Bihar: 100 years of glory - Patna Womens College

SESSION
2011-2012
A WAY AHEAD
Volume III ANNUAL LAB JOURNAL OF DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
Top 10
EVENTS
Quake rocks Japan
A 9.1-magnitude
earthquake and
subsequent tsunami
hit the east of Japan,
killing 15,840 people,
on March 11. P8
World Cup victory
(April 2, 2011)India
wins ICC World Cup
final defeating Sri
Lanka by six wickets
in Mumbai and also
becomes the first
nation to win Cricket
World Cup final on
home soil. P9
Royal wedding
(April 29) Prince
William, Duke of
Cambridge and
Cathrine Middleton
got married at
Westminster Abbey
in London. P8
Laden killed
U.S. President Barack
Obama announces
on May 2, 2011 that
Osama Bin Laden,
founder of al-Qaeda,
has been killed
during an American
military operation in
Pakistan. P8
Left rout in Bengal
The 34-year-old
regime of Left Front
finally crumbled to a
feisty Mamata
Banerjee, making
her the first woman
Chief Minister of
West Bengal. She
took oath on May 28,
2011. P7
Indo-Bangla pact
India and
Bangladesh
signed a pact to
end their 40-year
border demarcation
dispute on Sept. 5.
Sitabdiara in news
Sitabdiara, where
revolutionary leader
Loknayak
Jayaprakash
Narayan was born
in 1902, had a second
date with history
on October 11,
2011, when veteran
BJP leader LK
Advani began his ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’
against corruption from the village.
Gaddafi killed
Muammar Gaddafi,
who ruled Libya
from 1969 till
August 2011, was
killed on October 28
by the forces loyal
to the country’s new
government. P8
Sushil heroics
27-year-old Sushil
Kumar, a resident of
Motihari in Bihar,
went from oblivion to
fame when he hit the
jackpot of Rs 5 crore
in ‘Kaun Banega
Crorepati’. P5
RTS a reality
The much awaited
Right to Service Act,
2011 came into force
in Bihar on August
15. The Act is aimed
at providing services
to the people in stipulated
time. P6
TEXT: DIVYA MISHRA/FARHANA
TEXT: KHUSHBOO KUMARI, NIDHI SINHA, SWATI, SHEPHALI, ANKITA, FARHANA; GRAPHIC: MANASWI
PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE
The aesthetically decorated
Gandhi Maidan witnessed the
state’s mega celebrations of the
century between March 22 and March
24, 2012.
Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar
inaugurated Bihar centenary celebrations
at the historic Gandhi Maidan on
March 22. All government buildings
and colleges turned blue as the entire
state joined the festivities. The buildings
around Gandhi Maidan were illuminated
with blue light, leaving a mesmerising
effect on the visitors and
passers-by.
Mr Kumar spoke of Bihari pride as
he addressed a large gathering of people
on the inaugural day of the function.
Harping on the state’s growth trajectory,
Mr Kumar said Bihar had
carved a niche for itself in the country
as it succeeded in registering 11% economic
growth through serious reforms
at grassroots level. He used the occasion
to seek special category status
from Centre.
The Chief Minister released books
and documentaries based on Bihar
and also honoured the lyricists of the
newly composed Bihar anthem, Satya
Narayan, and Bihar prayer song, M R
Chishti, along with 21 artists of the
state from the fields of art and culture.
He also symbolically released around
Manaswi/Akrity Abhilasha
Headway Newsroom
s Mr Nitish Kumar-led National
ADemocratic Alliance (NDA) government
has completed one year in its
second term, its functioning will not be
compared with Lalu-Rabri regime, but
with that of Nitish’s own first tenure.
In his second term, Mr Kumar has
focused mainly on two areas – corruption
and power crisis. He promised a
transparent government and to fulfill
this, he abolished the Member of
Parliament Local Area Development
Fund (MPLAD) meant for legislators
and made it mandatory for all ministers,
including him, to put up details of assets
on the government website. The government
took a unique step by setting up a
primary school in the palatial house of
IAS officer Mr S S Verma.
Turn to Page 7
300 metal birds perched on a globe, to
mark freedom and progress of the
state.
A number of Bollywood stars,
including Shatrughan Sinha, Shekhar
Suman, Prakash Jha, Neetu Chandra,
Manoj Bajpai and Hema Malini participated
in the celebrations.
In a bid to depict communal harmony
and brotherhood in the state,
miniature models of all religions
such as Hinduism, Islam,
Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and
Buddhism were installed at the main
entrance gate of Gandhi Maidan.
Various lip-smacking delicacies
including Bihari sweets, ‘tharu’ tribal
food, main course food items – both
vegetarian and non-vegetarian, dry
food items made of soybean, ‘suran’,
honey, fruits, herbal food and various
drinks tickled the taste buds of
foodies who came to participate in
Bihar Diwas celebrations.
A 25-minute laser show on the heritage
of Bihar, presented by Bangalorebased
firm, Pracheen Bharat Tourism
Technology, kept the audience spellbound.
The show covered the time of
Buddha, Mahavir, Mahabharat,
Chandragupt, Ashok, Shershah Suri,
Sufism, Guru Gobind Singh – and
finally ended with a positive note of
Resurgent Bihar.
A couple of days before the festivities
began at Gandhi Maidan, the
Chief Minister felicitated the idols of
Bihar at a function organised in New
Delhi. There, Mr Kumar talked about
Bihari ‘asmita’ and urged the people of
the state to reassert themselves as a
socially relevant, politically significant
and culturally vibrant group.
Incidentally, this was Mr Kumar’s first
public appearance in New Delhi after
he took over the reins of Bihar seven
years ago.
PWC is my pride, says small
screen star Rati Pandey, Page 5
Artistes performing in cultural functions as part of Bihar Diwas celebrations at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. �SPECIAL COVERAGE, P2&3 GRAPHIC: ANISHA/MONIKA
Bihar: 100 years of glory
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
“Bihar has played a
crucial role in upliftment
of Airtel in the
country. Thanks to our
strong roots in Bihar,
today we are the fifth
largest telecom company
in the world. At a
time when the country
is clocking a growth
rate of 7%, Bihar has
come out of the shadows
to register 11%
growth.”
Sunil Bharti Mittal
“Biharis are leaving an
everlasting impression
in every field. There is
no substitute of hard
work of Biharis. The
country will come to a
standstill if the people
of Bihar stop working.
The state is getting
back its glory. If trends
are any indication, the
state will soon become
rich in culture and education.”
Durga Jasraj
Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar
addressing a gathering in Patna on
the occasion of Bihar Diwas.
CELEBRITIES ALL PRAISE FOR STATE
“It is a matter of pride
for me to be a part of
Bihar centenary celebrations.
Among so
many performances in
Bihar, this one is very
close to my heart as it
signifies the centenary
celebrations of Bihar.
Innumerable traditional
events have been
organised and I personally
feel that Bihar is
regaining its lost glory.”
Pandit Jasraj
NITISH REPORT CARD: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT MILES TO GO...
Focus on
graft, power GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
�Marked improvement in internal
security situation in the state
�65,819 convictions between
Jan’06 and Sept’11; law has
made its presence felt
�Women don’t have security
concern venturing out at night
�Sporadic incidents may have
occurred, but overall security is
much better
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
�Special category status to
Bihar is necessary to attract
big investment
�356 proposals have been
approved by the SIPB
�A total of 4,232 small scale
units have been established
in the state with an
expenditure of Rs 138 crore
PEOPLE’S VERDICT
Law and
order situation
in the first
term of Nitish
government
was better.
But in his sec-
ond term,
crime has
increased
PEOPLE’S VERDICT
The state is
rich in terms of
resources, but
speedy implementation
is
needed. It
needs power,
infra & credit
facilities
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
�247 flood protection schemes
were completed across the state
�Canals in the command areas of
Gandak, Kosi, Kamla and
Bagmati were renovated for
capacity enhancement
�Out of 46 flood management
schemes, 29 schemes have
been completed while 13 more
will be done by March’12
PEOPLE’S VERDICT
After the Kosi
deluge in
2008, the
govt. got its
act together.
But there is
still room for
much work to
be done to
prevent floods
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT
�Using SRI method of culti- Bihar is drawvation,
farmers have yielding a lot of
ed 242 quintal per acre attention on
�1 lakh quintal green the develop-
manure seeds have been ment of agri-
distributed among farmculture sector
ers for cultivation on under the
Lata Singh
3.70 lakh hectare
leadership of
(Business woman) �Rs 186 crore sanctioned for Mr Nitish Md.Usman
surface irrigation facility Kumar
(Farmer)
F1 accelerates Indian
sports, Page 9
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
EDITOR’S NOTE
LAW AND ORDER WATER RESOURCES HEALTH
INDUSTRY
“Being a son of Bihar, I
have very close ties
with my state. I am
overwhelmed that the
government gave me
an opportunity to lend
my voice to the Bihar
Anthem and Prayer
Song. I also thank the
state government for
giving me a chance to
entertain the people of
my home state. I feel
proud being a Bihari.”
Udit Narayan
Muntu Kumar
(MR)
“Industrial development
will go a long way
in checking migration.
The state has no dearth
of heritage buildings
and ancient structures.
If developed properly,
such sites will attract a
large number of tourists.
There is much to go on
in this context, considering
people abroad sell
places that comprise just
sand and water.”
Hema Malini
HOW IT UNFOLDED
MARCH 22
Vidyapati and Pamaria
songs, seminars, poetry session
and folk dances were
held. Many other programmes
like Salahes drama show,
seminar with ‘mushaira’ and
folk dance kept the audience
spellbound.
MARCH 23
Regional language poetry
session and folk songs were
organised. Bollywood stars
Hema Malini, Shatrughan
Sinha, Javed Akhtar and Udit
Narayan entertained the people
with their scintillating performances.
Murtaza and
Rabbani Brothers of Khan
Legacy fame also performed.
MARCH 24
Bollywood hits were performed
by Kailash Kher and
Sumendha Karmahe. Ustad
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
(Kheyal) and Ustad Amjad Ali
Khan (Sarod-recital) performed
cultural musical shows.
“Faces of Bihar people
reflect the progress
made in the state and
what they feel about is
more important than
what I feel about. Bihar
has developed a lot in
the last few years. Biharis
are very optimistic about
the changing scenario
and it is the state government
‘s responsibility to
continue its development
agenda.”
Javed Akhtar
AGRICULTURE
Roshan Jha
Supaul
I
am happy to announce that the
Department of Mass
Communication has brought
out the third issue of the annual
Lab Journal ‘Headway’.
The enthusiasm of the BMC
IIIrd year, batch 2009-2012 in presenting
this issue amidst their routine
curriculum and assignments a
little ahead of its time this year
really is commendable and an
inspiration for the BMC Ist and
BMC IInd year students.
We at Patna Women's College
revere the serene cream colour
that proudly sports the background of our college flag signifying
discipline and simplicity. It is while keeping in mind
these two essential traits, that our students strive ahead for
perfection and excellence.
I congratulate the Head of the Department, Ms. Shampa
Sharma, staff and students for working together and making
the third issue of the BMC Journal Headway another issue
worth waiting for.
May God bless you.
C
hange. This one word
drove the third edition of
Headway. A change in
content, modification in style,
incorporation of investigative
reporting and flooding of info
graphics transformed the way
Headway looks. This newer,
trendier version of Headway has
all the components of mainline
journalism.
The product at hand is the
result of sheer hard work and
determination of the students of
BMC IIIrd year. By bringing out this journal, they not
only maintained the legacy of their predecessors, but also
set a new benchmark as far as publication of any college
journal is concerned.
Selection of stories was not that tough this time as
2011 was a newsy year. India won the ICC World Cup,
Osama was killed, Jasmine Revolution swept Arab countries,
Mr Nitish Kumar came up with various legislations
to change the way officials function in Bihar and two
women political bigwigs — Ms Mamata Bannerjee and
Ms J Jayalalitha — registered thumping victories in
Assembly elections in their respective states. All these
stories went on to make Headway a packed package.
The last minute inclusion of Bihar Diwas celebrations
was a boon for the journal. As celebrities from across the
country and abroad made a beeline for the state to take
part in centenary year celebrations, Headway reporters
were on their toes covering the historic event.
The new tagline — a way ahead — attached with this
year’s Headway signifies the transformation the journal
has undergone.
Members of the editorial team, comprising 10 page
editors and a creative editor worked relentlessly under the
supervision 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 live
reporting. Reporters grabbed every opportunity that came
their way and succeeded in filing up-to-date reports within
deadline. They interviewed people, researched on
diverse topics and collected information from official
sources just as professional journalists do.
The efforts the students have put in this year to reach
their goals will determine how we transform our journal
in the years to come. Let us put our best foot forward to
achieve the target we have set for ourselves, and continue
to improve the journal we are all very proud of.
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
�Emphasis on improvement in
services, immunisation and lowering
Infant Mortality Rate
(IMR), Maternal Mortality Rate
(MMR), Fertility Rate and the
polio cases
�No polio cases have been
detected in the state
�IMR down to 52% births in 2009
from 61% in 2005
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
�The state government has
adopted Bihar Special
Survey and Settlement Bill,
2011, which aims at land
reforms
�Bihar Land Mutation Bill,
2011 empowers Deputy
Collectors to take action
against unscrupulous
elements
PEOPLE’S VERDICT
Medical facility
in Bihar
h a s
improved.
New technologies
are
being used
by doctors
for the patients’
welfare
LAND
Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza AC.
Principal
Patna Women’s College
Ms Shampa Sharma
Head of the Department
PEOPLE’S VERDICT
BIADA land
scam is a big
example of corruption.
If Nitish
government is
not biased then it
should take
immediate steps
to scrutinise the
problems
Dushyant Naik,
Kankarbagh
Jamshed
(Businessman)

Nusra
in Patna
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Headway Newsroom
The first ever World Cup Kabaddi
Championship for women took place in
Bihar as part of the state’s cenenary year celebrations.The
Indian team reached the final
and defeated Iran to win the cup. India is the
first women’s team to win the accolade for
the female version of the usually male dominated
sport.
India’s national women’s Kabaddi team
defeated Iran 25-19 to win the championship
on March 4, 2012 at the Patlipura
Sports Complex in Patna.
This is the first Kabaddi title of this kind
for women which was a four-day event and
involved the participation of 16 countries,
including teams from Mexico, Nepal,
Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Kabaddi is a South Asian sport where two
teams occupy opposite halves of a field. A
team will then send a player, the ‘raider’ into
the other opposition’s half, holding her
breath and chanting the word ‘Kabaddi’ continuously.
In order to win points, the raider
must touch or tackle members of the opposing
team and then return to her own half. If
the raider does not make contact with the
opposition and returns to her side, she does
she will be declared as “out” and the other
team takes over.
To reach the final, India defeated Japan
CENTENARY YEAR
India win Women’s
Kabaddi World Cup
60-21 and Iran beat Thailand 46-26 to
become the second finalist.
The game was a thrilling final. the Indian
belles took control of the game throughout
the match and at half time the score stood at
19-11 against their Iranian counterparts.
Cheered by the fans at the jam-packed
stadium, the game started fast with Mamata
Pujari, the captain of India, scoring eight
points and Iran’s captain following suit, by
scoring eight points too. The game then
changed after half time, where India became
more defensive and went on to win the
match with this approach.
Pujari, who worked in Indian Railways
prior to playing, said it was the team spirit
and strong ethic of teamwork which was the
key behind their outstanding performance.
Speaking about the win Pujari said: “All
of us combined together and played very
well to lift the Kabaddi world cup for the
country. I congratulate all my team members.”
“Actually we wanted to play better that
what we did, but we are happy that our performance
just proved to be adequate for the
title,” added Pujari.
Pujari was adamant that the Indian team
was thoroughly prepared for the tournament
and committed to win the championship to
bring cheer to the country.
Earlier in the day, India outclassed Japan
60-21 while Iran defeated Thailand 46-26 in
the two semifinals to set up a summit clash.
‘Car run’ spreads
awareness
about Bihar
Manaswi
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
The state industries department in association
with Magadh Motor Sports Club organised
a ‘Bihar centenary car run 2012’ on the
Patna-Dilli Haat (New Delhi)-Patna route as
part of Bihar Diwas celebrations. As many
as 11 teams with 25 participants left Patna
for New Delhi from where the car run was
formally flagged off on March 22.
The participants included Pranav Sahi
and Sumita Sahi whose vehicle displayed
the logo of centenary celebrations of Bihar.
The remaining ten vehicles depicted various
themes like tourism, women empowerment,
cuisines of Bihar, strides in agriculture
and festivals of Bihar, among others.
Rally coordinator Sumita Sahi said the
participants included artists, doctors, engineers
and entrepreneurs. A special camera
team recorded the interviews and reactions
of people on the way and this was compiled
as a film which will be screened all over the
state. The rallyists were accompanied by a
‘video on wheels’ which showed documentary
films on Bihar at stopovers after the
sunset.
“The car run covered the NCR on the
first day and touched Gurgaon. Next day it
reached Uttaranchal via Hardwar to proceed
further to Dehradun. Mussoorie,
Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi,” Sumita
Sahi said. Meanwhile, Bihar Pradeshik
Marwari Sammelan organised a cycle rally
on the theme of ‘women empowerment’ at
the Gandhi Maidan to mark the Bihar
Diwas celebrations. At least 270 girls of government
schools participated in the rally
after they were given new cycles at the
venue as a prize for participation.
CELEBRATING
100 YEARS
Patna’s Gandhi Maidan witnessed the century’s mega celebrations as Bihar turned 100. All government buildings, schools and colleges bathed in
blue to celebrate the event. A large number of people assembled at the historic Maidan to join the festivities.
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LET’S CELEBRATE TOGETHER
Buddha Jayanti
B
uddha Jayanti (the day of his birth,
enlightenment and nirvana) is celebrated
with great fervour around the
Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya in the
month of Vaisakh (April/May) and attracts
devotees from across the world. The
annual prayer session led by the Dalai
Lama in December-January is another
major attraction.
Pitripaksha Mela
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GRAPHICS:NUSRA/MANASWI
round September each year, the
sleepy town of Gaya is agog with people
who come here for the famous
Pitrapaksha mela or the ancestor worship,
typified in Sraddha ritual.
It is time for the Gayalis (descendants of
Magga Brahmins ) to preside over vedic
Sraddha ceremonies or the pindan - a
mandatory Hindu rite that is supposed to
bring salvation to the departed soul.
Makar Sankranti Mela
T
he famous Makar Sankranti mela is
another festival unique to Rajgir in the
month of Paus, corresponding to mid-
January. Devotees make flower offerings
to the deities of the temples at local hot
springs and bathe in the holy water.
Another historic place associated with 15day-long
Makar Sankranti mela is the
Mandar hills in Banka district.
Saurath Sabha
H
Bihar turns blue
Khushboo Kumari
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
Bihar swathed in blue during the three-day
Bihar Diwas celebrations, that began on
March 22. Cultural and social programmes
were held to mark the start of celebrations.
All heritage buildings and many other
structures — including the residence of Chief
Minister Mr Nitish Kumar and Raj Bhavan
— were illuminated in blue.
“During the celebration time, the entire
State turned into a blue zone, with lights illuminating
every nook and cranny. The colour
was selected by Government officials,” said
Bihar Tourism Minister Mr Sunil Kumar
Pintu.
Besides, all the important buildings
around the historical Gandhi Maidan were
decorated with blue lights.
The three-day cultural extravaganza at
Gandhi Maidan was a musical treat with
Bihari regional flavour, including Maithili,
Bhojpuri, Magahi and Angika folk songs
apart from classical songs, qawwalis and kavi
sammelans. For the first time, a Bihari song
was sung on the occasion at Gandhi Maidan.
The ‘Bihari Gaan’ was selected from
among 1,800 entries by a three-member
committee. Renowned artistes, including
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Birju
Maharaj, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia,
Anup Jalota, Chhanu Lal Mishra and Sharda
Sinha, were invited.
Besides, an exclusive exhibition of
archives related to establishment of Bihar
was also put up at the venue. A book fair and
a volleyball championship were also held. In
another first, an air show at Moinul Haq
Stadium was held, for which Air force had
been contacted.
In course of the year-long celebration,
various programmes will be organised in districts
and blocks. Government departments,
universities and colleges too will commemorate
the event.
Celebrating the 100th year of Bihar’s
foundation is the brainchild of Chief
Minister Mr Nitish Kumar, who had connected
this with Bihari asmita (pride).
eld near Madhubani, it once used to
be the debating ground for scholars
in Mithila. Later on, it became Saurath
Sabha or a place in Mithila where marriages
are solemnised. Around the month
of June, Maithil Brahmins prefer to gather
in a vast mango grove in the village of
Saurath comparing horoscopes of their
children for the purpose of match-making.
Maithil Brahmins settled abroad also visit
the place to settle marriages of their children
Biharis in
Canada celebrate
Bihar Diwas
Non-Resident Biharis (NRBs) in
Canada recently gathered at Milan
Banquet hall in Mississauga, a suburb
of Toronto,Ontario, to celebrate Bihar
Divas. The annual Holi Milan programme
coincided with this celebration,
according to report reaching the
Bihar Foundation office here..
This was done to infuse a mood of
festivity and feeling of being Bihari in
traditional Bihari style. The programme
started with lighting of lamp by Dr
Laxman Das and Saraswati Das. This
was followed by welcome address by
Rajesh Jha, chairman, Bihar
Foundation, Canada chapter, informing
the audience about the significance
of Bihar Diwas and the work
Foundation was doing.
He also spoke on how everyone in
Canada can participate in this common
forum to connect, promote and
do business with Bihar. Speaking on
the occasion, Mr.Jha said, “We decided
to celebrate Bihar centenary with
holi, because we apply gulal to each
other as ultimate expression of joy and
combining both is Bihari way to
express the joy and enthusiasm of
NRBs over 100 years of the state formation.”
Dr.Das thanked Bihar Foundation for
encouraging NRBs to celebrate the
foundation day of Bihar. “This surely
gives us a sense of belonging to the
land where we were born,” he added.
A cultural programme was presented
by children of Bihari diaspora. A film
on Bihar was also liked by everyone.
The programme was jointly organized
by Bihar Foundation, Canada chapter,
and Bihar Association of Canada.
Mahavir Jayanti
T
he birthday of the 24th Jain tirthankar
is celebated in April with much fanfare
on the Parsvanath hill (Jharkhand) and at
Vaishali. Deo Deepawali, marking the
attainment of Nirvana by Mahavira, is celebrated
best at Pawapuri near Patna, 10
days after Deepavali.
Sonepur Fair
eputed to be the largest cattle fair in
RAsia, the Sonepur Mela is a monthlong
spread of fun and frolic. It is held a
fortnight following the first full moon day
in the Hindu month of Kartik Shukla
Paksh, in October/November.
Boats on the river banks, elephants,
camels, horses, buffaloes, cats & birds for
sale, sadhus (holy men) and pavement
shops dominate this wonderful fair.

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Nitish’s anti-graft model
exemplary, says Gandhi
MR K V KAMATH (INFOSYS HEAD)
Mr Kamath stressed on creation
of agri-based industries.
He said enthusiasm of
people of Bihar is perceptible.
"It became evident
when I visited some of the
branches of ICICI Bank in
the state capital. This is a
positive sign for the state which is on the path of
development," Mr Kamath said.
He said good governance and improved law and
order would boost investment in the state.
Highlighting that Bihar needs good rural roads for
value-added industry, Mr Kamath said rural roads
would help the farmers in getting adequate price for
their products. Referring to the Baramati model of
growth in Maharashtra where agro and agro-related
industries flourished, he said: "Bihar has far better
capacity to take up the Baramati model."
MR U K SINHA (SEBI)
Mr Sinha emphasised on
the need for tapping youth
force and setting up industries
in public-private partnership
mode. He said as
Bihar boasts of a large youth
population, they could be
utilised in areas like technical
and skill development. The need of the hour is
to set up a large number of schools, technical colleges
and polytechnics in public-private partnership
in the state, he said.
CENTENARY YEAR
Monika Bhatia/Kumari Megha
in Patna
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 of
Mahatma Gandhi, at the valedictory function of the Global Summit on
changing Bihar as he read out an imaginary letter which he wrote to late
Jayaprakash Narayan.
“You inspired people to enter politics, to contest elections, and to hold
high office. But you yourself never aspired to political office, never contested
any election, and consistently and determinedly refused offers of high
offices made to you by our first Prime Minister, the noble-hearted democrat,
Jawaharlal Nehru. Offices hovered around you, you never hovered
around office. You installed others there,” the letter read.
Monetary corruption is the bane of our political system and a powerful
social movement against it led by Anna Hazare has in recent month galvanized
the country. Bihar is fighting the menace of corruption and I am sure
Nitish-babu with his innate frankness will concede that there is a long way to
go yet. He has already placed on its track the mechanism for a State
Ombudsman, for which I felicitate him. Here, I believe the RTI Act which
you did not know of but which you will welcome whole-heartedly, will play
a decisive role, Mr Gandhi said.
Bihar has done itself proud by Nitish Babu's pioneering reservation of
not 33% but as many as 50% seats for the women. Jayaprakashji, you and
your wife Prabhavati Devi, would have been proud of that achievement, so
our architecture, in its design, in its form, in its rupa, has been doing well. It
is in fact doing famously.
"You know this better than anyone else that Bihar, which gave the
Mahatama his first Indian experience of mass mobilisation in Champaran,
the land of Rajendra Prasad and Brajkishore Prasad of Anugraha-babu, and
your land Jayapraksh-ji and of Prabhavati Devi, has shown the highest, the
best, the noblest examples of leadership, and it has also shown the tight
stranglehold 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, when
Shastriji resigned as Railway Minister after the Ariyalur rail accident,
when, nearer our time, in 1989 Chaudhri Devi Lal declined to be Prime
Minister, and when Jyoti-babu of his own accord gave up the office of
Chief Minister of West Bengal, and most recently, when Smt Sonia
Gandhi, after her party's historic victory in 2004, said she would not be
Prime Minister, we saw the leadership of self-abnegation at its best, Mr
Gandhi said.
Mr Billimoria, Chairman,
Cobra Beer Ltd., talked
about eight 'Ps' that are
essential for investment.
These Ps are -product,
price, peace, promotion,
passion and most importantly
people for investment
in a state. “The Bihari diaspora is all around the
world. I am also a Bihari as my father was an ADC
to the country's first President Rajendra Prasad and
later he served in the 5th battalion of Bihar regimental
centre before leaving for the UK," he said.
He compared Bihar Chief Minister Mr Nitish
Kumar with former British Prime Minister Margret
Thatcher.
“Nitish like Thatcher is striving to steer the
beleaguered state to development path,” he said.
Mr. Roberto Zagha, World
Bank’s country director in
India said : “Bihar has a
great future as it has a great
chief minister to meet the
challenges in the way of
development.”
World Bank was providing
aid to Bihar in agriculture, health and education
sectors and after overcoming the challenges Bihar
would surge ahead, he added.
Monica Moni/ Jagriti
GLOBAL SUMMIT
ON CHANGING BIHAR
Participants at a seminar on ‘Role of Cinema and Television in Cultural Renaissance’, organised as part of Global Summit on Changing Bihar, in Patna.
Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi delivering his speech at Global
Summit on Changing Bihar in Patna.
Biz bigwigs call for
accelerating growth
At 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 industrialisation
and ensure all round development in the state. Excerpts from the session:
MR KARAN BILLIMORIA
ROBERTO ZAGHA (WORLD BANK)
Montek talks
growth, but
evades spl
status issue
Anisha Shyam
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
he Planning Commission, while
Tacknowledging the growth in
Bihar, stressed upon industries and
need for equal emphasis. But the
commission pointed out that the per
capita growth of Bihar was still unsatisfactory.
“It will take at least 10 years
to double its per capita income and
another decade to reach the national
average. If the current GDP rate
grows for another 10–15 years , Bihar
would be enlisted amongst the prosperous
state”, said Deputy Chairman
of Planning Commission, Mr
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, while interacting
at a special plenum at the
“Global Summit on Changing Bihar”.
He evaded Chief Minister Mr
Nitish Kumar’s demand at the inaugural
session for special category state
status to Bihar. Mr Ahluwalia talked
about Special package and Backward
Region Grant Fund. He expressed
his satisfaction with the implementation
of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojna in the state.
Poverty a concern in
Bihar, says Birla
Despite encouraging growth
rate, National Sample Survey
shows no decline in poverty in
Bihar. The present growth scenario
is mainly due to public
sector investments. Considering
this as an opportunity, one of
the most recognised faces of the
corporate world, Mr Kumar
Mangalam Birla announced the
plan of his Aditya Birla Group
to invest Rs. 500 crore in a
cement unit in Bihar.
He said, "Till the time things improve, it would be unrealistic
to pursue heavy industries. Thus, focus should be on light
engineering, low capital and low power intensive industries, agro
equipment and food processing units."
He stressed on skill upgradation through private investments
in educational and vocational institutes, providing support to
agro-based industries and improving food security infrastructure
for linking rural and urban areas. "I believe, there are others like
us who are thinking of investments in the state on the basis of
own captive power plants. Despite issues like energy efficiency,
Bihar has been able to shortlist itself in the possible investment
destination s of every industrialist" he said.
Shradha Shree
There is a need to boost
agriculture: Ajit Ghose
Dr Ajit Ghose, formerly associated with International Labour
Organisation (ILO), said that growth itself generates benefits for
all as seen by way of strengthening of health and education systems,
but it was also important to realise that the number of
families below poverty line had increased. “Growth has been
registered only in some segments. Agriculture has been neglected,"
Dr Ghose said. He added that an overall strategy to build
institutions has to be adopted.
Manaswi
Sheezan Nezami
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
epal Prime Minister Mr Baburam
NBhattarai inaugurated the three-day
'Global Summit on Changing Bihar' on
February 17, 2012.
Mr Bhattarai, who got a very warm welcome,
congratulated Mr Nitish Kumar for his
hard work and said in the eyes of many
Nepalis, Bihar is a role model for development,
economic advancement and social
change. "We are not just close neighbours.
Nature has forced us to work in harmony.
Himalayas watershed feeds most of the river
systems of Bihar, which supports our lives,
makes our land rich in agriculture and gives
basis for other activities," he said. He, however,
added that water creates havoc and
brings miseries to the lives of the people. "We
can make the best use of water management
through co-operation," the Nepal PM said.
Since Bihar shares the longest international
border with Nepal, the visit of Nepal PM to
the state was significant.
"Nepal has social, cultural and historical
ties with Bihar that transcend political bound-
aries," he said.
"Let the lands of Buddha and Ashoka
cooperate for the betterment of humanity and
lead the world into the 21st century", the
Nepal PM said amid huge applause.
Others gracing the occasion were Deputy
Chief Minister of Bihar Mr Sushil Kumar
Modi, Nepal Labour and Transport Minister,
Ms Sarita Giri and Art and Culture Minister
of Mauritius Mr Mukeshwar Chunni.
Inviting Nepal's PM to open the summit is
in itself a major step to strengthen the relationship
between Bihar and Nepal, said Mr
Shaibal Gupta, Member Secretary of Asian
Development Research Institute, one of the
organisers of the three-day summit. The PM
confidently said: "I am sure the delebrations
will benefit Bihar, but what you discuss here
will also be useful for us across the border."
One of the most important issue discussed
during the summit was flood and river. Large
expanse of farmland in Bihar get flooded by
rivers like Kosi, Burhi Gandak and Bagmati
which originating from Nepal. Thus Mr
Bhattarai stressed on the mutual co-operation
between Bihar and Nepal to harness these
rivers properly in order to generate huge
hydro electricity.
Make lives of people better,
says Lord Meghnad Desai
Shradha Shree
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
"If we rethink our development
focus over the next 10 years and orient
it to distinguish the kind of things
to make lives of people, particularly
women and girl better, then rest will
automatically fall in place," said Lord
Meghnad Desai while delivering his
speech at the Global Summit on
Changing Bihar.
Appreciating Bihar's march to
development, he said the state had
undergone a profound change in the
last five decades. "It's not just the quality of life, even
the aspirations of people have also changed," he
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Bihar a role model for
us: Nepal Prime Minister
Nepal Prime Minister Mr Baburam Bhattarai inaugurating the global summit in Patna.
Guests at the global summit in Patna.
Lord Meghnad Desai.
said. Highlighting the importance
and requirement of flow of information
between state and its people, he
said connectivity with government
through the internet is important.
He recognised the fact that the
state has great potentials, but emphasised
on being careful in pursuing
quantifiable growth by giving the
example of Soviet Union collapse.
Giving strong arguments in every
aspect, he said, "We must get our
concepts clear and start thinking in
terms of improving the lives of
women engaged in household work
like cooking. Only then the idea of
energy efficiency and other people-centric issues will
get addressed."

4
STATE NEWS
BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS
It’s no power-play in Bihar
Nusra/Anisha Shyam
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
ixty-three years after India gained inde-
Spendence, it is still ‘The Dark Age’ in
Bihar. In a state, which claims to be one of
the fastest growing in the country, a major
portion of the population still lives either
without electricity connection or faces power
cuts that often stretch into days and weeks.
Districts such as Gaya, Muzaffarpur,
Bhagalpur and Darbhanga and even the state
capital Patna is often plunged into darkness
as the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB)
struggles to meet the demand.
A survey by Headway reporters indicates
that the state needs more than 1,800
Megawatt (MW)of power. However, it struggles
with just 1,300 to 1,500 MW that it gets
Bonanza for
tech aspirants
Nusra/Manaswi/Surabhi/Swati
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
ith the
Warrival of
technical institutes
like IIT-P, BIT,
NIT-P and AKU,
Patna is on the
threshold of
becoming one of the country’s favoured
destinations for technical education.
Thanks to these technical institutions,
the state is now in a position to
produce a large number of technocrats,
thus reducing the migration of students
to other states.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-P)
being the topmost institute has now
opened doors for students in Bihar.
The IIT-P, with its campus at
Patliputra, has also hired the building of
Software Technology Park of India
(STPI), Patna, adjacent to the institute,
where it has well-furnished labs, classrooms
to teach electronics, computer
science, physics and mathematics. The
institute has also state-of-the-art faculty
chambers.
Apart from IIT, NIT is also doing
well. Earlier known as Bihar College of
Engineering, it was renamed as NIT-P in
the year 2004. It is the 18th NIT centre
to come into existence in the country.
The institute marked its beginning with a
good strength of 283 students.
The performance of NIT-P can be
seen by the increasing
percentage of
placements with the
passing of each
year. Some of the
country’s core public
and private sector
companies, such as NTPC, BHEL,
Infosys, TCS, and HCL have started
coming for placements.
Mr Zeeshan Ahmed, a second year
student of computer science (CS) said,
“I am very proud to be a part of NIT-P
and glad that such an institute has come
up in Patna”.
Birla Institute of Technology, Patna
a deemed university, which was started
in 2006, has now the strength of 1200
students. Facilitating the students with
modern technologies it has ensured
placement for students in top multinational
companies , with an average package
of 4.5 lakh. Deputy Director, BIT-
P, Mr S P Lal said, “We are one of the
fastest growing institutes in Patna, providing
95 per cent placement”.
Students from BIT-P have shown
their mettle at Lunabotics Mining
Competition organised by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA).The 80-kg robot, developed by
a nine-member team of BIT-P, was
judged the best among 36 participants
from 13 countries across the globe.
In another development, the state government
has decided to transfer all the
seven government engineering colleges of
the state from their existing universities to
Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU)
for affiliation.
This shows that
these institutes, in
due course of time,
will make an indelible
mark in the
field of technical
education and research in Bihar.
Nalanda varsity: When
dream comes true
Land requires: 446 acres
Total budget: 500 million dollars
To be functional from: 2013
Contribution by India: Rs 1,000 crore
Mentor group: Mr. Amartya Sen (chairman)
Mr. George Yeo (former foreign minister of
Singapore), Mr Sugata Bose (historian,
Professor at Harvard University), Mr Lord
Desai (professor at London School of
Economics), Mr Wang Banwei (Professor at
Peking University)
Courses offered: Buddhist studies,
Philosophy and Comparative Religion,
Historical Studies, etc.
Aditi Kumari/Richa Sinha
SITUATION IN DISTRICTS
Districts NEED Supply
GAYA 60 25-30
JEHANABAD 26 14
CHHAPRA 18 12-14
NALANDA 24 15
ARA 34 17
SAHARSA 35 15-17
PATNA 700 440-500
PURNEA 50-60 50-55
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mostly from the Central pool.
The power board's website says that after
Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, the state
(UNITS IN MW)
was left with only three power plants —
Barauni and Muzzafarpur thermal power stations
and the Kosi Hydel power station.
When teaching turns biz
Priyanka Rani
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
n the mad race of earning easy bucks,
Ituition centres across Patna are using all
advertising tools like television, radio, newspapers
and hoardings to woo students. The
advertisements even promise sure success
to the students in competitive examinations.
This publicity stunt also includes SMS services
and luring students to join tuition centres.
But the question is, are the coaching
centres the only means for students to get
through competitive examinations?
The unchecked mushrooming of coaching
institutes is leading to the degradation of
education, allowing the unhealthy privatisation
of education at the cost of its quality.
Nowadays, the purpose of these institutions
is only to earn more and more money,
keeping the students’ future at stake.
Mushrooming of coaching centres in
Patna is largely being viewed as a flourishing
trade than a mechanism of intensive teaching.
In a significant step to check flourishing
of such institutes, Bihar government has
mooted a stringent law to regulate their
functioning, making it the first state to do
so.
Regretting the emergence of so many
coaching institutes without basic infrastructure,
Mr M Das, District Education Officer,
said: “There should be a mechanism for
the education system. Bihar government is
set to enact a stringent law to regulate the
functioning of coaching institutes”. He
added that the government has decided to
monitor the ‘trade of tuitions’ through legislation.
The proposed legislation would provide
for registration of all such institutes and
strict monitoring over quality of education,
fee structure and strength of the students.
“The institutes always cheat us by not
completing the courses within the stipulated
time-frame and also demand high fee from
us”, said a student from one of the coaching
institutes.
However, the power generation from these
plants is not enough to meet the demand.
The situation gets worsened during the peak
summer season. At this time of the year,
even the water supply is affected in most
localities in Gaya, Jehanabad, Saharsa and
Ara districts.
However, the BSEB is likely to sign an
agreement to purchase 300MW of power
from the open market to meet the additional
demand during the festive season. “Four
power distributor companies — Tata Power,
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, PTC India
LTD and Mittal Processor — have submitted
bids to sell electricity to this power-starved
state,” said Mr HR Pandey, Public Relation
Officer, BSEB.
The renovation and modernisation work
at the Barauni and Kanti (Muzzafarpur) thermal
plants would be completed after June
2012, he added.
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Minister: Situation to improve
Power cuts in state have been a major
problem. What would you say about it?
The problem is due to the limited supply
of electricity. We need 2500 MW electricity,
the Centre has allotted 1700-1800
MW. In reality, we are getting only 1200-
1300 MW from the Centre.
Tell us about the upcoming power
projects in state.
Many power plants are set to come up in
Bihar. At Nabinagar, there are two
proposed plants. A 1320 MW plant will
also be set up at Banka.The government
has earmarked three strategic areas to
set up the proposed power plants.
Tell us about the underground cable
programme.
The process
has already
started. It is
aimed at curbing
power pilferage.
We hope to
introduce the
facility across
the state soon.
Should we
expect things to
change in
coming years.
I can assure you
that in the next
three years
Bihar will get
‘comfortable level’
of electricity.
State-run hospitals in dire strait
Deepti Sinha/Jagriti
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
n an attempt to further improve the health
Iservices in Bihar, the state government has
conferred super specialty status to the staterun
hospitals.
There are six medical colleges and hospitals
in the state — 25 sadar (district) hospitals,
23 sub-divisional hospitals, 70 referral
hospitals, 397 primary health centres
(PHCs), 1,330 additional PHCs and 7,024
health sub centres, which is far less than the
national average.
Despite government’s best efforts, the
state’s health scenario continues to remain
dismal.
In a bid to boost health infrastructure,
the state government has spent Rs 220
crore, but with no tangible result.
According to the economic survey of Bihar,
2010, about 95 per cent of patients prefer
private clinics and hospitals. The rest five
per cent are left with no choice.
Lack of modern instruments and trained
PMC, A2Z spar, Patnaites suffer
Sazia Haque/Divya Singh/Aditi
Kumari/Upasana/Shweta
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
eaps of garbage strewn around Patna is
Ha common sight these days. Patna High
Court’s intervention, tough talk by policy
makers...nothing seems to have worked as
the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC)
continues to remain at loggerheads with
A2Z Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, the company
assigned with the task of keeping the city
clean.
On July 21 last year, A2Z suspended its
services due to non-payment of dues by the
PMC. The PMC owes a sum of Rs 7.5
crore to A2Z for its services since January
2010.
If reports appearing in various newspapers
quoting A2Z Infrastructure's
DGM Mr Vikash Jha are to be believed,
the agreement between PMC and A2Z
stipulates that the former will pay 75 per
cent of the bill amount to A2Z within 10
days of submission of bills and 25 per
cent later. “This agreement has not been
honoured,” Mr Jha was quoted as saying.
A2Z looks after sanitation work in
nine main roads and 10 wards,
including Fraser Road, Bailey Road,
Beerchand Patel Path, Boring Road,
Boring Canal Road, Exhibition
Road, Ashok Rajpath and Hardinge
Road.
Garbage can kill , says Dr. Manoj Kumar (Physician and Gastrologist) to Headway
reporters Divya Mishra and Farhana Alamgir as he rues lack of civic sense
among the residents of Patna. Here are Dr. Kumar’s precautionary prescriptions...
Disease Symptoms
�Gastroentrities Vomiting, Fever, Loose motion, Pain in lower abdomen.
�Viral Hepatitis Jaundice, Fever.
�Skin Infection Fever, itching and change in body colour
�Respiratory infection Cold and cough and blood in vomiting.
Precautions
�Cover face while crossing the garbage area
�Proper disposal of garbage
�Keep localities and surroundings clean
�Health and hygiene classes at school and college level
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According to PMC sources, more than
900 tonnes of garbage is generated everyday
in the city. But with the outdated
equipment and limited infrastructure,
disposal of garbage is not possible every
day.
In areas like Bailey Road, Boring Road,
Patna City etc. one can see piles of garbage
on roads. “The area near BN College is getting
worst day by day. It’s very unhygienic
and intolerable for the students and passerby”,
said Ms Soni Kumari, a student of
Patna College. She added that the condition
deteriorates even further during rainy
season.
Chhath synonymous to Bihar’s identity
Khushboo Kumari/Shradha Suman
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
hhath, the most important festival of
CBihar 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 in
Patna. The population of the city increased
manifold as Patnaites from across the country
and abroad came to their hometown to
celebrate the festival.
Considering that the festival is the most
important part of Bihar’s cultural calendar
and keeping its sacredness in mind, Patna
Municipal Corporation (PMC) maintained
cleanliness for the convenience of the devotees.
Chhath was started by Kunti’s son Karna
who was blessed by the Sun God to become
a great warrior.
Devotees offering ‘arghya’.
PIC: SAZIA HAQUE
The four-day festival starts after the sixth
day 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 which
ends after the sunset. People visit the
river banks to offer prayers to the setting Sun
and then they offer arghya to the rising Sun
the following day.
“On this auspicious festival we worship
Sun to promote well being, prosperity and
progress”, said a devotee, Mrs Urmila Devi.
Another devotee, Mrs Damayanti Singh,
said, “worshipping the Sun during Chhath
cures many incurable diseases”.
Garbage piled up near A.N. College in
Patna. PIC: RICHA SINHA
personnel have paralysed the functioning of
most of the government hospitals in the
state. Even the doctors allegedly spend
maximum time in their private clinics.
Asked about the services offered by
PMCH, one of the patients said, “The
death rate in the hospital is on the rise due
to lack of proper facilities and negligence
shown by the doctors.”
Mr Ahmad, who brought his six-year-old
son to PMCH after he fractured his leg,
said: “I had to stay in the balcony for a few
days due to shortage of bed. This further
deteriorated the condition of my son. The
nurses hardly cooperate and we are treated
in a very bad way”.
In spite of having various departments like
Biochemistry, Anatomy, Community
Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Plastic
Surgery, Radiology, the condition at PMCH is
getting worst day by day, said another patient.
Nalanda Medical College Hospital
(NMCH), Jagdish Memorial Hospital and
Indian Red Cross Society are among
those hospitals where too the situation is
nastiest.
No of hospitals in Patna
District Hospital Nil
Medical Colleges 2
Ayurvedic Hospital 1
Other Allopathic Hospitals 5
Leprosy Hospital 1
Primary Health Centres 24
Urban Health Posts 32
Additional Primary Health Centres 60
A role model for media enthusiasts
How would you describe yourself?
I am basically an independent communicator.
I use my skills in communication to
keep others in a positive way, be it my client
or student. That is how I describe myself.
Sir, there must have been some inspirations
that made you reach such heights!
Teachers, I feel they are the one who
inspires you. It is basically they whom
you look up to. I had this teacher, Father
Philipa, whom I remember came to class
and assigned us homework on The
Beatles (rock group) and the deadline
was of 48 hours. He made us realise the
value of knowledge.
Sir, why teaching? A person like you
could have gone for other options.
Well, I would say I just love teaching. It’s
not a big source of income for me, but I
do it for my happiness.
Why did you opt for Bihar?
How much work is to be done in Bihar?
My friends ring me up and say, are you
kidnapped? (humour), Bihar is the place
which I should say is my matribhumi. I
was born at Ranchi in undivided Bihar.
And also the people over here are very
honest and in need of help, I like Bihar.
Tell us about your time management.
See, if you plan your day and allocate
time and think of
multitasking, things
can be done systematically.
Just focus on
the one you are
working upon and
soon you will achieve
your target.
Please tell us more about your NGO and
the work you are associated with.
I am associated with the organisation
called ‘Aasra Charitable Trust’. There is
no funding from the government. We
had started from zero budget and today
I can say we have grown from leaps and
bounds. Right now we are helping kids
from Kalasahar in Sasaram and from
neighbouring village who are victims of
abuse. We provide them an opportunity
to go to schools. I am also associated
with organisations llike, Kamla Nehru
Shishu Vihar, Navjivan Community centre
for rehabilitation of AIDS patients.
What kind of documentaries do you make?
I make documentaries on social issues
such as women in villages reconstructing
their lives. I have also made value education
short films. Two of my works are very
close to my heart — first is a documentary
I made in 2008 on floods and second is
my other documentary in which I showed
how children are affected by floods.
Local writers steal show at book fair
Jagriti/Pritima/Chetna
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
hief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar inaugu-
Crated National Book Fair through video
conferencing on November 10, 2011.
The nine-day festival, organised by the
National Book Trust (NBT), witnessed
some significant changes, as readers were
opting for the books of local writers. “On
the very first day of the fair, nearly 300
copies of books like Reetikal by Bihari Lal
Chaube, ‘Bihar of 18th century’ and several
copies of Meri Ekyavan Kavitayien by Atal
Bihari Vajpayee were sold,” said Mr
Dhananjay Kumar, owner of Kitabghar
Publication.
Books like ‘The rise of Bihar’ and the
ones on Dalai Lama and Anna Hazare,
here is some ray of hope for the people of Bihar. In an interview with Headway
Treporters Shradha Suman and Shradha Shree, State Power Minister
Mr Vijendra Yadav talked in detail about the govt’s ambitious plans for the sector.
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were also in huge demand. “Seeing overwhelming
response from the visitors, we
added 20-25 more stalls this year,” said Mr
Shams Iqbal, Chief Editor and Junior
Director of NBT.
Apart from this, a workshop was organised
on Children’s Day on the theme
‘Childhood and Books’. Fables like
‘Panchtantra’, ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Harry
Potter’ etc. were the usual charm for kids.
Other than these books, ‘Madhushala’ and
‘Bhartiya Samvidhan’ were also sold in good
numbers.
Science exhibition, essay and painting
competition, poster making competition
and several other activities were also lined
up for the students.
Shailendra Kumar, a Class VI student,
said, “It’s a good opportunity to showcase
one’s talent, and I’m truly excited about
this”.
Mr. Vijendra Yadav
A renowned teacher, social activist, NGO worker and a documentary filmmaker, Mr
Frank Krishner talks to Headway reporter Priya on various aspects of his life.
Students throng a book fair stall in Patna.

Priya/Sakshi
in Patna
ANNUAL LAB JOURNAL OF DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE
SESSION: 2011-2012
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iba’s ethnic range of ‘salwar-kameez’,
BBenetton’s chic clothes, Provogue’s
casual wear, Adidas’s sportswear etc are
defining the lines of fashion for the
Patnaites.
It’s not just the people living in metro
cities who are brand conscious, there is no
lack of fashion freaks in smaller cities like
Patna also. Patnaites can now witness a
wide range of brands for apparels like
Wrangler, Woodland, Killer, Biba, Wills
Lifestyle and many more. Even there are
brands for kids like Lilliput, Gini and
Jony, Lil Tomatoes etc.
Residents of Patna are fast acquiring the
taste of expensive brands and extravagant
lifestyle. Gone are the days when children
would wear whatever their parents wanted
PIC: PRITEE SINGH
them to. Now their attires are guided by brands.
Tannu, a student, said: “I am so glad that so many brands have come
up in Patna. Now I can shop here and get the best outfits”.
The recent opening of P&M Mall at Patliputra has helped these
brands further expand their market. Therefore, now Patnaites can
have better access of them under one roof. A shopkeeper of Meena
Bazaar, an outlet at P&M Mall, said: “Previously, brand lovers had
to face problems as they had to go to metro cities to look for branded
items. However, the arrival of new outlets in Patna has provided
relief to them”. Today, when people are becoming brand conscious,
retailers are cashing on it and are earning big bucks.
Since Patna is witnessing the arrival of brands and giving a good
response to it, the future of these outlets, it seems, is on brighter side.
LEISURE
AND LIFESTYLE
Fashion freaks flourish One season, one
DHOLIDA DHOL RE WAGAD MARE HIK LEVI CHHE state...two crorepatis
HITS
BODYGUARD
� Patiala House
� Mausam
� Game
� 7 Khoon Maaf
� Rascals
� Ra. One
� Desi Boys
� Aarakshan
� Thank you
� Ladies v/s Ricky Bahal
Yum, yum,
yummy...
Nisha/Shampa Kirti/Shweta/Upasana
in Patna
� Bodyguard
� Singham
� The Dirty Picture
� Ready
� Murder 2
� Delhi Belly
� Tanu Weds Manu
� Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
� Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
� No One Killed Jessica
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f late, Patnaites have now a lot of option
Oto tickle their taste buds, thanks to emergence
of a large number of food outlets in the
city.
The choice of food has changed from
litti chokha to Chinese, Lebanese and Italian
as the youths are opting for more food varieties.
The opening of Cafe Coffee Day
(CCD) and Cafe Chokolade at Patna is a
boon for youngsters as they can now hang
around these outlets and enjoy coffee, hot
chocolates and delicious brownie.
Mr Diwakar Sheikh, Assistant Manager,
CCD, and Mr Sanjay Singh, owner of Cafe
Chokolade told Headway that everyday people
from all walks of life, especially youngsters,
visit their shops to enjoy themselves.
These outlets have become favourite destinations
for them to get together. Wraps and
Rolls, another exclusive outlet at P&M mall,
has attracted youths for its delicious rolls.
Hotel Gargee Grand and Chawla Square
have opened their outlets in Patna, offering
more food varieties to the taste buds. The
manager of Chawla Square, Mr Amit
Wagawani said, “Our restaurant provides quality
food at an affordable price and our customers
love to come here, again and again”.
Mr Kumar, a visitor at Gargee Grand,
said: “The food here is delicious, especially
Spaghetti Chinese Manchurian.”
Talking of pizzas, Hunger Hook is the
new hotspot in the city. Ms Neha Kumari, the
receptionist of Hunger Hook, said: “Pizza
Farm House and Hot and Spicy Chicken
Tikkas are famous amongst our customers”.
With each passing day, the trend keeps
changing here as far as food options are concerned.
One can say, Patnaites are now not far
behind when it comes to satisfying appetite.
PIC: SHAMPA KIRTI
FLOPS
Sudha Chandran enjoys Dandiya night at Patna Club. PIC: PRITEE SINGH
Mall mania mesmerises Patnaites
Sarwat Jabin/Monika Bhatia/
Satya Verma/Roma
In Patna
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one are the days when people in Patna
Gused to go for shopping in small markets
and had to move from one shop to another
to buy different commodities. They now prefer
shopping in malls, as it not only saves
their time, but also gives them some refreshments.
Mall culture has swept the city, giving
Patnaites a new lifestyle.
They can now witness high-rise malls and
big hoardings around the city. After finishing
their shopping, people have loads of options
for their taste buds.
Thanks to efficient governance and
hunger for modern lifestyle, mall majors
from across the country are making a beeline
for Patna. The inauguration of P&M Mall
here has opened new windows of hope for
the people who seek a better lifestyle.
The first mall of Patna, P&M mall, owned
by Mr Prakash Jha, has been designed to be
one of the finest retail destinations with modern
facilities. It is a six-storeyed, completely
air-conditioned building with four screen
multiplex, restaurants, banquet hall, dedicated
floors for men, women and kids wear as
well as an outlet of Big Bazaar.
A newly married couple, Priya and Sujeet,
P & M Mall in Patna. PIC: AAKANKSHA
said: “We have come here to watch movie in
Cinepolis. It is first-of-its-kind in eastern
India, giving best quality to the viewers”.
Ms Nitya, a final year B.Com student, said:
“The mall totally stands to our expectations, as
such a thing was never expected in Bihar”.
“Around 20,000 people visit the P&M
Mall everyday. The number goes up to
50,000 on weekends and holidays. The
response will be amazing when more malls
will come up,” said Mr Pankaj Kumar,
Marketing Head, P&M mall.
“We are planning to add more sections to
the mall. A new hotel comprising 24 rooms
is on the anvil,” said Mr Amit Parmar,
Manager, P&M Mall.
The sudden shift in lifestyle of
Patnaites has encouraged business
houses to invest more in
city. A large number of malls is
likely to come up in the state
capital soon. Vasundhara Metro
Mall on Boring Canal Road, P-
Mall on Exhibition Road, Vaishali
Mall near Rajendra Nagar and
City Centre near Patna Museum
are some of the new names
Patnaites would witness soon.
“City Centre, which would
spread over an area of three
acres, would be a never-before
experience for the people,” said
Mr Pramod Diwedi, Assistant
Vice-President, Marketing,
Ambuja Reality.
Now, shaping and relaxing made easy for Patnaites
Pritee Singh/Ankita
in Patna
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glowing skin, beautiful hair and a toned
Abody is a dream of every individual. The
keyword to achieve these is a ‘healthy
lifestyle’. But what should one do to lead a
healthy lifestyle? Some might say eat healthy
and shed off your extra kilos, but there are
few takers for these suggestions as most cite
‘lack of time’ as an excuse.
However, with the arrival of gyms and
spas in the city, it’s possible now for Patnaites
to go for a toned body. Yes, Patnaites can
enjoy the serene ambience of spas as well as
hit the gyms for a perfect body.
Thinking about a spa means lying
wrapped up in seaweed paste and being massaged
with lavender oil. While getting mas-
With the arrival of gyms and spas in the city, it’s now possible for Patnaites to go for
a toned body. PIC: ANKITA
saged, aromatic candles and soothing environment
relieves the stress. Chandan Sparsh
spa, Trikaya and Fusion have turned this fantasy
into a reality.
Ms Ritu Parna, an economics teacher at
Loyola High School, said: “I visit spas every
15 days. It helps me fight skin problems and
relaxes my body”.
PWC is my pride: Rati
he world has known her by the bubbly character of Nupur Bhushan to disciplinarian
THitler Didi. Meet the women behind these characters – Rati Pandey, as she talks about
her life with Headway reporter Akrity Abhilasha.
‘Nupur’ or ‘Hitler Didi’...what are you in real
life?
In real life I am very bubbly, jovial, and
full of life. I am very opposite from Hitler
Didi and Nupur. I am very responsible and
sincere when it comes to family matters.
How did you get your first break?
I got my break six years back when I
applied for Zee Cine Talent Hunt on Zee
TV, where one of the directors spotted me.
Tell me something about your college life.
In Patna Women’s College, I was in
Economics Department. We had a gang of girls
who always loved to be on stage. I really used to
enjoy ‘Holi Milan’ as it was full of colours.
In Patna Women’s College, which day is
most memorable to you?
When I got admission in the college, it
was like a dream come true. The first day
when I was sitting in my class, I was feeling
very proud and still feel the same.
In Patna where do you like to hang out?
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 to
Patliputra because all my friends live there.
For shopping I like to go to Chowdhary
Market and Maurya Lok.
What are your upcoming projects?
Presently I am doing only ‘Hitler Didi’.
Any message for small screen aspirants?
Always think that whatever happens,
happens for the best. You are the best and
nobody can do things better than you. Think
positive and keep trying until you succeed.
Trikaya and Chandan Sparsh, both use
branded products for hair and body treatment.
They provide the services like pedicure,
manicure, scalp massage, body polishing
and steam bath.
A perfect skin isn’t just sufficient to
enhance one’s look, but a perfect body
holds the key when it comes to getting a bet-
Monika Bhatia/Shradha Shree
in Patna
ter look. So to fulfill this demand, a lot of
gyms have hit the market. Youth, middle
aged people and almost everybody is frequenting
the gyms. It helps them to remain
physically and mentally fit. Even the women
are not lagging behind. For them, many
gyms have come up.
Mr Aakash Shekhar, a resident of Patna,
said: “I go to gym every day, which makes my
body and mind fresh and I feel active all the day.”
Gyms like Gold Gym, Gym Club 9, Gym
Centre, Addiction Best Gym etc have
offered multiple options to the people to
choose from.
Mr Sanjiv Tandon, owner of the Gym Club
9, said: “This is the number one gym in Patna,
for men as well as women. Most of the people
coming here are of 30 plus age group. Many
housewives are also coming to our gym”.
Thus, now Patnaites have almost everything
to look ravishing and lead a healthy
life.
‘Glamour too can be tough’
orgeous and intelligent Neetu Chandra has become an ideal for every girl in Patna who
Gwants to make it to the Hindi film industry. She talks about herself in an interview with
Headway reporter Pritee Singh.
Tell us a little about yourself.
I believe in leadership.
During my school days, I was
one of the best sportspersons
and a good dancer. I am a
patriotic person too.
How did you get your first
break in industry?
I started my career as a
model. Priyadarshan sir gave
me my first break in 2005 in
Garam Masala.
Tell us about your experience
in your first movie.
It was a great pleasure
working with Akshay Kumar and John
Abraham. I respect Akshay sir a lot so
I call him sir, while John is a positive
person. I learnt a lot while working
with them.
Who inspired you to make to the glamour
world?
Of course, my mother was my inspiration.
What is your dream role?
UPCOMING MALLS
5
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t was a dream come true for two Bihar men—
IMr Sushil Kumar and Mr Anil Kumar
Sinha—at Kaun Banega Crorepati-5 this
year. The duo stunned the entire country
by bringing home crores. While Mr
Kumar, an MNREGA employee from
Motihari, bagged Rs 5 crore as prize
money, 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 a
life changing experience when he stepped into
the studio of KBC. The whole gamut of things changed for this man
after he won the jackpot of Rs 5 crore. For Mr Kumar, a computer
operator who was earning a meagre Rs 6,000 per month, winning the
jackpot was ‘not a very remarkable thing’ as according to him ‘any
common man can be a crorepati’. Rather, meeting Mr Amitabh
Bachchan was a bigger achievement for him. “Money is not everything
in life, peace of mind is the biggest luxury for me and I got that
while meeting him,” he said.
Talking to Headway, he expressed his willingness to help the
deprived people. He said he would first like to compete in UPSC,
build a house for his family and then open an anti-liquor rehabilitation
centre so that he can help people lead a normal life.
Commenting on tips for success, he said: Agar zindagi me kuch karna
hai to lagatar lage rehna hoga (Keep on fighting until you achieve your
target).
On the other hand, 33-year-old Mr Sinha from Patna, also had a
life-time experience when he met Big B, the person he admired the
most. Mr Sinha, a quiz enthusiast, had been trying to get into the show
for the last 11 years. He even tried for KBC on Mahua channel, but
couldn’t make it to the hot seat. Like Mr Kumar, Mr Sinha also wishes
to help the people by using a part of the amount to build a trauma
centre in the remembrance of his younger brother, who died in a train
accident 10 years ago.
Mr Sinha said Bihar had a lot of talent, but people here don’t get
the kind of exposure they need. Asked about his success mantra, he
said: “Trust yourself, your parents and the values that they gave you
and ultimately trust God. God is the one who will definitely guide you
through the right path. And never ever give up!”
Sushil Kumar (centre) and Anil Kumar Sinha (right) being
garlanded after their arrival at Patna airport.
I would like to play a
role like Madhubala in
Mughal-e-Azam. I would
also like to do stunts like
Uma Thurman and
Angelina Jolie.
Where would you have
landed if not in the industry?
I would have been a
housewife, somewhat like
my mother because she is
the best.
How do you like to spend
your free time?
I don’t have free time, but if I have, I
would like to help my mother in cooking.
What are your upcoming movies?
There are three movies queued up. I
love to perform well in every movie but I am
waiting to do a role which will be a love
story.
How do you feel to be known as a BBiihhaarrii??
I feel very proud, please call me a Bihari.
News Makers
Kolaveri Di, a Tamglish (mixture of
Tamil and English) music video written
and sung by Dhanush and composed by
Anirudh Ravichander has spread like a
viral throughout the country. Dhanush is
an occasional playback singer and lyricist
in Tamil film industry. The song has won
the YouTube Gold Award, which is presented
to videos with most number of hits.
The superstar of millennium, Amitabh
Bachchan, was in Patna along with
Director-Producer Mr Prakash Jha and
actor Manoj Bajpai to promote their
film Aarakshan.
Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan
was in Patna to promote his latest film,
Don 2 .The Patnaites had a breathtaking
moment watching King Khan live.
He was accompanied by the film’s
lead actress Priyanka Chopra,
Director Farhan Akhtar and Producer
Ritesh Sidhwani.
TEXT: MONICA MONI

6
Manaswi/Nusra
in Patna
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Vocational courses, introduced by various
universities in the state to provide job opportunities
to the students, are in a dire strait.
Most of the colleges lack basic infrastructure
to help students learn the intricacies of job-oriented
courses. At present, Patna University (PU)
runs 70 vocational courses, for which teachers
are either appointed on ad-hoc basis or from
other departments.
Even after 17 years, since the beginning of
such courses, the situation remains the same.
Most of the vocational courses lack permanent
faculty. Students, in spite of paying a huge
amount of money, do not get expert teachers.
A student of one of the reputed co-ed colleges
of PU, who is pursuing vocational course,
said: “The syllabus is outdated and the quality of
education is not up to the mark.”
The situation is no different for the students
HAWK’S EYE
BEYOND THE SIGHT
of self-financing courses being run under the
scheme of career-oriented courses, introduced
by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in
its XIth Plan. Even MBA, the most trending
preference, lacks permanent teachers.
Bottlenecks are many, but PU is trying its best to
improve the situation. Mr Arun Kumar Sinha, Co-
ANNUAL LAB JOURNAL OF DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE
SESSION: 2011-2012
Vocational ‘vacation’ cripples state universities
RTS: CM’s anti-graft pill
Nusra/Anisha Shyam
in Patna
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he state government gifted its people
Tthe Bihar Right to Service Act, 2011 on
the Independence Day. Under this act, government
officials are bound to provide services
to the public within a stipulated timeframe.
The move is aimed at curbing corruption
in the government departments.
“The country is sick of the prevailing corruption.
With the implementation of this
Act, people will pay no more graft to obtain
basic services like procuring a caste or domicile
certificate, driving licence, passport etc,”
Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar said while
introducing the Act.
Once implemented, the Act — which
imposes a daily penalty of Rs 250 on erring
officials, can go up to Rs 5,000 — would
ensure that common people are not
harassed. The Act, which will be initially
covering 50 services and enforced in 10 state
departments, is a brainchild of the Chief
Minister. It was passed without even a
debate in the State Assembly.
The services under the ambit of the Act
include issuance of caste, domicile and
income certificates, driving licenses and vehi-
cle registration, police verification of passport
applications, new ration cards and social security
pensions. Applications for these services
will have to be disposed off in 21 to 60 days,
depending on the service.
As per the Act, the applications of the
people seeking various services will be fed
into the computers and the applicants will
be provided a unique identity number. They
can use the number to check the progress of
their applications on the government department’s
website.
Mr Arun Kumar Sinha, co-ordinator
of PU vocational courses says
efforts are on to improve quality
ordinator of PU vocational courses, said: “Efforts
are on to improve the quality of education.
However, as far as placements are concerned, our
hands are tied as corporate sector deals with it. We
can’t guarantee 100 per cent placement”.
Few colleges, including Patna Women’s College
(PWC) provide practical training to their students in
their respective fields, as part of the curriculum.
In a bid to give a fillip to vocational courses, the
government has set up a high-level committee under
Human Resource Development Department
(HRD) Secretary Mr S Shiv Kumar. The committee
CRIME ON THE RISE IN STATE
Crime traps teens
Srishti Kamal/Roma/Saniya Ahmad
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
ecent spurt in murder, loot, abduction,
Reve teasing, petty crimes and cyber
crimes has sounded an alarm bell in the city.
The involvement of teenagers in these antisocial
activities has set a dangerous precedent
in a state that boasts of ‘sushasan’.
Be it schools or colleges, teenagers have
resorted to committing crime at a faster
pace to earn quick bucks. Although police
officials would differ, it is but a fact that
teenagers, especially school and collegegoing
students, are becoming easy prey to
the world of crime. “We admit that of late,
teenagers have taken to crime. They kidnap
their own classmates and ask for ransom. In
few cases, the victims were even killed.
However, there is nothing to panic as we are
trying our best to deal with the situation,”
former city SP Mr Shivdeep Lande told
Headway. Let’s take a look at some of the
recent cases involving teenagers:
WRONG PATH
12.8.11
Three students were arrested for blackmailing a
girl with her obscene video clip.
14.8.11
A boy, plotted his own kidnapping’ and
demanded Rs 1.50.lakhs inspired by a TV
serial ‘Pratigya’
24.8.11
A 14-year-old boy, Aditya, was abducted and
later killed by his own friends.
12.9.11
A class IV student of a public school set on fire
another student of class III because of a quarrel
over a petty issue.
16.9.11
Three class IX students of one of the reputed
schools of Patna were arrested on the charge of
stealing a motorcycle.
9.10.11
Four boys armed with firearms forcibly picked up
a minor girl and gangraped her.
No need to panic, says City SP Kim Gupta
Shaily
in Patna
Courage, 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
Cyber crime spreads its wings
Headway Newsroom
yber crime, the new breed of crime per-
Cpetrated through computer, is the result
of dependency on the modern technology. It
has sinister implication because of the noxious
mind working behind the scene.
Criminal activities have risen alarmingly. To
some extent, emergence of information technology
is to be blamed for this. Be it criminal
conspiracies, electronic vandalism, terrorism,
fraud, money laundering or illegal interception
of telecommunication, cyber world is
being misused for all purposes.
Like in any other metropolis, cyber crime
is proliferating with a greater pace in Bihar.
Hackers are thoroughly active, as more
recently, they hacked Chief Minister Mr
What’s your greatest strength and weakness?
Courage, determination and conviction are
my greatest strengths. My greatest weakness
is that I often lose my temper when I
see things going wrong.
What made you an excellent manager?
Earlier, I thought it would be difficult for
me to manage various things at the same time.
This was before I simultaneously handled
U.P.S.C and M. Phil examinations, together
with a few college interviews, successfully.
This made me believe that I have good
management skills.
TIMELINE
4 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 tax
60 days: New ration card
C A S E S T U D Y
Passport Driving licence
BEFORE RTS: In October 2010, I went
to passport office to purchase a form in
order to apply for the same. The mediators
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 on
December 15, 2011. It went easily until
the filling and submission of the form. But
after five to seven days when I went to
the police station to ask for verification,
the officer-in-charge asked for a sum of
Rs 500. Getting a passport, thus, is still a
distant dream for me. Aakanksha
BEFORE RTS: Touts were having a field
day at the office concerned. Even the
officers were not entertaining licence
seekers as they were hand-in-gloves with
the agents.
POST-RTS: On October 17, 2011, I went
to the office to apply for learner's licence.
The person, who sold me the form, said
that he would get the work done if I pay
him Rs. 350. But instead I went to the
officer concerned and did the formalities. I
had to pay just Rs 140. On the due date,
October 24, 2011, I received my licence at
3:30 p.m. Shaida Haque
What are the problems
that you face in maintaining
law and order?
To gather enough force, at
times, becomes difficult.
Nitish Kumar’s community page.
Bihar registered 38 such cases of fraud,
forgery, vandalism and harassment in the
recent past. Out of the most unsolved cases,
Patna police claimed to have solved the case
in which a criminal hacked the Orkut account
of a girl hailing from Begusarai, thereby posting
her morphed pictures on it. It’s not just
the civilians who come under the domain of
this crime, even the policemen and officials
have been victimised. A girl created a fake
Primary
education: A bit
done, lot needed
Sazia Haque/Sheezan Nezami/Swati Savarn
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
rimary education in Bihar has witnessed
Pa quantum shift in the last five years,
thanks to various schemes launched by the
central as well as state government.
However, much is needed to improve rural
education infrastructure in the state.
When compared to previous seven years,
the situation has definitely changed for the
better. However, states like Kerala and Goa
have progressed a lot in primary education
sector, giving food for thought to Bihar.
“We started the work from the lowest and
suddenly cannot reach the top,” said Mr
Anjani Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary,
Human Resources Development (HRD)
department. “The real challenge was to open
new schools with better infrastructure. Now that
we have achieved our primary target, the thrust
is on providing quality education,” he added.
It’s true that the number of students has
increased substantially in primary schools
across the state. The quality of education,
however, remained poor as many children
studying in standard five are not able to read
the books of standard two.
Even the food provided to them under
mid-day meal scheme is not up to the mark.
Many parents have complained that the
quality of food is below standard and only
‘khichdi’ is being served in most of the
schools. “It is not possible to visit every
school every day. Parents should be active
and if not satisfied, they should inform the
authorities concerned,” said Mr Sinha. He
added that the HRD was planning to involve
mothers in preparing mid-day meal.
Mukhya Mantri Cycle Yojna has acted
like a catalyst in attracting students to school.
In villages, where girls were not allowed to
move out of their houses, a revolution is
being witnessed. They can now be seen
paddling their way to school. It’s a good sign
for the state, but the government should
address issues like shortage of teachers and
poor quality of education.
When policemen open fire and resort to lathicharge without the
commandments, it complicates the situation.
Do you think the law and order has of late detoriated in Patna?
I find that law and order has improved in last five years. Sporadic
incidents do take place...but there is no need to panic.
How should crime against women be tackled?
Probably the mindset of our society restrains women in most
of the cases to speak up freely on issues such as rape, dowry
deaths, eve teasing etc. The stereotype consider rape as social
taboo, this outlook has to be changed, so that the victim actively
fights for justice, also female officers should handle such sensitive
cases so that the victim finds it a bit more comfortable to speak.
What is the secret behind your success?
I believe in myself and I have a never-say-die attitude.
To whom would you like to give credit for your success?
My parents.
profile of former City SP Mr Shivdeep W
Lande, on the famous social networking site
“Facebook” and tried to stump his image by
posting vulgar comments.
Apart from this, with the advent of net
banking, cases of fraud and forgery have
been reported at various levels. Recently the
ATM cum credit card of a BSF officer, posted
in Tripura, was used by the criminals for
online shopping to the tune of Rs 94,000. A
few months back, a group of anti-socials created
fake government website of high court
to trap innocent people in the name of
vacancy, which was later unveiled.
Since Bihar is going to be based on cloud
computing system, cyber cell as well as the
police department of Bihar, have become
dynamic to keep a check on such crimes.
“The combat team is less trained as compared
to the offenders, which needs immediate
upgradation,” said a police officer.
will look into several aspects, including income generation,
recruitment of skilled teachers, infrastructure,
management and above all the placement figures.
Other members of the committee include
Director of Higher Education, Mr Sitaram Singh
and Principal of PWC Dr. Sr. Doris D’Souza A.C.
The HRD’s move is apparently a sequel to UGC letter,
seeking information in the prescribed format
regarding the way courses are being run. Besides, the
UGC has also sought to know whether industry has
been involved in the preparation of curriculum of
these courses in anyway.
Dr Chanchala Kumari: Awareness
can boost rural education in state
“Truth may cause distress, but it never causes
defeat”, says Dr.Chanchala Kumari, the
President’s Award winner, in an interview
with Headway reporters Shaily, Deepti Sinha
and Surabhi
First of all, how does it feel to be honored
with such a prestigious award?
It is the biggest achievement of my life.
Receiving such a prestigious award from the
President is in itself a very satisfying and
overwhelming experience.
When did you join P N Anglo Sanskrit School?
What inspired you to be so progressive?
I joined this institution in the year 1998. At
that time, the school was not in a very good
condition, but the commitment towards my
profession motivated me to move on, braving
all the adversities.
Who has been your back support throughout?
My family and especially my husband.
What do you think should be done to
Is there any MRP for flats in Patna?
Shradha Shree/Shradha Suman
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
“Five years ago, it was my dream, and it still
is…”, said Mr Pankaj Kumar, a resident of
Patna, expressing his dream to own a house
in the city.
Well! It’s not just the feeling of a single
person, rather it’s the voice of Patna. But
skyrocketing prices of apartments and land
are burning hole in the pockets of the buyers,
making it difficult for the middle class
people to even plan for it. In Patna, a two
Bedroom-Hall-Kitchen (BHK) flat of 900
sq.ft, on an average, costs Rs 18-30 lakhs.
And a three BHK flat of 1200 sq.ft, costs
Teenage suicide
Ankita/Kavita Sinha
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
ith the
Wlargest youth
population in the
world, India stands
in a position where
every single youth
has to fight a tough
battle for existence.
In an era of competition,
parents
expect their children to excel and come
best among the equals. Failing to fulfill
the aspirations and expectations, students
get depressed and eventually take the
extreme step.
Sweeya, a third year student of IIT
Patna, ended her life on September 1
last year by jumping from the rooftop of
her hostel.
Ranjan, an IIT- Roorkee student, said:
“The pressure to perform well, hectic
schedule, tough study materials, examination
stress, pressure from parents, teachers
and campus recruitment create mental
pressure and make the students emotionally
weak, often forcing them to end
their lives.”
The number of suicide cases has gone
up from 6060 in 2008 to 6761 in 2009-
2010, an abrupt jump of 701. According to
National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB)
of India, of the total suicide cases, the figure
stands at 23.8 per cent for students alone.
“The peer pressure causes anxiety
attacks to the students. Parents put their
children into the streams, for which they
either lack the required skill or have no
interest. Ultimately the students are
unable to cope with pressure and give up
their lives”, said Mrs Binda Singh,
Clinical Psychologist.
“Students should understand that
suicide is no solution, instead they
should fight back and overcome the situation.
Committing suicide is a crime.
Anyone found guilty may be punished
according to the law,” City SP Ms Kim
Gupta said.
Dr Chanchala Kumari receiving the
President’s Award in New Delhi.
ensure quality education at secondary level?
The government is providing many facilities
to the schools, right from scholarships
to qualified teachers, but above all an effort
is required on behalf of the students and
their parents to help improve the standard
of education.
around Rs 25-40 lakhs, which is very high in
comparison to the flat prices in other citiessuch
as Ranchi, Ahmedabad and even
Noida and Delhi.
The plot prices are fixed by the government,
but when a common man goes to buy
it, the developer charges double or more
than double the fixed price. “This is not an
“off-screen” thing, but is a matter of taking 40
per cent money from buyer above the table
and 60 per cent under the table. That too in
full public view,” said 50-year-old Mr Naresh
Kumar, who owns a flat on Ashiana Road.
However, the state has come up with a
fresh law titled ‘The Bihar Municipal
Building By-Laws & Building Code-2011’.
The law aims to regulate building construction,
development activities and safety measures.
CHANGING
FACE OF PATNA
Get, set, go…
Monica Moni/Satya Verma
in Patna
Headway Newsroom
utdated autorickshaws and over-
Ocrowded city buses will soon be a
passe in Patna. If the ambitious plans of
the State Government get materialised,
the State capital will soon boast of world
class communication facilities, such as
monorail and metro rail. With the government
having already introduced
improved city bus services, the addition
of metro rail and mono rail will give the
city a boost in terms of communication.
MONORAIL
A monorail is a rail-based transportation
system, based on a single rail which
acts as its sole support and its guide way.
Initially, the facility will cover four routes
in Patna — one from Patna Junction to
Gandhi Maidan, second from Patna
Junction to Partliputra Colony, third from
Patna Junction to Airport and fourth
from Patna Junction to Kankarbagh.
METRO RAIL
The Planning Commission recently
gave a go-ahead for the construction of
metro rail in Patna. The metro rail will
be introduced on two routes under the
public-private partnership mode. A
Planning Commission team recently
made an inspection of the proposed
metro rail routes — Dak Bunglow
Square to Saguna More and Danapur
to Patna City.
CITY BUSES
As many as
70 non-AC and
seven AC buses
have started plying
in Patna.
The new buses
have global positioning service (GPS)
devices to monitor their speed and help
the control room monitoring their exact
location. The buses also have emergency
alarm button, electronic ticketing
machine, strict no smoking rule, cheap
fares to travel and that too covering the
remotest routes of the city.
Being a woman, how do you manage your
home as well as your work efficiently?
Home and work both can be managed with
time management skill and planning.
What is the ‘key to success’?
Working with full dedication and honesty in
accordance with your plan enables you to
achieve your dreams.
Any future aspirations?
My commitment towards my students has
always been the driving force behind my
work, and I would carry on the same in
future also. Apart from this, I work for the
welfare of the society, where male chauvinism
often overshadows women.
What message would you like to give to the
students of Patna Women’s College who
aspire to become teachers?
Teaching is a noble profession and the aspirants
should be disciplined as well as punctual
and should motivate others.
REAL ESTATE
AREA PRICE
Builder Govt
Rajendra Nagar 5000 1600
Gardanibagh 3000 1600
Ashiana Road 3300 1600
Patliputra 3500 1600
Bailey Road 3500 1600
Boring Road 5000 2500
Ashok Rajpath 5000 2500
Frazer Road 5500 2500
Exhibition Road 5500 2500
Bhattacharjee Road 5000 2500
Prices in Rs/square feet; Source: Registry office, Patna

ANNUAL LAB JOURNAL OF DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE
SESSION: 2011-2012
A tribute to
lost legends
Priya
Headway Newsroom
M F Hussain
He was a well
known painter and
also directed some
movies including
‘Gajagamini’ with
Madhuri Dixit. He
was also known as
the Picasso of
India.
Jagjit Singh
The ‘Ghazal King’
gained acclaim along
with his wife, Chitra
Singh, who is also a
renowned Ghazal
singer. The duo was
a big success in the
history of recorded
Indian music.
Shammi Kapoor
Shamsher Raj
Kapoor was one of
the prominent
actors of 1950s and
also the founder
and the chairman
of Internet Users
Community
of India (IUCI).
Bhupen Hazarika
(1915-2011)
(1941-2011)
(1931–2011)
He was an Indian
lyricist, musician,
singer, poet and
filmmaker from
Assam. His songs
are infused with
humanity and univer- (1926-2011)
salism and are sung in many languages
notably, especially in Bengali and Hindi.
Nawab Pataudi
‘Tiger Pataudi’,
was a former captain
of Indian
cricket team. He
was the ninth
Nawab of Pataudi.
He was honoured
with Arjun Award
(1941–2011)
in 1964 and Padma Shree in 1967.
Shri Sathya Sai Baba
He was born as
Sathyanarayana
Raju. He was an
Indian guru, mystic,
philanthropist and
educator. He
claimed to be the rein- (1926–2011)
carnation of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi, a
spiritual saint and a miracle worker.
Dev Anand
He was an Indian
film actor, writer,
director and producer.He
was honoured
with the Padma
Bhushan in 2001
and the Dadasaheb (1923–2011)
Phalke Award in 2002
for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Ustad Sultan Khan
He will always be
remembered for his
great contribution
to the music industry
and he was one
of the greatest musicians
in the world. A (1940-2011)
renowned worldwide musician with
such a down-to-earth personality.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
His death made a
lot of people realise
that even after legends
pass away, we
must continue their
work. He is one
such man. With so (1922-2011)
much love for his work, he was surely
one of the best in his industry.
Anant Pai
His work was
above excellence.
Whatever he did,
he gave above
100% to it. Being
one of the greatest
Indian educationalists,
his work was
(1929-2011)
loved and appreciated by one and all.
NATION
ISSUES THAT MATTER
Tremors of terror rock India
Shradha Shree/Sandhya Kumari
Headway Newsroom
f 9/11 was a wake up call for United States
I(US), 26/11 exposed chinks in India’s
security armoury. US woke up, but India is
still way behind in dealing with terror attacks.
“Sixty killed in a serial blast”, “Mass massacre
in country,”… These lines are now part
of India’s top 10 news items every year. Post
9/11, US homeland security has been very
effective, but India has gone through a series
of attacks after Parliament was targeted in
2001. India is one of such countries where
tremors of terrorism are felt every now and
then, as we haven’t been able to build a
strong intelligence network in the country.
Like every previous year, 2011 also
showcased the failure of Indian tools of
governance as in many instances intelligence
departments, police and security
machinery were caught napping. On July
13 last year, terrorists knocked India with
three consecutive blasts in Mumbai, the
economic capital of the country. The
blasts occurred at three major centres —
Dadar, Zaveri Bazaar and Opera House.
Bombs of medium intensity claimed lives
of 26 innocent people. On September 7 in
the same year, a blast occurred at gate
number five of Delhi High Court (HC),
leaving 15 dead and 90 injured.
The court blast occurred exactly 104 days
after terrorists carried out a ‘dry run’ on the
same compound. Other than these, on
September 17, Agra faced a minor blast in
which six persons were injured.
The 2011 blast was third terrorist attack in
Mumbai in the past five years. With court
blast, the number of terror strikes in Delhi
rose to 13 in the past 15 years. Out of these
13 cases, nine are yet unsolved, clearly showing
intelligence failure in the country.
In the past five years, India has seen 17
big terror attacks. Each of them shivered the
country severely. After 26/11, government
did set up National Investigation Agency
(NIA) onsss the lines of US’ Federal Bureau
INDIA TERRORISEDD
DATE PLACE CASUALTY
13.3.03 Mumbai 11dead, 70 hurt
25.8.03 Mumbai 60 dead, 224 hurt
15.8.04 Assam 16 dead
29.10.05 New Delhi 66 dead, 210 hurt
11.7.06 Mumbai 187dead,800 hurt
8.9.06 Maharashtra 38 dead, 100 hurt
18.5.07 Hyderabad 40 dead,15 hurt
25.8.07 Hyderabad 40 dead, 50 hurt
23.11.07 Uttar Pradesh 13 dead
13.5.08 Jaipur 65 dead,150 hurt
25.7.08 Bangalore 1 dead,7 hurt
26.7.08 Ahemdabad 45 dead,160 hurt
13.9.08 Delhi 22 dead, 98 hurt
30.10.08 Guwahati 70 dead, 300 hurt
26.11.08 Mumbai 160 dead
13.2.10 Pune 16dead
13.7.11 Mumbai 26 dead
7.9.11 Delhi HC 15 dead, 90 hurt
of Investigation (FBI), but it is underfunded
and critics say, its creation was misguided.
This shows lack of concern by the
nation’s policy makers towards the country’s
security. And if the ineptness of the government
and intelligence agencies continues,
the citizens of the country would continue to
remain unsafe in their motherland. The
nation would not be secured unless the political
class unites, brushing aside vote-bank
compulsions.
City of dreams
says no to terror
Khushboo Kumari
Headway Newsroom
ife never stops even in adversity and
LMumbaikars are perfect epitome of this.
The terror attacks in the recent years, from
November 26, 2008 till July 21, 2011 shook
Mumbai, the financial capital of the nation.
Hundreds of people lost their lives. In spite
of this, the spirit of Mumbai is still alive.
The trauma, and threats to life have
become part and parcel for residents here.
Layers of security are added after each terror
strike. If one has to learn how to lead a
life despite going through unexpected situations
every single moment, people out
here would serve you with the most correct
definitions of life.
One of the deadliest terror attacks in
Mumbai was on 26/11. The attacks were
clearly targeted at Mumbai’s well known
landmarks like the Taj Hotel, Oberoi and
Leopold’s Café and Chabad House.
These attacks appear to have originated
in Nariman Point area, one of those
places where pleasure seekers come to
relax in cool sea breeze. In spite of being
ticked up in the list by terrorists, this
place has not lost its charm.
“Mumbai’s lifestyle is very fast. Our life
never stops .We were infused by people
who celebrate life unconditionally. No terrorist
attack can ever change that,” said Mr
Dinesh Kumar, a resident of Chembur,
Mumbai. “I think somewhere there is a
loophole in the security system, that’s why
in past few years the number of terror
attacks has increased.”
“Time heals all. It’s important to
show to terrorists that they cannot permanently
break our spirits. We live fearlessly,”
said Mr Deepak Kumar, a resident
of Worli, Mumbai.
‘It’s time to remodel our strategies’
Headway Newsroom
rigadier MS Jaswal, YSM, SM, commis-
Bsioned in 1982 is at present Deputy GOC
Pune Sub Area. He has served in various staff
appointments and has seen active duty in
Kashmir. He is also an avid writer of fiction
and management books. The views expressed
are his personal ones and in no way reflect the
stated policies of the Indian Army or the
Government. Headway Editor Shampa
Sharma talks to Brig MS Jaswal.
How often do you get training of new technology?
Training is a continuous process and adequate
time is made available to master any
new technology. However, time lag is natural,
for any technology to be effective.
Where does India stand today in terms of
internal security as compared to 1999 Kargil
intrusion by Pakistan?
Firstly, the Kargil intrusions can be classified
as external security breach and not internal
security lapse. In context of prevailing situation
and mutual understanding of two armies,
in a very hostile mountainous terrain, they
used to vacate the posts in winters due to high
levels of snowfall and severity of climate and
reoccupy them in summers. When we vacated
the posts in 1999, Pakistani troops reoccupied
our vacated positions. Presently, with
such trust deficit and increased technological
and manned vigil by our security forces,
Kargil type intrusion is not possible on our
Western borders.
Terrorism is still untamed in India to this
day. Can you tell us the reason behind this
inefficiency?
Terrorism is a poor man’s war and will stay in
future also. This is a worldwide phenomenon
and is not only subject to the Indian sub continent.
However, India has certain peculiarities
which are being exploited by inimical
sources along our internal fault lines. They
are religious extremism, sectarian violence,
social inequality (leading to Maoist terrorism,
the biggest future internal threat). Pakistan is
fully exploiting the religious divide by sponsoring
Islamic Jihad pan India as an instrument
of its state policy. Our response to terrorism
is inefficient, the prime being lack of
government resolve, weak diplomacy, and
not a single agency fights terror.
U.S. did not suffer any attack after 2007, but
Assange Wikibombs shake world
Sadya Razi/Tripti Prasad
Headway Newsroom
ikileaks, the most talked-about topic
Wof 2011, left policy makers across the
globe shaken. India was no exception.
Wikipedia defines it as an international
non-profit organisation that publishes submissions
of private, secret and classified
media from anonymous news sources, news
leaks and whistleblowers. Its website,
launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press
organisation, claimed a database of more
than 1.2 million documents within a year.
Julian Assange, an Australian Internet
activist, is its director.
In April 2010, Wikileaks published gun
sight footage from the July 12, 2007 Baghdad
airstrike in which Iraqi journalists were
killed by an Apache helicopter, as the
Collateral Murder video.Wikileaks released
Afghan War Diary, a compilation of more
than 76,900 documents about the War in
Afghanistan not available to the public. In
MAJOR RED ATTACKS
15/2/10 25 policemen were killed
in West Bengal.
6/4/10 75 CRPF jawans were
brutally killed by naxals in
Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
29/8/10 The rebels attacked the
joint team of BSF and district police
at Bhuski village in Chhattisgarh.
29-30/8/10 Maoists attacked paramilitary
police team in Bihar, killing 10
people and injuring 10 others.
21/7/2011 A bridge was exploded in
Chhattisgarh in which four people
were killed and five injured.
GRAPHICS: NUSRA/MANASWI
October 2010, the group released a package
of almost 400,000 documents called the Iraq
War Logs in coordination with major commercial
media organisations.
In April 2011, Wikileaks began publishing
779 secret files relating to prisoners
detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention
camp.
After leaking classified documents about
the US, Iraq and Afghanistan, WikiLeaks
dropped eight bombs on India. Here are
some of the main leaks wounding and questioning
India.
Wikileaks has stirred the nation with its
direct and clear attacks. It has awakened the
people and the politicians about its power
and authenticity in creating the future and
scratching the past. he organisation has won
a number of awards, including The
Economist's New Media Award in 2008 at
the Index on Censorship Awards and
Amnesty International's UK Media Award in
2009. In 2010, the New York Daily News
listed WikiLeaks first among websites "that
could totally change the news".
Reds run riot in country
Sarwat Jabin/Smriti Singh
Headway Newsroom
axalism, with its roots in a remote village
Ncalled Naxalbari in West Bengal, has
spread its wings in the country alarmingly. States
like Bihar, Jharkand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh,
Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are bearing
the brunt of Naxal menace. The epidemic has
spread across 220 districts in 20 states.
A tribal youth, Bimal Vissan, having
obtained a judicial order, went to plough his
land on March 2, 1967 at Naxalbari. The local
landlord attacked him with the help of goons.
Kanu Sanyal, an Indian communist and resident
of Naxalbari, announced the formation of
CPI (ML) on Vladimir Lenin's birthday in
since then India has undergone more than 20
attacks. Why?
US enjoys a few advantages. Firstly, it does not
have any hostile neighbours and, secondly, its
land mass is isolated. In addition, its political
will to establish anti-terror mechanisms has
shown a greater resolve than India. After 9/11
attacks, there is a single point agency which
fights terror threats with new technologies
which were more effective than that of India.
What is your perspective towards India’s
policy on international security?
India’s best chances for reducing Pakistan state
sponsored terrorism is to strengthen the international
security obligations. I think India is
moving ahead in that sphere very rapidly.
What do you have to say about the status of
women in Indian Army?
The culture and ethos of the army was always
to treat woman with respect and give her the
status of a lady. With new women officers
joining in, their respect has increased manifold
after seeing them perform in same hardships
as men. As an officer there are no differences
as to how one’s gender is treated as
long as they meet the challenges of their
prime duty, i.e. the execution of given task.
WIKIBOMBS
1969 at a public rally in Calcutta. During this
period, he was portrayed as a ‘great revolutionary’
and was compared to the likes of Mahatma
Gandhi and Jatin Das, largely because of his
charisma and public showmanship. But things
didn’t move well and he had to turn down with
his aim and plan. After the failure of the Naxal
uprising, Sanyal went into hiding.
Later, the rebellion by ‘suppressed class’,
took the turn for worst. Naxals took to arms
7
Mamata magic in Bengal
Sheezan Nezami
Headway Newsroom
n democracy the ulti-
Imate power lies in the
hands of people. This
became clear after the
Assembly elections in
West Bengal where
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) ended the 34year
reign of Communist
Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) by emerging
victorious in 184 seats.
TMC chief Ms Mamta Banerjee turned the
red signal green. But this journey for Didi, as Ms
Banerjee is known, was not an easy one. She left
no stone unturned to uproot CPI (M). Her
dream was of a `Sonar Bangla’ (golden Bengal)
and her slogan of `Ma, Mati, Manush’ brought
her closer to the heart of the people of West
Bengal and finally she became their unanimous
choice 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, problems
of Jangal Mahal and ramshackle conditions
of education, health and administrative
system of West Bengal gave the firebrand
leader a platform to fight against CPI(M) .
She proved herself as a mass leader when
the people of Nandigram got the notice that
their land would be seized and 70,000 odd
people would become homeless. Soon TMC
formed `Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh
Committee’ against land grabbing. Singur
movement also added fuel to the fire and gave
Ms Banerjee another platform from where
she could raise her voice against CPI (M).
Today after becoming the Chief
Minister, her journey has become even
tougher. People of West Bengal with hopes
in their eyes are waiting for better tomorrow
and the time has come to watch whether
Didi is really going to be their `messiah’ or
like most of the political leaders, would turn
away from her promises.
Results of other three states
Khushboo Kumari
Headway Newsroom
TAMIL NADU
Ms J. Jayalalitha-led All
India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
(AIADMK) easily swept away Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), by winning in
203 out of 234 constituencies. Consequently
Mr M Karunanidhi-led DMK government
had to face shameful defeat because of the
party leaders’ alleged involvement in multi
crore 2G spectrum scam. Former Union
ministers from DMK Mr A Raja, Mr
Dayanidhi Maran and Mrs M K
Kanimozhi were key accused in the scam.
ASSAM
Assam’s election results
reaffirmed people’s faith
in Congress, with Mr
Tarun Gogoi becoming
Chief Minister for the third time in a row.
Of 126 seats in the state, 78 went to the
kitty of Congress. Mr Gogoi’s efforts of
convincing the United Liberation Front
of Asom (ULFA) rebels to shun the path
of violence paid dividends in election
results.
KERALA
It was a neck to neck fight
in Kerala where the
Congress-led United
Democratic Front (UDF) gained 72
seats, against 68 seats managed by the
left-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).
UDF’s Mr Oomen Chandey became
Chief Minister of the state.
Population boom a boon,
not a bane: Freidrika Meijer
Sazia Haque/Sadya Razi/Radhika
Headway newsroom
ooming population
Bhas always been a
major problem. On
October 31, 2011, world
population touched
seven billion mark. To
mark the occasion,
United Nations Fund
for Population Activities
(UNFPA) released the
‘State of world population
report’ in Patna.
Ms Freidrika Meijer, UNFPA country
representative (India and Bhutan), who was
present at the function, sounded optimistic
while talking to Headway. “With seven billion
population, there come seven billion
possibilities. Rising population should not be
considered a curse. Most of us are of the
view that population hampers the economic
growth and is a burden for the country. But
contrary to this fact, population should be
�Congress bought MPs for 2008 trust vote:US cable suggests MPs
from Ajit Singh's RLD were paid Rs. 10 crore each by theCongress during the
2008 trust vote
�P. Chidambaram's son and Azhagiri bribed voters:US cable claims
DMK's Azhagiri paid Rs. 5000 per voter in Thirumangalam. Karti Chidambaram
is quoted as saying that it is impossible to distribute the money when the villages
are spread so far apart in 2009 LS polls
�The Afzal Guru dilemma:US cable sent on Oct 20, 2006 highlights Congress' fear of losing
Muslim votes in UP if Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is hanged
�India, US face-off on sharing 26/11 info with Pak: US embassy cables claim Delhi tried
to fend off US pressure on information sharing, before relenting
�PM isolated on Pakistan:Cables claim that a US envoy after meeting NSA M.K. Narayanan
was driven to the conclusion that PM was isolated within his own government over Pakistan
�Pro-US tilt in cabinet shuffle:US cables sent by David Mulford claimed that the 2006 cabinet
reshuffle had a pro-US tilt
�West Asia policy hostage to Muslim vote:US cables stated that the UPA's policy towards
West Asia is dictated by its anxiety to keep Muslims in good humour.anElitist Congress unwilling
to engage with masses
�Elitist Congress unwilling to engage with masses:Another US cables released on
March 15 claim Congress top brass is unwilling to go into the Hindi belt to engage the masses
KISHENJI, AZAD KILLED
Malojula Koteswar
Rao alias Kishenji
was killed on
November 24, 2011
after a 30 minute
gunfight in
Midnapore district, in
Bengal-Jharkhand
border. He headed
the rebels' eastern
India operation.
Cherukuri Rajkumar
alias Azad was killed
on July 1, 2011 after
a three hours gunfight
in Adilabad district
in Maharashtra-
Andhra Pradesh border
. He was a member
of the Central
Committee of the
CPI (Maoist).
and started killing security men as well as innocent
people. Initially, the government kept mum
as it had a soft corner towards its ‘own people’.
but later it realised that Naxalism is a bigger threat
to the country than cross-border terrorism.
In a bid to check Naxal offensive in the
country, the Centre launched Operation
Green Hunt in November 2009. With Mr
P Chidambram at the helm of affairs in the
Union home ministry, the operation got a
fillip with paramilitary forces flushing out
the Red activists from their safe havens and
launching strikes against them.
The operation was first started in
Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. Eighteen
companies of the central paramilitary forces
were sent to the area.
However, in Bihar, there has been a
marked decline in Maoist attacks over the
past few years, thanks to various development
schemes launched by the state government
for Naxal-hit areas.
LITERACY RATE(%)
99
World
7 billion
CENSUS
95.9
China
1.4 billion
74.04
India
1.21 billion
POPULATION
GRAPHICS:NUSRA/MANASWI
86.3
Delhi
17 lakh
considered as human resource,” she said.
Viewing population as a boon, UNFPA in
India is focusing on key areas, such as adolescent
girls’ health, maternal mortality, child
labour, mother’s health, equality and all sorts
of health management.
Earlier, the UNFPA report was unveiled
by Bihar Human Resource Development
Minister Mr P K Shahi and National Head,
Jagran Pehel, Mr Anand Madhab.
Handling
graft, power
crisis govt’s
top priority
63.8
Bihar
1.3 crore
Continued from Page 1
Verma was suspended in connection with
a disproportionate assets case.
The major steps taken to curb corruption
include introduction of a new Lokayukta
Bill in the state. The post of chief minister,
speaker of legislative assembly, chairman of
legislative council and government employees,
were brought under its ambit.
Apart from dealing with corruption, Mr
Kumar also initiated measures to solve
perennial power crisis in the state.
Companies like India Power Corporation
Ltd, Kolkata and Nalanda Power Company
Ltd, Kolkata have come up with offers to set
up their plants in the state. While India
Power Corporation Ltd is keen to set up a
1,320 MW plant in East Champaran,
Nalanda Power Company Ltd has evinced
interest in establishing a 2000 MW plant at
south Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district. A
1,320 MW thermal power plant of Pirpainti
Bijlee Company Pvt. Ltd. is likely to be set
up at Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district. But the
biggest problem is that none of these projects
are likely to operate before 2014-15.
This is hard to ignore that Mr Kumar has
done a lot of work in his second term. But
some loopholes are still visible. Law and
order has been deteriorating in the state.
The website of Bihar police shows that in
the year 2005, the number of criminal cases
were 1,04,781, but it went up to 1,37,572 in
2010.
In terms of agriculture and industry, the
state is lagging behind. There is a debt of Rs
57,000 crore and Rs 664 crore on the state.
The Forbesganj case in which police
fired on a mob of villagers at Bhanjanpura,
killing four persons, including a pregnant
woman and a 10-month-old infant, exposed
the brutality of the Bihar police. The government
should come up with a mechanism
to check police highhandedness in the state.

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WORLD / TRAVELOGUE
CROSSING MILES
US mission accomplished
Priya
Headway Newsroom
t was a sigh of relief for people all
Iaround the world when Osama bin
Laden, world’s most wanted terrorist, was
killed by special US forces in a mid night
raid, called Operation Geronimo, in the
posh area of
Abbottabad, Pakistan,
on May 2, 2011.
It was around 1 am
local time when
Laden, the head of the
Islamic militant group,
al-Qaeda, was killed by
the US forces. The
raid was ordered by
US President Mr
Barack Obama. It was
carried out by US
Intelligence, Central
Intelligence Agency
(CIA) and a team of
United States Navy
SEALs of the US
Naval Special
Development Warfare
Group, informally known as SEAL (sea, air,
land) team 6.
The raid was carried out by approximately
two dozen US Navy SEALs. They operated
in two teams, equipped with Heckler &
Koch 416 carbine military assault rifles, nightvision
goggles, body armour and handguns.
According to ‘The New York Times’, a
total of 79 commandos and a dog were
involved in the mission. Additional personnel
on the mission included a language
translator, the dog handler, helicopter
pilots, tactical signals, intelligence collectors
and navigators. According to a report, the
dog was tasked with tracking anyone who
tried to escape and to alert SEALs in case of
any resistance from Pakistani security
forces.
According to the mission, the first helicopter
would hover over the compound’s
yard while the full team of SEALs would
come down to the ground with the help of
ropes. At the same time, the second helicopter
would fly to the northeast corner of the
compound and place the
translator, the dog and
four SEALs to guard the
premises. It would then
hover over the house and
the team leader and six
SEALs would fast-rope
onto the roof.
The SEALs encountered
two adult males in
the compound’s guest
house on the second and
third floors where Laden
lived with his family.
After winning over them
when the Commandos
moved ahead, Laden’s
son rushed towards
them, who was then shot
by the second team. The
SEALs then encountered Laden in the
main building.
During the whole process, one of the
wives of Laden, who was shielding him, was
also shot by SEALs in her leg. The injured
children and women were handcuffed
when Laden’s body was being taken by the
US forces. Pakistan later took custody of
the bodies of four others who were killed in
the operation.
Laden’s body was dropped in the sea. But
before that Islamic rituals were followed as a
respect to the religion.
With this, the saga of world’s dreaded terrorist
came to an end.
M A J O R A T T A C K S
DATE PLACE CASUALTY
11.9.01 Washington D C 2996 dead
12.10.02 Indonesian Island of Bali 202 dead 240 hurt
15.11.03 Istanbul (Turkey) 57 dead 700 hurt
27.02.04 Phillipines 116 dead
11.3.04 Madrid Nil
2.3.04 Iraq 78 dead 500 hurt
7.7.05 London 56 dead 700 hurt
9.11.05 Amman hotel 60 dead, 100 hurt
3.2.07 Baghdad (Iraq) 135 dead,339 hurt
11.4.07 Algiers 33killed
18.4.07 Baghdad(Iraq) 135 dead, 339 hurt
14.8.07 Yazidi (Iraq) Approx 200 dead
25.10.09 Baghdad (Iraq) 155 dead, 721 hurt
10.5.10 Iraq 350 dead, 100 hurt
2.11.10 Iraq 110 dead
Jan 11 Iraq 133 dead
Monika Bhatia
Osama dead, what now?
Headway Newsroom
Osama Bin Laden, founder of al-
Qaeda and destroyer of World Trade
Centre (WTC), was killed on May 2,
2011 by US forces. But his death has
left a question, “who will be the next
Laden and what would be the fate of al-
Qaeda”?
Jasmine heat on dictators
Anisha Shyam/Nusra/ Sheezan Nezami
US President Mr Barack Obama
tracking the mission.
Headway Newsroom
evolutions have no borders. The
RJasmine Revolution, starting successfully
from Tunisia, inspired similar movements all
around and spread like a wildfire to different
countries of Arab World. The death of
longest serving dictator of Arab and African
world, Muammar Gaddafi, on October 20,
2011, proved that dictatorship would be no
more tolerated in any part of the world.
Jasmine Revolution arose with the rise in
presidency in Tunisia. A popular uprising
which was a protest against poverty, corruption
and unemployment, forced its then
President Mr Zine-El-Abidine Ben Ali to
step down in January 2011. Unrest began
when Muhammad Bouazizi, a 26-year-old
vegetable vendor in Sidi Bouzid, a town in
Tunisia set himself on fire in front of a
municipal corporation office as a protest
after being mistreated by the police on
December 17, 2010.
This revolution won international acclaim
when the government in response to these
protests took rigorous steps. The handling of
the people by the government was rebuked
widely as dozens of protesters were killed in
clashes with police.
The efforts to quell unrest even by giving
political concessions to citizens also failed
and on January 14, 2011, emergency was
declared in the country. Later Mr Ben Ali
stepped down and the government in
Tunisia at last was dissolved.
After Tunisia, Egyptians launched a revolution
against the dictatorship of its
President, Mr Hosni Mubarak. The
Egyptian revolution took place following a
popular uprising that began on January 25,
2011 and is still continuing. The uprising was
mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance,
which featured a series of demonstrations,
marches and acts of civil disobedience
and labour strikes. With at least 846 people
killed and 6,000 injured, the uprising took
place in Cairo, Alexandria and in other cities
in Egypt. Following the revolution, on
February 11, 2011, Mr Mubarak resigned
from office and was ordered to stand trial on
charges of premeditated murder of peaceful
protestors and if convicted, could face the
death penalty.
Presently in Egypt, although the movement
of revolution is very large and potent,
the protestors are sadly mistaken that only
Bihar, a tourist hotspot
Sheezan Nezami/Anisha Shyam/Nusra The ropeway to climb up the hill is very
adventurous as well as exciting and gives a
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beautiful top view of the entire place. This
f you are passionate about exploring new
Iplaces, especially those having historical
place becomes even more important as the
first Buddhist Council to write down the
teachings of lord Buddha after his
importance, visit Bihar.
Mahaparnivarna was held here.
This land has given birth to the two reli- While exploring Bihar a bit more, here
gions of the world – Jainism and Buddhism- comes Bodh Gaya, a place where foundation
and places like Nalanda, Rajgir, Pawapuri of Buddhism was led by Prince Siddhartha,
and Bodh Gaya are world famous tourist who got enlightened under the Bodhi tree
spots.
and thus became Lord Buddha. This holy
Pawapuri, the sinless city
place evolved as the World Heritage Site in
is one of the most important
2002. The premises consist of the
pilgrimage centres for Jains.
Mahabodhi tree and Mahabodhi Sarovar
People of other religions
also known as Mucalinda
also come here to feel the
Sarovar. It is
presence of Lord Mahavira.
believed that
He breathed his last and was
Lord Buddha
cremated at Pawapuri
after getting the
around 500BC over
eternal knowl-
which a very beautiedge
meditated
ful white marbled
here and was saved
temple called
by the king of snakes in
‘Jalmandir’ was built
the worst situation of heavy
later. Surrounded by
rain. Developed as an inter-
water on all sides, this place is
very quiet and gives a soothing
GRAPHIC: SWATI national place of pilgrimage, it
is considered as the cynosure
effect to one’s inner soul.
amongst all holy places around the globe.
Then comes Nalanda, 90km south of There are also many small tourist spots
Patna. Nalanda is famous because it had which one can encounter on the way.
world’s first international residential univer- Biharsharif is famous for its annual ‘urs’ celesity
with 2000 teachers and 10,000 students. brated at the tomb of Malik Ibrahim Baya.
Having great history, it was founded in 5th Baragaon, just two km away, has a sun temple
century AD and later on King Ashoka and famous for Chhath Puja. There is also a place
Harshavardhana renovated it. Red brick edi- called Sillao, famous for its sweet dish ‘Khaja’,
fices and beautiful gardens make the sur- which one cannot resist without eating.
rounding very serene.
If you want to have a glimpse of ancient
Just 12km from Nalanda is Rajgir. This India and one of the best civilasitions of the
place is surrounded by hills, lust green forest world, get out of mundane and let yourself
and a large number of kunds (hot springs). explore Bihar.
Mr Mubarak is the culprit, the simpleton lot
are yet to realise that their movement is in
fact pitched against their military which rules
them in disguise.
Jasmine Revolution also engulfed Libya,
one of the richest oil producing nations of
the world. This fact has made many people
even more skeptical over United Nations
intention in the region. Whatever may be the
reason, but the death of Gaddafi has proved
that dictatorship would no more be tolerated
in any part of the world. People of Libya
entered into the new era of `Democracy’
with the death of Gaddafi.
Gaddafi was famous for keeping female
body guards and luxurious lifestyle. He
always crushed his rebels mercilessly and
called them as ‘rats’. But it came as a great
shock for the entire world when the “Rat-
Killer” himself was caught hiding in a drain
pleading for his life. He was battered, shot
and killed mercilessly in his home town
Sirte. Although Jasmine Revolution began
in Tunisia in December 2010, in Libya it
took its form in mid of February 2011 with
the arrest of the rights activist Mr Fethi
Tarbel leading to the riot in Benghazi. This
unrest finally proceeded to different cities
of Libya including Misrata, Tripoli and
Sirate. This civil war lasted for eight months
with the huge loss of life and property, but
ultimately brought an end to the 42-yearrule
of Gaddafi. His death has not only
brought a new era of democracy in Libya
but has become inspirational for the people
of other nations fighting against
`Dictatorship’.
Well, answer to this was given when
Ayman al-Zawahiri was appointed as
Laden’s successor on June 16, 2011.
Zawahiri is the Egyptian militant mastermind
who has vowed to revenge the
death of Laden with a 9/11-style mass
attack. An Egyptian surgeon, Zawahiri
was Laden’s mentor and family doctor.
After Laden’s death, Zawahiri is the
most wanted terrorist in the world with
a $25 million US bounty on his head.
TEXT: SHWETA; GRAPHICS: NUSRA/MANASWI
Priya
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Osama: A flashback
Headway Newsroom
sama was born in Riyadh, Saudi
OArabia. If an interview he gave in
1998 to a news channel is anything to go
by, his date of birth is March 10, 1957.
Osama is believed to be the only son of
his father, late Mohammed Awad bin
Laden, and the latter’s 10th wife
Hameeda-al-Attas. No one had the idea
that this Abdulaziz University pass-out
civil engineer would engineer such big
plans of terrorism!
Despite being brought up as a true
Wahhabi, the one who has the correct
understanding of Islam, Osama believed
that Muslims should kill civilians and
military personnel from US and allied
countries until they withdrew their support
for Israel and called back military
forces from Islamic countries. According
to FBI, he was tall and thin, between
6’4” and 6’6”, weighing around 165
pounds and had an olive complexion. He
always wore a white turban and was soft
spoken and mild in manner.
Osama’s parents divorced soon after he
was born. Osama’s father ensured his regular
attendance in classes. He attended schools
with some Western curricula and culture.
In 1974, at the age of 17, Laden married
his first wife Najwa Gehem at Latakia, Syria.
He married at least four other women and
fathered between 20 to 26 children. He was
regarded as sheikh by his classmates as they
found him to be well versed and religious.
Strange to know that a man who was regarded
as ‘sheikh’ can be the cause of such big
destructions on the globe.
US downgrade shackles global market
Sandhya Kumari
Headway Newsroom
The world’s largest economy shook last
year. Global recession was not the only
cause. For the first time since 1917,
Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a rating agency,
downgraded the rating of US federal debt
from AAA to AA+ by a notch. The action is
likely to eventually raise borrowing costs for
the American government, companies and
consumers.
Although S&P has downgraded the rating
of US, what is certain is that the recent development
would further worsen global trade
activities as well as India’s international trade,
combined with the slowing down the economy
of China and Tsunami-ravaged Japan.
After downgrading US ratings, the S&P went
on to downgrade some European banks also.
Major European banks downgraded include
HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC of
the United Kingdom, Banco Santander of
Spain, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, and
Credit Agricole of France, Deutsche Bank
and Commerzbank of Germany, Credit
Suisse and UBS of Switzerland, and the ING
Group of the Netherlands.
The US reacted sharply to the S&P’s
move. The US Treasury claimed that the rating
agency’s debt calculations were wrong by
some $2 trillion.
The S&P admitted it, though reluctantly,
and changed its economic assumptions, but
said it did not affect its decision to downgrade
the US ratings.
“The outlook on the new US credit rat-
ing is negative”, said S&P in a statement,
indicating that another downgrade would
be possible.
US growth is at a snail’s pace. China is
struggling to protect its US dollar investments
and Europe is chained to a debt crisis and
the effects of these will be clearer only in the
coming days. These developments have
given rise to global fears about a double dip
recession.
Switzerland: Beauty, blessings and a lot more...
Shampa Sharma
Headway Newsroom
ne of the richest countries in the world,
OSwitzerland is beautiful and full of little
surprises that can charm one out of his wits.
The Glacier Cave on the Swiss Alps at
10000ft offers the sheer pleasure of finding
the Indian National Anthem ready to be
tuned on to a button right under your fingers,
if you so wish! The warm ecstatic feeling that
engulfs you on listening to this while standing
atop the mind-blowing ice paradise is an
experience to be felt.
Divided between the Alps, the Central
Plateau and the Jura, expanding to an area of
41,285 km2 (15,940 sq. mi), the Swiss population
concentrates mostly on the Plateau. It has
Heads high, that’s Patronas
Once the tallest building of world, Patrona Towers is now
serving as an iconic symbol of the country. Patrona Towers
of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is like a skyscraper. Under the
consultancy of golden boy of architecture, J.C Cruinto, the
towers were completed in 1998. After seven years of construction,
they became the tallest twin tower buildings in
the world. The 88-storeyed towers are constructed largely
of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass façade
designed to resemble motifs found in Islamic art. The
basement floor of the building, known as Suria KLCC is a
1,500,000sq ft (1,39,000 m.sq) upmarket retail podium at
the lower basement which features the world foreign luxury
goods and high-street labels. Its attractions include an art
gallery, philharmonic theatre, an underwater aquarium and
also the science centre. Upasana
the influence of German, French and Italian
culture. There is a strong architectural tradition
in Switzerland. The Romanesque style of the
12th century can be found in the cathedrals.
Zurich is a mixed hub for railways, roads
and air traffic. An impressive number of
museums and art galleries can be found in
the city, including the Swiss National
Museum. The second-most-populous one
after Zurich, Geneva is a global city. It is a
financial centre, and a worldwide centre for
diplomacy and the most important UN inter-
Jharkhand man behind US downgrade
national co-operation centre with New York.
The most populous city in Central
Switzerland is Lucerne. One of the city’s
most famous landmarks is the Chapel
Bridge.
Bertel Thorvaldsen’s famous carving of a
dying lion, in a small park just off the
Lowenplatz commemorates the hundreds of
Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792
during the French Revolution. Mt. Titlis
(3,238 m) is a mountain in the Alps of
Switzerland and is famous as the site of the
Basillica of Bom Jesus
It was just like a dream, with peace surrounding it, when I
stepped onto the marble inlaid preciously stoned floorings
of Basillica of Bom Jesus or Borea Jeguchi Bajilika.
Located in old Goa, this divine creation has also been
regarded as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city of
‘Bom Jesus’ meaning “Good Jesus”, was the capital of Goa
in early days of Portuguese rule. The Church began taking
its shape in 1594 and was completed in May 1605.
Apart from all these factual points, the part which makes
it different from the other churches of Goa is the presence
of mortal remains regarded as “holy relics” of St. Francis
Xavier, a Saint who took the responsibility of spreading
Christianity on his shoulders. These remains are shown to
public in every 10 years.
Priya
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EARTHQUAKE JOLTS JAPAN
Japan was hit by
an earthquake of
magnitude 9.0 on
March 11, 2011.
The earthquake
lasted for about
six minutes and
triggered the powerful tsunami waves that
reached heights of up to 40.5 metres. It
was the most powerful earthquake ever to
have hit Japan, and one of the five most
powerful earthquakes in the world since
1900. The earthquake caused massive
devastations leading to 15,845 deaths,
5,893 injuries and left 3,380 people missing.
Adding to the misery, the tsunami
caused a number of nuclear accidents, primarily
the ongoing level 7 meltdowns at
three reactors in the Fukushima I Nuclear
Power Plant complex.
STEVE PAUL JOBS PASSES AWAY
The charismatic
pioneer of the
personal computer
revolution took
his last breath on
October 5, 2011
as he was suffering from pancreatic cancer.
He was born in the year 1955.
Steve Paul Jobs was an American businessman
and inventor. He was cofounder,
chairman, and chief executive
officer of Apple Inc.
ROYAL WEDDING
Duke of Cambridge, Prince William cut
the wedding cake
with Catherine
Middleton on April
29, 2011. The much
awaited ‘Royal wedding’
of the year
took place at
Westminster Abbey in London. Over
5000 street parties were held to mark the
wedding throughout the United
Kingdom.
Shradha Shree/Aditi Dher Mishra
However, known for his outspoken
Sazia Haque
views on imbalances in the market, Mr
Sharma was replaced by Mr Douglas
Headway Newsroom
Peterson, chief operating officer of
Citibank, last year. The company said in a
Former executive and President of statement that S&P will continue to pro-
Standards and Poor’s (a dividuce
ratings that are compasion
of McGraw Hill
rable, forward looking and
Companies), Mr Deven
transparent.
Sharma from Jharkhand
In announcing the
resigned in less than three
change, Mr Harold
weeks after his company
McGraw III, Chairman,
found itself at the receiving
President and CEO of the
end of the Obama adminis-
McGraw-Hill Companies
tration’s ire, following the
said: “I particularly want to
downgrade of the United
thank Mr Sharma for his
States’ credit rating from
dedicated leadership of
AAA to AA+.
S&P. Four years ago, in one
Mr Sharma’s resignation
of the most difficult times
also marks intensifying woes
faced by S&P in the midst
faced by the McGraw-Hill
of the financial crisis, I
Group internally, with
turned to Mr Sharma
activist investors demanding Deven Sharma
whose background as head
stridently to break up the
of S&P’s Investment
media conglomerate into four parts Services, head of McGraw-Hill’s Global
including splitting up the S&P into its Strategy and as a partner at Booz Allen &
indexes operations and ratings and finan- Company, brought the right kind of
cial business, reports said.
skills to address the situation.”
PHOTO BY: SHAMPA SHARMA
world's first revolving cable car, Rotair, an
aerial cable car that delivers awesome 360degree
panoramic views of the snow-covered
valleys, 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 at
times with periodic rainfall.
As for shopping, Switzerland offers excellent
memoirs and souvenirs of the country,
from pottery, crystal, embroidered items,
wood carvings to Swiss army knives, liquors,
cheese, ski equipment, chocolates that are a
world apart. The shopping areas are widely
scattered throughout the country.
Memories of having visited a rich picturesque
land that presents nature in all its glory
and harmony alongside progress and prosperity
of lovely people lingers on as you look back.
Exploring Singapore
Buildings so tall to penetrate the sky...beauty so exotic to
make it all feel like a dream… culture so rich compelling to
explore more and more… it’s Singapore! One of the icons
representing Singapore is Merlion Park. It is located near
Marina Bay Island. What makes this park a popular tourist
attraction is the two structures of the Merlion which are
located here. Other than a tourist attraction, it’s a major
landmark of Singapore. The Merlion is a mythical creature
with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. It’s used as a
mascot of Singapore. The fish body represents Singapore’s
origin as a fishing village. The lion head represents
Singapore’s original name-SINGAPURA meaning “lion
city”. The Merlion statue is 8.6metre tall and has been its
trademarked symbol since 20 July 1966.
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Amidst very high speed and extreme
loud noise, India for the first time successfully
hosted the most thrilling,
expensive and prestigious Formula One
Motor Racing Championship on October
30, 2011. Defeating others, Sebastian Vettel
of Red Bull won the India’s first Grand Prix.
Buddh International Circuit of Greater
Noida witnessed India’s first F1
Championship. Owned by Jaypee Group,
with the track length 5.137km, the circuit is
spread in 874 acres of land, with the capacity
of accommodating more than 110,000 audience.
It took Rs 1800 crore to construct the
circuit for the exciting high speed of
320km/hr.
F1 cars are considered to be the fastest
Deepti Sinha
Headway Newsroom
he men in blue emulated
TKapil’s Devils’ 1983 feat
when they beat Sri Lanka by six
wickets in a roller-coaster ICC
World Cup final match at
Mumbai's Wankhede stadium
on April 2, 2011.
Chasing a victory target of
274, India romped home in
48.2 overs, giving the country a
reason to rejoice.
The voluble, jam-packed
crowd at the Wankhede stadium
erupted in joy as Dhoni hit the
winning six runs to give India
their biggest cricketing moment
and crown them as the “ODI
world champions”.
Having won the title, India
became only third team after
West Indies and Australia to have clinched
the World Cup two times or more. Also, this
was the third time in the history of the tournament
that team batting second won the
final. In addition to that, Team India bucked
circuit racing cars which can speed up to
360km/hr and 18,000RPM. The highest
straight line speed recorded during any
Grand Prix was 369.9km/hr set by Antonio
Pizzonia during 2004 Italian Grand Prix.
Having the courage and honour of driving
We are champs
Dope shame on
eight Indian
athletes
Mrinalini Mishra/Kavita Sinha
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t’s shocking, but if a data released by
INational Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is
to be believed, 248 sportspersons have been
tested positive in the last two-and-a-half-years.
Of them, 138 players have been banned.
“No guilty will be spared and this time we
will be acting against the people behind the
scandal,” Union Sports Minister Mr Ajay
Maken said in a strongly-worded statement in
Lok Sabha recently. In a written reply to Lok
Sabha, Mr Maken said since its inception on
January 1, 2009, NADA has collected 6607
samples out of which 248 were found positive.
There was growing pressure on the Indian
Olympic Association (IOA) to take strict
action against the Athletics Federation of
India (AFI), which they said, had brought
grave shame to the country. The positive
dope tests of eight top athletes carried by
International Association of Athletics
Federation in last few months had called for
immediate suspension of AFI.
The athletes involved in the doping scandal
are Ashwini Akkunji, Priyanka Pawar,
Mandeep Kaur, Jauna Murmu, Asian
Games gold medalist Sini Jose, Tiana Mary
Thomas, long jumper Hari Krishnan and
shot putter Sonia. The two athletes, Akkunji
and Pawar, who were a part of
Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian
Games, were banned from participating in
any upcoming series.
The samples taken by NADA from June
11 to 14, 2011 during the National Inter State
Athletics Meet, Bangalore. revealed that
Jauna, Jose, Sonia and Hari were tested positive
for taking methandienone, a banned
medicine, while Tiana Mary Thomas was
tested positive for the energy storing steroid,
epimethandiol, in urine. This is the second
time when Jauna Murmu has failed the doping
test. Mandip Kaur was also tested positive
for a drug in a test conducted by IAAF. All six
athletes have been suspended by NADA, said
Mr M L Dogra, Director of AFI.
It is obviously not the first time in India’s
history that athletes have been found guilty
in doping tests. Many of our star athletes
like Sunita Rani, Mikha Singh and
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa were also tested
positive earlier. But this is one of the
biggest doping scandals in India involving
eight well known athletes.
some other trends too, India became the first
team ever to win the Cup on home soil and
till date no more team had chased down 250
plus target in ICC World Cup final.
Sri Lanka’s innings was
propped by Mahela
Jayawardene’s classy 103 off 88
balls. It was the first time that the
team chasing the target won after
a batsman of the team batting
first had scored a century.
In the tournament, 49 matches
were played among 14 participating
nations. India beat archrivals
Pakistan in semi-final,
while Sri Lanka beat New
Zealand.
All-rounder Tilakarantne
Dilshan, with aggregate of 500
runs, emerged as highest scorer
in the tournament. Pakistan skipper
Shahid Afridi and Zaheer
Khan jointly emerged as highest
wicket takers, with 21 wickets
each. Team India skipper M.S Dhoni was
adjudged “man of the final”. Indian allrounder
Yuvraj Singh, who scored 362 runs
and took 15 wickets in the tournament, was
the “man of the tournament”.
it, 24-year-old Sebastian Vettel grabbed the
trophy in Indian Grand Prix and gave the lead
to the Red Bull team.
In spite of crash in a practice session, he
grabbed the pole position and won the race
effortlessly. Registering this as his 11th victo-
Effects and
side-effects of IPL
Sazia Haque
Maestro Messi’s magic
Shaily
Head way Newsroom
ootball mania gripped the ‘city of joy’,
FKolkata, on September 2 last year when
Argentine soccer star Lionel Andreas Messi,
24, played for his country in a friendly match
against Venezuela. Right from the arrival of
Messi till bidding him farewell, the city witnessed
euphoria.
Supporters thronged the airport to welcome
their hero, carrying with themselves his
life size cut outs. Teams were greeted with
loud cheers by the crowd when they stepped
on to the field at Yuba Bharati Krirangan,
where Messi weaved his magic even without
scoring, as he played full 90 minutes to
enthrall the football-crazy fans in Argentina’s
1-0 victory over Venezuela.
Andreas Messi
Headway newsroom
he Indian Premier League (IPL) has
Ttaken world cricket by a storm.
This lucrative new format has caught the
attention of cricketers worldwide. Ever since
its inception, IPL has created a wonderful
hype, about which everyone in the cricket
world is talking about.
There is no doubt that IPL has given a
new identity to cricket, through the
Twenty20 format which started way back in
2007 when Indian Champions League started
organising the independent Twenty20
tournament under the supervision of Kapil
Dev. To counter the ICL, the Board for
Cricket Control in India (BCCI) came up
with the idea of IPL.
From the very start, IPL got the support
of all the cricket boards in the world.
However, exclusion of Pakistan players
from the third edition of IPL created controversies
for Mr Lalit Modi and the
Premier League. This opened the door for
a debate over how independent the Indian
Premiere League (IPL) should be in its
actions.
Money, no doubt, is the most influential
part of IPL with cricketers already becoming
richer by the day in a single edition. IPL has
its own tribulations, as cricketers have shown
the tendency to quit the Test and the ODIs
to play Twenty20 cricket, especially because
it provides a handsome amount in a very
short span of just six weeks!
IPL has not only attracted the younger
generation of players, but also the likes of
Shane Bond, Adam Gilchrist, Heath Streak,
Shane Warne and Sanath Jayasurya, the legendary
cricketers, who made a return to the
cricket grounds.
ry, it brought him very close to Michael
Schumacher’s record of 13 victories in a season.
After Red Bull, Mc Laren, Ferrari,
Mercedes and Renault, Sahara Force India
with Andrian Sutil and Paul di resta got the
Bhutia bids adieu in style
Shaily/Sandhya Prasad
1st Test
(Jul 21-25, 2011); Lord’s (London); England
won 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 runs
Series outcome: India lost by 4/0
Headway Newsroom
ne last game, one last roar of cheer-
Oing spectators, and a standing ovation,
all this composed the evening of
Audi Football Summit, organised to bid
adieu to star striker Bhaichung Bhutia
who announced his retirement from
international football last year.
India versus Bayern Munich was the
farewell match hosted in January 2012,
at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Delhi to
acknowledge Bhutia’s contribution to Bhaichung Bhutia
soccer in India. With his sendoff, an era
of Indian football has come to an end. This talismanic striker has
played 108 matches for India. He, during his career span received
the Padma Shree award and the Arjuna Award and has also
received the title of the ‘Indian footballer of the year’ thrice.
Saba to Bihar cricketers: Dream big
Syed Saba Karim is one of the famous
figures in Bihar’s cricket history. Chosen
as a national player, Saba had a remarkable
journey in the world of cricket. In
an interview with Headway reporters
Nusra and Swati, he reveals his journey
to success
Sir, how did you start your career?
In December 1977, Mr Sudheer Das, a
coach from Jamshedpur held a camp for
under-9 team in Patna. I used to go there
on a regular basis. One day, he asked me
to come and join. That is how I started
playing cricket seriously.
What is the scope of cricket in Bihar?
At this point of time, it’s pretty dismal
because of a rift between two factions of
Bihar Cricket Association (BCA).
Did bifurcation of Bihar hit cricket in the
state? Jharkhand is producing quality
cricketers, but Bihar is left far behind.
Why?
Basically, Bihar is losing infrastructure. A
couple of existing grounds in the state are
not well-maintained. The state’s cricket
headquarters in Jamshedpur has gone to
Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA).
Thus, Bihar had to form a new association,
BCA. It took 10-11 years for its recognition.
Saba Karim
Is Twenty20 beneficial for game?
Yes, T20 has come with a big fashion
and it’s giving a new platform to budding
cricketers. But this format should not be
an ultimate goal for such cricketers. They
should also horn their skills in longer version
of the game.
Do you support Sachin’s formula of four
innings in ODIs?
SPORTS
CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT
F1 accelerates Indian sports
Yuvraj Singh after
winning man of the
series trophy. The
dashing left hander is
currently undergoing
treatment in US for
lung cancer.
sixth position in team standing. Sahara Force
India is England-based F1 motor racing team
that holds the Indian license. The team was
owned by Mr Vijay Malya and Mr Michiel Mol.
Moreover Narain Karthikeyan debuted
in 2005 as India’s first F1 motor racing driver.
He participated in the IGP from
Hispania Racing team and made India
proud.
F1 Motor Racing Championship is not
just a sporting event of speed demons. It’s a
combination of sport, glamour and entertainment.
About 1 lakh audience watched it.
Celebrities like Lady Gaga and waving of
checked flag by Sachin Tendulkar were also
the highlights of the event.
The successful hosting of F1 in India not
only highlights the wind of privatisation in
sports sector, but also gives a sense of pride
as the country has registered its presence in
the world of motor sports.
TESTING TIME AFTER SWEET VICTORY
I think one-day cricket is doing very well
internationally. Some changes, like power
play and decision review system, have
already been introduced. For the time
being, there is no need to tweak the format.
Did your eye injury dampen your spirit?
I never thought that I won’t be playing
cricket again. I came back and played but
gradually my eye-sight deteriorated and so
finally after 4-5 months, I decided that I
can’t continue further. But while sitting in
hospital bed I never thought that my
retirement would come so quickly.
What is your opinion on Kambli’s allegation
regarding match fixing during 1996
World Cup?
I think it’s rubbish. I don’t believe in
whatever he is saying because I doubt his
credibility in cricket.
So how has been the journey so far?
It was brilliant and I am thankful to
God that he gave me the opportunity to
play for India.
Sir, what is your message for budding
cricketers from Bihar?
They need to work hard and dream big
and I am sure that in years to come, we
will find more cricketers from Bihar.
1st Test
(Dec 26-29, 2011): Melbourne Cricket
Ground; 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
Jagriti
ILLUSTRATION: JAGRITI
Pataudi Trophy, England Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia
Headway Newsroom
atna Women’s College organised its
PAnnual Sports Meet on December 3,
2011 on the college premises with much
gusto. Bihar Cooperative Minister Mr
Ramdhar Singh inaugurated the programme
by hosting the college flag.
The event began with
march past, with college
cabinets Celine Priyanka,
Shivi, Aishwarya Vani
and Samiksha holding
the Olympic ring, while
Premiere Anvita held the
college flag. The five
linked Olympic ring
spread the motto of unity
and harmony. It signified
how different nations
representing different
cultures come together
and compete with each
other passionately and
peacefully in the
Olympic events.
Chandni Kumari, B.A
IIIrd year and Anu, B.A IInd year, lit the
torch and took the oath on behalf of participants.
They pledged to play with sportsman
spirit.
Students of all departments participated
in various athletic events with lots of enthusi-
Sandhya Kumari
Headway Newsroom
t is ironic that we rant and rave about a
Igame that only eleven other nations play,
while we tend to ignore the other games
where every nation competes. Hockey,
India’s national game, immediately needs a
functional and active body at the centre that
can capitalise on the talents.
Though India won silver medal in the last
year’s Commonwealth Games – beating
both Pakistan and England en route to a 0-8
loss to Australia in the finals, it is eight time
gold medalists in the hockey at the
Olympics. It is shocking that it couldn’t even
make to Beijing this time around. Today,
hockey is struggling to match the heights of
bygone eras and it is really an embarrassment
for India.
Plagued by monetary issues and other
obstacles, Indian hockey needs a total overhauling.
Players should be encouraged and
given a level-playing field. Each of the hockey
players got a paltry Rs 25,000 after they won
the Asian Champions Trophy recently. Their
cricket counterparts, on the other hand, are
receiving huge money. This is a great insult to
our hockey players who play the toughest
game, arguably tougher than the cricket. Not
only the government, but Hockey India and
Indian Hockey Federation are equally
responsible for the downfall of the game in
India. Step-motherly treatment with hockey
players like poor financial management and
authorities’ dictatorial attitude are stifling the
national game. Despite being national sport,
hockey in India simply cannot compete with
the financial muscle or appeal of cricket. But
at least it should fulfill the promises that it has
done with the players.
Annual Sports Day: When
studies took a back seat!
TENNIS UPDATES
A black spot in
gentleman’s game
Mrinalini Mishra
9
Headway Newsroom
he gentleman’s game was
Tashamed when three former
Pakistan cricketers were
sentenced to four years in jail
by a British court after they
were found guilty of spot-fixing
in a Test match against
England at Lord’s last year.
Salman Butt, the Pakistan
captain during that Test match
and a man described by Mr
Justice Cooke as ‘the orchestrator of this activity’,
was jailed for 30 months. Mohammad
Asif, who bowled one of three prearranged
no-balls at the centre of the conspiracy, was
given 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 as
one of the ‘architects of fixing’, was given a 32month
sentence, at Southwark Crown Court.
When will hockey
breathe free?
asm. Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza A.C.,
Principal, Patna Women’s College, encouraged
the participants and spurred them to
display their talent in Yogasana, Flagdrill,
Dandiya, Cycle Race and Aerobics.
The event came to an end with prize distribution
ceremony. Sister Dipasha A.C,
Provincial Superior Carmel Jwala gave away
prizes to the winners. The overall championship
trophy went to Chandni Kumari and
the runner-up was Yogita.
The indoor championship
prize went to Shipra
Shalini.
The first prize for march
past went to the kitty of
B.Com IIIrd year, while the
second prize was jointly
won by vocational and B.A
IIIrd year students. The
third prize went to B.A first
year.
Teachers and staff members
of the college also participated
actively in the
event.
The first prize in teachers
game was won by Dr.
Surabhi Prasad, second
prize went to Dr. Stuti Prasad and third prize
was bagged by Mr. Mahendra Kumar Roy.
In staff games, the first prize went to Miss
Shampa Ghosh, second prize was given to
Mr. Anand Dhingra and the third prize went
to Mr. Amal Kishore.
�Novak Djokovic becomes the man of the year as he wins
Australian Open.Wimbledon and the US Open and also topples
Rafael Nadal from the number 1 ranking.
�Spanish metador Rafael Nadal wins Roland Garros to take his
Grand 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 ATP
World Tour Finals for an incredible 6th time.
�Bhupathi reunites with partner Leander Paes for the 2011
Australian Open. The team of Bhupathi and Paes reached the
final, but lose to the Brian brothers. Mahesh Bhupati finishes as
runner-up at Wimbledon in Mixed Doubles with Elena Vesnina. Leander Paes (right)
�Sania Mirza reaches the Women’s Doubles final at the French with his partner Radek
Open with Elena Vesnina.
Stepanek after winning
the Australian Open
�Leander Paes with partner Radek Stepanek wins his 7th Men’s
2012 doubles title.
Doubles Grand Slam title at the Australian Open 2012.
TEXT: TRIPTI PRASAD

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IN THE PREMISES
Satya Verma and Priya, students of BMC IIIrd year, Patna
Women’s College, thanking the organisers of Cynosure, a
film festival, after their documentary won second prize at
St.Xavier’s College in Ranchi.
Headway Newsroom
rowd kept clapping with full zest on the sizzling dance num-
Cbers and songs at Patna Women's College on the occasion
of Teacher’s Day on September 5, 2011.
A prayer dance, ‘Saraswati Vandana’, was devoted to the
Goddess of knowledge, “Saraswati” at the beginning of the programme.
Shristi and Shloka’s heartthrob performances kept the
audience spellbound. It was followed by Nikita and group's tribute
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 was
added in the form of lucky draw for teachers.
Principal Dr Sister Doris D'Souza A.C. thanked the participants
for their wonderful performances. She said a committed
teacher’s role could never be replaced. — Sadya Razi
atna Women’s College celebrated its 70th Founder’s Day
Pon August 24, 2011. Arch Bishop William D’ Souza SJ,
President of Governing Body of PWC, inaugurated the programme
by paying floral tributes to the founder of college, Arch
Bishop BJ Saliva SJ. Starting with prayer dance and welcome
song, students presented heart throbbing performances, making
the day more special.
Chief Guest Arch Bishop William D’ Souza congratulated
the college for celebrating its 70th foundation day. He appreciated
the college authorities for starting 20 new activities and
suggested students to give priority to God in their life.
— Sandhya Kumari
irls draped in elegant saris, enjoying mouth watering delica-
Gcies, their feet tapping to the beats of DJ… that was the
College Day at Patna Women’s College on November 25, 2011.
Soon after Principal Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza, AC inaugurated
the function by hoisting the college flag, girls broke into
cheers and made the day a memorable one.
Every year, PWC celebrates this day with new enthusiasm
and a different theme. This year’s theme was, ‘Different shades
of comedy’. The college rocked to popular Bollywood numbers
of today’s era, as well as earlier hits.
— Aditi Kumari/Khushboo/Richa
win classical music performances by Pt. Pushparaj Koshti
Ton ‘sitar’ and Sri Uddhav Shinde on ‘pakhavaj’ left the audience
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 Amongst
Youths (SPIC MACAY), vibrating notes of ‘surbahar’, coordinated
with the ‘thaap ‘of ‘pakhavaj’ enthralled one and all.
Both the performer mesmerised the audience with their richness
and power of spiritual music. After the performance, many
questions and compliments were put forward, on which Pt.
Koshti said: “Music is the source of entertainment and also
enlightens our mind and gives peace to our soul”.
— Sadya Razi/Sandhya Kumari/Shradha Suman
atna Women's College held a cultural programme in the
Phonour 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 a
welcome song. After that Principal, Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza
A.C. in her welcome speech highlighted the college's role in
women education and empowerment. The programme, with the
message of peace and tranquility, received a huge applause.
Dr. Sister Agatha Mary AC addressed the students at the end
of the programme and suggested them to take initiative in breaking
the caste barriers from the society.
— Shradha Shree
nnual Day celebration on February 11,2012 was dedicated
Ato 100th year of Bihar and the slogan was ‘Badhta Bihar,
Badalta Bihar’. The ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ song of the great poet
Rabindra Nath Tagore, stage play ‘Main Bihar Hoon’ and tribute
to Mother Veronica elated the whole crowd. The prize distribution
for research projects, special prizes and merit scholarships
added more spark to the spirit of enthusiasm.
The function was presided over by Chief Guest Mr. Nikhil
Kumar, Goverrner of Nagaland. His graceful words encouraged
the students to excel academically and empower themselves and
the society.
— Satya Verma/Monica Moni
CAMPUS
LIVE FROM PWC
ANNUAL LAB JOURNAL OF DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE
SESSION: 2011-2012
Yash Pal’s clarion call to boost education
Anisha Shyam/
Sheezan Nezami/Nusra
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“The more you do the more you find
the way, the more you find the way,
there is much more things to learn,”
said Dr Yash Pal, an eminent scientist
in an interactive session with students
and teachers of Patna Women’s
College on ‘Trends, challenges and
growth in science education.”
Professor Yash Pal, President,
National Council of Science and
Sadya Razi/Sandhya Kumari/Monica Moni
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Technology Communication Network
(NCSTC), Delhi, vent his ire over the
present education system and said
many private institutes and deemed universities
have just become business
hubs.
His demand for autonomous national
council for higher education and
research with the interference of the
central and the state government has
not yet been fulfilled. He added that
this is the only solution to the problems
in education sector. On the issue of 25
per cent reservation of seats for poor
children in private schools, Dr. Yash
Being humane: BHRC chief
University Grants Commission (UGC)-sponsored national
symposium on ‘Human Rights and Role of Non-State
Actors’, 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 rights
violation by non-state actors and the role of civil society and
media in the realisation of human rights. The topics were
discussed in two technical sessions.
Chairman, Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC),
Justice S N Jha said: “For doing such work what we need is
heart feeling and compassion. If we remain humane and
think about society, half the battle is won.”
Social Welfare Minister Mrs Parveen Amanullah, in her
speech, said: “The fundamental problem is that the ordinary
citizens feel completely helpless before the government.
People have no control over their officials."
Dr. D.P. Verma, Chairman, Human Rights Cell, Banaras
Hindu University (BHU), Dr. NR Mohanty, Director, Jagran
Institute of Management and Mass Communication, Noida, Dr.
L.N Sharma, Former Head, Department of Political Science,
Patna University, Mr Srikrishna Chaudhary, IPS, Additional
Director General of Police-cum-Director Bihar Police
Academy, Patna and Professor R.K. Lal were also present at the
symposium.
Pal said it will be an opportunity for the
children from richer section to see real
India.
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell,
Jingle all the way…
Priya Krishna Sandilya/Kumari Megha/Aditi Dhar Mishra
Headway Newsroom
Christmas was celebrated in Patna
Women’s College with full devotion and
sanctity. The entire campus was decorated
with colorful lights and shining stars.
Beautiful idols of Lord Jesus and Mother
Mary were placed in the campus. Not only
the students, even the outsiders came to seek
blessings of the God. Two days before the
Christmas, a beautiful programme was
organised in the stage hall of the college. The
function started with prayer dance which
made the surrounding very peaceful. A documentary,
‘Happy Birthday’, was shown to
the students. This was followed by Carols in
Hindi and English.
The much-awaited and exciting part was
the entry of Santa. Girls got very excited and
welcomed Santa with huge round of
applause. Everyone started singing ‘Jingle
Bell’ and Santa distributed sweets to all.
Later on, gifts and cakes were distributed
among the students. The programme ended with a vote of thanks given by
cabinet member Swati Savarn.
The Padma Bhushan awardee discussed
social issues like corruption and
advocated strengthening of co-operative
movements and panchayat bodies. He
said schemes like MNREGA, if implemented
properly, would stop migration
of labourers in search of employment
from the state.
The octogenarian scientist in a layman
language explained few basic concepts
of science, making the students
realise that they live in a very silent part
of the violent universe. Scientific terms
like friction, angular momentum, why it
sounds when we clap, why are planets
THOUGHTS/ TOP 10 POSTERS CREATED BY BMC STUDENTS
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Cartoon corner/ Jagriti Our precious possession
HEADWAY EDITORIAL TEAM
Lokpal or Jokepal?
T
he sweet memories of working for Headway
will always linger in our hearts. Today,
when the journal is about to hit the stands,
he aesthetically decorated
Gandhi Maidan witnessed the Tstate’s mega celebrations of the
century between March 22 and March
24, 2012.
Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar
inaugurated Bihar centenary celebrations
at the historic Gandhi Maidan on
March 22. All government buildings
and colleges turned blue as the entire
state joined the festivities. The buildings
around Gandhi Maidan were illuminated
with blue light, leaving a mesmerising
effect on the visitors and
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 showed
zeal 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 made
it possible to come out with a different version of Headway.
Sitting in the lab, even during the holidays was not at all boring
when the work for Headway was on. The journal taught us to be punctual
and responsible. Even latecomers became regular. It was kind of a
wave that swept the third year students of BMC.
Regular meetings helped in maintaining the tempo as all the students
were keen to get additional work. Today, when Headway is ready
for publication we all are very happy but we are sad too, thinking how
can we stay without working for Headway. It has become a part of our
life and with tears in our eyes we are saying “good bye” to our work with
the journal and wish our juniors to take our precious possession to even
greater heights.
passers-by.
out the third issue of the annual
A 9.1-magnitude
Lab Journal ‘Headway’.
earthquake and
The enthusiasm of the BMC
subsequent tsunami
IIIrd year, batch 2009-2012 in pre-
hit the east of Japan,
senting this issue amidst their rou-
killing 15,840 people,
tine curriculum and assignments a
on March 11. P6
little ahead of its time this year
really is commendable and an
inspiration for the BMC Ist and
World Cup victory
BMC IInd year students.
Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza AC.
(April 2, 2011)India
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We at Patna Women's College Principal
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revere the serene cream colour Patna Women’s College
final defeating Sri
that proudly sports the background of our college flag signi-
Lanka by six wickets
fying discipline and simplicity. It is while keeping in mind
in Mumbai and also
becomes the first
these two essential traits, that our students strive ahead for
nation to win Cricket
perfection and excellence.
World Cup final on Bihar: 100 years of glory
I congratulate the Head of the Department, Ms. Shampa
home soil. P7
Sharma, staff and students for working together and making
the third issue of the BMC Journal Headway another issue
As the entire state joined the chorus of Bihar centenary celebrations, Headway reporters Aakanksha, Khusboo Kumari,
Royal wedding
worth waiting for.
Sheezan Nezami, Ankita Pandey, Shree and Shephali were there to cover the three-day mega event
May God bless you.
(April 29) Prince
Buddhism were installed at the main HOW IT UNFOLDED
William, Duke of
entrance gate of Gandhi Maidan.
Cambridge and
Various lip-smacking delicacies MARCH 22
including Bihari sweets, ‘tharu’ tribal
EDITOR’S NOTE
Cathrine Middleton
Vidyapati and Pamaria
got married at
food, main course food items – both songs, seminars, poetry ses-
vegetarian and non-vegetarian, dry sion and folk dances were
Westminster Abbey
hange. This one word
food items made of soybean, ‘suran’, held. Many other programmes
in London. P6
drove the third edition of
honey, fruits, herbal food and vari- like Salahes drama show, CHeadway.
A change in
ous drinks tickled the taste buds of seminar with ‘mushaira’ and
Laden killed
foodies who came to participate in folk dance kept the audience
content, modification in style,
Bihar Diwas celebrations.
spellbound.
incorporation of investigative
A 25-minute laser show on the her-
reporting and flooding of info
U.S. President Barack
itage of Bihar, presented by Bangalore- MARCH 23
graphics transformed the way
Obama announces
based firm, Pracheen Bharat Tourism Regional language poetry Headway looks. This newer,
on May 2, 2011 that
Technology, kept the audience spell- session and folk songs were trendier version of Headway has
Osama Bin Laden,
Mr Kumar spoke of Bihari pride as
bound. The show covered the time of organised. Bollywood stars
founder of al-Qaeda,
all the components of mainline
he addressed a large gathering of peo-
Buddha, Mahavir, Mahabharat, Hema Malini, Shatrughan
has been killed
journalism.
ple on the inaugural day of the func- Chief Minister Mr Nitish Kumar Chandragupt, Ashok, Shershah Suri, Sinha, Javed Akhtar and Udit
during an American
tion. Harping on the state’s growth tra- addressing a gathering in Patna on Sufism, Guru Gobind Singh – and Narayan entertained the peo-
The product at hand is the
Ms Shampa Sharma
military operation in
jectory, Mr Kumar said Bihar had the occasion of Bihar Diwas. finally ended with a positive note of ple with their scintillating per- result of sheer hard work and Head of the Department
Pakistan. P6
carved a niche for itself in the country
Resurgent Bihar.
formances. Murtaza and determination of the students of
as it succeeded in registering 11% eco- 300 metal birds perched on a globe, to A couple of days before the festivi- Rabbani Brothers of Khan BMC IIIrd year. By bringing out this journal, they not
Left rout in Bengal nomic growth through serious reforms mark freedom and progress of the ties began at Gandhi Maidan, the Legacy fame also performed.
only maintained the legacy of their predecessors, but also
at grassroots level. He used the occa- state.
Chief Minister felicitated the idols of
set a new benchmark as far as publication of any college
sion to seek special category status A number of Bollywood stars, Bihar at a function organised in New MARCH 24
The 34-year-old
journal is concerned.
from Centre.
including Shatrughan Sinha, Shekhar Delhi. There, Mr Kumar talked about Bollywood hits were per-
regime of Left Front
Selection of stories was not that tough this time as
The Chief Minister released books Suman, Prakash Jha, Neetu Chandra, Bihari ‘asmita’ and urged the people of formed by Kailash Kher and
finally crumbled to a
and documentaries based on Bihar Manoj Bajpai and Hema Malini partic- the state to reassert themselves as a Sumendha Karmahe. Ustad
2011 was a newsy year. India won the ICC World Cup,
feisty Mamata
and also honoured the lyricists of the ipated in the celebrations.
socially relevant, politically significant Ghulam Mustafa Khan Osama was killed, Jasmine Revolution swept Arab coun-
Banerjee, making
newly composed Bihar anthem, Satya In a bid to depict communal har- and culturally vibrant group. (Kheyal) and Ustad Amjad Ali tries, Mr Nitish Kumar came up with various legislations
her the first woman
Narayan, and Bihar prayer song, M R mony and brotherhood in the state, Incidentally, this was Mr Kumar’s first Khan (Sarod-recital) per- to change the way officials function in Bihar and two
Chief Minister of
Chishti, along with 21 artists of the miniature models of all religions public appearance in New Delhi after formed cultural musical shows. women political bigwigs — Ms Mamata Bannerjee and
West Bengal. She
state from the fields of art and culture. such as Hinduism, Islam, he took over the reins of Bihar seven
Ms J Jayalalitha — registered thumping victories in
took oath on May 28,
He also symbolically released around Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and years ago.
Assembly elections in their respective states. All these
2011. P5
stories went on to make Headway a packed package.
The last minute inclusion of Bihar Diwas celebrations
Indo-Bangla pact
CELEBRITIES ALL PRAISE FOR STATE
was a boon for the journal. As celebrities from across the
India and
country and abroad made a beeline for the state to take
Bangladesh
part in centenary year celebrations, Headway reporters
signed a pact to
were on their toes covering the historic event.
end their 40-year
The new tagline — a way ahead — attached with this
border demarcation
year’s Headway signifies the transformation the journal
dispute on Sept. 5.
has undergone.
Members of the editorial team, comprising 10 page
editors and a creative editor worked relentlessly under the
Sitabdiara in news
supervision of three spirited chief student editors —
“Bihar has played a “Biharis are leaving an “It is a matter of pride “Being a son of Bihar, I “Industrial develop- “Faces of Bihar people Sheezan Nezami, Anisha Shyam and Akrity Abhilasha —
Sitabdiara, where
crucial role in uplift- everlasting impression for me to be a part of have very close ties ment will go a long way reflect the progress to bring out a completely different journal.
revolutionary leader
ment of Airtel in the in every field. There is Bihar centenary cele- with my state. I am in checking migration. made in the state and
Another remarkable achievement this year was live
Loknayak
country. Thanks to our no substitute of hard brations. Among so overwhelmed that the The state has no dearth what they feel about is reporting. Reporters grabbed every opportunity that came
Jayaprakash
strong roots in Bihar, work of Biharis. The many performances in government gave me of heritage buildings more important than
Narayan was born
today we are the fifth country will come to a Bihar, this one is very an opportunity to lend and ancient structures. what I feel about. Bihar
their way and succeeded in filing up-to-date reports with-
in 1902, had a sec-
largest telecom compa- standstill if the people close to my heart as it my voice to the Bihar If developed properly, has developed a lot in in deadline. They interviewed people, researched on
ond date with histony
in the world. At a of Bihar stop working. signifies the centenary Anthem and Prayer such sites will attract a the last few years. Biharis diverse topics and collected information from official
ry on October 11,
time when the country The state is getting celebrations of Bihar. Song. I also thank the large number of tourists. are very optimistic about sources just as professional journalists do.
2011, when veteran
is clocking a growth back its glory. If trends Innumerable tradition- state government for There is much to go on the changing scenario
The efforts the students have put in this year to reach
BJP leader LK
rate of 7%, Bihar has are any indication, the al events have been giving me a chance to in this context, consider- and it is the state govern- their goals, will determine how we transform our journal
Advani began his ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’ come out of the shad- state will soon become organised and I person- entertain the people of ing people abroad sell ment ‘s responsibility to in the years to come. Let us put our best foot forward to
against corruption from the village. ows to register 11% rich in culture and edually feel that Bihar is my home state. I feel places that comprise just continue its develop-
achieve the target we have set for ourselves, and continue
growth.”
cation.” regaining its lost glory.” proud being a Bihari.” sand and water.” ment agenda.”
SSuuniill BBhhaarti Miitttal
Duurrgga JJaasrraajj
PPaanddiit JJaasrajj
Uditt NNarraayyann
HHeemmaa MMaalliinni
JJaavved Akhhttaar
to improve the journal we are all very proud of.
Gaddafi killed
Muammar Gaddafi,
who ruled Libya
NITISH REPORT CARD: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT MILES TO GO...
from 1969 till
August 2011, was
killed on October 28
Focus on
LAW AND ORDER WATER RESOURCES HEALTH
by the forces loyal
to the country’s new
graft, power GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT
government. P6
�Marked improvement in internal Law and
�247 flood protection schemes After the Kosi
�Emphasis on improvement in Medical facili-
security situation in the state order situa-
were completed across the state deluge in
services, immunisation and lowty in Bihar
Manaswi/Akrity Abhilasha
�65,819 convictions between tion in the first
�Canals in the command areas of 2008, the
ering Infant Mortality Rate h a s
Jan’06 and Sept’11; law has term of Nitish
Gandak, Kosi, Kamla and govt. got its
(IMR), Maternal Mortality Rate improved.
Sushil heroics
Headway Newsroom
made its presence felt
government
Bagmati were renovated for act together.
(MMR), Fertility Rate and the New tech-
�Women don’t have security was better.
capacity enhancement
But there is
polio cases
nologies are
27-year-old Sushil
s Mr Nitish Kumar-led National concern venturing out at night But in his sec-
�Out of 46 flood management still room for
�No polio cases have been being used
Kumar, a resident of ADemocratic Alliance (NDA) gov-
�Sporadic incidents may have ond term,
schemes, 29 schemes have much work to
detected in the state
by doctors
Motihari in Bihar,
ernment has completed one year in its occurred, but overall security is crime has Muntu Kumar
been completed while 13 more be done to Roshan Jha
�IMR down to 52% births in 2009 for the patients’ Dushyant Naik,
went from oblivion to
second term, its functioning will not be much better
increased
(MR)
will be done by March’12 prevent floods Supaul
from 61% in 2005
welfare
Kankarbagh
fame when he hit the
compared with Lalu-Rabri regime, but
jackpot of Rs 5 crore
with that of Nitish’s own first tenure.
in ‘Kaun Banega
In his second term, Mr Kumar has
Crorepati’. P3
focused mainly on two areas – corrup-
INDUSTRY
AGRICULTURE
LAND
tion and power crisis. He promised a
RTS a reality
transparent government and to fulfill GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT GOVERNMENT CLAIMS PEOPLE’S VERDICT
this, he abolished the Member of �Special category status to The state is
�Using SRI method of culti- Bihar is draw-
�The state government has BIADA land
The much awaited
Parliament Local Area Development Bihar is necessary to attract rich in terms of
vation, farmers have yielding a lot of
adopted Bihar Special scam is a big
Right to Service Act,
Fund (MPLAD) meant for legislators big investment
resources, but
ed 242 quintal per acre attention on
Survey and Settlement Bill, example of cor-
2011 came into force
and made it mandatory for all ministers, �356 proposals have been speedy imple-
�1 lakh quintal green the develop-
2011, which aims at land ruption. If Nitish
in Bihar on August
including him, to put up details of assets approved by the SIPB
mentation is
manure seeds have been ment of agri-
reforms
government is
15. The Act is aimed
on the government website. The govern- �A total of 4,232 small scale needed. It
distributed among farmculture sector
�Bihar Land Mutation Bill, not biased then it
at providing services
ment took a unique step by setting up a units have been established needs power,
ers for cultivation on under the
2011 empowers Deputy should take
to the people in stip-
primary school in the palatial house of in the state with an infra & credit Lata Singh
3.70 lakh hectare
leadership of
Collectors to take action immediate steps
ulated time. P4
IAS officer Mr S S Verma.
expenditure of Rs 138 crore facilities
(Business woman) �Rs 186 crore sanctioned for Mr Nitish Md.Usman
against unscrupulous to scrutinise the Jamshed
Turn to Page 7
surface irrigation facility Kumar
(Farmer)
elements
problems (Businessman)
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Dr Yash Pal (centre) at an interactive
session with PWC students.
circular, how was solar system formed
and how the temperature of the inside
of the sun could be measured, were
explained by him.
Dr Yash Pal and his wife were welcomed
by a gathering of over 500 students
and teachers with presentation of
floral bouquet and melodious welcome
song. The Principal of the college, Dr.
Sister Doris D’Souza A.C. gave a welcome
speech and termed Dr Yash Pal
as a role model for budding scientists.
The session concluded with a vote of
thanks by Dr. Surabhi, Head of
Department, Physics.
Obituary
Komal Kashyap
She was like a blooming flower,
spreading her fragrance around,
but destiny had a different plan
for her.
Komal Kashyap, a second
year student of Department of
Mass Communication, Patna
Women’s College, was an
enthusiastic budding journalist,
whose sad and untimely demise
on October 10, 2011, left everyone in a state of profound
grief. Her intelligence, smart persona and
courage had made her popular among teachers and
friends. She had all the qualities of a good journalist.
Kashyap had a balance in her life, because she had
charm of a kid and she knew of her responsibilities.
She was equally competent in other fields, as she was a
good singer, a good anchor at Bihar News and a good
journalist as she got eight bylines during her training
period at Hindustan Times, Patna.
If Kashyap’s friends and family members are to be
believed, a ‘wrong diagnosis’ led to her death. Her
untimely demise was a great loss for the college.
— Shaily
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 Student
Editor), Sheezan Nezami (Chief Student Editor)), Akrity Abhilasha (Chief Student Editor), Swati Savarn (P10) and Monica Moni (P2).