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

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