Shillong Lajong FC

Shillong Lajong FC (Football CLub), a little known soccer club from a north-eastern Indian state of Maghalaya has made history in the Indian football world. It got entry into the I-League and in its first appearance in the league the club made to the finals of premiere Federation Cup Tournament. It held on to its nerves till end with many missed chances. Finally it lost only on penalties. The young boys probably could not handle the pressure, not being used to it.

The club was formed in Shillong, Meghalaya with the prime objective of improve diminishing football standard in the state, and to spot, train and nurture local football talent. 'Lajong' in the local Khasi language means 'our own'. In Shillong, Professionally managed Lajong has access to the largest student base in the north-east and has a strong fan support in the region.

India football's legendary star Baichung Bhutia is from the region.

The club is being sponsored by some major corporates. People are looking forward to times when football will be flourishing all over the region.

Workers by thier closed company

Garaware Nylons Ltd (at Ahemdanagar, Maharashtra, India) was closed down 12 years ago due to excessive losses. The company had a 9 acres (more than 36,000 sq. meters) land near Ahemnadnagar. Bombay High Court declared to auction the land. Worker decided to paticiapte in the auction under the collaborative 'Saamaanya Janatechi Aagaadi' (सामान्य जनतेची आघाडी ) (which is a phrase in vernacular marathi language and it means a social collaborative of common people). 210 workers offered all their money. The auction was won by the collaborative for 61 million INR. After paying the whole amount the workers now officially own the land. This carries a very special improtance as this is a first instance in the country where a close down company was taken over by the workers. It is expected that the collabortive will start a manufacturing plant for making corrugated boxes used in packaging.
It is not known about the source of this huge finance as well as antecendets of the social collaborative and its leaders.