Biraj patnaik biography books
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ISSUE 8
Biraj Patnaik, the Forester, was a worried man! The information about his new boss gave him as much comfort as the tiny summer boil on his back – imperceptible but throbbing with pain! Nicknamed ‘Tiger’ by the rank and file of the State’s Forest Department, the new Divisional Forest Officer, Satyabrat Das was both dreaded and revered for his absolute honesty and hard discipline. They said he did not tolerate even minor misdemeanours of errant subordinates. He was the tiger who relished raw flesh of the corrupt and the dishonest and the inefficient!
For Biraj, to whom, corruption, dishonesty, inefficiency and an insatiable greed to make a fast buck were as natural as the act of breathing, the Tiger’s impending arrival was wrought with ominous forebodings. Aranyak forest, with its multifarious minor and major forest produce, provided ample scope for the flowering of Biraj Patnaik’s uncanny abilities. The upshot was creation of extensive properties not only in Aranyak but across the state. And the previous DFOs, so long as they were themselves cared for, simply hadn’t bothered – falling in line like obedient children with lollies in hand.
The sound of screeching tyres brought everyone to the portico and they lined up according to their res
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Gaza, Palestine (6 January 2011): The First Asia to Gaza Caravan was given a warm send off from Latakia, Syria, where the Baath Party Chief and former Ambassador to India, Dr. Mohsen Alkhyyr, accompanying the Governor of Latakia, announced that the names of the caravan members would be mentioned in the text books as brave people who came for a moral cause. Click here to see what was going on in the hospitals of Gaza in Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
Picture: Pooja Badekar, Amruta Waske (left) of Vidyarthi Bharti, Mumbai with the Indian Tri-colour Sailing SALAM - Aid ship to Gaza at Latakia, Port city of Syria
After flying into Al Arish from Damascus the caravan was held up for 4 hours at the Egyptian airport. It took a mild protest before it was let off to make its entry at midnight on the night of 2nd/3rd January 2011, into Gaza. A warm welcome awaited at the border where a press conference was held past midnight.
From external appearance one cannot tell that there is anything wrong with the place except for resistance graffiti on the wall and some signs of devastation in the form of rubbles. The people of Gaza have bravely gone on with their lives and have tried to maintain a reasonably good standard of living with a sense for aesthetics. It looks like any o
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A Testament tip off Gandhi’s Legacy
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