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on pg 5 A unique An Act, or just an act intiative begins a NOW REPORT n 01 May this year, the Par- UNDERSTANDING THE GROUND REALTIES IN at Baghey Khola liament passed the anti-to- Obacco legislation banning SIKKIM ON WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY smoking in public places along with a host of other provisions. With the However, the state government rettes are being sold to all irrespec- to take enforcement of the anti to- coming into effect of the Cigarettes is quick to take credit for ‘spear- tive of the law prohibiting sale to bacco law very seriously indeed. and other Tobacco Products Act, heading’ the anti tobacco policy minors and very few restaurants take As far as the general public go, 2003, smoking has been reduced to implementation. The State Anti the risk of offending the customer they seem to have heard of it but an unsocial activity. Smokers are to Tobacco legislation was enacted six with strict no-smoking rules. are equally certain that they need be considered pariahs, with special years back in 1998. Under this Act, “Why should we as the public not bother following it as “nothing areas to be demarcated for them in smoking is banned in public places take seriously the government’s oc- will be done”. restaurants. You can no longer send like offices, hotels and public trans- casional exhortations on the harm- turn to pg 7 your kid to the friendly neighbour- port. Sale of tobacco products to ful effects of smoking, when they hood Pan Dukan to pick up that pack those below 18 is also banned. are not serious about it them- No / Less Donation of ten and you can definitely not The new national level Act selves,” ask students of Sikkim Admission for 2004-2005 in A.I.C.T.E., M.C.I., D.C.I. Regd Colleges Courses light up whenever and wherever the came into effect only last month, Government College. mood strikes you. but the chasm between passing a Director, Health, SC Pradhan, M.B.B.S, B.D.S, B.E, B. TECH All Management Course The new law came into effect a law and enforcing it grows more when queried how his department All Diploma Courses month back and yet there seems to with each passing day. plans to enforce the new rules, said, HOTEL MANAGEMENT be no sign of the Health Department In 1998, apart from some initial “The department has actively issued B.P.T, NURSING, PHARMA, B.C.S, M.C.A - All P/G OR U/G COURSES getting activated on that account. enthusiasm, the Anti-smoking legis- advertisements on the cable and also Assists in SRM College Apart from a mild advertisement on lation has not been enforced with any published it in the Gazette.” In the States of TN, KA, MH, PY, GJ & MP the local cable channel, the depart- degree of seriousness in the state. Gazette? We are talking about Sri Maruti Education Consultancy (Reg) ment has done little else to spread Smokers continue to smoke with im- passing the message down the line 20, Rishi Aurobinda Rd., Dehind Mahalaxmi Pan Ghar, Siliguri. Mob.: 98320 54375, 98320 awareness about this new law. punity, whenever, wherever. Ciga- that this time the government plans 95530. For Darjeeling Kalimpong & Sikkim. Bishal C.: 94341 64625 (M), 03592 232770 (R) CMYK 2; NOW!; 31 May, 2004 ED-SPACE NOW! FIRST WITH THE NEWS Why Banning Sale of Cigarettes to Minors Makes Sense The legislation banning sale of cigarettes to minors is more than QUIZZING KALIMPONG just an effort at protecting the young from the harmful effects of nicotine. What happens often in the Hills, where children are in- f you knew that the flag of like a little empty attic, and you never stop marvelling how an or- troduced to cigarettes very early in life since everyone around them, France is an optical illusion or have to stock it with such furniture dinary mortal will recall in a jiffy from their parents, to teachers to elder siblings, seems to be smok- Ithat Tiger, Sand, Whale and as you choose. A fool takes in all that ‘arenophiles’ are those who ing, is that they too take that first puff rather early in life. The whole Basking are different types of the lumber of every sort that he love collecting sand as a hobby or excitement of the act sees them repeat it and even before they sharks then you understandably are comes across, so that the knowl- that the heart of a blue whale beats are out of their teens, they are addicted. Yes, cigarettes are not a a quiz buff. edge which might be useful to him only nine times a minute as opposed habit, they are an addiction. Because the substance is still not Quiz, which the Random House gets crowded out, or at best is jum- to the humming bird’s which clocks banned, the adults can indulge in it legally, but it is wrong to make College Webster defines rather harm- bled up with a lot of other things, twelve hundred times a minute. cigarettes accessible to younger consumers because most times lessly as “ radio or television pro- so that he has a difficulty in laying It is thus no surprise that Quiz- they get snared into the habit unknowingly and get hooked for life. The new ban at least serves as a deterrent which leaves the ad- gramme in which contestants com- his hands upon zing has caught the imagination of diction to nicotine till later in life when they can make a more in- pete, often for prizes, by answer- it... Depend the hills in a big way. Pioneering formed decision. It would not be wrong to infer that if the con- ing questions” is more importantly upon it there efforts such as those made by the cerned authorities can take a person through the teen years with- an exercise in ego enhancement Marwari Yuva Manch in out access to cigarettes the odds that he/ she will go through the that makes ordinary mortals Darjeeling, which brought in a rest of his/ her life a nonsmoker. Given this obvious benefit, the cram the attics of their mind with professional Quiz master, who inconvenience of having to prove your age before purchasing ciga- vital information of the sort- a by not simplifying the fare for rettes is a small price to pay. ‘carachute’ is the term that is used the Hill student managed to What the new Act also achieves is that takes smoking as close for letters falling off your computer raise the bar every year so that to a criminal act as possible without banning the product. This in screen when a certain virus infects comes a time when for every addi- at least a few schools in the Hills itself is a strong deterrent for minors who, despite all their youthful your system -and revel in the supe- tion of knowledge you forget some- have got quiz teams that can give bluster, are scared of the law. The Act also takes the dealers of riority that stems from knowing that thing that you knew before. It is of even the best teams a run for their cigarettes as close to being defined peddlers possible in the present a major population of the Earth is the highest importance, therefore, money. times. What is good about the latest development is that it ends unaware of its existence. not to have useless facts elbowing It is due to the growing culture the debate over whether cigarettes are harmful or not. The strong Of course Sherlock Holmes afi- out useful ones.” [From The Sci- of quiz that today even class IX stu- nicotine lobby has for far too long tried to defend its trade with weak excuses of health reports suggesting that cigarettes were cionados [of whom there is no ence of Deduction, chapter 11, “A dents are aware of topics that range not as harmful as perceived or washing their hands of any liability dearth even among quiz enthusi- Study In Scarlet”]. from Che Guevera to Citizen Kane, with a statutory warning on the packs. There is a strong lobby in asts] have long been aware of the Now, in all the deference to the from the Bible to Beat Poetry. the US which is lobbying for an “R” [equivalent to our “A”] rating for disproval of the master sleuth to- master we know that he is wrong. Kalimpong too has a hectic Quiz any movie that shows actors smoking. Maybe a similar demand wards gathering knowledge just for There is in fact no limit to the range calendar. The SUMI alumni Quiz, should be floated in India too. Many filmmakers have protested the sake of it. It is thus quite inter- of information that a human mind the DGHC quizzes to name a few that a nonsmoking character would take away authenticity from esting to note what this master de- can store. It is like the ocean that are quizzing events that all look for- their movies. Since realism is not a Bollywood forte, filmmakers tective and opium addict, brought never gets filled even for all the riv- ward too. It is also heartening to note who are so serious about their movies should not mind an “A” to life by the drawings of Sidney ers and seas emptying into it. Quiz- that Quizzing for long an exclusive rating. People who are seen as role models by the young have to Paget [see how a compulsive quiz- zing therefore is done on the preserve of the more elitist ICSE be discouraged from smoking in public. Smoking on big-screen in zing freak gets this urge to flaunt premise that it is not only useful schools has today seeped down to packed cinema halls might not carry the risk of second-hand his repertoire of useless knowledge knowing all sorts of things but also the masses. Why, last year even a smoke, but it could induce copycat acts which are equally harm- at the slightest pretext] has to say quite entertaining recalling them in Teesta school hosted a rather suc- ful. Maybe that’s the next step that the Anti-Smoking Act could on the subject of gathering trivia- a television or a stage or even a cessful show quite superbly organ- take. But before that, the logistic problem of enforcing the one at “You see,” he explained, “I con- classroom setting before an appre- ised with the services of a profes- hand will have to be worked out and the Act made effective. sider that a man’s brain is originally ciative and revering audience who sional quizmaster.
-66- n our real hearts we servants very much like to be in a house Ias belonging to the family and Meeting famous travellers and writers to be able to love our masters and to do their work because we like because the English was too silly, nearly all of them were invariably rooms, at the many books and at lers whom few people have met. them. Unhappily such relations yet the writing of this book occu- kind and friendly toward me and the collection of Tibetan curios Britishers, Americans, Germans, are rather rare to find. So I wanted pied me many a day and filled my took an interest in my book. All like a small museum, the many Frenchmen, Italians and others. For to write my book to make people thoughts by day and night for two these visitors always had the same musical instruments of the lamas, example, Ronald Kaulback, who understand these things and show or three years. I told my master, things to do. First of and the images. Then they would wrote two volumes on his adven- how we small people must think “Sir, if you are willing to pub- all, they had to look speak with my master about all tures in Tibet, one called Tibetan about the sahibs and how the sa- lish this book, I shall be glad. from the windows kinds of things. As these visitors Trek and the other Salween, and his hibs must think of the small peo- Let people know the lives of to see the view of were as a rule authors themselves, friend John Hanbury-Tracy, who ple as of one kind with them- the simple people in India, it was natural that he should wrote The Black River of Tibet, selves with the same feelings. but kindly let the story re- discuss books and book writ- both came to see my master. An- Some servants may feel happy main as I have written it and ing with them, and that other famous visitor was the late Sir receiving big wages but it may not do not add to it or change it would at once lead to the Francis Younghusband, who had be so happy for their masters to to make it beautiful, for then book he was helping me to written many books on Tibet and pay them if the work is done it would be no longer my write. After discussing it my other parts of Asia. He read some badly. And some servants might story, and if it is made into a Artist, filmmaker, keen photographer, columnist with master would tell me to play chapters of my book and said that even feel quite happy to receive European tale it will no international magazines... It’s hard to pin Twan Yang my mouth organ to them and it was very interesting, and that it smaller wages, together with longer be the story of a Chi- down. Born to a Chinese father and Tibetan mother, he to show them the pictures I should certainly be published. He kindness, without being treated nese boy.” So I asked my grew up in Kalimpong and worked in Sikkim. NOW! had drawn and the parts of also told my master that he himself like slaves or like typewriters master only to edit the story serializes Twan Yang’s autobiography, Houseboy in India... the rough draft of this book. had published a similar book of one which after having been used are in such a way that the lan- A very big part of my of the Indian soldiers under his put aside and closed. guage and spelling should be cor- the river and maidan, the fort, the master’s library consisted of books command. That gave me great These were the feelings I had rected and made suitable for Eng- Victoria Memorial, the on Tibet. Many of their authors hope. This sahib was then very old about my book. Even though I lish readers. Ochterloney Monument and the came to see my master to talk with and had been the head of the Brit- thought that some readers might not Now my master had many visi- Indian Musuem, all the important him because he knew so much ish Mission that went to Lhasa in like the stories of us small people tors, who helped my education by things to be seen from these win- about Tibet himself. I have thus 1904. because they had no love for us, or teaching me many new things, and dows. Next they looked round the very often seen authors and travel- to be continued CMYK RAJDHANI 31 May, 2004; NOW! 3
MESSAGE OF THE HEALTH MINISTER, HISHEY LACHUNGPA, Gangtok quizzards take anti ON WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY, 31 MAY, 2004 smoking message further “Civil Society Should Help Sustain Anti Tobacco Campaign” SAGAR CHETTRI n this World No Tobacco Day, 31 May, I offer to all the citi- GANGTOK, 30 May: An Inter zens of the state my humble gratitude for giving me the op- School quiz competition under the Oportunity to serve the state for another term of office. banner ‘No Tobacco’ was held to- As I take charge of this important social sector, let me assure one day at Hotel Chumbi Residency, and all of my sincere effort to leave no stone unturned to make the Tibet Road, Gangtok. state a better place to live in - happy, healthy and pollution free. The quiz competition was As you know that Anti-tobacco policy implementation has been jointly organized by Voluntary spearheaded by our government since 1994 under Health Association of Sikkim, the dynamic guidance and leadership of our VHA of India, New Delhi and Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr. Pawan Chamling. World Health Organization. The The State Anti-Tobacco legislation was en- nine schools participating were di- ence and Environment while the ter for Group C. Holy Cross School acted and enforced in 1998. Under this Act, smok- vided into three groups by a lottery third round had questions on gen- was the winner with 50 points and ing is banned in public places like government which threw up Deorali SSS, eral knowledge. Bahai School and Kyi-De-Khang got offices, hotels, public transport and re- Tadong SSS and West Point SSS Each team consisted of two par- 25 and zero in this group. ligious places. Sale of Tobacco in the first group. The second group ticipants. Dr. BB Rai, Executive Di- The winners of the three groups products to minors is also pro- consisted of TNA, Penlong SS and rector, VHAS was the quiz master for will compete against each other at hibited. PNGSSS and the third group con- Group A won by West Point on a score Community Hall for the finals on In 2003 our govern- sisted of Holy Cross School, Bahai of 20. Deorali SSS went through the 31 May. ment was the first state in School and Kyi-de-Khang School. round without scoring a point. Dr. H Lepcha, President, VHAS the country to ban the The quiz consisted of four Dr. PC Rai, Senior Programme in her welcome speech spoke on the sale of Gutka and other rounds, 20 points were awarded to Officer, VHAS was the quiz mas- harmful effects of tobacco and re- tobacco products in the the team for direct answers with a ter for Group B. This was a more lated diseases caused by tobacco interest of public health. bonus of 10 points while the time keenly contested round with consumption. She further stated that The efforts of our government to discourage consumption of the limit for answering was 30 seconds. Penlong SS winning with 60 points, will power was essential if smokers tobacco products in the interest of public health must not go in vain. The first and fourth rounds con- PNGS coming second with 50 and wanted to quit the habit. Lastly she The Civil Society must all join the government in our struggle to end sisted of questions relating to the TNA third with 30 points. appealed to the people to unitedly this health hazard. Anti-Tobacco campaign. The sec- Kinchuk Doma, Under Secretary, kick out the dreaded diseases asso- The danger and ill effects of tobacco consumption especially to ond round had questions on Sci- Law Department was the quiz mas- ciated with tobacco consumption. passive smokers is too well known a fact to need elaboration. The Government of India has now enacted and enforced the ‘Ciga- rettes and tobacco products [Prohibition of advertisement and regula- MODICARE HOLDS SUCCESS SEMINAR tion of trade and commerce production supply and distribution] Act 2003 from 01 May 2004. With the enforcement of this central act, the POOJA BASNET efforts of our state government against tobacco has been further strengthened. GANGTOK, 30 May: A “success Punitive action alone will not solve the problem of addiction to seminar” of Modicare was organ- tobacco products. The support of the health conscious civil society is ized here at the Government Col- more important to sustain our anti-tobacco campaign. lege auditorium today. The chief I would therefore appeal to one and all to support the government speaker at this seminar was Mrs. in our daunting challenge by quitting smoking or consuming tobacco Surekha Bhargava, President, Dia- products from today. mond Director [Modicare]. The Say no to tobacco - Give it up and take a fresh breath of life! guest of honor was her husband Help us to help you. Arun Bhargava. Both of them have Hissey Lachungpa, come from Bangalore to promote Minister, Department of Health Care, the Modicare business in Sikkim. Human Services & Family Welfare Mrs. Bhargava shared her suc- cess story with the audience, which comprised mainly of people pro- DISCOUNTS FOR BEST FLOORING moting the Modicare business in Sikkim, and revealed that she came Wooden parquet flooring, Lucky from a small village in Rajasthan then move higher. All that is needed my life and whatever I earned in where the only property her father is dedication and will.” that 26 years I earned the same PVC floor tiles, PVC wood plank, possessed was a scooter. More success stories were nar- amount in just 6 months by work- tiles, Vista floor, SUper marblex, It was the help and support of rated. 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CMYK 4; NOW!; 31 May, 2004 NEWSSCAN Meet of Tsong leads delegation to Sonia, submits memo alleging Several injured Muslim in Sajha bus “victimisation” of Cong supporters in Sikkim blast in randum was placed before Mrs. SPCC [I] delegation a patient hear- body a NOW REPORT Kathmandu PURAN TAMANG Gandhi by the SPCC [I] leaders con- ing and assured to personally look GANGTOK, 30 May: A delega- cerning the ouster of Congress sup- into the matters raised by them. KATHMANDU, May 30: A pow- SINGTAM, 30 May: A meeting of tion of state Congress leaders man- porters from the BPL [below pov- The SPCC [I] president, Nar erful explosion has ripped through the Sikkim Muslim Association aged to attain an audience with Mrs. erty line] category as well as from Bahadur Bhandari, while speaking a Sajha bus in Kathmandu Sunday was held yesterday, 29 May, at the Sonia Gandhi, president, Indian the master rolls. A complaint was to NOW! confirmed that the meet- morning injuring several people. Bihari Bhavan, Singtam. The meet- National Congress, on 28 May. The also made concerning the “biased” ing took place and said that a The blast occurred at 6:30 this ing was attended by around 250 delegation led by Ashok Tsong and transfer of various administrative memorandum had been forwarded morning on a long distance bus members from all over the state. TT Bhutia also met the new prime officials to various departments. to Mrs. Gandhi concerning the SDF picking up passengers in front of Along with a private discussion on minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. As learnt from sources, Mrs. government’s “victimisation” of RNAC building. matters concerning the community According to reports a memo- Gandhi is said to have given the Congress supporters in the state. Initial reports say at least 21 the Association also congratulated people were injured, two of them the chief minister, Pawan Chamling seriously. They are under going and Nakul Rai, Lok Sabha mem- treatment at Bir Hospital. ber of the SDF party along with Norbula promises to give The blast completely damaged other cabinet ministers on their vic- the bus. It also appeared that ex- tory in the elections. plosive device had been left in front At the meeting it was also de- Kalimpong its due of the bus near the driver’s seat. cided to demand of the government Witnesses said three people had salary for the Urdu teachers who twenty thousand for whatever land the matter”. KARAN SHAH left the bomb and fled the area. The teach at the masjids around the state. is demanded by the Central Govt “Keeping in mind the water blast soon followed. At present the association provides KALIMPONG, 30 May: As a gen- for the project”. scarcity plaguing Kalimpong I have Police soon cordoned off the the salary to these teachers. Demand eral thanksgiving to the people of While there was confirmation also visited the Neora Project. I will area as injured were ferried off. for land at Ranipul and Mangan for the Kalimpong sub-division the on the general development in the work bearing in mind the claims Meanwhile, the Maoists have the construction of masjids have also newly elected MP candidate Dawa hills, the DRFY, not taking any that there has been much claimed the responsibility for to- been put forward to the authorities. Norbula promised the locals that he chances on behalf of the much-left misutilisation of funds for the day’s blast. Apart from this a demand for Id-ul- would look into all the existing behind masses of the hills, publicly project” added Norbula. Zoha to be declared a state holiday problems presently faced by the submitted a memorandum to the The Address, initiated by the CORRIGENDUM has also been made. people of the hills. newly elected MP regarding vari- Congress (I) Hills, and the People’s A news report headlined “Sikkim pre- The meeting also took into consid- ous matters of importance. Democratic Front (PDF) of which pares for its first TATA vehicles deal- eration the fire which razed 7 houses He also brought forward the The Memorandum concerned the Congress (I) is a member talked ership” [Now! dated 16 May, 2004] in Rhenock on the night of 21 May. much talked about problems gen- subjects like the development of about the revival of democracy in had quoted Nim Dao CEO, Guru T. erated by construction sites of the the Cinchona Plantations, reopen- the hills which according to them Ladakhi as saying that the compa- NHPC where construction of hydel ing of the Jelepla Pass, a CBI is a good sign for development. nies dealing with Tata vehicles in Sikkim at present were “not operat- projects are underway. probe into the “Neora Project” Hem Rai a senior Congress ing very legally”. All that Mr. Ladakhi “The locals have been re- and to forward the general de- member, said that the victory of the had said was that his company was quested to vacate the premises mand of a separate state. Congress (I) candidate was an in- the authorised dealer of TATA vehi- where construction of the NHPC Speaking on the matter of a direct victory of the masses and a cles in Sikkim and that the others projects are going on. Initially the separate state, Mr. Norbula stated, direct link to the Parliament where were working on provisional li- Centre had talked about relatively “Obviously if the Centre grants Norbula will represent the hills. censes. The error is regretted. good compensation rates but the Telenagna then I will without any STYLE situation is rather different at hesitation and keeping in mind In the midst of the differences WANTED IMMEDIATELY Hotel Golden Pagoda present. 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CMYK FOCUS 31 May, 2004; NOW! 5 Currency racket leads An intiative begins at Baghey Khola to flesh trade hen UK Sharma came to nexus Bhagey Khola in East WSikkim three years back, a NOW REPORT he was shocked to see the condi- tions in which the poor villagers GANGTOK, 30 May: Milind lived there. Deprived socially and Subba, who claims himself to be a economically and with no hope of resident of Sikkim, was arrested in any help coming their way, they had Siliguri on 24 May. He was caught no alternative except to continue using fake currency notes. During living in this manner. He decided investigation it was found that to stay there and do what he could Milind was also involved in other to help them. His initiative to help cases relating to the abduction of the villagers become self-sufficient girls and forcing them into prosti- is today taking its first steps to- tution apart from cases concerning wards success and is already one fake currencies. It has also been worth emulating. learnt that he is not associated with The Bhagey Khola Sikkim in any way. Sadhbhavana Sangh was established This offender was using the on 06 September 2003. The NGO good name of Sikkim to lure un- approached the State Bank of India suspecting girls into his trap por- for initial capital. The bank was im- traying the good reputation of pressed enough with the proposed Sikkim and its peace loving peo- scheme to sanction the loan. ple as credentials to his sincerity. [above] The first batch of piglets arrive at Baghey Khola. [Below] UK Pradhan [extreme left] inspects Although the NGO in its initial First he would lure the innocent a cow before purchase along with Baghey Khola Sadhavana Sangh members plan had proposed to provide 10 girls with job promises into hotels milching cows and 40 high-bred pig- lets, 1 male piglet was also ar- for interviews and would later, on lets to its members, in the absence of ranged. The beneficiaries are not al- the pretext of getting them jobs, sell suitable candidates, they distributed lowed to sell the piglets. All the them to brothels outside the state. 4 milching cows and 7 piglets. ones with the Sow will give the His false claims of being a resi- The NGOs policy of providing person caring for the male one pig- dent of Rinchenpong in west milching cows and piglets is highly let and the NGO will get two pig- Sikkim were laid bare by the efficient and has been appreciated by lets each. The subsequent litters can Siliguri police, which conducted an all. The modus-operandi was quite be sold in the market to supplement investigation into his claims. The simple. The members who wanted the income of the beneficiaries. Zilla Panchayat, Rinchenpong, and could rear cows were first Bhagey Khola Sadhbhavana Vishnu Chamling, has also denied checked of their ability to do so by Sangh this year distributed 7 pig- the existence of any person by that the executive members of the NGO. lets to its members on 18 April and name in the area. He however did Those members who wanted to pur- in the month of May the NGO gave say that a person by that name had chase the cows on loan were then away 4 milching cows. come to that area earlier last year asked to find the right breed, negoti- All these distributed livestock to visit his sister and brother in law. ate the price and inform the NGO. were later checked, treated and in- There was a case some time Members of the NGO then clinched sured by the Deputy Director, Ani- back regarding two Nepali Girls the deal as well as provided insur- mal Husbandry & Veterinary Serv- from West Bengal who went miss- ance cover. The total cost of purchas- ices Department, Dr. Sharman Rai. plans to open a computer training aspect of this venture is that al- ing. Had this man not been caught ing the cow and the insurance was to The NGO and its workers have center, a students community study though it has been the result of the in the case of the fake currency be paid in instalments every month. brought to this village many such center for the children of the vil- dedication and hard work of one notes, these two innocent girls Similarly, the members who schemes that are proving beneficial lage and also programmes focusing man, he on his part has never as- would never have been able to get wanted to raise pigs had to first find to the every day lives of these poor on culture and religion. pired for more than to work as a back home. high-bred piglets and inform the villagers. Apart from the distribu- The NGO will also in the fu- simple member of his organization These girls had gone for an in- NGO. The NGO then purchased the tion of the livestock on loan, Mr. ture open cooperatives and business and for this the people of Bhagey terview for a job advertised by piglets and distributed them. With Sharma and his NGO have many franchises for the development of Khola will always be grateful. Milind without informing their the distribution of six female pig- plans for the future. These include the village community. The unique - a NOW FEATURE family members, so it was very dif- ficult to trace them. But a thorough search of the girls’ residence by the parents revealed a clue in a phone Bharat Sanchar number of Milind in one of the Nigam Ltd. WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY girls’ diaries. When the parents called the Cell 5th JUNE, 2004 number, Milind stated that he was ne a resident of Development Area, Connecting India Department of Education & Gangtok Water Supply and Sanitation Project Gangtok. But when the family TALK MORE, PAY LESS Jointly Present reached the given address Milind Free Call Charges in Plan 399 Inter School Spot Painting Competition on was nowhere to be found. These girls were sold to a Lowest SMS rate @ 40 paise ‘CLEAN & BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT’ brothel in Pune. One of the girls’ CDMA Mobile at lowest rate We request all the students of Gangtok to participate and be the Ambassadors of clean environment father, who is a retired army officer Lowest Rate in Leased Line, Last Date for entries: 2nd June, 2004, Tenzing&Tenzing Building with the help of the army and some ISDN, STD/ ISD reliable information, raided the Display and prize distribution: 5th June, 2004, TNSSS Free unlimited talk to any 3 brothel and rescued the girls. LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE - KEEP GANGTOK CLEAN Sadar Thana OC PM Rai has numbers by paying just Rs. 75 denied having ever come across Bulk SMS, Bulk Mail for further details contact: Mamtha Thapa, Joint Director, Department of Education, East Sikkim anyone by the name of Milind Video Conferencing, Web-Hosting ph: 22265 Ex: 302 Subba and has further said that no FIR against the said person has ever write NOW! Democracy does not only allow a person the liberty of holding an plaints and grievances. Wherever possible, NOW! shall also search out a re- been filed at the Sadar Thana. He opinion, but also expressing it publicly. If you feel strongly about something that sponse to the Action Mail. If not, then at least a complaint would have been filed has also confirmed that the claim has been reported in NOW! or have an opinion on some recent development, in the public domain. of the person to be a resident of then share it with a wider audience. While the LETTERS section will carry re- write to: NOW!, Gairi Gaon, Tadong, East Sikkim. sponses to articles and news carried in NOW!, ACTION MAIL is about com- Or email: [email protected] Development Area is false. CMYK 6; NOW!; 31 May, 2004 ELSEWHERE Two Indians among 17 “Sino-India model not applicable to Indo-Pak ties” ISLAMABAD, 30 May: In a re- about empty spaces. It is about the While Sino-India model may be peaceful neighbourhood,” Khan killed in joinder to External Affairs Minis- aspirations and political future of good in its own right, it bore no said. “The question is not of putting ter Natwar Singh’s reported sugges- the 13 million Kashmiris living in comparisons to Indo-Pak differ- the Kashmir issue on the Saudi attack tion that Sino-India model should a territory that is roughly 85,000 ences over Kashmir, he said while backburner or the front-burner, the DUBAI, 30 May: Two Indians were be followed to improve ties with square miles,” Foreign Office reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment object lesson is that it cannot be among the 17 people killed in an al- Pakistan, Islamabad has said such spokesman Masood Khan was to continue the dialogue process. swept under the carpet.” Qaeda terrorist attack on a luxury an advice had ‘logical fallacies’ and quoted as saying by the official APP “The (Kashmir) issue cannot be “The challenge is to inject vision housing complex in the oil city of asserted that all bilateral differences news agency. sidelined. All India-Pakistan differ- and statesmanship into the dialogue Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia even as are central to Kashmir issue, which He said the ‘advisability’ of ences centre on Kashmir. A quest process, invest it with strong politi- helicopter-borne troops stormed the cannot be ‘sidelined’. modelling Indo-Pak engagement for the solution of this problem is cal will, and pursue it on the basis building on Sunday morning to res- “The Jammu and Kashmir dis- along the lines of Sino-India talks the key to a genuine detente, a sus- of reciprocity in order to break dead- cue nearly 50 people held hostage. pute is not a border issue; it is not had ‘logical fallacies’. tainable rapprochement, and a lock and find lasting solutions.” While the Indian Embassy in Riyadh identified one of the Indi- NASA Discovers ans killed as Lawrence Gregory CMP INSULT TO PEOPLE’S MANDATE: CPI-ML Monice from Mangalore, Youngest Planet in PATNA, 30 May: The CPI-ML Dipankar Bhattacharya told a press Manmohan Singh government Karnataka, it said the identity of an- (Liberation) today alleged that the conference. completing its full five year term, the Universe other, who the Jeddah-based daily Common Minimum Programme Bhattacharya, however, said he Bhattacharya said the UPA now ASA announced its discovery Malayalam News reported was one (CMP) of the United Progressive did not intend in anyway, to influ- stood exposed with induction of the of the youngest planet ever Pramod, a plumber from Kerala N Alliance (UPA) was an “eyewash ence the Left parties supporting the tainted leaders in the Union cabi- found. The baby planet is about a working at the Oasis Housing Com- and an insult to the peoples man- government from outside. net. million years old, but in cosmic terms pound, was yet to be confirmed. date” and asked the Left parties not On the Congress President He criticised the government it is considered to be a mere infant. The embassy could not say if to blindly support the agenda of the Sonia Gandhi’s refusal to accept the for its alleged anti-people economic The discovery was made with there were any Indians among the UPA Prime ministership, he said by do- policy. NASA’a infrared Spitzer space tel- hostages held by the terrorists. “The CMP is treachery of peo- ing this it has become clear that He, however, hailed the deci- escope, which is able to discern en- “We have sent a three-member ple’s mandate and the Left parties Sonia did it under a well thought sion to scrap the POTA and de- tities in space through the cosmic team to Al Khobar,” an embassy should not blindly support it,” the of plan for the sake of her party. manded withdrawal of all the cases dust clouds that would normally official revealed from Riyadh, add- party National general secretary Expressing doubt over the instituted under POTA and TADA. obscure the view of other telescopes. ing, “They are going from hospital The observatory found a clear- to hospital to find out if there are ing in the disc around the star CoKu more Indians dead or injured”. Tau 4. This might indicate an or- Lawrence, who was General INTRODUCE Rs. 10 COINS: RBI PANEL biting planet swept away the disc Manager with Al Sakhar Insurance NEW DELHI, 29 May: The Re- that concerns the common public tilated notes, as also current coins material, like a vacuum leaving a Company in Al Khobar, was shot serve Bank of India-constituted such as note refund rules and citi- and those which are not in use. cleared trail on a dirty carpet. in the head by the terrorists as he committee on procedures and per- zens’ charter and making them eas- drove to his office, reports said, formance audit on public services ily available at bank counters/halls, adding his body is being kept in one [CPPAPS] has recommended early the committee said. of the hospitals in Al Khobar. Kutse Shegu introduction of coins of Rs 10 de- The CPPAPS has recom- “We are in touch with the Saudi The 49th Day Kutse Shegu of our beloved mother nomination. mended that currency chest agree- Foreign Ministry and the Interior late Ana Kunlem Bhutia who left for her heavenly abode RBI should also immediately ments should be revised so as to in- Ministry to ascertain if any other on 24th April 2004 falls on 10th June 2004. All friends, put an end to parallel supply of clude in them a provision for a Indians were either killed or held monetary penalty for non-compli- relatives and well wishers are cordially requested to join bank notes and coins of same de- hostage in the twin attacks that took ance of the extant directions and us in offering prayers for the departed soul at our resi- nomination [like that of Rs 5] cur- place yesterday afternoon when guidelines, RBI said in a release. dence at Lower Chandmari (Gairi Gaon). rently in circulation and eliminate four heavily armed terrorists The Tarapore committee ob- We, the family members also take this opportunity shortages in incipient stages so that stormed the complex housing served that RBI should take appro- to thank all those who stood by us during our time of they do not snowball, CPPAPS, mostly foreigners,” the official said. priate action to remove ‘inconven- bereavement and regret our our inability to do so indi- headed by former RBI Deputy Gov- Terrorists killed at least 17 peo- iences’ experienced by public in us- vidually. ernor S Tarapore said. ple and wounded eight on Saturday ing banks for obtaining their re- Sons, daughter-in-laws, daughters, son-in- The committee said considering in the attacks before taking 50 for- quirement of notes and coins in- laws, grandchildren and great grandchildren. 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Freedom is Not Free tiative in bringing glory to India. On the Shelves The murderer, Danny An Act, or Shiv Khera The book is a result of the au- The Last Juror Padgitt, was tried before a Price: Rs 295 thor’s anguish and a refusal to tol- John Grisham packed courthouse in Clanton, just an his book is written as a wake erate injustice, corruption and op- Price: 240 Mississippi. The trial came to Tup call for those Indians pression any further. He calls n 1970, one of Mississippi’s a startling and dramatic end act whose conscience upon the common Imore colorful weekly newspa- when the defendant threat- has gone to sleep, man to stand up and pers, The Ford County Times, ened revenge against the ju- Contd from pg 1 but is not yet dead. fight for principles, went bankrupt. To the surprise rors if they convicted him. Nev- “By banning it the government It is a call to action so that all Indians and dismay of many, ownership ertheless, they found him has certainly taken a wise decision for those who still can be led to dignity was assumed by a 23 year-old guilty, and he was sentenced but they are not doing anything to care about the and prosperity. college dropout, named Willie to life in prison. let people know the consequences country. Subtitled ‘Every Traynor. The future of the paper of not following rules,” says It involves the generation needs to looked grim until a young But in Mississippi in 1970, Prakash Subba, a taxi driver. participation of or- earn its own free- mother was brutally raped and “life” didn’t necessarily mean Letting people know should dinary citizens so dom’, it is a call to the murdered by a member of the “life,” and nine years later definitely be the mantra for the de- that they can take present generation to notorious Padgitt family. Willie Danny Padgitt managed to get partment. That they are doing pre- up cudgels for the nation - a chal- be more proactive and take their Traynor reported all the grue- himself paroled. He returned cious little about this is verified by lenge that will put us on the path destiny into their own hands, thus some details, and his newspa- to Ford County, and the retri- the comments of many hoteliers to prosperity. The author encour- changing and improving the destiny per began to prosper. bution began. and restaurant owners. ages every Indian to take the ini- of the nation too. Bishnu Sharma, Manager, Ho- Titles available at Alphabets, Paljor Stadium Road, Gangtok tel Quality, Sanjay Chatua of Ho- tel Bayul and Sanjay Pradhan of Babu Moshai Restaurant are three 3 poems by Pramod Hingmang of the many people NOW! spoke to who say that they have not re- Let the fairies fly far and free cloud Driving me insane ceived any intimation from the de- addicted Choking my interior Madness constant a visitor to my partment for demarcating smoking A breathless moment came The wings of desire flap Bringing doubts to the mind door zones or not allowing it altogether. Spanning gardens of the universe A myriad of tormented expression Pounding on the gates of weak- “We cannot ask our customers The wind blew past A moment that can never be lost, The breath of its perseverance, the Out with no regression ened resistance not to smoke since it will be bad water Leaving the soul tattered and I can hold back no more for our business, but if the depart- never be found ment makes it a law then we will The moment for eternity to be The scent of it’s bosom the flowers ragged To let out torrid winds of my have no choice but to follow it,” treasured The wisdom of ages. Maximum outrage ensued towards internal struggle they all state. A mere brush the brain To gain love in this insanity Many of the Pan shop owners Had me addicted Flap aloud wings of desire Something that went down the Dark figures taunt me too claim to be in the dark about Icy cold lips, exhausted Make me love, worship and pray drain Narcissist I could very well be not selling cigarettes to children Believe me in the light of day There forced rhyme coming out in Neglectful could be younger than 18 years. The fire within “How can I ask them for an age Brought in turmoil In the wonder of the night embarrassing form But this void love is making certificate,” says one while many Blizzard sent through my system And then soulfully sort them out. When the heart is in distress doesn’t seem normal others say that till they are formally I just stood there The brain in a puddle of its Feels like I could kill myself after told by officers not to sell, they will Like my blood froze boundness the initial engrave continue to do so. Cryptic Timeless punishment in an Of the encoded information the Fearful of failure and lost in my “The Health department is not body receives own creation the sole agency responsible to look instant Expression I was addicted To certain love’s signals Ends my meaningless expression. into whether the notification was A fear of the anomaly to be being followed or not, for that vari- To the chill Phobia descends from a thick ous departments like the UD&HD To the pleasure in the chilled pain and the Police department also need To yearning desire to play an active role,” states the ADMISSION GUIDANCE (2004-5) Director Health. To the danger that I’d go insane “Restaurant and other estab- I was addicted to your lips, We provide admission in reputed colleges of Bangalore: lishment owners must also be re- instantaneous In M.S.c in Bio-Tech, Microbiology, Genetics, Bio-Chemistry, IT Computer Science, Fashion & sponsible for implementation of To your kiss Apparel Design, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Forestry, Diarye Technology, these rules in their establish- Forever addicted Horticulture, M..B.A, M.T.A, M-Ed, B.E (in all traders) M.B.B.S, B.B.M, B.com (with computer), ments,” he added. To your kiss. B.C.A, B.A (in all combination), B. Tech and B.ed, B.A.L.L.B, L.L.M, Polytechinc (all traders), Be that as it may, the fact re- P.U.C & Diploma in Catering, Touring etc.etc. mains that the onus of seeing that the Anti-Tobacco Act is enforced The Wings of We also provide Direct Admission for M.B.B.S in Nanjing Medical strictly lies with the State Health University, People’s Republic of China, Department. The Union Health (Recognized by N.M.C, C.M.C & WHO) Ministry, on its part has told state Desire governments to take steps to en- The wings of desire open Affordable tuition and hostel fee (no donation) force the law and regular meetings To a world of pertinent obscenity For further information and counseling contact: will be held between officials of As the mind and body unite PEMA Sir (C.E.O) the health ministry and state agen- cies authorised to monitor imple- Dreams wallow and burn G.N. EDUCATION CONSULTANTS mentation. The Union Govern- Ignited inspirations make fairies GENERATION NEXT ACADEMY ment has emphasized that it might Spread now these wings of desire Ravangla, South Sikkim consider putting in place central E-Mail: [email protected]. Phone no: 287027. machinery if the states failed to IF THE LAND-LINES enforce the law. Most of the prestigious college of Bangalore have authorized us to give spot According to the department LET YOU DOWN, admission to their colleges in Sikkim for all courses. here, a committee consisting of CAN members from various departments NOW! Most of the students we have admitted study in the following colleges: East West would be formed by the Chief Sec- ALSO BE REACHED AT Group of Institutes, Lowry Memorial College, Good Will Christian College, MS retary “somewhere in the near fu- ture” and only after this will any 98320 80753 Ramiah College of Law, Management and advanced studies, science and engineering, concrete plan emerge. 98320 34122 Anupama College, Gautam Educational Institute, Garden City College, RJS College, It has been six years since the 98320 42096 State Anti Tobacco Law was passed Shridi Sai Engineering College, SRN Adarsh College, Presidency College, AMC and not implemented. How long or emailed at College, Al-Amin Management and Engineering College and many more. will we have to wait this time? [email protected] CMYK 8; NOW!; 31 May, 2004 THEFINALONE today in I’M NOT A SHORT INDIAN PEASANT: MISS BOLIVIA! BECKHAM SIGNS BOLIVIA: Bolivia’s entrant in poor people and very short people of Indian Peoples, a major peasant GILLETTE DEAL History next week’s Miss Universe contest and Indian people,” local media group, called for her resignation. faced calls to quit on Friday after quoted her as saying in English in Oviedo told local television she 31st May she described herself as being a Ecuador, where the Miss Universe felt “very bad” about the interview 1678: Tax protester Lady Godiva tall, white woman and not a short pageant will be held on Tuesday. and had not meant to offend anyone. rides naked through Coventry Indian peasant. “I’m from the other side of the Bolivia was engulfed by a vio- 1790: US copyright law The remarks by Gabriela country ... and we are tall and we lent Indian rebellion last year in enacted Oviedo, 21, caused furore in Bo- are white people and we know Eng- which dozens of people died in pro- 1879: 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition livia, one of the Western hemi- lish,” she added. tests that ousted President Gonzalo 1879: Madison Square sphere’s poorest countries. Bolivia’s Vice-Minister of Cul- Sanchez de Lozada. Indian groups Garden opens “Unfortunately, people that ture Maria Isabel Alvarez Plata con- referred to him as “the gringo” be- 1900: US troops arrive in don’t know Bolivia very much think demned Oviedo’s remarks as “rac- cause of his pale complexion and Peking, help put down Boxer that we are all just Indian people ... ist” and the Eastern Confederation U.S.-accented Spanish. Rebellion 1902: Boer War Ends; Treaty BRITISH BOY RECEIVES of Vereeniging signed, Britain POPE TO BEATIFY MEL GIBSON’S annexes Transvaal SENTENCE IN BIZARRE 1910: Elizabeth Blackwell first ‘PASSION’ MUSE INTERNET SUICIDE TRY avid Beckham, one of the woman physician, dies at 89 world’s most popular soc PARIS: The 19th century German some critics denounce as medieval teenage boy was sentenced in 1917: First jazz record released cer stars, has signed a (Dark Town Strutters Ball) nun whose blood-soaked visions of and anti-Semitic. a British court on Friday for D A three-year marketing deal to be the 1930: Clint Eastwood born in Jesus’s death inspired Mel Gibson’s “Beatification will almost cer- assuming false personas in an new face of Gillette. San Francisco film “The Passion of The Christ” tainly be interpreted as approval of Internet chat room in order to in- Beckham will promote 1950: Born, actor Tom will soon be put on the path to saint- them,” Father John O’Malley, a duce an online friend to try to kill Gillette’s blades and razors world- Berenger actor hood, Catholic Church officials church historian, wrote disapprovingly him. The boy who was convicted, 1962: Adolf Eichmann war wide. Terms of the deal were not have said. in the U.S. Jesuit weekly America. 14 at the time of the events in ques- criminal, hanged at Ramie immediately released. Anne Catherine Emmerich, a Bishop Reinhard Lettmann an- tion, fooled his friend, then 15, with Prison in Israel at 56 The star midfielder for Real sickly mystic who lived from 1774 nounced the beatification date last an “elaborate matrix” of fictional 1935: Earthquake kills 50,000 Madrid and the captain of England’s to 1824, has already reached near week in his Muenster diocese in identities, including that of a spy, in Quetta Pakistan national football team will be fea- 1961: Union of South Africa cult status among traditionalist western Germany where Emmerich in the chat room, the court was told. tured in the “Feeling of Gillette” becomes a republic, leaves the Roman Catholics for her book that lived. Beatification is the last step Acting on the “spy’s” orders, the advertising campaign, which kicks Commonwealth gave Gibson the grisly details the before sainthood in the Roman older boy tried to kill the younger one, off in Europe next month, the com- 1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono Gospels did not provide. Catholic Church. stabbing him in the chest and stom- record “Give Peace a Chance” pany said in a statement. The Vatican says Pope John Paul Lettmann stressed how the nun ach in June of last year, leaving 1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Beckham, who reportedly II will beatify Emmerich for her vir- had strengthened others in their faith wounds that required hospitalization. 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