one femalefitness icon and inspiration,”wrote another user.

Katrina will next be seenalongside Akshay Kumar inRohit Shetty’s cop action dramaSooryavanshi. IANS

Katrina highlightspower of

pilates

Manoj to drawinspirationfrom MahatmaAcclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee feels itis time to revisit and draw inspiration fromMahatma Gandhi.

Reacting to a tweet about the docu-mentary Ahimsa — Gandhi: The Power OfThe Powerless, Manoj wrote: “Generationswill find (it) hard to believe that there wasthis man walked on this planet!!! Let’s allwatch it, read him and get inspired allover again .#ahimsa #Gandhi.”

Meanwhile, the actor is looking forwardto the release of the second season of thehit web show, The Family Man.

He will return as NIA agent SrikantTiwari. South star Samantha Akkineni willalso join the action in season two, as anantagonist. Besides Bajpayee, the showbrings back Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi,and Sharad Kelkar. IANS

Dhaakad will seta trend: Divya

Actress Divya Dutta looks forward toworking with Kangana Ranaut andArjun Rampal in Dhaakad, and saysshe is sure that the spy thriller will seta trend. A poster introducing her char-acter was released Wednesday.

The actress will be seen as an ‘evilmaster’ named Rohini in the film.

“When I was narrated the part, itgot me very excited. This is somethingthat I have not done before and thecharacter is completely different fromhow I am as a person. I cannot revealmuch about my character but all I cansay that to get into the skin of mycharacter, Rohini took a lot of focusand preparation,” Divya said.

“I am looking forward to workingwith Kangana and Arjun. I am surethat Dhaakad will set a trend,” sheadded. IANS

Shilpa doesn’t believe in ageing stereotypes

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SUNDAY POST FOODJANUARY 24-30, 2021

TIRANGA DHOKLA

n Idli batter: 4 cups

n Palak puree: 1 cup

n Ginger paste: 1 tsp

n Green chillies paste: 2-3

n Gun powder Idli molagai podi: 1 tbsp

n Everest Kashmirilal Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp

n 1 small Ginger paste

n Cooking oil: 2 tsp

FOR GARNISHING

n Grated coconut: 4 tbsp

n Freshly chopped Coriander leaves

Ingredients Pour the batter in a big bowl, add salt, anddivide into 3 equal parts. For orange batter,

mix one portion of batter, gun powder and chillipowder. Leave aside one part for white batter.For green batter, mix the remaining third portionof batter, palak puree, ginger paste, green chillipaste and a pinch of salt. Now mix all the ingredi-ents mentioned for a green layer, stirring well.Keep good amount of water in a big vessel onhigh heat. Grease any flat steel plate and trans-fer the prepared green batter to a greased plateand steam it over the vessel of water. Whendone, pour white batter and steam. Then addthird layer, and steam. Dhokla will be done in 15minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Cut intodesired shapes and plate. Heat oil in a smallsaucepan and make the tempering of seasoningingredients. Pour the seasoning over Tirangadhokla and garnish with grated coconut andchopped coriander.

Procedure

TRICOLOUR BARFI

n Cashewnuts: 250 gms

n Almonds: 150 gms

n Sugar: 750 gms

n Ghee: 300 gms

n Milk: 1 cup

n Green cardamom powder: 10 pieces

n Saffron Powder: 1/4 tsp

n Green Colour Powder: 1/4 tsp

n Orange or Red Colour Powder: 1/4 tsp

Ingredients

Soak cashews and almonds separately for half anhour. Drain and peel almonds. Grind the nuts

together to form a thick paste. Add milk and sugar andgrind again. Split the paste into three equal parts. Mixthe red colouring to the first part. Add 1/3rd of the gheeand cardamom powder. Heat the paste in a pan and stiruntil it leaves the sides of the pan. Pour the paste into aghee coated plate and spread well. Add half of theremaining ghee and cardamom powder to the secondmix and repeat the same process. This paste willremain white in colour. Pour the paste when done overthe red paste and spread without mixing. Add greencolouring, remaining ghee and cardamom powder tothe third part. Prepare the paste with the same methodand pour over the second layer. Spread it evenly.Garnish with chopped almonds and cashew and allowto cool. Once cooled, cut into square or diamondshaped pieces.

Procedure

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