Hypnotherapist & Neurolinguist Programmer

Meet The Expert...

Roopa Sharma is a Lawyer (Government Law College, Mumbai) and a Solicitor (Supreme Court of London and Wales).

She is a professional hypnotherapist and is also trained in Neurolinguistic programming .

She has been a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner since 2013 and is the first Indian trainer for Bach Centre (UK) approved course for Level 1.

Roopa has the following credentials to back up her expertise :
• Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner (Bach Center, UK)
• Trainer, Level 1 for Bach Centre (UK) approved course
• Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist from California Hypnosis Institute (CHI), USA.
• Trainer for Hypnotherapy
• Regression Therapist, CHI-U.S.A,
• Past Life Regression Therapist, CHI-U.S.A
• Current Life Regression Physical Traumas by Dr. Hans Tendam of Tasso Instituut Netherland
• Life Start – Birth & Prenatal Traumas AND Life Choice – Life Planning & Preparation by Dr. Hans Tendam of Tasso Instituut Netherland
• Trans-personal Regression - by Dr. Hans Tendam of Tasso Instituut Netherland
• Class 1 Practitioner of Alternative Medicine, registered with Indian Board of Alternate Medicine, Calcutta.
• NLP by Dr Dick McHugh (Mumbai) Neurolinguistic programing or NLP helps parents, children and teens with their feelings and perception. It is a way to mold patterns of human behavior through our perceptive powers. These include our senses, culture, family, community, teachers, mentors, etc.

Do get in touch with her at RoopaSharma@yahoo.com

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Save Our Habitat, Adopt Sustainable Living

Our environment is constantly changing. However, as our environment changes, so does the need to become increasingly aware of the problems that surround it. With a massive influx of natural disasters, different types of weather patterns and much more, people need to be aware of what types of environmental problems our planet is facing.

However, our immediate environment that we live in, the habitat, is suffering majorly because of human callousness, lethargy and apathy. Current environmental problems genetrated by human apathy makes the habitat vulnerable to disasters and tragedies, now and in the future. 

Waste Disposal and Management is one of the major problems being faced by the immediate Habitat. The over consumption of resources and creation of plastics are creating a huge crisis of waste disposal. All cities, districts and villages are notorious for generating an excessive amount of waste or garbage and dumping their waste in the immediate surroundings, the habitat! Plastic, fast food, packaging and cheap electronic wastes threaten the well being of humans. Waste disposal and management is one of urgent current environmental problem.

Deforestation and illegal cutting of green belts surrounding our liveable habitat: Our forests are natural sinks of carbon dioxide and produce fresh oxygen as well as helps in regulating temperature and rainfall. At present forests cover 30% of the land but every year tree cover is lost due to growing population demand for more food, shelter and cloth. Deforestation simply means clearing of green cover and make that land available for residential, industrial or commercial purpose. Here , we forget that by cutting off the green belts and converting them to yellow belts is harming both the environment, the habitat and the inhabitants, we humans!

Apart from the above 2 problems, the habitat we live in, is facing many major problems.

We at Habitat Times, would like to make the inhabitant aware of the ways of Sustainable living and development in a holistic manner to make a ‘Sustainable Habitat’.

We seek the co-operation of our readers in this endeavour of ours by spreading the message of awareness by sharing our page , our updates and our events.

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The Festivals Of August

August is a month of festivals for India which means holidays, long weekends, celebrations and good food!! The festivities started this month with Raksha Bandhan. Shops gaily decked up were selling “Rakhis” of all possible shapes, sizes and colours! From the thinnest threads to chunky, gaudy and massive ones shaped as flowers, dolls, kites, fruits- the innovative variety was endless! Hennaed hands of sisters were ready to deck up their brothers’ hands with the colourful ornaments. The ceremony is followed by sumptuous lunches/dinner and tempting gifts from the brothers to the sisters who thank them for protecting them. A very prominent festival which brings together extended families for a grand reunion once a year.  One of my favourite festivals, I always look forward to getting together with my cousin (one of the few left in India! Rest have all become NRIs!)

The most important date in the Indian calendar, 15th August, the birthday of free India fell the following week after Raksha Bandhan. Tricolours dotting market places, school, office and government buildings, aroused the patriotic streak in people well in advance! Food chains, retail and online stores went berserk, enticing consumers with jaw- dropping discounts, deals to die for and bundled benefits which were too good to resist! Pockets were half empty and there was still a 4 - day weekend to enjoy. Travel companies fell over each other to enamour the ardent travellers with irresistible deals for short vacations out of Delhi. Hotels and resorts were sold out 3 months in advance and the roads in Delhi were half empty after 12th of August!  A bright,hot sun had risen from the early hours of the morning, beating down on the children and adults of all age groups, gathered across CR Park to unfurl the national flag and sing the national anthem, but could not diminish their enthusiasm! The benevolent green canopies lining the parks and grounds of the colony, shaded the revellers, with their cool breeze. What a beautiful sight it was – the Tricolour fluttering proudly in the balmy morning in various parks and grounds with the people singing their hearts out, dressed in traditional attire reflecting the true Indian spirit!

14th August was Janmashtami – temples were decked up with lights and jhankis depicting the birth of Lord Krishna. Appetising  aroma of freshly made sweets with desi ghee  filled the atmosphere. Children were busy decorating the jhankis with small and cute dolls of mata Yasoda, father Vasudev and creating mountains, rivers and the dark cell where Lord Krishna was born, with their skilled hands and immense creativity! People were awake throughout the night to worship their favourite Krishna’s birth and savour the mouth - watering prasad of gujia, “Taler bora” – fried fritters made of sugar palm, undoubtedly one of the most laborious but delectable confectionaries from a Bengali kitchen. Kali Mandir looked like a newly-wed bride, completely bedecked in light garlands from top to bottom! Devotees offered puja throughout the night till the wee hours of the next morning.

A long weekend well spent!!

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The Festivities Continue With Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja.

Durga Puja just being round the corner, CR Park has put its preparation to welcome the Goddess with her four children, in 1st gear. The big grounds of the colony are sporting the look of a “construction- in-progress” with tall bamboo and iron poles heaped up and ready to be erected for the colossal pandals that will be the “earthly home” of the proverbial “daughter of the earth” for 4 days. 

Hoardings, banners, standees and glow signs announcing and highlighting the specialities of each Puja, are a common sight across the colony. Puja pandals are vying for each other to enamour the devotees and artists to visit/perform at their venue. Another highlight of the celebrations, is the iconic Saree and handicrafts exhibition that takes place at C R Park Bangiya Samaj premises, just before the Puja celebration commences. 

This month long festival showcases designer, traditional and regional sarees representing all parts of the country. Accompanied by equal and more variants in dress materials, jewellery, accessories, handicrafts, and footwear, this exhibition attracts shoppers from across Delhi/NCR , who come and shop to their hearts’ content! 

Cultural competitions are the other most significant attractions that draw people every evening to the pandal grounds. Participants from the age of 3 to 80 years, enthusiastically make these month long events, a running success. Evenings become big social gatherings with fast food stalls dotting the ground peripheries, doing brisk business with the hungry office goers, students and homemakes making a bee line for the traditional and mouth watering Bengali and Indianised Chinese snacks on display at all these stalls.

As the days of the celebration approaches, the colony turns into a veritable fortress with numerous police pickets, watch towers and barricades being set up to ramp up the security cover. Police personnel in 100s are deployed at various critical points to man and manage the traffic and crowd that descends on the colony during the festival time. Each Puja security committee is briefed and apprised in detail on the measures that are needed to be taken to ensure appropriate security during the 5 days of festivities.

Each Puja committee holds elaborate meetings to align members with each department and assign tasks and activities to the volunteers and members. Elaborate planning is done to ensure seamless execution of the celebration with minimum hiccups.

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated all over Delhi with increasing fanfare and enthusiasm. Although not yet celebrated at a community level yet, but more at individual levels at homes, nonetheless, garners decent number devotees and invitees. Though not celebrated across 3,5,7,10 days as is the tradition in Maharashtra, the Elephant God is fervently worshipped on the 1st day with elaborate arrangements of Bhog(traditional prasad), refreshments and small entertainments by the organising families. 

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Personality Development In Today's Times

Personality Development is a major point of discussion in today’s times.  A sound and able personality is very important for every progressive individual, be he/she a student, homemakers, professional or someone wanting to improve/change his/her persona. The process requires an orientation and mindset to change oneself for the better. Personality development involves working on communication, attitude, looks, attire, self portrayal, and overall presentation.

The process is typically carried out with a personality development coach who takes the individual through the entire development process and handholds the  coachee at each step to work on a particular aspect of development through training and practical sessions till the individual is well equipped to employ that improvement in his/her persona.

A student can improve his/her personality or mindspace to have more clarity on the career options. Students can also use personality tests to derive accurate results for correct career options. Personality development can further enable students to be fully prepared for job interviews.

Young professionals immensely benefit from personality development to gear up to be able to deliver at the workplace better. Regular coaching, mentoring and training at the workplace can turnaround performances of young teams in an organisation. The coaching may be undertaken on personal level or in a team.

Homemakers who want to create a niche for themselves with unique talent and develop their orientation to make careers out of it, can benefit from personality coaching techniques to chalk out a road map to monetize their talents.

Not only students, but teachers today also stand a good opportunity to better their teaching and interaction skills. A good, subjective teacher also would need a sound and interactive personality to be able to successfully and respectfully have a strong student following.

Change and improvement is the current buzzword in society today. Make your personality your best friend and publicity agent!

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Automatic Identification and Data Capturing (AIDC)– How it impacts our daily life

One of my distant relative stays in Wangzing, which is 40 KM away from Manipur. I call her Ema which means mother in Manipuri Language as she is of my mother’s age. Recently, she visited us in Delhi. She was a primary school teacher in her village and educated too, but her busy life never allowed her to go out of Manipur much.

During her stay at my place, I took her to a garment retail store in south Delhi, where she bought some dress materials for herself and few others back in Manipur. It was a new experience for her to see the computerised billing deploying Barcode. She became very curious about it. Being an automation person, I explained her the technology and the associated technologies she uses in her day to day life without knowing much about it.

Bar code is a simple group technology of AIDC. Few technologies like Radio Frequency based Identification (RFID), Smart Card Technologies, Biometric, GPS, Enterprise Mobility all these technologies are from the similar kitty and they make our life very simple and easy. All the AIDC technologies are deployed to collect data from the source without any human intervention for accuracy and speed. Today AIDC is being deployed extensively for integrating many interfaces for Internet of Things (IoT), where machine talks with machines for an easier human life.

Technology has extended our reach in today’s world and it has positive as well as negative aspects too. A positive approach of technology deployment enhances the life of mankind by offering more time for home, relative and friends whereas a negative approach does just the opposite.

Technology enables Smart Homes  and enables life immensely, guiding people to destinations, provides modern amenities on one hand and on the other hand can destroy a whole planet with its destructive traits. Thus, it becomes endless topic of discussion for intellectuals whether technology is enabling or disabling us. More on it, in the next issue.

Arindam Ray

AIDC and RFID Technology Consultant and Subject Matter Expert

Phone: 9971798921

Email: arindam.ray292@gmail.com

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Sustainable Fashion With Indie Cotton Route

Environment Conscious Population Demands 

Natural Fabrics & Handmade Couture !!

Our Startup "Indie Cotton Route" is focused on creating a demand and supply bridge between the Urban and the Rural population. At Indie Cotton Route we manufacture stylized handcrafted customized clothing.

We source our fabrics directly from the Artisans in the rural villages who are using indigenous techniques of weaving , printing and embroidery. There are no middlemen involved so the money is going directly to the weaver. We travel to these villages every few months to work closely with the craftsmen to create designs and prints which are in vogue but preserving the original art.

Our strong design and sampling  team then creates garments which have an international appeal and then retail through various online market places like the national geographic website novica.com , Jaypore.com , our own website www.indiecottonroute.com .

We a have a growing urban population who is environment conscious and create a demand for handmade, natural fibre indigenous clothing which is symbiotically catered to by the rural  Artisan population.

We have created a physical studio also to retail and plan to have these studios all over India and abroad for Indian handmade clothing and accessories in partnership with women who would like to have their own independent business.

By Shalini Saluja @ Indie Cotton Route

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The Case Of The Lost Dog

A Pure Breed Labrador Found Abandoned In Jahapanah Forest:

A few days ago a cute black Labrador of 3-4 years age was found tied to a railing , abandoned in the Jahapanah forest. It was rescued by Divya Puri, of New Friend’s Colony (an animal rescuer), who was taking another dog to the vet and was passing by the area. She got a call from somebody who noticed the dog tied up in the forest and she immediately went to check up. It was found that the dog was under distress and his ear was infested with maggots. On getting him to the vet, he was diagnosed with tumor in right ear. 

When the dog was found, a message was floated with the picture of the dog on various whatsapp groups but no one came forward to claim the dog. Ultimately it was adopted by a kind boy, Ankush Seth, E 274, 2nd floor of GK 2. 

On speaking to Ankush’s mom Bhanu, we came to know that the Labrador’s tumor in the ear was bleeding when they got him apart from being infested with maggots. He was stone deaf at that point but seems to be improving with treatment. He was also diagnosed with arthritis and lots of ticks. The vet told them that he had not eaten for many days. So, he was slowly fed small amounts. He was given a chemical and medicine bath for clearing him of ticks by the vet and is completely clean now. The Vaccinations have been done and after 10 days he needs to be checked again. The Seth family would go to all lengths to see that the dog gets cured. Now that he has been adopted and in good hands we can hope for a recovery and a better life for the poor dog.

Dog is man’s best friend, at least until it develops an illness, gets old or just becomes an inconvenience! This is how many Delhites seem to be thinking, as the number of abandoned pets, especially expensive pedigree dogs, is growing each year. Though there is no way of telling how many pets end up being abandoned annually, activists and animal lovers say there is a sad upward trend in the number of dogs that are left to fend for themselves. And among the most neglected are pedigree dogs, the same animals that people spend a huge amount to buy. 

It is requested that in case you cannot take care of your pet, try locating a good shelter. The  advice is that you gradually ease your pet into living in a shelter and not make it an overnight process. Dropping him off and picking him up at intervals for a week is a good idea. Please do not abandon these pets, they love you from the core of their heart and miss you much. But if you have to leave them, do so in good hands !

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Going Down Memory Lane

A Peek Into The History Of Chittaranjan Park

By Jaya Ray ( B 292, 3^rd Floor, CR Park)

Let’s take a moment to flip over a page into the history of the colony. For all our young CR Parkzens, this is a story that will take you all back in time to 1969!

It was way back in  1954, an association was formed for the inhabitants from East Bengal who were displaced from their homes in East Pakistan during the Partition of India and the associated Partition of Bengal (1947). A large group of government officers hailing from the erstwhile East Bengal migrated to Delhi and lobbied for a residential neighbourhood.

Spearheaded by stalwarts such as Chandra Kumar Mukherjee, Subodh Gopal Basumallik, Ashutosh Dutta, Bimal Bhusan Chakraborty, and the Chief Election Commissioner, Shyamaprasanna Senverma, the movement gained momentum and finally took shape when, land was assigned in a barren rocky area in the-then distant Southern areas. Members were required to provide some documentation of their birth and migration status, and were required to be "already residing in Delhi and gainfully employed in the capital". Based on this verification, 2147 people were given plots of land, initially on lease for 99 years and were asked to start construction of houses in their plot of land.  The allotees were also sometimes given the option of choosing a specific block based on certain terms. Over the next 2 years electricity and water connections were instated.

I fondly remember my childhood days when I used to ride piggy back on my grandfather’s and father’s shoulders at 5.30 am in the morning to fetch milk from the DMS shop near Mela ground. People used to reserve their places with glass milk bottles and go for their morning walks. And surprisingly, everyone were back just in time for the stall to open and get their milk supply!

Markets were shacks with again Bengali vendors selling fresh vegetables, meat and fish apart from grocery, one medicine shop and one doctor. 

Durga Puja was first started in C R Park, by  a motley group of 20 energetic and visionary Bengalis who dreamt of making a quiet but determined entity of the colony by introducing the landmark festival in the present C Block ground. History was written there, when there were just a handful Puja celebrations at that time in Delhi with Karol Bagh, Kashmere Gate and a few other significant Bengali associations having started their Durga Puja celebrations. Another entity created by the enterprising residents around this time was instituting Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir Society. What started with a small Shiva temple, has over the last 45 years has metamorphosed into a world famous Kali Mandir, the biggest hub of a massive confluence of spiritual, religious and cultural conglomeration. CR Park has evolved as the melting pot of multi-cultural, multi ethnic identities, creating a confluent synergy with other communities participating in Bengali activities with equal enthusiasm, fervor and creativity.

The evolution of CR Park has happened significantly after the 4 markets have been re-constructed and the fish markets have also a legitimate place to sell the only universal identity of a true – Blue Bengali! Having said that, I have lovely memories of my childhood, when I used to hop across to the market and buy tit bits and small grocery.

Cut to the present, GenX of CR Park is proud to be a CR Parkzen with the regular green drive that has become synonymous with the colony. Parks, grounds and lanes are lined with umbrella like green covers from large trees dotting them. Ample walking space for elders and playing space for the tots is a pleasure to see in today’s times when open spaces are a thing of luxury in most colonies of Delhi.

Reliving my childhood through my son, who loves to play soccer in the open grounds of J block, it gives me and many parents of my generation, pleasure and peace to think that, the colony able to impart a clean, healthy and safe environment to our children!

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RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN MUSEUM - A MUST VISIT

Celebrate Our Independence in a different way this year – plan a visit to the new Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum!

By Chitra Sarkar (011-26278186)

At the end of July one of our tallest Presidents demitted office. Although Shri Pranab Mukherjee was physically short in stature, he represented us on the world stage with gracious dignity, and rose above partisan politics to preserve the national interest. Among his many gifts to the Indian people is the new Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum complex, created in the former Viceroys’ garage. Today, you can walk through the space that once housed the famous Viceregal carriage, and marvel at our journey from the Mahajanapads (ancient city Republics) of the first millennium BC to the Indian Republic of the 21st century.
The museum was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on 25th July 2016, and opened its doors to its first public visitors on 2nd October 2016. It took about two years to complete and cost around ₹80 crores.
A visitor to the Museum will follow a poignant route through our recent political history. A replica to the Ashoka Pillar will greet you at the entrance. It is flanked by the Viceroy’s buggy, complete with a life-size black horse, and the first Mercedes that replaced the horse-drawn carriage. Realistic tableaux retrace our freedom struggle, from the partition of Bengal and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, to unfurling the flag and the call for Purna Swaraj, to the pain to Partition and the joy of Independence. Young children, especially, will appreciate this easy- to- understand display of history.
An entire corridor is devoted to Edwin Lutyens, including his original drawings for Rashtrapati Bhavan. Poke a little gentle fun at the great architect’s obsession with his round spectacles.
The basement houses a fascinating collection of Rashtrapati Bhavan crockery, from the Viceroy’s Star of India pattern to the modern Ashok Pillar emblem, along with unique utensils which trace the evolution of cooking in the last hundred years. Wander past display cases containing the personal possessions of former Presidents. You will surely stop to look twice at the Spartan belongings of President APJ Abdul Kalam. Then there are the many and fascinating gifts given to our Heads of State, as well as Rashtrapati Bhavan’s collection of original paintings; the oldest, a pair of portraits of Louis the XVI and his Queen, captured from the French at Chandernagore. At the very core of the museum, in the centre of the second basement, stand marble statues of the once-King Emperor, George V and Queen Mary, shorn of their former splendor.
The museum houses many high-tech marvels, to delight a youngster of today. A visit here is meant to be a sensory experience. Greet Gandhiji when he emerges from his meeting with Lord Irwin, and walk with him in the forecourt.  See yourself smile, wave and do a namaskar. Watch a multimedia presentation on the inner workings of Rashtrapati Bhavan, and even call on the President in his (virtual) meeting room. At the end of your tour, you can create a very special souvenir for yourself – a set of real, usuable postage stamps with your own photograph documenting your trip to this historic site.

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