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Bharat Mata Ki Jai! A very Happy 70th Independence day to all the Indians living in HK. I still remember the Indian national TV Doordarshan Channel on which we watched the Independence Day Parade at the India Gate in New Delhi.

I sometimes really feel the words of Bryan Adam's song 'Those were the best days of my Life....back to the summer of 69'. Childhood memories were fresh while putting together this issue of Adesiflava. The only one think which bothered me the most is 'what are we all running behind?', no matter how our childhood was, a rich family or a middle or lower income class family, we enjoyed our freedom, our life, our happiness. As of now we are all just running behind money, happy family, good life and fake life, I would call it the show-off Facebook life. Where is our freedom?

In our May-June Issue, we had published an editorial contest out writing a story or an article about how to handle stress and negative thoughts. I really want to thank my friend Jitendra Kotai for submitting his article for the Editorial contest. Unfortunately he was the only single person who took the effort to write something for the Editorial contest.

Thank you so much buddy for taking this time out to just express your feelings by the way of writing for someone else's subject. Readers please read Jeet's article and share your comments.

Our Featured Story on Refugees in Hong Kong, is a must read article. The south Asian refugees living in Hong Kong are going through some tough times and are also giving some tough times to others. My favourite writer Hongyu Wang is finally back with a bang.

Gadgets Galore, written by our expert technology columnist Mr.Chandragupta Amritkar is a must read article, as I'm sure many of us

are not even aware of these amazing and unbelievable gadgets which are recently launched. Technology is surely making things more convenient for all of us, but I personally feel its taking our personal lives out of us.

Bhangarh Fort in Rajasthan. This fort was recently named as the world's most haunted places with the highest amount of ghostly experiences by normal people. Before adding this article to this issue, I watched many YouTube videos of Psychic Healers, Tantric's and Paranormal experts who visited this place with several electronic instruments which measures the energy levels in the air to claim ghostly presence with the high amount of negative energy shown by these electronic devices. After watching these videos and reading stories about this fort, I was sure that so many claims cannot be false and one of my school buddies who is on a project in Rajasthan and happens to be posted very close to Bhangarh Fort also claimed that everything about the Bhangarh is true and no one risks their lives going inside after 6pm in night time. Read about this unique and ghostly fort in India.

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WHY ARE WE WHAT SHOULD WE DO FOR OUR MENTAL WELLBEING? In every city, life at some point becomes very stressful. We try to run from pillar to post and keep going strong no matter what the outcome is. Â But at a certain point we neglect a lot of things from the fear of being carried away and losing out on our productivity We choose to feel less. We live in a world of smart phones, expensive Gadgets and Social media where everyone is trying to showcase their picture perfect lives.

I somehow feel that we choose to sweep a lot of emotions under the carpet from the fear of being judged as emotional. We choose to paint a happy face irrespective of what we are feeling inside. We fear that we will be labeled as weak and hence we portray a self that is happy, confident and fearless at all times.

In the May-June 2016 Issue of Adesiflava, we had published an Editorial contest showing an info graphic about an issue of how our brain functions towards negative and positive thoughts. We received few entries for the editorial contest out of which we personally felt the article by Mr.Jeet Kotai to be the most appropriate and close to the problem suggested by our info graphic. Mr.Jitendra Kotai has taken the effort to submit his story for the editorial contest. We request our readers to please read the submission made by Jeet and share your views and feedback on the same.

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We have started living like programmed devices that get up in the morning at a stipulated time and go through a routine for the day e do not get time for entertainment. It is very important to catch your W favorite TV Show or Movie. It is very soothing to listen to great music.

We have no time to stop and feel the beauty of the weather.

We have no time to talk to our parents for a few more seconds.

We have no time to introspect and analyze our own lives.

We have no time to pursue our hobbies and passions. ur smiles have become similar to the smileys on whatsapp we send O but we are not feeling anything. ur laughter has become like the “LOL� we send on every joke O where we acknowledge the joke but forget to laugh Many cases of suicides have been recently reported It saddens me that people succumb to the pressures of a lifestyle and end their beautiful lives.

The Root cause for depression is heavy expectations.

That feeling of worthlessness can be very lethal.

We do not talk to someone and take their advice. We have become self proclaimed experts that know everything under the sun.

We are skeptical in crying on someone else’s shoulder thinking that they will use our weakness against us.

Editorial Contest We have started taking loans for luxuries. Our obsession with lifestyle and portraying ourselves as perfect has landed us in a vicious circle. We live our entire lives in trying to build an image We complete our lives unsatisfied and leave many stones unturned in believing in what has been taught to us. We do not explore the possibility of discovering something new and unheard of. We do not have a quest to find our own answers We can live fantastic lives if we just lowered our expectations. Stop fighting for the picture perfect life and enjoy the life with its flaws. Face the world with no inhibitions. You had not come into this world to live according to rules set by a section of the society.

A Unfelt, Compromised and denied emotion can lead to lots of stress.

If you miss someone call them and tell them. If you feel stressed go and meet someone that makes you happy, makes you smile or if everyone is busy catch up on our all time favorite movie but feeling your emotions is really important for your mental wellness With each passing moment we all have a feeling or sense that something much better is possible, plausible, and definitely happening to most other people at that very moment.

We need to grow out of this manifestation of comparing our life to others We should sometimes reject something just because everyone else is doing it We should put an end to this rat race.

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In this World of Clones following a standard set of rules.. Bend the rules and redefine your existence We spend hours in trying to create a playlist of our favorite songs Or we spend hours in trying to plan things we want to do in life

That was what life is all about...

But what we really enjoy is the random song that suddenly plays on the radio or a random thing we just end up doing

with “Going the flow “

Planning is not wrong but getting disappointed for things not going as per plan is wrong.

This is my urge to change the minds of those under depression. Look at that human in the mirror. That is your only respite. It is just that reflection of you in the mirror.

The Only person in the entire world that can help you get out of depression and relieve you is that person staring back at you with hope..

Only you can change how you think . Only you can make a difference to your life. It needs to come from within. For us to be mentally satiated we need to feel all emotions as they come. If we are happy we need to jump and rejoice.

If we are sad ,we need to let out that emotion and actually feel the sadness.

If we want to vent our anger- we should to a certain level and then channelize it in some positive form, but feeling angry when you are angry is justified Get rid of the artificial restraints that humanity places on itself.

Time, Money, Goals etc.

Live your life to the fullest. Bunk an important class, skip an important test, Call in sick to work on a Monday.

Pamper yourself by having a do- nothing day. On this day you just sit and relax and just do nothing. Only you can remove the stress element from your life.

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This year’s World Refugee Day came at a time of unprecedented global refugee tide. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency, a record high of 59.5 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced with the refugee number stands at 19.5 million (14.4 million under UNHCR mandate), 51 per cent of whom are under age of 18. A tiny few of them are seeking protection in Hong Kong but their plights are just the same as their fellow country people who have fled elsewhere.

Hong Kong is not unfamiliar with the concept and personal touch of refugees and immigrants.

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Throughout much of its history people have sailed onshore for economic opportunities or been drifted here to flee from war and persecution. Most that are living in the city today could trace themselves or their family members back to somewhere else, most often in places of adverse situations.

Hong Kong has long involved in the protection of displaced people. In the aftermath of Chinese civil war and the following decades of Maoist political campaigns millions fled to the then British colony for protection and survival. In 1952 UNHCR set up an initial presence in Hong Kong against

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such a backdrop, just a year after UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Convention) was signed in Geneva to tackle the displaced Europeans by World War II. In the ensuing years of Vietnam War hundreds of thousands of “boat people” floated ashore for another chance of life, where they were fed and sheltered until Vietnamese domestic situation was stabilised. During this time, in 1979, UNHCR’s Sub-office in Hong Kong was made permanent.

However, Hong Kong was never a signatory to the Refugee Convention which implies that its authority is not obliged to process or accept asylum claims thus no local integration is

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possible. In 1992, five years before the transfer of sovereignty, the departing British ratified UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) amidst a tide of putting Hong Kong’s name on major international human rights treaties to lock in International human rights standard in the post-handover Hong Kong. All these forms part of protection claiming channels in Hong Kong Today.

In the wave of 9/11 attacks and subsequent terrorist blows in the West most developed countries severely tightened visa policies, particularly to the countries the attackers were believed to come from. This contrasts sharply to Hong Kong’s continued open border where visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel is available to most countries including much of the developing world. Consequently, the number of asylum seekers began to soar since 2005, the earliest data available. In May 2006 there were some 1,600 seeking asylum in the city, by 2007 the number had jumped to 2,600, which then climbed to some 6,000 by 2009, over 8,000 by 2014 and have recently reached 11,201 as of March 2016, according to the Immigration Department’s latest figure on outstanding claims. Most came from South Asia and Southeast Asia with a significant minority from Africa.

Companied with the surging number is the gradual change in asylum seeker and refugee treatment and channels for seeking protection.

Treatment of protection claimants in early days is not well reported and documented. According to Gordon Mathews, an anthropologist at Chinese University of Hong Kong, before 2008 asylum seekers in Hong Kong could be arrested at any time for lacking papers when the only form of document is appointment slips issued by UNHCR. However, according to Jim Mulroney, Deputy Editor-in-chief of Sunday Examiner

who personally involved in asylum seeker protection at this time that government tolerance of stay certificate could sometimes be issued to asylum seekers who possess UNHCR appointment slips but was “an extremely complicated process with each case having to be argued one at a time”. According to Mr Mulroney, UNHCR provided humanitarian assistance back then which was distributed through Caritas. By 2008 government papers on asylum seeker status began to be issued by the Immigration Department, so as HK$1,900 monthly aid in kind (HK$1,000 for shelter and HK$ 900 for food), administered by the Social Welfare Department and distributed through International Social Service. This amount was increase to HK$ 2,700 in 2014 (HK$1,500 for shelter and HK$1200 for food).

During this time, two parallel doors were open to protection claimants, namely UNHCR for its mandate under Refugee Convention to protect people who have fled from home country for reasons of political, religious or ethnic prosecution and Hong Kong government for its responsibility as a CAT signatory to protect torture claimants, though most apply through both paths.

Chances to ever attain refugee status thus being eligible to trigger UNHCR’s third country resettlement process is, however, slim. According to Mr Mathews, 1,547 refugee claims were evaluated by UNHCR in 2008 with only 46 recognised as valid and 22 people were accepted as torture victims by the government in the 22 years since 1992 CAT signatory.

This dual structure began to merge in 2013 when in March the Court of Final Appeal ruled that the Director of Immigration has the responsibility to conduct independent enquiry of prosecution claims prior to repatriating or deporting rejected UNHCR prosecution claimants

to their home country. In July the same year government announced the Unified Screening Mechanism (USM) to replace the previous two parallels to screen all nonrefoulement claims. Under USM, UNHCR’s mandate of refugee status determination was to transfer to local bureaucrats whereas at the same time Hong Kong Immigration authority was to declare in making reference to Refugee Convention in carrying out such a mandate.

Torture claims under Hong Kong government’s CAT obligation were also to make under USM, so as other protection applications to be made by citing related Hong Kong human rights laws, most notably Hong Kong Bill of Rights. Individuals substantiated were to be referred to UNHCR for recognition as refugees.

USM commenced operation in March 2014 when outstanding torture claims and other non-refoulement claims on applicable grounds made to the government were merged into USM and undecided prosecution claims under UNHCR ceased to be processed. The UN refugee agency’s undecided prosecution claimants had to reapply to Hong Kong Immigration under USM. According to Immigration Department, as of March 2016 8,465 cases were processed under USM where 52 individuals were substantiated.

This consolidated protection screening method, widely viewed as an improvement on human rights protection as a local public authority was willing to take on an international obligation of protecting other nationals in flee, was met with conflicted expectations and outcomes. It was a hugely contentious topic on an independent event themed We Are Here, marking World Refugee Day which was held on 16 June at The Hive Studios.

One Egyptian Christian asylum seeker, known as Poules, told with confidence and hope that

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Poules’s home return is out of question; his future is in the hands of USM officials.

Hong Kong Refugee Union representative, known as Peter, who spoke on the same event, said he was hopeful in the prospect of third country resettlement in that if the claimants are convincing enough in presenting evidence there is indeed a chance of gaining refugee status and that he personally knows resettled refugee from Hong Kong.

However, according to Peter, USM substantiated individuals are not often willing to divulge details and their submitted evidence is usually unknown to the wider asylum seeker community in Hong Kong.

Other occasions marking World Refugee Day were also put together by asylum seeker service and concern groups, including a Christian faith-based evening social advocacy and awareness event themed United in Love which was held at The Vine Centre on 18 June.

Jeffery Andrews, a case worker at Christian Action Centre for Refugees and the first ethnic minority registered social worker in Hong Kong, told three successful stories of UN-brokered refugee third country resettlement from Hong Kong to the United Sates, all were his clients at the refugee service centre, which, according to Mr Andrews, serves

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over 300 individuals at the moment.

Curse of Love, a book written by one of the settled on his asylum-seeking past in Hong Kong, has recently been published in the US. An Iranian teenage girl, known as Ida, who fled with her family from Iranian authority’s prosecution and threatening of religious minorities in 2012 and ended up in Hong Kong after several transit flights, told her story in third-person that her claim was approved in three-and-half years and that her fellows deserve protection from Hong Kong authority.

Waving granted refugee paper on stage, Ida declared, “We are not here to take away your home and jobs. We are here to seek protection from Hong Kong government.”

many failed claimants go to Torture Claims Appeal Board. However, Mr Severson lamented that there were few legal representations in appear stage and rejected cases were difficult to be brought to court, issues his colleague was taking to the head of UNHCR in Geneva as Mr Severson spoke on the event. On another note, Mr Severson does explain that deportation and repatriation takes a long time, as in Hong Kong only voluntary repatriation is observed to be exercised and such a process requires a passport, which many asylum seekers do not have, be acquired from diplomatic missions of their home country. Nevertheless, Mr Severson did not rule out the possibility of forced deportation of rejected claimants.

Citing Immigration Department as source, Adam Severson of Justice Centre Hong Kong revealed that the average time for a verdict under USM is 28 months, with

Emily Lau, a member of the Legislative Council (LegCo) and Chairwoman of Democratic Party, also spoke on the event. Reflecting on Hong Kong’s history and her

Hans Lutz of Hong Kong Christian Council Justice and Social Concern Committee leads closing prayer at United in Love event on 18 June at The Vine Centre. Picture credit: Hongyu Wang

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own experience of being banned from Mainland China and Macau, Ms Lau asserted that “Hong Kong can do a lot to the protection of refugees because Hong Kong is a land of refugees.” Vowing to do her best to convince her party and colleagues at LegCo before her announced retirement in late September, Ms Lau appealed the public to take action “Not allow newspapers to report on fake refugees every day.” Ms Lau’s conclusion remark was a social conscious call to realise a truly civilised Hong Kong because the true measure of a civilised society is “How you look after the most vulnerable.”

Featured An African asylum seeker band performs a traditional African drum dance at We Are Here event on 16 June at The Hive Studios. Picture credit: Hongyu Wang

Author bio: Hongyu Wang is a Hong Kong-based real estate trader and author of Grameen in Kosovo: a post-war humanitarian manoeuvre. His previous article Different Platforms, Same Essence appeared in July-August 2015 issue of A-Desiflava. His other articles have appeared in Sunday Examiner and Harbour Times as well as online on Jumpstart Magazine, EJ Insight, The Global and China Current Article by Hongyu Wang

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Numerous gadgets ranging from wearable, drones with cameras for aerial photography and even to fly humans, e-automobiles and smart cars , smart watches, augmented reality, gaming and virtual reality, etc are taking the world by storm feels Chandragupta Amritkar as he traverses across the globe covering some of the top tech events

A drone to fly humans The Chinese UAV company EHang unveiled the EHang 184 - a humansized drone that will be able to carry one passenger for 23 minutes at a speed of 100km/h at a max flight height of 11,000 feet. It’s the first fully electric autonomous aerial vehicle capable of carrying one passenger. As per the company EHang 184 has done 100 successful, manned test flights.

EHang 184 - which was named for 1 passenger, 8 propellers, and 4 arms -

Phantom 3 4K DJI announced a new version of their Phantom 3 drone. The Phantom 3 4K features a powerful camera capable of 4K video and Wi-Fi connectivity for the live video feed.

The drone shoots 4K video at up to 30 frames per second and can fly for

up to 25 minutes on a single charge.

Weighing 1280gms it comes with an integrated, gimbal-stabilized 4K camera, ultrasonic sensors and has remote-control buttons for playback, video recording and camera shutter. The Phantom 3 4K will cost $999 (Rs. 65,000/-)

Drones today are becoming more accessible for consumers and utility in industrial applications, film making, weddings, delivery/ transportation, disaster relief etc. Intel set a new world record for the most drones airborne simultaneously - 100 drones with a live orchestra in Germany. During the keynote speech of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich at CES 2016 the video was first shown. Some of the popular drones included.

stands 5 feet tall and weighs 200kgs.

The flight control systems have multiple sets of sensors providing the drone with constant stream of realtime data. As it takes off and lands vertically there is no need for runways and as the arms fold up its easy to park the drone in any car parking space. It also has 4G Wi-Fi Internet thus you will not miss your whatsApp messages. Available by end 2016 it can set you back by around $200,000 - $300,000 (1.3 crore - 2 crore).

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Typhoon H hexacopter The Yuneec Typhoon H hexacopter drone uses Intel’s RealSense camera to automatically avoid collisions in its path as its ultrasonic proximity detection allows the drone to sense what is happening around it. Made from carbon fiber, the 1.8-kg drone has six arms with props and the arms fold down from the flight position when not in use.

The best part is that it frees up the camera with retractable landing gear thus providing an unobstructed view for the 360º gimbal camera.

The Typhoon H will cost $1,799 (1,05,000/-).

Parrot Disco drone Most consumer drones are a quadcopter, with four rotors on a body supported by two legs for takeoff and landing. But Parrot unveiled the 700-gram Parrot Disco drone as a wing-shaped drone where one simply tosses it in the air and it flies. Its autopilot and its many sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope,

100 Dancing Drones Intel set the Guinness World Record for having the most number of unmanned aerial vehicles in the air at the same time. On Nov. 4, 2015, Intel and Futurelab pre-programmed 100 drones and launched them in the sky to show off a spectacular light show synchronized with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony played by a live orchestra. The video was initially showcased during the keynote speech of Krzanich at the 2016 CES.

Volkswagens e-vehicle While the Delhi government tried the odd-even rule for vehicles, most of India is struggling with pollution issues and emissions laws. The solution is electric vehicles but then its not easy to charge. All that will change in 2019 when Volkswagen will launch its BUDD-e new concept microbus based on the brand’s new

magnetometer, barometer, Pitot, GPS) permanently control its flight. It can fly up to 45 minutes at 80Km/h.

It has a 14-megapixel camera at the front of the drone. It works with Parrot’s Skycontroller to give one a first-person view on a tablet/mobile via the camera. It has removable wings making it more compact for carrying with you or shipping.

When all 100 light-equipped drones danced and painted 3D shapes and messages in sky above Flugplatz Ahrenlohe, Tornesch, near Hamburg, Germany in early November, a new record was born.

Dubbed Drone 100, the spectacle set a Guinness World Record for most UAVs airborne simultaneously.

Official Guinness World Records adjudicator Pravin Patel was on hand to verify record and congratulate the technology company.

MEB (modular electric drive kit) platform for electric vehicles and will have only a 15-minute charging time.

As per the company Budd-e has two electric motors, one at the front and another at the rear with an allelectric range of 233 miles on a single charge. Volkswagen describes it as a

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Technology mobile home as the car can connect to your home as part of the ‘Internet of things’. One can control homely things like lights, television, fridge, oven etc. from inside the car using touch and gesture control .

A sixth sense vehicle.

Faraday Future unveiled its singleseater FFZERO1 Concept vehicle which for the batman fans looks like a Batmobile and for those in the dreamy world it may look like an UFO from another world. FFZERO1 incorporates a new chassis design and claims to have a “sixth sense” that adapts to the driver’s intentions and needs while providing real-time data and images.

This electric concept car has 1,000 horsepower, 200mph top speed and can hit 60mph in just two seconds.

The driver’s seat was inspired by NASA ‘zero gravity’ design, offering an

LGs OLED TV - 77-inch G6 LGs top-of-the-line OLED TV - 77inch G6 OLED with a screen that’s just 2.57mm thick received 2016 CES Best of Innovations Award. OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) is a display technology containing thin flexible sheets of an organic electroluminescent material, used for visual displays. As OLEDs emit light, they consume significantly less power. LGs line of 4K HDR-

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unparalleled sense of weightlessness and reduced driver fatigue. The aerodynamic tunnel that runs through the center of the vehicle’s body reduces drag, resulting in greater power efficiency, higher top speeds, and optimal battery and motor cooling as it redirects air across the car’s internal surfaces. The steering wheel offers a hub for the driver’s personal mobile device, allowing for remote vehicle setup, customized configurations, modifiable power outputs, and real time data visualization and interaction.

swivel to face each other for optionally social purposes. Like a horse carriage, Dr. Zetsche also says the car will always know where to go, just like the horse knows how to return to its barn.

Thanks to an unusual bodyshell that uses high-strength carbon-fiber, aluminum, and steels, the F 015 does away with B-pillars, meaning that the suicide doors provide a wide, uninterrupted access portal into the interior. Powered by a mix of high performance batteries and hydrogen cells, the F015’s hybrid system promises a range of up to 1,100 km.

Mercedes-Benz F 015: Tomorrow’s smartcar

The F 015 also has a bevy of sensors and radars to detect nearby motion.

The vehicle even has color-coded LED lights on the front and back to let you know what the car is thinking. It can tell you whether or not it’s in autonomous mode, or give pedestrians a heads-up when it’s safe to cross. Touchscreens are not only built-in to the dash of the car, they’re also embedded in the door panels, allowing passengers to set window privacy from within the car and other interior settings like music and temperature. It’s purely at concept stage and may take a decade or may never hit the market.

Head of Mercedes-Benz Dr. Dieter Zetsche had unveiled the company’s concept car of the future: the F 015 ‘Luxury in Motion.’ With the F 015, Mercedes-Benz likens the self-driving car to the evolution of the horse carriage, where interior seats can

enabled OLED TVs consisted of eight new models in flat and curved configurations with 4K Ultra HD resolution and high dynamic range (HDR) capability. The G6 and E6 series are the first TVs to display on slim glass panel. This unique Picture-On-Glass design is only possible with OLED technology and is ultra-thin with a translucent glass back and powerful, forward-facing sound bar speaker system.

Family Hub refrigerator A sophisticated multi-tasker that reconnects families, organizes groceries and home tasks, and provides entertainment is the Samsung’s Family Hub refrigerator.

The company has put a 21.5-inch high-definition LCD touchscreen display on t on the upper right exterior door. The screen allows family members to post, share and

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update calendars, pin photos, leave notes mirror their Samsung smart TV, stream music etc – all with the ease and convenience of your smartphone.

The best part is one can manage groceries- identifying foods you need or have to be replenished to tracking product expiration dates etc. In a revolutionary advancement in refrigerator technology, three

high quality cameras inside the fridge capture an image every time the door closes. You can then access those images anytime using your smartphone and take a peek inside your fridge. One can easily pull up the Samsung Smart Home app at any store and look right into your Family Hub fridge. It can also entertain friends and family with options for music streaming or connect to your Bluetooth wireless

LG rollable display LG showcased an 18-inch paperthin OLED display which is flexible enough to be rolled up like a newspaper and the company hopes to one day make TVs you can roll up and carry with you. These flexible screens can be used in everything from smartphones to cars.

LG Display showroom was divided into sections devoted to OLED and LCD display products. The showroom highlighted the key advantages of OLED, including its superior picture quality and its extreme design flexibility that makes it suitable for many different electronics applications and devices. It also showcased futuristic concept displays that highlight the dynamic forms that OLED can achieve, including the world’s first 30R 18-inch rollable display that can be rolled-up like a newspaper; a 55-inch design concept OLED TV display that is paper-thin since the electric circuits are installed separately; and a matching pair of 65-inch extreme-curve concave/ convex OLED displays.

OMbra OM’s collection of smart shirts for men were launched in 2014. Two years later the company launched the OMbra - The ultimate smart bra. The OMbra is a product of science and engineering as much as it is the product of design and creation. The OMbra, created by Canadian company OMSignal,

speakers or even enjoy TV programs (even while cooking so the ladies don’t miss their saas-bhau serials).

contains biometric trackers within absorbent, breathable fabric to support and protect a woman’s breasts during exercise. The core of the OMbra, a small black box that sits above the torso, houses a range of sensors that track running performance indicators, such as distance, cadence, pace, heart rate and calories. Positioned in a similar place to where a heart-rate strap may sit on the body, the bra collects data about your workout and sends it directly to a corresponding app.

The smart bra also monitors how soon your body recovers from a workout and matches that data up against others in your age range.

The start-up kit is $149 for a bra and the fitness tracker.

(Chandragupta Amritkar is with Global Media group that brings out two publications - Global Technologies and Global Destinations.

He traverses across the globe and has been to numerous countries globally Australia, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Star cruises, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, UAE, Oman, Turkey, Greece, Sardinia, Germany, UK, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Monte Carlo/Monaco, Mallorca, Spain, USA, Seychelles, Russia etc.)

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Perfect For short Trip Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India

Located at the border of the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, Bhangarh Fort is a 17th century fort, infamous all over India for being the “Most haunted place in India“. Because of the numerous ghostly experiences and happenings in the fort premises, villages have sprung up far away from the fort, due to the fear of what lies within. Even the Archaeological

Survey of India or the ASI has forbidden the locals and tourists from entering the fort at night. This completely ruined, haunted fort of Bhangarh does have a very eerie, negative aura to it. Several legends have attested to the paranormal happenings inside the fort.

There are always two sides of the story of the Bhangarh Fort, haunted for generations. Let me relate the story first. The two sides can wait for some time.

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A group of tourists once bribed the keeper of a fort to let them inside the complex of the supposedly haunted Bhangarh fort (a notoriously infamous one at that) once night fell. The keeper let them in, albeit with a stern warning that it wasn’t advisable to go inside the fort since it was believed to be haunted by spirits during the night. Unmindful of the warning, the group trotted inside joking and laughing. It was all good up to the point they noticed a boy sitting alone inside one of the rooms. The only anomaly was that the room had no door, and a window which was tightly grilled to make sure that no one could enter in or venture out. What happened next is an occurrence I need not describe.

I believe my readers are clever enough to guess the inevitable.

Globetrotter Potter, for a mere invocation of its name sends goosebumps down one’s spine. Come now, for if the mysteries of the other-worldly activities enchant you, if you have a penchant for going to places which are popular for all the wrong reasons and if you find yourself being titillated while going through this post, then Bhangarh fort in the Alwar district of Rajasthan is the place for you to reckon with.

The Surviving Legends of the Haunted Bhangarh Fort

The Bhangarh fort haunted is like other forts in Rajasthan, and is surprisingly well preserved. Its ramparts and fortifications stand amidst the ruins of the ghost town by the same name. Legends have it that the fort and the surrounding establishments around it once buzzed with life. Then something happened along with a chain of other unfortunate incidents which led to the doom of the place within a very short span of time.

Bhangarh fort haunted, has many stories associated with it, although one which is most credulous and widely held to be true. The fort almost invariably finds a place very high up when a list of the most haunted places in India, or even Asia for that matter, is drawn up. A place which is so riddled with the element of paranormal that even the official administrative machinery endorses that the place is not normal. A place where it is expressly forbidden to venture in after darkness falls. A place which looks like a blown up version of Riddle Manor in Harry

Coming back to the dual facets- there are two stories still surviving in the form of legends, which have tried to give a meaning to the eerie atmosphere which surrounds the haunted fort of Bhangarh.

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landscape that no soul would ever be able to live in peace there. The entire landscape around the Bhangarh Fort has been haunted since.

The first legend claims that a king named Madho Singh raised the Bhangarh fort after obtaining due permission from an ascetic named Bala Nath who lived there; having agreed to a condition which said that the shadow of the fort must never fall upon the home of the ascetic. But as fate would have it, one of the ambitious successors of Madho Singh added to the fortifications vertically, thereby causing its ominous shadow to engulf the abode of the ascetic. Lo and Behold, once it came to pass, the fort was doomed within no time. The alleged prophecy stood fulfilled, and the Bhangarh Fort became haunted.

A Place Caught in a limbo A second legend behind the Bhangarh Fort haunted, more popular than the first one, claims that Princess Ratnavati of Bhangarh was responsible for the apocalyptic situation which befell the fort. A local black magician fell in love with her (the princess is believed to have been very beautiful) and once tried tobewitch a cosmetic she was supposed to use, to make her fall in love with him. The princess smelled suspicion and foiled the entire conspiracy of the black magician by pouring the bewitched cosmetic over a massive stone boulder, which then supposedly crushed the ‘tantrik’ to death. Before the magician breathed his last, he placed a curse upon the entire

The Brighter Side The fort is situated at the edge of a lusciously green expanse of Sariska Tiger Reserve between Alwar andJaipur, and is not very far away from Delhi either.

The fort was clearly modelled upon the medieval city of Shahjahanbad, with four massive wooden gates in every direction. The precincts of the fort have ornately carved a miniature waterfall and temples which lend an air of tranquility to the place during the better part of the day. The remnants of some palaces within the fort are a clear indicators of the fort’s prosperity during its heyday. The fort would have been a tourist hotspot for its serene atmosphere during the day and the architectural marvel that the fort is, and as a matter of fact it is. It is a tourist attraction and it does attract hordes of tourists during the day, but for all the wrong reasons. Local folks would have you believe that no one dares to build a house with a roof in the vicinity of the fort. The roof collapses shortly after being built.

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After Darkness Falls...

The entire landscape is subsumed by a pall of gloom and a chilling hollowness once the last ray of sunlight bids adieu until its arrival the next morning. One constantly feels as if their movements are being watched, and the air is charged with a dizzying heaviness. A board put up by the Archaeological Survey of India cautions the visitors not to venture within the premises of the fort during the dark hours.

The haunted fort of Bhangarh, has had several stories associated with it.

Believing on of them is akin to believing that the fort indeed is haunted, and this is a tale that has been in circulation for years. There is evidence to support the claim of those who say that those tried their luck either went missing, or weren’t able to explain anything coherently. You might say that the entire episodes were mere figments of imagination by ruminating minds, but the fact remains a fact.

Bhangarh Fort From Alwar The nearest town to Bhangarh, is Alwar in Rajasthan. The distance from Alwar to Bhangarh is about 90 Km, for which taxis and buses are available from Alwar.

Alwar Tourism

Bhangarh Fort From Delhi Bhangarh is located around 269 km from Delhi via Neemrana route and 242 km via Alwar route. Alwar route, even though shorter takes slightly longer time because of the road conditions. From Delhi, one should take the NH8 route and head straight and continue even after Neemrana and take the NH11A. Drive on NH11A for around 50 km and then take the Rajasthan State Highway SH 55 for another 20 km to reach the destination.

Overall, Bhangarh takes about 4 to 5 hours of driving from Delhi. On return, you can come via Alwar and stay back there. Explore the Sariska Tiger Reserve and Alwar Fort on the next day and be back in Delhi by evening.

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Bhangarh Fort from Jaipur Bhangarh Fort is just 83 km from Jaipur and it’s a good place to go for a day trip with friends. Take the NH11 and continue onto Agra Road. From Dausa, take the NH11A and continue for about 15km. From there, take the SH 55 and you can reach the destination. Overall, it won’t take you more than 2 hours from Jaipur to reach Bhangarh Fort.

It will be a totally fun trip knowing the haunted stories of bhangarh. Try to talk to locals and see if they can recite the haunted story in Hindi.

P.S: I do not have a penchant for dramatics, but while I was writing this post on Bhangarh Fort, the electricity decided to play truant.

The icing on the cake was added by a fiercely blowing wind that almost shattered the windowpanes of my flat, and left me wondering. Was that a coincidence?

Anand is a master’s student of Journalism and Mass Communication at Banaras Hindu University. Writing is his passion and he likes to read a lot, political history of India in particular.

Brooding at the Ghats with a good book at his side is his mainstay, apart from an adequately sweetened mug of coffee or a cup of lemon tea. In his free time, he writes for Holidify, the Highest Rated Travel App in India. Source of Article:http://www.holidify.com/ blog/bhangarh-fort-haunted/

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Top 10 CRMs Small Business Owners Need to Thrive

Customer relationship management (CRM) has been an effective tool for managing interactions with customers and prospects of course, with the main goal of enhancing and improving the customers relationship with the company. It was in use long before we started working with Big Data and has really set the stage for the powerful work that can be done -- and has been done -- to better understand what our audience wants. From past purchasing patterns to a clearer picture of individual preferences, CRM software has been an important tool that mostly large businesses have leveraged.

However, research by various organizations reveals that CRM is gaining ground as a platform that even small business owners can use to better target customers and retain their existing base. For example, Apptivo collected a number of recent statistics that show the growth potential and current use of CRM, including a study by Gartner that predicted 2016 would create a market for CRM products for mobile and non-mobile valued at $36 billion.

They also cited a study by Capterra that found that nearly half of the companies that implemented some type of CRM solution experienced a significant improvement in their

customer service numbers as well as customer retention, customer satisfaction, and upselling/crossselling results.

To illustrate the growth in CRM solutions for small business owners, here are the top 10-rated CRM products that are providing this segment of companies with a competitive advantage:

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and the short-term and long-term potential for your revenue and customer retention rates.

In highlighting some of its standout features, Zoho CRM cuts down the clicks you need to make to get work done related to marketing, sales, and customer service tasks.

It also offers dynamic reporting tools that allow you to create or export data. If your small business deals in inventory, Zoho CRM also provides features that enhance that aspect of your business processes.

A real plus is the ability to link this CRM system with your social media contacts found on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, expanding the view of conversations with customers and prospects and offering an additional way to stay engaged with them.

Lastly, Zoho CRM integrates with your iPad or iPhone, Blackberry, or Android device.

1. Insightly.

Insightly is an easy-to-use CRM software helps you with organizing client interactions as well as tracking milestones, leads, projects and dialogue with prospects and clients.

The layout of this CRM software feels like a social media page, making you feel at home instantly and confident that you will be able to navigate through it quickly. The CRM solution works as a non-mobile and mobile application with apps for iPhone and Android.

There are many options for customizing your interface and features that you need as a small business plus it integrates with other applications already in use, such as Google Apps, Dropbox, Quickbooks

Online, Google Drive and more. It's got an incredible project management feature that helps small businesses stay organized. There are five pricing levels, including a free, basic, plus, professional, and enterprise tier with one to match all types and sizes of businesses. In order to get integrations like Google contact and MailChimp integration, you will have to pick a level beyond the free plan.

2. Zoho CRM. Despite being such a low-cost solution, Zoho CRM does not cut corners on the features that are included in the platform. Bringing sales, marketing and customer service functions together into one place means you have a clearer picture of your overall business

3. ProsperWorks.

Working within your Gmail account, ProsperWorks is made for individuals and teams. It helps to identify, organize, and track sales opportunities as well as better understand, target, and service existing customers. One of the best features is the decreased amount of time needed by you or your sales team to enter data. This is because the CRM data can already be found within your Gmail account, including offering suggestions to add to your lead list straight from your email box.

Other benefits include quick setup, minimal training, and features that handle the time-intensive work of customer service and the sales experience. It also works with iOS and Android and offers a realtime way to see all interactions in

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4. Sugar CRM. Considered ideal for both small and medium-sized businesses, Sugar CRM solution goes beyond just organizing your leads and customers.

It includes a comprehensive set of campaign and reporting tools as well as web forms with easy-touse drag-and-drop functionality.

It works with many cloud service providers so you can leverage those benefits. The menu options on its navigation are easy to follow and tell you exactly what is offered based on specific tasks you need to complete.

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you add information to your account and dashboard, it fills up with helpful data and direction on what you can do with this growing information. It will also send you more information through its connection to your social media presence, alerting you when there is a conversation that includes your company so you can respond and engage. Nimble also has a marketplace where you can find ways to integrate with more than 40 other types of applications to link all your businesses processes together for a more efficient system between marketing, sales, customer service, social media and accounting. Additionally, there are project management tools and mobile capability that turn this into a comprehensive CRM solution without the high monthly fee.

Other features include mobile capability as well as integration with Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Excel and email clients like Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo! Mail and more. Plus, there is built-in social CRM features to maximize those campaign tools. The only thing to note here is that, because it has so much functionality, it is one of the more expensive small business CRM tools on the market. All editions require at least five users and a year contract, which may mean freelancers or startups cannot use this particular CRM solution right at first.

5. Nimble.

As another low-cost option, Nimble CRM is on budget for freelancers and small business owners with various pricing tiers that allow you to expand the number of contacts, storage, and features that you can access. As

owner. Its smartly designed interface is user-friendly and intuitive and includes a customizable dashboard, tasks, calendar and activity feeds.

Even if you have no programming skills, you can still customize aspects of your Salesforce account, including the interface, fields, and tabs as well as publish custom apps from its marketplace known as AppExchange.

Other features include real-time access to your data on your Windows Phone, Blackberry or iPhone; integrated social CRM functionality with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter; company collaboration through a social networking tool that is included on this platform and is called Chatter; and B2B data through Data.com and Dunn. Just note that not all these features are included in the lowest price monthly tier of this CRM platform for small business.

7. Capsule CRM. As a relatively new entrant to the CRM community, Capsule is a UK-based tech company that offers its solution for small businesses located in many countries. Features include an easyto-read interface, task reminders, sales pipeline tracking and social media feeds with its increasingly API-focused

architecture.

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means that other companies can create programs that integrate with 6. Salesforce.

Although you might just think Salesforce is a CRM system for those large companies out there since it’s such a widely touted brand in the CRM industry, it’s also suited all the way down to the individual user like a freelancer or small business

Capsule, offering you even more functionality. It also integrates with FreeAgent, Freshbooks, MailChimp and Xero. Capsule offers a free plan that supports two users and 250 contacts along with limited storage. For a very small fee, you

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can upgrade to the Premium Plan that includes multiple users, 50,00 contacts, and considerable storage.

With its mobile functionality it works for Android and iOS devices.

8. Contactually.

This low-cost CRM solution is geared toward smaller companies while giving them big company CRM functionality, including integrating with

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Salesforce’s Sales Cloud and Zoho CRM. It also integrates with Constant Contact, MailChimp, Pipedrive and Google Tasks. The best aspects of Contactually is that it improves one-on-one communication with customers and prospects while identifying

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relationships,

providing the power to follow up on these relationships and close more deals.

Key features include closing the connection gap with your contacts

across email and social media platforms, delivering email templates for campaigns and personalized communication, and giving you the convenience of real-time data through mobile apps so you can

stay on top of customer service on the go. Pricing for Contactually is considered mid-range compared against the free and budget options on this list and the more expensive options also noted here.

9. Campaigner CRM. This intuitive CRM platform has an interface that allows you to arrange the tabs you need in a way that makes sense to you while hiding the ones that you just don’t need.

Campaigner's drag-and-drop functionality is a user-friendly way to create the interface that works for you while reducing the time spent on learning how it works. If you upgrade from the free tier to the SPM plan, you will be able to add custom sales processes, sales analysis with Pulse

reporting, and integration with thirdparty applications like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and QuickBooks.

However, the free plan designed for the small business owner is full of great features like email campaigns, report generation, social media linking and mobile capability.

10. ContactMe. ContactMe solution is considered a lighter version of other CRM solutions, which may be all you need as a freelancer or very small business. There are also two other payment levels available that increase the features beyond just using it as a way to organize your contacts and stay on top of your leads. For example, its Form Plus plan adds auto responses, text message alerts, detailed stats and other features, making it a good option for bloggers and other freelancers. The Biz Pro level includes tasks, notes, attachments, reminders, calendar and other beneficial features. This is definitely more of an option for a single business owner versus a company that has teams of marketing and sales staff.

When you are ready to consider a CRM solution for your small business, the majority of these top CRM programs offer trial periods that let you take their tools for a test drive before committing to purchasing a monthly subscription. Even if you are not sure if you need a CRM solution, this is a good way to learn how CRM works to improve your sales leads and closings as well as how it can enhance the customer engagement process for greater retention and loyalty.

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Hanuman flew from India to Sri Lanka on purpose. The festival of Hanuman in Hong Kong brought Indian culture to its residents with a great bang. To commemorate the 100th Birth Anniversary of spiritual guru Chinmayananda, his followers organised a grand Hanuman Festival in the Central Harbour Front grounds. This attracted more than 1000 families including Indians and other nationalities. This festival was organized Chinmaya Mission of Hong Kong. The Hindu character Hanuman was chosen for this festival as 2016 is Year of the Monkey in the Chinese tradition. It was very thoughtful on the character choice by the organisor to bring both cultures together in Hong Kong.

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Every visitors entering the festival grounds got their blessings from Hanuman. Devotees had an altar of Hanuman to place their offerings to get Lord Hanuman’s blessings.

Hanuman Chalisa was chanted all through the day.

This mega family event, the first of its kind in the territory, aimed to showcase Hindu culture and customs through a variety of interactive games, live entertainment, free storytelling, vegetarian food stalls, yoga festival, etc.,.

Alongside the Carnival, Mindfulness Yoga Festival was a highlight of the event. Hundreds of people both Indians, Chinese, other nationalities came together and did 108 sun salutations, 108 mantra chants and 1008 seconds of guided meditation.

Many yoga masters of Hong Kong came together to lead the people along with Swamini Supriyananda.

Guinness record holding Yoga master Yogaraj dressed himself like Hanuman and was attracting many visitors to take selfies and photos.

Visitors were entertained by different organisations with dance, singing and drama. Dances by the members of Sri Shakti Academy, Hari Om’s Dance Society, Cosmic Dance displayed the beauty of Indian classical dances Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi. Brian’s Academy of dance brought the other dance forms of India. There were many singers both Indian and other nationalities to entertain the audience.

Free story telling session held at different points of time all through the day attracted many children as well as adults.

Being one day event, the true festivity laid on the Food Carnival too. We

could see many Indian restaurants in the same place offering different cuisines of vegetarian food, northern and southern. We could enjoy both varieties at the same time.

The most important flavor added to the event were the interactive game booths. Chinmaya mission HK is organising classes all over Hong Kong for many years now. The teachers and students of these classes volunteered to have quite a number of game booths depicting the adventures of Hanuman. Hanuman tail contest, reach the Sun, Finding Sita Devi, fixing puzzles, Wheel of fortune were all attracting lot of kids and they all enjoyed playing these games.

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There were booths to have a nice good shopping of Indian things too.

We could feel that we were in India.

It was heartening to see lot of people relaxing on the lawns and trying different selfie angles. All those people who came to the festival felt being in a festival held in India and were looking forward to such events in future which entertained both young and old.

Whole family entertainer made everyone enjoy all the events and got blessings from Hanuman for a better year ahead.

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Last year, some newspapers reported that some kindergartens were using Cantonese to interview all applicants, including non-Chinese children. It is obvious that doing so would disadvantage the children who come from a non-Chinese home environment with no previous exposure to the language. Parents, with the objective of wanting their child to learn Chinese from a young age, a move that is recommended by all language experts, are turned away at the door by kindergarten

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staff who tell them that their child will not be able to cope in a Chineselanguage environment. Schools also cite the difficulty in communicating with parents who cannot speak Cantonese as a reason for not admitting non-Chinese students.

With the new academic year approaching, it is essential for all parents to be aware of Hong Kong’s laws regarding fairness and equality of education opportunities. The Race Discrimination Ordinance provides

that it is unlawful for an educational establishment to refuse to accept a student’s application for admission on the ground of his/her race.

The Ordinance also includes provisions on indirect racial discrimination. Given that language used by people is often associated with their race, treatment based on language may constitute indirect discrimination against ethnic minorities. If a requirement, for example a language requirement, is applied in such a way that it

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has an unfair effect on a particular racial group because only a smaller proportion of people from that group can meet that requirement, then it may amount to indirect race discrimination against people of that race, unless it can be shown that the requirement is justifiable under the circumstances.

Kindergartens should be aware of their immense responsibility as they are the first step in the formal education of a child. Every child should be given equal opportunities to learn Chinese and English in Hong Kong, irrespective of their mother tongue. Their language skills prior to entering into the education system should not be a factor affecting their admission. Hence, kindergartens are advised to be cautious when using language as a criterion for selection of applicants. For instance, for non-Chinese speaking applicants, Chinese-medium kindergartens could look at options for evaluation other than interviews held in Chinese and consider factors other than their proficiency in the language. This advice should be similarly applied to kindergartens with medium of instruction other than Chinese.

The newspaper reports also pointed out that some schools did not provide school information in English. This prevents parents from making right choices of schools without the availability of all necessary information in English.

Schools should make the effort to provide information in both English and Chinese so non-Chinese parents have the freedom of choice. School staff should be willing and able to assist ethnic minority parents.

Interpretation services should be arranged wherever possible.

The Equal Opportunities Commission issued a Press Statement last year urging kindergartens to embrace

diversity and inclusion in accepting ethnic minority students. Meetings with the Education Bureau and presentations to kindergarten principals further served to underscore these messages directly.

We hope that with the introduction of free kindergarten education from the 2017-18 academic year, more kindergartens will open their doors to non-Chinese students leading to better integrated classrooms.

With Chinese language learning becoming essential for the future of every child intending to make Hong

Kong his or her permanent home, early immersion into the language is critical.

For parents, choosing the right school is a critical decision that can have a long-lasting impact on their child’s future. Restricting the choice implies a restriction of potential opportunities. Parents, teachers, schools and the community should make sure that there are no barriers in the decision making process so as to ensure that the best choice is made for the child.

If you or anyone you know has faced discrimination in the kindergarten or school admission process, you may call the Equal Opportunities Commission to make an enquiry or lodge a complaint. For more information on the EOC, the antidiscrimination laws, and how to lodge a complaint to the EOC please visit: http://www.eoc.org.hk/eoc.

You can also contact our hotline at 2511 8211 or email us at eoc@eoc. org.hk for assistance. (We can also provide you with an interpreter upon request, subject to availability).

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MRS. POONAM MEHTA HK’s well-known Counsellor & our Columnist for Love & Relationships section.

M. Ed. Guidance & Counseling, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne U K and Early Years Registered Educator in Hong Kong

SHARE YOUR LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS WITH HER, SHE KNOWS IT ALL..

Question 1: Hello Aunty, my name is Sheetal and i live in Tung Chung. I have been thinking of writing to you from a long time, but never got a chance and time to do so. Now finally, i have some free time, so would like to ask you my question. I have been suffering from some bad nightmares and everyday the patterns of my dreams are almost the same. Sometimes they are even the same stories continuing the next day. Most of the times the stories are related to my husband cheating on me or some scary ghosts and black magics happening around me. I am not sure if i need to consult some doctor for this, or i need some spiritual help. Aunty please suggest something by which i can get cured or releived from my bad

MRS. POONAM MEHTA dreams problem. I am very stressed, tired and depressed everyday in the morning because of the bad dreams which came last night.

Answer 1 Dear Sheetal, Nightmares can be vivid and frightening detailed images that can leave us in a state of panic and fear after we wake up.

We often try to ignore our difficult issues with distractions during the day but when we are asleep and are forced to be alone in our own heads, these difficult issues will be addressed Late-night snack and late-night sleep can also contribute to disturbed sleep and nightmares. Try

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watching a fun frolic movie, listen to your favourie music or read and pray before retiring to bed. Do you think any of your past issues are affecting you? If there are any then casually share with your husband. If this doesn’t work you may consult psycho therapist. Best Wishes!

Question 2 Namaste. My name is Raj and i live in Yuen Long.

I'm a Nepali born in Hong Kong. Aunty, I am in love with a Indian girl. She happens to be from a Sindhi family and is very rich and i come from a lower income group family. We both love each other a lot but her grandparents are very orthodox style and would never let us get married. I am not sure if i should wait for her or let her go due to this difference of classes. Also, her parents are really not supporting her and just saying that they all need to listen to her grandfather who really controls everything in the family. Its very strange to have such kind of a relationship problem in a outside country like Hong Kong. I would have still understood and accepted this problem if we were living in India. Please suggest something which can help us to resolve this issue. SHALL I LEAVE HER OR HANG ON WITH THIS?

Answer 2 Dear Raj, I see you are deeply in love with a Sindhi girl, whose family is not accepting your relationship.

You need to understand how much your friend is interested in you and whether she will marry you without her parent’s consent.

I agree with you that parents have to be openminded irrespective of caste or financial status.

However, you also need to understand that parents who are similar to your friend are also accountable to the rest of their family. Their culture, their values and social status is also important to them, furthermore, the views of each member may differ therefore, it may become hard for parents to permit their child to marry outside their own community. In your case, would you want to spend rest of your life pleasing her parents? You will probably have to work hard to meet her parent’s expectations that may affect your own ego and may result in misery. In hard times you may or may not get any support from them.

It appears you are not sure of yourself, however, If you are still able to make a sensible decision of letting it go then do it ASAP.

Question 3 Hi Poonam Ji, Hope you are doing well. I have been reading your Q&A column in almost every issue of Adesiflava Magazine. I don't really know if these are all real questions that actual people ask or self made questions made by the publishers of Adesiflava. I want to ask you some simple questions, why does a women need to change her surname after marriage? why does a women need to wear mangal sutra and bindi? why does a women need to look after the family and kids and sacrifice her career and life? I am not against men but just wanted a justified answer to these questions. I shall wait for your reply published in the next issue of Adesiflava. Preeti from Tsim Sha Tsui (name and place changed on request)

Answer 3 Dear Preeti, There is no single answer to your whys. There can be several reasons why society applied and adopts them according to time and need, as it is found meaningful and useful to people concerned. These are not made by individuals but are justified collectively and influenced by people history, culture and religion. In today’s time most of these are becoming personal choices.

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MADE FOR EACH OTHER It is essential that there is love and peace in marital life. By adopting the instructions of Fengshui, you can live your life by increasing the mutual love in the family.

• Light up red or yellow candles, a red lantern or a red lamp in the south-western corner of the drawing room of your house. This will produce Yang energy of Feng-shui in the house which leads to love and peace in the family.

• In the south-western direction, put up crystal balls and symbols of double happiness along with rose quartz grapes.

• In the south-western corner of the house, keep pairs of love birds, swans or Mandarin ducks • On the south-western wall of the house, put up such picture of a high mountain that does not have any river, lake or waterfall. This will increase stability in the family.

You can also make your marital relations more loving by keeping the following points in your mind while sleeping in the bedroom:

1) By keeping the bed in the south-western corner of the house, you can give stability to your relationship.

2) The presence of mirror in the bedroom brings about tension and separation. If the mirror is along the northeast or north-eastern wall, it may bring gains, fame and prosperity during the day but at night while sleeping, the organ of the body which is reflected in the mirror, may get afflicted with some problem.

3) If you keep the computer and TV in the bedroom, then this can create disharmony in your marital life.

4) Never sleep directly under the beam of the ceiling. It can cause headaches, tension and disharmony.

5) If you keep an aquarium or any other object of decoration that is a collection of water in the bedroom, the it can lead to unsteadiness or fickleness and there is the fear of a third person coming between the husband and the wife.

In Feng-Shui, the dragon is considered to be extremely lucky for love and romance in the lives of the single persons and those who are lonely.

The girls, who are looking for a good life-partner or those who are facing difficulties in their marriage, should keep a dragon in the south-eastern part of their room.

The girls who aspire for an extremely enthusiastic and strong life-partner , should keep an image or statue of the dragon in the south-eastern zone or in the center of the drawing-room of their house .

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This dragon powerfully spreads the yang energy of love and romance in the surrounding atmosphere. In this way, the possibility of fulfilling all the desires of the concerned girls increases.

The dragon plays an important role in the all- round progress of the family, along with fulfilling the desires related to love.

• In families where young girls live alone or with their mothers, there is an imbalance of the femaledominated yin energy. The statues of the dragon balance this unbalanced yin energy.

• Never keeps the statue of the dragon in the bedroom.

The girls, who keep the statues of dragons in their bedroom, become aggressive and men begin to avoid them.

• W e gifted a statue of the dragon to a friend of ours. She put up that statue in her bedroom. We were unaware of where she had kept that dragon. After some day,

we saw a very marked change in her behavior –she would get aggressive with regard to very small things. One day, she called us to her house for tea.

We began to look around in her drawing room. Not finding the dragon anywhere in it, we asked her about it. She said, ‘’I have kept the dragon in my bedroom. ‘‘We understood everything immediately. We could now easily realize that she had become aggressive because she had kept the dragon in her bedroom. We suggested to her that she should remove the dragon from her bed room. She followed our advice and within five days, she became her old self—peaceful and ideal in behavior. Here, we would like to add another thing.

It can be said to be the influence of the yang energy of the dragon that within a five months of this incident, that friend of us got married to a suitable young man and today, they are leading a happy married life.

In fact, the dragon increases the positive chi energy and this makes the entire atmosphere of the house favorable to us and due to this, all our wishes go on being fulfilled.

KEEP BROOMS AND MOP OUT OF SIGHT Keep Intrudes at bay Here is an unusual tip passed on to us years of stay in Singapore we were neurotic about security, and went to elaborate pains to install burglar alarm systems.

You will never see brooms, mops and other cleaning objects in a traditional Chinese home. The older generations consider it extremely inauspicious to see brooms around the home instead of being kept hidden away. Exposed brooms are especially forbidden in dining rooms. The presence of exposed brooms here will ‘sweep away the family’s rice bowl and livelihood’, and is thus considered bad Feng-Shui.

We were then advised by a fengshui consultant, of Hong Kong that the best way to keep intruders away was to lean a broom upside down against the wall outside the front door. This would keep out unwanted visitors. If you want to use this tip, place the broom outside the home, not on the inside. Keep the broom there during the nocturnal hours. In the daytime keep the broom out of sight.

Pandit Gopal Sharma - He is presently adding peace, prosperity & happiness in the lives of people by imparting education & consultancy on Astrology, Numerology, Vaastu/ Feng Shui & Pyramidology.

As a president of Aadi Shankaracharya Vedic Education Society, he is presently engaged in establishing an International University near Jaipur with the mission to impart worldclass education in the field of Astrology, Vaastu, Yoga and other Vedic Sciences; besides traditional professional courses like Engineering, Architecture, Medicine, Law & Management. www.panditgopalsharma.com

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ASTROLOGY BY BEJAN DARUWALLA - AUGUST 2016 Aries: Ganesha says you bond with the family and spend intimate moments with your significant other. But many doubts, fears and insecurities continue to haunt you. There is poor selfimage too. If you are balding, you feel embarrassed to step out into the world. I am only providing a simple example. There could be many other more deep-seated fears in your psyche trying to wrestle out of your subconscious. You get into a shell and are filled with remorse and self-pity.

Taurus: There is powerful intensity now. If you work, hard, success is assured. Finance plays an important role and you look at capital formation with seriousness. You are in a love triangle and this could mess up domestic peace. It is all in the mind. If you complicate life, it will continue to haunt you. There are many positives to this phase; you have to see them. This is also a skill and a blessing: like the man who complained he had no shoes till he met someone without feet.

Gemini: Many thoughts are assailing you. You spend time in charity and may look after stray animals or work with the underprivileged. You may join a movement to save the environment or take up a part-time job in an institution working with the physically challenged.

You explore many avenues. There are maudlin moments too but you will have to work around them. At the same time as you are a bundle of contradictions right now.

Cancer: This is a significant period filled with love, passion, hope, joy, achievement, money, expenses, new purchases, marriages, engagement, festivities, new vistas, new beginnings, takeovers, makeovers, corporate moves, profitable gambles, money and honey. The tide is in your favour.

Encash! Venus is another important planet and is of great significance. As

often discussed, Venus is the planet for love, romance, sex, beauty and the good life.

Leo: You are moving in a million directions. You are networking furiously and open a multiple online accounts to meet the world. You use technology with efficiency. There is travel, money, new friends, relationships and many miracles. This is a stimulating period and you are filled with ideas.

There could be births, marriages, engagements, celebrations and much more. Life is joyous. Family life is good.

Virgo: Mars is like the volcano of vitality inside you and influences endurance, persistence and discipline.

Mars was name for the Roman God of war, and is also known as “the bright and burning one”. Red is the colour of Mars and stimulates the dynamic, potent physical energy and action and governs strength, courage, life - force and expansion. Well – placed Mars endows powerfully energy and an indomitable will to succeed.

Libra: You look for material progress and popularity. Those in the media do exceptionally well. You are in for rewards, plaudits and applause.

Writers, singers and filmmakers make it to the top of the charts. Your approach is right and you make wonders happen.

You are filled with confidence and determination. You look for mastery in your chosen field and the quest for knowledge will be your guiding light.

Scorpio: You settle down a bit and are on firm ground. You can get carried away by your ideas and sometimes live in an impractical realm. Now terra firma beckons you hard and real. You realise that ideas and money have to marry somewhere and it is high time you made that happen. You are in line for prosperity if you listen to your inner voice and not get swayed by the judgement or opinion of others. You

will bond with your spouse / lover, children.

Sagittarius: You continue with the hard slog. There is a lot of work undone and you need to sort out your priorities and set the house in order. There are launches, ceremonies, conferences, publicity meets, PR exercises, promotions, stocks, shares, mutual funds and so on. There are rewards and applause. But you are hungry for more as you feel that you deserve much more. As you can see, a lot is on your plate and you are in an indulgent mood; you want it all in one gulp.

Capricorn: Mohammad Ali who died recently is the Supreme example of the Capricornian, tough, fair, duty conscious, respected and loved for his undoubted integrity. Integrity is the wife of spirituality. Contacts, group activities, name and fame are yours for the asking.

Aquarius: There are many emotional moments as you brave the challenges thrown at you. There are hidden stresses and other subtle challenges staring you in the face. There are all sorts of things happening – hush-hush deals to surreptitious meetings. You are caught in an ambush like a giraffe in the Serengeti stalked by a pack of lions. You are hard – pressed to ward off your attackers.

Pisces: You have to make hard decisions and are unable to do it.

There are pressing domestic needs to be addressed; elders need attention, spouse and children take your time, and friends drop by. You are crowded in and need your ‘me’ time. You look hard for solutions, for a slice of equanimity. You want to get away from the turmoil and rush of events. The hustle and bustle is baffling, to say the least. You look for breathing space.

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ASTROLOGY BY BEJAN DARUWALLA - SEPTEMBER 2016 Aries: Ganesha says you may come across many complex situations this period but you will manage to demonstrate a level of maturity that surprises yourself and manage to overcome all that is thrown at you. You will do whatever it takes to be happy.

You have realised that nobody can take that away from you. You will orient yourself, evaluate the situation and develop a cognitive map. You have keen business instincts and proven ability.

Taurus: There are many new realisations this period. The world is changing rapidly and you are forced to confront that reality. Don’t indulge in criticism and learn to accept change, and that people around you are entitled to their beliefs and quirks. Life is dynamic. Learn to forget the past and don’t hold on to it or be by it. Every moment changes and you must learn to go with the flow. Most of us have a tough time imagining a tomorrow that is different from today.

Gemini: You realise that your own happiness is a by – product of the happiness of people around you. There is a lot of entertaining and you spend lavishly on your family and friends. You use your intelligence, imagination and knowledge to advantage and make rapid progress at work. You pore over blueprints for the home, office or a home away from home. There are many new interests which take hold of you this period.

Cancer: Life takes on a sense of adventure and there are exciting times spent outdoors. You are reliving your childhood through your children or simply engaging in activities that remind you of your youth.

It’s a pleasurable experience and immensely rewarding. Things may not be hot on the relationship front but your work is both engaging and profitable.

You will also find time for hobbies and you may even enroll for a new study programme.

Leo: You take a radically different approach to work and the results are all too visible. You move away from oldfashioned practices and come up with brilliant ideas which win kudos from across the board. There is little time for family as you slog away with your new work schedules and ideas. You do outstandingly well but along with this come jealousy, backbiting and a lot of bitching. Don’t allow success to go to your head.

Virgo: You have recently come out of a long relationship or are thinking about an exit strategy. You feel you have been wronged and feel like you need to go on shopping spree. You spend on apparel, jewellery, cosmetic, spirits, electronics and dining out. You are definitely indulging far more than you ever did before but it is making you feel good. You are hurting inside.

Libra: You concentrate heavily on money matters this period. Funds, loans, finances, borrowing, buying and selling will boost your self – confidence and pride. You want to experience travel and combine it with knowledge gathering. You may take an exotic vacation and may find yourself doing something adventurous, different, and exciting. You feel refreshed and rejuvenated by all this.

Scorpio: You want it all, but are often exhausted trying to get it. You don’t believe in debt, but you won’t let lack of money stand in the way of buying what you want. Financial liquidity is both necessary and desirable if your goal has to be realistically achieved. You are driven and determined. But there are many moments of anxiety and bouts of depression. You feel alone.

Sagittarius: You’re dreaming and planning for the future. You’re renovating the house. Your kitchen is the primary space for connecting; it is the command centre for family interactions and coordination. Your house has always been sought after for entertaining friends. People show up announced because you make them feel at home. You, thankfully, take a break from work and spend time with children, pets and your beloved. There is good bonding.

Capricorn: You work to improve your spiritual plane by helping the under – privileged and needy. You make donations to causes and offer medical aid to those who cannot afford it. They bless you from their hearts for this gesture. Ganesha too gives you his blessings. You are able to enjoy moments of relaxation and revitalization thanks to all this. You have been spending a lot of time at home with your children and your pets Aquarius: You have embarked on a journey where people are looking at you for answers. You must consolidate your discretionary time. Set yourself deadlines for various activities. Time is the scarcest resource and needs to be managed well. Every aspect of your existence will be galvanised, improved and uplifted. You will be more active at home as well and there will be harmony at work and play Pisces: This could be a challenging period, delays, disappointments and adverse conditions spelling out defeat and even doom. You will have to be careful and not take undue risks. Learn to compromise and don’t embark on new projects. Be wary of dangerous activities as the risk of accidents is quite high. There may also be minor illnesses and hospitalisation. Money flow at work will be obstructed and so expansion will come to a halt.

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