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VOICE MAIL? vidently this Bazaar ‘Booze’ E(phonetic for Buzz)column now seems kind of incomplete without the mobile service run- ning on 22 lakhs handsets in India. Billing and charges for FREE SMS aside, has anyone used the VMS service promised on the numerous hoardings around town? A friend tried and Service? Dhundte reh jaoge!! a NOW! pic. he’s still trying. Why won’t he get the message that M is for expected over the coming minimize risks. The State gov- Mute NOT Mail in the VMS. months, some guidelines have to ernment here needs to take Information age indeed. How be set. A meeting has been called quick and preventive action be- about a night of heavy rain and for health workers and others on fore we face an epidemic we phone numbers get inter- the 1st May. Meanwhile the are ill equipped to handle. A changed. A number in Nam Darjeeling District Health Authori- SARS screening process at Nang rings at Kazi Road while ties have decided to check tour- Rangpo is the only possibility someone in Development Area ists for SARS. Plans are afoot to but the mammoth nature of the suddenly gets STD facility on set up “checkpoints” at selective task is too huge too contem- his phone, or is it NOT his areas in and plate. Lets hope this does not Making hay while the sun shines? The Titanic Sleeper Class phone? around sound the death knell of the PANORAMA COLOR LAB offers a panorama of photo Siliguri to tourism season this year. A WINDOW TOO MANY services: Mounting and Hard-board lamination, enlargements, ingle Window service has GO GREEN slide processing and framing in imported mould. Slong been in practice now. ourists may or may MG Marg, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737 101. ph: 225098 / 222488 And this one such service (re- T not have heard of fer to pic alongside) has long how green we all are been empty too. Or maybe the in the state. But a re- ones supposed to provide cent incident has sent WHAT’S UP, SIKKIM the service have lost their a strong message to backdoor keys and still not some visitors in the managed to find it. Maybe state. A lady throwing a CONTEST someone should introduce plastic packet out of a Where in Sikkim did the Newars recently hold a the concept of Multiple Win- bus window was made dow Service now, at least to disembark and pick it Maha Adhiveshan? we’d have proxy service pro- up. Followed by some --------------------------------------------- viders! hard news on the state’s effort to keep the envi- NAME: ............................................ Address............................................. SARS ronment clean. Very Last Week’s answer: Two Winner: Dinesh Subba, GOv.t Law College he SARS scare has begun good indeed. But maybe Tto be felt closer to home. some attention could also With West Bengal reporting 2 be given to the local popu- WIN A FREE MEAL FOR 2 AT SARS cases, the state govern- lace’s habit of throwing eve- ment here, has woken up to the rything not needed into the Italian, Mexican, fact that with scores of tourists friendly neighbourhood jhora. Chinese, sikkim Mi tin Indian and g HOTEL Continental Hope Centre SNIPPETS Tibet Road, Gangtok. ph: 224101 cuisine Come May-August and CONCERT FOR A CAUSE Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctu- ary , 26 kms away from presents Gangtok on the Nathula Midas Touch raod will put its best foot Inc. from forward with a profusion An Event Management Company from of alpine blooms vying with the fauna for atten- requires a Manager. DARKNESSDARKNESS toto tion. Graduates can walk in for an What does Kyongnosla interview on Saturday, 3 May 2003 LIGHT mean, we all wondered? between 11AM to 1 PM at LIGHT The etymology of the word featuring is quite interesting. Midas Touch, White Hall Office. Apparently it means ‘the pass where the female for details contact: evelationevelation wild ass got scabies’. Tashi Wangyal RR ‘Kyang’ - wild ass, 220677 & 225521 SANGRAM BHAWAN; 4TH MAY, 2003; ‘mo’ - female 4PM ONWARDS ‘gno’ - scabies and tickets available at GLENARY’S, LITTLE ITALY, CAFE ‘la’ - pass TIBET, TIME OUT & SOUVENIR EMPLOYMENT 8 No Mazaa in extras 3 WHAT THE this Loan CAPITAL’S BEEN Mela rajdhani UP TO a NOW REPORT he much advertised “Mazaa TAa Gaya Loan Mela” has come a cropper. The agreement between Agarwal Finance from Siliguri and Sunil Lama, proprietor, THE MANTRA FOR Internet Point went kaput the moment the mela was over, sealing an ignominious end. Rumours of the business duo having run away made the WEEKEND BLUESBLUES rounds causing much anxiety among those who had paid sub- stantial amounts as security de- ana Gupta gyrating to posits. Sunil Lama, who was in ‘Babuji jara dheere chalo’ Siliguri “on a business trip” is Yat Om, the new disco in now back and very much avail- town. Katrina Kaif minus Salman able at Internet Point. Ask him Khan, nursing a drink at Blues, the about reports of people looking exclusive restaurant at Tibet Road. Tibet Road will to beat him up and he laughs. Is this the wild fantasy of a “Agarwal Finance backed out glamour crazed person or am I soon become of the deal at the last moment and just losing it? synonymous with Well, none of the above. For, pulled out of the scheme. Now, I night-clubbing. am solely responsible for the according to Tsering Wangdi, a whole thing,” he clarifies. A fact young entrepreneur that is ex- Don’t believe it? that is not likely to inspire trust actly what is going to happen Wait till you are after what has happened. here from later this month. The Loan Mela had sold What! And how come?! through with this seven motorbikes and eleven Well, that’s because DJ Ra- NOW! feature on man is here, aka DJ Poison!! computers, with security depos- the latest attempt its ranging from twenty thousand That’s Raman Dadshichi from to fifty thousand. Not a small Calcutta. DJ at Incognito, the at injecting some amount. So it is no wonder that disco at Taj Bengal. Tashi and post-8PM life into Raman have teamed up to give most people made a beeline for the capital city... him the moment the news spread Gangtokians the ultimate night- about the business falling apart. clubbing experience. Sexy bar- “Most of the people who had tenders doing the Tom Cruise fee will be Rs. 10,000 per annum Delhi circles apart from the fact While he is here, he is also made bookings have come and act of Cocktail. Glamour babes with various advantages offered that he’s the in house DJ at Taj starting classes in choreogra- and I have refunded their depos- hitting town every other week to to members. From 50% dis- Bengal in Kolkata. His passion for phy, modelling and grooming as its. Only three people are left. If give Om that extra edge. And counts on food and drinks to free music and extensive personal well as teaching the local youth they want to cancel their book- loads and loads of funky music. guests on event nights and per- collection will surely make the the tricks of the trade as far as ings, I will give return their the According to DJ Raman, Hip sonalized services. locals jive, salsa, tango whatever. deejaying goes. money too. Let one person come Hop, R&B, Trance and URO will “I have invested nearly 15 But it is Raman’s contacts So what are the special and say that I have cheated him. be the mainstay of the music lakhs in the business. Lights, and networking which will en- qualities that a DJ needs? I am the only one who has lost in along with some special tribal sound equipment and other things sure that celebrities make their “Deejaying is not just about all this,” adds Lama. music. Basically, a happy kind of are all coming from Singapore. I presence felt in OM. mixing tracks. A DJ should know Be that as it may, it will be a mix which will appeal to everyone. hope people here will enjoy this With all that experience what the people want to hear, while before people here start The plan is two fold. The concept,” says Tashi anxiously. what’s he doing in Gangtok of should be able to gauge the mood trusting private financiers prom- Blues will be a chill out zone with So much for the Blues. But all places? Hardly the most hap- of the evening and play music ac- ising easy instalment plans pool tables, bar and restaurant. its OM, the disco that promises pening spot for DJ’s. cordingly. Often you need the skill again. Done up as the name suggests to keep the adrenaline moving He says, “I am here for the of a psychologist to gauge the in all shades of blue, it will be an and how.