Browsing Archive: February, 2010

Ecological Degradation in Shillong

Posted by Subash Deb on Monday, February 15, 2010, In : Letters to the Editor (The Shillong Times) BY Subash Deb 

Festivals come and go. We have big promises to keep and a pledge to make with every dawn of the new year that we would do something different for ourselves. Surprisingly in a very selfish way we have forgotten important issues that concern our very existence. One issue that should concern each and every citizen of Shillong is the ecological degradation of the city.

Shillong(formerly known as LABAN) was compared to Scotland by the erstwhile British tourists and administrators. The comparison ...


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Making the right choice

Posted by Subash Deb on Monday, February 15, 2010, In : Letters to the Editor (The Shillong Times) BY Subash Deb 

In view of Assembly elections bipartite and tripartite meetings are going on to reach an unerring solution as to who should be our next leader? And which party should come to power for better governance of our state. As we all know a country or a state without governance looks queer and weird. Election is a medium through which the body of electors chooses their leader.

As election is a decision-making process so the electorate get a golden opportunity to choose their desired leader. Pre-ele...


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Taxi driving - a decent livelihood

Posted by Subash Deb on Monday, February 15, 2010, In : Letters to the Editor (The Shillong Times) BY Subash Deb 

It is a matter of great concern that the plight of local taxi drivers has not been given a thought to despite the fact that taxis are a great service to the public, of course, at a price fixed by the concerned authority. If one is late for school/office the cabbies serve the purpose and drop us at our destinations. Talking about traffic rules, taxis are the ones that abide by these rules for the most part, except for a few who are young in this line. They earn their livelihood by the sweat of...


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Tackling cyber mischief

Posted by Subash Deb on Monday, February 15, 2010, In : Letters to the Editor (The Shillong Times) BY Subash Deb 
It is a matter of great concern that fictitious persons sometimes send threatening and alluring e-mails. Such type of incidents have come out to be a menace in internet world. We have seen one such example of such incident in the letters column of The Shillong Times recently. Is this the intention of some vested interested organization to terrorize people and disturb peace and tranquility in Shillong?

Shillong has set the best example of peace and communal harmony in the past few years. Howe...


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Good governance

Posted by Subash Deb on Monday, February 15, 2010, In : Letters to the Editor (The Shillong Times) BY Subash Deb 

 

Frequent change of leadership is the major cause of underdeveloped economy of the state and the country as a whole. Let it be the Centre or the state periodic change in the leadership is a burning issue. Talking in the point of fact the state of Meghalaya is growing and blooming gradually in every field. The standard of living of the people is also changing. Well the development processes have not taken place in matter of months but years of contribution of selfless and altruistic politi...


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A BRIEF PROFILE


Subash Deb is an active youth, entrepreneur and passionate writer. He is a keen volunteer, lending his free time to children struggling with their lives. 'AASHINA', an NGO in the making, is a long time pursuit that Deb has been engaged into for materializing home for hundreds and thousands of famished children.

About The Shillong Times

The Shillong Times is an Indian newspaper. It is North-East India's second oldest English-language daily) started as a tabloid-sized weekly on August 10, 1945, on a treadle machine in Shillong. S. B. Chaudhuri was its founding editor and proprietor.

Parsva Nath Chaudhuri bought the newspaper and the press in 1961, and also took over as editor. Following his death on April 1, 1978, his youngest son Manas Chaudhuri took over the management of the paper.

The Shillong Times switched to modern computer typesetting and offset printing technique on August 15, 1991 and the first issue in broadsheet format came into being.

A second edition from the town of Tura in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya was launched on November 9, 1992.

Besides the Tura edition Shillong Times Private Limited also publishes the only Garo language daily Salantini Janera.

Shillong Times has a daily circulation of 17,100 copies, while its sister publication Salantini Janera sells 29,465 copies.

The Shillong Times has always provided a support and platfrom for budding writers to express their views. It is a privilege for the writers to have their articles published in this esteemed daily.

 

 

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