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klavya Kumar,Lucknow Act nowSir - Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old girl from Sweden, has become the face of the youth-led movement against climate change with her unique brand of activism and impassioned speeches. Her journey from being a lone voice outside the Swedish Parliament to inspiring thousands of young people to protest and demand stronger action against climate change around the world is remarkable.While Thunberg has faced much criticism about her methods, what sets her apart is her clarion call to the world to study the science and facts behind climate change. For decades, scientists and researchers have been trying to spread the message of climate change, but with little success. A problem as critical as climate change requires the participation of every individual in whatever way possible. This cannot be achieved without raising mass awareness and what critics have dismissed as "theatrics".The movement started by Thunberg has the power to bring about a behavioural change in society and, at the very least, start a conversation about climate change. But, Thunberg's efforts can be easily lost if the world focuses on the messenger rather than the message.Himangka Kaushik,New DelhiSir - It is amazing that a girl as young as Greta Thunberg appeared at an international platform like that of the United Nations' Climate Action Summit and burst into an angry, but invigorating, speech on climate change ("Uncles, 'how dare you!'", Sept 24). Her anger was rightfully directed at the apathetic world leaders who are responsible for not doing anything about the current environmental crisis.Thousands of children across the globe have been inspired by Thunberg; they gathered on the streets in their respective countries to demand immediate action on the climate. One hopes that world leaders will now be forced to act.Rabindranath Sarkar,CalcuttaSir - The speech of the climate activist, Greta Thunberg, should act as an eye-opener for world leaders. She demanded immediate action against climate change.We are already in the middle of the crisis. There is thus no point in wasting more time. It is important to chart out a decisive road map to control climate change and start acting on it. The resources of the earth cannot be depleted in the guise of development. What will be the purpose of development if there is no life left? Only concerted, coherent and wholesome efforts, and uniform compliance to sanctions will lead to a sustained impact.We should be thankful to Thunberg for taking a brave stand. The time to act, as she has pointed out, is now or never.Chanchal Nandy,West BurdwanPanicked stateSir - It is shocking that 17 people are said to have committed suicide over rumours surrounding the implementation of the National Register of Citizens in West Bengal. The Bharatiya Janata Party's endorsement of the NRC in Bengal has caused panic, especially among Muslims. The Union home minister, Amit Shah, made the situation worse with his repeated endorsement of the NRC.The chief minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has assured the public that the NRC will not be enforced in the state. The Trinamul Congress with the support from the Congress and Left parties also passed an anti-NRC resolution in the Bengal assembly. However, the BJP leaders' constant reference to NRC in Bengal has ensured that such assurances have not been able to allay people's fears. One has to wait to see what course the NRC takes in the Bengal. But, for now, the state government must help maintain peace and harmony. It should also take action against those who are spreading rumours about the NRC in Bengal.Khokan Das,CalcuttaSir - It is shameful that one section of the citizenry bears a greater burden of proving their citizenship than the others. This will only divide people.Rima Roy,Calcutta DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.subzerotyler.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/192664/Default.aspx

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Pune's Chinchwad seat: Home to brisk development, saddled with challenges

However, the constituency faces two major problems — of acute water shortage and unchecked growth of illegal constructions. The civic body has not been able to provide water to new constructions that have spawned across the constituency. The region has to heavily rely either on tankers or borewell for water. In terms of illegal constructions, activists say the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation develops cold feet to tackle the problem. They say since many people's representatives are builders, the civic body turn a blind eye to the issue of illegal constructions. In the constituency, Pimple Gurav, from where sitting MLA Laxman Jagtap hails, has seen most development. Opposition parties have alleged that the civic body was implementing all smart city projects in Pimple Gurav and nearby areas while ignoring other areas. Newly developed areas under Chinchwad constituency —Pimple Saudagar, Pimple Gurav, Wakad and new Sangvi — have had their own share of problems. Of these, transportation and garbage rank high, both owing to over ten-fold increase in the population in these areas. Residents' hope of a safer living and ease of commute grew after a new police commissionerate dedicated for Pimpri- Chinchwad was constituted, but all of it came down crashing with very little effect seen on ground. 'I stay about 5 km from my workplace in Hinjewadi phase-I. But due to poorly planned infrastructure and traffic congestion, the one way commute time during the peak hours can go over an hour. There is no alternate route or reliable public transport on the route,' said Sagar Mishra, a resident of Wakad. Several flyovers, sub-ways, under-passes have been constructed in Pimple Saudagar, Chinchwad, Wakad and Sangvi areas, but residents say poor planning and execution have left many of these infrastructure fruitless in these populated areas. With mega residential societies, some even going over 500 apartments, mushrooming in these areas, waste disposal is yet another challenge. Garbage burning is a common practice in Wakad and Hinjewadi. Pimple Saudagar and Sangvi start to face water cuts as early as in December and have to depend on water tankers. Here, some societies shell out close to Rs 2 lakh every summer to meet their water needs. Chinchwad constituency was formed after delimitation exercise in 2009. In 2014 Assembly polls, Laxman Jagtap, who switched over to BJP from the NCP, defeated Rahul Kalate of Shiv Sena. Kalate is contesting as an independent this time. There are 13 candidates in the fray after five nominations were rejected on Saturday. 'Water, non-regularisation of illegal structures and non waiver of penalty tax are major issues of Chinchwad seat,' said Kalate. On the other hand, Jagtap said, 'The development carried out by PM Narendra Modi and CM Devendra Fadnavis will ensure his victory with a big margin.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://benoit.gaillard.aricie.net/UserProfile/tabid/2042/userId/8009/Default.aspx

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CPI should back Congress to protect democracy: TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy

He also appealed to the TDP and the CPM to withdraw from contesting in favour of Congress and to ensure the defeat of the pink party's candidate. Accusing the TRS of misusing the official machinery to win the Huzurnagar bypoll, the PCC chief alleged that several ministers, ruling party MLAs, MLCs and MPs were campaigning in the constituency and misusing official resources. He said that the Congress workers are being harassed using police force and they are being implicated in false cases. "The TRS has created an atmosphere of fear and intimidation in the entire constituency," he alleged. Meanwhile, senior leader M Shashidhar Reddy also alleged that the TRS is misusing the official machinery to win the Huzurnagar bypoll. "Our appeal to the people of Huzurnagar is that they should vote in favour of Congress," he said. Revanth's absence raises eyebrows The absence of firebrand Congress leader and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy when Padmavathi Reddy filed her nomination papers for the Huzurnagar Assembly bypoll has raised many eyebrows. Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy too was absent. Denying rumours that he was not invited, Revanth said: "I was in Delhi for a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. That's why I could not attend the event" DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://www.boxboardproducts.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/448030/Default.aspx

Check out new dual colours, luxurious silhouettes in Payal Khandwala's Autumn Winter

"To begin with, we try to disassociate ourselves from the fashion landscape, especially the Indian fashion. The reason is that our clothes are not about fashion and nor do they change so much from one season to the other. We are trying to offer clothes to women where they don't feel compelled to change their wardrobe every sixth month," says Khandwala. "I make clothes that I would want to wear. And every time I'm working on a collection, I try them on. If I'm comfortable in it, we grad them up. So, the inspiration for all my collections has always been the women who are eventually going to wear them," she adds.For this collection, the silhouettes are simple and minimal but it is the play of colours that attracts you the most."I feel that colours are something that I have the most room to play with. Combining colours is something that comes very naturally to me. While I love the dual colours, the emerald green, this time we wanted it to be slightly deeper and less saturated than we typically do. We have more black, a lot of silver and topaz to give the illusion of gold. Topaz also gives a break to the flow of deep forest green, blue and red." The play of colours is coupled with handwoven silks to highlight India's indigenous local crafts in a context that is more global.The collection dominantly plays with handwoven silk; some are matka, mulberry and even khadi silks.Also, colour blocking doesn't happen by sowing different fabrics together, rather it happens at the weaving level. "If I want to make a jumpsuit of a certain length with particular inches in black and the rest in another colour and then dye them. So we usually work backwards," elaborates Khandwala. The result: a distinct, luxurious collection that's comfortable to wear. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://www.penninetroutfarmandfishery.co.uk/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/2145707/Default.aspx

TSRTC employees' strike: KCR says agitating transport workers won't be taken back into service

Rao also made it clear that those who did not report for duty by the 6 pm deadline on Saturday must consider themselves out of the corporation. "As on today, we have only 1,200 staff in the corporation as the rest of them did not report, and would not be taken into service under any circumstances," an official press release, quoting the chief minister said on Sunday. The chief minister said the government cannot be cowed down by blackmail tactics at a time when people were planning to visit their hometowns for Dasara. "There would be no more talks with the unions," he said, adding that the measures being contemplated would usher in a new chapter in the annals of the corporation. The government's priority would be to ensure the TSRTC gets back to making profits. It has been incurring a loss of Rs 1,200 crore year after year, and its accumulated losses are about Rs 5,000 crore. While the ever-rising fuel prices are becoming a burden, the employees went on a strike, which is unethical and illegal, the government said. As far as losses in Hyderabad are concerned, the government said it would compensate the corporation. Rao said the staff being recruited would have to give an undertaking that they would not join any union. "The job offers would be conditional," he said, adding that new recruits would be given the vacancies created by those who failed to report for duty on Saturday. They would also have a probationary period. This way, the TSRTC would get back to making profits, Rao felt. He asked officials to ensure that under the new scheme, buses would run as usual within the next 15 days. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has formed a committee under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Transport, Sunil Sarma that would submit a report to him by Monday on proposals discussed at the meeting. The other members of the committee are transport commissioner Sandeep Sultania, TSRTC executive directors, and the joint transport commissioner. Rao felt that for the last 40 years, problems had been bedevilling the corporation, and there was now a need to find a lasting solution. "States like Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Manipur do not have any state-owned transport corporations. Even in states like Bihar, Odisha, J&K, West Bengal, Rajasthan and UP, only skeletal services are run by transport corporations. Telangana has the maximum number of buses run by the corporation, next only to Karnataka. The state government has been taking good care of RTC employees, but they are not grateful. Is a strike warranted?" he asked. The chief minister said the TSRTC has highly-skilled management and hoped that it would soon find its feet. "Before taking any decision, we have to ensure there is a balance between the number of buses hired and those run by the management. The people are very angry with the TSRTC staff for going on strike on the eve of the festival. At present, about one crore people are travelling in 10,400 TSRTC buses every day. The RTC, on an average, pays Rs 50,000 as salary to each employee, but they want further pay hikes, which is not fair," he said. Ministers P Ajay Kumar and Vemula Prasanth Reddy, advisor to the State government Rajiv Sharma, Chief Secretary SK Joshi, Special Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP M Mahender Reddy, Transport Secretary Sunil Sharma, CMO principal secretary S Narasing Rao and transport commissioner Sandeep Sultania attended the meeting. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://about.me/sonem

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Disregard for the rapidly dwindling populations of the hilsa

ohini Bhaumik,Calcutta Radical visionSir - Sukanta Chaudhuri's brilliant, satirical article, "Tagore the traitor" (Sept 23), demolishes the nationalistic narrative that political leaders today are constructing in order to promote jingoism and xenophobia among ordinary citizens and even intellectuals. The accompanying visual - a painting of Rabindranath Tagore by his nephew, Abanindranath, depicting the bard as a mercurial baul - reinforces Chaudhuri's view of Tagore as the iconoclastic seer-poet whose vision is still relevant in contemporary India.Tagore had proclaimed that nationalism is "a great menace". It is also important now to recall his last speech, which he wrote at a time when the Second World War was going on. It contained these prophetic words: "As I look around I see the crumbling ruins of a proud civilization strewn like a vast heap of futility. Yet I shall not commit the grievous sin of losing faith in Man."Laksmisree Banerjee,JamshedpurSir - What follows after the shocker of a title, "Tagore the traitor", is a biting satire on the thought processes of the proponents of 'New India'. Sukanta Chaudhuri shows how Tagore would have indeed been branded a "traitor" in the Hindutva scheme of things. One hopes that the article will create some discomfort among those in the Bengali community who have started readily believing the falsehoods peddled by the right-wing. After all, the ideas propagated by Hindutvavadis go directly against the traditions and philosophies espoused by luminaries from the community such as Tagore, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Subhas Chandra Bose. Will there come a day when these figures are all branded 'traitors'? Or perhaps their words and actions will be given a clever spin, or fake statements shall be attributed to them, in order to suit a particular ideology.Vidyasagar, for example, would certainly not fit in 'New India'. Unfortunately, there hardly seems to be any effective resistance to the emergence of this new order, with a weakened Opposition fighting to stay alive.Pronoy Kumar Ghosh,JamshedpurSir - Sukanta Chadhuri's article made me wonder about the fate that would likely befall Rabindranath Tagore and the eponymous character of his novel, Gora, in these times of hypernationalism. Perhaps the Hindutvavadi Gora's realization that he belongs to no religion - especially not the one he thought he belonged to - would have resulted in him being sent to a detention camp, even if he had valid identification papers. And what would happen to his creator? In Tagore's case, there are several possibilities; for one, he could be put under house arrest for his views. The 'one nation, one religion, one flag' brand of nationalism that is rapidly gaining ground has no room for Tagore's widely-acclaimed vision of inclusion.Goutam Kumar Jana,CalcuttaSir - In 'New India', Rabindranath Tagore would indeed be an "anti-national". Would his words, "I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity", ever be accepted in these times of zealous patriotism? Through his poem, "Bharat tirtha", Tagore dared to welcome people from all over the world to India so that different cultures could mingle and make the country richer. In present-day India, where people are detained for the purposes of the National Register of Citizens, Tagore's ideas would never be welcome.Through his novel, Ghare Baire, Tagore also highlighted the enormous losses that small traders incurred as a result of the swadeshi movement, as they were forced to burn their stocks of British goods. He warned against the spectre of communalism, as the small traders suffering on account of the movement were predominantly Muslim. Perhaps, in New India, his criticism of the swadeshi andolan would make him "anti-national". Moreover, he wrote extensively about transcending the barriers of religion, race, nationality and caste. Such ideas have no place in a nation where a particular religious community is being projected as supreme. He spoke out against hate; would he find any takers in New India, where the politics of hate is awarded social sanction? He renounced his knighthood to protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and earned the wrath of the British, and yet he was called a 'stooge' of the Empire for his alleged 'praise' of King George V in the Indian national anthem. The bard - who condemned nationalism, welcomed everyone to India, spoke in favour of the poor, protested against communalism and casteism and advocated equality - is certainly not fit to be lauded in 'New India'.Kajal Chatterjee,Calcutta DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/users/kumaarswami/

No BJP tea tribe candidate for the four Assembly constituencies

Shamsul Hoque is the Congress's Jania candidate.In previous Lok Sabha elections, all three BJP candidates from the tea garden community had won. "A majority of the tea garden people voted for the BJP in the past elections. However, they did not choose a single candidate from the community. The BJP does not want the tea garden community to be politically strong," said former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi.Asked if the Congress would ally with the All India United Democratic Front, Gogoi said there is no point talking about an alliance for the bypoll as both the parties have announced their candidates. "However, we may talk about the 2021 Assembly elections," said Gogoi. There have been reports that both the parties are looking for "an understanding to fight elections to defeat the BJP". Gogoi has said the Congress is "open to alliance with any party to defeat the BJP".The Congress on Monday released the list of 40 star campaigners. The list includes the party's Assam in-charge Harish Rawat, APCC president Ripun Bora, leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly Debabrata Saikia and Gogoi. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://justpaste.it/69pn9

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