Discovery of India Building Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400 018. Phone : 2496 4676 Fax : 2497 3827 E-Mail: [email protected] NewsletterNewsletter Website: www.nehru-centre.org Vol. 15 Issue 4 APRIL 2014 Price Rs. 10/- Per Copy Annual Subscription Rs. 100 Events At a Glance... “Internal Security” To commemorate late Shri Y.B. organized criminal syndicates SPECIAL ASTRONOMY LECTURE Chavan's enormous contributions provide logistical support to to National Security, Nehru Centre terrorists and insurgents by A Special Astronomy Lecture on "The European Extremely Large had organized seminars during his supplying weapons, explosives and Telescope" by Prof.Niranjan Thatte, birth centenary year. ammunitions. The insurgents and Professor of Astrophysics, terrorist groups, on their part Department of Physics, University of Dr. Pushpita Das, Associated provide training to the criminal Oxford, United Kingdom. Fellow, Institute for Defence syndicate in the use of guns and Studies and Analyses presented her explosives as well as sale passage Sunday,? 6th April ?2014 at 3 p.m. paper on 'Managing borders and through the territory held by them Hall of Culture coasts for a secure India'. Following in return for a share of the profit Discovery of India Building, are some excerpts from her from the drug trade. Many cases Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, presentation. have been recorded where money Mumbai 400018. generated through the drugs trade Some excerpts of her talks were has been used to fund various incorporated in the Newsletter for insurgent and terrorist movements Cultural Wing March 2014. Following are some in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Inter Art more excerpts: the Northeast. (Dedicated to Vikram Sarabhai) Devised by Darpana Academy Trans-border crimes Dealing with the threats and of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad challenges 16th to 18th April 2014, 6.30 pm Porous and poorly guarded borders Nehru Centre Auditorium as well as economically depressed Given these threats and challenges, border areas create conducive India has taken many steps over the atmosphere for criminal activities to decades to secure the country's Library flourish. Drugs and narcotics b o r d e r s . T h e s e i n c l u d e : Workshop on cartooning t r a f f i c k i n g , g u n r u n n i n g , deployment of security forces and For Students of Stds. V to VII smuggling of essential items, cattle, equipment for guarding and human beings and fake Indian surveillance, facilitating legitimate Monday, 21st April 2014 currency notes, petty crimes like crossing, development of the ‘Who Are We’ Hall theft and kidnapping etc. are quite border areas and cooperation with First Floor, Discovery of India Bldg. rampant along all the borders of neighbours. Timing : 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. India. Facilitating legitimate crossings To register, contact Arati Desai, Quite obviously, the nexus between Librarian on 24983921 or email her organized criminal networks and One of the major functions of a at [email protected] terrorists has created a force border is to allow legitimate trade powerful enough to cause and travel while at the same time instability in the country. The contd. on page 2 Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 1 1 preventing illegal crossing. the borders. Towards this end, strategic roads are being constructed along Crossing by people and goods takes different borders: 804 km along the India-China border, 1377 km along the place through designate land India-Nepal border and 3 13 km along the India-Bhutan border. customs stations and immigration check posts situated along the In addition, various road and rail links which got severed during partition borders. With its high rate of or during the subsequent wars with Pakistan have also being restored. growth, the Indian economy has These include the Munabao-Khokhrapar rail line, the Dhaka-Agartala rail been attracting a huge amount of link, the Muzzafarabad-Srinagar road link, and the Moreh Kalemyo road trade and investment as well as the link. A number of new trans-border roads and railways projects such as the increased movement of people and Trilateral and the Asian Highways have also been initiated to improve cargo across the borders in recent cross-border connectivity. years. Bearing these in mind, attention is being given to facilitate Cooperation with Neighbours the smooth flow of legitimate goods and people while at the same time To effectively guard and manage the borders, it is important to solicit the keeping a record of such crossings. cooperation of neighbours. In this regard, India has been interacting with In this regard, three land customs neighbouring countries at various levels through institutionalized stations are in various stages of interactions. These interactions are held between ministers, government being upgraded as integrated check officials, border guarding forces and surveyors general of India and posts. These integrated check posts neighbouring countries regularly. For example, home secretaries meet house, under a single roof, annually to discuss bilateral border security and management issues. representatives from all the Similarly, the Directors General of the Border Security Force and the regulatory and security agencies Pakistan Rangers as well as the Coast Guard of India regularly interact with such as the customs, immigration, the Pakistan Rangers and the Maritime Security Agency respectively, to narcotics, phytosanitary and state discuss and resolve various issues relating to border management and police, making the clearance of coastal security. passengers and cargo easier and hassle free. In addition, to discuss various border disputes and to provide a framework for the solution of these problems India and its neighbours have constituted Developing the border areas Joint Boundary Working Groups. For instance, India has constituted two Joint Boundary Working Groups with Bangladesh, one to look after the To address the developmental demarcation issue and another to look into the issue of enclaves and adverse needs of the border population, to possessions. Similarly, India constituted the Joint Technical Level Boundary wean them away from indulging in Committee (JTLBC) with Nepal in 1981, and it has been successful in illegal activities as well as to instill a delineating 98 per cent of the India-Nepal border. These bilateral sense of security in them, various interactions have been quite effective in sensitizing India's neighbours border development programmes about threats and challenges that India faces from across the border and have been undertaken by the eliciting support to address them. government. The most important of these has been the Border Areas Development Programme, which to be continued ... covers 358 blocks in 96 border districts of 17 states. In addition, What Nehru said... border trade is also being encouraged as an alternative means The Official Language of livelihood for the border people. Hindi has been suggested in our Constitution as the link language for The idea is to allow the border Central and official purposes. As I have said earlier, I want English to people to trade their surplus continue here for many purposes, and it may even be a link language, for produce in exchange for essential example, between individual thinkers, literary men and authors. But the commodities. normal link language for India cannot be English. The normal link language has to be an Indian language, and of all the Indian languages, only Hindi is Besides, in an effort to make the feasible. That is the only claim that I make for it. bolder areas more accessible, road and rail networks are being April 24, 1963 constructed along as well as across Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 2 SKY SHOWS : ‘Violent Universe’ Timings 12 noon (Hindi) 1:30 pm (Marathi) 3:00 pm (English) 4:30 pm (Hindi) NEHRU PLANETARIUM MONDAY CLOSED 37TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE NEHRU PLANETARIUM To mark the 37th Anniversary of the Nehru Planetarium, following contests were organized. Given below were the results of various competitions held during 25 February 2014 to 1 March 2014. The concluding function of the 37th Anniversary Celebrations of Nehru Planetarium was held on Sunday, 2 March 2014 at 5 pm. at Hall of Quest, Basement Nehru Planetarium. Padmashree Dr. Ramakrishna v. Hosur, Director, UoM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Science (CEBS), University of Mumbai Campus, Kalina, Mumbai, was the Chief Guest. He addressed the winners and gave away the prizes. Mr. Satish Sahney, Chief Executive, Nehru Centre; Mr. S. K. Kulkarni, Director (Finance and Administration), Nehru Centre and Mr. Arvind Paranjpye, Director Nehru Planetarium were also present. Astro-Painting Astro-Essay Astro-Poetry Science Quiz Astro-Quiz Winner (25 February) (26 February) (27 February) (28 February) (1 March) First Shivani S. Tushar Nayak Uma K. Punyaprasun J. Vinayak V. Doiphode Deodhar Shagara Borkar Balmohan Udayachal High Convent Girl’s St. Xavier’s Sangha’s Vidyamandir, School, High School, Boy’s Academy, Suvidyalaya Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Second Jayesh S. Ketaki Sawant Amit A. Darshit H. Chinmay Purandare Phadale Gawade Trevadia Udayachal High Convent Girl’s M. H. Chogale St. Joseph’s Balmohan School, High School, Vidyalaya High School Vidyamandir, Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Third Rasalika Krutika Rajesh Mansi H. Shooumik Shail Dave Seksaria Gite Oliparman Gulgule Jasudben M. L. M. H. Chogale M. H. Chogale Balmohan Jamnabai Narsee School, Vidyalaya, Vidyalaya, Vidyamandir School Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai MumMumbai Mumbai Shivani S. Doiphode Uma K. Deodhar Tushar Nayak Punyaprasun J. Shagara Vinayak V. Borkar Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 3 JUPITER In the month of April 2014, Jupiter, the gas giant and the largest planet of our solar system can be seen right overhead as soon as it gets dark. In Roman mythology Jupiter is the king of gods and god of sky and thunder. It is called Bruhaspati or Guru in India and known as Deva-guru or Guru of gods.