Volume 35, Issue 6, March 2008 - Posoowa
Volume 35, Issue 6, March 2008 - Posoowa
Volume 35, Issue 6, March 2008 - Posoowa
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Drugs, An Unholy suffering<br />
Death, death, and only death! This<br />
is the only synonym one can<br />
think for drugs. Smaller than<br />
bullets, lighter than grenades, but they<br />
can kill a whole man, a whole human,<br />
slowly, very slowly, causing a very<br />
deadly and painful death.<br />
Everybody knows, the substances behind<br />
the five letters “drugs” are dangerous,<br />
but still addiction is increasing day<br />
by day. But, why? What is the reason<br />
behind it?<br />
A few months ago, I went to a friend’s<br />
place for a visit, but what I saw, when I<br />
entered his flat was really shocking. It<br />
shook the whole of my body—— it was<br />
a different picture, a totally different<br />
one…!!!<br />
The “evening time” atmosphere was<br />
quite sizzling. It was a fog of smoke, just<br />
like something extraterrestrial. I saw 10<br />
young people, 19 to 25 years of age, including<br />
my friend, enjoying heaven.<br />
“Guns ‘n Roses” screamed out through<br />
the music system making the situation<br />
rock! They were passing - lighted cigarette<br />
to each other.<br />
Cigarette? Wait a minute!<br />
Not ordinary ones!!<br />
These are the cigarettes stuffed with<br />
dope—”bhang”,<br />
They took out the tobacco from the cigarettes<br />
and stuffed it with bhang. When I<br />
asked “But, why?” one of them replied,<br />
“I dope every weekend just to relax”.<br />
The other one said he is addicted. There<br />
were not only boys in the group, but girls<br />
as well. This was just a single scene in<br />
the world; there are thousands of similar<br />
scenes happening every minute<br />
around the world.<br />
Young people are attracted to charas,<br />
ganja, brown sugar, S.P<br />
(spasmoproxyvom), nitro (nitrosum) and<br />
other deadly weapons, all known as<br />
drugs. Most surprising is the fact is that,<br />
these things are easily available in the<br />
market; just, and you must have good<br />
contact.<br />
At first brokers who sell drugs, sell it<br />
cheap, but when one is addicted, they<br />
charge like anything. Consequently, once<br />
addicted, a youngster will do anything<br />
to get his or her fix, even stealing and<br />
ruining own and family’s life.<br />
And at last….<br />
Page 6 * POSOOWA, <strong>March</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
”Death”-- on the Doorstep.<br />
The law is not able to trace it although<br />
it’s strict.<br />
Why?<br />
“We take it only to be relaxed with our<br />
heavy schedules at work”,<br />
“But end up in addiction?” When<br />
asked—— there was no answer.<br />
This alarmingly rising trend may be attributed<br />
to pressure, both at school and<br />
work, and peer pressure—trying to be<br />
cool among friends. Although they seem<br />
to be aware of the consequences of prolonged<br />
and sustain abuse, young men<br />
and women are using it. Most of them<br />
start as occasional users or when they<br />
try to be a part of a happening crowd.<br />
But alas! They end up regulars.<br />
There must be control over these activities.<br />
It is OK to be cool with them; family<br />
members should keep an eye on the<br />
activities of their children, but never be<br />
harsh with them. Most importantly, it is<br />
your “WILL”; you should be strong<br />
enough to avoid these “deadly weapons”<br />
and lead a happy and healthy life.<br />
A relief, a satisfaction for a few minutes,<br />
a few hours or a day can cause everlasting<br />
pain.<br />
“An unholy suffering leading to the hell<br />
of death”<br />
By, Pranjal Saikia, Pune, India<br />
Saraswati Puja Celebrated in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai<br />
Saraswati Puja, the annual worship of the Goddess of<br />
knowledge, music, speech and writing, was celebrated<br />
with great enthusiasm for the first time in Mumbai’s<br />
satellite city of Navi Mumbai. It was organized by Kingkhap<br />
Asomiya Mahila Samiti, the women’s wing of the Kharghar<br />
Asomiya Samaj, on Vasant Panchami Day, the 11 th February<br />
<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
The puja began in the morning with pandits reciting slokas<br />
and mantras as the devotees watched. Everyone took the<br />
blessings of the Goddess and participated in the mass<br />
pushpanjali program that when flowers are offered at the feet<br />
of the Goddess Maa Saraswati; in return, she bestows them<br />
with the gift of knowledge. The pushpanjali program was<br />
followed by a traditional Assamese mah-prasad and finally<br />
bhog consisting of khichidi and payox (kheer) and other<br />
delicacies offered during the occasion. The serpentine queue<br />
that was seen in the post-puja session bore testimony to the<br />
huge turnout that thronged the Tirupati Arcade Campus.<br />
After successful organization of Saraswati Puja, the Kingkhap Asomiya Mahila Samiti, made plans to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 th<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
By Rubi Borgohain, Mumbai, India