HORRENDOUS: Father Raped 13-Year-Old Daughter for Two Years, Then Murdered Her – in Kalimpong

HORRENDOUS: Father Raped 13-Year-Old Daughter for Two Years, Then Murdered Her – in Kalimpong

Kalimpong , 13 Dec (TDC) : “My father has made my life hell, I fear someday, I may die” – perhaps the 13-year-old girl, whose dead body was recovered by police yesterday knew she didn’t have long to live.

Her friends from the village, who heard her say “My father has made my life hell, I fear someday, I may die” were children like her, and they didn’t know what she meant. The little girl who died, never got a chance to tell them the whole truth. Most of her friends are in shock.

Jaldhaka police have arrested 45-years-old Shukra Bahadur Pradhan from the remote Lower Godak village, on charges of murdering his own daughter. They were in for a shock, when the culprit confessed to also repeatedly raping his daughter for the past two years. This grotesque episode of human depravity just doesn’t end there. After murdering her, Shukra had audaciously buried his daughter next to his house, hoping it would cover his crime.

According to sources, Shukra Bahadur Pradhan was a very controlling person. He never allowed his daughter to mingle with anyone else. If she got delayed even by minutes while coming from somewhere, he would literally make her life hell, by brutally beating her up. The neighbours also informed the press that, he used to brutalize his wife too, because of which, she had left him roughly two years ago.

On the night of the 9th of December, the little girl had been delayed similarly, he went on to brutalize her, and later killed her. He then attempted to hide his crime by burying her right next to his house. On the 10th of December, informed had his nephew that his daughter had committed suicide the night before, “so I buried her.”

Shocked, his nephew went to inquire, and when he found the place where the little girl had been buried, he raised alarm. This brought other people from the village there, and gradually the truth came out.

When Jaldhaka Police OC Nilam Sanjeev Kujur conducted preliminary interrogation/inquiry at the site of murder, Shukra Bahadur Pradhan told him, in front of the press, how she had threatened to expose his repeatedly raping her, and he ended up killing her.

This incident has left everyone in the village numb, with his own family members now asking for a death sentence for him.

Police have recovered the dead body of the little girl, and have sent it for autopsy. Meanwhile, Shukra Bahadur Pradhan was presented at the Kalimpong District Court, and the court has sent him on 7 days of police custody. Cases have been filed against him under sections IPC 302, 201 and POCSO RW Section 6.

Source The Darjeeling Chronicles

NO SAATHI CAME TO THEIR RESCUE – Father murders disabled son, hangs himself in Dooars

People in North Bengal have suffered utter deprivation, discrimination and administrative apathy for so long, that the news of a father killing his disabled son and hanging himself, due to them not being able to afford an operation hasn’t even made headlines in local news outlets. So many have died in the past due to starvation, lack of health care, lack of medicines in Dooars that two more added to the stats, no matter how grotesque the deaths were, didn’t even register a bleep in the local news cycle, let alone regional or national news. The news of this desperation lead murder-suicide was perhaps not even considered newsworthy.

DESPERATE FATHER
Baroghoria Gram, which falls under Kranti police station in the Malbazar sub-division of Alipurduar District where the incident took place, is like every other typical village in Dooars, North Bengal. It is predominantly an Adivasi village, and there is not much to write about in terms of infrastructure. Suffice it to say, infrastructure in the form of basic health care is nonexistent. Abhiraj Oroan - a tribal child was born in this faraway village with imperforate anus - a rare birth disorder where the child has an improperly developed anus, and therefore can't pass stool normally from their rectum out of their body. He would release stool through a small hole in his navel.

His father Pandit Oroan (35) was desperate, with a very limited income. He was desperate to have his son operated on, a date for which was set towards the end of December this year. This operation, known as anoplasty, could have opened up Abhiraj’s rectum and the child would have been able to have a normal stool procedure. Sadly the operation cost money, which Pandit Oroan didn’t have.

Unable to collect funds needed to pay for the operation, Pandit took the most unfortunate decision.

His wife, who is still in grief stated, “around 7 PM on the 2nd of December he took the child out... I didn’t think much, only later we found that he had drowned the baby in the well behind the house and had hung himself by the tree.”

FAILED SYSTEM
Across India, the Central Government has introduced “Ayushman Bharat” scheme, which provides for up to Rs 5 Lakhs health insurance per year to economically marginalized families, and has helped hundreds of thousands of people like Pandit Oroan. However in West Bengal, the benefits of this scheme are yet to percolate down to the grassroots level. Bengal has resisted the introduction of Ayushman Bharat scheme, instead they are adamant on increasing the scope of their existing “Swasthya Sathi” scheme.

In Bengal, the state government had started a group health scheme “Swasthya Sathi” - that covers mostly contractual and part-time government employees, back in 2016, and they have shown their willingness to join the Ayushman Bharat scheme, but the modalities are yet to be worked out. This has left millions of economically marginalized families deprived. Though “Swasthya Sathi” scheme does call for inclusion of “deprived sections of the society” in its fold, on the ground the scheme is yet to reach deprived families, like that of Pandit Oraon.

Back in Barogharia Gram as the news of this murder-suicide spread, locals along with police officials rushed to the site of the incident. While a huge crowd had gathered after their death, the father-son didn’t have any saathi to count on, when they needed help the most.

As the Bengal government has been unable to provide proper health care support to the marginalized families, shouldn’t they ethically step aside, and permit the Central government scheme to take care of them?

Many have started to ask.

Source : thedarjeelingchronicle

Tata Motors inaugurates its new passenger vehicles showroom in Siliguri

-Unveils the All New Tigor and announces Bookings open for the much awaited Harrier-

Siliguri, October 26, 2018: Tata Motors launched a new state-of-the-art full-range passenger vehicle showroom and workshop, M/s Rangeet Auto, in Siliguri today. Expanding its class leading automotive experience, the inauguration of this showroom and workshop is a step forward towards Tata Motors’ aggressive network expansion plans, in line with its Turnaround 2.0 strategy.

At the same occasion, the Company also unveiled the all new Tigor in Siliguri and announced the bookings open of its much awaited SUV based on the revolutionary architecture and derived from Land Rover’s legendary D8 architecture – The Tata Harrier. While the customers can book the HARRIER with an amount of INR 30,000 on www.tataharrier.com or by visiting the nearest Tata Motors authorized dealership, the all new Tigor can be purchased at all authorized Tata Motors dealerships at a starting price of INR. 5.17 Lakhs for the petrol variant (powered by the 1.2L Revotron) and INR. 6.05 Lakhs for the diesel variant (powered by the 1.05L Revotorq), ex – showroom, Siliguri.

Commenting at the event, Mr. S N Barman - Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Customer Support, Passenger Vehicles Business Unit - “With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the center of our brand promise, we at Tata Motors are working with our network partners to offer our customers a solid product mix and a delightful experience. We continue to enhance and expand our product line up and network to cater to our demanding customers with high expectations. As part of our Turnaround 2.0 journey, we are concentrating on optimizing various business levers and focusing on strengthening our sales network and customer experience, in order to enhance performance and profitability. The launch of this dealership is a step forward in that direction.”

 

According to Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Dealer Principal, Rangeet Auto Pvt Ltd, “We are delighted to partner with Tata Motors and are extremely happy to launch this showroom today in Siliguri. With a commitment to provide best in class purchase experience during sales to all our customers, we look forward to working with Tata Motors and strengthen our relationship in the years to come.”

The Company has 2 dealerships in Siliguri and boasts of 28 showrooms in West Bengal overall. Spanning across 4000 sq. ft. of area, this newly inaugurated showroom is strategically located in Sevoke Road, and will cater to the aspiring customers of the city with a stunning range of new generation passenger cars from Tata Motors.  At the launch, Mr. Barman also unveiled the next generation compact sedan, all new Tata Tigor. With exclusively styled interiors and exteriors, this premium compact sedan will be available in petrol (powered by the 1.2L Revotron) and diesel (powered by the 1.05L Revotorq) variants, across all Tata Motors authorized sales outlets.

 

Equipped with the latest technology, this new showroom will retail the new generation PV line-up. The company also offers a workshop to its customers which is equipped with latest equipment and advanced mechanization and automation. Tata Motors aims to increase its reach aggressively and through these showrooms it will continue to offer best value and experience to customers. Tata Motors’ Turnaround 2.0 journey will continue to focus on ‘Winning sustainably in PVs’ with an objective to increase market presence and drive volumes in PVs.

 

-Ends-

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With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top four in the passenger vehicles market. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, the UK, Italy and Korea. Internationally, Tata commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.

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OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR PRIDE: SWASTIKA LAMA – 1ST CLASS 1ST GOLD MEDAL – MA HISTORY

TheTD team CONGRATULATES our young scholars who have brought pride and joy to the community due to their outstanding achievement in the field of academia.

Today we are celebrating Ms. Swastika Lama, for being awarded Gold Medal in MA (History)

Swastika Lama the daughter of Mrs. Sunita Rai Lama and Mr. Tendup Lama a resident of Tukdah T.E, Darjeeling was awarded a Gold Medal from the North Bengal University on her exceptional achievement in M.A History.

She completed her schooling from St. Joseph Girls High School and St. Alphonsus Higher secondary School, Kurseong.respectively.

She completed her B.A Honours in History from St.Josephs College Darjeeling.

In addition to winning the Gold Medal, she is also a recipient of the Prestigious Suroj Mohini Debi Medal, an endowment award for excellency in academics.The Suroj Mohini Debi Medal is given by Sir Nirpen Bakshi.

Currently she is pursuing her MPhil degree in History, with specialization in the Eastern Himalayan History.

In coming from the humble background of a small town school, and going on to win the Gold Medal by topping the University, Swastika has shown that our Gorkha daughters can match and out match anyone in the world.

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Please note that we will be sharing more such scholars in the coming days, if you know of any Gold or Silver Medal winners from our region, please send us their details

Landslides hit roads to Sikkim and Dooars

Landslides in the past 24 hours on two key highways linking Gangtok, Kalimpong and the Dooars with Siliguri have hit traffic, with the travel taking longer because of clearing operations and forced detours.

The two affected roads are NH-10, which links Kalimpong and Sikkim, and NH-31C that connects the Dooars. Heavy downpour has been blamed for the landslides.

A 20m stretch caved in on NH-10 on Thursday at 29 Mile, around 70km from Gangtok. An entire portion has been wiped away on NH-31C. On Tuesday, a landslide on NH-31C at Mongpong had devoured a portion of the highway.

Vehicles going uphill and those heading towards Siliguri had to take a detour of 50-60km. "We were coming from Sikkim and had a flight at 6pm from Bagdogra. We had to cross the stretch on foot and scout for vehicles on the other side," a tourist said.

A PWD official said excavators had to be used to cut the hillside to broaden the road and enable heavy vehicles to pass. Also, the void that has formed after the cave-in needs to be filled up so that the road can be rebuilt.

"We are not very sure whether traffic movement would be possible when repairs will start. Given the importance of this highway, the repairs cannot be delayed," added the official.

Vishwanath, the district magistrate of Kalimpong, said the incessant rain was slowing repairs. "As the rains have not stopped, the soil is not firming up. This is why repairs are getting delayed."

Via : Telegraph

महिलाओं ने की अवैध शराब के खिलाफ आंदोलन की घोषणा

Source : Prabhat Khabar 

अधिकारियों की मौजूदगी में बागान प्रबंधक को सौंपा ज्ञापन

नशे के फेर में घरों का सामान बेच रहे पुरुष : सुषमा

नागराकाटा : चेंगमारी चाय बागान में अवैध शराब की बिक्री को रोकने के लिये महिला श्रमिकों ने आंदोलन की घोषणा की है. बुधवार शाम को चाय बागान में आयोजित सभा में स्थानीय महिला श्रमिकों ने अवैध शराब कारोबार को हटाने के लिये एक सप्ताह का मोहलत दिया है. महिला श्रमिकों ने कहा है कि अगर सात दिनों के अंदर नहीं हटाया गया तो अवैध कारोबार करने वालों के दुकानों को जला दिया जायेगा. 

इलाके के लोगों के अनुसार जिस तरह से आक्रोशित होकर नागराकाटा ब्लॉक की महिला चाय श्रमिक इस अभियान में आगे बढ़ी हैं. उसे देखकर लगता है कि डुआर्स नशेड़ियों के चंगुल से मुक्त होकर रहेगा. 

स्थानीय सूत्रों से मिली जानकारी के अनुसार चेंगमारी चाय बागान में यहां की महिला चाय श्रमिकों ने पिछले 2002 से अवैध शराब व चुलाई दारु को पूरे तरह से बंद कर रखा है. लेकिन पिछले कुछ वर्षो से फिर से अवैध शराब का धंधा इलाके में पैर पसारना शुरु कर दिया है. भूटान निकट होने के कारण कुछ अवैध कारोबारी बागान इलाके के लाईन में मदिरा बिक्री कर रहे हैं. कुछ पैसों के लालच में नकली शराब भी इलाके में बिक्री किया जा रहा है. जिसके कारण चाय बागान के कुछ पुरुष श्रमिक जो शराब में लिप्त हैं, वे घर के बर्तन, टीवी, साईकल तक बिक्री कर सेवन करने लगे हैं. 

जिसके पास पैसा नहीं होता है, वह घर का सामान बिक्री कर शराब पीते हैं. नागराकाटा तृणमूल सभापति एवं चाय श्रमिक नेता अमरनाथ झा ने बताया कि मदिरा के कारण चाय बागान का परिवेश खराब हो रहा है. जिसे हम कतई बरदास्त नहीं करेंगे. 

महिलाओं ने जो कदम उठाया है मैं इसका समर्थन करता हूं. चाय बागान प्रबंधन अविनाश देव ने कहा कि महिलाओं ने मुझे एक ज्ञापन पत्र दिया है. इस विषय को हमारी ओर से पुलिस प्रशासन को अवगत कर दिया गया है. टी एसोसिशन ऑफ इंडिया डुआर्स शाखा के सचिव राम अवतार शर्मा ने बताया कि इस तरह अवैध मदिरा बिक्री के खिलाफ सभी चाय बागान की महिलाओं एकजूट होना चाहिए. चेंगमारी महिला चाय श्रमिकों का कदम सहरानीय है. 

नागराकाटा थाना प्रभारी सैकत भद्र ने बताया सभा में हमारे पुलिस अधिकारी भी मौजूद थे. महिलाओं ने साफ कह दिया है कि चाय बागानों में अवैध शराब बिक्री किसी भी हालत में नहीं होने दिया जाएगा. पुलिस इस तरह के अवैध शराब बिक्री के खिलाफ कड़ा कदम उठायेगी.

स्थानीय महिलाओं का आरोप है कि पछले सात वर्षो में मदिरा सेवन कर कई लोगों ने अपनी जान गंवा दी है. इन आरोपों को चाय बागान के श्रमिक नेताओं ने भी स्वीकार किया है. चाय बागान में आयोजित सभा में यूनियन नेताओं के अलावा नागराकाटा थाना अधिकारी भी उपस्थित थे. बैंठक में निर्णय लिया गया है कि यदि चाय बागान में कोई भी परिवार शराब बिक्री करता है तो उन्हें बागान से निलंबित कर दिया जाएगा. 

उन्हें बागान से मिलनेवाले लकड़ी एवं अन्य सुख-सुविधा भी बंद कर दिया जाएगा. इन मांगों को लेकर सभा में उपस्थित चाय प्रबंधन को महिला चाय श्रमिकों की ओर से एक लिखित ज्ञापन पत्र दिया गया. बागान के प्रेम नगर, शिरबंदी लाईन, बलिराम लाईन, गोपाल लाईन, राम लाईन, कोठी लाईन में अवैध शराब का धंधा सबसे ज्यादा है. 

चाय बागान के नागराकाटा पंचायत समिति के भूतपूर्व सदस्य सुषमा टोप्टो, लुकसान ग्राम पंचायत की नव निवार्चित पंचायत सदस्य तथा श्रमिक सरस्वती कुजूर, सुनीता कुजूर, सरोजनी हेमरोम ने बताया कि शराब सेवन कर परिवार में अशांति होने लगा है. कई पुरुष काम में भी नहीं जाते हैं

 

OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR PRIDE: From Sweeping Dhaba Floor to Winning Gold for India - Kavita is Inspirational

Writes: Suresh Sharma

For most of her life, Kavita Thakur, a member of the Indian women's kabaddi team, lived in a cramped dhaba at her village Jagatsukh, 6km from Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

The 24-year-old, who helped India win gold at the 2014 Asiad, spent her childhood and teen years washing utensils and sweeping floors at the dhaba, which is run by her parents. Father Prithvi Singh and mother Krishna Devi still sell tea and snacks at the dhaba, while elder sister Kalpana gives them a helping hand.

"Even I used to work with my parents at the dhaba. I washed utensils, swept floors and did several other chores," Kavita tells TOI.

"My childhood and teenage years were very difficult. In winter, we slept in the back of our shop on the floor. It was unbearable since the floor felt like ice. Back then we didn't have money to buy mattresses. There were days when we didn't make any money and we all went hungry," she adds.

'Took up kabaddi as it was not costly'

The gold medal at the 2014 Asiad shot her into limelight and the state government also pitched in with some financial assistance. Kavita and her family - parents, elder sister and younger brother Ashok Singh - have now moved to a rented accommodation near Manali town. "It was the happiest moment of my life when I could give my parents a proper house to live in," says Kavita. "My younger brother can now get good education."

"It is Kavita's hard work and determination that has given us a roof over our heads. Some years ago, we couldn't even think of living anywhere else other than our dhaba. We wish she brings more laurels for the country," says mother Krishna Devi.

Kavita started playing kabaddi at her school in 2007. "I took up kabaddi because it wasn't a costly sport," she says. "In fact, my elder sister was a better kabaddi player than me, but she had to give up her dream of playing the sport at the highest level in order to help my parents at the dhaba."

After putting in some consistent performances at the national level, Kavita joined the Sports Authority of India in Dharamshala in 2009. "At SAI, I concentrated on my game and gave my best. Soon, I was selected in the national team. My sister and parents always supported me. They wanted me to follow my passion. I would have never played for the Indian team without their unflinching support."

"Subsequently, government support came in and that helped me to concentrate on my game and not worry about where the next meal was coming from," she adds.

In 2011, Kavita had to take a break from the sport for six months after she was diagnosed with a digestive system ailment. "There was a massive breakdown in my digestive system. I was hospitalised for quite some time, and I was worried that I would never be able to return and play the sport again," Kavita remembers.

But she made a roaring comeback the next year, helping India win gold at the 2012 Asian Kabaddi Championship. Kavita is a defender in the nine-member women's team that will represent India at the 2018 Asiad. "In the last Asian Games, when we won the gold medal, I was an all-rounder. But, two years ago, our national coach told me to focus on one aspect of the game. And then I became a full-time defender," says the 24-year-old.

[Via: Times of India]

कराँटे बोय अभिषेक शर्माको ओलम्पिक खेलेर मेडल जीतने सपना।

कराँटे बोय अभिषेक शर्माको ओलम्पिक खेलेर मेडल जीतने सपना।

सानो छँदा देखि नै कराँटे खेल प्रति चासो राखेर आएको औ स्थानीय कराँटे प्रशिक्षकहरु सित कराँटे सिक्दै आएको डुवर्स अलिपुरद्वार जिल्लाको मदारीहाट खण्डको मध्य खयेरबारी गाउँ निवासी पिता कृष्ण प्रसाद शर्मा र माता रिता शर्माको जेष्ठ सुपुत्र अभिषेक शर्माले भर्खरै मात्र कोलकाता नेताजी इन्डोर स्टेडियममा सम्पन्न चोथौ अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय कराँटे चैम्पियनसिप खेलमा गोल्ड मेडल जीत हासिल गरेर फर्किएको छ। कराँटे खेलमा निकै नाम रोशन गरेको अभिषेकलाई उसको प्रशिक्षक गुरु औ सहमित्रले राम्ररी चिन्दै आई रहेको भएता पनि बत्ती मुनिको अँध्यारो भने झैं आफ्नै गाउँमा तिनलाई शुभचिन्तक बाहेक अन्यान्यले चिन्न नसकि रहेको देखिन्छ। डुवर्सको गरीब अर्थ सामाजिक परिवेशमा हुर्किएको अभिषेक शर्माको परिवारिक स्थिति गाउँ बस्ती र चियाबारीको अन्य परिवार भन्दा फरक केही छैनन। आफ्नो आमा बाबाको ज्येष्ठ छोरा भएकोले पनि होला अभिषेक सानै उमेर देखि नै एक जिम्मेवार सन्तानको रुपमा आफ्नो दुई भाईको पढ़ाई लेखाई अनि परिवारिक पालन पोषण तर्फ गम्भीर देखिन्छन। आफ्नो पढ़ाईलाई हाल स्थगित राखेर तिनले आफ्नो भाईहरुको निम्ति औ परिवारिक उपार्जनको निम्ति मदारीहाटको एक होटलमा वेटर काम गरि रहेको छ। आफ्नो कराँटे अभ्यासमा आउने खर्च साथै भाईहरुको पढ़ाई खर्च धान्नमा यस कामले मदत पुग्ने भएकोले गाउँले दाजुको होटलमा काम गरेको अभिषेक बताउँछन। अभिषेकको कराँटे खेल प्रतिको निष्ठा देखेर मदारीहाट क्षेत्रको समाजसेवीहरु कृष्ण घिमिरे, केशव शर्मा र टेकनाथ शर्माले तिनलाई कोलकाता दिल्ली आदि ठाउँहरुमा प्रतियोगितामा भाग लिन जाँदा सहयोग तथा मदत गर्दै आएको स्वयं अभिषेक बताउँछन। अभिषेकलाई राष्ट्रीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय स्तरमा जहाँ जाने मौका पाउनेछ हामी सामर्थ्य अनुसार मदत गर्न तत्पर रहेको यी समाजसेवीहरु बताउँछन। यता अभिषेकको कराँटे खेल प्रतिको लगनलाई देखेर खुसी त लाग्छ तर छोरालाई कतै जाँदा भने जस्तो खर्च दिन नसकेको बताउँछन अभिषेकको आमा रिता शर्मा। तिनी भन्छिन खेती गरौ त हात्तीले खेती गर्न नदिएको परिस्थिति यसैलै सानो क्यान्टिन स्थानीय देवकोटा नेपाली स्कूलमा चलाएर जीवीका चलाएको रिता शर्मा बताउँछिन। यता कोलकाता बाट गोल्ड मेडल जीतेर आए पछि अब आगामी २०२४ मा सम्पन्न हुने विश्व ओलम्पिक खेलमा छनौट हुने सपना बोकेर कड़ा अभ्यास गर्न थालेको अभिषेक शर्माले जनाएको छ। दुई चार जना शिक्षक एवं गाउँले समाजसेवीहरुले हाल सम्म मदत दिंदै आएको तर आगामी दिनमा यस्तो मदत पाई रहने ग्यारेन्टी नरहेको अब प्रशासनले मदत गरे अवश्यै पनि ओलम्पिक खेल क्वालिफाई गर्ने दृढ़ संकल्प रहेको अभिषेकले बताएको छ। अभिषेकको खेल प्रतिको लगन साह्रै गम्भीर रहेको औ तिनी एकदमै अव्वल खेलाड़ी रहेको कराँटे प्रशिक्षक स्यानसे सप्तपर्णी चक्रवर्तीले जनाएकी छन। यदि सरकारी सुविधा औ मदत पाए अभिषेक मात्र नभएर डुवर्सको थुप्रै प्रतिभाले आगामी ओलम्पिकमा सहभागिता गर्ने क्षमता भएको ठहर सप्तपर्णी चक्रवर्तीले गरेकी छन।

By : Pradip Lama, For TheTD

Guru Purnima 2018: Why the festival is celebrated, legend, history and all you need to know

Guru Purnima marks the appearance day of Srila Vyasadeva. It falls every year on the day of Ashadha Shukla Purnima. This year, the festival dedicated to teachers will be observed on July 27.

Written By Saumyaa Vardhan | New Delhi

In Pic : Guru Purnima 2018: The festival is celebrated in countries like India, Nepal and other countries of Buddhist and Jain influence. (Source: Getty Images)

Guru Purnima 2018: It is believed that a person is blind without a teacher to guide him. A mother is the first teacher of a child, but after that, the guru becomes his or her second mother.

The shastras proclaim that a human being is born twice or dvija, first by the union of the father and mother, and second when he is accepted by a bonafide guru, whereby he acts as a father and delivers him with the help of mother Gayatri, which is a personification of Vedic knowledge.

It is the teacher who teaches us how to live this life and become a human being. There is nobody in this material world who can save us from the dangers of material miseries unless we have received proper guidance from our teachers, preceptors and well-wishers.

According to Kathopanishad (1.2.12), tad-vigyananartham sa gurum evabhigachchhet, samit-panih shrotriyam brahma-nishtham. This Vedic injunction means, “In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the bona fide spiritual master in disciplined succession, who is fixed in the Absolute Truth. Thus, it has been enjoined herewith that in order to receive that transcendental knowledge, one must approach the guru.”

The scriptures discuss the absolute necessity to accept a spiritual master and take guidance from them to know about the realities of this material world, transcend them and become eternally situated in happiness.

The Vedic system of education or the Gurukula had a provision of nitya acharya upasana — the daily routine of worshipping the guru — since he only used to be the parent of the child for the entire duration of his education and graduation. By worshipping him and offering him respects, the sincere disciple would progress in his active education.

Guru Purnima marks the appearance day of Srila Vyasadeva. It falls every year on the day of Ashadha Shukla Purnima. This year, Guru Purnima will be observed on July 27.

Guru Purnima: The appearance of Srila Vyasadev

Srila Vyasadeva was the son of Parashar Muni and Devi Satyavati. According to scriptures, Parashar Muni was once travelling across the lands of Bharatvarsha and happened to stay for a night on the banks of river Yamuna. He stayed at the house of fisherman chieftain Dusharaj and asked his daughter to ferry him across the river to his next destination.

The name of his daughter was Matsyagandha, or one who smells like fish. During their journey, Parashar was fascinated by her beauty. Using his mystic powers, he created an island in the midst of the river and asked her to land him there. But, she refused. So, he created an impenetrable mist in the river and then, blessed her with a son.

The boy with a blackish complexion (Krishna), was born on an island (Dwaipayana) and would divide the Vedic literature into four parts (Vyasa). Therefore, they named him Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa.

It is said in Srimad Bhagwatam(1.3.21), “Thereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Sri Vyasadeva appeared in the womb of Satyavati through Parashara Muni, and he divided the one Veda into several branches and sub-branches, seeing that the people in general were less intelligent.”

Srila Vyasadeva: The original spiritual master

Srila Vyasadeva is considered to be the spiritual master of all the acharyas or teachers of Vedic wisdom since he made them available to the entire world.

Originally, the Veda is one. But Srila Vyasadeva divided the original Veda into four, namely Sama, Yajur, Rig, Atharva, and then again they were explained in different branches like the Puranas and the Mahabharata. Vedic language and the subject matter are very difficult for ordinary men to understand, therefore, Vyasadeva divided them and wrote appendices like Puranas and Upanishads to allow common men to understand them and follow them practically.

You will be surprised to know about his intellect of division.

Original Veda

Detailed them into four Vedas — Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva

Explained them further in 18 Puranas

Explained them further in 108 Upanishads

Summarised them into highly condensed Vedanta Sutra

Explained it thoroughly in Srimad Bhagwatam

For others, he went on to produce Mahabharata, which is also termed as the fifth Veda.

Guru Purnima: The day of Guru Puja

The festival of Guru Purnima is celebrated in countries like India, Nepal and other countries of Buddhist and Jain influence. On this day, people belonging to spiritual culture and tradition worship their spiritual preceptors or gurus and give them gifts. They visit their temples and offer them respect and seek their blessings.

Most people observe fast on this day to show their respect to their Guru and surrender to him. Fasting is a symbol of loving exchange and prayers for the long life of Guru in order to get his regular guidance.

Those who wish to serve the Lord out of love and affection, the lord being more eager, sends them to his real representative, the bonafide spiritual master.

Source : The Indian Express

Sanju actor Manisha Koirala: I never thought I could look so much like Nargis ji

Sanju: Manisha Koirala opens up about how she prepared herself for the changes that followed her comeback and her role in Sanju.

After being lauded for her performance in Netflix anthology Lust Stories, Manisha Koirala will be seen playing Nargis Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju. In this interview with indianexpress.com, the actor opens up about how she prepared herself for the changes that followed her comeback and her role in Sanju.

“I was very nervous. I didn’t know if I’d be able to play this role or not, given her health history and mine. But then Raju (director Rajkumar Hirani) sir told me that he doesn’t want to dwell too much into that phase of Nargis ji’s life. When I came to know the entire character sketch, I was very keen and excited to do it. I am glad I did it,” said Manisha Koirala.

After watching the trailer of Sanju, fans were impressed by Manisha’s resemblance to late actor Nargis Dutt. The actor gives all the credit to Hirani as he was the one who researched and made sure that the look and feel of the character was right. She said, “I never thought I could look so much like Nargis ji. However, when we started working on the character and when I saw her pictures so closely, I realised I could play her role and that felt very good. When you have a good director, everything is taken care of. Raju sir did thorough research and he told me about the character graph. So, it became easy and I give all the credit to him.”

Manisha Koirala made a comeback in 2017 with Maya. She was also seen in Netflix anthology Lust Stories. On the kind of films she is choosing and the changes in the industry, the actor said, “Choosing good directors is the first step. Since I love my work, I have to also keep a tab on what today’s trends are like. I don’t want to be stuck in my zone. What I did when I was 20, I can’t repeat it now. I have to see what the younger generation is doing. What kind of acting, cinema and quality of narrative they are consuming. With changing times, you have to change yourself. Everything and everyone is evolving. Nothing gets stuck in time. Only we do! So you have to shake yourself, be constantly agile and up your game in the market. A lot of things have changed from before to now and I am still adjusting. I have not yet 100% adjusted, but it’s a work in progress.”

About the kind of changes that she is still adjusting to, she said, “The industry has become very professional. It is a good change. This generation is more focused and disciplined. There is high competition and hence everybody is striving to do their best. Everybody is looking so good. They are at the gym and working out so much. There is a lot of hard work going on everywhere, which doesn’t allow you to slow down. In our times, it was more relaxed. People worked at their own pace. People were more forgiving. But today, there is no space for a bad film or a bad performance. But I don’t miss what has passed, I am enjoying the present, I am not one of those people who live in the past.”

In Lust Stories, Manish plays Reena, a middle-aged woman clandestinely sleeping with her husband’s best friend. On portraying this character, the actor said, “This is the good thing about how things have changed today. Women have started speaking their minds and men have graciously started accepting that. I love this. If I had done the same kind of movie before, I would be condemned. But today I am appreciated. So, I feel it has to do with this generation’s women standing up for themselves.”

On her experience of working with director Dibakar Banerjee, she said, “Dibakar is a new age intellectual director. He is well-versed with cinema and knows his medium too well. So, we did a lot of workshops before shooting the film. He would be confident enough to come on sets without a bound script. He clearly told me that this was a movie where he could experiment as it didn’t have huge budget issues. So, we had lot of conversations and debates. We were free to explore what we wanted to achieve. It is a good time for me, I am enjoying every bit of what I am doing.”

Source : The Indian Express

एक शौर्य गाथा वीरों के वीर गोर्खा की....

- सुमित्रा तमांग

जाने कब से
जाने कब तक
ये बलिदानी राह चलेगी.
पता नहीं है साथी हम को
अपनी मंजिल कहां मिलेगी.
कुर्बानी की गाथा देखो
पूरा जगत गर्व से गाता
हम को अपने हक़ की लेकिन
अपनी भूमि कहां मिलेगी.
हमने अपने शीश चढ़ाकर
कितने देशों का मान बढ़ाया
अपना हो सम्मान जहां
वह धरती हमको कहां मिलेगी
मुल्क हमारा कहां है साथी
कहां मिलेगी आजादी
जाने कब से जाने कब तक
झेल रहे हैं बर्बादी
अधिकारों की बात करी तो
लाठी, गोली, जेल मिली
इन्कलाब और आन्दोलन भी
अभी तलक बस फेल मिली
कहो शौक से बस इतना कि सारा जहां  तुम्हारा है...
जिस मिट्टी में दफन पूर्वज
उस पर नही अधिकार तुम्हारा है
सरहद पर जब मिले शहादत
तब तिरंगे मे लिपटे
पंजाबी भाइ पंजाब चले,
बिहारी भाई बिहार चले,
राजस्थानी राजस्थान चले
और तुम..!
तुम्हे अपना अंतिम सफर
गुमसुम तय ही तय करना है
मेरे शहीद तिरंगे में लिपटे गोर्खा कहां चलें...?
तुम्हे यह सवाल पूछना भी मना है..
ओ मेरे प्यारे स्वाभिमानी गोर्खा
तुम्हारी परवाह किसे है..
तुम्हारा स्वाभिमान से जीना मना है...
बंधक बनाकर रखे गए हो तुम
ये बंधन खोलजे के लिए कोई नही आएगा..
तुम्हे खुद ही यह बंधन खोलने होंगे
आजादी पाने के लिए
अपनी जमीं अौर अपना आकाश
तुम्हे खुद ही बनना होगा
साथ ही तलाश करने होंगे
संगठित होने के
नये अौजार
तभी तुम
अपनी धरती
अपना देश
अौर
अपने पुरखों कि पहचान
अक्षुण रख सकोगे
वरना इधर उधर यूँ ही
भटकते रहोगे
यूँ ही
भटकते रहोगे...

"असार-पन्ध्र"

   - नीरू बिन्दु

दुख्दो जीवनलाइ
खेतको आलीमा राख्छ
दुख्दो आँसुलाइ
रुमालमा पोकोपारी कटेरोमा झुण्ड्याउछ
दुख्दो पिरलाइ
मुटुमा गाँठै-गाँठो पार्छ
अनि उत्रिन्छ मैदानमा
जंग जितेको मुस्कान बोकेर
टिका लगांउछ माटोको
होली खेल्छ माटोको
विगतलाइ दही-चिउरामा घोल्छ
वर्तमानमा झुल्छ
अनि बाँडछ खुसी
आज सबथोक भुल्छ उस्ले
नाचेर साइनो जोडछ
हाँसेर साइनो जोडछ
धर्म-कर्म निभाउछ किशानको उस्ले...!!

Swachh Survekshan 2018: Here Are India's Top 3 Cleanest Cities

The Swachh Survekshan 2018 increased its scale by surveying 4,203 cities from 434 cities surveyed last year.

The results for Swachh Survekshan 2018 have been announced and Indore in Madhya Pradesh has retained its title of being India's cleanest city.

The results were announced by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs. Swachh Survekshan 2018, which was the first pan Indian exercise to assess cleanliness in urban India, surveyed 4,203 cities from January 4 to March 10, 2018.

Bhopal has been ranked as India's second cleanest city for two years in a row and Chandigarh was ranked as the third cleanest city, moving up from Rank 11 in 2017.

Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh found a special mention as the fastest moving big city of the Swachh Survekshan 2018,  moving up to Rank 36 from the previous 351, in 2017.

Jharkhand has been declared the best performing state, followed by Maharashtra, in this year's Swachh Survekshan.

Among other highlights of the Swachh Survekshan 2018:

Cleanest State Capital: Greater Mumbai
Best city in Innovation and Best practices:Nagpur
Best city in Solid Waste Management: Navi Mumbai
India's Cleanest City Zone-Wise -
North: Bhalso, Punjab
East: Bundu, Jharkhand
North-East: Kakching, Manipur
South: Siddipet, Telangana
West: Panchgani, Maharashtra

As a part of the Swachh Survekshan 2018, total marks for assessment was increased to 4,000, from 2,000 in last year's survey. Category wise assessment of open defecation free (ODF) progress, collection and transportation of solid waste and processing of solid waste saw their respective weightages being increased in this year Swachh Survekshan. Similar to last year's survey, the results for Swachh Survekshan 2018 involved data submitted by civic bodies on cleanliness and sanitation, as well as feedback from the citizens.

Son of the soil Indian Gorkha Rfn Bikas Gurung Indian Army got martyred during ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Nowshera area of Jammu & Kashmir today

Bikash was a #Gorkha Jawan From Manipur

"Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of mortars on routine Indian Army patrol, 700 metres inside Indian territory in Naushera sector along the Line of Control (LoC) Saturday morning," a senior army officer told PTI.

In the exchange of fire, Rifleman Bikas Gurung of 2/1 Gorka Rifles was grievously injured and succumbed to injuries. The 21-year-old soldier belonged to Khunka Khuki village of Manipur, and is survived by his mother.

May his soul rest in peace and may God give strength and courage to his family and friends.

RIP Brother

#JaiHind #JaiGorkha

Kim Jong-un shakes hands with Donald Trump after a signing ceremony at the end of their summit in Singapore.

Historic handshake

(New York Times News Service and Reuters)

US President Donald Trump shook hands with Kim Jong-un of North Korea on Tuesday and offered a major concession during their nations' first summit meeting, a momentous step in an improbable courtship between the world's largest nuclear power and the most reclusive one.

Brash, impulsive leaders who only a few months ago taunted each other across a nuclear abyss, Trump and Kim set aside their threats in a gamble to show that for now, at least, personal diplomacy can counteract decades of enmity and distrust.

Emerging from a day of talks in Singapore, Trump said he was suspending joint military exercises with South Korean forces.

Asked if Kim had agreed to denuclearise, Trump said he expected the process to start "very, very quickly" and it would be verified by "having a lot of people in North Korea".

He said Kim had announced that North Korea was destroying a major missile engine-testing site, but the economic sanctions on Pyongyang would stay in place for now.

Trump's decision to suspend the war games - which he described as "very expensive" but also "very provocative" given the continuing negotiations - appeared to take South Korea by surprise.

It was the latest twist in the international drama over the fate of the North's nuclear programme and a complete reversal by the Trump administration, which had previously said the exercises were important to defend an ally and not negotiable.

It was also a remarkable bet by Trump that he can persuade Kim to follow through on pledges to surrender his nuclear weapons that are almost identical to those the North had made - and broken - in the past.

"We're very proud of what took place today," Trump said. "I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the Korean Peninsula is going to be a very much different situation than it has in the past."

In a televised ceremony in which the two leaders signed a joint statement, Kim thanked Trump for making their face-to-face talks possible. "We had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind. The world will see a major change," he said.

In the statement, Trump "committed to provide security guarantees" to North Korea and Kim "reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula".

But the statement did not go much further than previous ones and was short on details, including any timetable or verification measures.

It said the two nations would hold "follow-on negotiations" led by secretary of state Mike Pompeo and a high-level North Korean official "at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes" of the summit meeting.

It said the two countries would "join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime" on the divided peninsula, meaning talks to reduce military tensions that could eventually lead to a formal peace treaty to end the Korean War.

The day had begun with a carefully choreographed encounter in which Trump and Kim strode towards each other, arms extended, in the red-carpeted reception area of a hotel.

Trump put his hand on the younger man's shoulder. Then the two, alone except for their interpreters, walked off to meet privately.

Later, as they reconvened with top aides, Trump declared of the nuclear impasse: "Working together, we will get it taken care of."

Kim responded: "There will be challenges ahead, but we will work with Trump."

Their negotiators had failed to make much headway in working-level meetings before the meeting, leaving Trump and Kim with little common ground ahead of what could be months or even years of talks.

But this was a negotiation that followed no known playbook: Two headstrong men - one 34 years old, the other 71, products of wealth and privilege but with lives so dissimilar they were practically from different planets - coming together to search for a deal that had eluded their predecessors.

American and North Korean diplomats were, however, struggling to bridge gaps on some of the most basic issues dividing the two sides, including the terms and timing under which the North would surrender its nuclear arsenal.

South Korea's President, Moon Jae-in, who had worked intensely to broker the meeting, said: "Even after the two heads of state open the gate, it will take a long process to achieve a complete solution. We don't know how long it will take: one year, two years or more."

Several experts said the meeting had failed to secure any concrete commitments by Pyongyang towards denuclearisation. Nor did the joint statement refer to human rights in one of the world's most repressive nations.

Trump said he had raised the issue of human rights with Kim, and he believed the North Korean leader wanted to "do the right thing".

He added that US college student Otto Warmbier did not die in vain, for his death had helped initiate the process that led to the summit. Warmbier died last year, days after he returned to the US in a coma after being released from North Korean custody.

Courtesy : The Telegraph

Ajitesh Announces the Siliguri MUZIK.COM, Musical Lounge Grand Launching Today

Ajitesh Banerjee, Director of Homing India Private Limited (HOMING) announced today that they are bringing in the city a musical Lounge, namely "MUZIK.COM" as conceptualized mainly for the Music Lovers

&Foodies of this region i.e. North Ben gal, Sikkim and its adjoining areas. The lounge i n its new concept and new look will start its journey from LG Floor, COSMOS MALL, SEVOKE ROAD, SILIGURI from 9th June, 2018 onwards. The lounge will be uniquely positioned to capitalize on Asian food's status mainly emphasizing on various mouth watering authentic KO LKATA STREET FOODS, the fast casual category.

Apart from food and beverages MUZIK.COM as name symbolizes will be the plac e of performances of different genre music by the talented loc al, regional and national performers. Perhaps this lounge in this region will be the only and pioneer happening place as conceptualized to provide best possible options to the music lovers of this region, who may come an d enjoy good music along with sumptuous foods of their choice along with their family. Its concept is perf ectly designed to attune its esteemed profiled customers who are increasingly seeking out a wide variety of Asian flavors, particularly traditional and authentic KOLKATA STREET FOODS, and also their favorite music whether they're eating out or preparing m eals at home. To give best possible flavors HOMING has feathered collaboration with one of the India's gr eatest celebrity chef, Dibyendu Ghosh, who has dedicated the major part of his life almost three decades in F&B industry.

MUZIK.COM will also help and will promote the aspiring many local musical artis ts and/or groups by providing them various options through this lounge to perform and excel in their musica l career. From time to time the city will also be able to enjoy the various musical extravaganzas as showcase performances by the various artists from national level too.

Points of differentiation:

•A far-reaching brand concep t along with proprietary flavor profiles in order to distinguish MUZIK.COM from everything else out here—and position the brand as a long distance runner.

•A full day of menu options centered on KOLKATA STREET FOOD. Brunch, Lu nch and Dinner along with specialty beverages in -between give wide food options to the foodies at a very reasonable price. Quality ….. of course NOT COMPROMISED.

•Multi Genre Live Musical performance. Music of every genres, arousal, valen ce, and depth will be performed by the true talented artists preferably everyday to give pleasure to the music lovers of the city as well as adjoining areas.

•A better vibe: MUZIK.COM's design aesthetic provides customers with an atmosphere that resembles a hip new MUSICAL café or w ine bar where they can relax and unwind. This we hope to make this Musical Lounge a more happen ing destination for concert-goer and for people who simply want to escape the office or the house.

About HOMING

Established and headquartered in Kolk ata in 2016 by visionary team of certain profess ionals under the able leadership of Shri Joydeep Sengupta with an objective to venture in Food and Beverages industry nationally. The company intends to bring some mo re pioneering F&B concept in this city and soon they will be opening two new happening places in Sevoke R oad, Siliguri area itself. The each and every outlet will offer brunch, lunch, and dinner options that are prepar ed fresh daily, directly on the premises.

Contact info:

Name: MUZIK.COM …. Powered by NASHA
Organization: HOMING INDIA PVT. LTD.
Address: LG Floor, COSMOS MALL, SEVOKE ROAD, SILIGURI
Phone: +91-9831956090,

World environment day has been observed by Little Angels School at Milan More in Siliguri today with environment Awareness programme with all teachers and students together.

Press Release By Little Angel's School

It is our great pleasure to announce that we have declared our school as plastic free school today .

Our children has taken Oath to make our school completely plastic free and carry on with this idea at their home and surrounding too.

We even feliciated our class ten passed out student for their good performance in board exam 2018, with momento,  scarf and one neem sapling to everyone .

Mr. Pukar Rai , Beat Officer, Gulma Forest , chief guest of the day , motivated our school children to make our environment plastic free environment, and gave ideas and shared his valuable thoughts.

School children performed road show on the environmental issues and distributed around 50 dustbins to the local people and shopkeepers under the skilled leadership of our school Secretary Mr. Deepak Neopane.

We distributed bio degradable plastic to our school children which has recently launched by government.

According to source this plastic gets decomposed in a couple of month and we have experimented it today .

The second part of the program started with blood donation camp in association with Rotary Club, Pradhan Nagar.

Our School Principal Mrs. Radhika Sharma lead the team of blood doners to motivate  our Little Angels family members.

School teachers, Parents, welwishers donated blood where 35 units of blood were collected.

At the end Mrs. Sharma thanked all the students, parents, teachers, non teaching staffs , Members from Rotary club for their kind support to school .

The First Manor Activities held at Siliguri by Namaste Foundation On June, 3rd, 2018

Namaste Foundation would like extend gratitude to Kaziman Memorial Trust, West Point School for their sponsorship of the first NF tshirts. A huge shout out to them.

The volunteers of Namaste Foundation, worked as genuinely as always have been, giving free service to poor, needy people, with their cleanings, hair cutting, providing them with foods and water. And bringing them back to a society.

We often neglect the dirty parts of our society, leave them as it is, but if we don't care, who will care? Namaste Foundation has an initiative of a clean society, a happy society. A massive thanks to all our enduring team volunteers.

This Summer, Siliguri is all set to welcome its 1st Bosch Brand Store

Brings the superior quality and performance of German Engineering to Indian households

Siliguri, May 25, 2018: Bosch Household Appliances, Europe’s largest home appliances brand renowned for its German Engineering, superior quality and great performance; has inaugurated its 1st retail brand store in Siliguri, West Bengal today. With this second brand store in West Bengal, and fifty-six stores across India, Bosch looks at strengthening its foot hold in the eastern part of India with the launch of this store.

The 1250 sq ft. state-of-art facility hosts the entire range of Bosch free-standing and built-in appliances and is located at Sevoke Road, Salagura in Siliguri. With this brand store, Bosch will make the leading German patent application technology more accessible to its valued customers beyond the metropolitan cities of India. Bosch has created a landmark in the Indian consumer durable space with its free-standing range that includes washing machines, washer dryers, dryers, refrigerators, dishwashers, small appliances and the built-in range which comprises of cooking hobs, hoods, ovens & microwaves.

With the 56th store opening, the German engineered company is poised to present its leadership in innovative consumer technology space with appliances that offer 100% performance and quality. Bosch believes in delivering products that are not only of top quality but also are visually appealing, energy efficient, user friendly and eases consumer’s work with their top-notch performance. With this first brand store in Siliguri, Bosch aims to cater to all the markets possible in India and grow its foothold in West Bengal steadily, but also reaffirms its India commitment of making superior technology and service more accessible to the consumers.

Commenting on this footprint expansion, Mr. Gunjan Srivastava, MD & CEO, BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. said, “This is the launch of the second brand store in West Bengal. In 2018, we plan to significantly invest in the retail expansion of Bosch stores across the country. In the past couple of years, Bosch appliances have gained a substantial market share in the country, especially within the washing machines, refrigerators and dishwashers category.”

He further added, “At Bosch we are committed to delivering the best and nothing leaves our factory unless it’s perfect. We connect with the Indian sentiment of what looks perfect must also work perfectly. Bosch bridges this gap between consumers and products by providing consumers with the best in class technology at a reasonable cost in India. This store launch will take forward our home appliances legacy and ensure that the customers work less and our machines deliver more. Our India commitment is reaffirmed with this second brand store in Siliguri, West Bengal.”

In a country where the women pick nothing less than perfect, Bosch is pleased to be authenticated by them. Though the Bosch range of free standing appliances is made by German engineers, they are approved by Indian women. The features of the free-standing appliances are specially customized to meet the Indian needs. For example, the south Market experiences voltage fluctuations, resulting into the appliances stopping abruptly or being damaged.

Bosch’s built in appliances offer world class quality and design that easily fit into the kitchen cabinets, advanced technology to deliver perfect results and safety features to protect the children and consumers from harm.

The Bosch brand store has been officially operational from 4th June 2018 and the address for the same is Jeevandeep Building, Sevoke Road, Salugara, near Honda showroom.

About Bosch Household Appliances

Bosch introduced its domestic household appliances range in India in 2011, through BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd, the current product range for India includes washing machines, washer dryers, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, small appliances and built-in cooking appliances.