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Remarkable Mona Tuli Buddhiraja – Jewel Of Green Park
I was desperately looking for a Jewel from the mines of Green park for the month of March. I knew that it is not an easy job but I did...
The Mystry Of Missing Porta Cabin
The porta cabin donated by Delhi govt.to SDA RWA put on the govt. land was removed and sold to the skin hospital Aayna in SDA. An FIR was lodged immediately...
Lift in SDF 3C is Now Fully Operational!
The lift at 3C, the home of Prakash Singh, is now fully operational. Congratulations to SDF residents and Prakash Singh for this important achievement.
Samvada Annual Editors Meet: A Resounding Success
The Silver Oak hall at the Indian Habitat Centre (IHC) recently buzzed with excitement as Samvada, the community news magazine, hosted its Annual Editors Meet post-Covid. After a hiatus caused...
Dog Owners Need To Be Educated
People forever keep complaining about stray dogs. The poor creatures who are seldomly seen dirtying the public places. They have their own natural ways of cleaning themselves. But the pet...
Municipal Corporation Of Delhi Makes Geo-Tagging Of Properties Mandatory
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has made geotagging of properties under its jurisdiction mandatory. Property owners are required to have their properties geotagged before 31 January 2024 to avail 10% rebate...
“Digital Detox” – Clearly, We All Need This!!
Am sure all of us cannot deny that the world today is a “digital”. Every single minute of the day, there is involvement of a digital devicewhether it’s for news,...
Is It Becoming Difficult to Find Good Leaders in The Field of Community Service?
The tyrst with destiny on the day of independence did not herald good news for many Indians. Most of our population across Attari had to move to India, leaving behind...
Interview of Kids Regarding Board Exams
With Boards Exams approaching, we spoke to a few children who will be appearing for their board exams this year, to understand what they expect from their parents and guardians....
Know Thy Neighbour Deepa Gupta
An ace astrologer and numerologist Deepa Gupta, residing at 75 Anand Lok, has embraced various roles in life – personally of a wife, mother, and homemaker and professionally that of...
AIKGA Monthly Meet At Arti Upadhyay’s Home
Our monthly meeting of Aikga was held in December at the beautiful home of Arti Upadhyay at Chanakyapuri. It was a lovely winter afternoon and members started coming in slowly...
Retaining The Deer In The Deer Park – Fight Goes On
When the news of the shifting of Deer from the Deer Park came to the residents of Safdarjung Enclave and Green Park, it was nothing less than a shock. Genera-tions...
Remembering Kusum Burman- A Beacon Of Light In Our Community
Burman aunty as we all called her lovingly was a remarkable woman who has left a permanent imprint in my heart and in the hearts of hundreds of people who...
Market Parking Mafia In Defence Colony
The festival shopping become dimmer once you visit the market in your vehicle as there is hardly any space for the parking throughout the day. If you have to give...
Young Mahreen Bhatia is Teaching Hydroponic Growing To DLF-1 Ladies
Mahreen Bhatia, a resident of 3, Kachanar Marg, H Block studies in Pathways School Gurgaon and recently conducted a workshop for residents of DLF-1 where she spoke about Hydroponics. “As...
How Pollution & Noise Is Impacting Malibu Animal Life
A recently published paper in the US has found that toxins in the environment are related to a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A recent report of the Air...
Stores Cannot Charge You For Branded Carry Bags
The humble carry bag, a basic necessity, has of late become a chargeable article, at some stores, much to my chagrin. A carry bag really, is an accessory the store...
A Crow’s Curious Case
Recently, a common crow with a strange beak was spotted in Malibu Towne by Atul Chapekar. This odd beak made it hard for the crow to eat and take care...
Dr Priyanka Halwasiya’s Terrace Garden In South City 1
Grow your Veggies – Part 2 In our last issue, I had written on how we could grow our organic vegetables, and this time I would like you to see...
Help! Snake..
Victims of Much Misinformation Our beautiful township is a habitat of a variety of biodiversity that thrives in it. From birds, butterflies, insects, reptiles, our colony hosts them all. Speaking...
Bring it on! Sing Along to Monsoon Birds
Like every year, we receive rain with a mixed set of emotions. From wide-ranging fears about water logging and traffic jams to the expectations of emerald green spreading everywhere andcroaks...
Creating A Theatre Culture in Noida
In order to make Noida into a cultural hub for performing arts, it is important to create a culture around it. One of the first steps to create a theatre...
Help! Snake..
Victims of Much Misinformation Our beautiful township is a habitat of a variety of biodiversity that thrives in it. From birds, butterflies, insects, reptiles, our colony hosts them all. Speaking...
Angel In The Sky
I was returning from Goa. On entering the aircraft I found that my seat was in the last row next to the toilets. A young air hostess passed by. I...
AIKGA Gurgaon Updates
Unit 39 comes out with its first Newsletter and Unit 42 Sushant Lok revived Unit 39 Gurgaon is coming up with its first Newsletter in July. It will be published...
Artificial Intelligence – Friend or Foe?
In a light moment, my son asked ChatGPT what he could cook using the groceries he had at hand. I was aghast and outraged. I felt he could have asked...
The Board Results: New Beginnings
And across the Indian sub-continent, the Class 10 and 12 Board results have been more or less de-classified. Joyous parents of children who scored 99% and above are rejoicing and...
The Dry Leaves Saga
Last few weeks, the residents were in troubled waters as the Nature shed its leaves perpetually, which in turn get accumulated under the trees and then carried on to the...
Students’ Views on “What Now?” After Board Examinations
With the annual board examination finally concluding after a year of sleepless nights, anxiety and hard work, a common question arises, what now? For the 12th graders, it’s time to...
Hari Om Ji: The Eco-Friendly Local Presswala Setting an Example
If you go to H and G Block Gate Number 3 near Silver Oak, you will find the Shack of our local presswala Hari Om Ji. What’s fascinating about his...
Vacant Plots Turn Into Green Vegetable Patches
Vacant plots can be quite an eyesore with the unbridled overgrowth of weeds. Unfortunately, many people use the empty plots as garbage dumps too. However, now SCRWA has initiated a...
Artificial Intelligence AI, Chat GPT & Me
“Alexa, please sing the song Aawara Hoon”! When Alexa complied to my granddaughter Karuna’s command with the melodious voice of Mukesh, I was taken aback! “Thaatha (grandfather), this is one...
Poorly Managed Community Centres Are A Nuisance For Sectors
Almost all sectors in Noida have community centres which are managed by sector RWAs except a few which are being controlled directly by Noida Authority. While managing these centres,RWAs strictly...
विवादों में घिरा नारी दिवस
यत्रा नार्यस्तु पूज्यंते, रमंते तत्रा देवता ‘कह कर प्राचीन काल से ही नारी को अत्यंत महत्व दिया गया है। मुगल काल में नारी की इस प्रतिष्ठा में अवनति हुई क्योंकि...
J Block Senior Citizen Lady Loses Money in Cyber Fraud
A resident of J Block, DLF Phase 2 recently lost 17K in a fraction of a second in yet another cyber fraud. This senior citizen lady was trying to book...
Vasant Vihar Club Should Introduce Pickleball Sport
Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong using a paddle and plastic ball with holes. It is a game that is appropriate for players...
3 People Entered the Room with A Knife, Gun & A Cutta
Dacoity in C-Block an Insider’s Job Lax Attitude of Residents in Servant Verification can be Disastrous On 22 Jan WhatsApp Groups in and around GK were abuzz with the following...
Some Drunkards Broke the Locks/Gate No. 4
14h Jan, SBWS security guard Khan, while taking a round of the block lanes, noticed that gate number 4, near S 126 was wide open. All the gates in the...
Leakage in IGL Pipe Line Behind S 204, Prompt Action By IGL Staff
Jt. Secy SBWS, Rahul Bansal smelled a leakage at 8.25 pm on Sun 15 Jan and immediately informed Police and fire department. He also called me up to inform IGL...
A Society Is Where People Live, Celebrate and Play Together
Silvercity’s Sports Carnival culminated on 26 January with the Sports Day. The regular feature in Silvercity is organizing sports on Republic Day. The two years’ break in organizing the eventon...
The Walk of Fame: AOH’s Dog Walkers
keeping a pet is no easy business. Especially keeping one (or more) in an apartment. Add to that the gruelling schedules of modern life mean that the job of looking...
‘Sahbhagita Scheme’ (Between MCD & RWA’s): Initiative towards Making Our City Clean & Green
The Delhi Government (through MCD) has established the ‘scheme’ to join hands with RWA’s to ensure improvement in waste management and property tax collection. Towards this, MCD has signed an...
Due To Bad Light the Dividers on Poorvi Marg Have Become Death Traps
Thieves Have Uprooted Rows of Electricity Poles On Ribu Saxena Marg right from Munirka Marg to Hill View gate is completely dark as the street lights have been stolen. We...
Encroachment of Walking Area by Shopkeepers in M Block Market
Encroachment of public land and space meant for people has become a common practice in the city of Delhi. Be it mighty and rich, those with Political and Right connec-tions...
Gym Areas in Parks or Warm Compresses: Choice Is Yours
I would like to compare two visits I had this December. Number one was a physiotherapy clinic and it was full. Due to cold weather and sedentary lifestyle so many...
Jharkhand Based Gopi Gang of Mobile Thieves Busted
4 Persons Arrested By Ps Greater Kailash & 9 Stolen Mobile Phones & 1 Auto used in crime were Recovered The staff of Police Station Greater Kailash, South District has...
Unscrupulous DJB Meter Reader Was Fooling Our Residents
An unscrupulous DJB meter reader was fooling our residents in S Block by telling them that the meter is stopped/running very fast. In some cases he was generating bills also...
Chor Bhi Bhaag Gaye!!
A house in P1 Lane that experienced an attempted robbery in the middle of the night on November 29th and 30th is one such recent event that has come to...
Vasant Vihar, Vasant Enclave & Vasant Kunj Water Woes
A Chakka Jam Was Organised On the Main Road of Vasant Kunj Residents of Vasant Kunj, Vasant Enclave & Vasant Vihar get their regular water supply from Sonia Vihar through...
Parenting In This Ever Changing World
It’s Not about Just Your Teenager It’s about All Age Groups The other day I heard some concerned parents of teenagers in the park talk about these dating apps due...
Both Mothers, Whom I Fondly Named Sita & Gita Are Now Dead & Their 4 Kittens Are Orphaned
We’ve been receiving sad news of stray cats and kittens run over by speeding cars around the nallah/green belt road and inroads in Greater Kailash-1 in South Delhi for over...
Delhi Chief Minister Announces More Powers to the RWAs
There Are Lots of Pitfalls in These New Populist Announcements by the CM! Samvada News Bureau The Delhi Chief Minister has reiterated his vision of decentralisation of powers and to...
An Unidentified Man on a White Scooter Brutally Kills a Street Dog in I-Block Maharani Bagh
Samvada News Bureau Maharani Bagh RWA Secretary Amitosh (98 11 66 2500) has written to the SHO New Friends Colony regarding the brutal killing of a street dog called “Money”,...
Delhi Police New App for Senior Citizens
This is an excellent move, towards the safety of vulnerable senior citizens. Registering them and making them aware of means to raise an alarm are very important. Contributed by Sangeeta...
Puzzling Voter Apathy in Elections that Directly Impacts our Life on Daily Basis
by Rajiv Kakria (9810275168) At the time of going to the Press, Shikha Rai of BJP has won in a Tri Cornered Contest. Congratulations on her Handsome Victory by over...
Youth Proposes Uniquely To His Lady Love in E-Block Park Where Their Love Had Blossomed
by Rajiv Kakria (9810275168) Shubham Sikaria a resident of K-5 Kailash Colony and Devansha Agarwal met seven years ago when they were in Doon School and Welham Girls School respectively....
Wellingtons Success Story of 350 KWP Solar PV plant
Delhi NCR has been facing a pollution problem for many years, and it is our responsibility to solve it. Wellington Estate took a bold step to solve it. The complex comprising 555...
The Uproar over Dogs
by Nitya Of late, there’s been a lot of hullabaloo about dogs- pets and strays alike, owing to a few dog biting incidents that surfaced in the recent past. People...
Prompt Action Saves Kidnapped/Lost Child
Kudos to Sanjeev Verma and Police Samvada News Bureau In this day and age when the crime graph is increasing day by day, it is very heartening to hear stories...
Residents Are Concerned About the Construction of the New INA to Airport Corridor
by Ruma Sikka (9810387873) Basing their concern on the basis of a recently published report in a leading newspaper regarding Ministry of Housing and Urban affair’s plan about building an...
Life is Insecure in & Around Vasant Vihar Say the Residents
Samvada News Bureau Last week a teenager (name withheld) from Vasant Vihar had gone to Priya market complex to make some purchase. While he was returning home around 6 in...
CNG Petrol Pump to come up in Priya Market Area
The CNG petrol pump that was being planned at 623 bus stop was stopped after Ruma Sikka intervened and got it stopped through the LG’s office around three years back....
Water Crisis of Vasant Kunj
When Every Option Failed JUGAAD Came To the Rescue A Chakka Jam Was Organised on the Main Road of Vasant Kunj to Protest against the Illegal Practices by Amit Aggarwal...
Bilateral Disputes-RWA’s Role
View a RWA has a clear mandate of ensuring welfare of the large community of its members. Resolution of bilateral disputes is not supposed to be their normal duty. However,...
Illegal Vendors Creating Noise Throughout the Day
The ever-increasing flow of new vendors is creating a mess for the residents who start listening to their chaotic shouts from 7 in the morning and keep bearing them for...
My Sixty Years in GK 1 Full of Nostalgia
by MK Gupta (S 139) It was 7 Oct 1962, when my parents along with their three children and an old aunt shifted to our newly constructed house (S-139). There...
Shalini Modi A Wife, Author, Philanthropist….
by Dr Reeta Mahesh (N 120, GK I, 9810157336) Shalini Modi is a resident of N block, GK I. Apart from being a proud grandmother to three children; she is...
MCD Elections– Gentle Reminder of the Promise made by Leaders
Change Utilisation of Barat Ghar To Recreation Center by Rajiv Kakria – 9810275168 MCD Elections approaching, GK and Kailash Colony RWA’s intend to seek affidavits from candidates to ensure change...
Happy Children’s Day!
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The DLF2 Halloween Party
by Hunney Kohli & Nidhi Lamba Come October 31st and with all the spookiness crawling from around the social network, is an invite all kids & moms ardently wait for,...
Ajeeb Daastaan Hain Yeh!!
Having witnessed the uncertain pandemic times, we all are certain that anything can happen anytime anywhere. The lanes of DLF Phase II witnessed such an unexpected & unpleasant incident where...
Hope rises. Will DLF 2 Club soon be a reality!
A Residents’ DLF 2 Club, a dream we all hoped to see decades ago has been in repetitive demand from the residents to the colony developers DLF Estate Ltd. While...
VVWA Imposes New Whatsapp Group Rules on Residents
VVWA is Only a Welfare Body & Not a Legal Entity to Impose Non Democratic Rules on Residents Samvada News Bureau At a meeting of the VVWA MC on Sat,...
I Was Attacked By Monkeys
by Kanika Satyanand I am a morning walker, and the DDA Park has been my haunt for well over three decades.On the morning of October 15, I sat down as usual on a...
ArtisTree Of God
by Abha Batra (9811417012) PILKHAN (Ficus virens) or Pakad, as it is commonly called is a beautiful, majestic, shade providing deciduous tree, which has thus made it a popular avenue...
Festivities Galore At The Gulmohar Centre
by Vinay K. Thakur It turned out to be a busy month of October for members, their families and friends who attended a number of programmes, organized at the Gulmohar...
MCD Applauds ARA Efforts Towards Zero Waste Colony
Samvada News Bureau Residents of Anand Lok are extremely happy to know that ARA’s special efforts to make Anand Lok a Zero Waste Colony have been applauded by the Govern-ment....
Mounting Garbage Piles In Our Cities-i Failed Or The System?
by Jeevesh Gupta I am sure the speed at which we Indians are littering our streets and generating garbage in our house is faster than the Vande Bharat Express just...
Let the Hills remain alive with the sound of Life
by Dr Savita Nagpal (B 86 South City 1, Member Aravalli Bachao Citizens’ Movement) The hills and mountains as we know them are redolent with the sounds of gushing streams,...
Vanquishing the demonic Corona virus at Dusshera
Dr Savita Nagpal (B 86 South City 1) The long spell of Covid seclusion being over, I embarked on a mission to savour the flavour of all the festivities. Shampa’s...
Durga Puja through the lens of an Atheist Teen
by Ayush Moitra ( 16 years) The idea of being an atheist sounds very appealing. The prospect of being above petty beliefs and faiths, being cool and modern, sounds good...
The Grand Grandparents Day Celebration at Windsor
Grandparents are super special; they are like a warm comforting hug on a cold winter day. To honour our grandparents and express our gratitude for all that they do, Windsor...
Commercialization of the Sushant Lok C and B block
Many corner houses rented the side shops for various purposes, the pavements got gobbled up by small vendors and many would come to sell their wares taking rounds in the...
Dancing With Dignity @ 60
A sixty something lady, in a full length costume, diffidently entering the pool, was how I first saw Premaji. On striking a conversation, found she had been advised to do...
Residents Revolt Against Mobile Tower In C Block
by Meena Wanchu Recently we heard the talk of mobile tower being erected on the roof of C- 638 in residential complex of Sushant Lok, on 20th of September, the...
Mini Autobiography of FRISKY
by Sheela Srivastava As soon as I opened my eyes on this earth,I found myself on a very soft bed. My mother was with me and she was licking me...
Club Drive- Scenic route to societies or a leeway for pet relief? 
by Anushree Bindal Imagine waking up one fine morning, getting dressed to hit the gym in Club 5 , whilst scramming through your favorite song and deciding to kick start...
Monkeying Around A Serious Business in DLF 2
Several incidents are reported by residents on daily basis where monkeys have ransacked gardens, pots, entered homes, water tanks, picked food items from grocery delivery left at the gate, etc.
Increasing Thefts In DLF-2
The thieves managed to open the balcony glass gates, ransacked the room and took away all expensive wine bottles and some electronics.
Back Lanes Continue To Be in a Mess!
The back lane of D 889 has this rubble which needs cleaning.
Murder of Holy Peepal Tree in the Sheesham Park
Peepal Without green leaves only cut tree logs like cement pipes or barrels are now standing in the centre of playing area of Sheesham Park.
How to Stay Safe from Online Scams
A large number of Indians especially senior citizens succumb to several types of internet frauds on a regular basis. Let’s have a quick look at the various types of online...
AIKGA Holds its Udyan Mela and Unit 39 Updates
The Mela inaugurated with Ganesh Vandana. Rain Gods were caring and it was clear on both days. This is the best time to shop for winter plants.