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The aesthetically decoratedGandhi Maidan witnessed thestate’s mega celebrations of the

century between March 22 and March24, 2012.

Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumarinaugurated Bihar centenary celebra-tions at the historic Gandhi Maidan onMarch 22. All government buildingsand colleges turned blue as the entirestate joined the festivities. The build-ings around Gandhi Maidan were illu-minated with blue light, leaving a mes-merising effect on the visitors andpassers-by.

Mr Kumar spoke of Bihari pride ashe addressed a large gathering of peo-ple on the inaugural day of the func-tion. Harping on the state’s growth tra-jectory, Mr Kumar said Bihar hadcarved a niche for itself in the countryas it succeeded in registering 11% eco-nomic growth through serious reformsat grassroots level. He used the occa-sion to seek special category statusfrom Centre.

The Chief Minister released booksand documentaries based on Biharand also honoured the lyricists of thenewly composed Bihar anthem, SatyaNarayan, and Bihar prayer song, M RChishti, along with 21 artists of thestate from the fields of art and culture.He also symbolically released around

300 metal birds perched on a globe, tomark freedom and progress of thestate.

A number of Bollywood stars,including Shatrughan Sinha, ShekharSuman, Prakash Jha, Neetu Chandra,Manoj Bajpai and Hema Malini partic-ipated in the celebrations.

In a bid to depict communal har-mony and brotherhood in the state,miniature models of all religionssuch as Hinduism, Islam,Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and

Buddhism were installed at the mainentrance gate of Gandhi Maidan.

Various lip-smacking delicaciesincluding Bihari sweets, ‘tharu’ tribalfood, main course food items – bothvegetarian and non-vegetarian, dryfood items made of soybean, ‘suran’,honey, fruits, herbal food and vari-ous drinks tickled the taste buds offoodies who came to participate inBihar Diwas celebrations.

A 25-minute laser show on the her-itage of Bihar, presented by Bangalore-based firm, Pracheen Bharat TourismTechnology, kept the audience spell-bound. The show covered the time ofBuddha, Mahavir, Mahabharat,Chandragupt, Ashok, Shershah Suri,Sufism, Guru Gobind Singh – andfinally ended with a positive note ofResurgent Bihar.

A couple of days before the festivi-ties began at Gandhi Maidan, theChief Minister felicitated the idols ofBihar at a function organised in NewDelhi. There, Mr Kumar talked aboutBihari ‘asmita’ and urged the people ofthe state to reassert themselves as asocially relevant, politically significantand culturally vibrant group.Incidentally, this was Mr Kumar’s firstpublic appearance in New Delhi afterhe took over the reins of Bihar sevenyears ago.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

A 9.1-magnitudeearthquake andsubsequent tsunamihit the east of Japan,killing 15,840 people,on March 11. P8

India andBangladeshsigned a pact toend their 40-yearborder demarcationdispute on Sept. 5.

Sitabdiara, whererevolutionary leaderLoknayakJayaprakashNarayan was bornin 1902, had a sec-ond date with histo-ry on October 11,2011, when veteranBJP leader LKAdvani began his ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’against corruption from the village.

Muammar Gaddafi,who ruled Libyafrom 1969 tillAugust 2011, waskilled on October 28by the forces loyalto the country’s newgovernment. P8

27-year-old SushilKumar, a resident ofMotihari in Bihar,went from oblivion tofame when he hit thejackpot of Rs 5 crorein ‘Kaun BanegaCrorepati’. P5

The much awaitedRight to Service Act,2011 came into forcein Bihar on August15. The Act is aimedat providing servicesto the people in stip-ulated time. P6

Quake rocks Japan

(April 2, 2011)Indiawins ICC World Cupfinal defeating SriLanka by six wicketsin Mumbai and alsobecomes the firstnation to win CricketWorld Cup final onhome soil. P9

World Cup victory

(April 29) PrinceWilliam, Duke ofCambridge andCathrine Middletongot married atWestminster Abbeyin London. P8

Royal wedding

U.S. President BarackObama announceson May 2, 2011 thatOsama Bin Laden,founder of al-Qaeda,has been killedduring an Americanmilitary operation inPakistan. P8

Laden killed

The 34-year-oldregime of Left Frontfinally crumbled to afeisty MamataBanerjee, makingher the first womanChief Minister ofWest Bengal. Shetook oath on May 28,2011. P7

Left rout in Bengal

Indo-Bangla pact

Sitabdiara in news

Gaddafi killed

Sushil heroics

RTS a reality

Manaswi/Akrity Abhilasha

Headway Newsroom

As Mr Nitish Kumar-led NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA) gov-

ernment has completed one year in itssecond term, its functioning will not becompared with Lalu-Rabri regime, butwith that of Nitish’s own first tenure.

In his second term, Mr Kumar hasfocused mainly on two areas – corrup-tion and power crisis. He promised atransparent government and to fulfillthis, he abolished the Member ofParliament Local Area DevelopmentFund (MPLAD) meant for legislatorsand made it mandatory for all ministers,including him, to put up details of assetson the government website. The govern-ment took a unique step by setting up aprimary school in the palatial house ofIAS officer Mr S S Verma.

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Focus ongraft, power GOVERNMENT CLAIMS

Marked improvement in internalsecurity situation in the state65,819 convictions betweenJan’06 and Sept’11; law hasmade its presence feltWomen don’t have security concern venturing out at nightSporadic incidents may haveoccurred, but overall security ismuch better

GOVERNMENT CLAIMS247 flood protection schemeswere completed across the stateCanals in the command areas ofGandak, Kosi, Kamla andBagmati were renovated forcapacity enhancementOut of 46 flood managementschemes, 29 schemes havebeen completed while 13 morewill be done by March’12

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSEmphasis on improvement inservices, immunisation and low-ering Infant Mortality Rate(IMR), Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR), Fertility Rate and thepolio casesNo polio cases have beendetected in the stateIMR down to 52% births in 2009from 61% in 2005

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSThe state government hasadopted Bihar SpecialSurvey and Settlement Bill,2011, which aims at landreformsBihar Land Mutation Bill,2011 empowers DeputyCollectors to take actionagainst unscrupulous elements

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSUsing SRI method of culti-vation, farmers have yield-ed 242 quintal per acre1 lakh quintal greenmanure seeds have beendistributed among farm-ers for cult ivation on3.70 lakh hectareRs 186 crore sanctioned forsurface irrigation facility

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSSpecial category status toBihar is necessary to attractbig investment356 proposals have beenapproved by the SIPBA total of 4,232 small scaleunits have been establishedin the state with anexpenditure of Rs 138 crore

PEOPLE’S VERDICTThe state isrich in terms ofresources, butspeedy imple-mentation isneeded. Itneeds power,infra & creditfacilities

PEOPLE’S VERDICTBihar is draw-ing a lot ofattention onthe develop-ment of agri-culture sectorunder theleadership of Mr NitishKumar

PEOPLE’S VERDICTLaw andorder situa-tion in the firstterm of Nitishgovernmentwas better.But in his sec-ond term,crime hasincreased

PEOPLE’S VERDICTAfter the Kosideluge in2008, thegovt. got itsact together.But there isstill room formuch work tobe done toprevent floods

PEOPLE’S VERDICTMedical facili-ty in Biharh a si m p r o v e d .New tech-nologies arebeing usedby doctorsfor the patients’welfare

PEOPLE’S VERDICTBIADA landscam is a bigexample of cor-ruption. If Nitishgovernment isnot biased then itshould takeimmediate stepsto scrutinise theproblems

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Iam happy to announce that theDepartment of MassCommunication has brought

out the third issue of the annualLab Journal ‘Headway’.

The enthusiasm of the BMCIIIrd year, batch 2009-2012 in pre-senting this issue amidst their rou-tine curriculum and assignments alittle ahead of its time this yearreally is commendable and aninspiration for the BMC Ist andBMC IInd year students.

We at Patna Women's Collegerevere the serene cream colourthat proudly sports the background of our college flag signi-fying discipline and simplicity. It is while keeping in mindthese two essential traits, that our students strive ahead forperfection and excellence.

I congratulate the Head of the Department, Ms. ShampaSharma, staff and students for working together and makingthe third issue of the BMC Journal Headway another issueworth waiting for.

May God bless you.

Change. This one worddrove the third edition ofHeadway. A change in

content, modification in style,incorporation of investigativereporting and flooding of infographics transformed the wayHeadway looks. This newer,trendier version of Headway hasall the components of mainlinejournalism.

The product at hand is theresult of sheer hard work anddetermination of the students ofBMC IIIrd year. By bringing out this journal, they notonly maintained the legacy of their predecessors, but alsoset a new benchmark as far as publication of any collegejournal is concerned.

Selection of stories was not that tough this time as2011 was a newsy year. India won the ICC World Cup,Osama was killed, Jasmine Revolution swept Arab coun-tries, Mr Nitish Kumar came up with various legislationsto change the way officials function in Bihar and twowomen political bigwigs — Ms Mamata Bannerjee andMs J Jayalalitha — registered thumping victories inAssembly elections in their respective states. All thesestories went on to make Headway a packed package.

The last minute inclusion of Bihar Diwas celebrationswas a boon for the journal. As celebrities from across thecountry and abroad made a beeline for the state to takepart in centenary year celebrations, Headway reporterswere on their toes covering the historic event.

The new tagline — a way ahead — attached with thisyear’s Headway signifies the transformation the journalhas undergone.

Members of the editorial team, comprising 10 pageeditors and a creative editor worked relentlessly under thesupervision of three spirited chief student editors —Sheezan Nezami, Anisha Shyam and Akrity Abhilasha —to bring out a completely different journal.

Another remarkable achievement this year was livereporting. Reporters grabbed every opportunity that cametheir way and succeeded in filing up-to-date reports with-in deadline. They interviewed people, researched ondiverse topics and collected information from officialsources just as professional journalists do.

The efforts the students have put in this year to reachtheir goals will determine how we transform our journalin the years to come. Let us put our best foot forward toachieve the target we have set for ourselves, and continueto improve the journal we are all very proud of.

Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza AC.PrincipalPatna Women’s College

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Bihar: 100 years of gloryArtistes performing in cultural functions as part of Bihar Diwas celebrations at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. SPECIAL COVERAGE, P2&3 GRAPHIC: ANISHA/MONIKA

“Bihar has played acrucial role in uplift-ment of Airtel in thecountry. Thanks to ourstrong roots in Bihar,today we are the fifthlargest telecom compa-ny in the world. At atime when the countryis clocking a growthrate of 7%, Bihar hascome out of the shad-ows to register 11%growth.”

SSuunniill BBhhaarrttii MMiittttaall

“Faces of Bihar peoplereflect the progressmade in the state andwhat they feel about ismore important thanwhat I feel about. Biharhas developed a lot inthe last few years. Biharisare very optimistic aboutthe changing scenarioand it is the state govern-ment ‘s responsibility tocontinue its develop-ment agenda.”

JJaavveedd AAkkhhttaarr

“It is a matter of pridefor me to be a part ofBihar centenary cele-brations. Among somany performances inBihar, this one is veryclose to my heart as itsignifies the centenarycelebrations of Bihar.Innumerable tradition-al events have beenorganised and I person-ally feel that Bihar isregaining its lost glory.”

PPaannddiitt JJaassrraajj

“Biharis are leaving aneverlasting impressionin every field. There isno substitute of hardwork of Biharis. Thecountry will come to astandstill if the peopleof Bihar stop working.The state is gettingback its glory. If trendsare any indication, thestate will soon becomerich in culture and edu-cation.”

DDuurrggaa JJaassrraajj

“Industrial develop-ment will go a long wayin checking migration.The state has no dearthof heritage buildingsand ancient structures.If developed properly,such sites will attract alarge number of tourists.There is much to go onin this context, consider-ing people abroad sellplaces that comprise justsand and water.”

HHeemmaa MMaalliinnii

“Being a son of Bihar, Ihave very close tieswith my state. I amoverwhelmed that thegovernment gave mean opportunity to lendmy voice to the BiharAnthem and PrayerSong. I also thank thestate government forgiving me a chance toentertain the people ofmy home state. I feelproud being a Bihari.”

UUddiitt NNaarraayyaann

CELEBRITIES ALL PRAISE FOR STATE

Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumaraddressing a gathering in Patna onthe occasion of Bihar Diwas.

As the entire state joined the chorus of Bihar centenary celebrations, Headway reporters Aakanksha, Khusboo Kumari, Sheezan Nezami, Ankita Pandey, Shree and Shephali were there to cover the three-day mega event

MARCH 22Vidyapati and Pamaria

songs, seminars, poetry ses-sion and folk dances wereheld. Many other programmeslike Salahes drama show,seminar with ‘mushaira’ andfolk dance kept the audiencespellbound.

MARCH 23Regional language poetry

session and folk songs wereorganised. Bollywood starsHema Malini, ShatrughanSinha, Javed Akhtar and UditNarayan entertained the peo-ple with their scintillating per-formances. Murtaza andRabbani Brothers of KhanLegacy fame also performed.

MARCH 24Bollywood hits were per-

formed by Kailash Kher andSumendha Karmahe. UstadGhulam Mustafa Khan(Kheyal) and Ustad Amjad AliKhan (Sarod-recital) per-formed cultural musical shows.

HOW IT UNFOLDED

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Headway NewsroomThe state industries department in associa-tion with Magadh Motor Sports Club organ-ised a ‘Bihar centenary car run 2012’ on thePatna-Dilli Haat (New Delhi)-Patna route aspart of Bihar Diwas celebrations. As manyas 11 teams with 25 participants left Patnafor New Delhi from where the car run wasformally flagged off on March 22.

The participants included Pranav Sahiand Sumita Sahi whose vehicle displayedthe logo of centenary celebrations of Bihar.The remaining ten vehicles depicted vari-ous themes like tourism, women empower-ment, cuisines of Bihar, strides in agricul-ture and festivals of Bihar, among others.

Rally coordinator Sumita Sahi said theparticipants included artists, doctors, engi-neers and entrepreneurs. A special camerateam recorded the interviews and reactionsof people on the way and this was compiledas a film which will be screened all over thestate. The rallyists were accompanied by a‘video on wheels’ which showed documen-tary films on Bihar at stopovers after thesunset.

“The car run covered the NCR on thefirst day and touched Gurgaon. Next day itreached Uttaranchal via Hardwar to pro-ceed further to Dehradun. Mussoorie,Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi,” SumitaSahi said. Meanwhile, Bihar PradeshikMarwari Sammelan organised a cycle rallyon the theme of ‘women empowerment’ atthe Gandhi Maidan to mark the BiharDiwas celebrations. At least 270 girls of gov-ernment schools participated in the rallyafter they were given new cycles at thevenue as a prize for participation.

‘Car run’ spreadsawarenessabout Bihar

Nusrain Patna

Headway NewsroomThe first ever World Cup KabaddiChampionship for women took place inBihar as part of the state’s cenenary year cel-ebrations.The Indian team reached the finaland defeated Iran to win the cup. India is thefirst women’s team to win the accolade forthe female version of the usually male dom-inated sport.

India’s national women’s Kabaddi teamdefeated Iran 25-19 to win the champi-onship on March 4, 2012 at the PatlipuraSports Complex in Patna.

This is the first Kabaddi title of this kindfor women which was a four-day event andinvolved the participation of 16 countries,including teams from Mexico, Nepal,Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Thailand.

Kabaddi is a South Asian sport where twoteams occupy opposite halves of a field. Ateam will then send a player, the ‘raider’ intothe other opposition’s half, holding herbreath and chanting the word ‘Kabaddi’ con-tinuously. In order to win points, the raidermust touch or tackle members of the oppos-ing team and then return to her own half. Ifthe raider does not make contact with theopposition and returns to her side, she doesshe will be declared as “out” and the otherteam takes over.

To reach the final, India defeated Japan

60-21 and Iran beat Thailand 46-26 tobecome the second finalist.

The game was a thrilling final. the Indianbelles took control of the game throughoutthe match and at half time the score stood at19-11 against their Iranian counterparts.

Cheered by the fans at the jam-packedstadium, the game started fast with MamataPujari, the captain of India, scoring eightpoints and Iran’s captain following suit, byscoring eight points too. The game thenchanged after half time, where India becamemore defensive and went on to win thematch with this approach.

Pujari, who worked in Indian Railwaysprior to playing, said it was the team spiritand strong ethic of teamwork which was thekey behind their outstanding performance.

Speaking about the win Pujari said: “Allof us combined together and played verywell to lift the Kabaddi world cup for thecountry. I congratulate all my team mem-bers.”

“Actually we wanted to play better thatwhat we did, but we are happy that our per-formance just proved to be adequate for thetitle,” added Pujari.

Pujari was adamant that the Indian teamwas thoroughly prepared for the tournamentand committed to win the championship tobring cheer to the country.

Earlier in the day, India outclassed Japan60-21 while Iran defeated Thailand 46-26 inthe two semifinals to set up a summit clash.

India win Women’sKabaddi World Cup

LET’S CELEBRATE TOGETHER

Buddha JayantiBuddha Jayanti (the day of his birth,

enlightenment and nirvana) is cele-brated with great fervour around theMahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya in themonth of Vaisakh (April/May) and attractsdevotees from across the world. Theannual prayer session led by the DalaiLama in December-January is anothermajor attraction.

Saurath Sabha Held near Madhubani, it once used to

be the debating ground for scholarsin Mithila. Later on, it became SaurathSabha or a place in Mithila where mar-riages are solemnised. Around the monthof June, Maithil Brahmins prefer to gatherin a vast mango grove in the village ofSaurath comparing horoscopes of theirchildren for the purpose of match-making.Maithil Brahmins settled abroad also visitthe place to settle marriages of their chil-dren

Sonepur Fair

Reputed to be the largest cattle fair inAsia, the Sonepur Mela is a month-

long spread of fun and frolic. It is held afortnight following the first full moon dayin the Hindu month of Kartik ShuklaPaksh, in October/November.

Boats on the river banks, elephants,camels, horses, buffaloes, cats & birds forsale, sadhus (holy men) and pavementshops dominate this wonderful fair.

Makar Sankranti MelaThe famous Makar Sankranti mela is

another festival unique to Rajgir in themonth of Paus, corresponding to mid-January. Devotees make flower offeringsto the deities of the temples at local hotsprings and bathe in the holy water.Another historic place associated with 15-day-long Makar Sankranti mela is theMandar hills in Banka district.

Mahavir JayantiThe birthday of the 24th Jain tirthankar

is celebated in April with much fanfareon the Parsvanath hill (Jharkhand) and atVaishali. Deo Deepawali, marking theattainment of Nirvana by Mahavira, is cel-ebrated best at Pawapuri near Patna, 10days after Deepavali.

Pitripaksha MelaAround September each year, the

sleepy town of Gaya is agog with peo-ple who come here for the famousPitrapaksha mela or the ancestor worship,typified in Sraddha ritual.

It is time for the Gayalis (descendants ofMagga Brahmins ) to preside over vedicSraddha ceremonies or the pindan - amandatory Hindu rite that is supposed tobring salvation to the departed soul.

Khushboo Kumariin Patna

Headway NewsroomBihar swathed in blue during the three-dayBihar Diwas celebrations, that began onMarch 22. Cultural and social programmeswere held to mark the start of celebrations.

All heritage buildings and many otherstructures — including the residence of ChiefMinister Mr Nitish Kumar and Raj Bhavan— were illuminated in blue.

“During the celebration time, the entireState turned into a blue zone, with lights illu-minating every nook and cranny. The colourwas selected by Government officials,” saidBihar Tourism Minister Mr Sunil KumarPintu.

Besides, all the important buildingsaround the historical Gandhi Maidan weredecorated with blue lights.

The three-day cultural extravaganza atGandhi Maidan was a musical treat withBihari regional flavour, including Maithili,Bhojpuri, Magahi and Angika folk songsapart from classical songs, qawwalis and kavisammelans. For the first time, a Bihari songwas sung on the occasion at Gandhi Maidan.

The ‘Bihari Gaan’ was selected fromamong 1,800 entries by a three-membercommittee. Renowned artistes, includingPandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit BirjuMaharaj, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia,Anup Jalota, Chhanu Lal Mishra and ShardaSinha, were invited.

Besides, an exclusive exhibition ofarchives related to establishment of Biharwas also put up at the venue. A book fair anda volleyball championship were also held. Inanother first, an air show at Moinul HaqStadium was held, for which Air force hadbeen contacted.

In course of the year-long celebration,various programmes will be organised in dis-tricts and blocks. Government departments,universities and colleges too will commemo-rate the event.

Celebrating the 100th year of Bihar’sfoundation is the brainchild of ChiefMinister Mr Nitish Kumar, who had con-nected this with Bihari asmita (pride).

Bihar turns blueBiharis in

Canada celebrateBihar Diwas

Non-Resident Biharis (NRBs) inCanada recently gathered at MilanBanquet hall in Mississauga, a suburbof Toronto,Ontario, to celebrate BiharDivas. The annual Holi Milan pro-gramme coincided with this celebra-tion, according to report reaching theBihar Foundation office here..This was done to infuse a mood offestivity and feeling of being Bihari intraditional Bihari style. The programmestarted with lighting of lamp by DrLaxman Das and Saraswati Das. Thiswas followed by welcome address byRajesh Jha, chairman, BiharFoundation, Canada chapter, inform-ing the audience about the signifi-cance of Bihar Diwas and the workFoundation was doing.He also spoke on how everyone inCanada can participate in this com-mon forum to connect, promote anddo business with Bihar. Speaking onthe occasion, Mr.Jha said, “We decid-ed to celebrate Bihar centenary withholi, because we apply gulal to eachother as ultimate expression of joy andcombining both is Bihari way toexpress the joy and enthusiasm ofNRBs over 100 years of the state for-mation.”Dr.Das thanked Bihar Foundation forencouraging NRBs to celebrate thefoundation day of Bihar. “This surelygives us a sense of belonging to theland where we were born,” he added.A cultural programme was presentedby children of Bihari diaspora. A filmon Bihar was also liked by everyone.The programme was jointly organizedby Bihar Foundation, Canada chapter,and Bihar Association of Canada.

Patna’s Gandhi Maidan witnessed the century’s mega celebrations as Bihar turned 100. All government buildings, schools and colleges bathed inblue to celebrate the event. A large number of people assembled at the historic Maidan to join the festivities.

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Headway Newsroom

Khat? Kisko Khat?Bihar ke supuut ko khat, jise dekhkar naaraa gunj uthaa thaa:Andhere mein ek prakash, Jayaprakash! Jayaprakash!

This oration was delivered by Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson ofMahatma Gandhi, at the valedictory function of the Global Summit onchanging Bihar as he read out an imaginary letter which he wrote to lateJayaprakash Narayan.

“You inspired people to enter politics, to contest elections, and to holdhigh office. But you yourself never aspired to political office, never contest-ed any election, and consistently and determinedly refused offers of highoffices made to you by our first Prime Minister, the noble-hearted democ-rat, Jawaharlal Nehru. Offices hovered around you, you never hoveredaround office. You installed others there,” the letter read.

Monetary corruption is the bane of our political system and a powerfulsocial movement against it led by Anna Hazare has in recent month galva-nized the country. Bihar is fighting the menace of corruption and I am sureNitish-babu with his innate frankness will concede that there is a long way togo yet. He has already placed on its track the mechanism for a StateOmbudsman, for which I felicitate him. Here, I believe the RTI Act whichyou did not know of but which you will welcome whole-heartedly, will playa decisive role, Mr Gandhi said.

Bihar has done itself proud by Nitish Babu's pioneering reservation ofnot 33% but as many as 50% seats for the women. Jayaprakashji, you andyour wife Prabhavati Devi, would have been proud of that achievement, soour architecture, in its design, in its form, in its rupa, has been doing well. Itis in fact doing famously.

"You know this better than anyone else that Bihar, which gave theMahatama his first Indian experience of mass mobilisation in Champaran,the land of Rajendra Prasad and Brajkishore Prasad of Anugraha-babu, andyour land Jayapraksh-ji and of Prabhavati Devi, has shown the highest, thebest, the noblest examples of leadership, and it has also shown the tightstranglehold of all that keeps India a prisoner of the Middle Ages."

Leadership is about power, and also about abjuring power. When V.V.Giri resigned as Union Labour Minister on the right to strike, whenShastriji resigned as Railway Minister after the Ariyalur rail accident,when, nearer our time, in 1989 Chaudhri Devi Lal declined to be PrimeMinister, and when Jyoti-babu of his own accord gave up the office ofChief Minister of West Bengal, and most recently, when Smt SoniaGandhi, after her party's historic victory in 2004, said she would not bePrime Minister, we saw the leadership of self-abnegation at its best, MrGandhi said.

Nitish’s anti-graft modelexemplary, says Gandhi

Sheezan Nezamiin Patna

Headway Newsroom

Nepal Prime Minister Mr BaburamBhattarai inaugurated the three-day

'Global Summit on Changing Bihar' onFebruary 17, 2012.

Mr Bhattarai, who got a very warm wel-come, congratulated Mr Nitish Kumar for hishard work and said in the eyes of manyNepalis, Bihar is a role model for develop-ment, economic advancement and socialchange. "We are not just close neighbours.Nature has forced us to work in harmony.Himalayas watershed feeds most of the riversystems of Bihar, which supports our lives,makes our land rich in agriculture and givesbasis for other activities," he said. He, how-ever, added that water creates havoc andbrings miseries to the lives of the people. "Wecan make the best use of water managementthrough co-operation," the Nepal PM said.

Since Bihar shares the longest internation-al border with Nepal, the visit of Nepal PM tothe state was significant.

"Nepal has social, cultural and historicalties with Bihar that transcend political bound-

aries," he said."Let the lands of Buddha and Ashoka

cooperate for the betterment of humanity andlead the world into the 21st century", theNepal PM said amid huge applause.

Others gracing the occasion were DeputyChief Minister of Bihar Mr Sushil KumarModi, Nepal Labour and Transport Minister,Ms Sarita Giri and Art and Culture Ministerof Mauritius Mr Mukeshwar Chunni.

Inviting Nepal's PM to open the summit isin itself a major step to strengthen the rela-tionship between Bihar and Nepal, said MrShaibal Gupta, Member Secretary of AsianDevelopment Research Institute, one of theorganisers of the three-day summit. The PMconfidently said: "I am sure the delebrationswill benefit Bihar, but what you discuss herewill also be useful for us across the border."

One of the most important issue discussedduring the summit was flood and river. Largeexpanse of farmland in Bihar get flooded byrivers like Kosi, Burhi Gandak and Bagmatiwhich originating from Nepal. Thus MrBhattarai stressed on the mutual co-operationbetween Bihar and Nepal to harness theserivers properly in order to generate hugehydro electricity.

Mr Kamath stressed on cre-ation of agri-based indus-tries. He said enthusiasm ofpeople of Bihar is percepti-ble. "It became evidentwhen I visited some of thebranches of ICICI Bank inthe state capital. This is a

positive sign for the state which is on the path ofdevelopment," Mr Kamath said.

He said good governance and improved law andorder would boost investment in the state.Highlighting that Bihar needs good rural roads forvalue-added industry, Mr Kamath said rural roadswould help the farmers in getting adequate price fortheir products. Referring to the Baramati model ofgrowth in Maharashtra where agro and agro-relatedindustries flourished, he said: "Bihar has far bettercapacity to take up the Baramati model."

Mr Sinha emphasised onthe need for tapping youthforce and setting up indus-tries in public-private part-nership mode. He said asBihar boasts of a large youthpopulation, they could beutilised in areas like techni-

cal and skill development. The need of the hour isto set up a large number of schools, technical col-leges and polytechnics in public-private partnershipin the state, he said.

Mr Billimoria, Chairman,Cobra Beer Ltd., talkedabout eight 'Ps' that areessential for investment.These Ps are -product,price, peace, promotion,passion and most impor-tantly people for investment

in a state. “The Bihari diaspora is all around theworld. I am also a Bihari as my father was an ADCto the country's first President Rajendra Prasad andlater he served in the 5th battalion of Bihar regi-mental centre before leaving for the UK," he said.

He compared Bihar Chief Minister Mr NitishKumar with former British Prime Minister MargretThatcher.

“Nitish like Thatcher is striving to steer thebeleaguered state to development path,” he said.

Mr. Roberto Zagha, WorldBank’s country director inIndia said : “Bihar has agreat future as it has a greatchief minister to meet thechallenges in the way ofdevelopment.”

World Bank was provid-ing aid to Bihar in agriculture, health and educationsectors and after overcoming the challenges Biharwould surge ahead, he added.

Make lives of people better,says Lord Meghnad DesaiShradha Shreein Patna

Headway Newsroom"If we rethink our developmentfocus over the next 10 years and ori-ent it to distinguish the kind of thingsto make lives of people, particularlywomen and girl better, then rest willautomatically fall in place," said LordMeghnad Desai while delivering hisspeech at the Global Summit onChanging Bihar.

Appreciating Bihar's march todevelopment, he said the state hadundergone a profound change in thelast five decades. "It's not just the quality of life, eventhe aspirations of people have also changed," he

said. Highlighting the importanceand requirement of flow of informa-tion between state and its people, hesaid connectivity with governmentthrough the internet is important.

He recognised the fact that thestate has great potentials, but empha-sised on being careful in pursuingquantifiable growth by giving theexample of Soviet Union collapse.

Giving strong arguments in everyaspect, he said, "We must get ourconcepts clear and start thinking interms of improving the lives ofwomen engaged in household worklike cooking. Only then the idea of

energy efficiency and other people-centric issues willget addressed."

Despite encouraging growthrate, National Sample Surveyshows no decline in poverty inBihar. The present growth sce-nario is mainly due to publicsector investments. Consideringthis as an opportunity, one ofthe most recognised faces of thecorporate world, Mr KumarMangalam Birla announced theplan of his Aditya Birla Groupto invest Rs. 500 crore in acement unit in Bihar.

He said, "Till the time things improve, it would be unrealis-tic to pursue heavy industries. Thus, focus should be on lightengineering, low capital and low power intensive industries, agroequipment and food processing units."

He stressed on skill upgradation through private investmentsin educational and vocational institutes, providing support toagro-based industries and improving food security infrastructurefor linking rural and urban areas. "I believe, there are others likeus who are thinking of investments in the state on the basis ofown captive power plants. Despite issues like energy efficiency,Bihar has been able to shortlist itself in the possible investmentdestination s of every industrialist" he said.

Shradha Shree

Dr Ajit Ghose, formerly associated with International LabourOrganisation (ILO), said that growth itself generates benefits forall as seen by way of strengthening of health and education sys-tems, but it was also important to realise that the number offamilies below poverty line had increased. “Growth has beenregistered only in some segments. Agriculture has been neglect-ed," Dr Ghose said. He added that an overall strategy to buildinstitutions has to be adopted.

Manaswi

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Bihar a role model forus: Nepal Prime Minister

Biz bigwigs call foraccelerating growthAt the first session on the final day of the Global Summit on Changing Bihar, a panel of top businessmen deliberated on possible sectors that could boost the process of industrialisationand ensure all round development in the state. Excerpts from the session:

MR K V KAMATH (INFOSYS HEAD)

MR U K SINHA (SEBI)

MR KARAN BILLIMORIA

ROBERTO ZAGHA (WORLD BANK)

Poverty a concern inBihar, says Birla

Participants at a seminar on ‘Role of Cinema and Television in Cultural Renaissance’, organised as part of Global Summit on Changing Bihar, in Patna.

Guests at the global summit in Patna.

Nepal Prime Minister Mr Baburam Bhattarai inaugurating the global summit in Patna.

Montek talksgrowth, butevades spl

status issue

Anisha Shyamin Patna

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The Planning Commission, whileacknowledging the growth in

Bihar, stressed upon industries andneed for equal emphasis. But thecommission pointed out that the percapita growth of Bihar was still unsat-isfactory. “It will take at least 10 yearsto double its per capita income andanother decade to reach the nationalaverage. If the current GDP rategrows for another 10–15 years , Biharwould be enlisted amongst the pros-perous state”, said Deputy Chairmanof Planning Commission, MrMontek Singh Ahluwalia, while inter-acting at a special plenum at the“Global Summit on Changing Bihar”.

He evaded Chief Minister MrNitish Kumar’s demand at the inau-gural session for special category statestatus to Bihar. Mr Ahluwalia talkedabout Special package and BackwardRegion Grant Fund. He expressedhis satisfaction with the implementa-tion of Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojna in the state.

Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi delivering his speech at GlobalSummit on Changing Bihar in Patna.

There is a need to boostagriculture: Ajit Ghose

Lord Meghnad Desai.

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It’s no power-play in Bihar Nusra/Anisha Shyamin Patna

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Sixty-three years after India gained inde-pendence, it is still ‘The Dark Age’ in

Bihar. In a state, which claims to be one ofthe fastest growing in the country, a majorportion of the population still lives eitherwithout electricity connection or faces powercuts that often stretch into days and weeks.

Districts such as Gaya, Muzaffarpur,Bhagalpur and Darbhanga and even the statecapital Patna is often plunged into darknessas the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB)struggles to meet the demand.

A survey by Headway reporters indicatesthat the state needs more than 1,800Megawatt (MW)of power. However, it strug-gles with just 1,300 to 1,500 MW that it gets

mostly from the Central pool. The power board's website says that after

Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, the state

was left with only three power plants —Barauni and Muzzafarpur thermal power sta-tions and the Kosi Hydel power station.

However, the power generation from theseplants is not enough to meet the demand.The situation gets worsened during the peaksummer season. At this time of the year,even the water supply is affected in mostlocalities in Gaya, Jehanabad, Saharsa andAra districts.

However, the BSEB is likely to sign anagreement to purchase 300MW of powerfrom the open market to meet the addition-al demand during the festive season. “Fourpower distributor companies — Tata Power,NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, PTC IndiaLTD and Mittal Processor — have submittedbids to sell electricity to this power-starvedstate,” said Mr HR Pandey, Public RelationOfficer, BSEB.

The renovation and modernisation workat the Barauni and Kanti (Muzzafarpur) ther-mal plants would be completed after June2012, he added.

SITUATION IN DISTRICTSDistricts NEED SupplyGAYA 60 25-30JEHANABAD 26 14CHHAPRA 18 12-14NALANDA 24 15ARA 34 17SAHARSA 35 15-17PATNA 700 440-500PURNEA 50-60 50-55

(UNITS IN MW)

Minister: Situation to improve

PPoowweerr ccuuttss iinn ssttaattee hhaavvee bbeeeenn aa mmaajjoorrpprroobblleemm.. WWhhaatt wwoouulldd yyoouu ssaayy aabboouutt iitt??The problem is due to the limited supplyof electricity. We need 2500 MW electric-ity, the Centre has allotted 1700-1800MW. In reality, we are getting only 1200-1300 MW from the Centre.

TTeellll uuss aabboouutt tthhee uuppccoommiinngg ppoowweerr pprroojjeeccttss iinn ssttaattee..Many power plants are set to come up inBihar. At Nabinagar, there are two proposed plants. A 1320 MW plant willalso be set up at Banka.The governmenthas earmarked three strategic areas toset up the proposed power plants.TTeellll uuss aabboouutt tthhee uunnddeerrggrroouunndd ccaabbllee pprrooggrraammmmee..

The processhas alreadystarted. It isaimed at curb-ing power pilfer-age. We hope tointroduce thefacility acrossthe state soon. SShhoouulldd wweeeexxppeecctt tthhiinnggss ttoocchhaannggee iinn ccoommiinngg yyeeaarrss..I can assure youthat in the nextthree yearsBihar will get‘comfortable level’of electricity.

Bonanza fortech aspirantsNusra/Manaswi/Surabhi/Swatiin Patna

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With thearrival of

technical instituteslike IIT-P, BIT,NIT-P and AKU,Patna is on thethreshold ofbecoming one of the country’s favoureddestinations for technical education.

Thanks to these technical institu-tions, the state is now in a position toproduce a large number of technocrats,thus reducing the migration of studentsto other states.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-P)being the topmost institute has nowopened doors for students in Bihar.

The IIT-P, with its campus atPatliputra, has also hired the building ofSoftware Technology Park of India(STPI), Patna, adjacent to the institute,where it has well-furnished labs, class-rooms to teach electronics, computerscience, physics and mathematics. Theinstitute has also state-of-the-art facultychambers.

Apart from IIT, NIT is also doingwell. Earlier known as Bihar College ofEngineering, it was renamed as NIT-P inthe year 2004. It is the 18th NIT centreto come into existence in the country.The institute marked its beginning with agood strength of 283 students.

The performance of NIT-P can beseen by the increas-ing percentage ofplacements with thepassing of eachyear. Some of thecountry’s core pub-lic and private sec-tor companies, such as NTPC, BHEL,Infosys, TCS, and HCL have startedcoming for placements.

Mr Zeeshan Ahmed, a second yearstudent of computer science (CS) said,“I am very proud to be a part of NIT-Pand glad that such an institute has comeup in Patna”.

Birla Institute of Technology, Patnaa deemed university, which was startedin 2006, has now the strength of 1200students. Facilitating the students withmodern technologies it has ensuredplacement for students in top multina-tional companies , with an average pack-age of 4.5 lakh. Deputy Director, BIT-P, Mr S P Lal said, “We are one of thefastest growing institutes in Patna, pro-viding 95 per cent placement”.

Students from BIT-P have showntheir mettle at Lunabotics MiningCompetition organised by the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration(NASA).The 80-kg robot, developed bya nine-member team of BIT-P, wasjudged the best among 36 participantsfrom 13 countries across the globe.

In another development, the state gov-ernment has decided to transfer all theseven government engineering colleges ofthe state from their existing universities toAryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU)for affiliation.

This shows thatthese institutes, indue course of time,will make an indeli-ble mark in thefield of technicaleducation and research in Bihar.

State-run hospitals in dire strait

Deepti Sinha/Jagriti in Patna

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In an attempt to further improve the healthservices in Bihar, the state government has

conferred super specialty status to the state-run hospitals.

There are six medical colleges and hos-pitals in the state — 25 sadar (district) hospi-tals, 23 sub-divisional hospitals, 70 referralhospitals, 397 primary health centres(PHCs), 1,330 additional PHCs and 7,024health sub centres, which is far less than thenational average.

Despite government’s best efforts, thestate’s health scenario continues to remaindismal.

In a bid to boost health infrastructure,the state government has spent Rs 220crore, but with no tangible result.According to the economic survey of Bihar,2010, about 95 per cent of patients preferprivate clinics and hospitals. The rest fiveper cent are left with no choice.

Lack of modern instruments and trained

personnel have paralysed the functioning ofmost of the government hospitals in thestate. Even the doctors allegedly spendmaximum time in their private clinics.

Asked about the services offered byPMCH, one of the patients said, “Thedeath rate in the hospital is on the rise dueto lack of proper facilities and negligenceshown by the doctors.”

Mr Ahmad, who brought his six-year-oldson to PMCH after he fractured his leg,said: “I had to stay in the balcony for a fewdays due to shortage of bed. This furtherdeteriorated the condition of my son. Thenurses hardly cooperate and we are treatedin a very bad way”.

In spite of having various departments likeBiochemistry, Anatomy, CommunityMedicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, PlasticSurgery, Radiology, the condition at PMCH isgetting worst day by day, said another patient.

Nalanda Medical College Hospital(NMCH), Jagdish Memorial Hospital andIndian Red Cross Society are amongthose hospitals where too the situation isnastiest.

District Hospital NilMedical Colleges 2Ayurvedic Hospital 1Other Allopathic Hospitals 5Leprosy Hospital 1Primary Health Centres 24Urban Health Posts 32Additional Primary Health Centres 60

No of hospitals in Patna

PMC, A2Z spar, Patnaites suffer

Priyanka Raniin Patna

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In the mad race of earning easy bucks,tuition centres across Patna are using all

advertising tools like television, radio, news-papers and hoardings to woo students. Theadvertisements even promise sure successto the students in competitive examinations.This publicity stunt also includes SMS serv-ices and luring students to join tuition cen-tres. But the question is, are the coachingcentres the only means for students to getthrough competitive examinations?

The unchecked mushrooming of coach-ing institutes is leading to the degradation ofeducation, allowing the unhealthy privatisa-tion of education at the cost of its quality.Nowadays, the purpose of these institutionsis only to earn more and more money,keeping the students’ future at stake.

Mushrooming of coaching centres inPatna is largely being viewed as a flourishingtrade than a mechanism of intensive teach-ing. In a significant step to check flourishingof such institutes, Bihar government hasmooted a stringent law to regulate theirfunctioning, making it the first state to doso.

Regretting the emergence of so manycoaching institutes without basic infrastruc-ture, Mr M Das, District Education Officer,said: “There should be a mechanism forthe education system. Bihar government is

set to enact a stringent law to regulate thefunctioning of coaching institutes”. Headded that the government has decided tomonitor the ‘trade of tuitions’ through legis-lation. The proposed legislation would pro-vide for registration of all such institutes andstrict monitoring over quality of education,fee structure and strength of the students.

“The institutes always cheat us by notcompleting the courses within the stipulatedtime-frame and also demand high fee fromus”, said a student from one of the coachinginstitutes.

Sazia Haque/Divya Singh/AditiKumari/Upasana/Shwetain Patna

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Heaps of garbage strewn around Patna isa common sight these days. Patna High

Court’s intervention, tough talk by policymakers...nothing seems to have worked asthe Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC)continues to remain at loggerheads withA2Z Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, the companyassigned with the task of keeping the cityclean.

On July 21 last year, A2Z suspended itsservices due to non-payment of dues by thePMC. The PMC owes a sum of Rs 7.5crore to A2Z for its services since January2010.

If reports appearing in various news-papers quoting A2Z Infrastructure'sDGM Mr Vikash Jha are to be believed,the agreement between PMC and A2Zstipulates that the former will pay 75 percent of the bill amount to A2Z within 10days of submission of bills and 25 percent later. “This agreement has not beenhonoured,” Mr Jha was quoted as say-ing.

A2Z looks after sanitat ion work innine main roads and 10 wards ,including Fraser Road, Bailey Road,Beerchand Patel Path, Boring Road,Bor ing Canal Road, Exhib i t ionRoad, Ashok Rajpath and HardingeRoad.

According to PMC sources, more than900 tonnes of garbage is generated every-day in the city. But with the outdatedequipment and limited infrastructure,disposal of garbage is not possible everyday.

In areas like Bailey Road, Boring Road,Patna City etc. one can see piles of garbageon roads. “The area near BN College is get-ting worst day by day. It’s very unhygienicand intolerable for the students and passer-by”, said Ms Soni Kumari, a student ofPatna College. She added that the conditiondeteriorates even further during rainyseason.

Garbage can kill , says Dr. Manoj Kumar (Physician and Gastrologist) to Headwayreporters Divya Mishra and Farhana Alamgir as he rues lack of civic senseamong the residents of Patna. Here are Dr. Kumar’s precautionary prescriptions...

Disease SymptomsGastroentrities Vomiting, Fever, Loose motion, Pain in lower abdomen.Viral Hepatitis Jaundice, Fever.Skin Infection Fever, itching and change in body colourRespiratory infection Cold and cough and blood in vomiting.

PrecautionsCover face while crossing the garbage areaProper disposal of garbage Keep localities and surroundings cleanHealth and hygiene classes at school and college level

A role model for media enthusiasts

HHooww wwoouulldd yyoouu ddeessccrriibbee yyoouurrsseellff??I am basically an independent communica-tor. I use my skills in communication tokeep others in a positive way, be it my clientor student. That is how I describe myself. SSiirr,, tthheerree mmuusstt hhaavvee bbeeeenn ssoommee iinnssppiirraa-ttiioonnss tthhaatt mmaaddee yyoouu rreeaacchh ssuucchh hheeiigghhttss!! Teachers, I feel they are the one whoinspires you. It is basically they whomyou look up to. I had this teacher, FatherPhilipa, whom I remember came to classand assigned us homework on TheBeatles (rock group) and the deadlinewas of 48 hours. He made us realise thevalue of knowledge. SSiirr,, wwhhyy tteeaacchhiinngg?? AA ppeerrssoonn lliikkee yyoouuccoouulldd hhaavvee ggoonnee ffoorr ootthheerr ooppttiioonnss..Well, I would say I just love teaching. It’snot a big source of income for me, but Ido it for my happiness.WWhhyy ddiidd yyoouu oopptt ffoorr BBiihhaarr?? How much work is to be done in Bihar?My friends ring me up and say, are youkidnapped? (humour), Bihar is the placewhich I should say is my matribhumi. Iwas born at Ranchi in undivided Bihar.And also the people over here are veryhonest and in need of help, I like Bihar.TTeellll uuss aabboouutt yyoouurr ttiimmee mmaannaaggeemmeenntt.. See, if you plan your day and allocate

time and think ofmultitasking, thingscan be done system-atically. Just focus onthe one you areworking upon andsoon you will achieveyour target.

PPlleeaassee tteellll uuss mmoorree aabboouutt yyoouurr NNGGOO aannddtthhee wwoorrkk yyoouu aarree aassssoocciiaatteedd wwiitthh..I am associated with the organisationcalled ‘Aasra Charitable Trust’. There isno funding from the government. Wehad started from zero budget and todayI can say we have grown from leaps andbounds. Right now we are helping kidsfrom Kalasahar in Sasaram and fromneighbouring village who are victims ofabuse. We provide them an opportunityto go to schools. I am also associatedwith organisations llike, Kamla NehruShishu Vihar, Navjivan Community cen-tre for rehabilitation of AIDS patients. WWhhaatt kkiinndd ooff ddooccuummeennttaarriieess ddoo yyoouu mmaakkee??I make documentaries on social issuessuch as women in villages reconstructingtheir lives. I have also made value educa-tion short films. Two of my works are veryclose to my heart — first is a documentaryI made in 2008 on floods and second ismy other documentary in which I showedhow children are affected by floods.

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GRAPHICS: NUSRA/MANASWI

Local writers steal show at book fairJagriti/Pritima/Chetnain Patna

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Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar inaugu-rated National Book Fair through video

conferencing on November 10, 2011.The nine-day festival, organised by the

National Book Trust (NBT), witnessedsome significant changes, as readers wereopting for the books of local writers. “Onthe very first day of the fair, nearly 300copies of books like Reetikal by Bihari LalChaube, ‘Bihar of 18th century’ and severalcopies of Meri Ekyavan Kavitayien by AtalBihari Vajpayee were sold,” said MrDhananjay Kumar, owner of KitabgharPublication.

Books like ‘The rise of Bihar’ and theones on Dalai Lama and Anna Hazare,

were also in huge demand. “Seeing over-whelming response from the visitors, weadded 20-25 more stalls this year,” said MrShams Iqbal, Chief Editor and JuniorDirector of NBT.

Apart from this, a workshop was organ-ised on Children’s Day on the theme‘Childhood and Books’. Fables like‘Panchtantra’, ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘HarryPotter’ etc. were the usual charm for kids.Other than these books, ‘Madhushala’ and‘Bhartiya Samvidhan’ were also sold in goodnumbers.

Science exhibition, essay and paintingcompetition, poster making competitionand several other activities were also linedup for the students.

Shailendra Kumar, a Class VI student,said, “It’s a good opportunity to showcaseone’s talent, and I’m truly excited aboutthis”.

There is some ray of hope for the people of Bihar. In an interview with Headwayreporters Shradha Suman and Shradha Shree, State Power Minister Mr Vijendra Yadav talked in detail about the govt’s ambitious plans for the sector.

Mr. Vijendra Yadav

A renowned teacher, social activist, NGO worker and a documentary filmmaker, MrFrank Krishner talks to Headway reporter Priya on various aspects of his life.

When teaching turns biz

Students throng a book fair stall in Patna.

Land requires: 446 acres Total budget: 500 million dollarsTo be functional from: 2013Contribution by India: Rs 1,000 croreMentor group: Mr. Amartya Sen (chairman)Mr. George Yeo (former foreign minister ofSingapore), Mr Sugata Bose (historian,Professor at Harvard University), Mr LordDesai (professor at London School ofEconomics), Mr Wang Banwei (Professor atPeking University)Courses offered: Buddhist studies,Philosophy and Comparative Religion,Historical Studies, etc.

Aditi Kumari/Richa Sinha

Nalanda varsity: Whendream comes true

Garbage piled up near A.N. College inPatna. PIC: RICHA SINHA

PIX: DEEPTI SINHA

Chhath synonymous to Bihar’s identityKhushboo Kumari/Shradha Suman in Patna

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Chhath, the most important festival ofBihar and other parts of eastern Uttar

Pradesh, is celebrated every year with gaiety.This year too, thousands of devotees

offered arghya to the rising and setting sun inPatna. The population of the city increasedmanifold as Patnaites from across the coun-try and abroad came to their hometown tocelebrate the festival.

Considering that the festival is the mostimportant part of Bihar’s cultural calendarand keeping its sacredness in mind, PatnaMunicipal Corporation (PMC) maintainedcleanliness for the convenience of the devo-tees.

Chhath was started by Kunti’s son Karnawho was blessed by the Sun God to becomea great warrior.

The four-day festival starts after the sixthday of Diwali every year. On the first day,devotees take a dip in the holy river Ganga,next day they observe a day-long fast whichends after the sunset. People visit theriver banks to offer prayers to the setting Sunand then they offer arghya to the rising Sunthe following day.

“On this auspicious festival we worshipSun to promote well being, prosperity andprogress”, said a devotee, Mrs Urmila Devi.Another devotee, Mrs Damayanti Singh,said, “worshipping the Sun during Chhathcures many incurable diseases”.

PIC: SAZIA HAQUE

Devotees offering ‘arghya’.

Monika Bhatia/Shradha Shreein Patna

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It was a dream come true for two Bihar men—Mr Sushil Kumar and Mr Anil Kumar

Sinha—at Kaun Banega Crorepati-5 thisyear. The duo stunned the entire coun-try by bringing home crores. While MrKumar, an MNREGA employee fromMotihari, bagged Rs 5 crore as prizemoney, Mr Sinha, a resident of Patna,missed the 5 crore jackpot by a whisker,but managed to win Rs 1 crore.

Mr Sushil Kumar, an IAS aspirant, had alife changing experience when he stepped intothe studio of KBC. The whole gamut of things changed for this manafter he won the jackpot of Rs 5 crore. For Mr Kumar, a computeroperator who was earning a meagre Rs 6,000 per month, winning thejackpot was ‘not a very remarkable thing’ as according to him ‘anycommon man can be a crorepati’. Rather, meeting Mr AmitabhBachchan was a bigger achievement for him. “Money is not every-thing in life, peace of mind is the biggest luxury for me and I got thatwhile meeting him,” he said.

Talking to Headway, he expressed his willingness to help thedeprived people. He said he would first like to compete in UPSC,build a house for his family and then open an anti-liquor rehabilita-tion centre so that he can help people lead a normal life.Commenting on tips for success, he said: Agar zindagi me kuch karnahai to lagatar lage rehna hoga (Keep on fighting until you achieve yourtarget).

On the other hand, 33-year-old Mr Sinha from Patna, also had alife-time experience when he met Big B, the person he admired themost. Mr Sinha, a quiz enthusiast, had been trying to get into the showfor the last 11 years. He even tried for KBC on Mahua channel, butcouldn’t make it to the hot seat. Like Mr Kumar, Mr Sinha also wish-es to help the people by using a part of the amount to build a traumacentre in the remembrance of his younger brother, who died in a trainaccident 10 years ago.

Mr Sinha said Bihar had a lot of talent, but people here don’t getthe kind of exposure they need. Asked about his success mantra, hesaid: “Trust yourself, your parents and the values that they gave youand ultimately trust God. God is the one who will definitely guide youthrough the right path. And never ever give up!”

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LEISUREAND LIFESTYLE

Priya/Sakshiin Patna

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Biba’s ethnic range of ‘salwar-kameez’,Benetton’s chic clothes, Provogue’s

casual wear, Adidas’s sportswear etc aredefining the lines of fashion for thePatnaites.

It’s not just the people living in metrocities who are brand conscious, there is nolack of fashion freaks in smaller cities likePatna also. Patnaites can now witness awide range of brands for apparels likeWrangler, Woodland, Killer, Biba, WillsLifestyle and many more. Even there arebrands for kids like Lilliput, Gini andJony, Lil Tomatoes etc.

Residents of Patna are fast acquiring thetaste of expensive brands and extravagantlifestyle. Gone are the days when childrenwould wear whatever their parents wantedthem to. Now their attires are guided by brands.Tannu, a student, said: “I am so glad that so many brands have comeup in Patna. Now I can shop here and get the best outfits”.

The recent opening of P&M Mall at Patliputra has helped thesebrands further expand their market. Therefore, now Patnaites canhave better access of them under one roof. A shopkeeper of MeenaBazaar, an outlet at P&M Mall, said: “Previously, brand lovers hadto face problems as they had to go to metro cities to look for brand-ed items. However, the arrival of new outlets in Patna has providedrelief to them”. Today, when people are becoming brand con-scious, retailers are cashing on it and are earning big bucks.

Since Patna is witnessing the arrival of brands and giving a goodresponse to it, the future of these outlets, it seems, is on brighter side.

Fashion freaks flourish One season, onestate...two crorepatis

Sudha Chandran enjoys Dandiya night at Patna Club. PIC: PRITEE SINGH

Sushil Kumar (centre) and Anil Kumar Sinha (right) being garlanded after their arrival at Patna airport.

Mall mania mesmerises PatnaitesSarwat Jabin/Monika Bhatia/Satya Verma/RomaIn Patna

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Gone are the days when people in Patnaused to go for shopping in small markets

and had to move from one shop to anotherto buy different commodities. They now pre-fer shopping in malls, as it not only savestheir time, but also gives them some refresh-ments. Mall culture has swept the city, givingPatnaites a new lifestyle.

They can now witness high-rise malls andbig hoardings around the city. After finishingtheir shopping, people have loads of optionsfor their taste buds.

Thanks to efficient governance andhunger for modern lifestyle, mall majorsfrom across the country are making a beelinefor Patna. The inauguration of P&M Mallhere has opened new windows of hope forthe people who seek a better lifestyle.

The first mall of Patna, P&M mall, ownedby Mr Prakash Jha, has been designed to beone of the finest retail destinations with mod-ern facilities. It is a six-storeyed, completelyair-conditioned building with four screenmultiplex, restaurants, banquet hall, dedicat-ed floors for men, women and kids wear aswell as an outlet of Big Bazaar.

A newly married couple, Priya and Sujeet,

said: “We have come here to watch movie inCinepolis. It is first-of-its-kind in easternIndia, giving best quality to the viewers”.

Ms Nitya, a final year B.Com student, said:“The mall totally stands to our expectations, assuch a thing was never expected in Bihar”.

“Around 20,000 people visit the P&MMall everyday. The number goes up to50,000 on weekends and holidays. Theresponse will be amazing when more mallswill come up,” said Mr Pankaj Kumar,Marketing Head, P&M mall.

“We are planning to add more sections tothe mall. A new hotel comprising 24 roomsis on the anvil,” said Mr Amit Parmar,Manager, P&M Mall.

P & M Mall in Patna. PIC: AAKANKSHA

The sudden shift in lifestyle ofPatnaites has encouraged busi-ness houses to invest more incity. A large number of malls islikely to come up in the state

capital soon. Vasundhara MetroMall on Boring Canal Road, P-

Mall on Exhibition Road, VaishaliMall near Rajendra Nagar and

City Centre near Patna Museumare some of the new names

Patnaites would witness soon.“City Centre, which would

spread over an area of threeacres, would be a never-beforeexperience for the people,” said

Mr Pramod Diwedi, AssistantVice-President, Marketing,

Ambuja Reality.

Yum, yum,yummy...

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Of late, Patnaites have now a lot of optionto tickle their taste buds, thanks to emer-

gence of a large number of food outlets in thecity.

The choice of food has changed fromlitti chokha to Chinese, Lebanese and Italianas the youths are opting for more food vari-eties. The opening of Cafe Coffee Day(CCD) and Cafe Chokolade at Patna is aboon for youngsters as they can now hangaround these outlets and enjoy coffee, hotchocolates and delicious brownie.

Mr Diwakar Sheikh, Assistant Manager,CCD, and Mr Sanjay Singh, owner of CafeChokolade told Headway that everyday peo-ple from all walks of life, especially young-sters, visit their shops to enjoy themselves.These outlets have become favourite destina-tions for them to get together. Wraps andRolls, another exclusive outlet at P&M mall,has attracted youths for its delicious rolls.

Hotel Gargee Grand and Chawla Squarehave opened their outlets in Patna, offeringmore food varieties to the taste buds. Themanager of Chawla Square, Mr AmitWagawani said, “Our restaurant provides qual-ity food at an affordable price and our cus-tomers love to come here, again and again”.

Mr Kumar, a visitor at Gargee Grand,said: “The food here is delicious, especiallySpaghetti Chinese Manchurian.”

Talking of pizzas, Hunger Hook is thenew hotspot in the city. Ms Neha Kumari, thereceptionist of Hunger Hook, said: “PizzaFarm House and Hot and Spicy ChickenTikkas are famous amongst our customers”.

With each passing day, the trend keepschanging here as far as food options are con-cerned. One can say, Patnaites are now not farbehind when it comes to satisfying appetite.

News Makers

Kolaveri Di, a Tamglish (mixture ofTamil and English) music video writtenand sung by Dhanush and composed byAnirudh Ravichander has spread like aviral throughout the country. Dhanush isan occasional playback singer and lyricistin Tamil film industry. The song has wonthe YouTube Gold Award, which is pre-sented to videos with most number of hits.

Now, shaping and relaxing made easy for PatnaitesPritee Singh/Ankitain Patna

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Aglowing skin, beautiful hair and a tonedbody is a dream of every individual. The

keyword to achieve these is a ‘healthylifestyle’. But what should one do to lead ahealthy lifestyle? Some might say eat healthyand shed off your extra kilos, but there arefew takers for these suggestions as most cite‘lack of time’ as an excuse.

However, with the arrival of gyms andspas in the city, it’s possible now for Patnaitesto go for a toned body. Yes, Patnaites canenjoy the serene ambience of spas as well ashit the gyms for a perfect body.

Thinking about a spa means lyingwrapped up in seaweed paste and being mas-saged with lavender oil. While getting mas-

saged, aromatic candles and soothing envi-ronment relieves the stress. Chandan Sparshspa, Trikaya and Fusion have turned this fan-tasy into a reality.

Ms Ritu Parna, an economics teacher atLoyola High School, said: “I visit spas every15 days. It helps me fight skin problems andrelaxes my body”.

Trikaya and Chandan Sparsh, both usebranded products for hair and body treat-ment. They provide the services like pedi-cure, manicure, scalp massage, body polish-ing and steam bath.

A perfect skin isn’t just sufficient toenhance one’s look, but a perfect bodyholds the key when it comes to getting a bet-

ter look. So to fulfill this demand, a lot ofgyms have hit the market. Youth, middleaged people and almost everybody is fre-quenting the gyms. It helps them to remainphysically and mentally fit. Even the womenare not lagging behind. For them, manygyms have come up.

Mr Aakash Shekhar, a resident of Patna,said: “I go to gym every day, which makes mybody and mind fresh and I feel active all the day.”

Gyms like Gold Gym, Gym Club 9, GymCentre, Addiction Best Gym etc haveoffered multiple options to the people tochoose from.

Mr Sanjiv Tandon, owner of the Gym Club9, said: “This is the number one gym in Patna,for men as well as women. Most of the peoplecoming here are of 30 plus age group. Manyhousewives are also coming to our gym”.

Thus, now Patnaites have almost every-thing to look ravishing and lead a healthylife.

With the arrival of gyms and spas in the city, it’s now possible for Patnaites to go fora toned body. PIC: ANKITA

PWC is my pride: Rati ‘Glamour too can be tough’

‘‘NNuuppuurr’’ oorr ‘‘HHiittlleerr DDiiddii’’......wwhhaatt aarree yyoouu iinn rreeaalllliiffee??

In real life I am very bubbly, jovial, andfull of life. I am very opposite from HitlerDidi and Nupur. I am very responsible andsincere when it comes to family matters.

HHooww ddiidd yyoouu ggeett yyoouurr ffiirrsstt bbrreeaakk?? I got my break six years back when I

applied for Zee Cine Talent Hunt on ZeeTV, where one of the directors spotted me.

TTeellll mmee ssoommeetthhiinngg aabboouutt yyoouurr ccoolllleeggee lliiffee.. In Patna Women’s College, I was in

Economics Department. We had a gang of girlswho always loved to be on stage. I really used toenjoy ‘Holi Milan’ as it was full of colours.

IInn PPaattnnaa WWoommeenn’’ss CCoolllleeggee,, wwhhiicchh ddaayy iissmmoosstt mmeemmoorraabbllee ttoo yyoouu??

When I got admission in the college, itwas like a dream come true. The first daywhen I was sitting in my class, I was feelingvery proud and still feel the same.

IInn PPaattnnaa wwhheerree ddoo yyoouu lliikkee ttoo hhaanngg oouutt?? I am very family-oriented person. I love

to spend time with my family and friends and

that’s why I am very much attached toPatliputra because all my friends live there.For shopping I like to go to ChowdharyMarket and Maurya Lok.

WWhhaatt aarree yyoouurr uuppccoommiinngg pprroojjeeccttss?? Presently I am doing only ‘Hitler Didi’.

AAnnyy mmeessssaaggee ffoorr ssmmaallll ssccrreeeenn aassppiirraannttss?? Always think that whatever happens,

happens for the best. You are the best andnobody can do things better than you. Thinkpositive and keep trying until you succeed.

The world has known her by the bubbly character of Nupur Bhushan to disciplinarianHitler Didi. Meet the women behind these characters – Rati Pandey, as she talks about

her life with Headway reporter AAkkrriittyy AAbbhhiillaasshhaa..

TTeellll uuss aa lliittttllee aabboouutt yyoouurrsseellff..I believe in leadership.

During my school days, I wasone of the best sportspersonsand a good dancer. I am apatriotic person too.

HHooww ddiidd yyoouu ggeett yyoouurr ffiirrssttbbrreeaakk iinn iinndduussttrryy??

I started my career as amodel. Priyadarshan sir gaveme my first break in 2005 inGaram Masala.

TTeellll uuss aabboouutt yyoouurr eexxppeerriieenncceeiinn yyoouurr ffiirrsstt mmoovviiee..

It was a great pleasureworking with Akshay Kumar and JohnAbraham. I respect Akshay sir a lot soI call him sir, while John is a positiveperson. I learnt a lot while workingwith them.

WWhhoo iinnssppiirreedd yyoouu ttoo mmaakkee ttoo tthhee ggllaammoouurrwwoorrlldd??

Of course, my mother was my inspiration.

WWhhaatt iiss yyoouurr ddrreeaamm rroollee??

I would like to play arole like Madhubala inMughal-e-Azam. I wouldalso like to do stunts likeUma Thurman andAngelina Jolie.

WWhheerree wwoouulldd yyoouu hhaavveellaannddeedd iiff nnoott iinn tthhee iinndduuss-ttrryy??

I would have been ahousewife, somewhat likemy mother because she isthe best.

HHooww ddoo yyoouu lliikkee ttoo ssppeennddyyoouurr ffrreeee ttiimmee??

I don’t have free time, but if I have, Iwould like to help my mother in cooking.

WWhhaatt aarree yyoouurr uuppccoommiinngg mmoovviieess??There are three movies queued up. I

love to perform well in every movie but I amwaiting to do a role which will be a lovestory.

HHooww ddoo yyoouu ffeeeell ttoo bbee kknnoowwnn aass aa BBiihhaarrii??I feel very proud, please call me a Bihari.

Gorgeous and intelligent Neetu Chandra has become an ideal for every girl in Patna whowants to make it to the Hindi film industry. She talks about herself in an interview with

Headway reporter PPrriitteeee SSiinngghh..

UPCOMING MALLS

The superstar of millennium, AmitabhBachchan, was in Patna along withDirector-Producer Mr Prakash Jha andactor Manoj Bajpai to promote theirfilm Aarakshan.

Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khanwas in Patna to promote his latest film,Don 2 .The Patnaites had a breathtak-ing moment watching King Khan live.He was accompanied by the film’slead actress Priyanka Chopra,Director Farhan Akhtar and ProducerRitesh Sidhwani.

BodyguardSinghamThe Dirty PictureReadyMurder 2Delhi BellyTanu Weds ManuZindagi Na Milegi DobaraMere Brother Ki DulhanNo One Killed Jessica

PIC: SHAMPA KIRTI

Patiala HouseMausamGame7 Khoon MaafRascalsRa. OneDesi BoysAarakshanThank youLadies v/s Ricky Bahal

HITS

FLOPS

BODYGUARD

DHOLIDA DHOL RE WAGAD MARE HIK LEVI CHHE

TEXT: MONICA MONI

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6ANNUAL LAB JOURNAL OF DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION

PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGESESSION: 2011-2012

HAWK’S EYEBEYOND THE SIGHT

Manaswi/Nusrain Patna

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Vocational courses, introduced by variousuniversities in the state to provide job oppor-tunities to the students, are in a dire strait.

Most of the colleges lack basic infrastructureto help students learn the intricacies of job-ori-ented courses. At present, Patna University (PU)runs 70 vocational courses, for which teachers

are either appointed on ad-hoc basis or fromother departments.

Even after 17 years, since the beginning ofsuch courses, the situation remains the same.Most of the vocational courses lack permanentfaculty. Students, in spite of paying a hugeamount of money, do not get expert teachers.

A student of one of the reputed co-ed col-leges of PU, who is pursuing vocational course,said: “The syllabus is outdated and the quality ofeducation is not up to the mark.”

The situation is no different for the students

of self-financing courses being run under thescheme of career-oriented courses, introducedby the University Grants Commission (UGC) inits XIth Plan. Even MBA, the most trendingpreference, lacks permanent teachers.

Bottlenecks are many, but PU is trying its best toimprove the situation. Mr Arun Kumar Sinha, Co-

ordinator of PU vocational courses, said: “Effortsare on to improve the quality of education.However, as far as placements are concerned, ourhands are tied as corporate sector deals with it. Wecan’t guarantee 100 per cent placement”.

Few colleges, including Patna Women’s College(PWC) provide practical training to their students intheir respective fields, as part of the curriculum.

In a bid to give a fillip to vocational courses, thegovernment has set up a high-level committee underHuman Resource Development Department(HRD) Secretary Mr S Shiv Kumar. The committee

will look into several aspects, including income gen-eration, recruitment of skilled teachers, infrastruc-ture, management and above all the placement fig-ures. Other members of the committee includeDirector of Higher Education, Mr Sitaram Singhand Principal of PWC Dr. Sr. Doris D’Souza A.C.The HRD’s move is apparently a sequel to UGC let-ter, seeking information in the prescribed formatregarding the way courses are being run. Besides, theUGC has also sought to know whether industry hasbeen involved in the preparation of curriculum ofthese courses in anyway.

Vocational ‘vacation’ cripples state universities

RTS: CM’s anti-graft pillNusra/Anisha Shyamin Patna

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The state government gifted its peoplethe Bihar Right to Service Act, 2011 on

the Independence Day. Under this act, gov-ernment officials are bound to provide serv-ices to the public within a stipulated time-frame. The move is aimed at curbing cor-ruption in the government departments.

“The country is sick of the prevailing cor-ruption. With the implementation of thisAct, people will pay no more graft to obtainbasic services like procuring a caste or domi-cile certificate, driving licence, passport etc,”Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar said whileintroducing the Act.

Once implemented, the Act — whichimposes a daily penalty of Rs 250 on erringofficials, can go up to Rs 5,000 — wouldensure that common people are notharassed. The Act, which will be initiallycovering 50 services and enforced in 10 statedepartments, is a brainchild of the ChiefMinister. It was passed without even adebate in the State Assembly.

The services under the ambit of the Actinclude issuance of caste, domicile andincome certificates, driving licenses and vehi-

cle registration, police verification of passportapplications, new ration cards and social secu-rity pensions. Applications for these serviceswill have to be disposed off in 21 to 60 days,depending on the service.

As per the Act, the applications of thepeople seeking various services will be fedinto the computers and the applicants willbe provided a unique identity number. Theycan use the number to check the progress oftheir applications on the government depart-ment’s website.

Is there any MRP for flats in Patna?Shradha Shree/Shradha Sumanin Patna

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“Five years ago, it was my dream, and it stillis…”, said Mr Pankaj Kumar, a resident ofPatna, expressing his dream to own a housein the city.

Well! It’s not just the feeling of a singleperson, rather it’s the voice of Patna. Butskyrocketing prices of apartments and landare burning hole in the pockets of the buy-ers, making it difficult for the middle classpeople to even plan for it. In Patna, a twoBedroom-Hall-Kitchen (BHK) flat of 900sq.ft, on an average, costs Rs 18-30 lakhs.

And a three BHK flat of 1200 sq.ft, costs

around Rs 25-40 lakhs, which is very high incomparison to the flat prices in other cities-such as Ranchi, Ahmedabad and evenNoida and Delhi.

The plot prices are fixed by the govern-ment, but when a common man goes to buyit, the developer charges double or morethan double the fixed price. “This is not an“off-screen” thing, but is a matter of taking 40per cent money from buyer above the tableand 60 per cent under the table. That too infull public view,” said 50-year-old Mr NareshKumar, who owns a flat on Ashiana Road.

However, the state has come up with afresh law titled ‘The Bihar MunicipalBuilding By-Laws & Building Code-2011’.The law aims to regulate building construction,development activities and safety measures.

Dr Chanchala Kumari: Awarenesscan boost rural education in state“Truth may cause distress, but it never caus-es defeat”, says Dr.Chanchala Kumari, thePresident’s Award winner, in an interviewwith Headway reporters SShhaaiillyy,, DDeeeeppttii SSiinnhhaaaanndd SSuurraabbhhii

FFiirrsstt ooff aallll,, hhooww ddooeess iitt ffeeeell ttoo bbee hhoonnoorreeddwwiitthh ssuucchh aa pprreessttiiggiioouuss aawwaarrdd??It is the biggest achievement of my life.Receiving such a prestigious award from thePresident is in itself a very satisfying andoverwhelming experience.

WWhheenn ddiidd yyoouu jjooiinn PP NN AAnngglloo SSaannsskkrriitt SScchhooooll??WWhhaatt iinnssppiirreedd yyoouu ttoo bbee ssoo pprrooggrreessssiivvee??I joined this institution in the year 1998. Atthat time, the school was not in a very goodcondition, but the commitment towards myprofession motivated me to move on, brav-ing all the adversities.

WWhhoo hhaass bbeeeenn yyoouurr bbaacckk ssuuppppoorrtt tthhrroouugghhoouutt??My family and especially my husband.

WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk sshhoouulldd bbee ddoonnee ttoo

eennssuurree qquuaalliittyy eedduuccaattiioonn aatt sseeccoonnddaarryy lleevveell??The government is providing many facili-ties to the schools, right from scholarshipsto qualified teachers, but above all an effortis required on behalf of the students andtheir parents to help improve the standardof education.

BBeeiinngg aa wwoommaann,, hhooww ddoo yyoouu mmaannaaggee yyoouurrhhoommee aass wweellll aass yyoouurr wwoorrkk eeffffiicciieennttllyy??Home and work both can be managed withtime management skill and planning.

WWhhaatt iiss tthhee ‘‘kkeeyy ttoo ssuucccceessss’’??Working with full dedication and honesty inaccordance with your plan enables you toachieve your dreams.

AAnnyy ffuuttuurree aassppiirraattiioonnss??My commitment towards my students hasalways been the driving force behind mywork, and I would carry on the same infuture also. Apart from this, I work for thewelfare of the society, where male chauvin-ism often overshadows women.

WWhhaatt mmeessssaaggee wwoouulldd yyoouu lliikkee ttoo ggiivvee ttoo tthheessttuuddeennttss ooff PPaattnnaa WWoommeenn’’ss CCoolllleeggee wwhhooaassppiirree ttoo bbeeccoommee tteeaacchheerrss??Teaching is a noble profession and the aspi-rants should be disciplined as well as punc-tual and should motivate others.

Mr Arun Kumar Sinha, co-ordinatorof PU vocational courses saysefforts are on to improve quality

Primaryeducation: A bitdone, lot neededSazia Haque/Sheezan Nezami/Swati Savarnin Patna

Headway Newsroom

Primary education in Bihar has witnesseda quantum shift in the last five years,

thanks to various schemes launched by thecentral as well as state government.However, much is needed to improve ruraleducation infrastructure in the state.

When compared to previous seven years,the situation has definitely changed for thebetter. However, states like Kerala and Goahave progressed a lot in primary educationsector, giving food for thought to Bihar.

“We started the work from the lowest andsuddenly cannot reach the top,” said MrAnjani Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary,Human Resources Development (HRD)department. “The real challenge was to opennew schools with better infrastructure. Now thatwe have achieved our primary target, the thrustis on providing quality education,” he added.

It’s true that the number of students hasincreased substantially in primary schoolsacross the state. The quality of education,however, remained poor as many childrenstudying in standard five are not able to readthe books of standard two.

Even the food provided to them undermid-day meal scheme is not up to the mark.Many parents have complained that thequality of food is below standard and only‘khichdi’ is being served in most of theschools. “It is not possible to visit everyschool every day. Parents should be activeand if not satisfied, they should inform theauthorities concerned,” said Mr Sinha. Headded that the HRD was planning to involvemothers in preparing mid-day meal.

Mukhya Mantri Cycle Yojna has actedlike a catalyst in attracting students to school.In villages, where girls were not allowed tomove out of their houses, a revolution isbeing witnessed. They can now be seenpaddling their way to school. It’s a good signfor the state, but the government shouldaddress issues like shortage of teachers andpoor quality of education.

REAL ESTATEAREA PRICE

Builder GovtRajendra Nagar 5000 1600Gardanibagh 3000 1600Ashiana Road 3300 1600Patliputra 3500 1600Bailey Road 3500 1600Boring Road 5000 2500Ashok Rajpath 5000 2500Frazer Road 5500 2500Exhibition Road 5500 2500Bhattacharjee Road 5000 2500

Prices in Rs/square feet; Source: Registry office, Patna

CRIME ON THE RISE IN STATE

WRONG PATH12.8.11Three students were arrested for blackmailing agirl with her obscene video clip.14.8.11A boy, plotted his own kidnapping’ anddemanded Rs 1.50.lakhs inspired by a TVserial ‘Pratigya’24.8.11A 14-year-old boy, Aditya, was abducted and

later killed by his own friends.12.9.11A class IV student of a public school set on fireanother student of class III because of a quarrelover a petty issue.16.9.11Three class IX students of one of the reputedschools of Patna were arrested on the charge ofstealing a motorcycle. 9.10.11Four boys armed with firearms forcibly picked upa minor girl and gangraped her.

Crime traps teensSrishti Kamal/Roma/Saniya Ahmadin Patna

Headway Newsroom

Recent spurt in murder, loot, abduction,eve teasing, petty crimes and cyber

crimes has sounded an alarm bell in the city.The involvement of teenagers in these anti-social activities has set a dangerous prece-dent in a state that boasts of ‘sushasan’.

Be it schools or colleges, teenagers haveresorted to committing crime at a fasterpace to earn quick bucks. Although policeofficials would differ, it is but a fact thatteenagers, especially school and college-going students, are becoming easy prey tothe world of crime. “We admit that of late,teenagers have taken to crime. They kidnaptheir own classmates and ask for ransom. Infew cases, the victims were even killed.However, there is nothing to panic as we aretrying our best to deal with the situation,”former city SP Mr Shivdeep Lande toldHeadway. Let’s take a look at some of therecent cases involving teenagers:

Cyber crime spreads its wingsShailyin Patna

Headway Newsroom

Cyber crime, the new breed of crime per-petrated through computer, is the result

of dependency on the modern technology. Ithas sinister implication because of the nox-ious mind working behind the scene.Criminal activities have risen alarmingly. Tosome extent, emergence of information tech-nology is to be blamed for this. Be it criminalconspiracies, electronic vandalism, terrorism,fraud, money laundering or illegal intercep-tion of telecommunication, cyber world isbeing misused for all purposes.

Like in any other metropolis, cyber crimeis proliferating with a greater pace in Bihar.Hackers are thoroughly active, as morerecently, they hacked Chief Minister Mr

Nitish Kumar’s community page.Bihar registered 38 such cases of fraud,

forgery, vandalism and harassment in therecent past. Out of the most unsolved cases,Patna police claimed to have solved the casein which a criminal hacked the Orkut accountof a girl hailing from Begusarai, thereby post-ing her morphed pictures on it. It’s not justthe civilians who come under the domain ofthis crime, even the policemen and officialshave been victimised. A girl created a fake

profile of former City SP Mr Shivdeep WLande, on the famous social networking site“Facebook” and tried to stump his image byposting vulgar comments.

Apart from this, with the advent of netbanking, cases of fraud and forgery havebeen reported at various levels. Recently theATM cum credit card of a BSF officer, post-ed in Tripura, was used by the criminals foronline shopping to the tune of Rs 94,000. Afew months back, a group of anti-socials cre-ated fake government website of high courtto trap innocent people in the name ofvacancy, which was later unveiled.

Since Bihar is going to be based on cloudcomputing system, cyber cell as well as thepolice department of Bihar, have becomedynamic to keep a check on such crimes.“The combat team is less trained as com-pared to the offenders, which needs immedi-ate upgradation,” said a police officer.

Teenage suicideAnkita/Kavita Sinhain Patna

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With thelargest youth

population in theworld, India standsin a position whereevery single youthhas to fight a toughbattle for existence.In an era of compe-tition, parentsexpect their children to excel and comebest among the equals. Failing to fulfillthe aspirations and expectations, studentsget depressed and eventually take theextreme step.

Sweeya, a third year student of IITPatna, ended her life on September 1last year by jumping from the rooftop ofher hostel.

Ranjan, an IIT- Roorkee student, said:“The pressure to perform well, hecticschedule, tough study materials, examina-tion stress, pressure from parents, teach-ers and campus recruitment create men-tal pressure and make the students emo-tionally weak, often forcing them to endtheir lives.”

The number of suicide cases has goneup from 6060 in 2008 to 6761 in 2009-2010, an abrupt jump of 701. According toNational Crime Record Bureau (NCRB)of India, of the total suicide cases, the figurestands at 23.8 per cent for students alone.

“The peer pressure causes anxietyattacks to the students. Parents put theirchildren into the streams, for which theyeither lack the required skill or have nointerest. Ultimately the students areunable to cope with pressure and give uptheir lives”, said Mrs Binda Singh,Clinical Psychologist.

“Students should understand thatsuicide is no solution, instead theyshould fight back and overcome the sit-uation. Committing suicide is a crime.Anyone found guilty may be punishedaccording to the law,” City SP Ms KimGupta said.

CHANGINGFACE OF PATNA

Get, set, go…Monica Moni/Satya Vermain Patna

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Outdated autorickshaws and over-crowded city buses will soon be a

passe in Patna. If the ambitious plans ofthe State Government get materialised,the State capital will soon boast of worldclass communication facilities, such asmonorail and metro rail. With the gov-ernment having already introducedimproved city bus services, the additionof metro rail and mono rail will give thecity a boost in terms of communication.

MONORAILA monorail is a rail-based transporta-

tion system, based on a single rail whichacts as its sole support and its guide way.Initially, the facility will cover four routesin Patna — one from Patna Junction toGandhi Maidan, second from PatnaJunction to Partliputra Colony, third fromPatna Junction to Airport and fourthfrom Patna Junction to Kankarbagh.

METRO RAILThe Planning Commission recently

gave a go-ahead for the construction ofmetro rail in Patna. The metro rail willbe introduced on two routes under thepublic-private partnership mode. APlanning Commission team recentlymade an inspection of the proposedmetro rail routes — Dak BunglowSquare to Saguna More and Danapurto Patna City.

CITY BUSES As many as

70 non-AC andseven AC buseshave started ply-ing in Patna.The new buseshave global positioning service (GPS)devices to monitor their speed and helpthe control room monitoring their exactlocation. The buses also have emer-gency alarm button, electronic ticketingmachine, strict no smoking rule, cheapfares to travel and that too covering theremotest routes of the city.

Dr Chanchala Kumari receiving thePresident’s Award in New Delhi.

No need to panic, says City SP Kim GuptaCourage, determination and ‘never-say-die’ attitude can take you to the path of success, says

mercurial woman police officer Kim Gupta to the Headway reporter Akrity Abhilasha

WWhhaatt’’ss yyoouurr ggrreeaatteesstt ssttrreennggtthh aanndd wweeaakknneessss??Courage, determination and conviction aremy greatest strengths. My greatest weak-ness is that I often lose my temper when Isee things going wrong.

WWhhaatt mmaaddee yyoouu aann eexxcceelllleenntt mmaannaaggeerr??Earlier, I thought it would be difficult for

me to manage various things at the same time.This was before I simultaneously handledU.P.S.C and M. Phil examinations, together

with a few college interviews, successfully.This made me believe that I have good

management skills.

WWhhaatt aarree tthhee pprroobblleemmsstthhaatt yyoouu ffaaccee iinn mmaaiinnttaaiinn-iinngg llaaww aanndd oorrddeerr??To gather enough force, attimes, becomes difficult.

When policemen open fire and resort to lathicharge without thecommandments, it complicates the situation.

DDoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk tthhee llaaww aanndd oorrddeerr hhaass ooff llaattee ddeettoorriiaatteedd iinn PPaattnnaa??I find that law and order has improved in last five years. Sporadic

incidents do take place...but there is no need to panic.

HHooww sshhoouulldd ccrriimmee aaggaaiinnsstt wwoommeenn bbee ttaacckklleedd??Probably the mindset of our society restrains women in most

of the cases to speak up freely on issues such as rape, dowrydeaths, eve teasing etc. The stereotype consider rape as socialtaboo, this outlook has to be changed, so that the victim activelyfights for justice, also female officers should handle such sensitivecases so that the victim finds it a bit more comfortable to speak.

WWhhaatt iiss tthhee sseeccrreett bbeehhiinndd yyoouurr ssuucccceessss??I believe in myself and I have a never-say-die attitude.

TToo wwhhoomm wwoouulldd yyoouu lliikkee ttoo ggiivvee ccrreeddiitt ffoorr yyoouurr ssuucccceessss??My parents.

TIMELINE4 hours: Electricity fault repair in urban areas 24 hours: Electricity fault repair in rural areas 07 days: Police verification for passports 03 days: Postmortem report 30 days: New electricity connection 30 days: Scholarships in academic institutions 30 days: Caste, income, residential certificates

(15 days if recommended by employee) 30 days: Licence to open retail shop for seeds 30 days: Driving licence renewal 45 days: New holding tax60 days: New ration card

C A S E S T U D YPassport Driving licence

BEFORE RTS: In October 2010, I wentto passport office to purchase a form inorder to apply for the same. The media-tors sought a sum of Rs 4,000 from me,but I refused. The consequence was that,I was not even able to purchase the form.

POST-RTS: I applied again onDecember 15, 2011. It went easily untilthe filling and submission of the form. Butafter five to seven days when I went tothe police station to ask for verification,the officer-in-charge asked for a sum of Rs 500. Getting a passport, thus, is still adistant dream for me. Aakanksha

BEFORE RTS: Touts were having a fieldday at the office concerned. Even theofficers were not entertaining licenceseekers as they were hand-in-gloves withthe agents.

POST-RTS: On October 17, 2011, I wentto the office to apply for learner's licence.The person, who sold me the form, saidthat he would get the work done if I payhim Rs. 350. But instead I went to the officer concerned and did the formalities. Ihad to pay just Rs 140. On the due date,October 24, 2011, I received my licence at3:30 p.m. Shaida Haque

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NATIONISSUES THAT MATTER

Tremors of terror rock IndiaShradha Shree/Sandhya Kumari

Headway Newsroom

If 9/11 was a wake up call for United States(US), 26/11 exposed chinks in India’s

security armoury. US woke up, but India isstill way behind in dealing with terror attacks.

“Sixty killed in a serial blast”, “Mass mas-sacre in country,”… These lines are now partof India’s top 10 news items every year. Post9/11, US homeland security has been veryeffective, but India has gone through a seriesof attacks after Parliament was targeted in2001. India is one of such countries wheretremors of terrorism are felt every now andthen, as we haven’t been able to build astrong intelligence network in the country.

Like every previous year, 2011 alsoshowcased the failure of Indian tools ofgovernance as in many instances intelli-gence departments, police and securitymachinery were caught napping. On July13 last year, terrorists knocked India withthree consecutive blasts in Mumbai, theeconomic capital of the country. Theblasts occurred at three major centres —Dadar, Zaveri Bazaar and Opera House.Bombs of medium intensity claimed livesof 26 innocent people. On September 7 inthe same year, a blast occurred at gatenumber five of Delhi High Court (HC),leaving 15 dead and 90 injured.

The court blast occurred exactly 104 daysafter terrorists carried out a ‘dry run’ on thesame compound. Other than these, onSeptember 17, Agra faced a minor blast inwhich six persons were injured.

The 2011 blast was third terrorist attack inMumbai in the past five years. With courtblast, the number of terror strikes in Delhirose to 13 in the past 15 years. Out of these13 cases, nine are yet unsolved, clearly show-ing intelligence failure in the country.

In the past five years, India has seen 17big terror attacks. Each of them shivered thecountry severely. After 26/11, governmentdid set up National Investigation Agency(NIA) onsss the lines of US’ Federal Bureau

of Investigation (FBI), but it is underfundedand critics say, its creation was misguided.

This shows lack of concern by thenation’s policy makers towards the country’ssecurity. And if the ineptness of the govern-ment and intelligence agencies continues,the citizens of the country would continue toremain unsafe in their motherland. Thenation would not be secured unless the polit-ical class unites, brushing aside vote-bankcompulsions.

INDIA TERRORISEDD

DATE PLACE CASUALTY13.3.03 Mumbai 11dead, 70 hurt25.8.03 Mumbai 60 dead, 224 hurt15.8.04 Assam 16 dead29.10.05 New Delhi 66 dead, 210 hurt11.7.06 Mumbai 187dead,800 hurt8.9.06 Maharashtra 38 dead, 100 hurt18.5.07 Hyderabad 40 dead,15 hurt25.8.07 Hyderabad 40 dead, 50 hurt23.11.07 Uttar Pradesh 13 dead13.5.08 Jaipur 65 dead,150 hurt25.7.08 Bangalore 1 dead,7 hurt26.7.08 Ahemdabad 45 dead,160 hurt13.9.08 Delhi 22 dead, 98 hurt30.10.08 Guwahati 70 dead, 300 hurt26.11.08 Mumbai 160 dead13.2.10 Pune 16dead13.7.11 Mumbai 26 dead7.9.11 Delhi HC 15 dead, 90 hurt

City of dreamssays no to terror

Khushboo Kumari

Headway Newsroom

Life never stops even in adversity andMumbaikars are perfect epitome of this.

The terror attacks in the recent years, fromNovember 26, 2008 till July 21, 2011 shookMumbai, the financial capital of the nation.Hundreds of people lost their lives. In spiteof this, the spirit of Mumbai is still alive.

The trauma, and threats to life havebecome part and parcel for residents here.Layers of security are added after each ter-ror strike. If one has to learn how to lead alife despite going through unexpected situ-ations every single moment, people outhere would serve you with the most correctdefinitions of life.

One of the deadliest terror attacks inMumbai was on 26/11. The attacks wereclearly targeted at Mumbai’s well knownlandmarks like the Taj Hotel, Oberoi andLeopold’s Café and Chabad House.These attacks appear to have originatedin Nariman Point area, one of thoseplaces where pleasure seekers come torelax in cool sea breeze. In spite of beingticked up in the list by terrorists, thisplace has not lost its charm.

“Mumbai’s lifestyle is very fast. Our lifenever stops .We were infused by peoplewho celebrate life unconditionally. No ter-rorist attack can ever change that,” said MrDinesh Kumar, a resident of Chembur,Mumbai. “I think somewhere there is aloophole in the security system, that’s whyin past few years the number of terrorattacks has increased.”

“Time heals all. It’s important toshow to terrorists that they cannot per-manently break our spirits. We live fear-lessly,” said Mr Deepak Kumar, a resi-dent of Worli, Mumbai.

Mamata magic in BengalSheezan Nezami

Headway Newsroom

In democracy the ulti-mate power lies in the

hands of people. Thisbecame clear after theAssembly elections inWest Bengal whereTrinamool Congress(TMC) ended the 34-year reign of Communist

Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) by emergingvictorious in 184 seats.

TMC chief Ms Mamta Banerjee turned thered signal green. But this journey for Didi, as MsBanerjee is known, was not an easy one. She leftno stone unturned to uproot CPI (M). Herdream was of a `Sonar Bangla’ (golden Bengal)and her slogan of `Ma, Mati, Manush’ broughther closer to the heart of the people of WestBengal and finally she became their unanimouschoice as Chief Minister.

After the formation of TMC on January 1,1998, Ms Banerjee kept a keen eye on the Left.Nandigram movement, Singur movement,demand for separate Gorkhaland state, prob-lems of Jangal Mahal and ramshackle condi-tions of education, health and administrativesystem of West Bengal gave the firebrandleader a platform to fight against CPI(M) .

She proved herself as a mass leader whenthe people of Nandigram got the notice thattheir land would be seized and 70,000 oddpeople would become homeless. Soon TMCformed `Bhumi Uchchhed PratirodhCommittee’ against land grabbing. Singurmovement also added fuel to the fire and gaveMs Banerjee another platform from whereshe could raise her voice against CPI (M).

Today after becoming the ChiefMinister, her journey has become eventougher. People of West Bengal with hopesin their eyes are waiting for better tomorrowand the time has come to watch whetherDidi is really going to be their `messiah’ orlike most of the political leaders, would turnaway from her promises.

Khushboo Kumari

Headway Newsroom

TAMIL NADUMs J. Jayalalitha-led AllIndia Anna DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) easily swept away DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam (DMK), by winning in203 out of 234 constituencies. ConsequentlyMr M Karunanidhi-led DMK governmenthad to face shameful defeat because of theparty leaders’ alleged involvement in multicrore 2G spectrum scam. Former Unionministers from DMK Mr A Raja, MrDayanidhi Maran and Mrs M KKanimozhi were key accused in the scam.

ASSAMAssam’s election resultsreaffirmed people’s faithin Congress, with MrTarun Gogoi becomingChief Minister for the third time in a row.Of 126 seats in the state, 78 went to thekitty of Congress. Mr Gogoi’s efforts ofconvincing the United Liberation Frontof Asom (ULFA) rebels to shun the pathof violence paid dividends in electionresults.

KERALAIt was a neck to neck fightin Kerala where theCongress-led UnitedDemocratic Front (UDF) gained 72seats, against 68 seats managed by theleft-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).UDF’s Mr Oomen Chandey becameChief Minister of the state.

Results of other three states

‘It’s time to remodel our strategies’Headway Newsroom

Brigadier MS Jaswal, YSM, SM, commis-sioned in 1982 is at present Deputy GOC

Pune Sub Area. He has served in various staffappointments and has seen active duty inKashmir. He is also an avid writer of fictionand management books. The views expressedare his personal ones and in no way reflect thestated policies of the Indian Army or theGovernment. Headway Editor SShhaammppaaSShhaarrmmaa talks to Brig MS Jaswal.

HHooww oofftteenn ddoo yyoouu ggeett ttrraaiinniinngg ooff nneeww tteecchh-nnoollooggyy??Training is a continuous process and ade-quate time is made available to master anynew technology. However, time lag is natural,for any technology to be effective.

WWhheerree ddooeess IInnddiiaa ssttaanndd ttooddaayy iinn tteerrmmss ooffiinntteerrnnaall sseeccuurriittyy aass ccoommppaarreedd ttoo 11999999 KKaarrggiilliinnttrruussiioonn bbyy PPaakkiissttaann??Firstly, the Kargil intrusions can be classifiedas external security breach and not internalsecurity lapse. In context of prevailing situa-tion and mutual understanding of two armies,in a very hostile mountainous terrain, theyused to vacate the posts in winters due to high

levels of snowfall and severity of climate andreoccupy them in summers. When we vacat-ed the posts in 1999, Pakistani troops reoc-cupied our vacated positions. Presently, withsuch trust deficit and increased technologicaland manned vigil by our security forces,Kargil type intrusion is not possible on ourWestern borders.

TTeerrrroorriissmm iiss ssttiillll uunnttaammeedd iinn IInnddiiaa ttoo tthhiissddaayy.. CCaann yyoouu tteellll uuss tthhee rreeaassoonn bbeehhiinndd tthhiissiinneeffffiicciieennccyy??Terrorism is a poor man’s war and will stay infuture also. This is a worldwide phenomenonand is not only subject to the Indian sub con-tinent. However, India has certain peculiar-ities which are being exploited by inimicalsources along our internal fault lines. Theyare religious extremism, sectarian violence,social inequality (leading to Maoist terrorism,the biggest future internal threat). Pakistan isfully exploiting the religious divide by spon-soring Islamic Jihad pan India as an instru-ment of its state policy. Our response to ter-rorism is inefficient, the prime being lack ofgovernment resolve, weak diplomacy, andnot a single agency fights terror.

UU..SS.. ddiidd nnoott ssuuffffeerr aannyy aattttaacckk aafftteerr 22000077,, bbuutt

ssiinnccee tthheenn IInnddiiaa hhaass uunnddeerrggoonnee mmoorree tthhaann 2200aattttaacckkss.. WWhhyy??US enjoys a few advantages. Firstly, it does nothave any hostile neighbours and, secondly, itsland mass is isolated. In addition, its politicalwill to establish anti-terror mechanisms hasshown a greater resolve than India. After 9/11attacks, there is a single point agency whichfights terror threats with new technologieswhich were more effective than that of India.

WWhhaatt iiss yyoouurr ppeerrssppeeccttiivvee ttoowwaarrddss IInnddiiaa’’ssppoolliiccyy oonn iinntteerrnnaattiioonnaall sseeccuurriittyy??India’s best chances for reducing Pakistan statesponsored terrorism is to strengthen the inter-national security obligations. I think India ismoving ahead in that sphere very rapidly.

WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu hhaavvee ttoo ssaayy aabboouutt tthhee ssttaattuuss ooffwwoommeenn iinn IInnddiiaann AArrmmyy??The culture and ethos of the army was alwaysto treat woman with respect and give her thestatus of a lady. With new women officersjoining in, their respect has increased mani-fold after seeing them perform in same hard-ships as men. As an officer there are no dif-ferences as to how one’s gender is treated aslong as they meet the challenges of theirprime duty, i.e. the execution of given task.

Population boom a boon,not a bane: Freidrika MeijerSazia Haque/Sadya Razi/Radhika

Headway newsroom

Booming populationhas always been a

major problem. OnOctober 31, 2011, worldpopulation touchedseven billion mark. Tomark the occasion,United Nations Fundfor Population Activities(UNFPA) released the‘State of world popula-

tion report’ in Patna.Ms Freidrika Meijer, UNFPA country

representative (India and Bhutan), who waspresent at the function, sounded optimisticwhile talking to Headway. “With seven bil-lion population, there come seven billionpossibilities. Rising population should not beconsidered a curse. Most of us are of theview that population hampers the economicgrowth and is a burden for the country. Butcontrary to this fact, population should be

considered as human resource,” she said.Viewing population as a boon, UNFPA in

India is focusing on key areas, such as ado-lescent girls’ health, maternal mortality, childlabour, mother’s health, equality and all sortsof health management.

Earlier, the UNFPA report was unveiledby Bihar Human Resource DevelopmentMinister Mr P K Shahi and National Head,Jagran Pehel, Mr Anand Madhab.

Continued from Page 1Verma was suspended in connection with

a disproportionate assets case. The major steps taken to curb corruption

include introduction of a new LokayuktaBill in the state. The post of chief minister,speaker of legislative assembly, chairman oflegislative council and government employ-ees, were brought under its ambit.

Apart from dealing with corruption, MrKumar also initiated measures to solveperennial power crisis in the state.Companies like India Power CorporationLtd, Kolkata and Nalanda Power CompanyLtd, Kolkata have come up with offers to setup their plants in the state. While IndiaPower Corporation Ltd is keen to set up a1,320 MW plant in East Champaran,Nalanda Power Company Ltd has evincedinterest in establishing a 2000 MW plant atsouth Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district. A1,320 MW thermal power plant of PirpaintiBijlee Company Pvt. Ltd. is likely to be setup at Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district. But thebiggest problem is that none of these proj-ects are likely to operate before 2014-15.

This is hard to ignore that Mr Kumar hasdone a lot of work in his second term. Butsome loopholes are still visible. Law andorder has been deteriorating in the state.The website of Bihar police shows that inthe year 2005, the number of criminal caseswere 1,04,781, but it went up to 1,37,572 in2010.

In terms of agriculture and industry, thestate is lagging behind. There is a debt of Rs57,000 crore and Rs 664 crore on the state.

The Forbesganj case in which policefired on a mob of villagers at Bhanjanpura,killing four persons, including a pregnantwoman and a 10-month-old infant, exposedthe brutality of the Bihar police. The gov-ernment should come up with a mechanismto check police highhandedness in the state.

Handlinggraft, powercrisis govt’stop priority

Assange Wikibombs shake world Sadya Razi/Tripti Prasad

Headway Newsroom

Wikileaks, the most talked-about topicof 2011, left policy makers across the

globe shaken. India was no exception.Wikipedia defines it as an international

non-profit organisation that publishes sub-missions of private, secret and classifiedmedia from anonymous news sources, newsleaks and whistleblowers. Its website,launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Pressorganisation, claimed a database of morethan 1.2 million documents within a year.Julian Assange, an Australian Internetactivist, is its director.

In April 2010, Wikileaks published gunsight footage from the July 12, 2007 Baghdadairstrike in which Iraqi journalists werekilled by an Apache helicopter, as theCollateral Murder video.Wikileaks releasedAfghan War Diary, a compilation of morethan 76,900 documents about the War inAfghanistan not available to the public. In

October 2010, the group released a packageof almost 400,000 documents called the IraqWar Logs in coordination with major com-mercial media organisations.

In April 2011, Wikileaks began publish-ing 779 secret files relating to prisonersdetained in the Guantanamo Bay detentioncamp.

After leaking classified documents aboutthe US, Iraq and Afghanistan, WikiLeaksdropped eight bombs on India. Here aresome of the main leaks wounding and ques-tioning India.

Wikileaks has stirred the nation with itsdirect and clear attacks. It has awakened thepeople and the politicians about its powerand authenticity in creating the future andscratching the past. he organisation has wona number of awards, including TheEconomist's New Media Award in 2008 atthe Index on Censorship Awards andAmnesty International's UK Media Award in2009. In 2010, the New York Daily Newslisted WikiLeaks first among websites "thatcould totally change the news".

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A tribute tolost legends

Sarwat Jabin/Smriti Singh

Headway Newsroom

Naxalism, with its roots in a remote villagecalled Naxalbari in West Bengal, has

spread its wings in the country alarmingly. Stateslike Bihar, Jharkand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh,Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are bearingthe brunt of Naxal menace. The epidemic hasspread across 220 districts in 20 states.

A tribal youth, Bimal Vissan, havingobtained a judicial order, went to plough hisland on March 2, 1967 at Naxalbari. The locallandlord attacked him with the help of goons.Kanu Sanyal, an Indian communist and resi-dent of Naxalbari, announced the formation ofCPI (ML) on Vladimir Lenin's birthday in

1969 at a public rally in Calcutta. During thisperiod, he was portrayed as a ‘great revolution-ary’ and was compared to the likes of MahatmaGandhi and Jatin Das, largely because of hischarisma and public showmanship. But thingsdidn’t move well and he had to turn down withhis aim and plan. After the failure of the Naxaluprising, Sanyal went into hiding.

Later, the rebellion by ‘suppressed class’,took the turn for worst. Naxals took to arms

and started killing security men as well as inno-cent people. Initially, the government kept mumas it had a soft corner towards its ‘own people’.but later it realised that Naxalism is a bigger threatto the country than cross-border terrorism.

In a bid to check Naxal offensive in thecountry, the Centre launched OperationGreen Hunt in November 2009. With MrP Chidambram at the helm of affairs in theUnion home ministry, the operation got afillip with paramilitary forces flushing outthe Red activists from their safe havens andlaunching strikes against them.

The operation was first started inMaharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. Eighteencompanies of the central paramilitary forceswere sent to the area.

However, in Bihar, there has been amarked decline in Maoist attacks over thepast few years, thanks to various develop-ment schemes launched by the state govern-ment for Naxal-hit areas.

MAJOR RED ATTACKS 15/2/10 25 policemen were killedin West Bengal. 6/4/10 75 CRPF jawans werebrutally killed by naxals inChhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.29/8/10 The rebels attacked thejoint team of BSF and district policeat Bhuski village in Chhattisgarh.29-30/8/10 Maoists attacked paramili-tary police team in Bihar, killing 10people and injuring 10 others.21/7/2011 A bridge was exploded inChhattisgarh in which four peoplewere killed and five injured.

Congress bought MPs for 2008 trust vote:US cable suggests MPsfrom Ajit Singh's RLD were paid Rs. 10 crore each by theCongress during the2008 trust voteP. Chidambaram's son and Azhagiri bribed voters:US cable claimsDMK's Azhagiri paid Rs. 5000 per voter in Thirumangalam. Karti Chidambaramis quoted as saying that it is impossible to distribute the money when the vil-lages are spread so far apart in 2009 LS pollsThe Afzal Guru dilemma:US cable sent on Oct 20, 2006 highlights Congress' fear of losingMuslim votes in UP if Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is hangedIndia, US face-off on sharing 26/11 info with Pak: US embassy cables claim Delhi triedto fend off US pressure on information sharing, before relentingPM isolated on Pakistan:Cables claim that a US envoy after meeting NSA M.K. Narayananwas driven to the conclusion that PM was isolated within his own government over PakistanPro-US tilt in cabinet shuffle:US cables sent by David Mulford claimed that the 2006 cabinetreshuffle had a pro-US tiltWest Asia policy hostage to Muslim vote:US cables stated that the UPA's policy towardsWest Asia is dictated by its anxiety to keep Muslims in good humour.anElitist Congress unwillingto engage with massesElitist Congress unwilling to engage with masses:Another US cables released onMarch 15 claim Congress top brass is unwilling to go into the Hindi belt to engage the masses

WIKIBOMBS

Reds run riot in country

PriyaHeadway Newsroom

He was a wellknown painter andalso directed somemovies including‘Gajagamini’ withMadhuri Dixit. Hewas also known asthe Picasso ofIndia.

M F Hussain

(1915-2011)

The ‘Ghazal King’gained acclaim alongwith his wife, ChitraSingh, who is also arenowned Ghazalsinger. The duo wasa big success in thehistory of recordedIndian music.

Jagjit Singh

(1941-2011)

Shamsher RajKapoor was one ofthe prominentactors of 1950s andalso the founderand the chairmanof Internet UsersCommunity of India (IUCI).

Shammi Kapoor

(1931–2011)

He was an Indianlyricist, musician,singer, poet andfilmmaker fromAssam. His songsare infused withhumanity and univer-salism and are sung in many languagesnotably, especially in Bengali and Hindi.

Bhupen Hazarika

(1926-2011)

He will always beremembered for hisgreat contributionto the music indus-try and he was oneof the greatest musi-cians in the world. Arenowned worldwide musician withsuch a down-to-earth personality.

Ustad Sultan Khan

(1940-2011)

His death made alot of people realisethat even after leg-ends pass away, wemust continue theirwork. He is onesuch man. With somuch love for his work, he was surelyone of the best in his industry.

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

(1922-2011)

His work wasabove excellence.Whatever he did,he gave above100% to it. Beingone of the greatestIndian education-alists, his work wasloved and appreciated by one and all.

Anant Pai

(1929-2011)

He was an Indianfilm actor, writer,director and produc-er.He was honouredwith the PadmaBhushan in 2001and the DadasahebPhalke Award in 2002for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Dev Anand

(1923–2011)

He was born asS a t h y a n a r a y a n aRaju. He was anIndian guru, mystic,philanthropist andeducator. Heclaimed to be the rein-carnation of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi, aspiritual saint and a miracle worker.

Shri Sathya Sai Baba

(1926–2011)

‘Tiger Pataudi’,was a former cap-tain of Indiancricket team. Hewas the ninthNawab of Pataudi.He was honouredwith Arjun Awardin 1964 and Padma Shree in 1967.

Nawab Pataudi

(1941–2011)

Cherukuri Rajkumaralias Azad was killedon July 1, 2011 aftera three hours gun-fight in Adilabad dis-trict in Maharashtra-Andhra Pradesh bor-der . He was a mem-ber of the CentralCommittee of theCPI (Maoist).

Malojula KoteswarRao alias Kishenjiwas killed onNovember 24, 2011after a 30 minutegunfight inMidnapore district, inBengal-Jharkhandborder. He headedthe rebels' easternIndia operation.

KISHENJI, AZAD KILLED

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WORLD / TRAVELOGUECROSSING MILES

US mission accomplishedPriya

Headway Newsroom

It was a sigh of relief for people allaround the world when Osama bin

Laden, world’s most wanted terrorist, waskilled by special US forces in a mid nightraid, called Operation Geronimo, in theposh area ofAbbottabad, Pakistan,on May 2, 2011.

It was around 1 amlocal time whenLaden, the head of theIslamic militant group,al-Qaeda, was killed bythe US forces. Theraid was ordered byUS President MrBarack Obama. It wascarried out by USIntelligence, CentralIntelligence Agency(CIA) and a team ofUnited States NavySEALs of the USNaval SpecialDevelopment WarfareGroup, informally known as SEAL (sea, air,land) team 6.

The raid was carried out by approximate-ly two dozen US Navy SEALs. They operat-ed in two teams, equipped with Heckler &Koch 416 carbine military assault rifles, night-vision goggles, body armour and handguns.According to ‘The New York Times’, atotal of 79 commandos and a dog wereinvolved in the mission. Additional person-nel on the mission included a languagetranslator, the dog handler, helicopterpilots, tactical signals, intelligence collectorsand navigators. According to a report, thedog was tasked with tracking anyone who

tried to escape and to alert SEALs in case ofany resistance from Pakistani securityforces.

According to the mission, the first heli-copter would hover over the compound’syard while the full team of SEALs wouldcome down to the ground with the help ofropes. At the same time, the second helicop-ter would fly to the northeast corner of the

compound and place thetranslator, the dog andfour SEALs to guard thepremises. It would thenhover over the house andthe team leader and sixSEALs would fast-ropeonto the roof.

The SEALs encoun-tered two adult males inthe compound’s guesthouse on the second andthird floors where Ladenlived with his family.After winning over themwhen the Commandosmoved ahead, Laden’sson rushed towardsthem, who was then shotby the second team. The

SEALs then encountered Laden in themain building.

During the whole process, one of thewives of Laden, who was shielding him, wasalso shot by SEALs in her leg. The injuredchildren and women were handcuffedwhen Laden’s body was being taken by theUS forces. Pakistan later took custody ofthe bodies of four others who were killed inthe operation.

Laden’s body was dropped in the sea. Butbefore that Islamic rituals were followed as arespect to the religion.

With this, the saga of world’s dreaded ter-rorist came to an end.

M A J O R A T T A C K SDATE PLACE CASUALTY11.9.01 Washington D C 2996 dead12.10.02 Indonesian Island of Bali 202 dead 240 hurt15.11.03 Istanbul (Turkey) 57 dead 700 hurt27.02.04 Phillipines 116 dead11.3.04 Madrid Nil2.3.04 Iraq 78 dead 500 hurt7.7.05 London 56 dead 700 hurt9.11.05 Amman hotel 60 dead, 100 hurt3.2.07 Baghdad (Iraq) 135 dead,339 hurt11.4.07 Algiers 33killed18.4.07 Baghdad(Iraq) 135 dead, 339 hurt14.8.07 Yazidi (Iraq) Approx 200 dead25.10.09 Baghdad (Iraq) 155 dead, 721 hurt10.5.10 Iraq 350 dead, 100 hurt2.11.10 Iraq 110 deadJan 11 Iraq 133 dead

Priya

Headway Newsroom

Osama was born in Riyadh, SaudiArabia. If an interview he gave in

1998 to a news channel is anything to goby, his date of birth is March 10, 1957.Osama is believed to be the only son ofhis father, late Mohammed Awad binLaden, and the latter’s 10th wifeHameeda-al-Attas. No one had the ideathat this Abdulaziz University pass-outcivil engineer would engineer such bigplans of terrorism!

Despite being brought up as a trueWahhabi, the one who has the correctunderstanding of Islam, Osama believedthat Muslims should kill civilians andmilitary personnel from US and alliedcountries until they withdrew their sup-port for Israel and called back militaryforces from Islamic countries. Accordingto FBI, he was tall and thin, between6’4” and 6’6”, weighing around 165pounds and had an olive complexion. Healways wore a white turban and was softspoken and mild in manner.

Osama’s parents divorced soon after hewas born. Osama’s father ensured his regularattendance in classes. He attended schoolswith some Western curricula and culture.

In 1974, at the age of 17, Laden marriedhis first wife Najwa Gehem at Latakia, Syria.He married at least four other women andfathered between 20 to 26 children. He wasregarded as sheikh by his classmates as theyfound him to be well versed and religious.Strange to know that a man who was regard-ed as ‘sheikh’ can be the cause of such bigdestructions on the globe.

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Osama dead, what now?

Monika Bhatia

Headway Newsroom

Osama Bin Laden, founder of al-Qaeda and destroyer of World TradeCentre (WTC), was killed on May 2,2011 by US forces. But his death hasleft a question, “who will be the nextLaden and what would be the fate of al-Qaeda”?

Well, answer to this was given whenAyman al-Zawahiri was appointed asLaden’s successor on June 16, 2011.Zawahiri is the Egyptian militant mas-termind who has vowed to revenge thedeath of Laden with a 9/11-style massattack. An Egyptian surgeon, Zawahiriwas Laden’s mentor and family doctor.After Laden’s death, Zawahiri is themost wanted terrorist in the world witha $25 million US bounty on his head.

Jasmine heat on dictators US downgrade shackles global marketAnisha Shyam/Nusra/ Sheezan Nezami

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Revolutions have no borders. TheJasmine Revolution, starting successfully

from Tunisia, inspired similar movements allaround and spread like a wildfire to differentcountries of Arab World. The death oflongest serving dictator of Arab and Africanworld, Muammar Gaddafi, on October 20,2011, proved that dictatorship would be nomore tolerated in any part of the world.

Jasmine Revolution arose with the rise inpresidency in Tunisia. A popular uprisingwhich was a protest against poverty, corrup-tion and unemployment, forced its thenPresident Mr Zine-El-Abidine Ben Ali tostep down in January 2011. Unrest beganwhen Muhammad Bouazizi, a 26-year-oldvegetable vendor in Sidi Bouzid, a town inTunisia set himself on fire in front of amunicipal corporation office as a protestafter being mistreated by the police onDecember 17, 2010.

This revolution won international acclaimwhen the government in response to theseprotests took rigorous steps. The handling ofthe people by the government was rebukedwidely as dozens of protesters were killed inclashes with police.

The efforts to quell unrest even by givingpolitical concessions to citizens also failedand on January 14, 2011, emergency wasdeclared in the country. Later Mr Ben Alistepped down and the government inTunisia at last was dissolved.

After Tunisia, Egyptians launched a revo-lution against the dictatorship of itsPresident, Mr Hosni Mubarak. TheEgyptian revolution took place following apopular uprising that began on January 25,2011 and is still continuing. The uprising wasmainly a campaign of non-violent civil resist-ance, which featured a series of demonstra-tions, marches and acts of civil disobedienceand labour strikes. With at least 846 peoplekilled and 6,000 injured, the uprising tookplace in Cairo, Alexandria and in other citiesin Egypt. Following the revolution, onFebruary 11, 2011, Mr Mubarak resignedfrom office and was ordered to stand trial oncharges of premeditated murder of peacefulprotestors and if convicted, could face thedeath penalty.

Presently in Egypt, although the move-ment of revolution is very large and potent,the protestors are sadly mistaken that only

Mr Mubarak is the culprit, the simpleton lotare yet to realise that their movement is infact pitched against their military which rulesthem in disguise.

Jasmine Revolution also engulfed Libya,one of the richest oil producing nations ofthe world. This fact has made many peopleeven more skeptical over United Nationsintention in the region. Whatever may be thereason, but the death of Gaddafi has provedthat dictatorship would no more be toleratedin any part of the world. People of Libyaentered into the new era of `Democracy’with the death of Gaddafi.

Gaddafi was famous for keeping femalebody guards and luxurious lifestyle. Healways crushed his rebels mercilessly andcalled them as ‘rats’. But it came as a greatshock for the entire world when the “Rat-Killer” himself was caught hiding in a drainpleading for his life. He was battered, shotand killed mercilessly in his home townSirte. Although Jasmine Revolution beganin Tunisia in December 2010, in Libya ittook its form in mid of February 2011 withthe arrest of the rights activist Mr FethiTarbel leading to the riot in Benghazi. Thisunrest finally proceeded to different citiesof Libya including Misrata, Tripoli andSirate. This civil war lasted for eight monthswith the huge loss of life and property, butultimately brought an end to the 42-year-rule of Gaddafi. His death has not onlybrought a new era of democracy in Libyabut has become inspirational for the peopleof other nations fighting against`Dictatorship’.

Sandhya Kumari

Headway Newsroom

The world’s largest economy shook lastyear. Global recession was not the onlycause. For the first time since 1917,Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a rating agency,downgraded the rating of US federal debtfrom AAA to AA+ by a notch. The action islikely to eventually raise borrowing costs forthe American government, companies andconsumers.

Although S&P has downgraded the ratingof US, what is certain is that the recent devel-opment would further worsen global tradeactivities as well as India’s international trade,combined with the slowing down the econo-my of China and Tsunami-ravaged Japan.After downgrading US ratings, the S&P wenton to downgrade some European banks also.Major European banks downgraded includeHSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC ofthe United Kingdom, Banco Santander ofSpain, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, andCredit Agricole of France, Deutsche Bankand Commerzbank of Germany, CreditSuisse and UBS of Switzerland, and the INGGroup of the Netherlands.

The US reacted sharply to the S&P’smove. The US Treasury claimed that the rat-ing agency’s debt calculations were wrong bysome $2 trillion.

The S&P admitted it, though reluctantly,and changed its economic assumptions, butsaid it did not affect its decision to downgradethe US ratings.

“The outlook on the new US credit rat-

ing is negative”, said S&P in a statement,indicating that another downgrade wouldbe possible.

US growth is at a snail’s pace. China isstruggling to protect its US dollar investments

and Europe is chained to a debt crisis andthe effects of these will be clearer only in thecoming days. These developments havegiven rise to global fears about a double diprecession.

Bihar, a tourist hotspotSheezan Nezami/Anisha Shyam/Nusra

Headway Newsroom

If you are passionate about exploring newplaces, especially those having historical

importance, visit Bihar.This land has given birth to the two reli-

gions of the world – Jainism and Buddhism-and places like Nalanda, Rajgir, Pawapuriand Bodh Gaya are world famous touristspots.

Pawapuri, the sinless cityis one of the most importantpilgrimage centres for Jains.People of other religionsalso come here to feel thepresence of Lord Mahavira.He breathed his last and wascremated at Pawapuriaround 500BC overwhich a very beauti-ful white marbledtemple called‘Jalmandir’ was builtlater. Surrounded bywater on all sides, this place isvery quiet and gives a soothingeffect to one’s inner soul.

Then comes Nalanda, 90km south ofPatna. Nalanda is famous because it hadworld’s first international residential univer-sity with 2000 teachers and 10,000 students.Having great history, it was founded in 5thcentury AD and later on King Ashoka andHarshavardhana renovated it. Red brick edi-fices and beautiful gardens make the sur-rounding very serene.

Just 12km from Nalanda is Rajgir. Thisplace is surrounded by hills, lust green forestand a large number of kunds (hot springs).

The ropeway to climb up the hill is veryadventurous as well as exciting and gives abeautiful top view of the entire place. Thisplace becomes even more important as thefirst Buddhist Council to write down theteachings of lord Buddha after hisMahaparnivarna was held here.

While exploring Bihar a bit more, herecomes Bodh Gaya, a place where foundationof Buddhism was led by Prince Siddhartha,who got enlightened under the Bodhi treeand thus became Lord Buddha. This holyplace evolved as the World Heritage Site in2002. The premises consist of the

Mahabodhi tree and Mahabodhi Sarovaralso known as Mucalinda

Sarovar. It isbelieved that

Lord Buddhaafter getting theeternal knowl-edge meditated

here and was savedby the king of snakes in

the worst situation of heavyrain. Developed as an inter-

national place of pilgrimage, itis considered as the cynosure

amongst all holy places around the globe.There are also many small tourist spots

which one can encounter on the way.Biharsharif is famous for its annual ‘urs’ cele-brated at the tomb of Malik Ibrahim Baya.Baragaon, just two km away, has a sun templefamous for Chhath Puja. There is also a placecalled Sillao, famous for its sweet dish ‘Khaja’,which one cannot resist without eating.

If you want to have a glimpse of ancientIndia and one of the best civilasitions of theworld, get out of mundane and let yourselfexplore Bihar.

Switzerland: Beauty, blessings and a lot more...Shampa Sharma

Headway Newsroom

One of the richest countries in the world,Switzerland is beautiful and full of little

surprises that can charm one out of his wits.The Glacier Cave on the Swiss Alps at10000ft offers the sheer pleasure of findingthe Indian National Anthem ready to betuned on to a button right under your fingers,if you so wish! The warm ecstatic feeling thatengulfs you on listening to this while standingatop the mind-blowing ice paradise is anexperience to be felt.

Divided between the Alps, the CentralPlateau and the Jura, expanding to an area of41,285 km2 (15,940 sq. mi), the Swiss popula-tion concentrates mostly on the Plateau. It has

the influence of German, French and Italianculture. There is a strong architectural traditionin Switzerland. The Romanesque style of the12th century can be found in the cathedrals.

Zurich is a mixed hub for railways, roadsand air traffic. An impressive number ofmuseums and art galleries can be found inthe city, including the Swiss NationalMuseum. The second-most-populous oneafter Zurich, Geneva is a global city. It is afinancial centre, and a worldwide centre fordiplomacy and the most important UN inter-

national co-operation centre with New York.The most populous city in CentralSwitzerland is Lucerne. One of the city’smost famous landmarks is the ChapelBridge.

Bertel Thorvaldsen’s famous carving of adying lion, in a small park just off theLowenplatz commemorates the hundreds ofSwiss Guards who were massacred in 1792during the French Revolution. Mt. Titlis(3,238 m) is a mountain in the Alps ofSwitzerland and is famous as the site of the

world's first revolving cable car, Rotair, anaerial cable car that delivers awesome 360-degree panoramic views of the snow-coveredvalleys, glaciers, lakes, forests and mountains.

The Swiss climate is generally temperate,but can vary greatly between the localities.Summers tend to be warm and humid attimes with periodic rainfall.

As for shopping, Switzerland offers excel-lent memoirs and souvenirs of the country,from pottery, crystal, embroidered items,wood carvings to Swiss army knives, liquors,cheese, ski equipment, chocolates that are aworld apart. The shopping areas are widelyscattered throughout the country.

Memories of having visited a rich pictur-esque land that presents nature in all its gloryand harmony alongside progress and prosper-ity of lovely people lingers on as you look back.

US President Mr Barack Obamatracking the mission.

Sazia Haque

Headway Newsroom

Former executive and President ofStandards and Poor’s (a divi-sion of McGraw HillCompanies), Mr DevenSharma from Jharkhandresigned in less than threeweeks after his companyfound itself at the receivingend of the Obama adminis-tration’s ire, following thedowngrade of the UnitedStates’ credit rating fromAAA to AA+.

Mr Sharma’s resignationalso marks intensifying woesfaced by the McGraw-HillGroup internally, withactivist investors demandingstridently to break up themedia conglomerate into four partsincluding splitting up the S&P into itsindexes operations and ratings and finan-cial business, reports said.

However, known for his outspokenviews on imbalances in the market, MrSharma was replaced by Mr DouglasPeterson, chief operating officer ofCitibank, last year. The company said in astatement that S&P will continue to pro-

duce ratings that are compa-rable, forward looking andtransparent.

In announcing thechange, Mr HaroldMcGraw III, Chairman,President and CEO of theMcGraw-Hill Companiessaid: “I particularly want tothank Mr Sharma for hisdedicated leadership ofS&P. Four years ago, in oneof the most difficult timesfaced by S&P in the midstof the financial crisis, Iturned to Mr Sharmawhose background as headof S&P’s Investment

Services, head of McGraw-Hill’s GlobalStrategy and as a partner at Booz Allen &Company, brought the right kind ofskills to address the situation.”

Jharkhand man behind US downgrade

Once the tallest building of world, Patrona Towers is nowserving as an iconic symbol of the country. Patrona Towersof Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is like a skyscraper. Under theconsultancy of golden boy of architecture, J.C Cruinto, thetowers were completed in 1998. After seven years of con-struction, they became the tallest twin tower buildings inthe world. The 88-storeyed towers are constructed largelyof reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass façadedesigned to resemble motifs found in Islamic art. Thebasement floor of the building, known as Suria KLCC is a1,500,000sq ft (1,39,000 m.sq) upmarket retail podium atthe lower basement which features the world foreign luxu-ry goods and high-street labels. Its attractions include an artgallery, philharmonic theatre, an underwater aquarium andalso the science centre. Upasana

Heads high, that’s PatronasIt was just like a dream, with peace surrounding it, when Istepped onto the marble inlaid preciously stoned flooringsof Basillica of Bom Jesus or Borea Jeguchi Bajilika.Located in old Goa, this divine creation has also beenregarded as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city of‘Bom Jesus’ meaning “Good Jesus”, was the capital of Goain early days of Portuguese rule. The Church began takingits shape in 1594 and was completed in May 1605.

Apart from all these factual points, the part which makesit different from the other churches of Goa is the presenceof mortal remains regarded as “holy relics” of St. FrancisXavier, a Saint who took the responsibility of spreadingChristianity on his shoulders. These remains are shown topublic in every 10 years.

Priya

Basillica of Bom JesusBuildings so tall to penetrate the sky...beauty so exotic tomake it all feel like a dream… culture so rich compelling toexplore more and more… it’s Singapore! One of the iconsrepresenting Singapore is Merlion Park. It is located nearMarina Bay Island. What makes this park a popular touristattraction is the two structures of the Merlion which arelocated here. Other than a tourist attraction, it’s a majorlandmark of Singapore. The Merlion is a mythical creaturewith the head of a lion and the body of a fish. It’s used as amascot of Singapore. The fish body represents Singapore’sorigin as a fishing village. The lion head representsSingapore’s original name-SINGAPURA meaning “lioncity”. The Merlion statue is 8.6metre tall and has been itstrademarked symbol since 20 July 1966.

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EARTHQUAKE JOLTS JAPANJapan was hit byan earthquake ofmagnitude 9.0 onMarch 11, 2011.The earthquakelasted for aboutsix minutes andtriggered the powerful tsunami waves thatreached heights of up to 40.5 metres. Itwas the most powerful earthquake ever tohave hit Japan, and one of the five mostpowerful earthquakes in the world since1900. The earthquake caused massivedevastations leading to 15,845 deaths,5,893 injuries and left 3,380 people miss-ing. Adding to the misery, the tsunamicaused a number of nuclear accidents, pri-marily the ongoing level 7 meltdowns atthree reactors in the Fukushima I NuclearPower Plant complex.

STEVE PAUL JOBS PASSES AWAYThe charismaticpioneer of thepersonal comput-er revolution tookhis last breath onOctober 5, 2011

as he was suffering from pancreatic can-cer. He was born in the year 1955.Steve Paul Jobs was an American busi-nessman and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executiveofficer of Apple Inc.

ROYAL WEDDINGDuke of Cambridge, Prince William cutthe wedding cakewith CatherineMiddleton on April29, 2011. The muchawaited ‘Royal wed-ding’ of the yeartook place atWestminster Abbey in London. Over5000 street parties were held to mark thewedding throughout the UnitedKingdom.

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Sandhya Kumari

Headway Newsroom

It is ironic that we rant and rave about agame that only eleven other nations play,

while we tend to ignore the other gameswhere every nation competes. Hockey,India’s national game, immediately needs afunctional and active body at the centre thatcan capitalise on the talents.

Though India won silver medal in the lastyear’s Commonwealth Games – beatingboth Pakistan and England en route to a 0-8loss to Australia in the finals, it is eight timegold medalists in the hockey at theOlympics. It is shocking that it couldn’t evenmake to Beijing this time around. Today,hockey is struggling to match the heights ofbygone eras and it is really an embarrass-ment for India.

Plagued by monetary issues and otherobstacles, Indian hockey needs a total over-hauling. Players should be encouraged andgiven a level-playing field. Each of the hockeyplayers got a paltry Rs 25,000 after they wonthe Asian Champions Trophy recently. Theircricket counterparts, on the other hand, arereceiving huge money. This is a great insult toour hockey players who play the toughestgame, arguably tougher than the cricket. Notonly the government, but Hockey India andIndian Hockey Federation are equallyresponsible for the downfall of the game inIndia. Step-motherly treatment with hockeyplayers like poor financial management andauthorities’ dictatorial attitude are stifling thenational game. Despite being national sport,hockey in India simply cannot compete withthe financial muscle or appeal of cricket. Butat least it should fulfill the promises that it hasdone with the players.

Arpita Biswas/Shradha Shree

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Amidst very high speed and extremeloud noise, India for the first time suc-cessfully hosted the most thrilling,

expensive and prestigious Formula OneMotor Racing Championship on October30, 2011. Defeating others, Sebastian Vettelof Red Bull won the India’s first Grand Prix.

Buddh International Circuit of GreaterNoida witnessed India’s first F1Championship. Owned by Jaypee Group,with the track length 5.137km, the circuit isspread in 874 acres of land, with the capacityof accommodating more than 110,000 audi-ence. It took Rs 1800 crore to construct thecircuit for the exciting high speed of320km/hr.

F1 cars are considered to be the fastest

circuit racing cars which can speed up to360km/hr and 18,000RPM. The higheststraight line speed recorded during anyGrand Prix was 369.9km/hr set by AntonioPizzonia during 2004 Italian Grand Prix.

Having the courage and honour of driving

it, 24-year-old Sebastian Vettel grabbed thetrophy in Indian Grand Prix and gave the leadto the Red Bull team.

In spite of crash in a practice session, hegrabbed the pole position and won the raceeffortlessly. Registering this as his 11th victo-

ry, it brought him very close to MichaelSchumacher’s record of 13 victories in a sea-son.

After Red Bull, Mc Laren, Ferrari,Mercedes and Renault, Sahara Force Indiawith Andrian Sutil and Paul di resta got the

sixth position in team standing. Sahara ForceIndia is England-based F1 motor racing teamthat holds the Indian license. The team wasowned by Mr Vijay Malya and Mr Michiel Mol.

Moreover Narain Karthikeyan debutedin 2005 as India’s first F1 motor racing driv-er. He participated in the IGP fromHispania Racing team and made Indiaproud.

F1 Motor Racing Championship is notjust a sporting event of speed demons. It’s acombination of sport, glamour and enter-tainment. About 1 lakh audience watched it.Celebrities like Lady Gaga and waving ofchecked flag by Sachin Tendulkar were alsothe highlights of the event.

The successful hosting of F1 in India notonly highlights the wind of privatisation insports sector, but also gives a sense of prideas the country has registered its presence inthe world of motor sports.

Deepti Sinha

Headway Newsroom

The men in blue emulatedKapil’s Devils’ 1983 feat

when they beat Sri Lanka by sixwickets in a roller-coaster ICCWorld Cup final match atMumbai's Wankhede stadiumon April 2, 2011.

Chasing a victory target of274, India romped home in48.2 overs, giving the country areason to rejoice.

The voluble, jam-packedcrowd at the Wankhede stadiumerupted in joy as Dhoni hit thewinning six runs to give Indiatheir biggest cricketing momentand crown them as the “ODIworld champions”.

Having won the title, Indiabecame only third team afterWest Indies and Australia to have clinchedthe World Cup two times or more. Also, thiswas the third time in the history of the tour-nament that team batting second won thefinal. In addition to that, Team India bucked

some other trends too, India became the firstteam ever to win the Cup on home soil andtill date no more team had chased down 250plus target in ICC World Cup final.

Sri Lanka’s innings waspropped by MahelaJayawardene’s classy 103 off 88balls. It was the first time that theteam chasing the target won aftera batsman of the team battingfirst had scored a century.

In the tournament, 49 match-es were played among 14 partic-ipating nations. India beat arch-rivals Pakistan in semi-final,while Sri Lanka beat NewZealand.

All-rounder TilakarantneDilshan, with aggregate of 500runs, emerged as highest scorerin the tournament. Pakistan skip-per Shahid Afridi and ZaheerKhan jointly emerged as highestwicket takers, with 21 wickets

each. Team India skipper M.S Dhoni wasadjudged “man of the final”. Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who scored 362 runsand took 15 wickets in the tournament, wasthe “man of the tournament”.

We are champs Effects and side-effects of IPL

Sazia Haque

Headway newsroom

The Indian Premier League (IPL) hastaken world cricket by a storm.

This lucrative new format has caught theattention of cricketers worldwide. Ever sinceits inception, IPL has created a wonderfulhype, about which everyone in the cricketworld is talking about.

There is no doubt that IPL has given anew identity to cricket, through theTwenty20 format which started way back in2007 when Indian Champions League start-ed organising the independent Twenty20tournament under the supervision of KapilDev. To counter the ICL, the Board forCricket Control in India (BCCI) came upwith the idea of IPL.

From the very start, IPL got the supportof all the cricket boards in the world.However, exclusion of Pakistan playersfrom the third edition of IPL created con-troversies for Mr Lalit Modi and thePremier League. This opened the door fora debate over how independent the IndianPremiere League (IPL) should be in itsactions.

Money, no doubt, is the most influentialpart of IPL with cricketers already becomingricher by the day in a single edition. IPL hasits own tribulations, as cricketers have shownthe tendency to quit the Test and the ODIsto play Twenty20 cricket, especially becauseit provides a handsome amount in a veryshort span of just six weeks!

IPL has not only attracted the youngergeneration of players, but also the likes ofShane Bond, Adam Gilchrist, Heath Streak,Shane Warne and Sanath Jayasurya, the leg-endary cricketers, who made a return to thecricket grounds.

Mrinalini Mishra/Kavita Sinha

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It’s shocking, but if a data released byNational Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is

to be believed, 248 sportspersons have beentested positive in the last two-and-a-half-years.Of them, 138 players have been banned.

“No guilty will be spared and this time wewill be acting against the people behind thescandal,” Union Sports Minister Mr AjayMaken said in a strongly-worded statement inLok Sabha recently. In a written reply to LokSabha, Mr Maken said since its inception onJanuary 1, 2009, NADA has collected 6607samples out of which 248 were found posi-tive.

There was growing pressure on the IndianOlympic Association (IOA) to take strictaction against the Athletics Federation ofIndia (AFI), which they said, had broughtgrave shame to the country. The positivedope tests of eight top athletes carried byInternational Association of AthleticsFederation in last few months had called forimmediate suspension of AFI.

The athletes involved in the doping scan-dal are Ashwini Akkunji, Priyanka Pawar,Mandeep Kaur, Jauna Murmu, AsianGames gold medalist Sini Jose, Tiana MaryThomas, long jumper Hari Krishnan andshot putter Sonia. The two athletes, Akkunjiand Pawar, who were a part ofCommonwealth Games 2010 and AsianGames, were banned from participating inany upcoming series.

The samples taken by NADA from June11 to 14, 2011 during the National Inter StateAthletics Meet, Bangalore. revealed thatJauna, Jose, Sonia and Hari were tested posi-tive for taking methandienone, a bannedmedicine, while Tiana Mary Thomas wastested positive for the energy storing steroid,epimethandiol, in urine. This is the secondtime when Jauna Murmu has failed the dop-ing test. Mandip Kaur was also tested positivefor a drug in a test conducted by IAAF. All sixathletes have been suspended by NADA, saidMr M L Dogra, Director of AFI.

It is obviously not the first time in India’shistory that athletes have been found guiltyin doping tests. Many of our star athleteslike Sunita Rani, Mikha Singh andGurbachan Singh Randhawa were also test-ed positive earlier. But this is one of thebiggest doping scandals in India involvingeight well known athletes.

Dope shame oneight Indian

athletesJagriti

Headway Newsroom

Patna Women’s College organised itsAnnual Sports Meet on December 3,

2011 on the college premises with muchgusto. Bihar Cooperative Minister MrRamdhar Singh inaugurated the programmeby hosting the college flag.

The event began withmarch past, with collegecabinets Celine Priyanka,Shivi, Aishwarya Vaniand Samiksha holdingthe Olympic ring, whilePremiere Anvita held thecollege flag. The fivelinked Olympic ringspread the motto of unityand harmony. It signifiedhow different nationsrepresenting differentcultures come togetherand compete with eachother passionately andpeacefully in theOlympic events.Chandni Kumari, B.AIIIrd year and Anu, B.A IInd year, lit thetorch and took the oath on behalf of par-ticipants. They pledged to play with sports-man spirit.

Students of all departments participatedin various athletic events with lots of enthusi-

asm. Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza A.C.,Principal, Patna Women’s College, encour-aged the participants and spurred them todisplay their talent in Yogasana, Flagdrill,Dandiya, Cycle Race and Aerobics.

The event came to an end with prize dis-tribution ceremony. Sister Dipasha A.C,Provincial Superior Carmel Jwala gave awayprizes to the winners. The overall champi-onship trophy went to Chandni Kumari and

the runner-up was Yogita.The indoor championshipprize went to ShipraShalini.

The first prize for marchpast went to the kitty ofB.Com IIIrd year, while thesecond prize was jointlywon by vocational and B.AIIIrd year students. Thethird prize went to B.A firstyear.

Teachers and staff mem-bers of the college also par-ticipated actively in theevent.

The first prize in teach-ers game was won by Dr.Surabhi Prasad, second

prize went to Dr. Stuti Prasad and third prizewas bagged by Mr. Mahendra Kumar Roy.

In staff games, the first prize went to MissShampa Ghosh, second prize was given toMr. Anand Dhingra and the third prize wentto Mr. Amal Kishore.

Annual Sports Day: Whenstudies took a back seat!

Maestro Messi’s magicShaily

Head way Newsroom

Football mania gripped the ‘city of joy’,Kolkata, on September 2 last year when

Argentine soccer star Lionel Andreas Messi,24, played for his country in a friendly matchagainst Venezuela. Right from the arrival ofMessi till bidding him farewell, the city wit-nessed euphoria.

Supporters thronged the airport to wel-come their hero, carrying with themselves hislife size cut outs. Teams were greeted withloud cheers by the crowd when they steppedon to the field at Yuba Bharati Krirangan,where Messi weaved his magic even withoutscoring, as he played full 90 minutes toenthrall the football-crazy fans in Argentina’s1-0 victory over Venezuela.

Bhutia bids adieu in styleShaily/Sandhya Prasad

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One last game, one last roar of cheer-ing spectators, and a standing ova-

tion, all this composed the evening ofAudi Football Summit, organised to bidadieu to star striker Bhaichung Bhutiawho announced his retirement frominternational football last year.

India versus Bayern Munich was thefarewell match hosted in January 2012,at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Delhi toacknowledge Bhutia’s contribution tosoccer in India. With his sendoff, an eraof Indian football has come to an end. This talismanic striker hasplayed 108 matches for India. He, during his career span receivedthe Padma Shree award and the Arjuna Award and has alsoreceived the title of the ‘Indian footballer of the year’ thrice.Andreas Messi

Bhaichung Bhutia

1st Test(Jul 21-25, 2011); Lord’s (London); Englandwon by 196 runs

2nd Test(Jul 29-Aug 01, 2011); Trent Bridge(Nottingham); England won by 319 runs

3rd Test(Aug 10-13, 2011); Edgbaston (Birmingham);England won by an innings and 242 runs

4th Test(Aug 18-22, 2011); Kennington Oval (London);England won by an innings and 8 runsSeries outcome: India lost by 4/0

1st Test(Dec 26-29, 2011): Melbourne CricketGround; Australia won by 122 runs

2nd Test(Jan 3-6, 2012): Sydney Cricket Ground;Australia won by an innings and 68 runs

3rd Test(Jan 13-15, 2012): WACA Ground (Perth);Australia won by an innings and 37 runs

4th Test(Jan 24-28, 2012): Adelaide Oval; Australia won by 298 runs Series outcome: India lost by 4/0

Novak Djokovic becomes the man of the year as he winsAustralian Open.Wimbledon and the US Open and also topplesRafael Nadal from the number 1 ranking.Spanish metador Rafael Nadal wins Roland Garros to take hisGrand Slam count to 10.Swiss genius Roger Federer has a not so good tennis year, but

he still ends the year on a high by winning his 70th title and ATPWorld Tour Finals for an incredible 6th time.Bhupathi reunites with partner Leander Paes for the 2011Australian Open. The team of Bhupathi and Paes reached thefinal, but lose to the Brian brothers. Mahesh Bhupati finishes asrunner-up at Wimbledon in Mixed Doubles with Elena Vesnina.Sania Mirza reaches the Women’s Doubles final at the FrenchOpen with Elena Vesnina.Leander Paes with partner Radek Stepanek wins his 7th Men’sDoubles Grand Slam title at the Australian Open 2012.

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Leander Paes (right)with his partner RadekStepanek after winningthe Australian Open2012 doubles title.

Syed Saba Karim is one of the famousfigures in Bihar’s cricket history. Chosenas a national player, Saba had a remark-able journey in the world of cricket. Inan interview with Headway reportersNNuussrraa and SSwwaattii,, he reveals his journeyto success

SSiirr,, hhooww ddiidd yyoouu ssttaarrtt yyoouurr ccaarreeeerr?? In December 1977, Mr Sudheer Das, a

coach from Jamshedpur held a camp forunder-9 team in Patna. I used to go thereon a regular basis. One day, he asked meto come and join. That is how I startedplaying cricket seriously.

WWhhaatt iiss tthhee ssccooppee ooff ccrriicckkeett iinn BBiihhaarr??At this point of time, it’s pretty dismal

because of a rift between two factions ofBihar Cricket Association (BCA).

DDiidd bbiiffuurrccaattiioonn ooff BBiihhaarr hhiitt ccrriicckkeett iinn tthheessttaattee?? JJhhaarrkkhhaanndd iiss pprroodduucciinngg qquuaalliittyyccrriicckkeetteerrss,, bbuutt BBiihhaarr iiss lleefftt ffaarr bbeehhiinndd..WWhhyy??

Basically, Bihar is losing infrastructure. Acouple of existing grounds in the state arenot well-maintained. The state’s cricketheadquarters in Jamshedpur has gone toJharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA).Thus, Bihar had to form a new association,BCA. It took 10-11 years for its recognition.

IIss TTwweennttyy2200 bbeenneeffiicciiaall ffoorr ggaammee??Yes, T20 has come with a big fashion

and it’s giving a new platform to buddingcricketers. But this format should not bean ultimate goal for such cricketers. Theyshould also horn their skills in longer ver-sion of the game.

DDoo yyoouu ssuuppppoorrtt SSaacchhiinn’’ss ffoorrmmuullaa ooff ffoouurriinnnniinnggss iinn OODDIIss??

I think one-day cricket is doing very wellinternationally. Some changes, like powerplay and decision review system, havealready been introduced. For the timebeing, there is no need to tweak the format.

DDiidd yyoouurr eeyyee iinnjjuurryy ddaammppeenn yyoouurr ssppiirriitt??I never thought that I won’t be playing

cricket again. I came back and played butgradually my eye-sight deteriorated and sofinally after 4-5 months, I decided that Ican’t continue further. But while sitting inhospital bed I never thought that myretirement would come so quickly.

WWhhaatt iiss yyoouurr ooppiinniioonn oonn KKaammbbllii’’ss aalllleeggaa-ttiioonn rreeggaarrddiinngg mmaattcchh ffiixxiinngg dduurriinngg 11999966WWoorrlldd CCuupp??

I think it’s rubbish. I don’t believe inwhatever he is saying because I doubt hiscredibility in cricket.

SSoo hhooww hhaass bbeeeenn tthhee jjoouurrnneeyy ssoo ffaarr??It was brilliant and I am thankful to

God that he gave me the opportunity toplay for India.

SSiirr,, wwhhaatt iiss yyoouurr mmeessssaaggee ffoorr bbuuddddiinnggccrriicckkeetteerrss ffrroomm BBiihhaarr??

They need to work hard and dream bigand I am sure that in years to come, wewill find more cricketers from Bihar.

Saba to Bihar cricketers: Dream big

A black spot ingentleman’s game

Mrinalini Mishra

Headway Newsroom

The gentleman’s game wasashamed when three for-

mer Pakistan cricketers weresentenced to four years in jailby a British court after theywere found guilty of spot-fix-ing in a Test match againstEngland at Lord’s last year.

Salman Butt, the Pakistancaptain during that Test matchand a man described by MrJustice Cooke as ‘the orchestrator of this activ-ity’, was jailed for 30 months. MohammadAsif, who bowled one of three prearrangedno-balls at the centre of the conspiracy, wasgiven a year in prison. Mohammad Amir,who at the time of crime was only 18-year-old,was given a six-month sentence. Butt’s agent,Mazher Majeed, described by the judge asone of the ‘architects of fixing’, was given a 32-month sentence, at Southwark Crown Court.

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SESSION: 2011-2012

CAMPUSLIVE FROM PWC

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IN THE PREMISES

Page Editors standing from left to right: Nusra (P4), Manaswi (P5), Shaily (P6), Mrinalini Mishra (P9), Deepti Sinha (P7), Shradha Shree(P8), Jagriti (P3) and Monika Bhatia (Creative Editor).Sitting from left to right: Khushboo Kumari (P1), Anisha Shyam (Chief StudentEditor), Sheezan Nezami (Chief Student Editor)), Akrity Abhilasha (Chief Student Editor), Swati Savarn (P10) and Monica Moni (P2).

Surabhi Khushboo Kumari Khushboo Shrishti Kamal Shweta

Shephali Shree Sheezan Nezami Shradha Shree Manaswi

THOUGHTS/ TOP 10 POSTERS CREATED BY BMC STUDENTS

Yash Pal’s clarion call to boost educationAnisha Shyam/Sheezan Nezami/Nusra

Headway Newsroom

“The more you do the more you findthe way, the more you find the way,there is much more things to learn,”said Dr Yash Pal, an eminent scientistin an interactive session with studentsand teachers of Patna Women’sCollege on ‘Trends, challenges andgrowth in science education.”

Professor Yash Pal, President,National Council of Science and

Technology Communication Network(NCSTC), Delhi, vent his ire over thepresent education system and saidmany private institutes and deemed uni-versities have just become businesshubs.

His demand for autonomous nation-al council for higher education andresearch with the interference of thecentral and the state government hasnot yet been fulfilled. He added thatthis is the only solution to the problemsin education sector. On the issue of 25per cent reservation of seats for poorchildren in private schools, Dr. Yash

Pal said it will be an opportunity for thechildren from richer section to see realIndia.

The Padma Bhushan awardee dis-cussed social issues like corruption andadvocated strengthening of co-operativemovements and panchayat bodies. Hesaid schemes like MNREGA, if imple-mented properly, would stop migrationof labourers in search of employmentfrom the state.

The octogenarian scientist in a lay-man language explained few basic con-cepts of science, making the studentsrealise that they live in a very silent partof the violent universe. Scientific termslike friction, angular momentum, why itsounds when we clap, why are planets

circular, how was solar system formedand how the temperature of the insideof the sun could be measured, wereexplained by him.

Dr Yash Pal and his wife were wel-comed by a gathering of over 500 stu-dents and teachers with presentation offloral bouquet and melodious welcomesong. The Principal of the college, Dr.Sister Doris D’Souza A.C. gave a wel-come speech and termed Dr Yash Palas a role model for budding scientists.The session concluded with a vote ofthanks by Dr. Surabhi, Head ofDepartment, Physics.

Sadya Razi/Sandhya Kumari/Monica Moni

Headway News Room

University Grants Commission (UGC)-sponsored nationalsymposium on ‘Human Rights and Role of Non-StateActors’, organised by the Department of Political Science,Patna Women’s College, was held on September 24, 2011.The focus of the symposium was root causes of human rightsviolation by non-state actors and the role of civil society andmedia in the realisation of human rights. The topics werediscussed in two technical sessions.

Chairman, Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC),Justice S N Jha said: “For doing such work what we need isheart feeling and compassion. If we remain humane andthink about society, half the battle is won.”

Social Welfare Minister Mrs Parveen Amanullah, in herspeech, said: “The fundamental problem is that the ordinarycitizens feel completely helpless before the government.People have no control over their officials."

Dr. D.P. Verma, Chairman, Human Rights Cell, BanarasHindu University (BHU), Dr. NR Mohanty, Director, JagranInstitute of Management and Mass Communication, Noida, Dr.L.N Sharma, Former Head, Department of Political Science,Patna University, Mr Srikrishna Chaudhary, IPS, AdditionalDirector General of Police-cum-Director Bihar PoliceAcademy, Patna and Professor R.K. Lal were also present at thesymposium.

Being humane: BHRC chief Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell,Jingle all the way…

Priya Krishna Sandilya/Kumari Megha/Aditi Dhar Mishra

Headway Newsroom

Christmas was celebrated in PatnaWomen’s College with full devotion andsanctity. The entire campus was decoratedwith colorful lights and shining stars.Beautiful idols of Lord Jesus and MotherMary were placed in the campus. Not onlythe students, even the outsiders came to seekblessings of the God. Two days before theChristmas, a beautiful programme wasorganised in the stage hall of the college. Thefunction started with prayer dance whichmade the surrounding very peaceful. A doc-umentary, ‘Happy Birthday’, was shown tothe students. This was followed by Carols inHindi and English.

The much-awaited and exciting part wasthe entry of Santa. Girls got very excited andwelcomed Santa with huge round ofapplause. Everyone started singing ‘JingleBell’ and Santa distributed sweets to all.Later on, gifts and cakes were distributedamong the students. The programme ended with a vote of thanks given bycabinet member Swati Savarn.

ObituaryKomal Kashyap

She was like a blooming flower,spreading her fragrance around,but destiny had a different planfor her.

Komal Kashyap, a secondyear student of Department ofMass Communication, PatnaWomen’s College, was anenthusiastic budding journalist,whose sad and untimely demiseon October 10, 2011, left everyone in a state of pro-found grief. Her intelligence, smart persona andcourage had made her popular among teachers andfriends. She had all the qualities of a good journalist.

Kashyap had a balance in her life, because she hadcharm of a kid and she knew of her responsibilities.She was equally competent in other fields, as she was agood singer, a good anchor at Bihar News and a goodjournalist as she got eight bylines during her trainingperiod at Hindustan Times, Patna.

If Kashyap’s friends and family members are to bebelieved, a ‘wrong diagnosis’ led to her death. Heruntimely demise was a great loss for the college.

— Shaily

Satya Verma and Priya, students of BMC IIIrd year, PatnaWomen’s College, thanking the organisers of Cynosure, afilm festival, after their documentary won second prize atSt.Xavier’s College in Ranchi.

Headway Newsroom

Crowd kept clapping with full zest on the sizzling dance num-bers and songs at Patna Women's College on the occasion

of TTeeaacchheerr’’ss DDaayy on September 5, 2011.A prayer dance, ‘Saraswati Vandana’, was devoted to the

Goddess of knowledge, “Saraswati” at the beginning of the pro-gramme. Shristi and Shloka’s heartthrob performances kept theaudience spellbound. It was followed by Nikita and group's trib-ute to veteran actor Shammi Kapoor who passed away recently.Later, the girls captivated through dance numbers on songs like‘sennorita’, ‘madhubala’ and ‘chaar baj gaye’. A pinch of salt wasadded in the form of lucky draw for teachers.

Principal Dr Sister Doris D'Souza A.C. thanked the partici-pants for their wonderful performances. She said a committedteacher’s role could never be replaced. — Sadya Razi

Patna Women’s College celebrated its 70th FFoouunnddeerr’’ss DDaayyon August 24, 2011. Arch Bishop William D’ Souza SJ,

President of Governing Body of PWC, inaugurated the pro-gramme by paying floral tributes to the founder of college, ArchBishop BJ Saliva SJ. Starting with prayer dance and welcomesong, students presented heart throbbing performances, makingthe day more special.

Chief Guest Arch Bishop William D’ Souza congratulatedthe college for celebrating its 70th foundation day. He appreci-ated the college authorities for starting 20 new activities and suggested students to give priority to God in their life.

— Sandhya Kumari

Girls draped in elegant saris, enjoying mouth watering delica-cies, their feet tapping to the beats of DJ… that was the

CCoolllleeggee DDaayy at Patna Women’s College on November 25, 2011.Soon after Principal Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza, AC inaugu-

rated the function by hoisting the college flag, girls broke intocheers and made the day a memorable one.

Every year, PWC celebrates this day with new enthusiasmand a different theme. This year’s theme was, ‘Different shadesof comedy’. The college rocked to popular Bollywood num-bers of today’s era, as well as earlier hits.

— Aditi Kumari/Khushboo/Richa

Twin classical music performances by Pt. Pushparaj Koshtion ‘sitar’ and Sri Uddhav Shinde on ‘pakhavaj’ left the audi-

ence spellbound at Patna Women’s College on August 4, 2011.At the programme, organised under the aegis of Society for

Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture AmongstYouths ((SSPPIICC MMAACCAAYY)), vibrating notes of ‘surbahar’, coordi-nated with the ‘thaap ‘of ‘pakhavaj’ enthralled one and all.

Both the performer mesmerised the audience with their rich-ness and power of spiritual music. After the performance, manyquestions and compliments were put forward, on which Pt.Koshti said: “Music is the source of entertainment and alsoenlightens our mind and gives peace to our soul”.

— Sadya Razi/Sandhya Kumari/Shradha Suman

Patna Women's College held a cultural programme in thehonour of Superior General, Dr. Sister Agatha Mary AC

and her team, who came to visit the college on September 12,2011.

The programme started with prayer dance, followed by awelcome song. After that Principal, Dr. Sister Doris D’SouzaA.C. in her welcome speech highlighted the college's role inwomen education and empowerment. The programme, with themessage of peace and tranquility, received a huge applause.

Dr. Sister Agatha Mary AC addressed the students at the endof the programme and suggested them to take initiative in break-ing the caste barriers from the society.

— Shradha Shree

Annnnuuaall DDaayy celebration on February 11,2012 was dedicatedto 100th year of Bihar and the slogan was ‘Badhta Bihar,

Badalta Bihar’. The ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ song of the great poetRabindra Nath Tagore, stage play ‘Main Bihar Hoon’ and trib-ute to Mother Veronica elated the whole crowd. The prize dis-tribution for research projects, special prizes and merit scholar-ships added more spark to the spirit of enthusiasm.

The function was presided over by Chief Guest Mr. NikhilKumar, Goverrner of Nagaland. His graceful words encouragedthe students to excel academically and empower themselves andthe society.

— Satya Verma/Monica Moni

Our precious possessionThe sweet memories of working for Headway

will always linger in our hearts. Today,when the journal is about to hit the stands,

it’s like a dream come true for us.A few months back when we entered third

year and were introduced to Headway, we were all nervous. However, everyone in the class showedzeal and enthusiasm and after a tough competition, the editorial team was finally selected.

Intense classroom discussions regarding the selection of stories,style of writing, editing and page making kept the momentum going.The support from our Principal and teachers gave us courage and madeit possible to come out with a different version of Headway.

Sitting in the lab, even during the holidays was not at all boringwhen the work for Headway was on. The journal taught us to be punc-tual and responsible. Even latecomers became regular. It was kind of awave that swept the third year students of BMC.

Regular meetings helped in maintaining the tempo as all the stu-dents were keen to get additional work. Today, when Headway is readyfor publication we all are very happy but we are sad too, thinking howcan we stay without working for Headway. It has become a part of ourlife and with tears in our eyes we are saying “good bye” to our work withthe journal and wish our juniors to take our precious possession to evengreater heights.

Editorial Team

The aesthetically decoratedGandhi Maidan witnessed thestate’s mega celebrations of the

century between March 22 and March24, 2012.

Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumarinaugurated Bihar centenary celebra-tions at the historic Gandhi Maidan onMarch 22. All government buildingsand colleges turned blue as the entirestate joined the festivities. The build-ings around Gandhi Maidan were illu-minated with blue light, leaving a mes-merising effect on the visitors andpassers-by.

Mr Kumar spoke of Bihari pride ashe addressed a large gathering of peo-ple on the inaugural day of the func-tion. Harping on the state’s growth tra-jectory, Mr Kumar said Bihar hadcarved a niche for itself in the countryas it succeeded in registering 11% eco-nomic growth through serious reformsat grassroots level. He used the occa-sion to seek special category statusfrom Centre.

The Chief Minister released booksand documentaries based on Biharand also honoured the lyricists of thenewly composed Bihar anthem, SatyaNarayan, and Bihar prayer song, M RChishti, along with 21 artists of thestate from the fields of art and culture.He also symbolically released around

300 metal birds perched on a globe, tomark freedom and progress of thestate.

A number of Bollywood stars,including Shatrughan Sinha, ShekharSuman, Prakash Jha, Neetu Chandra,Manoj Bajpai and Hema Malini partic-ipated in the celebrations.

In a bid to depict communal har-mony and brotherhood in the state,miniature models of all religionssuch as Hinduism, Islam,Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and

Buddhism were installed at the mainentrance gate of Gandhi Maidan.

Various lip-smacking delicaciesincluding Bihari sweets, ‘tharu’ tribalfood, main course food items – bothvegetarian and non-vegetarian, dryfood items made of soybean, ‘suran’,honey, fruits, herbal food and vari-ous drinks tickled the taste buds offoodies who came to participate inBihar Diwas celebrations.

A 25-minute laser show on the her-itage of Bihar, presented by Bangalore-based firm, Pracheen Bharat TourismTechnology, kept the audience spell-bound. The show covered the time ofBuddha, Mahavir, Mahabharat,Chandragupt, Ashok, Shershah Suri,Sufism, Guru Gobind Singh – andfinally ended with a positive note ofResurgent Bihar.

A couple of days before the festivi-ties began at Gandhi Maidan, theChief Minister felicitated the idols ofBihar at a function organised in NewDelhi. There, Mr Kumar talked aboutBihari ‘asmita’ and urged the people ofthe state to reassert themselves as asocially relevant, politically significantand culturally vibrant group.Incidentally, this was Mr Kumar’s firstpublic appearance in New Delhi afterhe took over the reins of Bihar sevenyears ago.

S E S S I O N2011-2012

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EDITOR’S NOTE

A 9.1-magnitudeearthquake andsubsequent tsunamihit the east of Japan,killing 15,840 people,on March 11. P6

India andBangladeshsigned a pact toend their 40-yearborder demarcationdispute on Sept. 5.

Sitabdiara, whererevolutionary leaderLoknayakJayaprakashNarayan was bornin 1902, had a sec-ond date with histo-ry on October 11,2011, when veteranBJP leader LKAdvani began his ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’against corruption from the village.

Muammar Gaddafi,who ruled Libyafrom 1969 tillAugust 2011, waskilled on October 28by the forces loyalto the country’s newgovernment. P6

27-year-old SushilKumar, a resident ofMotihari in Bihar,went from oblivion tofame when he hit thejackpot of Rs 5 crorein ‘Kaun BanegaCrorepati’. P3

The much awaitedRight to Service Act,2011 came into forcein Bihar on August15. The Act is aimedat providing servicesto the people in stip-ulated time. P4

Quake rocks Japan

(April 2, 2011)Indiawins ICC World Cupfinal defeating SriLanka by six wicketsin Mumbai and alsobecomes the firstnation to win CricketWorld Cup final onhome soil. P7

World Cup victory

(April 29) PrinceWilliam, Duke ofCambridge andCathrine Middletongot married atWestminster Abbeyin London. P6

Royal wedding

U.S. President BarackObama announceson May 2, 2011 thatOsama Bin Laden,founder of al-Qaeda,has been killedduring an Americanmilitary operation inPakistan. P6

Laden killed

The 34-year-oldregime of Left Frontfinally crumbled to afeisty MamataBanerjee, makingher the first womanChief Minister ofWest Bengal. Shetook oath on May 28,2011. P5

Left rout in Bengal

Indo-Bangla pact

Sitabdiara in news

Gaddafi killed

Sushil heroics

RTS a reality

Manaswi/Akrity Abhilasha

Headway Newsroom

As Mr Nitish Kumar-led NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA) gov-

ernment has completed one year in itssecond term, its functioning will not becompared with Lalu-Rabri regime, butwith that of Nitish’s own first tenure.

In his second term, Mr Kumar hasfocused mainly on two areas – corrup-tion and power crisis. He promised atransparent government and to fulfillthis, he abolished the Member ofParliament Local Area DevelopmentFund (MPLAD) meant for legislatorsand made it mandatory for all ministers,including him, to put up details of assetson the government website. The govern-ment took a unique step by setting up aprimary school in the palatial house ofIAS officer Mr S S Verma.

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Focus ongraft, power GOVERNMENT CLAIMS

Marked improvement in internalsecurity situation in the state65,819 convictions betweenJan’06 and Sept’11; law hasmade its presence feltWomen don’t have security concern venturing out at nightSporadic incidents may haveoccurred, but overall security ismuch better

GOVERNMENT CLAIMS247 flood protection schemeswere completed across the stateCanals in the command areas ofGandak, Kosi, Kamla andBagmati were renovated forcapacity enhancementOut of 46 flood managementschemes, 29 schemes havebeen completed while 13 morewill be done by March’12

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSEmphasis on improvement inservices, immunisation and low-ering Infant Mortality Rate(IMR), Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR), Fertility Rate and thepolio casesNo polio cases have beendetected in the stateIMR down to 52% births in 2009from 61% in 2005

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSThe state government hasadopted Bihar SpecialSurvey and Settlement Bill,2011, which aims at landreformsBihar Land Mutation Bill,2011 empowers DeputyCollectors to take actionagainst unscrupulous elements

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSUsing SRI method of culti-vation, farmers have yield-ed 242 quintal per acre1 lakh quintal greenmanure seeds have beendistributed among farm-ers for cult ivation on3.70 lakh hectareRs 186 crore sanctioned forsurface irrigation facility

GOVERNMENT CLAIMSSpecial category status toBihar is necessary to attractbig investment356 proposals have beenapproved by the SIPBA total of 4,232 small scaleunits have been establishedin the state with anexpenditure of Rs 138 crore

PEOPLE’S VERDICTThe state isrich in terms ofresources, butspeedy imple-mentation isneeded. Itneeds power,infra & creditfacilities

PEOPLE’S VERDICTBihar is draw-ing a lot ofattention onthe develop-ment of agri-culture sectorunder theleadership of Mr NitishKumar

PEOPLE’S VERDICTLaw andorder situa-tion in the firstterm of Nitishgovernmentwas better.But in his sec-ond term,crime hasincreased

PEOPLE’S VERDICTAfter the Kosideluge in2008, thegovt. got itsact together.But there isstill room formuch work tobe done toprevent floods

PEOPLE’S VERDICTMedical facili-ty in Biharh a si m p r o v e d .New tech-nologies arebeing usedby doctorsfor the patients’welfare

PEOPLE’S VERDICTBIADA landscam is a bigexample of cor-ruption. If Nitishgovernment isnot biased then itshould takeimmediate stepsto scrutinise theproblems

LAW AND ORDER WATER RESOURCES HEALTH

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Muntu Kumar (MR)

Lata Singh (Business woman) Md.Usman

(Farmer)Jamshed

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Roshan JhaSupaul

Dushyant Naik,Kankarbagh

Iam happy to announce that thedepartment of MassCommunication has brought

out the third issue of the annualLab Journal ‘Headway’.

The enthusiasm of the BMCIIIrd year, batch 2009-2012 in pre-senting this issue amidst their rou-tine curriculum and assignments alittle ahead of its time this yearreally is commendable and aninspiration for the BMC Ist andBMC IInd year students.

We at Patna Women's Collegerevere the serene cream colourthat proudly sports the background of our college flag signi-fying discipline and simplicity. It is while keeping in mindthese two essential traits, that our students strive ahead forperfection and excellence.

I congratulate the Head of the Department, Ms. ShampaSharma, staff and students for working together and makingthe third issue of the BMC Journal Headway another issueworth waiting for.

May God bless you.

Change. This one worddrove the third edition ofHeadway. A change in

content, modification in style,incorporation of investigativereporting and flooding of infographics transformed the wayHeadway looks. This newer,trendier version of Headway hasall the components of mainlinejournalism.

The product at hand is theresult of sheer hard work anddetermination of the students ofBMC IIIrd year. By bringing out this journal, they notonly maintained the legacy of their predecessors, but alsoset a new benchmark as far as publication of any collegejournal is concerned.

Selection of stories was not that tough this time as2011 was a newsy year. India won the ICC World Cup,Osama was killed, Jasmine Revolution swept Arab coun-tries, Mr Nitish Kumar came up with various legislationsto change the way officials function in Bihar and twowomen political bigwigs — Ms Mamata Bannerjee andMs J Jayalalitha — registered thumping victories inAssembly elections in their respective states. All thesestories went on to make Headway a packed package.

The last minute inclusion of Bihar Diwas celebrationswas a boon for the journal. As celebrities from across thecountry and abroad made a beeline for the state to takepart in centenary year celebrations, Headway reporterswere on their toes covering the historic event.

The new tagline — a way ahead — attached with thisyear’s Headway signifies the transformation the journalhas undergone.

Members of the editorial team, comprising 10 pageeditors and a creative editor worked relentlessly under thesupervision of three spirited chief student editors —Sheezan Nezami, Anisha Shyam and Akrity Abhilasha —to bring out a completely different journal.

Another remarkable achievement this year was livereporting. Reporters grabbed every opportunity that cametheir way and succeeded in filing up-to-date reports with-in deadline. They interviewed people, researched ondiverse topics and collected information from officialsources just as professional journalists do.

The efforts the students have put in this year to reachtheir goals, will determine how we transform our journalin the years to come. Let us put our best foot forward toachieve the target we have set for ourselves, and continueto improve the journal we are all very proud of.

Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza AC.PrincipalPatna Women’s College

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Bihar: 100 years of gloryxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

“Bihar has played acrucial role in uplift-ment of Airtel in thecountry. Thanks to ourstrong roots in Bihar,today we are the fifthlargest telecom compa-ny in the world. At atime when the countryis clocking a growthrate of 7%, Bihar hascome out of the shad-ows to register 11%growth.”

SSuunniill BBhhaarrttii MMiittttaall

“Faces of Bihar peoplereflect the progressmade in the state andwhat they feel about ismore important thanwhat I feel about. Biharhas developed a lot inthe last few years. Biharisare very optimistic aboutthe changing scenarioand it is the state govern-ment ‘s responsibility tocontinue its develop-ment agenda.”

JJaavveedd AAkkhhttaarr

“It is a matter of pridefor me to be a part ofBihar centenary cele-brations. Among somany performances inBihar, this one is veryclose to my heart as itsignifies the centenarycelebrations of Bihar.Innumerable tradition-al events have beenorganised and I person-ally feel that Bihar isregaining its lost glory.”

PPaannddiitt JJaassrraajj

“Biharis are leaving aneverlasting impressionin every field. There isno substitute of hardwork of Biharis. Thecountry will come to astandstill if the peopleof Bihar stop working.The state is gettingback its glory. If trendsare any indication, thestate will soon becomerich in culture and edu-cation.”

DDuurrggaa JJaassrraajj

“Industrial develop-ment will go a long wayin checking migration.The state has no dearthof heritage buildingsand ancient structures.If developed properly,such sites will attract alarge number of tourists.There is much to go onin this context, consider-ing people abroad sellplaces that comprise justsand and water.”

HHeemmaa MMaalliinnii

“Being a son of Bihar, Ihave very close tieswith my state. I amoverwhelmed that thegovernment gave mean opportunity to lendmy voice to the BiharAnthem and PrayerSong. I also thank thestate government forgiving me a chance toentertain the people ofmy home state. I feelproud being a Bihari.”

UUddiitt NNaarraayyaann

CELEBRITIES ALL PRAISE FOR STATE

Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumaraddressing a gathering in Patna onthe occasion of Bihar Diwas.

As the entire state joined the chorus of Bihar centenary celebrations, Headway reporters Aakanksha, Khusboo Kumari, Sheezan Nezami, Ankita Pandey, Shree and Shephali were there to cover the three-day mega event

MARCH 22Vidyapati and Pamaria

songs, seminars, poetry ses-sion and folk dances wereheld. Many other programmeslike Salahes drama show,seminar with ‘mushaira’ andfolk dance kept the audiencespellbound.

MARCH 23Regional language poetry

session and folk songs wereorganised. Bollywood starsHema Malini, ShatrughanSinha, Javed Akhtar and UditNarayan entertained the peo-ple with their scintillating per-formances. Murtaza andRabbani Brothers of KhanLegacy fame also performed.

MARCH 24Bollywood hits were per-

formed by Kailash Kher andSumendha Karmahe. UstadGhulam Mustafa Khan(Kheyal) and Ustad Amjad AliKhan (Sarod-recital) per-formed cultural musical shows.

HOW IT UNFOLDED

GRAPHICS::ANISHA/MONIKA

Lokpal or Jokepal?

Dr Yash Pal (centre) at an interactivesession with PWC students.