THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL!
There was a time when people asked you, 'What's front page news? What are the headlines?' But now a days the first two pages are reserved for advertisement, so have the whole page spread of 'India declare war on Hair Loss', '--- DYNASTY: A KINGDOM OF YOUR OWN', 'WE'D LIKE YOU TO PAY FOR A HOME, NOT FOR A BLUEPRINT - The ---Group', '---REALITY-THE NEXT LEVEL-YOU TRAVEL FIRST CLASS.SO WHY NOT LIVE IT TOO. (Forget the punctuation)' and all these back to back ads,mind you. Then the third page of the paper becomes the first page of your 'read'. And what do you have there? 'THE END OF A LOVE STORY' ( private life of someone made public) greets your eyes on the first page you read, while 'Handcuffing of a lady Indian diplomat, Indian Deputy Consul General of NY to be precise, arresting her in Public, without having a lady constable present during the arrest,thus violating her human rights and which humiliates the Indian Government, Indian Officials in US and all of us - all Indians living all over the world' you get to read in the inner pages of your paper. Sometimes an advertisement covers the third page, if you call this page 'a page' for it is not even half the size of the normal size of your paper. But why should we even call it 'Our Paper'? The news that we get to read these days reminds you how difficult times have become, how people no longer care for others, how men (some) don't respect women and how man (again some men) and woman (again some women) don't trust other, the reason why Shobhaa De has devised this Plan B for women and one of my FB friends has post this:
Man, " My dear, a woman can't be trusted too far."
Woman,"May be. But man can't be trusted too near."
These Tejpals, Gangulys and Asarams have given us bad image and now the ball is our court to present a good image of ourselves.
Starting your day with reading about tragedies, political turmoils, rising inflation, etc. gets you down. No, I am not cynical. In fact, I am a jovial person, a thick- skinned fellow, you may call. But it's only when these 'paper-wallas' write about them that I am suddenly woken from my sweet dreams. But all of us have this dream, if someone takes you to such a place, such a land---
आ चल के तुझे
मै लेके चालू
एक ऐसे गगन तले
जहाँ घम भी न हो
आंसूं भी न हो
बस प्यार ही प्यार पले
आ चल के तुझे
मै लेके चालू
एक ऐसे गगन तले
जहाँ घम भी न हो
आंसूं भी न हो
बस प्यार ही प्यार पले
एक ऐसे गगन तले
सूरज की पहली किरण से
आशा का सवेरा जागे
चन्दा की किरण से धुलकर
घनघोर अँधेरा भागे
कभी धुप खिले कभी चाव मिले
-----जहाँ दूर नजर दौडीयन
आज़ाद गगन लहराये
जहाँ रंग बिरंगे पंछी आशा का संदेशा लाएं
----सपनों के ऐसे जहां में
जहाँ प्यार ही प्यार खिला हो
हम जाके वहाँ खो जाएँ
शिकवा न कोई गीला हो
कहीं बैर न हो
कोई गैर न हो
सब मिल के ये चलते चलें
आ चल के तुझे
मै लेके चालू
एक ऐसे गगन तले
जहाँ घम भी न हो
आंसूं भी न हो
बस प्यार ही प्यार पले
मै लेके चालू
एक ऐसे गगन तले
जहाँ घम भी न हो
आंसूं भी न हो
बस प्यार ही प्यार पले
आ चल के तुझे
मै लेके चालू
एक ऐसे गगन तले
जहाँ घम भी न हो
आंसूं भी न हो
बस प्यार ही प्यार पले
एक ऐसे गगन तले
सूरज की पहली किरण से
आशा का सवेरा जागे
चन्दा की किरण से धुलकर
घनघोर अँधेरा भागे
कभी धुप खिले कभी चाव मिले
-----जहाँ दूर नजर दौडीयन
आज़ाद गगन लहराये
जहाँ रंग बिरंगे पंछी आशा का संदेशा लाएं
----सपनों के ऐसे जहां में
जहाँ प्यार ही प्यार खिला हो
हम जाके वहाँ खो जाएँ
शिकवा न कोई गीला हो
कहीं बैर न हो
कोई गैर न हो
सब मिल के ये चलते चलें
आ चल के तुझे
मै लेके चालू
एक ऐसे गगन तले
जहाँ घम भी न हो
आंसूं भी न हो
बस प्यार ही प्यार पले
- · THE GOOD:
Docs use
Whats App to save heart patients
Doctors at KEM Hospital have turned to the most ubiquitous
personal technology - the smart-phone - to speed up diagnosis of patients with
suspected heart complications.
They have started using the popular smartphone messenger 'WhatsApp' to send pictures of patients' electrocardiograms (ECG) to each other for a quick review, saving time spent on reaching the emergency ward and checking the actual report.
The approach enables them to begin the treatment of a person who has suffered a heart attack within the crucial golden hour, the period when emergency care is most likely to be successful. Delay in proper diagnosis and treatment during this period results in amajority of cardiac fatalities.
In fact, over 60 per cent of patients who have suffered a heart attack reach the hospital way beyond the golden hour, the average being about five hours. So every moment they spend waiting for the doctor to arrive and study their ECG increases the risks.
"The moment a patient walks in here complaining of chest pain or any other related problem, a specialist takes out an ECG and sends the image to the doctors on hand," said Dr Prafulla Kerkar, head of KEM's cardiology department. "We, in fact, have a WhatsApp group where the experts in our department are signed in."
Already, 250 heart patients have benefited from the new report-sharing approach at KEM. "It is like a 'transtelephonic' use of the smart phone to read the ECG of a patient in need of emergency care," said Kerkar, who came up with the idea of sharing reports on WhatsApp.
In the West, a trans-telephonic electrocardiogram is recorded while the patient is on the way to the hospital in an ambulance, and sent to experts over the phone using a special monitor.
At KEM, however, a doctor designated as a 'chest pain registrar' clicks a photograph of the ECG and puts it up on the cardiology department's WhatsApp group, 'ACS Care'. (ACS stands for acute coronary syndrome.)
Any of the four senior doctors in the group quickly reviews the ECG and suggests the line of treatment. Dr Kerkar and Dr Milind Nadkar, head of KEM's emergency medical services, are among them. "This cuts the time of moving the patient around or waiting for the senior doctor to arrive. It also helps us give a senior consultant-level care by keeping a junior doctor on duty," Dr Kerkar said.
The chest pain registrar, who is currently pursuing cardiology as his specialty, may not always need a second opinion from the seniors, but often there are cases in which expert advice helps. "The most important thing is to be able to diagnose a heart attack on the ECG," said Dr Kerkar. "However the ECG may not always indicate the same. Depending on the diagnosis, the patient may be immediately put on a clot buster therapy, sent to the cathlab for a primary angioplasty or be asked to be kept under observation."
The aim of the new initiative at KEM is to reduce the 'door-to-needle' time, or the time when the patient walks into the hospital door and eventually gets treatment.
"A majority of our patients come from far off suburbs," said Dr Kerkar. "In most cases, the golden hour is lost. By this system, we are trying to ensure there is no further loss of time."
They have started using the popular smartphone messenger 'WhatsApp' to send pictures of patients' electrocardiograms (ECG) to each other for a quick review, saving time spent on reaching the emergency ward and checking the actual report.
The approach enables them to begin the treatment of a person who has suffered a heart attack within the crucial golden hour, the period when emergency care is most likely to be successful. Delay in proper diagnosis and treatment during this period results in amajority of cardiac fatalities.
In fact, over 60 per cent of patients who have suffered a heart attack reach the hospital way beyond the golden hour, the average being about five hours. So every moment they spend waiting for the doctor to arrive and study their ECG increases the risks.
"The moment a patient walks in here complaining of chest pain or any other related problem, a specialist takes out an ECG and sends the image to the doctors on hand," said Dr Prafulla Kerkar, head of KEM's cardiology department. "We, in fact, have a WhatsApp group where the experts in our department are signed in."
Already, 250 heart patients have benefited from the new report-sharing approach at KEM. "It is like a 'transtelephonic' use of the smart phone to read the ECG of a patient in need of emergency care," said Kerkar, who came up with the idea of sharing reports on WhatsApp.
In the West, a trans-telephonic electrocardiogram is recorded while the patient is on the way to the hospital in an ambulance, and sent to experts over the phone using a special monitor.
At KEM, however, a doctor designated as a 'chest pain registrar' clicks a photograph of the ECG and puts it up on the cardiology department's WhatsApp group, 'ACS Care'. (ACS stands for acute coronary syndrome.)
Any of the four senior doctors in the group quickly reviews the ECG and suggests the line of treatment. Dr Kerkar and Dr Milind Nadkar, head of KEM's emergency medical services, are among them. "This cuts the time of moving the patient around or waiting for the senior doctor to arrive. It also helps us give a senior consultant-level care by keeping a junior doctor on duty," Dr Kerkar said.
The chest pain registrar, who is currently pursuing cardiology as his specialty, may not always need a second opinion from the seniors, but often there are cases in which expert advice helps. "The most important thing is to be able to diagnose a heart attack on the ECG," said Dr Kerkar. "However the ECG may not always indicate the same. Depending on the diagnosis, the patient may be immediately put on a clot buster therapy, sent to the cathlab for a primary angioplasty or be asked to be kept under observation."
The aim of the new initiative at KEM is to reduce the 'door-to-needle' time, or the time when the patient walks into the hospital door and eventually gets treatment.
"A majority of our patients come from far off suburbs," said Dr Kerkar. "In most cases, the golden hour is lost. By this system, we are trying to ensure there is no further loss of time."
- · THE BAD:
FB
conman, 18, feigns heartbreak and dupes girl, 14, of Rs 10 lakh
College dropout
uses fake profile to sweet-talk girl into stealing her mother's jewellery.
Within 15 days, cops turn the tables, lure him with a fake profile of their own.
The police have arrested an 18-year-old college dropout who posed as a businessman on Facebook and sweet-talked a 14-year-old into giving him Rs 10 lakh worth jewellery and cash she had stolen from home.
Fittingly, the cops nabbed the accused, identified as Misbah Ayub Ali Khan, by baiting him by creating a fake Facebook profile of a woman. Khan, who was arrested from his hometown in Uttar Pradesh, has been remanded to police custody till December 16.
"The accused was a student of hotel management in Rizvi but had stopped going to college some months ago," said DCP Mahesh Patil, who headed the investigation. "All he was interested in was making a fast buck.
We are working towards recovering the jewellery and cash as soon as possible."
Here is how Khan, who was living with his grandparents in Saki Naka, orchestrated his elaborate con. Last month, he created two Facebook profiles, one in the name of Shaili Parikh and the other in the name of Armaan Kapoor. He then posted his own photos on both profiles. After a few days, he started posting messages from the Shaili profile saying she intended to break up with Armaan. 'Shaili' nonetheless offered to hook up any interested person with Armaan, because 'they were still good friends.'
"Soon, a few unsuspecting girls befriended Shaili and told her they would like to meet the good-looking Armaan," said an officer. "Khan then used Armaan's profile to befriend these girls."
After chatting with some of the girls for a few days using the Armaan profile, Khan decided his target - a 14-year-old schoolgirl. He told her though he looked young, he is a fairly successful businessman who owns a lot of property in India and abroad. The girl fell for his lies and soon the two were talking of getting married. She was comfortable enough to start meeting him in person without her parents' knowledge.
"Khan then told the girl he had bought a Rs 2-crore worth plot in a hill station near Mumbai," said the officer. "He told her he would construct a villa where the two of them would live after getting married."
But, Khan told the girl, there was hitch. He had raised Rs 1.7 crore, but was falling short of Rs 30 lakh as his money was locked in some projects.
The girl immediately volunteered to help and said she could do her bit. The next day, she stole 19 thola of her mother's gold jewellery and some cash - all totalling Rs 10 lakh - and handed it over to Armaan during their next meeting.
That was the last she saw of him. The girl panicked when she could not reach Khan's phone. When the 'Armaan' Facebook profile went dormant for several days, she realised she had been cheated. On November 28, she mustered the courage and confessed to her parents.
Following her parents' complaint, the police swung into action. They first visited Khan's grandparents at Saki Naka. They were told Khan, whose father is a real estate developer in Sarjanpur in Uttar Pradesh, had not come home for 10 days and even they were worried.
Malad police inspector Maruti Sangle, who was investigating the case, decided to wait for two days. When there was no sign of Khan coming back home, he decided to turn the tables on him.
Sangle created a Facebook profile in a girl's name and sent 'Armaan' a friend request.
Khan bit the bait and accepted Sangle's fake profile as a friend.
This time it was Khan's turn to be sweet-talked into doing something stupid. Posing as his new admirer, Sangle told him he heard Armaan wanted money to buy a plot and that 'she' was willing to pitch in. Khan readily admitted he was in Uttar Pradesh and even gave out his mobile number.
Sangle now got a lady constable to talk to Khan on the phone and get him to reveal his whereabouts. A cagey Khan refused to give her his location. But the cops had his cell phone coordinates. The next day Sangle and his constables, Ulhas Shinde and Nitin Shinde, landed at Khan's house. The game was up.
The police have arrested an 18-year-old college dropout who posed as a businessman on Facebook and sweet-talked a 14-year-old into giving him Rs 10 lakh worth jewellery and cash she had stolen from home.
Fittingly, the cops nabbed the accused, identified as Misbah Ayub Ali Khan, by baiting him by creating a fake Facebook profile of a woman. Khan, who was arrested from his hometown in Uttar Pradesh, has been remanded to police custody till December 16.
"The accused was a student of hotel management in Rizvi but had stopped going to college some months ago," said DCP Mahesh Patil, who headed the investigation. "All he was interested in was making a fast buck.
We are working towards recovering the jewellery and cash as soon as possible."
Here is how Khan, who was living with his grandparents in Saki Naka, orchestrated his elaborate con. Last month, he created two Facebook profiles, one in the name of Shaili Parikh and the other in the name of Armaan Kapoor. He then posted his own photos on both profiles. After a few days, he started posting messages from the Shaili profile saying she intended to break up with Armaan. 'Shaili' nonetheless offered to hook up any interested person with Armaan, because 'they were still good friends.'
"Soon, a few unsuspecting girls befriended Shaili and told her they would like to meet the good-looking Armaan," said an officer. "Khan then used Armaan's profile to befriend these girls."
After chatting with some of the girls for a few days using the Armaan profile, Khan decided his target - a 14-year-old schoolgirl. He told her though he looked young, he is a fairly successful businessman who owns a lot of property in India and abroad. The girl fell for his lies and soon the two were talking of getting married. She was comfortable enough to start meeting him in person without her parents' knowledge.
"Khan then told the girl he had bought a Rs 2-crore worth plot in a hill station near Mumbai," said the officer. "He told her he would construct a villa where the two of them would live after getting married."
But, Khan told the girl, there was hitch. He had raised Rs 1.7 crore, but was falling short of Rs 30 lakh as his money was locked in some projects.
The girl immediately volunteered to help and said she could do her bit. The next day, she stole 19 thola of her mother's gold jewellery and some cash - all totalling Rs 10 lakh - and handed it over to Armaan during their next meeting.
That was the last she saw of him. The girl panicked when she could not reach Khan's phone. When the 'Armaan' Facebook profile went dormant for several days, she realised she had been cheated. On November 28, she mustered the courage and confessed to her parents.
Following her parents' complaint, the police swung into action. They first visited Khan's grandparents at Saki Naka. They were told Khan, whose father is a real estate developer in Sarjanpur in Uttar Pradesh, had not come home for 10 days and even they were worried.
Malad police inspector Maruti Sangle, who was investigating the case, decided to wait for two days. When there was no sign of Khan coming back home, he decided to turn the tables on him.
Sangle created a Facebook profile in a girl's name and sent 'Armaan' a friend request.
Khan bit the bait and accepted Sangle's fake profile as a friend.
This time it was Khan's turn to be sweet-talked into doing something stupid. Posing as his new admirer, Sangle told him he heard Armaan wanted money to buy a plot and that 'she' was willing to pitch in. Khan readily admitted he was in Uttar Pradesh and even gave out his mobile number.
Sangle now got a lady constable to talk to Khan on the phone and get him to reveal his whereabouts. A cagey Khan refused to give her his location. But the cops had his cell phone coordinates. The next day Sangle and his constables, Ulhas Shinde and Nitin Shinde, landed at Khan's house. The game was up.
( Don't pry into their privacy, give them space but do keep tabs on your teenage kids.)
- · AND THE BEAUTIFUL
India Inc’s rainbow ads earn plaudits, win
hearts
MUMBAI:
In a rare show of solidarity some of India's largest companies expressed their
support for gay rights on Facebook and Twitter by releasing online
advertisements. Allen Solly, an apparel brand belonging to the Aditya Birla
group on its official facebook page changed its cover image to the rainbow
colours with the text ``All colours were created equal sec 377''.
Jewellery brand Tanishq, which is owned by Titan, a Tata group company, on its twitter page uploaded an ad which showed a pair of diamond earrings with the words `` Two of a kind always make a beautiful pair! #sec 377''. Diary brand Amul, continued its practise [It should be practice (noun) and not practise. But these days there is hardly any worthwhile editing being done.], which is a verb of commenting on current issues. Its iconic Amul girl was shown laying a wreath on a tombstone which read `Freedom of Choice, died in 2013''.
The advertisements have won the brands plaudits not only from the LGBT community but also across social media sites. The jewellery brand, recently won praise for its unconventional television advertisment that featured a bride getting married for the second time. Thursday's ad was retweeted immediately across the social media sites.
``Kudos to Tanishq for such beautiful and socially relevant advertisements,'' said a twitter user Nikita Khattar. Another user Dhurvesh tweeted: ``respect for this brand.'' Tanishq could not be reached for comment.
Allen Solly's picture in a few hours garnered over 400 likes. ``Proud of your stance,'' said a FB user.
``We are not making a big statement. It was part of our ad campaign for the brand Allen Solly that all colours are created equal, and we also extended our support for the LGBT community,'' said Pranab Barua, Business Director, Aditya Birla group (retail business).
LGBT activists welcome the initiatives by the companies. ``It is nice to see young brands that are trying to connect with new India. Today young people feel its ok to be gay or lesbian or have LGBT friends. They are more likely to connect with a brand that respects diversity and acceptance,'' said Pallav Patankar, director, Humsafar Trust.
Loving yours - VINAY TRILOKEKAR
Jewellery brand Tanishq, which is owned by Titan, a Tata group company, on its twitter page uploaded an ad which showed a pair of diamond earrings with the words `` Two of a kind always make a beautiful pair! #sec 377''. Diary brand Amul, continued its practise [It should be practice (noun) and not practise. But these days there is hardly any worthwhile editing being done.], which is a verb of commenting on current issues. Its iconic Amul girl was shown laying a wreath on a tombstone which read `Freedom of Choice, died in 2013''.
The advertisements have won the brands plaudits not only from the LGBT community but also across social media sites. The jewellery brand, recently won praise for its unconventional television advertisment that featured a bride getting married for the second time. Thursday's ad was retweeted immediately across the social media sites.
``Kudos to Tanishq for such beautiful and socially relevant advertisements,'' said a twitter user Nikita Khattar. Another user Dhurvesh tweeted: ``respect for this brand.'' Tanishq could not be reached for comment.
Allen Solly's picture in a few hours garnered over 400 likes. ``Proud of your stance,'' said a FB user.
``We are not making a big statement. It was part of our ad campaign for the brand Allen Solly that all colours are created equal, and we also extended our support for the LGBT community,'' said Pranab Barua, Business Director, Aditya Birla group (retail business).
LGBT activists welcome the initiatives by the companies. ``It is nice to see young brands that are trying to connect with new India. Today young people feel its ok to be gay or lesbian or have LGBT friends. They are more likely to connect with a brand that respects diversity and acceptance,'' said Pallav Patankar, director, Humsafar Trust.
Loving yours - VINAY TRILOKEKAR
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