Editor,
These Jadavpur “radicals” are the most fake and a sickeningly hypocritical lot Their move is the most farcical nautanki to date. If their antics are genuine even by an ounce they must have the backbone to scream in favour of GORKHALAND and KAMATAPUR too. If they are not the most spineless louts, they should utter “GORKHALAND and KAMATAPUR nehi hone tak jung jari rahega, jari rahega. “Bangal se Gorkha our Rajbanshi ko azadi nahi milney tak jung jari rahega jari rahega.” Bangal ke barbadi hehi hone Tak Jung jari jari rahega” Do they have the guts to do it? But these shameless nerds are only the propagandists of Bengal chauvinism. They are behaving in typical fashion to get some cheap publicity. They should be lampooned for this street comedy. One should never take them seriously at all. Do they have the spine to write Kya Bole Bimal Gurung and Kamatapuri: AZADI. Until then they have irrevocably proved themselves to be Jadavpur Jokers,
Yours etc.,
Jyotirmoy Prodhani
NEHU, Shillong
Informative write-up
Editor,
This refers to your informative write-up “Should one revert to a stone-age diet to stay fit & healthy ?” (ST February 19, 2016). It clearly shows that if we focus on nutrition and exercise, we can make a lot of healthy physical changes. Diseases occur because our bodies are poorly or inadequately adapted to environments in which we now live. An example would be eating large amounts of sugar or being very physically inactive leads to problems like diabetes or heart disease that then make us sick. We don’t have the bodies that are able to cope with those levels of sugar, and the result is that we get sick. Stress can cause myriad problems. Exercise also improves circulation and body awareness, and regular exercise can help combat depression.
Yours etc.,
Vinod C. Dixit
Ahmedabad – 380 015
Strait Brothers let us down!
Editor,
I am a country music lover and a great fan of our local country band ” The Strait Brothers” But bitterly they have let us down and that too on our ‘big day'(wedding day). I had contacted the band since November 2015 and even paid the full amount for their performance for our big day February 2016. One week before the wedding I called the lead vocalist to remind him again. Unfortunately on our big day they did not turn up to perform .At 6 pm I had to call them a dozen times but when the lead vocalist answered my calls he informed me that they would not be able to make it due to the demise of one of their relatives. I asked him when the bereavement happened. He replied, “Yesterday,” which means he had 48 hours to inform us . But we learnt from some friends that they performed at another wedding on that particular day . Whatever the truth be, I have lost respect for that band and I wouldn’t recommend it anymore to anyone. The Strait Brothers are blessed with a God gifted talent. They are born to entertain people and not to disappoint people. But sadly they have disappointed us and that too on our wedding day ( once in a lifetime event). Can you believe it? Hopefully we will be the last couple that they will disappoint. Anyway through your esteemed daily I would request the lead vocalist to at least answer my calls and refund my money as soon as possible. All the best Strait Brothers.
Yours etc.,
Name withheld on request
Serve with faith
Editor,
Referring to the letters written by JB Sohkhhet and TR Wahlang ( ST Jan 28, 2016) I would like to impress upon my fellow government employees that we are the fortunate lot of the society. This is because there are hundreds of thousands of people in our state who could not make it into the government service. I pity the young boys and girls who have completed their studies in and outside the state, but who are still running from pillar to post seeking employment in Government offices. They prefer government jobs than any other employment due to the facilities available in being a government servant. We are very fortunate because we work only about 225 days in a year whereas we get paid for 365 days. This opportunity is over and above the casual leave and earned leave that we enjoy. Recently about 17,000 MBA and B Tech graduates in UP applied for sweeper jobs in Government offices in Uttar Pradesh. Again this is becausea government job is more lucrative and secure. Besides the monthly salary, government employees enjoy pension benefits, Gratuity, Leave salary ( salary for not working), free medical treatment for them and their dependents, free family joy trips ( LTC), coming late to office, leaving office during office hours, leave the office before time etc. In some offices the employees doctors etc) attend office only on market days. Our employment is secure because we cannot be terminated without following extra-long, complicated and exhaustive procedures and hardly anybody dares to terminate us from service. So these are the few examples that differentiate government jobs from other forms of employment.
Considering that we call ourselves a Christian majority state and most government employees here are Christians we should be grateful to the government which has given us such glorious opportunity and devote our time in serving the government. Therefore we should ourselves be involved in organizations that work against the interests of the government. All those government servants who are Rangbah Shnong and executive members should resign from such positions to avoid controversies and complications. Even God will not forgive us if we are not faithful to those who have done good to us.
Yours etc.,
Kyrshanlang Wahlang
Shillong-