Mangan eyes a slice of the Tourism pie, wants permits issued19 fromJuly, 2004; NOW! DAC 1 ON pg 4 pg ON Namchi sports Monday, 19 July, 2004 Vol. 3 No. 102  Rs. 3 SBICAR hostel team LOAN flagged off to the most convenient option  Sanction & Disbursement in South Korea 1 day  Lowest interest rate at 9% a NOW REPORT  No prepayment charges  No processing charge NAMCHI, 18 July: The 14-mem-  Loan up to 90% ber football team from Namchi  Free accidental death Sports Hostel, the only team from insurance of the borrower to be invited to the Inter-re-  Repayment up to 84 months ligious Peace Sports Festival to be contact PT Bhutia 98320 35786 held in Asan, South Korea, from or Chettri 94340 12824 20 July onwards, was given a warm send-off by the Sports & Youth Affairs Minister, PS Tamang, and officials from the Football Association. Need to launch a strong Speaking on the occasion, the Minister expressed hope that more teams from Sikkim will follow women’s organisation Namchi Sports Hostel to foreign shores to participate in prestigious tournaments. He also assured that expressed henceforth, local teams going erative Society. The camp was spon- abroad or to participate in national SUBASH RAI meets will be flagged off in simi- sored by the State Social Welfare lar fashion to boost their morale NAMCHI, 18 July: A four-day Advisory Board under its Manavi and appreciate their achievement. long awareness camp for women or- Sanrakshan Abhiyan scheme. Mr. Tamang also hoped that ganized by Sikkim Women’s Coun- Chief Guest, Tika Chamling, in the decision to reach better sports cil was inaugurated here on Satur- her address said that every woman infrastructure to the districts will day at the Working Women’s Hos- must contribute something for the see many more achievers in the tel by Tika Maya Chamling, presi- upliftment of women in society. lished Nayuma Women’s Coopera- Chief Guest, Tika Maya Chamling, field of sports. dent of the Nayuma Women Coop- Mrs. Chamling who has estab- tive Society, which provides train- speaks at the inauguration of the 4-day ing as well as markets the products awareness camp at Namchi. [seated, of educated unemployed girls, said left to right], Shanti Pradhan, president, IN THE WAKE OF THE HANNAH FOSTER MURDER CASE Sikkim Women’s Council, SIMFED that this was a small part of her chairperson, Nimthit Lepcha contribution towards the cause. She urged all educated and literate launch a strong women’s organi- women to teach and help those less zation immediately and assured all BHARATI SPEAKS ON fortunate than them. help from her side. This state-level Mrs. Chamling also called association should concentrate on HER MARRIAGE TO upon women intellectuals to turn to pg 5 AN INTERNATIONAL HONGHONG KONGKONG BAZARBAZARExpo 2004 WITHSTOCK NEW JUST LOW RATE!!! 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Our region is Environmental Concerns in an area of either too much water in the monsoon, or too little during Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science & Environment, while speak- the dry season. Sometimes, like this ing at a book release function at Gangtok recently, welcomed the year, this paradox of penury and State government’s commitment to go 100% organic. Her support to the initiative was based on more than just environmental con- plenty is concurrent. While the cerns, it was also economic. Pointing at the obvious, she reminded eastern half of Nepal is reeling un- the people that India was too poor a country to first wreak havoc on der floods, the western side is in nothing natural about the increas- year’s flood in the eastern and cen- the environment and then clean it up. That was a luxury that the the grip of a serious drought. ing loss of life. The death toll and tral tarai and the drought in the land did not enjoy and pre-emptive action was the best way to go Ever the since the Himalayan displacement is a man-made dis- west. But what are we going to do about things, she stressed. She knew what she was talking about. mountains started forming after aster. They happen because the this year so the scale of the de- Having worked all over the country on environmental issues and the Indian plate bulldozed under landless have nowhere to go and struction is reduced next year? The dealing first hand with the surreptitious encroachment of pesticides the Eurasian landmass 60 million settle along vulnerable monsoon season is not the time to into everything [even coke, as CSE recently uncovered], she would years ago, the rising terrain acted floodplains, expanding cities en- be worried about floods, by the know what she is talking about. as a rain trap. Prehistoric monsoon croach on rivers, highways cut the time it starts raining it is already Here, one might wonder aloud why, when the environment rains lashed the young moun- too late. concerns every individual, such concerns are not tackled more tains as they rose, depositing Nature is neutral, it is nei- often. vast sediments on the Tethys elsewhere ther malevolent nor benevo- It is simple, as Ms. Narain pointed out, the environment con- Sea, ultimately filling it up to NEPAL lent. Floods are natural phe- tinues to be put under pressure because We know only two ap- form what is today the Indo- drainage basins and expensive nomena. We have to learn to live proaches - exploit and conserve. Neither is advisable. We have Gangetic plains. Earthquakes, embankments designed to control with them by being smarter about to go back to how the people who lived off the land originally ran flashfloods, cloudbursts and floods make them worse. where we live, how we live, and things - they had learned how to live with the environment. This landslides are the dynamic effects Just like earthquakes don’t kill not tampering with nature to make knowledge we have unlearnt in the mad rush for “development.” We have to re-educate ourselves now. Why? Simply because of the processes of mountain- people (poor housing and lack of problems worse. The Ganga- those who should do something about the deteriorating situation building and erosion. They have preparedness do) floods won’t kill Bramhaputra basin includes at [read government] just do not want to rock the boat and are com- always been going on, and they people unless we get in the way. least five countries, including Ne- fortable with the status quo. And, those who will be affected first always will. Bangladeshis have learnt to live pal. Rivers do not respect [the people] are just too ignorant, their traditional arrangement As human habitation in the with floods, in fact they are a vital manmade boundaries, and floods with nature having been thrown off course by the influence of the mountains and the plains down- part of the agricultural cycle as the happen when someone, some- State which directs everything now. We might be grooming an- stream grew, we started calling flood-borne silt replenish nutrients where constricts their drainage to other environmental disaster by copying western models of con- these seismic and water-induced in their fields. the sea. If we keep doing that, then servation when we should be reaching into our own pasts. events ‘natural disasters’. The It is the government’s duty to we ain’t seen nothing yet. events may be natural, but there is rush relief to the victims of this -editorial featured in Nepali Times SECONDARY SCHOOL BEATS THE STEREOTYPE GROOMS BRILLIANCE DESPITE BEING A GOVT SCHOOL Brilliance at the school contin- Sikkim. According to them, indi- SUBASH RAI ued with their two classmates, vidual effort along with support t is a fact that this year the Sumitra Kumari Gupta and Amrita from family and teachers could IState’s Class X results were very Kumari Gupta having scored make any student a topper. poor with an overall pass percent- 77.40 and 77.20 percent marks re- On the query whether they age of around 32 per cent. As ear- spectively which makes them the were provided with any scholar- lier, this year too, private schools State’s second and third Govern- ship by the State Government, as were ahead of their Government ment School toppers among girls their girl classmates are enjoying counterparts. All toppers are all in the State. Ms. Sumitra scored at Central Pendam Secondary from private schools, reflecting a 95 in Social Science. School, the duo said, “We have no rather poor image of government- The Human Resource Devel- idea, as we are busy in school at run schools in the State. opment Department [erstwhile present.” However, some government Education Department] has pro- On being asked why govern- schools beat the stereotype of vided these girls with a scholar- ment school students fail to score mediocrity. The Rangpo Second- ship under the ‘Prerna Scheme,’ good marks in Mathematics [both ary School being a case in point. it is learnt. The Rangpo School of them have scored 80 plus in Bikash Thapa of Government Managing Committee has also Math], they said, “Government Secondary School, Rangpo, decided to honour these students schools students have misconcep- scored 90.60 percent in his Class on its foundation day. tion that Mathematics is a tough X examination, which is the top Speaking to NOW!, Bikash subject. This psychological effect score among the government and Mahesh, both of whom are leads to bad results in Maths schools in the State. His individual now Pure Science students at among the students.” score in Science is 96%. Tashi Namgyal Higher Secondary Sharing their experiences in Similarly, his classmate School expressed gratitude to- their new school, the duo said that Mahesh Sah is the third topper wards their teachers as well as the school environment was very from East District securing 85 per their parents for the fantastic re- nice and teachers too were among cent in his overall performance. sults. Both of them have expressed the best. “We are sure that we will His highest individual subject their desire to pursue medicine and perform better in our Class XII Bikash Thapa [right] anb Mahesh Sah of Govt. Secondary School, Rangpo. score is 93 in Hindi. return as doctors to work in examinations,” they said.  RAJDHANI 19 July, 2004; NOW! 3 Fifth camp to identify persons with BLIA takes an disabilities in East Sikkim held environmental who in turn inform the people SAGAR CHETTRI about the camp. initiative GANGTOK, 18 July: A camp to In the camp held here, Dr. IL a NOW REPORT identify various disabilities was Sharma, Psychiatrist, Dr. Ongden, held on 17 July at the Community ENT, Dr. Semsey, ENT, Dr. Dhakal, GANGTOK, 18 July: Members Hall here. The camp was organ- Eye and Dr. Pemba, Orthopedic of BLIA, Sikkim Chapter, planted ized by Sikkim Viklang Sahayata checked the disabled persons who around 300 saplings in and around Samiti in association with the De- had come from all over Gangtok, the Human Development Founda- partment of Health and was the Assam Lingzey, Rakdong Tintek, tion Center, Government Primary fifth such camp to be held in the Rumtek and Ranka. School and the Manilakhang at East district. Camps at , Dr. Hamal, Vice President, Chongay in East Sikkim today. Rateypani, and SVSS informed that till date they About 100 BLIA members took were held over the last two had covered East District and part in this environmental activity months. some parts of South District and of the Chapter. Members of local Apart from free medicines and assured that the project would organisations of Chongay and disability aids, the main aim of the soon cover the entire state. panchayat also assisted in the camp was to identify the disabled “More than a thousand disa- plantation works. The next pro- persons and provide them with bled persons have been identified gramme of the Chapter, scheduled certificates stating the same, to in these camps and the credit for employment are some of the fa- bled persons in a particular area for August is a blood donation allow them to avail of benefits re- cilities available to them. and record their photographs and this must also go to departments, camp for the Blood Bank of served for disabled persons. Before such camps are held, a other details. After the date for the area MLAs and Panchayats,” he STNM Hospital. Loan facilities, free travel in survey is conducted by members camp is fixed, the Samiti informs added. 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Cine star NAMCHI, 18 July: Namchi is per- Namchi has been celebrating After that the Tshitiz band of Pawan Chamling as the chief guest, Mala Sinha and her husband were haps the only place in the country Rankey Mela since 1985. At the Namchi amused the gathered peo- ministers, GM Gurung, KN Rai, also present on the occasion. to celebrate Rankey Mela. It is be- programme organised on the eve ple with different pop and rock DT Lepcha, RD Subba, Kalawati The CM speaking on the oc- lieved that the burning of the effigy of Rankey mela CB Karki, MLA, songs. Various schools of Namchi Subba, MLAs CB Karki and GC casion said that Rankey Mela con- of Rankey “bhoot” on the eve of Wok constituency was the chief and Namchi Govt College with Rai with speaker DN Takarpa were tinued with a tradition passed Rankey mela exorcises all sorrows, guest. He set fire to the 15 ft ef- NGOs also presented various cul- also present on the occasion. down from our forefathers and poverty and dangers of the locality. figy of Rankey bhoot on Friday tural shows. Litterateurs from Darjeeling, thus, respecting the elderly was a This festival is especially celebrated evening. The effigy began to burn The day-long programme on Jeewan Namdung and Ashit Rai duty reiterated by such events. LEPCHAS FROM ALL OVER TO BE INVITED Mangan eyes a slice of the Tourism pie, FOR TENDONG LHO RUM FAAT The meeting distributed re- wants permits issued from DAC a NOW REPORT sponsibilities to the members. The DEEPAK SHARMA GANGTOK, 18 July: The sec- ‘Tendong Lho Rum Faat’ commit- ond meeting of the “Tendong Lho tee was also formed with Dr. MANGAN, 18 July: The Tourism Rum Faat Celebration Committee Pawan Chamling as Chief Patron Department of Sikkim organised 2004” was held at Kurmon Lee, and Mr. RB Subba as Chairman. workshop at Mangan on Tourism Development Area, on 15 July. It was decided in the meeting Sensitisation of the local people in co- Chaired by Minister Tourism, that Lepchas residing in the rest ordination with Mangan Tourism De- RB Subba, the meeting was at- of the state and abroad will be in- velopment Committee [MTDC] at the tended by DT Lepcha, Minister, vited in the Tendong Lho Rum Community Hall here on 16 July. PWD, along with MLAs Nimthit Faat this year to share the cultural The workshop was chaired by Lepcha, Sonam Gyatso Lepcha, heritage of the community. chief guest, Minister Tourism, RB Norzang Lepcha and various offi- A colourful cultural pro- Subba, and attended by Health cials of the state government along gramme will also be included in the Minister and area MLA, Hissey appealed to the concerned depart- minister said that tourism could be with members of Renjyong programme. The next meeting of Lachungpa, STDC Chairperson, ment to study these figures and the best medium of progress. Mutanchi Rong Tarjum and the celebration committee will be Manita Manger, Director Census work accordingly. The minister also sanctioned Sikkim Lepcha Youth Association. held on 26 July at the same place Dept, PG Tenzing, Zilla The Zilla Adhyakahsya, in an amount of R. 2.5 lakhs for Adhyakshya, Lobzang Tenzing, turn, disclosed that the main ob- Deorali Cafeteria at Pakshyap and DC North, PS Targain, President jective of the MTDC was to de- another Rs. 25,000 to Sikkim Agitators set fire to govt offices in Manipur TAAS, Pemzang Tenzing, general velop the society and look for so- Tourism Development Committee Five government offices were set ablaze by agitators protesting the secretary, RMRT, Dr. DS Keronge, lutions in the travel industry to end to visit the Green Lake. killing of a woman allegedly by Assam Rifles personnel in Manipur. medical dept, PW Lepcha, SDM the unemployment problem. Mr. Lachungpa, making per- Indefinite curfew continues to be in force in certain parts of the state PK Dong, executive director, Chairperson, STDC, Ms Man- haps the strongest proposal to following widespread public protests over the killing of 30-year-old Tourism, other department offic- ger in her address said that she had bring tourists to Mangan, sug- Th Manorama Devi on July 10. Official sources in Imphal on Sunday ers, Panchayats and local public. noticed that the north district had gested that permits to tourists vis- said that agitators set ablaze the offices of the Sub Deputy Collector Prior to the commencement of abundant natural resources and iting north district be issued from and Municipal Corporation at Ningthoukhong, Sub Deputy Collector’s the workshop, the Director, Cen- could be the number one tourist the District Administrative Centre, office at Moirang and Electricity and Fisheries offices at Kumbi in sus, gave a brief on the demo- destination in Sikkim. North, at Mangan. Bishenpur district late on Saturday night. graphic profile of north Sikkim. The Tourism Minister, Mr. A quiz competition was also He informed that according to the Subba, in his address said that the organised by the Tourism Depart- census of 2001, 50 percent of the present government had given the ment for the participants at the population of north district was first priority to the tourism sector. workshop. A cultural show was illiterate. The sex ratio, too, he Dwelling on the increasing unem- also staged by the students of said, was a cause of concern. He ployment problem in the state, the North Sikkim Academy.

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It has further urged the state Court for providing cooked meals GANGTOK, 18 July: The execu- The SPCC [I] also passed a government to make no distinc- to the children in the schools un- Shirts tive body of the SPCC [I] which resolution to condemn the failure tions in the selection of the ben- der the Mid-day Meal Programme, available met at its office on 16 July, unani- of the state government in provid- eficiaries on account of caste, which is also a national pro- only at mously resolved to welcome the ing text books to the students, even creed, religion, gender and politi- gramme. decision of the party president, though half the academic session cal allegiance. It is evident that the The school children are being REEBOK SHOWROOM Nar Bahadur Bhandari to refuse had already lapsed. The SPCC [I] programmes meant for the BPL provided inferior quality rice un- Below Bank of Baroda the offer to get felicitated by the claims that such failures invariably families are national programmes der the same programme, which MG Road, Gangtok State government in the recently affect the futures of the students. and no one has any authority to adversely affected the health of the held Sikkim Samman Sammilan. The party also resolved to wel- deprive certain sections of the students, it alleged. The SPCC [I] Mr. Bhandari had earlier revealed come the central government’s population of such programmes, has already submitted a represen- that he was refusing the award “benevolent” decision of covering the meeting resolved. tation in this regard to the chief because it was instituted at the an additional 50 lakh BPL fami- The meeting further resolved secretary for immediate action, “cost of the poor Sikkimese peo- lies under various pro-poor pov- to condemn what it sees as the vio- informs a press release. Need to launch a strong women’s organisation expressed which could then be further honed Lepcha, President, Voluntary Health shared details on the kind of cases that Contd from pg 1 and groomed in the right direction. 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Contact: Nakul @ Police for the transit remand of cused tagged with the Mohali PS main in judicial custody at CBI rules, we arrived here for his 9434166413 Maninderpal Singh Kohli, the case [the case filed against him Kalimpong till the representatives arrest and his ultimate handing PASSION FRUIT SAPLINGS prime suspect in the Hannah Fos- concerning the forged passport from Interpol arrived. over to them for the extradition.” FOR SALE ter murder case, the Sub-Divi- case]. The petition stands rejected The fax by the CBI, which ar- Expressing relief over the ar- 1.5ft to 2ft tall Passion Fruit sional Judicial Magistrate today and the accused person should be rived yesterday, confirmed all evi- rest of Kohli, Allen Brett, Inspec- [Garandel] saplings available handed the matter over to the In- handed over to the INTERPOL dences of forensic test and other tor of Crime Branch, South Hamp- for sale. contact [between terpol wing of the Crime Branch wing of the CBI. The OC of the required documents. ton said: “It’s great that we have 10AM to 4PM]: 94341 88169, of Investigation. Kalimpong Police is directed to Relating to the handing over finally got him after 15 months of 94342 35267 “The learned court is pleased [supervise] the handing over proc- of the accused to the CBI, AS Rai chase”. FOR LEASE Available at prime location in Bharati speaks on her marriage to an international criminal Gangtok below pvt. bus-cum-taxi ship with them,” she said. pealed to all Indians to help trace family, a tearful Bharati admitted: stand, a 51/2 storey shortly to be Contd from pg 1 Bharati and Kohli had met at a the accused who had run away “But I also loved him.” completed building with a carpet was known to all, including health camp organised by the Red from England and was known to “We were completely ignorant area of 5000 + sq. ft. ideal for hotel/ Bharati, in Kalimpong as Mike Cross Society of Kalimpong. While be hiding in India. Kohli left be- about his background and the fact office etc. Contact: 94934127178 or Davis], the 32 year old revealed the Kohli supplied medicines to the hind a wife in England when he that he was already married,” says 94343117410 immediately whole story of her connection with Red Cross, Bharati’s father is the escaped to India. Mamta Das, Bharati’s elder sister, TO LET the man on the run from England. general secretary of the organisa- During his brief stay in adding “While on one hand I feel Available two-roomed flats with An obviously distraught Bharati tion here. After a few months of Darjeeling, Kohli met Binod glad that Kohli is behind bars, I attached tiolet-bath and kitchen at spoke on how she met Kohli, ended courtship, the two finally married Kumar, who was employed at the also feel bad for my sister. She Tadong, Daragaon below Bahai up marrying him and how she was on 25 June, last month. Shanta Bio-Technic really loved her husband”. School. Contact: 9434127178 “rescued” by her neighbour She recalled exactly how she [Ahmedabad]; medical suppliers She further revealed that they had WANTED Anthony Pradhan and his friends. had first met Mike on the last week to the Red Cross Society of in fact eloped, when her father sug- FLAT IN AND AROUND Although the initial rush of of February at a Hepatitis B camp. Kalimpong. They shifted to gested that a court marriage should GANGTOK events might have left her con- “It really wasn’t love at first sight, Kalimpong shortly after. be done. “We now realize that Mike Contact: 9434117299, 9832034929 fused, Bharati appears to have col- but after regular meetings at the medi- “I could have never guessed was trying to avoid the risk of a court lected her thoughts now. Referring cal camps, we started liking each from the way he behaved that he marriage,” said Mamta. TO LET to Kohli as an “international crimi- other. The whole love affair began had such a dark past. In fact, he “We really felt bad about the Flat with kitchen, Dinning, two- nal,” she today admitted that had nearly after three months,” Bharati seemed to be a complete person. incident, but Bharati’s safe return bathrooms, ideal for residential- it not been for Anthony and his said adding, “If he has really com- He seemed to respect and love me. from such a criminal is a big re- cum-offical purpose at Develop- ment Area. Contact: friends, there was no telling what mitted the crime he should be pun- He was also very popular among lief,” said her father. 9434137158, 9434110063 would have happened to her. In- ished; it does not matter whether he the locals,” she said. Showing sympathy for the LOST cidentally, Bharati was picked up is my husband or not”. Recalling the last moments of family, the SP, Rajiv Mishra said: Marksheet, University of North Ben- along with Kohli on the day he According to information their time together after his arrest “We don’t really want to pressu- gal in the name of Mon Bahadur was arrested from Panighatta a available thus far, Kohli made a at Panighatta, Bharati said: “When rize her, since she will be in the Limboo, S/o. P.B. Limboo. External couple of days ago. trip to Darjeeling in February this both of us were arrested by the receiving end from both sides.” Kurseong, Roll No. 90 of 1994. If found “Although initially, I did not year when he came to know that police, he held me tight and Bharati’s mother, Arati Das, kindly contact at 234039, Mangan. LOST believe the stories about Mike’s [she he was being followed by the in- pleaded me never to leave him.” too, credits the three friends for AISSE Marksheets and Pass Certifi- still calls him that] background, I ternational and domestic law-en- While saying that she was rescuing her daughter from the cate-1991 in the name of Dhiraj Rai, realized later that I had escaped from forcement agencies in relation to saved by the commitment shown clutches of a criminal. “The most S/o. Jaswant Rai, resident of the clutches of a criminal.” the murder and rape of Hannah by friends to rescue her and the important thing for me is that I Daragaon, Tadong, Sikkim on 15.3.2004 at Convoy Ground area. Praising the commitment shown Foster [17]. Although the rape and love and support extended by her have my daughter back,” she says. If found, please contact: Munna by Anthony and his friends in “res- murder took place at Southamp- Baraily, ph: 270667 cuing” her, she said that what they ton, UK, in March last year, the had done for her was a revelation heat really turned on Kohli when Kutshe Shegu FOR SALE of humanity. “The word brother is the victim’s parents arrived in In- The 49th day of Kutshe Shegu not enough to describe my relation- dia earlier this month and ap- of Tashi Thendup Bhutia who left for his heavenly abode on Sheet-fed Colour Offset Printing 11 June, 2004 falls on July 29, Anthesti Kriya 2004. All friends, relatives and Anthesti Kriya of our beloved Prem Anand well wishers are requested to Machine with 100% resolution. Mukhia [DSP/Sikkim Police] who left for heav- join us in offering prayers for enly abode on 11.7.04 falls on Thursday, the departed soul at our contact: 204731 22nd July, 2004. All relatives, friends and residence at Upper well wishers are requested to join us to pray Tathangchen, Gangtok, East for the departed soul at our residence at Sikkim. Anthyesthi Kriya Vishal Gaon, 31 A National Highway, We would like to take this The 13th day Anthyesthi Kriya of Late Padam Gangtok. opportunity to thank all those Kumar Gurung who left for heavenly abode on We also take this opportunity to express who extended their help in our 6 July 2004 falls on 19 July. All friends and well our gratitude to all those who have been hour of grief and bereavement. wishers are cordially requested to join the standing by us in these moments of grief & Chindi Zongpo Bhutia, Tharchen bereaved family for offering of prayers for the sorrow. th Bhutia, Dadul Bhutia, Chewang departed soul at our residence at 6 Mile, below Smt. K.D.Mukhia (mother), Salona Mukhia [wife], Benu Kumar (brother), Housing Colony. Namgyal Bhutia, Brothers and other Yashoda (sister-in-law), Dhanjyoti (sister) & Shammi (brother-in-law), MK Rai (Brother in law), Robin Rai (Brother in law), TR family members. Dahal (family friend). Phone no: 232466 ®. 9832052456 (m) Mukhia Bhavan Ph. 204923/9434241760 Ph: 228398/ 9832059384  LITNOW 19 July, 2004; NOW! 7

MUSINGS… by ZIMBA …Have I mentioned how similar IIT for dummies [and those left out] Gangtok Summertine… living in Gangtok is to “Groundhog and the living is easy landmark. The success of the way to find out is to get in there Day”? BOOKREVIEW IITians across the spectrum of aca- and experience that know-how Everyday: Summer in Gangtok, monsoon also Wake up at home in ghetto Arithang The IITians, demics, technology, business and first hand. Real Summer, by SANDIPAN DEB social engineering has been char- Not to risk sounding like an Lather, rinse, shave, and repeat. Melting Summer Bathe. Pages: 360. Price [HB]: Rs 425 tered with vivid account by citing IIT billboard, Mr. Deb has touched Sweating Summer. awaharlal Nehru, the driving some contemporary examples. on some sensitive issues of brain- Stumble into black car I love the heat and I love the cold Try to smile while bouncing over shitty force behind the creation of The book quotes some inspir- drain, competitions to the brand, Gangtok is bbrr.. in the winter and IIT’s in our country said that ing success stories that range from changing face of IIT and the ap- Arithang roads. J warm and wet in summer. I love it. Check email, go to office these institutions would churn the creation of wealth of epic propor- prehension of dilution of the brand No wonder all the roads in Gangtok Turn into a ‘lunch-eating leech’ “cream of the Nation,” but prob- tions to some heart-warming sto- name that has been fiercely pro- are falling apart. ably even he did not anticipate that ries of commitment for society tected and promoted thus far. Sit in my skinny, sweaty ass all day Who can build roads that withstands Tell better people to bugger off this cream of the Nation would and country. Sandipan Deb has When IIT, [abbreviation for our honourable contractors and manifest itself into the “World quoted some high achievers in the Indian Institute of Technology], Go to pizza place, meet a few good people engineers, tons of rain, shitloads of Do some vocal exercise Treasure” as referred to by Jeff US and in the country. Some started to denote a word, which mudslides Bezos of Amazon.com. The IIT overtly media friendly to reticent signifies “best brains in the Eat dinner So our roads fall apart. Home in boxer shorts trademark has far outgrown the and reclusive, but great names in world”; we know that a world- A small price to pay for interesting weather. foundations on which it was laid. their own right. class brand had been created. The Watch ‘Wild on’ on AXN The book “The IITians” writ- However, in the 360 page call of the IITs gathers about ten by Sandipan Deb, himself an book, the mystery that somehow 4,00,000 students from various alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, seeks made the IIT’s “arguably the most walks of life in the country com- to unfold the brand that IIT has competitive, influential under- peting for entry into the IIT expe- created around the world. He graduate school in the world” in a rience. It is also heart rending to claims sources from high achiev- country that has the highest know that not all the entrants of ers of the IIT’s alumni, and trust number of illiterates in the world, IIT’s are well-heeled boys and me there is no dearth of them. where the entrance test papers to girls of big Metros; that a small Written by an IITian, the book premium institutions are consist- village in Naxalite dominated re- almost idolizes the mystique of ently leaked and other countless gion in Bihar has produced 22 IIT’s but the facts speak their own ills plague our education system, IITians, is a case in point. language that nullify any is not explained in much detail. The book is written in a lucid skepticism. Truth remains that in Every educational institution and readable manner for all those almost every Fortune 500 com- theoretically stresses on innovation, aspiring to walk the portals of IITs pany in the world, there is and creativity, and dignity of labour and win a ticket to success. It also IITian manning one of the top five among the regular academic curricu- makes a good read for the rest of senior managerial post. CBS’ “60 lum, but what is it that makes the us with the success stories of the minutes,” the most widely IIT products, par excellence? IITians in the field of entrepre- watched news programme in the The writer goes on to ask most neurship and cutting edge technol- US compared IIT with Harvard, of his interviewees, why is the IIT ogy. The book does not fail to in- MIT and Princeton rolled into one. system so successful and by the spire with the success stories of It appears that, without the end of the book he seems to have its many heroes. IIT’s the Silicon Valley would all the people agree with the ques- Available at: Alphabets book store, have only been a small town with tion, but is still looking for a con- Opp: Hotel Tibet. nice weather next to a famous vincing answer. Perhaps the only - by NIRAJ PRADHAN

The smoke of … of the smoke led me to my nightmares GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM by PRAMOD HINGMANG As more of it burnt The evil grew inside me DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE, HUMAN A tale of rise and demise I felt like I was controlling As more and more smoke Of the smoke of enchant- it, was God filled my brain SERVICE AND FAMILY WELFARE ment My dungeon of a brain I was drawn to sin, drawn GANGTOK Called by many names, went open to an opus of to pain found in many forms creation I was hell over and over Memo No. 10 HC-HS & FW/PFA Dated: 15/7/04 It held me helplessly in its After every drag of the again fumes burning dryness Lost like a child in the NOTIFICATION Had me tranced by it’s It was always endlessly smoke] mesh helical Only to wake up yearning In Exercise of the power conferred by clause Everytime it burnt When I coughed on it, to be lost again (iv) of Section 7 of the Prevention of Food Gave me neurotic pleasure when I choked on it Yearning to be lost in the Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), read with rule I went wild in the jungle Dreams of intrepid ecstasy smoke. 3(1) (a) of the Sikkim Prevention of Food not only the high points and crises, Adulteration Rules, 1991, the State Government but the way the presidency actually hereby prohibits the manufacture and/or sale of HIS LIFE... works; the day to day bombard- and efforts made the unlikely jour- ment of problems, personalities, the following items in the State of Sikkim in the ONTHEBOOKSHELF ney from Arkansas to the White conflicts, setbacks, achievements. interest of public health with immediate effect till My Life; by Bill Clinton, House - a journey fuelled by a pas- It is a testament to the positive further order:- price: Rs. 890 sion for politics which manifest impact on America and on the world resident Bill Clinton’s “My itself at every stage of his life. of his work and his ideals. It is a grip- 1. Everest Chat Masala PLife” is the strikingly candid We see his career shaped by his ping account of a President under con- Manufactured by Everest Company portrait of a global leader who de- resolute determination and unfal- certed and unrelenting assault orches- 2. (a) Stick candy Ice-cream cided early in life to devote his tering commitment to civil rights trated by his enemies on the far right, (b) Fancy stick juice in different colours intellectual and political gifts and and an exceptional understanding and how he survived and prevailed. his extraordinary capacity for hard of the practicalities of political life. Here is the life of a great na- in polythene pack work to serving the public. President Clinton’s book is the tional and international figure, re- Sd/- It shows us the progress of a fullest, most concretely detailed vealed in all his talent and contra- (Dr. D.K. Subba) remarkable American who, most nuanced account of a presi- diction, told openly, directly, in his Food (Health) Authority through his own enormous energy dency ever written - encompassing own completely recognizable voice. 8; NOW!; 19 July, 2004 THEFINALONE  Historytoday in CRABH GRIPS 19th July 2781 BC: Presumed start of Egyptian MANGAN calendar 1510: 38 Jews are burned at the stake in Berlin Prussia 1814: Born, Samuel Colt inventor of the colt revolver 1848: First women’s rights convention Sikkim Police “A” are the champs [New York] 1870: France declares war on Prussia; The trophy was presented by SAGAR CHETTRI the Franco-Prussian war begins. Tourism Minister, RB Subba, . The 1877: First Wimbledon tennis GANGTOK, 18 July: Sikkim Police winning team also got Rs. 15, 000 championship begins “A” lifted the SFA Senior Division cash award, while the runners up 1913: Billboard publishes earliest known “Last Week’s 10 Best Sellers Football Super League tournament got Rs. 10, 000. The two teams among Popular Songs” Malinda’s beating United Sikkim Sporting Club have now qualified to participate Wedding Day is #1 in a fiercely contested final played to- in the Jharkhand Gold Cup and 1941: British PM Winston Churchill day at the TNA ground here. Bardoli Cup, Guwahati. launches “V for Victory” campaign The only goal of the final was The tournament also posted 1969: Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit scored by Mayal Lepcha of Sikkim some interesting records. The fast- 1976: Rock group Deep Purple disbands Police “A” in the 41st minute. est goal was by Bir Bdr. Pradhan 1979: Nicaragua Liberation Day; A plethora of yellow cards of USSC in the 38th second in the Sandinistas take over from Somoza marked the crucial game with Sikkim match against D’zongri. The high- 1991: Miss Black America contestant Police receiving three and USSC est scorer was Nilendra Dewan, winner at last year’s beat contest accuses Mike Tyson of rape a NOW REPORT getting flashed one yellow card. again of USSC, with 11 goals. held on the occasion of the ARIES: You may go on a long trip, MANGAN, 18 July: Mangan Mangan Centenary Celebrations. which will be financially beneficial. was served a musical treat on 16 While Crabh did their reti- Understanding with your spouse will THE FUTURE, NOW! July with two bands performing nue of rock numbers, Hungama you up. You will arrive at a good deci- in your favour. Happiness will pre- be very good. Health will be good. at Community Hall, Mangan – from Darjeeling performed at- Business will be brisk. Traders may sion. Those employed will do well. vail. A change of environment is in- make little improvement. VIRGO: You will be free of all ten- dicated. You will be wealthier. You Crabh from Gangtok and tractive dances. TAURUS: Finances will show a sud- sion. Life will be comfortable. Your will enjoy good health. Hungama from Darjeeling. den spurt. A change of environment spouse and business partner may CAPRICORN: You may take up new The programme was spon- There was more cheering is indicated. You will enjoy easy suc- cause tension. Relatives may cause business activities. Financial posi- sored by the Mangan Tourism De- when PG Tenzing, Director Cen- you worry. Income from speculation tion will be very good. Improvement cess in all you do. You will go through velopment Committee with the sus Department, a local of a lucky phase. is indicated. Cash flow will be very in status is indicated. Popularity will GEMINI: Financial position will be good. Loans will be reduced. be high. Happiness will prevail. Ex- aim of promoting tourism in the Mangan, performed a few num- very good. You may go on a long trip. LIBRA: There will be no improve- pansion in business is assured. You area. Incidentally, Crabh was the bers with Crabh [pic above]. You may purchase immovable prop- ment. Financial crisis will be over. may get overseas business. erty. This will not be a good time to Cash flow will be very good. Happi- AQUARIUS: Others will be more invest in the stock market. ness will prevail. Litigation will be in concerned with business matters. CANCER: You will see improvement your favour. Export businesses will Politicians will enjoy position and in your financial position. Trade will do very well. wealth. Uncommon expenses will be be very profitable. You may face a SCORPIO: You may get a long-term reduced. You may go on a long trip. financial crisis. Litigation will be over. loan. You may acquire immovable PISCES: You will find favourable You may commence new business. property. You will benefit through ag- changes at work. Success is indi- Business will be brisk. ricultural land. You may purchase cated. Those appearing for competi- LEO: You will be successful in all you land and property. tive examinations will do well. You do. You may purchase a new vehicle. SAGITTARIUS: A long, official trip is may get good job opportunities A change of environment will cheer indicated. Litigation will be over and abroad. GIVE US INFORMATION HELP US UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEMS The Information we need

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