Policing has failed in the country as we follow the 150-year old laws enacted by the British. Policemen are reduced to pawns in the hands of politicians.

1. II HYDERABAD HANS
MONDAY 03 October 2011 Lifestyle Art & Culture Events Guide Celebrations
Devotees praying to idols of Goddess Durga at Kalibari Mandir
Durga puja in full swing at Kalibari Mandir
SUDHEER GOUTHAM late Madhusudhan Reddy.
The idol of Goddess Kali conse-
“ One Bengali is a poet. Two
Bengalis are a trade union.
Three Bengalis are a Durga
crated in the temple was carved
out of a special black stone
sourced from Chitpur, Kolkata.
Puja Committee,” goes a popular The idol was installed amid the
joke, indicating the cultural and singing of Vedic hymns and ut-
political proclivities of Bengalis. terances of sacred mantras.
More than 60,000 Bengalis in “Every year in the month of Oc-
the city have got together under tober more than 4 lakh Bengali
one organization, Hyderabad population and others from the
Bangalee Samiti (HBS), to make twin cities, irrespective of their
Durga Puja at ‘Kalibari Temple’ faiths, participate in the auspi-
a real success this year too. cious five-day (Shasti, Saptami,
The nearly four-decades-old Ashtami, Navami and Dashami)
Kalibari Mandir at Vivekanan- puja celebration,” said Shankar
danagar, Sainikpuri has a tale Das Gupta, HBS general secre-
behind its establishment and tary.
consecration of Goddess Kali. “It is always the sheer dedica-
Way back in the 1960s, tion and participation of young
Vivekanandanagar was a dense association members like
forest, inhabited by wild ani- Sauvrav Banarjee and Nirmallo
mals so much so that people dess Kali, symbolising supreme Gosh, vice presidents of HBS,
used to avoid nearing the place power, would always aid in the that the Durga puja is organised
out of fear. destruction and dissolution of successfully every year,” added important puja days, Saptami, ing yourself at the food stalls,"
In 1972 a group Bangalee fam- evil. Shankardas Gupta. Ashtami and Navami,” he said Sauvrav Banarjee. During
ilies, especially those working in The foundation for the temple “It is about being a part of the added. all the days, various cultural
the army and the railways and was laid by late Swami Ran- effort of putting a five-day festi- "Nothing unites Bengalis as programmes will be held for
residing nearby, decided to build ganathananda, then president val of religion, culture and food much as Durga puja, whether children and young people, in-
a Kali temple for the safety of of the Ramakrishna Mission, together. you take part in organising one cluding dance, drama, Bangla
their families. Hyderabad with donation of the People enjoy delicious 'bhog' or simply hang out at a pandal, antakshari, recitation and draw-
The faithful believed that God- entire temple land by then MLC (lunch) at one of the three most chatting with friends and stuff- ing competitions.
Beauties on go green mission Cops pawns in hands
A fter taking part in the
heart walk on World
Heart Day, the top 20 final-
were excited to be associ-
ated with Green Brigade
Org, a non-governmental
of ‘Gang of Four’
ists of “Miss Hyderabad” organisation working on Continued from P-I
have joined the campaign - environmental issues. without any hindrances,”
- “Green Ride” to reduce Srinivas Gunishetty, says a retired police officer.
environmental pollution in founder & CEO, Page3 En- According to sources, all
the city. The initiative has tertainments, said they the decisions regarding
evoked tremendous re- have always strived to do postings and transfers of of-
sponse from the youngsters something for the society ficials have to be ‘approved’
on Sunday. that has given them every- by four highly influential
The rally, which was thing in life. On the occa- men -- two ministers, a rul-
flagged off at Prasads sion, he thanked the ing party MP and an ally of
Imax, headed towards participants and support- the ruling party. They have
Jalvihar along with the ers for joining the aware- a major say in the posting of
supporters. The finalists ness programme. inspectors, assistant com-
missioners of police and areas. Playing this card, sues have been highlighted
deputy commissioners of po- several officers have man- in the media, no concrete ac-
lice in their constituencies. aged to stay put in the same tion has been initiated by
It is not that the depart- sub division or division with the state government in ac-
ment has only upright offi- political blessings and ad- cordance with the Supreme
cers. There is clamour ministrative support for Court directives on police
among some officers for years together. Even if they reforms. In 2006, the apex
‘achcha’ area, which is a eu- are posted elsewhere on pro- court directed the Centre
phemism for posting in PS motion, they manage to re- and the state governments
limits where there are rela- turn within a few days and to comply with its seven di-
tively more number of wine “replace” incumbent officers. rectives to kick start re-
shops, restaurants, clubs, The officers above the rank forms in the police force.
dhabas and business estab- of DSP could be transferred This was the outcome a PIL
lishments. This with an eye to any zone. The personnel petition filed by two former
on the money they can earn from Reserve Police and directors- general of police
through underhand deal- Andhra Pradesh Special Po- in 1996 to direct the Centre
ings with the establish- lice are posted in different to implement the recom-
ments. zones, but the officers from mendations of the National
The police stations at the city manage to work in Police Commission, which
Gopalpuram, Mahankali, the city. Following sharp constituted way back in
Punjagutta, S R Nagar, rise in land prices, police 1979. The apex court sug-
Bowenpally, Banjara Hills, stations in Ranga Reddy gested a mechanism to initi-
Miss Hyderabad 2011 contestants at the 'Go Green Cycling Initiative' launched on Sunday at Prasads Imax for spreading awareness about containing pollution
Abids, Sultan Bazaar, have become a goldmine for ate the reform process in
Photo: Hrudayanand
Kukatpally Housing Board, some of the officers, as police. The measures were
Narayanguda, Charminar, sometimes they act as “mid- meant to ensure accounta-
HANS TUNES Dowry cases pile up in courts, as Jubilee Hills, Kushaiguda,
and Chaderghat are consid-
ered ‘hot’ and politicians
dlemen” to settle land dis-
putes. Madhapur, Raidurg,
Narsingi, etc are much
bility, functional responsi-
bility, effective policing, add
ressing public complain ts,
Samudrala
Muslim families avoid Shariat Adalats leave no stone unturned to
“apna admi” posted in these
sought-after police stations.
Though some of these is-
and transparency in inter-
nal management systems.
Continued from P-I come lakhpatis after marriage,” “We deal with three to four cases
said Dr Abdul Taha, assistant at our weekly Adalat and clerics
preaching centres. “In many professor at Moulana Azad Na- usually try their best to convince
cases, when one party approaches tional Urdu University. Dr Taha both the parties not to go for
Shariat Adalat seeking interven- observed that some of the Muslim breakup.
tion, other party doesn’t respond youngsters working in IT sector When breakup becomes un-
to our notices. Only those families and MNCs are lacking basic val- avoidable, the unhappy family
respect our directions who have ues of Islam and many of them would adopt revenge tactics and
Islamic values,” he said adding, hardly know about the existence approach police or courts,” he
“Unfortunately many Muslim of Shariat Adalats. added.
families lack Islamic values and Jamiat-ul-Mominath, director Many madarsas and Muslim or-
what matters to them is revenge Mufti Mohammed Mastan Ali ganisations conduct religious
against others.” Qadri agrees that Muslim fami- gatherings and seminars on the
Social scientists see adoption of lies are not showing interest to subject of `dowry’ and family val-
dowry culture by Muslim families turn up to parallel Islamic civil ues. Going a step ahead, Jamiat-
as the main reason for increase in courts. ul-Mominath even appointed
498 (A) cases within the commu- He noticed that lack of aware- women clerics at its Shairiat
nity. ness about Islamic courts and Adalat. But despite all efforts by
“Muslim youngsters working in new generations lacking faith in these parallel Adalats, Muslim
Do it fast before corporate are attracted to dowry these institutions are some of the families are landing in the courts N. Suresh Reddy and Akesh Bhatnagar, Managing Director and General Manager of Hotel
Golconda, receiving State tourism award for excellence from Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy
another strike call ! culture when they see their col- causes for families landing in for prolonged battles between the
recently.
leagues of other communities be- courts and police stations. families.