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Editorial Independence Day celebrated

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Independence Day celebrated in 'BISWA'

Keeping tune with nation,'BISWA' celebrated 64th

Independence Day in the office

pr emis es wit h st aff and pu blic .

Unfurling the tri-colour, the

Chairman of 'Biswa' Mr Khirod

Chandra Malick paid rich tribute to

those great souls whose sacrifice

made this day possible. "It was

Mahatma Gandhi who fought a

freedom struggle but completely a

novel one all over the world to bring

freedom from the mighty British

rulers. Gandhiji for the fist time in theworld showed the path of peace and

non-violence to achieve any difficult

goal," Mr Malick said. "Peace and

non-violence are the mightiest

weapons as on today and it can be

utilized to do any thing and Bapu

proved it," he added.

Speaking on the local problem, Mr

Malick expressed concern over

conversion of agricultural land for

non-agriculture purposes. "Such

practice, if continues unabated, will

create food scarcity in future," he said.He emphasized the need for

cultivation of each inch of land like

that of Kerala. He also cast light on

waste land development to

compensate the loss of agriculture

land for industrial or similar other

uses. "It is quite strange that Orissa

having a good geographical area and

fertile land; also rich in mineral

resources is still languishing under

pover ty. To boost up agricu ltura l

production all over the state, we will

create 'BISWA' Agriculture

Development Corporation'. Rural

youths heading to urban areas in

search of work will be employed as

'Agriculture Development Officer'

and can eke out their livelihood in

more prestigious manner in their own

place," the chairman informed. Suchan effort will not only strengthen rural

economy it will also go in a long way

to create food security all over the

country. Besides, it would stop

migration of labourers to other states

by rural people for which Orissa have

already earned a bad name in national

level, he said.

look after the child but at the same

time he was unable to control the call

of the nature. It was obvious for him

to get angry.

They had a serious argument and

hot discussion took place between

them. The mother of Shyamsundar

cum the mother-in-law Nirupama

supported her son that made

Nir upa ma to fee l hel ple ss.

Nirupama's mother died before her

marriage. She has three married

brothers. She requested her father to

bring her back. When her father came,

she sought the permission from

Shyamsundar and the mother-in-law.

While they avoided to listen, both of

them rather said that if she would go

with her father, she should not come

again.

FCC counsellor Mrs Mohapatra

collected the phone number of

Nir upa ma, co nta ct ed her and

convinced her to come to term with

her husband. During the counselling,

FCC came to know that due to the

negligence of her husband and the in-

laws, two consecutive abortions took

place to Nirupama. After lot of care

she could get the present child- a

beautiful girl. Due to want of food and

prope r care to the mother, breast

feeding was also impossible for her

and the child fully depended on bottle

feeding. "This child needed morecare. But Shyamsundar didn't take

anything seriously, so also my

mother-in-law," said Nirupama

during the counselling.

For some silly matter

Shyamsundar demanded before his

wife to take care of him and serve him

instead of the child. Shyamsundar

also is habituated with taking liquor

and spends large share of his income

for it. Even, he had to depend on his

parents for his day to day expenses.

His parents supported him also. But

Shyamsundar could not understand

that the dependency created problem

for Nirupama, his wife.

He was not taking proper care of

Nirupama although she had to take

every care of the child including make

her habituated to breast feeding as per

the advice of the doctor, guardians

and the Asha Karmi.

This was the story from both the

sides. Each one of them narrated their

problems to the FCC. However, after

a regular counselling to husband and

wife, their parents and all other family

members and relatives; they

understood their mistakes.

FCC counsellor made an

agreement between the wife and

husband and directed them to follow

the rules of Hindu joint family. There

has been a remarkable change in the

attitude and beheviour of

Shyamsundar towards Nirupama and

the girl child. On her part, Nirupama

also accepted her in-laws and

husband. She came back to

Shyamsundar's house. Now they live

happily like any other couple in our

society.

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Purohit, Mr Jayachandra Mishra, Mrs

Bani Mahapatra, Dr Rajaram Sarangi,

Mr P K Patnaik PRO and many others

also spoke on the occasion. All the

speakers appealed to work together

with solidarity and make our

motherland stronger and stronger at

par with any other developed nation

in the world.

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EditorialIndependence Day and Its Significance

True independence and freedom can only exist in

doing what's right.The significance of the Independence

Day in the existence of a nation is of greater value. The day

is much more than merely celebrating the anniversary of

India's free sta tehood. 15th August 1947 symbolizes the

victory of Indian patriotism which the nation got after

uncertain yet brutal struggle from the repression of the

British colonialism. The British, who oppressed India for

centuries had primarily arrived to initiate business but

steadily captured the entire government of the nation. They

educated the Indians and in the process generated

enthusiasts who weren't hesitant in helping them expanding

their regime.

"Swaraj is My Birth Right (Swaraj mera janmasidhadhikar he)," -said Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Men and women

from all over India joined hands and fought for India's

freedom. Many were acclaimed while others' contribution

went unnoticed. However, praise wasn't what they desired

for. It was the dream of free and autonomous India which

motivated them to walk the path of struggle. Neither did

they battle for their region nor for their natives, but for

India and Indians. At the time of growing communal and

caste conflicts, it becomes significant to remind us that the

people who laid the foundation of free India has always

dreamt of an integrated nation. Hence, it is our duty to live

and sustain their dreams, the sole reason for which

Independence Day in India is observed.

It is a day to pay a mark of respect to our Patriots because

of whom we are breathing an air of freedom which does not

have the elements of exploitation and repression. Solitude

is Independence.

Continued from... Pg.1 'BISWA' felicitates Sarah, the first lady IPS from Western OrissaWith an intention of

encouraging the first lady IPS

officer of Western Orissa

Miss Sarah Sharma, 'BISWA'

hold a grand felicitation

meeting in its office premises

where the chairman Mr K C

Malick presided.

At the out set the public

relations officer of 'BISWA'

Mr Pramod K Patnaik gave brief

introduction of Miss Sarah

including her bright academic

career. The Chairman Mr Malick

expressed utter satisfaction over

the outstanding performance of

this Oriya girl particularly from

western Odisha in the most

coveted civil service job. "Miss

Sarah will be an officer with a

difference and she will bring gloryfor the state and for the country as

a sincere officer with humanistic

touch," Mr Malick said.

Replying to the felicitation,

Miss Sarah said that she felt

privileged to be in 'BISWA'-an NGO

with such vast network and

manpower. "I am extremely happy

today for your love and affection and

for my presence here with all of you.

I am also indebted to the people of

Orissa who have been showering their

love and blessings on me after

pu blicat ion of the civ il ser vice

results," said Miss Sarah."In a democracy, the basic needs

of the people must be fulfilled failing

which there would be so many crises

including the present one from the

Maoists here and other parts of

the country and world over,"

said Miss Sarah. "The

objectives of a democracy fail

when people don't get their basic

needs. And it is NGOs who can

bridg e the gap ," she add ed.

"Corporatization of economy

has already been taking place

and we must remain alert to

safeguard the interest of the small

sectors," she suggested.

She also appreciated BISWA's

efforts to make Orissa poverty and

hunger free since this state is

languishing under poverty and

illiteracy. She suggested to realize the

problems of the poor, marginalized

and the downtrodden so that they can

also be part of the mainstream.

A good number of staff of 'BISWA'also spoke on the occasion wishing

her good luck and bright career. Mr

Arjeet Mahapatra Manager (Law)

proposed a vote of thanks.

'BISWA' will start working for this by

2011 and this would minimize the rush of

the rural people to the urban area, Mr

Malick said expressing hope that such

efforts could ensure social security for the

people suffering from abject poverty. The

Chairman further informed that 'BISWA'

has already registered its own Insurance

Company and it would start functioning

from April 2011.

There are many jobs that provide ample

income to the youths but we lack expert

hands. Such jobs are plumbing, driver,

electrician, motor mechanic, wielders, etc.

There is demand of these people

everywhere but no skilled hands are

available. The result being the employers

don't get good employees and when semi

skilled or unskilled employees work for

this, they cause accidents much to the

worries of every sector. Hence 'BISWA'

would give training to youths in thesetrades where t hey can earn independently

without waiting for the government jobs.

Finally he appealed all 'BISWA' staff

to work as social workers but never as

employees. "This institution provides an

opportunity for all of us to serve the people

in need and also the nation as a whole.

Hence we must have the zeal of sacrifice

and selfless service that is need of t he hour

now," the chairman said. "At the same

time, it is also the duty of our staff to

bring the message of 'BISWA' to all and

show them the right path towardsdevelopment," he appealed. Amidst

plentitude this state in particular should

also flourish and all people here should live

a life with dignity and self respect, Mr

Malick emphasized.

All the staff of 'BISWA' including Mr

Pitabasha Sethi, Mr Ajay Shroff, Mr Arjit

Mahapatra, Mr Ramesh Dash, Mr Sanjib

A Success story of FCCMr. Shyamsundar Kaleth

came to BISWA Family

Councelling Centre (FCC) on

dt.27.06.2010 with fractured leg to

meet the counsellor Mrs Sarita

Mohapatra accompanied by his

parents. He is 30 years old and

passed +2. He works as an auto

rickshaw driver. He belongs to

village Themra of Sambalpur

district, just 12 km away from

here. Four years back, he got

married with Nirupama of Bargarh

district . Shyamsundar lives in a

joint family.

According to Shyamsundar, he

met a road accident in his auto and

the right leg was fractured. Doctor

advised him to take twenty-one days

bed rest and for that reason he was

not driving his auto rickshaw.

Nirupama is 23 yrs old now. She

was only 19 when she married

Shyamsundar four years back. The

couple has a seven month old child.

Shyamsundar's elder brother is

working at Jharsuguda and stays there

with his family. Occasionally, they

visit their home. One younger sister

is staying with Shyamsundar. His

father is a retired t eacher. Hence, he

doesn't depend on his children since

he draws a pension every month.

In course of discussion, the

counsellor Mrs Mohapatra came to

know that Nirupama left her father in

law's house because once out of anger

her husband (Shyamsundar) beat her

(Nirupama). Shyamsundar wanted to

go to toilet but his wife wanted that

he should look after the child. This

created the conflict between the two.

His mother was busy in cooking food

for the family. No one was there to

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