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Ayurvedic doctors to conduct media OPD clinic

By AT News |

Guwahati: Two practicing Ayurvedic physicians namely Dr Binod Kalita MS (Ayu, Anorectal specialist) and Dr Jayanta Sarmah MD (ayu, Panchakarma) will conduct tomorrow’s (Saturday, 29 June, between 4 and 6 pm) media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club.

Interested member-journalists of the press club along with their family members are requested to participate in the program, where they (more precisely those who are suffering from piles related ailments) will get fee consultations from the physicians.

 

Gold Rush screened:

Charlie Chaplin’s evergreen film-work ‘The Gold Rush’ was screened at Guwahati Press Club on 28 June last. Written, directed and produced by Chaplin, the 1925 American comedy film has cinematography by Roland Totheroh. Starring Chaplin, the B&W film has other casts including Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Malcolm Waite etc. One of Chaplin's most celebrated film-works as Charlie himself declared several times that it was the film for which he wanted to be remembered.

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