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| A file picture of Prasant Tamang (left) and Amit Paul with actor John Abraham |
Disappointment mars talent show
The results of Indian Idol 3 left many viewers dissatisfied as they had thoughtAmit Paul of Shillong, with his superior voice, superb musical skills and unparalleled style, would be crowned the champion. However, in the end, it was Prasant Tamang of Darjeeling who won the final held in Delhi on September 23.
For such reality shows in India, one has to be not only a great performer on stage, but also a skilful and calculated campaigner to attract the votes of the audience. As far as voting by SMS texts is concerned, it is no doubt a debatable point as to how correct the system is.
The hosts of such talent-hunt contests should not leave everything to SMS voting. They should also give the judges the power to select the deserving candidate.
Amarendra Rajkumar,Beltola
The 300-hour bandh called by the All Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union from Wednesday morning has not only adversely affected the poor economy of Lower Assam, but has also dampened the Durga Puja celebrations in these areas.
It is only during the Pujas that many people, who stay away from home on official purpose, return to be with their families. With vehicles staying off the road, the bandh has upset many travel plans.
There are so many ways of protesting against the authorities, but calling bandhs, and that too for such a lengthy period, cannot be accepted in a civilised society. The people of Assam should oppose these bandh calls by defying them openly.
Laws should be enforced to prevent such bandhs. If we fail to do so, Assam, which has already earned a bad name for being a land of lahe, lahe, will further prove the point.
Dipak Baruah, Goalpara
The city police every year announces special traffic plans before the Pujas. It is a different matter that those rules apply often to long distance buses and trucks while the city buses continue to create chaos along the thoroughfares. The woes of the public have been compounded of late by the plying of passenger wagons (trekkers) on almost all the routes of the city.
Ironically, the Puja days are the ones when the traffic density in the city is the lowest with a majority of the city population going for vacations to other places. Statistical figures show that the number of vehicles visiting the city during the Pujas is less than one-third the number that leaves the city on the occasion.
The city does not need special traffic management during the festival days. Instead, a similar arrangement could be maintained throughout the year, particularly onworking days. If the police can enforce the rules on city buses and other commercial vehicles, half the job would be done. The streets would also have been free of traffic congestion we get to see all year round.
R.K. Saikia,Six Mile
