Kalimpong Girl Launches

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By Sandip C. Jain

This definitely is a first for Kalimpong- of course a daughter-in-law of Kalimpong Karen Pempa Hishey(daughter in law of the late T.P.Hishey) has launched many a products in the print media and has to her credit the tag of being the first Liril Girl of India- Of course a son of Kalimpong, Imran Ahmed (son of Mumtaz Ahmed) has launched several Ad campaigns, the most famous being the one for Smart prepaid cellular connection of Reliance Telecom Ltd; but never before has a daughter of Kalimpong done what Suzane Tamang has done- she is the model on the Home Page of the newly constructed www.2006.u-t-c.nl/ , a Dutch Internet site.

Suzane Tamang, 18, is a student of Kalimpong College and this was her first shoot as a model. The site which has been created by Frank Mueller, a French national, was looking for a model with oriental features and Suzane fit the bill perfectly. Says Suzane, “I was approached by Wg. Cdr. Prafulla Rao to do the shoot and realizing the opportunity, I grabbed the offer with both hands.” Wg. Cdr. Prafulla Rao is an acquaintance of Frank and is a highly talented and proficient amateur photographer.

“Frank wanted to launch the Web Site with a model with oriental features and approached me with the request. Suzane was a perfect choice,” says Rao.

This probably is the first instance when such a work has been outsourced to Kalimpong. Now with the high speed Internet connectivity, the talent here and low cost of professional expertise available here, Kalimpong has shown that it can become a place wherefrom such works can be outsourced,” says Rao.

Speaking about her experience of working with Wg. Cdr. Rao, Suzane says, “Mr. Rao is the ideal person a new comer like me could ever hope to work with. I was so nervous about the entire affair but he made me feel at complete ease.” She further says, “I definitely hope that I can do more such assignments in the future.”