The Word Edition 5 Page 1_Layout 1 2/27/2018 10:41 AM Page 1 Volume No 18 Issue No 5 February 23, 2018 LAB JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM Cost of dying in Students fret Artists survive Chennai over NEET in a village Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Kamal’s party to fight corruption PRATIBHA SHARMA felt Haasan’s political venture de - Haasan’s movies, she wouldn’t pended on various factors. vote for him. “He is going to Chennai: Tamil film star Kamal “Kamal’s success in politics de - change once he enters into poli - Haasan launched his political party pends on how attractive or relevant tics,” she said. ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam’ (People’s he is politically. An average voter G.C Shekhar remained sceptical Justice Center) and hoisted the flag likes to vote for a winning candi - of Kamal Haasan’s fanbase turning carrying the party’s symbol at Ot - date rather than a person he likes,” into votes as he believed that he hakadai ground in Madurai on Fe - said G.C Shekhar, a senior journa - had unnecessarily antagonized the bruary 21. list. Hindu fanbase, by making contro - The 63-year-old actor, who is on Duraisamy Ravindaran, a poli - versial statements. a three-day statewide tour, visited tical observer, said “Kamal’s suc - This English speaking middle APJ Abdul Kalam’s home in Ra - cess depends on his political class and the urban population meswaram and spoke about his strategy. So far, he has maintained which comprise the bulk of Haa - entry into politics. From Rames - anti-BJP and anti-AIADMK stand, san’s fanbase would not vote for waram he went to Ramanathapu - and people might support him. him, he said. Customers line up at other service providers’ outlets after ram and his birthplace Whether he succeeds in politics or “There is a possibility that the Paramakudi. not, he will surely cut into DMK and the Kamal Haasan’s Aircel network crashes | NARAYANAN V The Hindu reported that what AIADMK vote.” party might enter into an alliance started as 200 people at Kalam’s Haasan who has a strained rela - to prevent the split in anti- house grew to a crowd of 2000 tionship with AIADMK was in AIADMK votes,” Shekar added. people at Paramakudi. news since past few months due to Ravichandran, a college student, “I am no more a cinema star, I his acerbic political statements said “Hassan is playing ideology- Aircel network am the lamp of your house. Protect against party. The actor is also driven politics whereas, in rural me and keep me lit,” the actor told being seen as an opportunist who Tamil Nadu, caste is still a strong a gathering at Ramanathapuram . Kamal Haasan at the launch of his party ‘Makkal Needhi has conveniently chosen to speak political factor. So Kamal might Calling his party Makkal against the party after the death of win one or two seats, but capturing Needhi Maiam (Centre for Peo - Maiam’ at Madurai | THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS AIADMK leader Jayalalitha’s power in the state is a distant dies overVnelachieryg. “They sat y it will take NARAYANAN V ple’s Justice), Kamal Haasan said death. dream for him.” minimum 7 to 10 working days for “Good education must reach all, wal, former Delhi Law Minister spread fragrance. It will bloom du - “Anti-corruption cannot alone Nirupama, a seafood vendor Chennai : Airtel and Vodafone activation, what will I do so long communal and religious instiga - Somnath Bharti, and farmers’ lea - ring a season but will wither away be a plank. He still needs to come said that she would still prefer to showrooms in the city had a field without connectivity?” he asked. tion must end. We will achieve it der P.R. Pandian were among soon”. out with an agenda, not a full ma - vote for “Amma’s party” _ the day on February 22 after thousands Making most out of the situation, and be an example to all. If we end those who attended the party Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar, nifesto but five to six points regar - AIADMK led by Jayalalitha. of Aircel users thronged them for some Airtel and Vodafone show - corruption, there will be no dearth launch. a member of the AIADMK, said ding what he is going to do. Until “Kamal Haasan talks of putting new connections following Aircel’s rooms are seen insisting that Aircel or stoppage of amenities or access Reacting to Hassan’s party Haasan was like a genetically mo - he does that, I don’t think he will an end to distributing freebies. late night suspension of service. customers take postpaid connec - to services.” launch, DMK president M.K Sta - dified seed which was not useful win”, said G.C Shekar. Where will poor people like us go? However, Aircel users complai - tions if they wanted to retain their Delhi Chief Minister and Aam lin said, “Kamal is like a glamo - for anyone and not used in India. Shivagami, a domestic help,said Amma was a bold lady, she cared ned that the other service providers old number. Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejri - rous paper flower which cannot However, political observers that although she liked Kamal for the poor”, she said. were taking advantage of the situa - While post-paid connections tion and exploiting come with hidden them. costs, prepaid ones Aircel’s sudden Aircel’s sudden are under the con - New 3-phase shutdown of opera - shutdown came trol of the subscri - tion came as a rude ber. EMU fails on its No tree was felled: Anna University shock for thou - as a shock for “They are not MOHINI CHANDOLA In April, a “Massive Tree Plan - the main campus and in the affi - be able to survive. The banyan sands of its custo - thousands of accepting requests second day tation” programme was held on liated colleges as well. tree in the vicinity has only been mers who for prepaid num - Chennai: Anna University has the campus with the concept of Regarding the new construc - pruned, not cut.” swamped the customers who ber portability; PURNIMA S DAS dismissed as “false” and “mislea - “One Student One tree”, i.e., to tion, he said, “The neem trees had “The entire area was a jungle, showrooms of they asked me to ding” reports in a newspaper plant one tree per student. By to be cut down since we were filled with shrubs of Seemai Ka - other network pro - were forced to come after two Chennai: The advanced three which said rare trees were among September 27, 2017, more than 2, unable to transplant them to a dif - ruvelam (Prosopis Juliflora), viders to port their swamp the days,” says E.Pe - phase Electrical Multiple Unit those that were felled for cons - 00,000 saplings were planted on ferent location. They would not which has short, green leaves, connections or to rumal (40), a hard - (EMU) introduced into service on truction work on the campus. which sucks up the ground water. get new connec - showrooms of ware merchant in the Chennai Beach – Tambaram – V K Stalin, Estate Officer, said We only cleared the bushes as per tions. Velachery. “Wit - Chengalpattu route on February 20 none of the rare or endangered the High Court order,” he added. “They know to other providers. hout phones it is has failed to function the next day. trees had been felled, as the news - A Dravida Munnetra Kazha - fleece ignorant cus - very difficult to The station master at Chennai paper implied. gam (DMK) leader, Vaiyapuri tomers with caller tune messages, run our operations” he added. Beach station said, “Today, it star - Three buildings have been de - Gopalsamy filed a petition in but they cannot send intimation be - A saleswoman at an Airtel show - ted from Chengalpattu and reached molished and two neem trees 2015 seeking to uproot the Sem - fore suspending the service,” said room in Vijayanagar said, “We are here at 11:15 p.m. in the morning uprooted for the construction of mai Karuvelam shrub from seve - J.M. Yuvaraj (43), who runs a water facing very high demand for por - but will not function for the rest of new buildings for Geology, Me - ral areas since it drained out purifier business. ting hence unable to accept any the day due to technical faults.” dical Science and English depart - groundwater. After 2 years, the “I have had this number for years fresh prepaid requests.” Though, he did not specify the ments behind Knowledge Park, High Court ordered that the shrub but never experienced such a poor Aircel customers can port their exact problem but called it ‘minor according to the official. be removed from poromboke coverage as in the last few days.” number to Airtel or Vodafone by ta - glitches.’ The buildings were initially land, lakes and certain institu - he added. king postpaid connections on a Mohan Gandhi, a motorman used as women’s hostel until the tions. However students on the Many Airtel and Vodafone show - payment of Rs. 25 towards SIM said, “Yesterday, it made six rounds hostel was relocated across the campus had other views. Meera, rooms were crowded with senior charges and submission of a copy instead of nine.”As per the propo - road. an Electronics student said, “Our citizens, housewives, office-goers of the Aadhaar card and biometric sed plan, there will be six services “The papers are flashing college is known for its green and daily laborers seeking to retain scanning. between Chennai Beach and Chen - wrong information about us. cover and it also adds to the view their Aircel numbers but use the “Customers are free to revert to galpattu and three services between These people don’t understand from classroom.