Pang Lhabsol celebrations

Sikkim will celebrate the 28th Pang Lhabsol Festival in Gangtok on Tuesday. This festival celebrates the signing of a treaty of brotherhood by the Lepchas and the Bhutias in the 13th century. On this occasion, the general populace of Sikkim also pays homage to their guardian deity, Mount. Kanchanjunga. This is the biggest festival that is celebrated in the state.
This year there will be grand celebrations in the eastern capital city of Gangtok and in the southern town of Ravangla .“We celebrate this festival in memory of the treaty signed between Lepchas and Bhutia for blood brotherhood” said Mr Thukchuk Lachungpa, President of Pang Lhabsol Committee. “It is important to celebrate this in the 21 st century as it emphasises on the spirit of unity,” He added.
“We will be having an open cultural programme, an essay writing competition and other traditional events,” said Mr Lachungpa.
“The chief minister will be our chief guest and the governor the special guest at the occasion”, he added.
“Every year, we bring an artist from Nepal and Darjeeling to perform at the musical night but this time we failed to do so.”
In Ravangla, celebrations are held in the traditional manner. Prayers are offered to Mount. Kanchanjunga and monks showcase their traditional mask dance called “Pangtoed Chaam”.
“Apart from the traditional celebrations, we also organise national level volley ball matches, other rural sports, fairs exhibitions and cultural shows,” said Mr Pema Leyda, a member of organising committee.
“The reason behind organizing such an event is to preserve our culture and tradition”, he added.
“The colorful festival also attracts many foreign tourist inlarge numbers to Ravangla. This gives a boost to local entrepreneurs and helps improves their business,” said Mr Leyda. “On this special occasion, even monks and locals from all the monasteries of Sikkim gather here to witness the mask dance ,” he added.

150th year of first war of independence

150^th year of first war of independence

Seminar & other befitting programmes to mark the celebrations

Port Blair, Aug 26

To commemorate 150 years of First War of Independence, a series of events have been chalked out by the State Level Committee constituted by the Administration this year. As part of the celebration, a two-day seminar on the topic ‘Andaman and 1857’ will be organized here on Oct 26 & 27, 2007 in collaboration with ICHL, which is the premier institution of the country in the field of historical research. Research scholars of the islands and renowned historians of ICHL will present their papers in the seminar.

Other programmes to be organized during the year include patriotic musical evening, erection of a memorial at Viper Island, Ross Island and Chatham Island, inter-school level essay and patriotic song competition, Panchayat level patriotic song competition, theatre festival of historic place and publication of a souvenir. In this connection, interested persons can contact the Director of SAC, Netaji Stadium for more information in this regard, a communication received here said.

ONAM GREETINGS

Greetings

On the joyous occasion of ‘Onam’, I extend my warm and heartiest greetings to the people of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Onam, is a colourful harvest festival that heralds the beginning of a period of prosperity. Let this festival usher in an era of all-round prosperity and happiness for all the islanders and further strengthen the bond of unity prevailing amongst the islanders.

Sd/-

Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh

Lieutenant Governor

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

ONE BRAND IN ISLAND AND HIGHLAND

Blue Bus is from Sikkim-SNT(Sikkim Nationalised Transport) Red Bus from Andamans-STS(State Transport Service)

JNV chosen for prestigious global school partnership programme

Port Blair, Aug 21

The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Panchawati, has been selected for the United Kingdom-India Education and Research lnitiative (UKIERI). It is an Educational Exchange Programme between Britain and India. This vidyalaya is one among the six vidyalayas in India selected by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Headquarters, New Delhi. According to this programme the six schools will become one cluster. This cluster schools will have communication with similar type of selected cluster schools in the United Kingdom.

Each school from the cluster in India will exchange ideas, content, projects with the counterpart school in U.K by online communication. The students, teachers and staff will be in constant touch with each other and exchange ideas. There will be visits by principal, staff and students reciprocally between the two clusters/countries. The scheme will be in operation for three years and at the end of the third year a joint project in various subjects will be undertaken by teachers and students of counterpart partnership school.

The scheme is funded by British Council and by some NGOs from U.K. The vidyalaya has been selected for this prestigious programme on the basis of the achievement at National and Inter national Level in the field of innovation in classroom teaching by integrating multimedia and information technology alongwith web and e-learning process.

NEW GOVERNOR TO SIKKIM

President Pratibha Patil on Sunday appointed new Governor to Sikkim along with six other states.The present Uttarakhand Governor Sudarshan Agarwal has been appointed as Sikkim Governor for the remainder of his term succeeding V. Rama Rao, whose term of office expires on October 24.
The other states where new Governors have been appointed by President of India includes Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Rajasthan, Arunanchal Pradesh, Uttarakhand .


Born on June 19, 1931 at Ludhiana, Sudarshan Agarwal is a first class Law Graduate.

He served as Member of the National Human Rights Commission for a period of 3 years in the rank of a Judge of the Supreme Court. He also served as Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha from 1981 to 1993.

NOKIA FAULTY BATTERIES

NOKIA FAULTY BATTERIES

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CHAYOTE -the iskoos

ISKOOS(nepali)CHAYO(japanese)-CHAYOTE,MIRLITON,Christophine(english)-Sechium edule- is the botanical name, There are 11 varieties in and around Sikkim. Prajwal Tamang submitted a PhD paper on it.(ie. what I read on 5 th Nov.1999-NB plus of The Statesman )

Although most people are familiar only with the fruit, which in culinary terms is a , the root, stem, seeds, and leaves are all edible.

The fruit does not need to be peeled and can be eaten raw in salads. It can also be boiled, stuffed, mashed, baked, fried, or pickled. Both the fruit and the seed are rich in amino acids and vitamin C

The tuberous part of the root is starchy and is both eaten by humans and used as cattle fodder.

The leaves and fruit have diuretic, cardiovascular and anti-inflammatory properties, and a tea made from the leaves has been used in the treatment of arteriosclerosis and hypertension, and to dissolve kidney stones.

In Taiwan, chayotes are widely planted for its shoot, known as lóng xü cài ( Dragon-whisker vegetable). Along with the young leaves, the shoot is a commonly consumed vegetable in the region.

Powerful quake rocks Indonesia

Jakarta, Aug 09:

A powerful earthquake estimated 7.5 on the Richter scale rocked western Java Island of Indonesia early on Thursday, causing panic in capital Jakarta but there were no reports of casualties and no risk of tsunami. The quake struck at 12.04 am (1704 GMT Wednesday) with epicentre at 75 km northwest of Indramayu, West Java province, and at a depth of 286 km, an official of the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the quake could not generate a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, as it was located too deep inside the earth. Many people ran out of their houses in panic after the quake. "I am scared that the building could break down and hit us," said Ana, who lives in an apartment building in the Indonesian capital.

"I just had a phone call with my girlfriend in the United State when the earthquake happened," Rob Sheridan who lives in the Puri Imperium Apartment said. "The floor was wobbling. I was shocked and immediately ran to the open ground from the 29th floor."

Indonesia is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an extremely seismically active region where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common. Indonesia experienced two quake-triggered tsunamis in December 2004 off Sumatra Island, which killed hundreds of thousands of people in Aceh province.

MY ABANDONED BLOGS

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introducing: Mr.G

IMAGINARY CENTRAL PAY REVISION-CHART

I stumbled upon a imaginary pay revision- chart made by some Central employee and circulated around the web anonymously.For time-pass you can download this ..Nothing Official about it.

Andaman Sikkim photos

Melli Bazar on the banks of Teesta(Sikkim)

The Teesta River near Melli(Sikkim-West Bengal border)

The fog in Sikkim(Central Pendam)

Disembarkation at Kidderpore Port(Kolkata)

Fishboats at Kadamtala jetty(Middle Andaman).

Andaman sea during winter(Panchavati-Middle Andaman).