City Page for October 25

WEATHER

Forecast (Oct 25): Light to moderate rainfall at isolated places in plains, low and middle hills, rain/snow at isolated places in high hills

Temperatures

Shimla: 14.6 (max), 10.1 (min) Degrees Celsius, Sunrise: 06:31 am, sunset: 05:39 pm

Dharamshala: 18.8 (max), 12.8 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 9.0 (max), 7.5 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers Say

Horses defecate on The Mall

Horse ride is one of the highlights of the Mall Road. Many a time, these horses defecate in the middle of the road, and no one bothers to clean it. The stink is unbearable for visitors. Some solution should be found for the problem. – Amit, Shimla

Streetlights demand repair

Majority of the streetlights are not functional in the lower Nav Bahar area in Shimla. People, who return late from work, face inconvenience in the dark. Also, a forest is close to the area and wild animals like leopard could easily enter the locality in the dark. The authorities concerned should fix the lights at the earliest. – Raman, Shimla

Education Notes

Parent Student Forum threatens stir

The Parent Student Forum accused the Auckland House School of putting the parents under pressure for depositing arbitrary fee. The forum has alleged the school was not releasing the report cards of the students, who had not deposited the arbitrary fee. It said if no action was taken against the school for torturing the students and parents, the forum would sit on a hunger strike outside the office of the Education Directorate.

Seminar on sustainable development

A national seminar, sponsored by the ICSSR, was held at Government College, Sanjauli, on ‘Sustainable Development’. As many as 20 papers were selected for presentation during the seminar after discussion and deliberations. The speakers on the occasion engaged the audience through academic discourse.

Discussion on Nobel Laureate

Shoolini University organised a discussion on Tanzanian-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, who has been honoured with the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Assistant Professor Purnima Bali began the session by quoting from the book ‘Paradise’ – “Respect yourself and others will come to respect you.” Dr Sakshi Sundaram introduced the writer. Dr Navreet Sahi elaborated on his works, while Samrat Sharma talked about the two themes that runs parallel, sense of belonging and longing linked to each other. Rajesh Williams and Hemant Sharma dwelt upon the language of Gurnah and how he had dealt with the African lives during colonialism in his works.