Be cautious when sharing autorikshaw in Delhi

Sharing an autorickshaw with someone in order to save a few bucks may seem a good idea, but it has its dangers. And if you think that it's safe to be stingy during the day, Jaiprakash and Sangeeta would disagree with you.

The couple were attacked by three miscreants, who were travelling with them, in broad daylight on Sunday. While two of the hoodlums managed to escape after snatching Sangeeta's gold chain, the third was caught by Jaiprakash and the auto driver. The cops arrested him, but only after he had received a thrashing from the mob that had gathered.

Jaiprakash and Sangeeta, residents of Agra had come to the Capital to attend a wedding ceremony in Nand Nagri area of east Delhi. The couple got down from the train at New Delhi Railway Station on Sunday morning. Since their destination was some distance away, Jaiprakash decided to get an auto.

"As I hailed a TSR, three guys came over and asked me where I was headed. After hearing my reply they said they were going in the same direction and if we shared the auto with them all of us would save some money. They convinced us and we decided to go along. As the auto reached the Yamuna Bridge my wife saw one of the guys swiping something from our luggage. My wife shouted at him but suddenly all the three guys took out knives and threatened us of dire consequences. They tried to push me and my wife out of the auto but I managed to jump off holding one of the robbers. Meanwhile the auto stopped in the middle of the road. Two of the robbers snatched a gold chain from my wife and fled from the scene. But with the help of the auto driver I held on to the third miscreant," said Jaiprakash.

It was about 10.30am, so a lot of onlookers had gathered at the spot. Someone called the police. But before the cops could reach the scene the culprit had been beaten black and blue and had even lost his shirt.
The accused later revealed his name as Mohammad Toshi and said he is a resident of east Delhi. Cops claim that the two remaining culprits would be arrested very soon. But at the police station the victims refused to lodge a case. However, the cops arrested and booked the accused.

"The victims decided not to file charges since they are from out of town and didn't want to be dragged into a prolonged legal process. We have arrested the accused under section 110 of the IPC and we are investigating the case," confirmed Vivek Kishore, DCP Central District.

Breast Milk Ice Cream Launching Soon

Forget about Vanilla, Choco or Strawberry flavour when you order for an ice cream. A specialist ice cream parlour plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat.


The breast milk concoction, called the "Baby Gaga", will be available from Friday at the Icecreamists restaurant in London's Covent Garden. Icecreamists founder Matt O'Connor was confident his take on the "miracle of motherhood" and priced at a hefty 14 pounds ($23) a serving will go down a treat with the paying public.

The breast milk was provided by mothers who answered an advertisement on online mothers' forum Mumsnet. Victoria Hiley, 35, from London was one of 15 women who donated milk to the restaurant after seeing the advert. Hiley works with women who have problems breast-feeding their babies. She said she believes that if adults realised how tasty breast milk actually is, then new mothers would be more willing to breast-feed their own newborns.

"What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mother's milk in an ice cream? And for me it's a recession beater too -- what's the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash," Hiley said in a statement.

"I tried the product for the first time today -- it's very nice, it really melts in the mouth." The Baby Gaga recipe blends breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then churned into ice cream.

O'Connor said the Baby Gaga was just one of a dozen radical new flavours at the shop. "Some people will hear about it and go, 'yuck' but actually it's pure, organic, free-range and totally natural," he said. "I had a Baby Gaga just this morning and I feel great."

Imphal International Short Film Festival

The countdown has begun  for  the  First Imphal International Short Film Festival 2011 on 9-13 October 2011 in Manipur. The festival is initiated  by Legend Studio along with supporting organisations Film Forum, Manipur and Action for Social Advancement (ASA), Manipur.  More than 100 short films from within and outside India. Theme of the festival is "Explore, Enjoy & Share". The organiser hoped that such festival will explore the hidden talents of the region and participating filmmakers will enjoy the regional theme and issues which would be share for a better future. Manipur need one platform to showcase the rich cultural heritage, the local issues and unending crisis which the outside world never bother to listen. The Imphal International Film Festival will be the biggest event in North Eastern India. Filmmakers from South Asian countries will showacase the high creative films. The organiser have choose  October as the festival season since this month is  the best time to show to the world the history of Manipur. Eleven prizes are instituted which is the highest for any short film festival in the world.

CATEGORIES TO BE AWARDED:
Best Short Film
Best Direction
Best Screenplay
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Musical Score
Three Special Mention

Rules  and Regulations:

1. Every film up to 30 minutes long can register in the Imphal International Short Film Festival.
2. No work or artist will be either discriminated or favored by their country of origin, language, age, race, education, ideology, or by their economic resources. Every content, every form, every technique will be admitted with no censorship of any kind.
3. The films will be received in its original language; English subtitles are required if its language is other than English.
4. For equality of opportunities, whichever the original format (film, analogical video, digital video, animation), all the films will be evaluated in the same standard digital format.
5. Films may be uploaded by Internet or a DVD can be sent by regular mail to the technical provider address.
6. Every film will be displayed for the general public and  the Jury of the Festival.
7. Late deadline for registration is August 31st, 2011.
8. Entry fee of Indian Rupees 1000/- is required. For International entry, the entry fee is USD 50.
9. Participation in the Imphal International Short Film Festival implies the acceptance of these Rules and Regulations.

For More details, contact:  iisff2011@legendstudio.org