At the time when the country faces male-female ratio, female foeticide
and dowry death as one of many burning issues, the Ang Pradesh received national
applause and accolade as the tableau, which was themed on the Ang’s years old tradition
of planting at least ten fruit-bearing trees by family members to mark the
birth of any girl child, marched forward with the sense of pride at the nation’s
official Republic Day Parade on Rajpath in Delhi.
As expected following announcement by the various organisations, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 116th Birth anniversay turned out a grand affair with series of the events from Prabhat pheris to blood donation marked the day here in Bhagalpur, which also shares a strong relation with netaji's family. Procession was taken out and it passed via throughfares while a colourful Prabhat pheri was led by the Bhagalpur Chapter of Bengalee Association, which also passed through many areas of the city, which also happens to be the in-laws place of Netaji's elder brother.
Date dilemma delays foundation day bash as Conflicting data and a plethora of claims create confusion on history of Bhagalpur. The district administration has a unique riddle to solve — finalise a day from four con-flicting dates when Bhagalpur was attached to the map of Bihar. The art and cultural department had proposed two dates — February 12, 1773 and January 2, 1775. The district gazetteer, however, suggested October 7, 1774, as the foundation day of Bhagalpur.
In a tragic incident early Wednesday morning, the Delhi bound Brahamputra Mail met with an accident near Karanpurato railway station around 25 km away from Sahebganj in Jharkhand leaving four passengers dead and many caught in the wreckage. So far, four bodies have been taken out of the S9 coach of the mail express train and rescue efforts were on, according to available information.
We are driving to Dodaballapur, a little over 40 kilometres
beyond the hubbub of Bangalore city’s IT sprawl; the road winds through
vineyards and hamlets that will one day give way to ‘development’. For now, it
is still serene, basking in the winter sun of early December. I am in the car with Dinesh Himatsingka, a reticent man in his early sixties.
He makes for an unlikely candidate to be India’s leading exporter of
high-quality, high-priced drapery to discerning buyers in Europe and the United
States.
