Vol 10●No 16●Pages 16●September 15, 2017 ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U N IR IV M ER H SITY OF KAS MERCMEDIA EDUCATION TIMES RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION DEVOLVES ‘TYPEWRITTER’S LIFE’ Kashmir University Media Students 2 teachers for Food on the go release heart-throbbing short film 85 students P11 P8 P9 ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ MEDIA EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U R NI I VE HM RSI AS Vol 10●No 16●Pages 16●September 15, 2017 TY OF K 2 TEENAGERS TURN INTO Poor infrastructure haunts athletes ENTREPRENEUR v Mehwish Mumtaz Budgam: Bakshi Stadium, one of the oldest stadium of the valley, where every now and then, hosts of activities are being organized by spectrum of sports bodies and till date the authorities managing it have not undertaken any initiative to renovate the filthiest toilet where sewage overflows in the bathroom area and v Musaib Mehraj stench haunts the budding athletes. Apart, from unhygienic toilet, the young sports men or women Srinagar: Three teenagers have set an example have no changing rooms. by launching their own firm to turn their passion for The stadium which was constructed in 1960 software development into a working business model. continues with the same outlook and in fact Basar Qari from Bagh-e-Mehtab area of Srinagar joined has gone from bad to worse as evident from the hands with two of his close friends, Zuhaib Zahoor and condition of the stands or ground. Saad Khan, for the initiative. “Bakshi Stadium is one of the oldest stadium but The trio showcased their services—web designing, look at the condition of the toilet where human application development, graphic designing, and excreta overflows the toilet commode and other dirty waste changing room for girls due to which they often face problem marketing—on their website WebCycle.in. splashes under washbasins,” says a group of girl athletes from while participating in any sports event. Basar Qar studies at Delhi Public School, Srinagar. Kothibagh Higher Secondary School out to participate in “We female participants guard outside the room when others Basar, who founded the firm, studies in class 10 while football tourney. change their clothes. It becomes embarrassing at times to ask two of his friends and colleagues study in class 11. Arooj, a participant said that, “the washroom inside the others to keep a watch outside changing room,” said another The teenagers said they had only Rs 500, which they stadium is unclean and not in a position to be used by athletes.” girl participant. collected out of their pocket money, to launch the firm. “Nobody here prefers to use this bathroom as it emits filthy “The athletes have to drink cold water from taps which risks Basar said, “On 1st July our dreams came true and we smell and waste. Besides many bathrooms don’t have doors. their health. At least there should be proper drinking water launched the website,” the students said.After launching The Sports Council should have maintained them properly so facility in the stadium,” said Sabreena. the company we got first order of making a website.” that athletes don’t face any problem here,” she added. “We have only one stadium but unfortunately it lacks the basic Basar is passionate for web designing and used to search The girl athletes said that the stadium is without proper facilities, nothing is in place,” said Afshana, one of the athletes. internet-based resources to learn it. “Thanks to the internet which exposed me to the vast data,” he said. He said that he and his friends began watching video tutorials on video sharing website YouTube and referred Shahnawaz selected for national team to other resources on the internet. He said he now develops web and mobile applications. “We were initially clueless about what to do but our passion drove us,” Basar said. “We wanted to create something extraordinary.” His colleague Zuhaib Zahoor, who does graphic designing and event management, said his family did not support him in his endeavor initially. “They opposed me and would raise eyebrows whenever I would surf the internet. They thought I was doing something wrong on the internet but they believed me when Basar launched Shahrul Ramadan application in May this year,” he said. The third colleague, Saad Khan, said he does web designing. “We had no idea about this thing but we did it under the continuous guidance of our school teachers, who insisted us to go beyond the norms,” he said. He said the team sacrificed its precious time on the internet rather than being at marketplaces or playgrounds. The students said the ‘credit goes to our teacher’ who trained them in programming codes and encouraged Rahil Hussain The Secretary , J&K State Sports Council Mr Waheed Ur Rahman them to launch the firm. Para appreciated the Association for great efforts of promoting the They said they need to be updated with digital BUDGAM: Shahnawaz Hussain Mir of district Budgam has game in the state of J&K and selected player in Indian squad or innovations to keep pace with the fast-changing world. been selected as a senior player in Indian national baseball team. team and hope they will bring laurels for the country “We want to serve the people of Kashmir who are While as General Secretary , J&K Baseball Association Fida Nazir Ahmad Joint Secretary, J&K SSC, sent off Shahnawaz and stabbed by web designers outside the Valley. We want Hussain Fidvi has been appointed as manager of Indian team for Fidvi for the said India camp and participation to Malaysia at to provide our customers quality work and discount on the upcoming International Baseball Championship to be held at Bakhshi Stadium, Srinagar special occasions in creating websites as well as hybrid Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. President, JKBA, Mr MM Gazanfar congratulated the Association applications,” the young entrepreneur said. Mir represented the state many times in Senior National Baseball for the selection of its senior player in Indian Baseball contingent Championships at different states of the country. for prestigious International tournament at Malaysia. ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ MEDIA EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U N IR IVE M RS ASH Vol 10●No 16●Pages 16●September 15, 2017 ITY OF K 3 LIVE WIRES POSE THREAT JASHN-E-DAL, SHIKARA TO URI RESIDENTS RACE KICKS OFF almost touching the rooftops of houses. The line has suffered extensive damage at many places and if it gets cut at any moment, it could cause huge tragedy,” a delegation of locals said, adding “Around 5,000 households of the town are facing the threat.” “We many times raised this issue with the officials of the Power Development Department (PDD) but they turned deaf ears to our repeated pleas,” they said. v Shahzad Ashiq Students and teachers of a local school here are aghast over the callous attitude of the concerned SRINAGAR: Residents of main town Uri in department for relocating the high tension lines. north Kashmir’s Baramulla district said that their “This high tension line is crossing through our lives are under constant threat due to the presence school premises and posing a grave danger to the of overhead high tension wires that are lying low life of students and employees of the educational and touching the roof tops of their residential institution,” said a teacher. houses. The HT line passing through main town Uri They said that the 11,000 KV high tension wires originates from grid station Salamabad and that are passing above their houses could cause supplies electricity to villages like Garkote, any major damage to humans and the property. Nambla Hathlanga, Syedpora, Silikote , noorkhah, “The high tension wires are hanging very low and kanchan and many others. v Rafia Manzoor SRINAGAR: Water sports festival Jashn-E-Dal and Shikara Race – 2017 organized by Jammu and Kashmir Police in the world famous Dal Lake, Nehru Park kicked off. Various water sports events Art exhibition, ‘Confluence’ including Shikara Race were organised during the 3-day festival. 900 players participated in different competitions in three day water sports festival. inaugurated in Srinagar Director General of Police, Dr. S.P Vaid inaugurated the water sports. The event was aimed to engage the youth in healthy competitions of v Faila Khan if all artists were present to explain their work,” sports and shun arms and drugs. State’s Director General of Police (DGP) said another visitor. S.P. Vaid said, “Activities like these would usher in peace and harmony in SRINAGA: The event of the two day While talking to the organiser, she said, “the whole the Valley. A number of sports programmes have been charted out lined contemporary art exhibition named ‘Confluence’ thing is meant to revive the art culture back in up and are going on throughout the State which are providing a platform was inaugurated in a building in Post Office Lane Kashmir, despite the fact of the ongoing turmoil, to the youth to showcase their talent.” Rajbagh. The exhibition was held by Kashmir Art talking about art work, we sold many art works and “Jammu and Kashmir Police organises various sports activities Quest, an art foundation and was price ranged from Rs. 1000 to Rs. under CAP for the holistic development of State youth to channelize their hosted by Zoya Khan, who is an 2.20 lakhs.