STUDENTS’ PUBLICATION NOVEMBER CAMPUS COURIER 2020 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) | DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES VOLUME 6 : ISSUE 2

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Increase in online frauds Rise in drunk driving in Guwahati

during lockdown Haptarshi Roy Saikia ence of alcohol hits anoth- are well aware of the fact er vehicle, the accused has that a general fine to the As per the ministry’s data, to go through a procedure lower ranked officers would 12,256 road accidents oc- where his/her vehicle gets let them escape and that curred in 2019 which were seized as well as their driv- they do not really under- related to drunk driving. ing license and that they stand the value of money Guwahati, the metro city have to visit court hearings and the consequences that of Assam has seen a rise and pay a hefty amount for might come along if some- in drink and driving cases the release of the vehicle body is found driving un- in the recent years. There and for their Driver’s Li- der the influence of alcohol. is no severe action tak- cense to be released, some- The only solution and en against people caught times it also leads to the message that Mr Kul- in drunk driving. This is cancellation of the Driver’s apradip had was that “It is because the patrolling of- License depending on how the duty of the parents to Photo credit : Shoppingthoughtss ficers are not doing their severe the accident was. be strict towards their ward are using their social media Joseph, a retired employ- duties as per procedure After speaking to Mr. about drinking and driv- Gayathri R channels to make people ee of a private firm. He and hence lets the law Kulapradip Bhattacharyya, ing and the consequences aware of financial attacks received calls and mes- breakers escape easily with DSP of Namrup he men- it has and make them un- that are called mishing, sages from an unknown a small fine on spot with- tioned that the problem in derstand that it is not only The data provided by the phishing, and smishing number and asked about out any challan records. the rise in drunk and driv- us the department of po- National Payments Corpo- in cybersecurity terms. his details to verify KYC According to law, when ing cases in Guwahati is be- lice and traffic that can re- ration of India (NPCI), it Law enforcement agen- to Paytm and this led to a person under the influ- cause that the law offenders solve such an issue alone”. can be seen that in Septem- cies in the country are him losing thousands. ber, transactions depended also issuing advisories to Many have fallen for on Unified Payments Inter- prevent digital payment such traps especially In- Covid care robot to aid health workers face (UPI) hit a volume of frauds in the country. But dia’s older generation. Facebook page, the robot the help of UV radiation over 180 crores — nearly the way people are hiding They are easily traced Chanchal V will be used to transport while the bot is transport- double the 99.9 crores vol- behind the screens and and made prey. Accord- food and medicine and ing them back to the home ume recorded in April. Total victims who get trapped ing to experts, the num- Government medical col- dispense of the waste pro- satation so that any other transactions have addition- not reporting the cases, ber of such incidents is lege in Ernakulum in Ko- duced in the isolation ward individual touching the ally reached Rs. 3,29,027 makes it difficult for the on the rise in the wake of chi has deployed a robot to housing the COVID-19 things does not run the risk crores. Platforms including authorities to take action. COVID-19, since most serve food and medicines patients, to reduce human of contracting the disease. Google Pay, Paytm, and Keerthy, a housewife part of one’s life is virtu- to COVID-19 patients exposure to the virus.The The KARMI-bot addition- PhonePe have also seen a from , had seen al nowadays. Gift cards with an aim to reduce KARMI-bot can carry a ally has the element of fo- significant increase in their an online advertisement from sites like Amazon, risk of infections for doc- payload of up to 25kg of cused sterilization splash. transactions. So as a result, about a job that ensured a Flipkart etc appear to tors and health workers. weight, the robot is capable This can help significantly scams have also increased. very good pay. She talked be a popular way for the The robot named of achieving a maximum on the grounds that the iso- Despite the growth in to them and they had sent scammers to spend the KARMI-bot was given by speed of 1m per sec, has lation ward could contain the digital transactions, tons of proof to show that money. They can then be Malayalam Actor Mohan- been customized to steril- the spilling of some bodily virtual job offers and new they were genuine. After used later or even sent to lal’s Viswasanthi Foun- ize the environmental fac- fluids like urine or vomit. users making cashless pay- completing her work, she others in order to make dation to the Government tors utilizing cleansers and Since the infection spreads ments, there has been a still hasn’t been paid for it harder to track the Medical College in Kala- bright beams. The robot from droplets, exposure lack of awareness among the work. Instead, they people behind the scam. massery. The robot de- was hand over to District to these fluids could be the people and about digi- have snatched an amount Online financial, job veloped by ASIMOV Ro- Collector S. Suhas by the harmful for caregivers. tal literacy in the country. from her in the name of frauds and digital pay- botics, includes facilities directors of Viswasanthi The KARMI-bot could ini- This is resulting in issues security charges. “Things ment scams are not ex- like UV disinfection and Foundation Major Ravi tially be sent into the ward like KYC updation frauds, were not so good in my actly new in the coun- targeted detergent spray to and Vinu Krishnan along for electrostatic spray, and job frauds and many such house. We were in need try, there are even cases ensure sanitation and fo- with Jaya Krishnan, CEO then the human caregivers online frauds. Digital pay- of money, so I thought of where the scammers have cused on cleanser splash of ASIMOV. The bot has could go in after to take ments platforms the Re- helping my husband in any targeted well-known and to guarantee sterilization. been made in a manner that care of remaining things,” serve Bank of India and the ways that I can,” she said. influential people as well. According to information items used by the patients Jaya Krishnan said. Ministry of Home Affairs Similar was the case for shared by the Actor on his can be disinfected with CAMPUS COURIER NOV 2020 2

Athirapally: A Heaven on Earth

through the verdant Chanchal V mountain for about 100 greenery of Vazhachal meters. There is an- Athirapally is the land of Forest towards the Ara- other waterfall on the rivers ,forests and great bian Sea, creating a way from waterfalls. It is Kera- spectacular vista of scin- to Vazhachal Falls, in la’s most famous and tillating water, emerald close proximity to the largest waterfall at over jungles and azure sky. road and is often called 80 ft high. The sight of The sheer volume of the as “Charpa Falls”. An- the water crashing onto water that flows down other interesting fact to the mountains is over- the ground leaves you note is that the fall joins Photo credit : Google with a sense of wonder whelming and tranquil- forces with the Chalak- at the sheer power and lizing at the same time. kudy river before reach- Tourists who are com- 90 km tour across the makers. Famous songs magnificence of nature. The cool breeze coupled ing its final destination ing specially to see the Sholayar range through like “Jiya Jale” from Dil This splendid waterfall with the gentle chirping into the Arabian sea. Athirappally waterfall the rainforests of Ker- Se and Aishwarya Rai’s is a delight to witness. of birds from the forest There are a couple of should visit here during ala. The prominent at- “Barso Re Megha” from Athirapally Falls is a nearby is a welcome water theme parks on the monsoon season tractions covered are the movie Guru have marvellous cascade of change from the din of the way to Athirappil- to see it in full glory. Kauthuka Park, Thum- been shot here show- frothy waters that makes city life, and you will ly called Silver Storm The Tourism Promo- boormuzhy Dam, But- ing the beautiful views its way from the Ana- thoroughly enjoy a trip and Dream World and tion Council of the dis- terfly garden, Vazhachal of the falls. More re- mudi mountains of the here with friends and many resorts as well. trict in collaboration falls, Athirapally falls, cently, song sequences . Also family. There is a pool The region experiences with the administrative hills, valleys, rainforest for the film “Bahubali” called as Bahubali Wa- above the falls where tropical weather the best body of Athirapilly or- full of resident wildlife were shot here as well. terfall, it is often referred you can relax and un- time to visit here will be ganises daily jungle sa- and tea gardens. The Some scenes of En- to as the “Niagara Falls wind. To get a view of either monsoon or win- faris from scenic beauty of Athi- glish movies Before the of India”. From here, the the waterfall, one needs ters when the climate to . The rapally falls has always Rains and Pirate’s blood Athirapally fall flows to get down from the here remains pleasant. safari takes you on a been attractive to film- are shot here as well. Paws: A roof for pets Increase in rape cases- Are

Photo credit : Paws Women Safe?

Marvi Muskan

Approximately 87 rape cases are registered daily in India accord- ing to NCRB data. Vi- olence against woman is increasing day by Andrea Helder day in India. Woman are viewed in different In the year 2020 human perspective for some beings have suffered a lot Photo credit : Google with covid-19. Likewise, they consider ‘Ghar ki Lakshmi’ while for oth- animals also got aban- realise the pain when it an to walk alone. Rape ers woman are an object. doned due to the vi- nise vaccination slots. from the people, so that happens to them or there has no boundaries. Patriarchal society has rus. The spread of Paws communi- they can enhance their own family members. changed to many ex- fake news about getting ty was started by help. Paws Thrissur also Women are restricted Waiting for the govern- tent today but why we viruses through dogs Preethi Sreevalsan preserved more than 1700 because of man’s char- ment to take any strict who fought against are not able to put a full made it so difficult to rescue activities, where acter and when wom- measures or waiting to for them survive. many animal cruelties stop to crimes against they saved different an rebel for their free- have a strong judicia- Number of aban- and has always ensured woman, why is it in- kinds of animals. This dom and rights they are ry system in India will doned dogs had tre- safety for animals. They community nursed more creasing every passing considered obnoxious. take a long time. So mendously increased also formulated anti-ra- than 1000 animals by generations. Unless and Rapist see no age from one thing can be done during these situations. bies vaccination camps ensuring shelter and had until there is a strong ju- months old baby to 90 is learning at least ba- A welfare organ- and visited homes that conducted more than ten diciary system in India year old grandmother, sic self defence , and isation started to contain more than two adoption drives in 2019. which gives strict mea- from city like Delhi to also going out with provide shelter and food dogs to understand They also help to get sures if crimes like rape a small town in Hary- safety like a small bot- for the local stray dogs their difficulties and foster homes for an- happen there won’t be a ana rapes can happen tle of pepper spray. with sufficient care and problems. imals. Paws team is full stop to rape. Infact anywhere with anyone. Also educating par- love. ‘Paws Thrissur’ an organisation which many don’t even go to Today its not even safe ents to liberate their is a certified associa- Paws is limited to shows how to build a jail because of there po- an area for ensur- for children’s to go out children encouraging tion for sheltering local good society by car- litical power and finan- stray dogs in Thrissur, ing safety to all the and play, not safe for our their daughters to learn ing for each and every cial power. People are Kerala. They also ensure stray dogs, but they are grandparents to have a self defence, also en- animal. This group of greedy and can excuse mandatory awareness trying to reach out to get animal lovers are a walk nor safe for any couraging their sons to crime for some amount programs about this sit- maximum amounts of true inspiration to the girl or middle age wom- not objectify woman. of money, people only uation and also orga- donations and help public. CAMPUS COURIER NOV 2020 3 Kalamassery authorities remain Oli Aman Jodha : India’s First blind to garbage issues Female Farrier Photo Credit : Imtias Iqbal be a resource person Andrea Helder in apiculture at Swa- minathan Research Oli Aman Jodha,15 years Foundation, Wayanad. old, native of Wayanad At her younger age, has set her history as the she is working as a far- first female farrier in In- rier, horse trainer and a dia. She has initiated her riding master at Hyder- passion and enthusiasm abad polo and Riding towards horses from her ling and she has trav- Club (HPRC). Oli is childhood itself. Oli was elled almost all of India. also achieving mounted gifted by two horses at As Oli’s mother is archery and excellences lamented Soumya Shaji, a nicipal area is being dis- the age of three, and they a single parent, they had on horse polo riding. Chanchal V local resident. Municipal patched to the Brahmapu- were named as Prithvyu faced a lot of trouble She is training to ride a Ved and Aman Chand. camel these days. “It is As garbage piles up at councillor Rukia Jamal ram treatment plant, said and had to live in differ- When she was nine more difficult to ride a north Kalamassery on the said that no actions has Peter. People dumping ent places. There she ex- years old, an outsider- camel than a horse”, she eastern side of NH 47, it been taken despite a no- waste on the roadside are plored their cultures and did the farrier for Aman added. She also takes seems there is no solution tice from the parliamen- creating more problems. ideologies. Apart from Chand, and it did not free classes on beekeep- in sight for the waste dis- tary standing committee To track them, the munic- horses, she is also ob- go well. The horse got ing to the tribal village. posal mechanism at Ka- to remove plastic waste ipality has taken steps to sessed with honeybees. a serious injury, and he When she completed lamassery Municipality. from the area. However, install 40 CCTV cameras As her interest expand- started bleeding from its the seventh standard, The dumping ground is municipal chairperson across the place. “The mu- ed, she started doing bee hoof. Witnessing these she got Thenmithra turning out to be an eye- Jessy Peter refutes the al- nicipality is set to com- keeping at the age of circumstances paved the Award, and got offers sore for people entering legations. “Recently, plas- plete the installation of three and she was award- way for starting a carri- for joining the school. the city even as the stench tic-cutting machines have CCTV cameras. Though ed the National award er for fixing horseshoe. Oli had set up huge fu- becomes unbearable for arrived, which will bring cameras have been in- for beekeeping in 2017. Oli had to fac a lot ture plans, and one of those living nearby. With some relief. These ma- stalled on the ground, Oli is managing her of dilemmas to reach the major plans is to start the municipality, the big- chines will cut the plastics it has not started func- studies with her passion. out her goals. Because a veterinary hospital fo- gest revenue-earning local and make them recycla- tioning yet,” said Peter. “I don’t prefer studying she was born in an or- cusing on horses and self-body in the city with ble,” she said, adding that Former municipal chair- on the boundaries of four thodox Muslim fami- their needs. Oli Aman Lulu Mall and car show- the waste dumped by con- man Jamal Manakkadan walls,’’Oli said. Thus, she ly and she stepped out also would love to ex- rooms coming under its tainer trucks parked near claimed that during the is doing her academics from her comfort zone plore the field of IAS purview, acting as a mute Kalamassery added to the inauguration of the cre- in a distant mode, along to follow her passion. and wanted to become spectator, residents feel problem at hand. Shred- matorium, which is situ- with her passion. She has She got training ses- the President of India. like being taken for a ride. ding units were recently ated on the ground where registered for 10th board sions from Nepal at the Currently, she is travel- “At times, the stench set up where household the plastic waste is piled examination under the age of nine under a fa- ling through all the for- coming from the dis- plastic waste collected by up, they had removed all National Institution of mous horse farrier Thaj ests to explore and fo- posed waste is so severe Kudumbashree workers such garbage. Added Lib- Open Schooling (NOS) Khan. She also has a cusing her career along that we can’t even go are treated. The food waste in Chacko Kurian, who Oli Aman Jodha was huge love for travel- with the academics. anywhere near the area,” generated within the mu- works in Kalamassery. granted a solicitation to Less hygiene maintenance in local Changing pub culture shops people they entertain we need to break pro- and spread of the virus. Nitin Sharma and also, they need to tocol and remove the Thus, many changes maintain social distanc- masks. Another issue at have to be incorporat- Marvi Muskan seen complaining that Massive changes are ing so they had to in- hand is the use of the ed into the pub culture they feel insecure and being experienced and clude new methods like same utensils to serve post covid 19 and they scared to go out and As the world was stuck incorporated in various pre-booking of seats the public. One after the need to be aligned with buy things because the with covid-19 many new pubs and restaurants or tables. The other other people are coming the protocols given by shops are not that clean protocols came. One post covid 19. Leading changes include wear- and going in the pubs the health department. of the main protocols and the virus is still not strata of urban popula- ing masks at all times and restaurants. Proper This could change the after lockdown is hy- over yet. What peo- tion resides to young which may cause an un- sanitization of the dish- pub culture forever but giene maintenance and ple don’t realise is the generation and they sus- comfortable situation as es that were used earlier it is needed as it is in to have at least one san- possibility of getting pect pub and bar are the it is a place where food must be done in order the best interest of the itizer in shops. The first infected by the virus, appropriate station were and drinks is served so to avoid contamination public health. If peo- few days people took it people even started to they can enjoy with lots ple flew to these pubs, very seriously, but now walk without a mask on. of music with their fa- it will definitely affect vorite drinks. The proto- except the shopping the entire population cols they need to adopt in complex, supermarkets There should be hand mainly on youth. Even their services which they and few shops many washing stations ev- though the curfew is provide to the public still in action, it will be shops are not follow- ery kilo metre and if has drastically changed crucial and challenging ing the protocols espe- not the people the gov- and has had a huge im- for the pub owners to cially the local shops. ernment should ensure pact on their income. ensure the safety of peo- Many shops do not to every shop has san- itizer and are clean. One of the major chang- ple as well as to make have sanitizer which es is that they need to a profit for themselves. is the bare minimum. restrict the number of Photo credit : Nitin Sharma Many people are CAMPUS COURIER NOV 2020 4 Suffering of the The Dance Journey of Sumesh Sundar small scale shop Gayathri R How did you come up with With a short span you ning to start online owners Myself and My Moves? were able to get a huge classes because we were Sumesh Sundar, a Thris- I got to know more fan base, you have pro- getting a lot of enquiries. about dancing by trav- duced a lot of beauti- When the pandemic hit, Photo credit : Haptarshi Roy Saikia sur based dancer who elling, attending a lot of ful artists out there. we thought this was the is the co-founder of Were you expecting workshops without even right time to start online the Dance Studio My- such a sudden growth? focusing on one particu- classes. But we were self and My Moves. He Of course, nothing lar style. I had attended very unsure about how has been credited a lot was expected to go as Street styles, Ballet, Jazz successful it would be. for the changing danc- planned. Maybe the and so many more. One We made different ing scenario in Kerala. concept of a dance com- thing that I noticed was courses with different Trained in various styles munity was the reason everyone had their own syllabus for everyone to hip hop, locking, house, that it strikes between unique way of teaching choose from according whacking, jazz, contem- people. We only focused and expressing them- to their ease. For danc- porary and many others, on providing a platform selves through dance and ers, this time was actu- he is on his journey of to learn for people, we I wanted to bring that to ally helpful but for the spreading proper dance never focused on any Kerala. It was hard to teaching field this was knowledge. His chore- particular style. There make everyone under- new, it’s a bit hard and a loss of nearly 3.75 ographies are unique are a lot of talented art- Haptarshi Roy Saikia stand this concept here confusing but at the end lakhs in total. He then and vibrant which is ad- ists out there, we tried because everyone here we got a very positive re- The novel coronavi- decided on an alterna- mired highly in the danc- to bring them, conduct- had many presumptions sponse. Even though we rus and the lockdown tive business which was ing community. With an ed workshops. This all do miss the vibe and ex- measures incorporated delivering lunch boxes increase in the fan fol- might be the reason why perience at a studio. We by different govern- to the corporate em- lowing in such a short we got accepted but can- got to learn from a lot of ments had reshaped the ployees working from time, Sumesh Sundar not really say in a short talks about his journey renowned artists. Since world economy on a home in his locality. time, it might be a short and his goals as well. we were at home and we large scale. In India the After gathering more time for someone who had the option to choose decision of lockdown information from him, sees it from outside but From an engineering stu- from the huge number was imposed without I have struggled for a he told that he was well dent to dancer, how did of options that we had. any prior notice which long time to bring things aware of the fact that the this transition occur? left many small time to where it is right now. cops could file a -com Engineering is actually Where do you see Photo credit : Instagram business owners and plaint against him for the reason why I am now yourself 10-15 employees in a state of going out in the streets All your videos are super serious about dance. I hits. Did you put in a lot years from now? shock as they were not about western dance or and delivering food and was pretty stubborn that of effort to come up with 10-15 years from now prepared for such an he replied “I had no op- I would not take up engi- it is rather called Cine- such brilliant works? we want to build a strong unexpected situation. tion as all my savings neering, I got there due to matic dance here. platform for learners out The central government were declining towards family pressures. Even I had a clear plan to put To be frank, in our vid- there. Like any educa- imposed a nationwide the end of second month though I used to dance this into shape, I got a eos we just work on the tion there is dance ed- lockdown on March 24, of lockdown and I had as a kid in my school lot of help from Kukku, choreography. We stick ucation, we just want 2020 late in the evening. to make sure that I had days, I wasn’t very keen Ramzan, Nasif, Shree- on to authentic styles everybody to know and Due to this decision enough money to at about it back then. It was jith Master who already House or Locking and understand about this. from the government, least feed my family.” during college time I got were established danc- choose regional songs. There are a lot of options ers in Kerala and had a not only did large cor- Once the lockdown to know and learn a lot Our first video was while going into this, huge fan base, I also had porate sectors suffer was over he noticed that about the dance compe- on the song “Dosth” there are institutions like Jishnu by my side. I con- a huge loss but also the business was not run- titions and started par- using Locking and Attakalari in Bangalore ticipating in them. I did ducted a few workshops small time businesses ning as usual and people house style. Then we that are already onto my engineering at Vidya which all were filled such a mission. MMM and daily wage work- were still afraid to vis- did “Chandanamani”, Academy Thrissur and with students and I got wants to share this ers were the actual vic- it bakery shops which which was our career we formed our dance to share my ideas with knowledge and keep on tims of the pandemic. made him worried as to break. We did not expect crew D’ Addiction. Af- these students. spreading this message. This story is about a how long it was going to so much reach, someone ter college I got placed Slowly I started build- small time bakery shop had put this up on Tik- take for the business to at Bangalore and later in ing up a dancing com- What do you have to say owner, Mr Satish Shet- Tok back then and it got get back to normal. Af- Mumbai, from there, I munity, we interact- to your fans or young am- ty who is the owner of a lot of attention even ter two months of lock- started attending various ed through WhatsApp ateur artists out there? Brahmalingeshwara without us knowing. To down being released he workshops and I learnt groups, we would share To dancers, I would want Condiments Juice & be frank, there was not says that the business a lot about the dancing about every event hap- much planning behind to say to stop following Chats who suffered a is now slowly taking its community. Slowly my pening, update every- all this, it just happened the trends and to focus major loss. Mr Satish pace and is getting back networks started build- one and slowly we had without our knowledge. on the foundations. All mentioned that his shop to normal but he still ing and I got to know a circle with people who that is trending is also was not allowed to re- worries that such a dev- even more about it. Even were actually passionate How was this pandem- built on a solid founda- open for a period of four astating situation should then I never thought about this. We had start- ic time for you? Was tion, so build a strong months and that his only never call upon anybody that dance would be my ed MMM in 2016 and the shift from studios foundation, always learn two employees left the especially to people who whole life, I just want- the studio was inaugurat- to mobiles and lap- from roots, be curious to job as he was not being are small time business ed it to be a part of my ed shortly within a year. tops hard for you? know more, respect our able to provide them the owners. life. I would like to say Even before the pan- forefathers and never required wage. He also I’m here by chance. demic, we were plan- stop learning. mentioned that he faced

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