THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOLKATA *THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2013 5TIMES CITY

Kolkata: When Ruby Hembromquit her cushy job in the IT sectora couple of years ago, she didn’tthink twice, thanks to the greatercalling to unite with her roots. Theresult: the soft-spoken yet aggres-sive Santhali woman is all set topublish her second book that ispart of a series on untold lore of theSanthals.

Hembrom,who is in herearly 30s, remi-nisced that shewas attendinga course inpublishing lastyear when sherealised therewas hardlyany writer orpublisherfrom the adiva-si community.It was thenthat the ideastruck her tocollect, writeand preserveSanthal lore that has been passeddown orally through ages. Sheroped in her friend Joy Tudu, him-self a Santhal and Mexican pub-

lisher Luis A Gomez, who hasworked with various indigenouspublications in Latin America, and launched a publication firmcalled Adivaani.

“I knew it was risky to quit awell paying job. But at the sametime I had to go for a larger call formy community. There are no writ-ten Santhal tales except for docu-mentation by the missionaries. It

struck me that this is one areathrough which I could go back to myroots and give something back tomy own community,” said Hem-

brom, an alumni of LaMartiniere School for Girlsand Calcutta University.

There hasn’t been look-ing back since then and thepublishing firm that is justabout a year old is set tocome out with a secondbook for children on San-thal creation in English.

Titled ‘Earth rests on atortoise’, the mystical tale

on how the community was createdis explained through attractive il-lustrations and will soon go to thepress. Hembrom has written the

text, while graphic designer friendBoski Jain from Bhopal, nurturinga fascination for tribal art, haschipped in with the illustration.

“As kids we used to hear talesof Santhal creation during a tribalstory telling session called Karam-bati in the villages. But these daysmany of us have moved to the citiesfor work and such lore though anintegral part of the community arelosing significance. Therefore re-producing these in print will not on-ly benefit children of the communi-ty, but the stories will also reachout to children in general,” said Joy Tudu, a St Xavier’s College,

Kolkata pass out.However, funds are the biggest

concern for Adivaani. Apart frominvesting their savings into the ven-ture, the two Santhal youths had totake loans from friends and familyfor their first book ‘We come fromthe geese’. Though the book re-ceived good response at the worldbook fair in Delhi this year, the re-sponse in Kolkata was not very encouraging and few like the Earth-care Books welcomed the book by the amateurs.

But their hardwork seems tohave paid off. On Wednesday, Kolka-ta-based CDC Printers Private Limited agreed to print the next fewbooks free of cost.

“We were quite impressed bythe effort of Adivaani. The youthsfrom the community have comeout to save their intangible heri-tage. When we heard that they werehaving financial difficulty we de-cided to help them out. We will beprinting few of their books free ofcost,” said Chittaranjan Choud-hary, managing director of CDCPrinter Private Ltd.

Adivaani has plans of taking upuntold stories from other tribes infuture. The organisation will venture into areas like tribal cos-tumes, films, pottery etc later.

Quits IT Job To Pursue Dream To Collect, Preserve And Popularize Folklore In Print FormSumati Yengkhom TNN

Santhal girl on mission to unite with roots

I knew it was risky to quit awell-paying job. But at thesame time I had to go forthe larger call for my community. There are nowritten Santhal tales. Itstruck me that this is onearea through which I couldgo back to my roots andgive something back to myown community

Ruby Hembrom

The Adivaani team (L-R) Luis A Gomez, Ruby Hembrom, Boski Jain andJoy Tudu is all set to publish their second book

Pics: Debobrata Shome

Kolkata: If you thought the state tops thecharts only in crimes against women, bracefor more shock. West Bengal — Kolkata inparticular — has shown the biggest jump na-tionwide in cyber-crime cases, according tothe National Crime Records Data for 2012.

While such cases have increased by awhopping 355.8 % in the state, the Kolkata figures can scare anyone. It shows a 1033.3 %jump in 2012 compared to 2011. The figuresare also indicative of a rising trend amongcops to register cyber-crime cases under thetraditional IPC sections giving the IT Act,2000, a pass.

The increase from 43 to 196 in the numberof cyber-crime cases registered by state po-lice under the IT Act in the span of a year issurpassed only by Chhattisgarh. Haryana,on the other hand, stops Bengal from acquir-ing the pole position as far as cyber-crimecases registered under the IPC are con-cerned. It may be noted that Chhattisgarhand Haryana had hardly lodged any suchcases in 2011 which partly explains their ex-ponential jump for every case lodged in 2012.

Kolkata, however, tops the country in thepercentage increase in cyber-crime casesregistered. From six cases in 2011, KolkataPolice has registered 68 cases in 2012. Thecase details depict that most cases relate todamage or loss to a computer or device (sec-tion 66(1) of IT Act, 2000) and hacking (sec-tion 66(2) of IT Act, 2000).

This isn’t all. These numbers have com-

pletely overshadowed the biggest cybercrime scourge — like harassing women onsocial networking sites, sending them sexually explicit content or morphing theirfaces on lewd pictures — that plagued Kolka-ta earlier. Amazingly, just 5 such cases wereregistered in 2012.

Bengal follows a near-similar script withover 100 cases of loss or damage to a comput-

er or device — the highest. However, target-ing women through Internet and mobilephone devices have shown a higher preva-lence than hacking and Bengal is quite a longway from being the country’s cyber-crimecapital. It figures fourth in the list, while Kol-kata ranks fourth among the metropolitancities.

What’s alarming is that the trend of ha-

rassing women has changed for the worstwith complaints of online lottery fraud,phishing and card counterfeiting floodingthe CID’s cyber cell and cyber crime policestation in Lalbazar, said sources. But theproblem actually lies in whether the com-plaints are lodged under IPC or the IT Act, asenior officer said. There are both pros andcons to it.

“The tendency to lodge cyber crime casesunder IPC sections is justifiable only relat-ing to evidence. Say for example, an SMS oran image send through a cellphone device iscovered only under the IT Act and not IPC.There are lots of such evidences which areadmissible in a court of law under the IT Actonly,” said a retired CID deputy SP who head-ed the cyber cell.

“Hacking, for example, is covered onlyunder the IT Act and not IPC. To drag suchcases under IPC would need the investigatorto establish a case of wrongful gain in mate-rial terms, like money or assets. The CIDwebsite for example was hacked and so wasthe state health department website. Thisdidn’t lead to any material gain. Now gaugethe fate of the case in courts if these were tobe lodged under IPC,” pointed out a retiredOC of the cyber crime police station.

Another former CID IGP said cases underthe IT Act can only be investigated by policeinspectors. Thus, one would need 113 inspec-tors alone for this purpose.

“In a state where 91 cops man one lakh ofthe population, cyber crime complaints arenot only complaints being lodged,” he added.

Cyber-crime complaints shoot up in state

Age group > 18 18-30 30-45 45-60 < 60 Total

W Bengal 2 43 22 6 0 73

Kolkata 0 13 6 4 0 23

Total 2 56 28 10 0 96

Motive Revenge Greed Extortion Defame Prank Fraud Harass Others Total

W Bengal 6 30 8 16 1 37 43 168 309

Kolkata 5 5 4 7 0 20 22 5 68

2011 2012 %Variation 2011 2012 % Variation

W Bengal 43 196 355.8 14 113 707.1

Kolkata 6 68 1033.3 16 0 -100

CASES LODGED UNDER IPC

TROUBLING

STATISTICSCASES LODGED UNDER IT ACT

Saibal Sen TNN

Kolkata: Chief minister Ma-mata Banerjee has allowed for-mer city police chief R K Pach-nanda to go on centraldeputation.

The CM is worried aboutthe shortage of IAS and IPS offi-cials in the state, but seems tohave made a special considera-tion for Pachnanda, who hadfervently sought a central post-ing citing his mother’s illness.

On February 14, in the wakeof the murder of a police officerat Garden Reach, the chief min-ister had removed Pachnandaas city policecommissionerand made himdirector, securi-ty. The CM pub-licly justifiedthe transfer,saying she wasforced to take“such strongaction becausethe criminalswere not arrest-ed on time.”

However,Pachnanda re-fused to assumecharge as director, security, pre-sumably because it wouldmean direct proximity to theCM. He went on two months’leave, saying his mother wasunwell. He sought a central dep-utation saying the Delhi weath-er was more suited to herhealth.

Mamata did not accept histransfer plea and made him theADG (armed police) after can-celling his first transfer order.

Pachnanda joined his newpost but sources at Writers’Buildings said that he was per-sistent in his plea for transfer.

Finally, the CM agreed to re-

lease him from the state. Hewould be the second IPS officerin a matter of two months tohave bagged a central deputa-tion. Anil Kumar had precededhim.

Pachnanda’s name will nowbe on the “offer” list of the min-istry of home affairs (MHA)along with Kumar’s. Prior tothese two, Kuldiep Singh’sname had figured as the solename from Bengal. Singh hasnow secured a posting in SSB.“Pachnanda, too, will have towait for some time before a va-cancy is declared by the MHA.But it will be a matter of days,”

a home depart-ment officialsaid.

Insiders re-vealed that Ma-mata may havehad a change ofheart due to anumber of rea-sons. The firstmay be to senda message thatthere are nohard feelingsbetween herand the formerpolice commis-

sioner, who is said to have a lotof clout in Delhi. Governor M KNarayanan had defended Pach-nanda soon after his transferfrom Lalbazar. Narayanan saying: “I don’t know the rea-son why the police commission-er has been removed. But if ithas something to do with whathas happened in the last fewdays, I think it is something that will have to be looked at very carefully.”

The second and more signif-icant reason could be a move to-wards clearing the decks aheadof the retirement of DGP Napa-rajit Mukherjee in September.

Ajanta Chakraborty TNN

Pachnandacleared forcentral post

R K Pachnanda

Kolkata: Reema Sarkar had claim to only a fewmore years of life and was advised against gettingpregnant. But the 26-year-old homemaker fromJalpaiguri has set a medical example.

Nine years after being diagnosed with chron-ic myeloid leukaemia (CML) — a potentially life-threatening disease — Reema is set to give birth.Four months into her pregnancy, the woman iscoping well and has been showing no signs ofphysical stress which is remarkable, according todoctors in Kolkata who are treating her.

CML patients are generally advised againstpregnancy for the treatment could interfere withthe growth of the foetus, especially during thefirst three months. Most experts believe pregnan-cy could be risky if chemotherapy is not halted intime. But Reema and her husband Abhijit Dechose to go ahead under close supervision of doctors at a Kolkata hospital.

“We were told that all we need to do is monitorregularly and stop chemotherapy the momentshe conceives. That has been done and Reema iscoping quite well. We are very happy for both ofus had come to accept the fact that we will neverhave a child,” said De.

Dr Ashish Mukhopadhyay said that CML pa-tients need to be on chemotherapy throughouttheir lives, but with proper medical advice and su-pervision, they can bring about a substantial im-provement in the quality of their lives. In Reema’s

case, doctors discontinued the Imatinib therapyor target therapy that she had been undergoing.She has been put on oral chemotherapy instead.

“The reason is that the target therapy couldhave affected the growth of organs in the foetus.That is just about the only major precaution sheneeded. Reema will, of course, have to be underconstant monitoring,” added Mukhopadhyay.

Although a little frail, Reema has so far had anormal pregnancy. “We could never consider hav-ing a child till we met doctors in Kolkata. In fact,we were initially a little hesitant for we thought itmight endanger her life,” said Abhijit.

Leukaemia patient battlesodds to become a mother

City doctors said that Reema Sarkar, who is fourmonths into her pregnancy, is doing fine

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Kolkata: The Kolkata PortTrust (KoPT), on Tuesday, suc-ceeded in convincing the Odishagovernment that it requiresa deep-draughted location along the state’s northeasterncoast to carry out transloadingoperations. However, the ar-rangement worked out by theOdisha government may notmake such operations financial-ly viable for a private operatorengaged by KoPT.

With low draught in the navi-gation channel outside HaldiaDock Complex (HDC) not allow-ing the entry of large ships with capacity cargo, it was decid-ed by KoPT to go in for transload-ing of cargo at deep-draughtedlocations and bring it to HDC

in barges. During the day, the Odisha

government finally agreed to tagthe selected location with theParadip port and allow KoPT tocarry out transloading there.“To carry out operations there,charges will have to be paid tothe Paradip Port Trust. Any pri-vate agency that we engage tocarry out transloading oper-ations at this spot would have toinvest anything between Rs 300-400 crore. The Tariff Authorityfor Major Ports (TAMP) stipu-lates that the agency can onlycharge Rs 146 per tonne. Had thelocation been tagged with KoPT,we may have granted some con-cession. Under the circumstanc-es, it seems highly unlikely thatoperations will be financiallyviable,” the source added.

Odisha nod to KoPTtransloading rights

Jayanta Gupta TNN

Behrampore: The father of a36-year-old woman has al-leged that she was gang-rapedand murdered at Makhaltorein Salar. Her nude bodywas found near a pond onWednesday.

Police suspect one the vic-tim’s four former husbands.She separated from her lasthusband two years ago.

“From the wounds and thecondition of her body, it isclear that more than one per-son tortured her, raped andkilled her. Police initiallytried to prove it was suicidebut later initiated a case ofmurder,” said her sister.

The Murshidabad SP saidthey were investigating thepossibility of murder. TNN

Rape cry after death

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