North Kolkata Calling !!

New York Times and Authors Guild have accused 2 tech companies of freeriding. Authors Guild first took the initiative to go to court. New York Times, the American media outlet, filed a suite against them in the Manhattan federal court too. Their accusation is also against OpenAI and Microsoft for violation of copyright. They believe that content created by someone else is being used without any permission or proper payment!   Wonder if content creator will finally get justice !!      Of course , whenever a new technology came, there was always a two sided effects.... Hence ,when Narayana Murthy or Nandan Nilekani applies AI to help the Indians to get rid of poverty, it might be a boon to many underprivileged.      

There were three of them named Geeta, Parvati and Janki. They went to gather fodder in Boom forest range of Chanpawat district. The incident happened last Tuesday afternoon. Without warning a tiger pounced upon Geeta and started dragging her towards the dence forest.The tiger took her almost 40 metres away before the other two could react. However the two brave ladies now swiftly attacked the tiger with their sickles and sticks. They even pelted stones in their desperation to save their friend. Finally the tiger left Geeta who was bleeding profusely.She was taken to a hospital in Tanakpur where ,at present, she is recuperating. Salute to those brave ladies! .

It was almost decided that the movie would have the two greatest stars - Shahrukh Khan and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film was to be directed by Paul Schrader (the screen play writer for Taxi Driver). The producer Martin Scorsese   too was looking forward to   its complition. Even the name of the film 'Xtreme City ' was selected. Strangely and unfortunately the entire event didn't work out.                

Various times various percentages are declared as under poverty line.Wonder what do we feel when we come along those statistics. Few, except those who suffer desperately...i repeat  desperately.... desperately in the truest sense. No money, no food, no medical treatment in this pitiless world. When one could see the very humanity ending before them. Their only wish remains upon The Almighty. How many of us have ever seen or felt The Almighty's strength and His will to fulfill the pains of the....? Now Mr. Narayan Murthy & Mr. Nandan Nilekani probably have that ".Great Realisation." Did we at last found our Gods?                  

Men like Narayan Murthy and Nilekani are showing paths to commoners to make money. Not only that but to make money within few days and that too a lot of money. We wonder , simply wonder !  Is it philonthrapy ? A lot of questions however remains.

He found himself in jail for a crime he never committed. It was a murder case and he was only 18 then. However he came out on bail after enduring two years behind bars. Since then 12 years have passed. In the meanwhile he prepared himself completely to fight his case. He is from UP's Bhagpat and his name is Amit Chaudhary. He decided to study Law and finally completed his BA, LLB and LLM. After passing the Bar Council's exam he pleaded and argued his own case and won. He proved himself innocent at last. What a tenacity !!

                  (  Photo courtesy: Partha Bose) There was a time when Kolkata witnessed a lot of pigeons flying. Zamindars used to patronize these pigeons.They spent a lot for the pleasure they derived from pigeons flying.  Still we could see the above pictures in some places of the city.There are some pigeon flying clubs too.

If someone is found frequently setting fire in his/her balcony what should be our repercussion ? Probably we would ask the person for an explanation. We might even think that the person needs to be treated for such abnormality. In fact such a thing had been happening for quite sometime in a Dum Dum housing complex. A homemaker,named Deepa, had been creating such ruckus for few months. She has been warned by the neighbours but she went along with her misdeeds.On 5th December '23 finally her neighbours confronted her directly for such an act. She reacted by threatening them with her kitchen knife. The matter reached a climax when she suddenly stabbed herself.The Nager bazar police station team immediately shifted her to a private hospital.  Her husband left her and she was living alone in the flat ! Is she mad?