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all it pro|udioo or ovon ovidonoo o a olosod mind, but

tho moro prosonoo o individuals suoh as Sitaram
Yoohury and Arundhati Poy on tho samo platorm to
protost against tho nowly-introduood Four-Yoar
Undorgraduato Programmo (FYUP or short) has got mo all
workod up. Don't got mo wrong, it is not that don't
oonsidor Yoohury or tho Maoist-loving Bookor Prizo winnor
worthy onough to intorvono in a dobato on highor
oduoation. Both aro oxtromoly orudito individuals and Ms
Poy in partioular has booomo an intornational oolobrity
a pamphlotoor whoso roputation is on par with tho grand
old man or all oausos, Noam Chomsky.
Tho problom lios in soparating Yoohury tho individual
rom Yoohury tho CP(M) apparatohik who ohampionod tho
dostruotion o highor oduoation in Wost Bongal; and
dotaohing tho dolootablo proso o Arundhati rom hor
sanotimonious oxtromism and hor proound oontompt or
tho aspirations o tho ndian middlo olassos. Whon suoh
individuals |oin hands and toam up with toaohors who
havo mado a virtuo o idoologioal rogimontation and sta
room intriguos, it is timo to dospair.
Tho dospondonoy is all tho moro booauso thoro is
morit in ono partioular aspoot o tho Lot's rolontloss assault
on vioo-ohanoollor Dinosh Singh: Tho ohargo that tho now
ourrioulum was rushod through and without a widor dobato
on tho oonooptual undorpinnings o tho ohangos. This isn't
booauso tho vC is tomporamontally autooratio,
undomooratio and is slavishly pursuing tho intorosts o
oorporato intorosts ono o tho moro oolourul ohargos
lovollod at tho mooting at tho ndia ntornational Contro last
Friday. Tho plain truth is that thoso ontrustod with
modiying tho ourrioulum
woro unonthusiastio
about having to dopart
rom thoir sot ways,
draggod thoir oot
ondlossly and woro
inally ooorood into
submitting thoir
proposals at tho vory last
minuto whioh lot almost
no timo or widor
oonsultations. Singh was ohasing a doadlino and tho
organisod (mainly Lot-dominatod) toaohors' bodios woro
holl-bont on provonting tho ohangos. Tho rosult was an
almighty muddlo and a ioroo oontrovorsy that is bound to
aoot tho now undorgraduato programmo.
Thoro is also anothor baokdrop to tho aoadomio war
that has spillod into tho publio arona. During his tonuro,
Singh was insistont on ono basio point: That tho primary
|ob o tho univorsity toaohors who today aro muoh
bottor paid than thoy woro in tho past is to toaoh. His
unannounood inspootion o oollogos and his oonsuro o
toaohors who woro lax about taking olassos, ovaluating
studonts' work and ovon attonding oollogo mado him
thoroughly unpopular and oast him in tho rolo o a
poliooman.
Yot, what tho vC did was nooossary. Many o tho
studonts havo spokon to havo oomplainod ondlossly
about tho indioronoo o thoir toaohors to taking olassos
and motivating studonts to pursuo tho sub|oots
indopondontly. And a ohairman o a oollogo told mo in no
unoortain torms that tho roal problom lios in gotting
toaohors to attond olassos and toaoh. All tho idoologioal
misgivings ovor tho FYUP apart, tho undamontal
rosistanoo oamo rom toaohors who woro loath to shouldor
tho oxtra work burdon.
Yot, somo undamontal oonooptual issuos romain. Tho
idoa o a univorsity pursuing knowlodgo or its own sako
has long boon abandonod in ndia. Thoso who aro truly
intorostod in thoir sub|oots (and havo tho nooossary
parontal support) aro inolinod to buy ono-way tiokots to
oroign univorsitios. Somo two dooados ago, studying
abroad was ossontially a post-graduato option; today,
many studonts ind it proorablo to osoapo rom tho
olutohos o ndian highor oduoation altogothor.
Tho problom is soomingly intraotablo. Tho ovor-
omphasis on oundation ooursos somo o whioh sound
totally gobblodogook aro aimod at produoing a bottor
and moro awaro olass o oitizons who will oontributo to that
olusivo oxoroiso o 'nation-building'. t may woll aohiovo
that ob|ootivo but in tho proooss it is also likoly to oroato a
body o borod studonts rosontul o having to ropoat what
thoy should havo loarnt in sohool, inoluding tho so-oallod
lio skills.
Yot, tho aot romains that Dolhi Univorsity doosn't moro
oompriso St Stophon's, Sri Pam Collogo, Lady Sri Pam
Collogo and Hindu Collogo. Thoy also inoludo oollogos
whoro tho quality o tho intako isn't on par.
Turn to Pago 6
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he Congress Core
Committee on Saturday
went into a huddle for over 3
hours and decided to hold the
UPA coordination committee
meeting on Monday a
demand made by its ally NCP
too recently to finalise its
strategy on Food Security
Bill, which remains stuck
in Parliament.
The Core Group also delib-
erated on the vexed Telangana
issue which is threatening to
take a heavy toll on the party
in Andhra Pradesh with two
MPs joining Telangana Rashtra
Samiti and senior leader K
Keshava Rao likely to follow
suit. The prospect of
Government formation in
Jharkhand and details of
anti-Naxal operations in
Chhattisgarh, where the State
party leadership was wiped
out in the May 25 Maoist
attack, were also discussed.
The Core Group, chaired
by Congress president Sonia
Gandhi and Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, has tasked
Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Kamal Nath to see if the
Opposition agrees for a special
session of Parliament to take up
the Food Security Bill. If not,
the Government may take
the Ordinance route as the
Congress feels that the Food
Security Bill, along with the
Land Acquisition Bill, will
be the game-changer and
they must be passed before
the elections.
Since NCP president and
Agriculture Minister Sharad
Pawar had red-flagged the
Food Security Bill during the
Monsoon Session saying that
he would not like the legislation
to be passed without discus-
sion, the Congress realises the
necessity of first convincing its
own alliance partners.
Being a Constitutional
Amendment Bil l, the
Government knows that it
cannot be passed in Parliament,
especially in the Rajya Sabha
where the UPA is in minority,
without a broad agreement
among various political parties.
So, once UPA allies come on
board, an all-party meeting
is also likely to be called on
June 7 to discuss the matter,
sources said. If a broad
consensus emerges in the
all-party meeting, then the
special session of Parliament
can be held in first week of
July, they added.
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E
ven as southwest monsoon
touched India in Kerala
two days before its schedule,
the national Capital had a
mixed experience as mercury
dropped a few notches but the
humidity level rose to 70 per
cent on Saturday.
Entire Kerala received
good rains in the past two days
indicating the arrival of the
monsoon. Scientists of the
Indian Meteorological
Department, who confirmed
the arrival of the June-to-
September monsoon, said that
the atmospheric occurrences
had met the main parametres
for monsoons confirmation.
Also in the Capital, the
Meteorological Department
predicted that the national
Capital would be free from the
spell of heat wave for the
next 72 hours.
According to scientists, the
monsoon on its first day had
covered all of Kerala, parts of
coastal and interior southern
Karnataka and almost all of
Tamil Nadu. Stating that the
flow of monsoon was congen-
ital for further progress, they
said the next two days could see
the rains reaching the drought-
affected areas of Karnataka
and Andhra Pradesh.
The IMD declares the
onset of monsoon on the sub-
continent if 60 per cent of the
14 weather stations in Kerala,
Lakshadweep and Mangalore
get more than 2.5 mm of rain-
fall for two consecutive days.
The monitoring stations have
reported fairly widespread to
widespread rainfall in the
past 48 hours, an IMD
scientist said.
The southwest monsoon,
lifeline of over 25 crore farm-
ers in the country and seven
million in Kerala, sets in over
the State normally on June 1
and advances in surges towards
the north to cover the entire
country by the middle of July.
Turn to Page 6
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I
nfosys co-founder Narayana
Murthy, who had shed exec-
utive role seven years ago and
finally retired as head of Infosys
in August 2011, on Saturday
decided to start a second
innings as the executive chair-
man of the company, which is
in crisis. His son, Rohan, has
been appointed as his executive
assistant. The father-son duo
would draw a token compen-
sation of C1 per year.
This calling was sudden,
unexpected, and most unusu-
al. But, then, Infosys is my mid-
dle child. Therefore, I have put
aside my plans-in-progress and
accepted this responsibility. I
am grateful, Murthy said.
Detailed report on P8
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A
n emergency Working
Committee meeting in
Chennai on Sunday afternoon
is expected to show some clar-
ity on BCCI president N
Srinivasans fate. Speculation is
rife that he will announce his
resignation at this huddle after
having been increasingly
isolated within the adminis-
trative body following the arrest
of his son-in-law, Gurunath
Meiyappan, in the IPL spot-fix-
ing scandal.
The talk of Srinivasan quit-
ting on Sunday gained momen-
tum when early on Saturday
BCCI vice-president Arun
Jaitley told reporters to wait
for a day. You will hear some-
thing signifcant. By the
evening, Srinivasan was com-
pelled to prepone this meeting
from next Saturday to this
Sunday. Initially scheduled for
11 am, it will now be held at
2.30 pm. This will be BCCIs
second such meeting since
May 16 when the spot-fixing
scandal broke out.
Rajeev Shukla, meanwhile,
quit as IPL chairman on
Saturday even as Srinivasan,
sources said, had conveyed to
the members a face-saving for-
mula as a pre-condition to
resign from BCCI chief
post for now.
Ive decid-
ed to quit as
IPL chairman. Its a decision I
was pondering over for some
time. Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay
Shirke resigned in the best
interest of Indian cricket and I
thought this is the right time
for me, he said.
The BCCIs Joint Secretary
Anurag Thakur, said, We have
enough issues to discuss and all
of them will be discussed at the
meeting. It became my respon-
sibility to initiate a call for the
meeting once the secretary
resigned.
According to sources, the
India Cements boss has indi-
cated to BCCI members that he
would step aside and not step
down till the
probe into his
s on-i n-l aws
role gets over. He has reportedly
made it clear that, in the inter-
im set-up, Shashank Manohar
would not replace him as pres-
ident. This indicates that, in all
probability, a TNCA man
would hold the post of interim
president of BCCI and that
could be Shivlal Yadav, who
happens to be the senior most
vice-president in the Tamil
Nadu Cricket Association.
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ove over critical snobs, this one
is absolutely not for you. It is for
those pulsating hearts that miss a beat
every time they meet up with a real,
syrupy romance. It is about an
unabashed and unapologetic
badtameez dil badtameez, in an
endearing kind of way, not in an
uncouth kind of way. It is about one
crackling romance. It is about
umpteen moments between a groovy
Bunny and a delectable chushmish.
Nothing new, you might say.
Wrong guys, this is Ranbir Kapoor we
are talking about a star son who
draws life from raftaar, an actor who
throws up intensity from deep within
his eyes. So whether it is about Jordan
Negative, or a callow Sid, or a simple
salesman, or an ever-optimistic deaf
and dumb person, or, for that matter, a
boy who makes girls run after him by
just being himself, it is the excellence of
Ranbirs histrionics, the naturalness of
his demeanour and, of course, his drop
dead, upmarket looks that well
make your dil go oh-so-badtameez.
But Ranbir is not the only hero
here, and therein lies the soul of this
film. The director, the music, the songs,
the cinematography and the dialogues
all are parallel heroes in their own
right.
Ayan Mukherji, defying his youth,
emerges as a seasoned director who has
taken care to flesh out every character
and aspect in YJHD. Madhuri, the
ultimate diva of Hindi cinema, sets the
tone with her age defying latka-jhatkas
which true to the lyrics make for
breaking news Baghdad se le ke Dilli via
Agra. Farooq Sheikh lends weight to his
cameo and even the two-bit friends
have something relevant to do in the
film.
The relationships between
friends, between father and son,
between son and stepmom, and last but
not least, between boy and girl, have
been put into a perfect mould yes,
they are all emotional but never
overly so.
Kalki Koechlin as the bindaas
girl of the group with leather, hair,
love and shove phases in life, and
Aditya Roy Kapur as the ultimate
friend, set the screen on fire, albeit
separately. Even the bumbling
Kunal Roy Kapur as Kalkis to-be-
husband has something noble to
do.
Deepika Padukone comes in
with an ajeeb sa nasha, much like
the blue moon-soaked mountains
of Manali where much of
everything unfolds. She is one
babe who can act too. Her chemistry
with Ranbir is blazing even though she
portrays to perfection a never-had-fun
kind of girl.
No romance can have
a heart unless it has its
moments. And moments
here are aplenty. From
18 to 70, every age
group will like this one. For, Ayan
ensures that Ranbir gives love a new
meaning. He is a man who draws life
from raftaar, so the movie too comes
without any pauses. To make an over
three-hour film in this instant-
everything age, and then managing to
keep it delectably breezy, is one big
achievement guys. And Ayan, only one
movie old before this one, does well to
keep the crescendo on for such a long
period.
So, this is one heart-warming,
pacey, modern yet discerning romance
which can be missed only as a
heartbeat. You could call it the
Raymond Man of love stories. Just one
thing though. Why Aditya Roy Kapur
should get stereotyped as a bewda loser
(he made life miserable for the
audience with his unexplained
drinking in Aashiqui 2) is
plain bewildering.
I
personally want Mike Tysons paaltu
tiger (remember Hangover?) to come
and make a meal out of these four
friends. They suck as never before and
they have committed the crime of
turning a rip-roaring, never-before
comedy into an extremely tedious
soiree, high on nuisance, low on fun
and completely devoid of anything
close to being comic. If it was not so
annoying, it would have been
embarrassing to see these four going
back to Vegas with no mirth in their
baggage.
From the time the head of a
hapless giraffe goes flying into the
windscreen of an equally hapless
motorist on a freeway, you know how
cruelly the franchisee has ejected the
advantage the brand of Hangover had
inadvertently given them.
If Hangover II was a mistake,
Hangover III is a blatant crime, a
heinous one at that. Cannot be
forgiven even if Doug has been
kidnapped, Chow is in kill-them-all
mode, Alans going to an asylum and
the other two just are not doing
anything much to save the situation.
Bradley Cooper has his moments but
hes not what Hangover was ever about
it was more about the Alan kind of
eccentricities and should have been as
raucous a group as he
would have wanted it to
be of friends who
had scripted hilarity in
their drunken stupor.
For Gods sake, even
the prostitute here has
reformed into a
pregnant wife of a
respected surgeon!
Wheres the fun, or the
logic behind such an
indecent makeover? If it
is Hangover, it has to be
unstoppably crazy, not passive and
unhappening as is the case with the
last of the series.
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he super-hit trio of Dharam
(Dharmendra), Paramveer (Sunny
Deol) and Gajodhar (Bobby Deol) reunite,
this time in the United Kingdom.
Paramveer opens up the Yamla Pagla
Deewana club and re-encounters a visit
with Dharam and Gajodhar, after their last
presence in Canada.
The trio are back with double the
masti, double the fun, double the action,
with the presence of an fool (Johnny
Lever), and double the romance, with the
Suman (Neha Sharma), and Paramveers
love Reet (Kristina Akheeva).
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n 2025, humanity decides to abandon
earth after numerous cataclysmic events.
Human society is re-established on a
habitable exo-planet known as Nova
Prime outside of the solar system.
Meanwhile, the creatures of earth continue
to evolve, apparently without any human
interaction. A crash landing leaves
teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his
father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on
earth, 1000 years after events forced
humanitys escape.
The two must embark on a perilous
journey to signal for help, facing uncharted
terrain, evolved animal species that now
rule the planet and an unstoppable alien
creature that escaped during the crash.
Father and son must learn to work
together and trust one another if they want
any chance of returning home.
w+] |u u, Rup+li!
QYou quit Parvarish when the TRPs
were starting to soar. Will this not
affect your career?
About to be a mother is a special
feeling and, at the moment, I am
enjoying that. My focus is entirely on
my impending delivery of my
baby. As for my career, I have
left it for God. He has always
helped me deal with problems
in life. I am a person who
believes in jiski kismat mein
jitna hai use utna hi milega,
na kam na zada.
QAny plans on making a
comeback to the show?
For now, Barkha Bisht
who has hosted Comedy
Circus on Sony
Entert ai nment, has
repl aced me. The
audience may take some
time to get used to her
as Pinky, but I am sure
they will get to like her.
The producers feel Bisht
is going to fit the bill
perfectly and I wish her
all the best.
QWhat was your producers
reacti on when you
i nformed hi m about
quitting the show?
Tony Si ngh was
speechless. Then he was
like you cant do this. My
co-st ars were ver y
unhappy that I had to
leave the show at such a
crucial juncture. I am
going to miss all of them,
especi al l y my t hree
onscreen children who didnt
want me to leave at all.
QWill this affect the TRPs of the show?
In Parvarish, every character is a
protagonist. Be it Sweety didi, Jeet,
Lucky Singh, or even the child actors,
everyone plays a distinct role.
I dont think my leaving will
impact the TRPs.
QYou have been in this
industry for 25 years. Is it
time to retire?
I consider it a blessing
that I have been in the
thick of things for
such a long time. I am
very satisfied with my
career graph. I feel I
have been there and
done it all. In Bigg
Boss1, I was a strong
contender and later I
did well in Khatron ke
Khiladi too.
QDo you prefer
reality shows over
soap?
I bel i eve t hat
desti ny takes you
where you have to go.
As an actor, I dont
have a say in what
projects I will get.
But, if I was ever
offered a comeback
role in Parvarish, I
would love to be a
part of it again. The
show was different
and gave me an
opportunity to
discover the actor in
me.
Q Any special tips
for Brakha?
She is a talented
actress and knows
how to go about it.
QWill we get to see your
mother making her moves on
DID Supermoms?
Yes. She loves to dance
and is very excited to be a part
of the show.
RuFAL 0Ah0uLY, in lhe induslry or 25 years now, recenlly
quil as Finky Ahluwalia in Sony Tv's Farvarish lo give birlh lo
her irsl baby. The 85yearold aclress lells S0h MShRA lhal
il's a wellconsidered decision
W
hen a serial ends on a high note with
healthy TRPs and the audience not
wanting it to go off air, there are 100 per
cent chances of it making a comeback.
Thankfully, for the audience, the makers
of Lapataganj have felt the same way.
Lapataganj received an exceptional
response and etched fond memories in the
hearts of viewers. We received numerous
requests to bring back the show and the
characters that had won them over with
their performances. So we thought this was
the right time to come up with fresh
concepts. Im hoping we are welcomed with
the same response, Anooj Kapoor, EVP
and business head, SAB TV tells you.
Its not just Kapoor but the entire
Lapataganj family who is excited to once
again woo the seven crore audience base
of SAB TV. As has been the case, the crux
of the show will be to bring out the aam
aadmi problems and how he struggles for
basic things in life. The show is also slated
to take a six-year leap with advanced
problems and not-so-advanced solutions.
The crew of Lapataganj will find their
problems resolving, but partially. There will
be light and fans, but fluttering electricity;
there will be taps but shortage of water;
there will be mobile phones but that will
just be the root of all problems. Characters
will be engrossed in conversation on the
phone and personal tete-a-tete will be
thrown out of the window, Kapoor tells
you, giving an insight into what awaits the
upcoming season.
This time, the common man will be
progressive, yet frustrated, as problems still
wont find a permanent solution. Though,
almost all characters will be the same, some
new members will join the Lapataganj
family. The character of Surili, earlier played
by Preeti Amin, will now be played by Aditi
Telang. Also, new love stories will flourish
between Mukundis son and a new girl.
There will be development, but with
constraints. Facing social struggles, the
Lapataganj family will aim at brining a
smile on every face with meaningful
stories and humorous presentations,
Mukundi (Rohitashv Gaur) says.
To know more, tune in to Lapataganj,
Ek Baar Phir, on SAB TV at 10 pm Monday
to Friday, June 10 onwards.
This June, lhere is a lol haening in lhe comedy seclion. SAB Tv's hugely oular
Laalaganj, which broughl us lhe essence o rural ndia in a hilarious way, is back wilh
ils second inslallmenl. while lhe siril o lhe show remains lhe same, lhere are new
loics wailing lo make you laugh! ME0hA BhATA lells you more
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n tonights
episode, the
war between
Mahadev and
Jallandhar will
begin. Blinded
by rage,
J a l l a n d h a r
begins his
attacks on
G a n e s h a .
J a l l a n d h a r
goes back and
mocks Parvati but Parvati in an Durga
swaroop, curses him. Filled with anger,
Mahadev enters the field to destroy his ansh
Jallandhar. The clash between the two leads
to the death to Jallandhar eventually.
Catch this mahayudh between Mahadev
and Jallandhar in a maha episode on June 2,
2013 at 8 pm on Life OK.
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Claiming lhal desile ils inancial conslrainls in absence
o coslreleclive laris, BSES Rajdhani Fower Limiled (BRFL) on
Salurday said il was conlinuing lo ram u ils inraslruclure
and add caacily lo ils nelwork. n lhe lasl one year, il has
added 255 MvA caacily lo ils nelwork in Soulh and wesl 0elhi.
0 lhis, lhe comany has added 152 MvA lo ils nelwork
caacily in wesl 0elhi in lhe lasl one year and will add anolher
28O MvA over lhe nexl ew monlhs. A BRFL sokeserson said,
"Commensurale wilh lhe increasing ower demand, BRFL
conlinues lo invesl in building ils dislribulion caacilies.
The addilional caacilies will boosl lhe exisling dislribulion
nelwork and will urlher imrove lhe ower silualion in lhe weeks
ahead."
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0n lhe occasion o lhe 24
lh
0ealh Anniversary o Sanl 0arshan
Singh Maharaj, lhousands o disciles galhered al Kiral Bagh,
0elhi, lo remember him. 0n lhis occasion a rogram was
organised al Kiral Bagh. The resenl head o Sawan Kiral
Ruhani Mission, Sanl Rajinder Singh Maharaj said in his
message lhal Maharaj always emhasised on inding sirilual
ulilmenl in lhe conlexl o modern lie. "Sanl 0arshan Singh Ji
believed in 'Fosilive Myslicism', ursuing sirilual goals while
ulilling all our obligalions lo amily, sociely, and lhe world,"
he said. he urlher said lhe only way lo reach 0od Almighly
was lhrough love, assion and yearning or 0od. Love was lhe way
back lo 0od. This human lie was a recious gil, and a golden
oorlunily lo realise lhe lrulh o our exislence and lo ind our way
back home.
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0n 'world hoTobacco 0ay', a ublic rogramme on lhe lheme o lhe
year - Ban Tobacco Adverlisemenls, Fromolion and Sonsorshi -
was organised by lhe Medical wing o lhe Brahma Kumaris inslilulion
in collaboralion wilh Family Flanning Associalion o ndia (FFA) al
FFA Audilorium, Munrika recenlly. Shreedharan hair, branch manager,
FFA ndia, said more lhan ive million eole died due lo consumlion
o lobacco in a year and lhis has accounled or one in 1O adull
dealhs.
townhall 04
NEW DELH SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2013
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tating that the city
Government is determined
to turn Delhi into an advanced,
convenient and long-lasting
infrastructural-oriented world-
class city, Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit on Saturday declared
that the Capital will emulate
other ultra-modern developed
cities in the world.
She expressed this at the
foundation laying ceremony
of a corridor between
Madhuban Chowk to Mukarba
Chowk on the Outer Ring
Road. The project will be con-
structed with an estimated cost
of C422 crore.
Diskhit further added that
the Public Works Department
(PWD) has been working hard
to turn Delhi into a city with
better roads, flyovers, elevated
roads, underpasses and mod-
ern foot-over bridges with
escalators.
The comprehensive devel-
opment of corridor on Outer
Ring Road between Madhuban
Chowk to Mukarba Chowk,
includes 2.60 km elevated road
starting right after Pitampura
T-Junction Power House and
ending at ROB of Mukarba
Chowk. The total length of the
corridor for which foundation
stone has been laid is 3.80 km.
Union Minister Kapil Sibal,
Delhi PWD Minister Raj
Kumar Chauhan and several
MLAs including senior officials
of PWD were also present on
the occasion.
The development is visi-
ble in Delhi. The pace of devel-
opment would be accelerated.
There would be no dearth of
funds for development of vil-
lages, she said adding ours is
a caring city and in another
word a welfare State in true
sense.
While stressing upon the
need to make Delhi a slum-free
city, Dikshit said that the eligi-
bility conditions for allotment
of low cost houses, have been
relaxed in order to allot already
constructed houses to the
urban poor and JJ dwellers.
She also referred to the best
school education in Delhi as
people have started getting
their wards admitted in
Government schools instead of
running after public schools.
"The Government has been
getting large number of rec-
ommendations for getting
admission into Government
schools. Our CBSE 10th and
12th Class results have seen
unprecedented improvement,"
Dikshit said.
Speaking on the occasion,
Chauhan stated that all the
Congress legislators are confi-
dent of their victory and the
fourth term of the Dikshit
Government has changed the
face of Delhi with all round
development.
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onsidering space crunch
in the city, Noida Authority
has planned to construct anoth-
er multi-level parking at Sector
38A. The proposed parking lot
is likely to be built over an area
of 30,000 square metres with
the capacity of nearly 3,000
vehicles at one time.
The project is expected to
cost over Rs 100 crore. The
parking will be fully operational
in next 18 months. Occupants
of Sector 38, 44, 92, 95 and daily
metro commuters will be ben-
efited from this project.
The four-storey parking
lot will come up on the exist-
ing parking place of Botanical
Garden Metro station where
nearly 500 vehicles are being
parked at a single point of time.
Noida Authority has also
announced to increase Floor
Area Ratio (FAR) of the region
and to allow commercial usages
so they could commercialise
the area near existing parking
lot. An announcement to this
effect was made by the author-
ity officials after a meeting
this week. After going through
the feasibility report, the
Authority has decided to con-
duct a detailed project report
(DPR) before June this year.
Earlier, it had announced
to construct a six-storey park-
ing lot at busy Atta market and
with the recent move the total
number of multi-level parking
will augment to two. Both the
projects are likely to complete
before next year-end.
A senior official of Noida
Authority said the decision
was taken keeping in view of
parking problem in the city. "As
the vehicular volume is increas-
ing rapidly these days, major-
ity of vehicles are being parked
besides the key roads of the city
causing bounty of problems to
the commuters and others.
The recent move will help
in minimising parking problem
up to a maximum extent as the
residents of nearby locality
and other kind of occupants
could park their vehicle easily,"
said Rama Raman, CEO of
Noida Authority.
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The corridor would ensure
signalree movemenl o lraic
rom Madhuban Chowk lo
Mukarba Chowk, acililies or
edeslrians: bus lanes, green
bell, oolalh, cycling lrack and
rain waler harvesling. The
inlerseclions al Fower house T
Junclion, horlh Filamura T
junclion, Frashanl vihar T
Junclion, Shalimar Bagh
Crossing near Rohini Jail and
Badli TJunclion would become
signalree, resulling in saving
lravel lime and uel consumlion.
The areas such as Filamura,
Frashanl vihar, Rohini Seclor
8,O,11,18,14,15,1G and 1O, Badli,
haiderur, Shalimar Bagh and
users o 0uler Ring Road
assing lhrough lhis corridor
would be beneilled wilh coming
u o lhe corridor.
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Delhi-based South Indian film actor was
arrested late on Friday from Lajpat Nagar for
thrashing three police officials.
Akash Jain was driving rashly in an inebriated
condition when he was asked to stop by the police-
men. This infuriated him and he started abusing and
thrashing the police patrolling in the area. Later, he
was taken to Lajpat Nagar Police station.
A son of Delhi-based businessman, Jain lives in
South East Delhis Mount Kailash
area. The incident took place in
Lal Sai Market. Jain was signaled
to stop by police personnel, but
he did not stop and drove out in
his Lancer car, a senior police
officer said. Police said after around two
hours, Jain was again spotted taking
rounds of Kasturba Niketan in Lajpat Nagar area,
but, this time he was found in a Honda City car.
Alert police personnel flashed a message in the
wireless and they stopped his car. He was asked to
step down from his car but, he refused and started
abusing the policemen. He even tried to call some
officers and punched one of the officials in the face,"
the officer added. When other police personnel tried
to control him, he tore off their uniform. However,
the three officials managed to overpower him and
he was taken to Lajpat Nagar Police station. He was
brought to the police station and locked up, but he
again created a ruckus and started abusing other
senior officials, an officer said.
Police said two cases for allegedly harassing a
woman were already registered against him by one
victims parents. Jain used to stalk a girl, who is a
resident of Lajpat Nagar and often took rounds of
her house at night. The victims parents had then
approached the police and lodged a complaint, the
officer added. Akash was denied anticipatory bail
by the court in the above case of stalking. After his
arrest, the High Court gave him a bail two months
ago on condition that he would not go near the vic-
tims house ever again. He kept away for the last two
months, but returned on Friday night where he
fought with the police officials when he was
stopped by them.
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he mysterious death of a 21-year-
old Manipuri girl, who was found
dead under mysterious circumstances
at her rented accommodation in
South Delhi's Malviya Nagar, has been
transferred to the Crime Branch of
Delhi Police.
Prima facie, it appeared to be a
case of suicide by consumption of
some poisonous substance, but inves-
tigators are now trying to ascertain
whether it was a case of suicide or
there was any foul play behind the
incident. However, the family of the
victim alleges that her death was
not a suicide and she was mur-
dered as there was a deep injury
mark on her body and some injury
marks on her eyes as well. Police have
constituted a medical board to re-
examine the post-mortem examina-
tion report, prepared by All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Malviya Nagar Police had already
registered a case of murder, but the
investigation was transferred to Crime
Branch. On Saturday afternoon, over
500 Manipuri students gathered out-
side the Malviya Nagar Police Station
and protested against police inaction
in the case. Students' Union of the
North-East president Athot alleged
that the woman was murdered. "There
was a deep injury mark on her body,
but police were trying to hush up the
matter. Today (Saturday) we protest-
ed outside the police station and an
officer assured us that a proper
inquiry would be conducted in the
case," Athot said.
A senior Crime Branch official
said that a panel of three doctors has
been constituted to conduct the post-
mortem examination on the body
again. The first post-mortem was con-
ducted at All India Institute of Medical
Science (AIIMS) on Thursday. "Prima
facie, it appeared to be a case of sui-
cide by consumption of some poiso-
nous substance, but there were some
injury marks on her eyes and toes. The
nature of the wounds suggested that
the portion of the body was eaten by
animals. Movement marks of some
small animal (possibly rat) is there on
the bed sheet too," the officer added.
Reingamphy lived in a rented
accommodation along with a female
friend in Chirag Delhi for the past two
months and used to work with a beau-
ty parlor in Saket. But, she was
unemployed for the last two weeks.
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oyal Plaza Hotel situated at
Ashok Road in the heart of
the Capital may have to shut
down its operation for violating
environmental norms. Delhi's
environment watchdog Delhi
Pollution Control Committee
(DPCC) has directed the Deputy
Commissioner of New Delhi to
close the hotel. It has also direct-
ed the Deputy Commissioner,
Factory Licensing Department of
the civic body to cancel the
licence of M/s Hotel Queen
Road Private Limited, the com-
pany owning the hotel. The
committee has further asked
the chief executive officer of
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the
general manager of BSES
Rajdhani Power Limited to dis-
connect water and electricity
supply to the property.
"The department has given
enough time to rectify the defi-
ciencies, but hotel management
failed to do so. The hotel is being
running without the permission
of DPCC. Their licence expired
in 2011, but they did not inform
the department," said officials of
the committee. DPCC officials
have forgotten while issuing this
order that the area falls under
New Delhi Municipal Council
(NDMC), which provides water,
electricity to Ashoka Road.
It is mandatory provision of
the Air (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act 1981 and Water
(Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act 1974 to no person
without the previous consent of
the DPCC shall establish or take
any step to establish any indus-
try, operation or process or any
treatment and disposal system an
extension or addition thereto,
which is likely to discharge
sewage or trade effluent into a
stream or well or sewer or on
land.
According to DPCC offi-
cials, the hotel authorities had
applied for consent to operate
license on September 17, 2008
for three years. The date of
licence has expired on September
16, 2011, but they have failed to
renew their licence. Officials
stated that they have not
informed DPCC about expiry of
their licence.
"On December 7, 2012, dur-
ing the inspection, several defi-
ciencies have been found. After
that a show-cause notice was sent
to them. In response to the
show-cause notice, they sought
a period of four months to rec-
tify the deficiencies without an
application of consent to oper-
ate," said officials.
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bandoned by her family, a
19-year-old rape victim,
who is in her advance stage of
pregnancy, has moved the
Delhi High Court seeking
medical and financial assis-
tance to give birth to her child.
Issuing a notice to the
Centre and the Delhi Govern-
ment, Justice Rajiv Shakdher
sought their replies by June 6 on
the plea of the girl saying that
she got pregnant pursuant to
the rape and sought directions
to the Ministry of Women and
Child Development of the
Central Government and the
Health Ministry of the city
Government to provide assis-
tance to her to deliver the baby.
Appearing for the girl,
counsel Nishit Kush and Vijay
Kinger said due to social stig-
ma, her family has abandoned
her and she was now sheltered
in one of her distant relatives
place. The counsel told the
court that the victim was eight-
month pregnant and needed
medical treatment and care.
The victim is in a pitiable
financial condition and cannot
meet the hospital expenses,
for delivery of child, her lawyer
told the court.
The girl said she hailed
from a very poor family and her
family members were not able
to meet the expenses for her
treatment and abandoned her.
The stigma attached to deliv-
er a child without marriage
causes grave mental injury to
the petitioner coupled with
financial scarcity. The preg-
nancy caused by the rape and to
carry a child in the womb as a
result of conception through
rape is extremely traumatic but
also humiliating..., said the
plea, seeking a direction to
Government to take care of the
child after his/her birth till the
child attains majority.
In her plea the victim said
she was raped by her neigh-
bour, one Sanjay Choudhury, in
October last year and she was
also threatened not to disclose
the incident to anyone other-
wise her brother will be killed.
The accused, who is already
married, had raped the girl and
threatened her that he will make
nude pictures public.
As per the physical exam-
ination on March 3, it was
found that the victim was five
months pregnant, her lawyer
said. The victim, thereafter,
lodged a complaint with
Mansarowar Park Police station
on March 4. The accused has
not been arrested yet. She had
moved the court to terminate
her pregnancy, but doctors
opined that the pregnancy
could not be terminated as it
was more than 20 weeks.
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fter the Crime Branch of
Delhi Police found Mohit
Tyagi's (the former wireless
operator of Additional DCP,
West district) involvement in
an illegal arms supply racket,
the guilty constable was sent to
district lines and an enquiry
has been ordered against him.
The operator has used his clout
to stay afloat in the West dis-
trict, despite
the arrested
person reveal-
ing his name
in his disclosure before the
Crime Branch sleuths.
Police sources said that
the investigation team of the
Special Investigation Team
(SIT) has given a clean chit to
constable Tyagi on technical
grounds, but after The Pioneer
reported the matter, the senior
officials intervened and sent an
information letter to senior
official of West district, inform-
ing them that Tyagi's name had
figured in an illegal arms sup-
ply racket, following the arrest
of one Gaurav on April 12.
Few days ago, the senior
officials of Crime Branch wrote
to the West district officials that
they are probing
the role of Tyagi
in the racket and they wanted
a parallel departmental
enquiry against him. Later,
Tyagi has been sent to district
lines and a fresh departmental
enquiry has been ordered
against him. "After the inter-
vention of senior Crime Branch
officials, now the investigators
are collecting some new tech-
nical evidences against him as
Tyagi is not cooperating with
them in the investigations,"
the sources added.
Investigations revealed that
accused Gaurav was in constant
touch with Tyagi and they had
used mobile messaging appli-
cation Whatsapp to
exchange messages. But now,
during interrogation, Tyagi
claims that his two cell phones
were lost last month.
On April 12, Gaurav was
arrested from Rohini, following
the interception of his conver-
sation with Ravish, a notorious
criminal of Dwarka area. Police
had recovered one 7.62 mm
pistol and a Swift desire car
from his possession. After the
sustained interrogation, Gaurav
told the investigators that he
had met Tyagi and the said
weapon was given by him.
"They had met in the parking
of Radisson Hotel, where they
consumed liquor and Tyagi
asked him to deliver the
weapon to Ravish. After his
arrest, Crime Branch sleuths
were looking for Tyagi, who
remained absconding and had
even switched off his cell
phone," the sources said.
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expanding its network, it
will be among the ten largest
(in terms of number of sta-
tions) Metro services in the
world by 2016. According to
officials, Delhi Metro, which is
presently the 13
th
largest with
142 stations, will emerge as the
seventh largest in the world
soon with new stations coming
up under Phase III.
After the completion of
Phase III, the Delhi Metro net-
work will have 232 stations
which will make it only the sev-
enth city in the world to have
more than 200 Metro stations.
Till now, New York subway
has 422 Metro stations cover-
ing an area of about 371 sq km,
while Paris subway has 301 sta-
tions covering a distance of 215
km. The Seoul Metro has 293
Metro stations covering a dis-
tance of 317 km.
The Tokyo subway has 274
stations covering about 317
km. While the London under-
ground has 270 Metro sta-
tions covering 402 km,
Shanghai Metro ranks sixth, as
it has 234 stations covering 424
kilometre.
The Delhi Metro will rank
the seventh with 232 Metro sta-
tions by 2016 covering 330 km.
After Delhi Metro, Moscow
ranks eighth with a total num-
ber of 185 stations covering 305
km. Beijing has 172 Metro
stations covering about 336
km, while Hong Kong has 155
Metro stations covering a dis-
tance of about 211 km.
In Asia, Delhi will have the
highest number of Metro sta-
tions after Shanghai, Tokyo
and Seoul. Approximately,
there are about 160 Metro sta-
tions in about 54 countries
across the world.
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racket and wants a
parallel departmental
enquiry against him
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NEW DELH SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2013
Slivraj as lumlle
as Vajayee: Aovani
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or the first time, senior BJP
leader LK Advani has pitted
Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan against his Gujarat
counterpart, Narendra Modi.
Advani said, Atal Bihari
Vajpayee always remained
very humble and far from
arrogance. Similarly, I found
Chouhan very humble,
like Vajpayee.
His statement is being seen
as a direct jab at Modi, who
often details how he scripted
Gujarats economic growth
story in his speeches.
On Saturday, Advani point-
ed out that while the
Gujarat Chief Minister had
transformed a healthy State
into an excellent one, Chouhan
had successfully turned around
a BIMARU State into a devel-
oped one. Addressing a massive
BJP workers conclave in
Gwalior, he said the BJPs ide-
ology was nationalistic and
the party maintained the prin-
ciple of never compromising
with morality in politics or
even after coming to power.
Advani noted that Gujarat
was already economically pros-
perous when Modi took over
and that the BJP leader had
only made it better.
I always tell Narendra
Modi that Gujarat was already
prosperous, you have multi-
plied the development there...
But Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh were not so pros-
perous... After multiplying the
rate of development in Madhya
Pradesh, Shivrajji is still hum-
ble as a person.
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ditor of The Pioneer and
Rajya Sabha member
Chandan Mitra on Saturday
strongly argued that no
section of media can be impar-
tial in a country where a lot of
regional political
outfits apart from national par-
ties come to play their parts in
the national scenario.
Credibility of political par-
ties is no longer the same as it
used to be 20 years back. So
also, there has been a dearth of
leaders having moral values
and strong inclination to build
the nation. Hence, the media
has to incline towards a party
or parties of its choice in order
to make its information base
stable and also to ensure a
healthy democracy, said Mitra
during his address at the fifth
anniversary function of Odia
daily, Khabara.
He said, The country has
been witnessing moral scarci-
ty for long, which is not at all
good for a healthy democracy.
In order to make India
morally strong, political parties
and the media should go
hand-in-hand.
Current trends of scams,
corruption and involvement
of parties call for a special
movement to save the country.
If conscious political leaders
and media personalities do
not come forward, then who
else would lead the move-
ment? asked Mitra.
Mitra also called upon
media houses to raise a voice
against injustices and to be the
voice of the underprivileged,
besides bridging the gap
between the ruler and the
common people.
Advocating publication of
more newspapers in different
regional languages, Mitra said,
In India, there are 22,000 lan-
guages and more than 4,000
registered daily newspapers.
Hence, there is no problem of
publishing new newspapers in
different regional and sub-
regional languages.
He also praised the role of
social media in generating
public opinion and its fastest
approach. Social media like
Facebook and Orkut are now
considered the best and effec-
tive mediums to reach some-
one quickly, but they should
aim at positive and constructive
views, like that at the time of
the Delhi gang-rape incident.
Speaking on the occasion,
LJ Publications and Khabara
chairman Pyarimohan
Mohapatra blasted the State
Government for discriminating
against his newspaper, in the
matter of providing advertise-
ments, with political inten-
tions even though the paper
fulfils all criteria to get
Government advertisements.
It is undemocratic, he said.
Among others, Khabara
managing editor Kishore
Satpat hy and former
Ut kal Uni versit y Vi ce-
Chancellor LN Mishra spoke
at the function.
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Tho ohallongo o ovolving a ourrioulum that
oators to studonts who havo ontorod oollogo
with vastly diorontiatod lovols o sohooling
and divorso sooial baokgrounds and thoso
who aro worthy o Oxbridgo and vy Loaguo is
daunting. My oar is that in striking an
aggrogato balanoo, tho systom will
oompromiso oxoollonoo.
Thoro is an additional oomplioation. Tho
spiritod intorvontion o tho Lot what tho holl
was NDA oonvonor Sharad Yadav doing in
suoh a gathoring? is partially against tho
way tho FYUP was rushod through tho various
oounoils and partly against somo o tho
oxasporatod uttoranoos o tho vC. But an
oqually important part o thoir rosistanoo stoms
rom tho dilution o what ono aoadomio
oonossod was tho insuioionoy o
"progrossivo" (a ouphomism or Lot
dootrinairo) thomos in sub|oots that woro
oarlior olassod as tho liboral arts and now go
by tho namo o sooial soionoos. tho
Aoadomio Counoil has indood managod to
roduoo tho quantum o idoologioal bias, it is to
bo oomplimontod. What has to bo tostod is
whothor tho altornativo is aoadomioally
oxaoting or is tailor-mado or modioority.
Tho FYUP is now a roality. Thoro is littlo
point in oonusing studonts urthor by making it
a ono-yoar oxporimont. What is nooossary is a
littlo opon-mindodnoss and loxibility to
undortako poriodio oxoroisos in ino-tuning tho
ourrioulum. That's tho loast tho systom oan do
in tho aoo o a signiioant oxodus o sohool-
loavors to oroign univorsitios.
From Page 1
Though the selection of the
ad hoc president depends
entirely on Working
Committees decision, the other
names doing the rounds were
of BCCI vice-president Arun
Jaitley and former BCCI boss
Jagmohan Dalmiya.
It is learnt that Srinivasan
has also demanded that he
should continue to represent
India at ICC meetings for this
interim period.
Sources say that Srinivasan
is rooting for the acceptance of
the resignations of Ajay Shirke
and Sanjay Jagdale as Treasurer
and Secretary respectively, by
the Working Committee mem-
bers. It is learnt that these
members who have all by now
joined the chant for his resig-
nation, are unlikely to give in
to his pre-conditions.
The other important issue
that the meeting will discuss is
the status of the three-member
probe panel as one of the
members Jagdale has
already resigned from his post.
Former BCCI president AC
Muthiah on Saturday called for
a dissolution of the inquiry
commission in the wake of
Jagdales resignation.
It is learnt that the BCCI
members are not in favour of
ignoring Jagdale and Shirke in
the interim panel and are
unlikely to accept their resig-
nations.
Top Board members are,
instead, working on a strategy
to force Srinivasan to step
down, at least till investigation
is completed. If he refuses to
quit, though that is highly
unlikely, most Board officials
are in favour of mass resigna-
tions to trigger a constitution-
al crisis within the BCCI and
force Srinivasans hand.
Another possibility is that
a Special General Body or an
Extraordinary General Meeting
of the BCCI will be convened
to initiate impeachment pro-
ceedings against Srinivasan.
Even though this requires only
10 members to write in favour
of bringing in an impeachment
motion, they will find it diffi-
cult to get the 3/4th majority
required to remove the BCCI
president.
From Page 1
However, all this urgency appears more to
get political mileage as the Government has not
yet prepared the list of beneficiaries which will
include 75% rural and 50% urban masses.
All these efforts are aimed just to get polit-
ical benefit. It may be good news for political
parties but not for the poor people as the list
of beneficiaries has not yet been prepared. It
will take at least 12 more months to complete
the list, National Advisory Council member
NC Saxena told The Pioneer. Significantly,
NAC headed by Sonia had played a crucial role
in drafting the legislation.
Both the PM and Sonia have charged the
Opposition parties as obstructionists.
One section of Congress wants that just
like the anti-rape legislation an Ordinance
should be issued in case of Food Security Bill
so that the Opposition is under pressure to
support the pro-poor legislation. If they
dont, beneficiaries of the Rs 2 per kg wheat
and Rs 3 per kg rice programme will take them
to task and it would be reflected in election
results. But another section and the Law
Ministry feel that Food Security Bill is a com-
plex legislation which will be implemented by
the states, so the Centre cannot bulldoze it on
them through an Ordinance.
Health Minister and AICC incharge
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who attended the meet-
ing despite not being a member of the Core
Group, briefed about the political situation in
Andhra Pradesh. Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde gave details of the anti-Naxal strate-
gy in the State.
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From Page 1
Kerala had witnessed a 24
per cent rainfall deficit last
monsoon while it faced a short-
fall by 40 per cent in the pre-
monsoon showers this year.
In Delhi, met department
said that the Easterlies winds will
prevail for the next 72 hours,
plummeting the temperatures.
These winds rising from the sea
and reaching the north Indian
States, including Delhi, will help
keep the heat waves, responsible
for the rising temperatures, at
bay. These winds have brought
moisture and cool air. Though
the temperatures are expected to
be normal, there are no chances
of rain, said RK Jenamani,
Director, Met department.
Meanwhile, the Capital on
Saturday witnessed a drop in
the mercury. The day temper-
ature was two degrees below
normal at 38 degree Celsius.
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nation 07
NEW DELH SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2013
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A
n HRD Ministrys Task
Force has suggested mea-
sures to revive the countrys
oldest language Sanskrit.
A Task Force on faculty
shortage constituted by the
HRD Ministry for taking cor-
rective steps to ensure proper
functioning of Sanskrit uni-
versities recommended at first
instance for an urgent need of
recruiting faculty by offering
lucrative pay and perks since
there are no takers for the job.
The HRD Ministry has
given hindsight to the cause of
prosperity of the language
and it has not maintained any
academic information about
faculty shortage and students
intake in the existing Sanskrit
Central and State universities
and also its departments at var-
ious universities.
Further, the Ministry is
neither maintaining details of
the course curriculum of
Sanskrit at various universities
and departments nor does it
have teacher-ratio compari-
son. There has been no study
till date to compare the teacher-
students ratio in Sanskrit uni-
versities when compared with
traditional universities.
However, it is assumed that the
ratio is lowest in comparison to
prescribed ratio norms for
other universities, said an
HRD Ministry official.
The Task Force under the
chairmanship of former IIT-
Kanpur Director Sanjay
Dhande formed an
Implementation Monitoring
Committee which has sug-
gested the Centre to take nec-
essary steps for filing up the
vacancies on an urgent basis.
The implementation com-
mittee is monitoring the
requirements and how do they
invite interested people to take
up Sanskrit teaching assign-
ments. For the existing facul-
ty, a performance appraisal
system has been designed to
retain them, said an HRD
Ministry official. Twelve
Central universities of the total
of 40 have Sanskrit depart-
ments under the aegis and
complete funding of HRD
Ministry and UGC.
The State-sponsored
Sanskrit universities include
Sree Sankaracharya University of
Kerala, Kameshwar Singh
Darbhanga Sanskrit University
in Bihar, Sampurnanad Sanskrit
University in Varanasi, Shri
Jaggannath Sanskrit University
at Puri in Odisha while three
deemed Sanskrit universities
one at Tirupati, and two in New
Delhi - Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Rashtriya Sanksrit Vidyapeeth
and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.
Among these States and deemed
universities of the total of 1,153
sanctioned teaching posts, about
350 are lying vacant for the past
couple of years.
According to Minister of
State HRD Shashi Tharoor,
higher education has seen
vast expansion during the
last decade, particularly dur-
ing the 11th Five-Year Plan.
Due to this, the institutions
of higher education in the
country have been facing the
problems of a shortage of
qualified, and Sanskrit uni-
versities are no exception to
this, Tharoor said.
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I
ndias new defence
procurement policy came
into force on Saturday against
the backdrop of scams
like the 3,700-core VVIP chop-
per deal.
It aims at enhancing trans-
parency and probity in military
purchases and gives first right
of refusal to Indian vendors to
promote indigenous industry.
The Defence Procu
rement Procedure 2013 which
takes effect from today, aims to
balance the competing
requirements of expediting
capital procurement,
developing a robust indige-
nous defence sector and
conforming to the highest stan-
dards of transparency,
probity and public account-
ability, Defence Ministry said
in a release.
While laying a strong
emphasis on promoting indi-
genisation, the new policy aims
at creating a level playing field
for the Indian Industry, it said.
In the new policy, the
Defence Ministry has accord-
ed a higher preference explic-
itly to the Buy (Indian), Buy
and Make (Indian) and Make
categorisation, besides
bringing further clarity in the
definition of the
Indigenous Content and sim-
plifying the Buy and Make
(Indian) process.
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T
he Group of Ministers on
granting autonomy for the
CBI is finalising crucial changes
in the provisions regulating the
functioning of the agency,
including the procedure for
appointment of its Director.
The GoM headed by
Finance Minister P
Chidambaram has suggested
that the appointment of the
CBI Director should be made
by a panel comprising Prime
Minister, Leader of Opposition,
the Chief Justice of India or his
nominee. Similar procedure
for appointment of the CBI
Director is envisaged in the
Lokpal Bill. At present, the
Government appoints the
Director on the recommenda-
tions of a panel headed by the
Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
The panel is also consider-
ing to increase the tenure of the
CBI Director from two to three
years. CBI is in favour of tenure
of five years on the lines of the
Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation of the US. CBI
will also seek authority to extend
or curtail the tenure of officers
on deputation up to the rank of
Deputy Inspector General.
The GoM is also likely to
make significant changes in the
Delhi Special Police
Establishment Act, 1947 that
governs the functioning of the
CBI. The panel can further sug-
gest that the Director of
Prosecution should report to
the CBI Director. Presently,
the Director of Prosecution is
an appointee of the Law
Ministry that often manipulates
the prosecution of cases, espe-
cially high-profile ones. The
Director of Prosecution is like-
ly to be vested with authority
to appoint public prosecutors.
The Government is expect-
ed to submit an affidavit in the
Supreme Court citing the pro-
posed measures after getting
nod of the Cabinet.
The GoM was constituted
last month after the
Government was rapped by the
Supreme Court for its inter-
ference in the CBIs investiga-
tions in the coal scam.
Expressing its anguish, the
apex court had observed that
the agency is a caged parrot
that has many masters.
The SCs reprimand came
after the CBI admitted in an
affidavit that sacked Law
Minister Ashwani Kumar and
officials from the Prime
Ministers Office and the Coal
Ministry made changes to the
agencys draft report on the sta-
tus of its investigations into the
coal block allocations scam. The
interference was clearly a breach
of confidentiality as the SC was
monitoring the probe into coal
block allocation scam.
Since 2008, at least five
Parliamentary panels have
given recommendations to
grant autonomy for the CBI,
including according statutory
status to the agency on the lines
of other autonomous bodies
like the Election Commission
(EC) and Comptroller and
Auditor General (CAG).
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F
ollowing public outcry and
adverse media reports, the
Coimbatore-based Bharathiar
University decided to scrap the
move to buy a Mercedes Benz
car for the exclusive use of its
Vice-Chancellor James Pitchai.
The authorities had decided to
purchase a Mercedes for the
Vice-Chancellor and Toyota
Etios for top management.
The university had a sur-
plus fund of C5.65 crore col-
lected as fee for the State
Eligibility Test (SET) held in
2011 for selecting assistant
professors to various colleges
coming under various univer-
sities in the State.
Though the V-C had a
Toyota Camry, the university
management felt he should
have a Mercedes to visit the
SET examination centre.
Many leading educationalists
and research scientists in var-
ious universities had criti-
cised the move.
Speaking to The Pioneer,
Pitchai who was in Chennai to
meet the Governor, said he
would concentrate more on
improving facilities and infra-
structure for the students.
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mid allegations by
Opposition parties of can-
didates being attacked during
nomination filing for the three-
phase panchayat elections in
West Bengal, the ruling
Trinamool Congress on
Saturday alleged that they were
in league with the State
Election Commission.
It is my firm conviction
that Opposition par-
ties are in league
with the State
Election Commi-
ssion in making such baseless
allegations aimed at disrupting
the democratic process,
Trinamool Congress general
secretary Mukul Roy said.
The Commission is sup-
porting Opposition parties,
who are misguiding the people
in making allegations against
the ruling party, but this will
not help. Opposition parties
will be defeated in the pan-
chayat polls, Roy said.
We would like the
Opposition parties to furnish
specific cases of obstruction of
their candidates at nomination
filing centres to prove their
charges considering that the first
phase of polling (on July 2) is
slated in 40,000 seats, he said.
Targeting State Election
Commissioner
Mira Pandey,
the Trinamool
Congress leader
said, We have already noted
how her term was extended in
a politically motivated manner.
Roy, who had earlier
accused the SEC of being par-
tial said, The way of func-
tioning of the State poll panel
is dangerous for democratic
institutions.
Claiming that his party
was committed to strengthen-
ing democracy and democra-
tic institutions, he said, Not a
single election in the State
after 2011 (when the TMC
came to power) has been rigged
or there has been electoral
malpractice. He claimed that
nominations were being filed
smoothly and peacefully.
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he Finance Ministry has
shot down its Health coun-
terparts proposal for assured
monthly wages of Rs 1,000 to
the 8.5 lakh Accredited Social
Health Activists (ASHA) work-
ers countrywide.
The Health Ministrys pro-
posal was being seen as a
move keeping the Assembly
polls in many States this year
and the Lok Sabha elections in
2014 in mind.
The proposal is likely to cost
the exchequer over Rs 1,000
crore per year. In other words,
in the next five years, the Gover
nment will have to dole out over
Rs 5,000 crore for paying the
salary of the ASHA workers,
who work in a host of flagship
schemes of the Health Ministry.
The proposal to give a
daily wage to them was taken
up at a recent meeting of the
Empowered Finance Com
mittee (EFC) for its approval.
But the Finance Ministry has
refused to give it go-ahead in
view of lack of funds, said
sources in the Ministry.
They said that the Finance
Ministry has cited shortage of
fund and that it might result in
complacency among the
women workers who are cur-
rently being paid the monthly
incentive based on the incen-
tive package and population
coverage of each State.
However, the Ministry
seems to be determined to
push the scheme before the
Lok Sabha polls to reap elec-
toral benefits. Sources said
that it is mulling to by-pass the
EFC route and instead looking
towards the highest decision-
making body, the Mission
Steering Group on NRHM for
its clearance.
ASHA, being an honorary
volunteer and considered a key
link in the Governments flag-
ship health programmes such
as NRHM, does not receive
any salary or honorarium.
ASHA workers across the
country, who are getting per-
formance-based incentives for
promoting universal immuni-
sation, referral and escort ser-
vices for reproductive and child
health and other healthcare pro-
grammes, have been demanding
fixed monthly wages to ensure
their financial security.
Their contention is that
the Government is extracting
unpaid labour from them
instead of giving them due
recognition as health workers.
The sources said that to
ensure that only genuine
ASHA workers get the benefit,
the Ministry has proposed fix-
ing some incentive amount
they need to earn to become
eligible for the Rs 1,000 remu-
neration. This fixed wage will
be in addition to the incentives
they earn from various tasks
given to them.
Usually, an ASHA work-
er earns from Rs 700 to Rs
1,000 a month, depending on
the areas and tasks she per-
forms that include advising
newly married couples for
their special needs, providing
escort services to and guiding
pregnant women for availing
of institutional facilities for
anti-natal, natal and post-
natal needs, counselling on
nutrition, pregnancy, breast-
feeding, immunisation and
family planning.
They are also utilised for
mobilising parents for child
survival interventions, pro-
moting basic sanitisation, mak-
ing provision for non-clinical
spacing contraceptives and
surveillance of communicable
diseases such as kala-azar.
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Colonel (Medical)
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F
aced with dipping market
share and poor financial
results, IT services com-
pany Infosys has turned to its
founder and former Chairman
N R Narayana Murthy for sal-
vation, and on Saturday
appointed him as its Executive
Chairman.
Murthy, poster-boy of
Indias IT success, will replace
current chairman K V Kamath
(who will become lead inde-
pendent director) with imme-
diate effect.
The decision was taken at
a board meeting held earlier in
the day, Infosys said in a state-
ment.
The current executive co-
chairman S Gopalakrishnan
will be re-designated executive
vice chairman while S D
Shibulal, who was one of the
seven engineers to launch the
company in 1981 by pooling
together $250, will continue as
Chi ef Executive Of f i cer
(CEO).
Stating that is was very
unusual for him to be back at
Infosys, Murthy, who will turn
67 in August, said the compa-
ny faced challenging times but
did not elaborate.
He said he would add
value to Shibulals role and that
the company should focus on
large application development,
maintenance and independent
validation services.
Infosys board re-appoint-
ed Murthy, who retired from
the company in August 2011 to
become chairman emeritus,
for five years from June 1.
The board has taken this
step keeping in mind the chal-
lenges that the technology
industry and the company
faces, Kamath said acknowl-
edging calls from shareholders
to strengthen executive lead-
ership of the company.
Murthy said, I am grate-
ful to Mr K V Kamath - the
Chairman, the Board, and
every Infoscion for giving me
this opportunity. I intend to do
my best to add value to the
Company in this challenging
situation.
The statement said, sub-
ject to his election as a direc-
tor at the AGM, the Board will
take up in its meeting on June
15, the resolutions for con-
vening an extraordinary gen-
eral meeting within the req-
uisite period.
This is in order to seek
approval from shareholders for
appointing Murthy as executive
chairman and wholetime direc-
tor for a period of five years
commencing June 1.
The re-shuffle also marks
the entry of the next generation
of Infosys founder with
Murthys son, Rohan, joining
the over $7 billion firm as his
fathers executive assistant.
Murthy intends to create
the Chairmans office to assist
him during his tenure to func-
tion more effectively and has
requested the Board to permit
him to put together a team,
which will include Rohan, the
statement said.
Global uncertainties have
impacted performance of
Infosys. Often considered a
bellwether for the sector,
Infosys has given lower-than-
expected revenue guidance of
6-10 per cent growth.
This is less than industry
body Nasscoms estimate of
12-14 per cent growth for the
Indian software services indus-
try in FY 2013-14.
During his term, Murthy
would draw a token compen-
sation of C1 per year. Both
Gopalakrishnan and Shibulal
have requested that they too
draw an annual compensation
of C1 and the Board has accept-
ed their requests, subject to
necessary shareholder and gov-
ernment approvals.
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M
aruti Suzuki, the coun-
trys largest car-maker on
Saturday reported a 14.4 per cent
fall in total sales in May this year
at 84,677 units, while two and
three-wheeler maker TVS
reported a 6.17 per cent decline
in its total sales for the same
month at 1,65,151 units.
However riding mainly on
the launch of its sedan Amaze,
Honda Cars India Ltd logged a
significant 9.8 per cent increase
in its domestic sales for May
2013 at 11,342 units, its highest
ever monthly sales.
Showing a major jump in its
sales, France-based auto major
Renault reported a 13-fold
increase in sales in India in May
at 6,013 units, owing mainly to
the popularity of its SUV Duster.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd
reported a meagre 2.1 per cent
increase in its total sales in May
at 56,856 units as against 55,669
in the same month last year.
Maruti Suzuki India had
posted a total sales of 98,884
units in the corresponding
month last year. For May, the
firm reported 13 per cent decline
in domestic sales at 77,821 units,
over 89,478 units in May, 2012,
MSI said in a statement.
MSIs exports last month
went down by 27.1 per cent to
6,856 units from 9,406 units in
the year-ago period, the com-
pany said.
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E
ven as policymakers are sup-
porting the concept of a sin-
gle law and a single regulator to
tackle the menace of chit funds
and ponzi schemes, the Saradha
fiasco has made one thing evi-
dent - most of these organisa-
tions know how to circumvent
various norms under different
departments. Chit funds oper-
ating in India show that busi-
nesses can thrive on a lethal
combination of powerful politi-
cians and toothless regulators.
Not to forget the gullible and
greedy investors, who should
also be blamed equally.
According to financial experts,
usually, chit funds promise to
pay a higher than the prevalent
market rate of returns to
investors out of their capital or
from the capital of subsequent
investors but not from the oper-
ating profits of the enterprise. In
most of these scams, it is seen,
the perpetrators have bought
time by stalling and abusing the
lax legal process.
Unlike the well-developed
economies, where the regulators
are quick to get hold of the sit-
uation and shut shop for mis-
creants, India has a long list of
fly by night operators. Basically,
older and bigger the chit fund
entity, more capital is at stake.
However, there is no escape
from the fact that chit funds
more often than not, do collapse
at some point.
There are two factors that
work in pulling the curtains on
the chit funds. Firstly, if the reg-
ulators prohibit collection of new
deposits, then the chain of col-
lection-refund-collection is
ended. Secondly, if the chit fund
shuts shop and becomes a fugi-
tive. In India , there has been a
spate of chit fund scams but the
investors refuse to learn and the
regulators remain overworked
and understaffed.
Experts suggest a number of
measures to prevent such white
collar, economic crimes. First,
Sebi should have more powers
to close down dicey chit fund
companies who defraud the
poor masses. Second, there
should be a banking system
aided by microfinance compa-
nies that go from door-to-door
in rural areas to fulfil banking
needs. Third, post offices can
double up as banking facilities
and lastly, investor education is
of utmost importance. In addi-
tion to the above, the punish-
ment meted out to companies
duping investors of their money
should be punished in a way
which sets forbidding example.
But, one thing that overrides
all other issues in a chit fund dis-
aster is that because the chit fund
schemes are designed in such a
way, the longer they exist, the
more real cash loss is incurred
and a larger quantum of capital
is eroded. Just by freezing the
assets of the promoter and bring-
ing back the money siphoned off
by a few office bearers of the
company does not serve the pur-
pose. The important point
remains that merely giving pow-
ers to regulators will not solve
multi-faceted problem which
needs to be solved all at the same
time. This includes more
advanced technology, more staff
and of course, more powers to
the regulator to bring some
respect to chit fund companies.
During his term,
Murthy would
draw a token
compensation of
C1 per year. Both
Gopalakrishnan
and Shibulal have
requested that
they too draw an
annual
compensation of
C1
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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
INDiAN ORDNANCE FACTORIES,
METAL & STEEL FACTORY
ISHAPORE-743 144 (West Bengal)
Tel: 2594 5847(Direct), 2593-8402 to 07,
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NOMENCLATURE OF ADVANCED POWER CONTROLLER RECONDITIONING OF 03.00 Nos.
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Government of India,
Ministry of defence,
Indian Ordnance Factories
Field Gun Factory
Kalpi Road ,Kanpur-208009
Telephone Nos. : 0512-2295100-103, 2240145 Fax- 0512-2219462
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MATERIAL BS:970 PT
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COMPONENT OF 155
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RIFLE FACTORY ISHAOIRE
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A
new expert report on
Afghanistan has warned the
Obama administration that the
United States risks snatching
defeat from the jaws of some-
thing that could still resemble a
victory if it accelerates with-
drawal of forces between now
and 2014, and under-resources
Americas commitment to a
post-2014 Afghanistan.
The report, authored by
retired US commander General
John R Allen, former
Undersecretary of Defence
Michele Flournoy and defence
analyst Michael OHanlon,
does not question the planned
withdrawal by 2014-end, but
only cautions against an accel-
erated pullout even before that
because of frustration with
President Hamid Karzai or
domestic budgetary pressures.
It calls upon Washington
and Kabul to clarify as soon as
possible the size of the residual
US military presence in
Afghanistan after all combat
troops withdraw by the end of
next year, stressing: Given
Afghanistans historical fear of
abandonment, we believe the
psychology of such a clear
American commitment of intent
would be all to the good. It would
also help persuade NATO allies
to firm up their own plans.
The experts believe that for
two to three years after 2014,
the US may need several thou-
sand personnel to help the
Afghans finish building their
air force, their special opera-
tions forces and certain other
enablers in medical realms, in
counter-IED capability and in
intelligence collection. They
reckon this to be an addition-
al bridging force, over and
above the Enduring Force.
The report, titled Toward
a Successful Outcome in
Afghanistan and released by
the Center for a New American
Society, urges Washington and
Kabul to clarify and solidify
their commitment to an endur-
ing partnership as soon as
possible. This would reduce
incentives for hedging behav-
iour in Afghanistan and
Pakistan and contribute to a
constructive atmosphere for
the campaigns leading up to the
crucial April 2014 Afghan pres-
idential election, it says.
The three experts stress the
point that future American pol-
icy on Afghanistan should be
motivated not by a desire to cut
losses but with a determination
to lock in hard-fought gains.
As for Pakistan, where the
Taliban insurgents retain their
sanctuary, the report touches
upon its regrettable activities,
but stresses that
Pakistan will remain a
major player in the final out-
come in Afghanistan, adding:
Washingtons approach in this
situation should be to contin-
ue to work on interpersonal
relationships among key lead-
ers, as well as coordination and
cooperation along borders
where enemies of one country
or the other often cross.
On the present State of
Taliban insurgency, the report
asserts that the US and its part-
ners have degraded the Taliban
enough and built the Afghan
National Security Forces (ANSF)
to be strong enough.
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cussed security issues and cross-
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secretary level talks here as New
Delhi expects Kathmandu to
address its concerns.
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sides mainly focused on issues
relating to cross-border crime,
illegal trade, fake currency,
human trafficking, terrorism
and drug trafficking, an official
attending the meeting said.
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concern over the emergence of
new routes for infiltration into
the country through the porous
Nepal border.
Home Secretary RK Singh
and Nepalese Home Secretary
Navin Kumar Ghimire are
leading their respective dele-
gations at the meeting. PTI
Washington: Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad has no role in
the future of the war-torn
country and he has no other
option but to go, the US
has said.
We have said that Assad
must go and that there is no
future for him in Syria. That is
not just our
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will of the
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ple that they
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onage against Washington in a
speech at a Singapore security
forum attended by Chinese
military officials.
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on China over electronic espi-
onage ahead of a summit
between their leaders next
week, Hagel pointedly blamed
the Chinese Government and
military for repeated intru-
sions into sensitive US infor-
mation systems.
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expressed our concerns about
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a return to all-out sectarian
strife killed more than 1,000
people in May, the United
Nations said on Saturday.
Over the course of the
month, 1,045 people were killed
and 2,397 wounded in unrest
across the country, it said.
Although the violence in
Iraq has fallen from its peak
during the sectarian conflict in
2006 and 2007, when well over
1,000 people sometimes died
per month, the death toll has
begun to rise again.
The country has seen a
heightened level of violence
since the start of the year, coin-
ciding with rising discontent
among Iraqi Sunnis that erupt-
ed into protests in late December.
Members of the Sunni
minority, which ruled the
country from its establishment
after World War I until Saddam
Husseins overthrow by US-led
forces in 2003, accuse the
Shiite-led Government in
Baghdad of marginalising and
targeting their community.
The Government has made
some concessions aimed at
placating protesters and Sunnis
in general, such as freeing pris-
oners and raising the salaries of
Sunni anti-Al-Qaeda fighters,
but underlying issues have yet
to be addressed. AFP
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After playing the jilted housewife Nagma in Gangs of
Wasseypur, RICHA CHADDA is back with her upcoming film
Fukrey in which she plays Bholi. MANJARI SINGH talks to her
about the film and what she has been up to post GOW
QYou are back after a year, where have you been?
I have been busy shooting, reading scripts and finalis-
ing projects. Now I am back and you will see more of me
towards the middle of this year
QTell us about your latest film Fukrey and the character
that you play in it?
Fukrey is about four friends who want to make money
without having to toil. I play Bholi who is everything but
bholi. She is a petty criminal and uses cuss words all the
time. Its an out-and-out negative character and I am glad
to be playing the role as its not everyday that you come
across a protagonist who has such strong shades of grey.
QYou played an unconventional role in GOW too...
No, that was different. Nagma was not a bad girl, her
husband (played by Manoj Bajpai) was the antagonist.
Nagma and Bholi are two entirely different personalities.
Nagma didnt even have one shade of grey while Bholi is
absolutely negative.
QBut isnt Bholi totally de-glam?
That is incorrect. In Fukrey, I have worn western
clothes and put decent make-up. I feel, the time is right to
learn and explore new things. I am open to doing all kinds
of roles. There are a few glamorous roles coming my way,
so I am happy. When I played Nagma, people started ask-
ing me what if I was typecast and got similar roles in
future but that has not happened. Why would I repeat
what I have already done?
QThe FHMmagazine in which you feature as the cover
girl, has been rage on Twitter...
Oh yes! People tell me how they cant believe that I am
the same woman who played Faizal ki amma in Gangs Of
Wasseypur. But, I think, thats a stupid comparison to
make. Just because I played an elderly woman doesnt
mean I am really Faizal ki amma.
In India, our audience cant appreciate a young charac-
ter playing an elderly role. As an actor, I cant restrict
myself. Just because you saw me swearing in two movies
doesnt mean you will not see me playing sweet roles in
the future.
Q You are also a part of Sanjay Leela Bhansalis
Raamleela. Your take?
Yes, and I am very excited about it. The role is one of
its kind and I enjoyed playing it. I cannot say anything
more at the moment. You will just have to watch it to
know more.
backpack 10 NEW DELH SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2013
I love playing
all kinds of roles
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ou wonder why Sanjay Leela
Bhansali is suddenly very
tightlipped about his next pro-
ject which he is, by the way, yet to give
a name to. There are many titles that
I have been considering. We havent
reached a consensus. So, there is no
announcement, Bhansali tells you
from Mumbai. He is not the only one
who is thrilled about the film. Even
Priyanka Chopra is trying her best to
wrap up little-little things before get-
ting into the groove of the character
full-fledgedly.
It is a challenge for me to play
Mary Kom. She is such a powerhouse
of talent. I am in awe of Mary who has
led by example. She has shown the
world that, with grit and determination,
you can win anything. I am also a go-
getter but Mary Kom is really some-
thing else, actress Priyanka Chopra
tells you.
She says that apart from the rig-
orous training schedules that she has
undergone, she has also been in touch
with the sports world. I have been
reading a lot about boxing and the
boxer. Mary Kom has
helped us with her
inputs from time
to time and I am
sure she is as
excited about
the film as we
are, she says.
M a r y
Kom, who has
recently given
birth to a baby
boy in
Mani pur,
has mean-
w h i l e
b e e n
a dv i s e d
complete
bed rest.
for now
She is not
allowed to
speak with
anyone but
that doesnt
stop this
fighter from
replying to
our email
queries.
I was
overwhelmed
when I heard
SLB was
interested in
making a
sports biopic
on me. Lets
see aap logo
ko ye movie
pasand aa jay,
she says, rub-
bishing rumours
that she has a small cameo in
the film. Thats funny. I am a bad
actress and I have no incli-
nation to join
Bollywood. If not
a boxer, I
wo u l d
h a v e
pursued
singing
cl assi cal
and hip hop songs. I have a good
voice, she tells you.
The film which was slot-
ted to go on the floors on
June 4, has been delayed due
to last-minute snags that
SLB is addressing with
urgency.
There were a few
complications but all that
has been resolved now.
This is a special film
and we are all
gearing up for
it, he says. Not
willing to give
away anything
more just as
yet, SLB tells
you to wait
and watch.
It is a film
based on the
life of a boxer.
There are ele-
ments of
drama and
good amount
of fiction in it.
But the crux is
based on real-
life incidents,
SLB tells you.
Ask Priyanka
how she coped
with the de-glam role and pat comes
the reply: It is a serious film with lots
of punches. But there is a glam side to
the role as well. Even a boxer has a life,
you know, PC says from Mumbai.
The vivacious actress has been
training to be fit in her advanced gym
for the past four months. And no, it
has not taken a toll on her.
Bhansali, however, clarifies once
and for all that his film is not about
setting a trend. It is a passionate story
about a champion. Dont read any-
thing else into this endeavour. When
I found out about the five-time cham-
pion Mary Kom, I wanted to tell the
world about her achievements. Thats
why this effort, he says.
This is not the first time that a film
is being made on a sportstar. After
Tigmanshu Dhulias Paan Singh Tomar
walked away with all the laurels
national ly and international ly,
there was a beeline of producers
wanting to buy a film on a sports per-
sonality.
Buzz is that Ram Gopal Verma
may soon make a film on the world
No 2 badminton star Saina Nehwal, to
be released later this year. As for the
actors, they are yet to be finalised but
Deepika Padukone and Priyanka
Chopra are the hot favoruites.
But, for now, all focus in on
Mary Kom. She is in a happy space
and will be back into the ring only post
January 2014.
My husband and other family
members have always helped me con-
centrate on the game rather than think
about the children and family. When
I am at home, I always give 200 per
cent to my children, husband and
other family members. I always enjoy
my best time with them. I try to
involve myself in daily chores. I cook,
clean, dust and do gardening too,
Mary tells you.
She says her association with the
IOS Sports & Entertainment compa-
ny has been great. These people
understand the needs of each and
every celebrity and have a plan in place
for them. These are dedicated people,
Mary says.
O
n one scale, it is a mind-boggling
operation. Imagine transporting
200 kg of frozen aam ras all the way
from Mumbai to Delhi every alternate day
and then too fighting a shortfall! Thats just
the transport part of it. The process of get-
ting this dish together is quite an expert
drive. First, they choose the right haphoos
mango (traditional name for world-famous
alphonso) to pick from orchards in
Maharashtra. Then comes the squeezing,
churning and sieving process under the
wings of expert corporate maharajs brought
in from the villages of Rajasthan. You need
to soak this very delicate mango for just the
right amount of hours so that it does not
become soggy, maharaj (read chef)
Nithiram, hailing all the way from Pali in
Rajasthan, tells you.
He is a man of few words and gets
nervous with anything that is not cooking
in his kitchen like questions on why the
mango srikhand is missing. The manager
tells you it is reserved for Tuesdays and you
are in on a Friday. The mango menu rotates
daily but is the rage for the season.
If you are to believe the managers of
Rajdhani restaurant, a Rajasthani and
Gujarati vegetarian thali chain boasting of
a top slot in this segment, then this two-
month seasonal dish always falls short! The
Gujaratis in Bangalore, for example, pay for
the entire thali but call only for poori and
aam ras. Fifteen to 20 katories of aam ras
per person is regular, the manager says.
The way they serve you this butter
smooth aam ras after much of your food
is over and your stomach full proves
them right. There are mango
festivals a dime a dozen in
this season but Rajdhani
has done well in cus-
tomising its platter
under intense
research and innova-
tion. To their credit, despite
this innovation, the tradi-
tional food has not become a casualty. Dip
into their khatti-meethi aam ki launji and
you will know how food from rural India
can look down on innovation.
The mango lassi, again with alphon-
sos on the churn and just the right dash of
curd to not make it overwhelmingly a dairy
product, tastes different. The aam panaa
though is too sweet to be really happen-
ing. However, the rest of the platter makes
up for such side snags, what with kairi-
moong dal bhajiya and kachha mango
pulao capturing your spoon instantly.
Rajdhani, which has outlets across nine
cities and has shown a vertical growth in
the vegetarian thali sector, started off as a
small restaurant at Crawford Market in
Mumbai to basically cater to the Marwari
and Gujju population. That was 50 years
ago. Today, the Mira Group which
owns this restaurant, has
expanded into holding the
franchise of Mad Over
Donuts, Manchester United
cafes, the Masala Library,
Rasovara (the upscale
version of Rajdhani)
and the ping pong
dimsum brand for
which the family
scion Gaurav Goenka, a
foodie himself, is cur-
rently on a training pro-
gramme in London.
He must be proud that his thali chain
serves 27,000 dishes through 72 rotating
menus in one season, mangoes included.
Sanjay Leela
Bhansali's shool or
his lalesl ilm on
sorls icon MC Mary
Kom has been
delayed by a week.
The boxingdrama
will now go on lhe
loor only on June
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Changez Ahmed would want to explore
other facets of creative arts. The Reluctant
Fundamentalist happened just at the right time
for this young rapper-cum-artist who desperately
wants to try his hand at a Anurag Kashyap film.
We have been talking for a long time now but
nothing interesting has popped up. Just waiting
for the perfect project, and bang! I will arrive in
B-town. India is a fantastic country and the film
industry is fascinating. You guys treat stars like
God. Thats awesome, Ahmed says from London.
Although he was made to travel extensively
for this project, Ahmed was slightly upset of not
being able to squeeze in a visit to Lahore. Blame
that on a hectic shoot schedule and the fact that
mother of newborn, Kate Hudson, had to wrap
up the film as soon as possible. In fact, Ahmed
tells you that he hardly had any time to prepare.
I have been a voracious reader and luckily,
Mohsin Hamid is my favourite. So his novel was,
in the true sense, the backbone of my research.
Hamid was around to give me notes all through
the India part of the shoot. I wasnt able to visit
Lahore because of filming schedules, so Ali Sethi
and he were instrumental in letting me know
about the place. Once I understood the situation
and got to know my character, the film was
one helluva experience, a rollercoaster, real-
ly, he says.
But the excitement and intense shooting
schedules took a toll on this 6ft something
Pakistani who hibernated for a month imme-
diately after the film was under production.
It was a strain on the body. We were shoot-
ing tirelessly for days because we wanted to
stick to a production date. The schedule was
intense because the makers aspired to make
it in a big budget Hollywood movie style. It was
physically the most draining project I have been
a part of for a three-month period! After wrap-
ping up the shoot, I slept for over a week just to
get the energy back, he says.
Not a man short on humour, Ahmed tells you
that at a personal level he did agree with
Changezs character. The only thing that set the
two apart was the latters penchant for mathe-
matics. He was a Pakistani trying to navigate two
cultures and somewhere down the line, I think
we all do that. In fact, I know of people who are
constantly navigating many more cultures. We
can all connect with the idea of trying to work
out who we are. We are made to accept various
things in life, told to adjust
to many contrasting cul-
tures and situations.
Once we have figured
that out, we are told to
abandon one and stick
to the other. These
are confusing times
and it depends on
you to choose what
is good for you.
That is what
Changez's dilemma
was and I complete-
ly related to it,
Ahmed says.
There is one qual-
ity that makes him a
current favourite
among other frontrun-
ners in Hollywood his
penchant for music and his
out-of-the-world voice that is
simply enchanting according
to his co-stars.
But Ahmed is serious about
acting. At the end of the day, these
are all creative arts. You cannot dif-
ferentiate one from the other. I love
doing both and I would want to try my
hands at other things too. But lets see
what is in store for me. I am excited about
the upcoming album and also enthused
about a few films that are lined up. I have
Closed Circuit with Eric Bana out this year,
and Im also developing projects myself,
the actor in Ahmed tells you.
Apart from Kashyap and a few newage
cinema filmmakers, Ahmed is in awe of Mira
Nair who directed him in The Reluctant
Fundamentalist.
She is such an intelligent filmmaker that
I was in awe of her for most part of the film.
She was an inspiration by herself. And she has
a very different approach towards filmmaking
she used to share her songs playlist with the
entire starcast just so they would relax and get
into the skin of the character. Even her way of
dealing with her stars was very refreshing. She
had a separate modus operandi for each of us. I
am hoping that we get to work together in many
more films, he says.
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QHow easy or difficult was it to play Erica?
It was no challenge. Every woman has an
Erica in her. Sometimes, you feel as if you have
no control over your emotions. That is the crux
of Erica. She repents an event of the past and
cant move on.
QYou have changed your look for this film...
It was a huge gamble. In the end, I liked
the way I looked. It suited me. Friends com-
plimented me and said I looked refreshingly
young. Mira is a specific director who takes
keen interest in every little thing.
She wanted Erica to have tonal-
ly rich hair and she was right.
QHow was it working with her?
She is a very dedicated film-
maker. What I loved about her is
her attention to detail. Very few
Hollywood directors are so keen-
ly involved in such detailing. Mira
had a positive aura around her.
She wanted it to be perfect. The
response was overwhelming.
QHow was it working with Riz Ahmed?
He is a pal and a great entertainer. I have
never heard a voice like his. He can rap and
emote at the same time. Whenever there was
a low moment on the sets, Riz would come out
with something that would perk everyone up.
QMother and celebrity... how do you balance?
Having a two-and-a-half-month-old baby.
Breastfeeding and tapping into those kind of
emotions left me exhausted. Otherwise, I am
doing well in both fields. Or so, I believe. I have
not signed for any film yet but there are a few
documentaries I am looking at.
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Paris: Bradley wiggins will nol deend his Tour de France
lille aler a knee roblem orced him lo ull oul o lhe
biggesl race in cycling giving leammale Chris Froome
lhe chance lo win il aler inishing a ruslraling second lasl
year. The Brilish rider wilhdrew beore lhe 18lh slage o
lhe 0iro d'lalia lwo weeks ago due lo a chesl ineclion
and has nol been able lo lrain roerly. Team Sky said
Friday lhal wiggins also has 'an ongoing knee condilion,'
and would nol be included in lhe squad or lhe Tour. 'l's a
huge disaoinlmenl nol lo make lhe Tour. deseralely
wanled be lhere, or lhe leam and or all lhe ans along lhe
way bul il's nol going lo haen,' wiggins said in a leam
slalemenl.
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Kolkata: Sanjoy Sen, who arled ways wilh
Mohammedan Sorling aler guiding lhem lo League,
would be lhe coach o AFF develomenlal oulil Arrows,
leam sonsors Failan 0rou said on Salurday. 'we had
requesled lhal Sen be aoinled as lhe Failan Arrows
coach or lhe ucoming season... This has been agreed in
rincile by lhe AFF,' Failan 0rou chairman Aurba Saha
slaled in a release.
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Silverstone: ndia's harain Karlhikeyan claimed lhe ole
osilion ahead o lhe Aulo 0F world Series round our al
lhe Silverslone Circuil here on Salurday. The racer clocked
1:4G.28G ahead o newcomer Kevin 0iovesi and Suer
hova leammale villorio 0hirelli. Karlhikeyan drove or Zele
Racing in lhe irsl lhree rounds o 2O18 beore securing a
laslminule deal al Suer hova. The 8Gyearold driver
earned 84 oinls in six races while driving or Zele.
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Madrid: Jose Mourinho bid arewell lo Real Madrid's
ans ahead o his lasl game on Salurday, and lhen
received a mix o cheers and jeers hours laler when he
look lo lhe Sanliago Bernabeu ilch. The Forluguese
coach gave a shorl goodbye in a slalemenl on Madrid's
websile hours beore he broughl an end lo his lhreeyear
slinl in lhe Sanish cailal in a game againsl 0sasuna
wilh nolhing lo lay or olher lhan ride. ' wish all o Real
Madrid's suorlers much hainess in lhe ulure,'
Mourinho said. ' wanl lo lhank many ans or lheir
suorl, and resecl lhe crilicism o olhers. reeal,
hainess lo all, and above all, good heallh. hala
(Forward) Madrid!'
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Sao Paulo: n lhe lalesl embarrassmenl lo Bra/ilian
organi/ers, lhe oicial inslrumenl o lhe 2O14 world Cu
has been banned rom lhe Conederalions Cu because o
saely concerns. Bra/il's Juslice Minisler Jose Eduardo
Cardo/o said Friday lhal lhe maracalike inslrumenl is 'nol
adequale' lo be used during lhe warmu lournamenl. The
announcemenl o lhe ban comes jusl a day aler a courl
order lemorarily susended lhe Bra/il vs England riendly
scheduled Sunday al lhe new Maracana, saying lhe venue
was nol sae or ans. The decision was laler reversed
aler lhe Rio de Janeiro slale governmenl aealed.
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Pune: Services were o lo a winning slarl as lhey
deealed 0oa 28O in lheir irsl league malch o Fool C
layed al Shiv Challraali Sorls Comlex here on
Salurday. Services scored lhrough Siraju AF (7, 18, 25,
2G, 82, G1 min), ved Frakash (1G, GO min), Sanwar (Ali
22, 81, 88, 51, 52, 58, 5G, 57 min), gnace Tirkey (28, 28
min), Lovereel Singh (2O, 84, 88, 4O min), Johnny
Jasrolia (48 min), K hera Singh (54, 5O min), Rajesh
Kumar (58 min) and S Arumugam (G2, G4 min), while 0oa
ailed lo score any goal. n lhe olher malch o Fool C,
Sorls Aulhorily o ndia edged asl Bihar OO.
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New Delhi: Baskelball Federalion o ndia (BF) will hosl
lhe Soulh Asian Baskelball Associalion (SABA) men's
qualiying round al Thyagaraj ndoor Sladium here rom
June 24. Fh8lkgenries
Ia4Ia Warm0 WeII
FTI Q BRMh0hAM
V
irat Kohli and Dinesh
Karthik smashed a cen-
tury each as India
warmed up their Champions
Trophy campaign with a five-
wicket thumping of Sri Lanka
in their first practice game
here on Saturday.
Kohli (144) teamed up
with Dinesh Karthik (106 not
out) to rescue India from a
wobbly start with a 186-run
stand for the fifth wicket in just
23.2 overs to chase down a
huge target of 334 with one
over to spare.
India were reduced to 62
for three in the 13th over and
then to 110 for four in the 21st
over before Kohli and Karthik
resurrected the innings and
sent the Sri Lankan bowlers for
a leatherhunt in the second part
of their run chase. Sri Lankan
captain Angelo Mathews used
nine bowlers in the 15-a-side
warm-up game and all of them
were punished by Kohli and
Karthik.
Kohli, who was coming at
the back of a strong perfor-
mance in the recent Indian
Premier League, struck 11 fours
and three sixes in his 120-ball
flawless innings. Coming in the
second over at the team score
of five for one, Kohli was cau-
tious at the start of his innings
as the situation demanded but
played some delightful strokes
after he settled down.
Karthik was more than an
able partner to Kohli. He gave
more strike to Kohli during
their partnership, but at the
same time also did not let it go
any chance of scoring bound-
aries. He ended the match in
style with a four as India reach
337 for five in 49 overs.
Karthik's unbeaten 81-ball
innings was studded with 12
fours and two sixes.
Captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni also got some useful
time at the middle as he
remained not out on 18 from
17 balls, coming after Kohli's
departure in the 44th over.
Suresh Raina chipped in with
a quickfire 31-ball 34.
India play their second
warm-up game against
Australia on June 4 in Cardiff
before opening their campaign
in the main tournament against
South Africa at the same venue
two days later
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka: 333/3 (Kusal Perera
82, Tilakaratne Dilshan 78,
Dinesh Chandimal 46; Ishant
Sharma 1/41, Amit Mishra
1/53) lost to India: 337 for 5
(Kohli 144, Karthik 106 not
out) by five wickets.
Slaraova overcomes S ooulle-faults
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Sharapova walked toward
the net, peering at a mark on
the other side and trying to
argue her way out of yet anoth-
er double-fault.
"It hit the outside line," she
told the chair umpire.
He disagreed incorrect-
ly but Sharapova wasn't
fazed for long. She overcame
eight double-faults, the erro-
neous ruling and a second-set
deficit to beat Zheng Jie 6-1, 7-
5 in the third round Saturday
at the French Open. Sharapova
completed a career Grand Slam
by winning the Roland Garros
title last year. She has reached
the fourth round at 11 of the
past 12 major events.
She'll next play American
Sloane Stephens, who reached
the fourth round for the second
consecutive year, beating Marina
Erakovic 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
Unseeded American Bethanie
Mattek-Sands also advanced,
beating qualifier Paula
Ormaechea 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Like Sharapova, former No.
1 Victoria Azarenka struggled
with her serve, but she rallied
past Frenchwoman Alize Cornet
4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Seeded third, Azarenka
advanced despite hitting 10
double-faults and being broken
six breaks. She managed a smile
later when asked about her
serve. "I think I left it home
today," she said. "If I can win
with serving like this, that's
pretty remarkable." She next
plays unseeded Francesca
Schiavone, the 2010 champion,
who beat No. 13 Marion Bartoli
of France 6-2, 6-1.
No. 13 Kei Nishikori
became the first Japanese man
in 75 years to reach the fourth
round at Roland Garros, beating
No. 24 Benoit Paire of France 6-
3, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1.
Sharapova found herself
trailing 4-1 in the second set fol-
lowing the incorrect call. Facing
a break point at 30-40, she hit a
second serve that was ruled long.
The umpire climbed off his
chair to check the mark and
confirmed the call. Sharapova
briefly argued in vain, con-
tending the umpire looked at
the wrong mark.
A TV replay showed her
serve had hit the line. She shook
off the setback, sweeping the
next three games for 4-all, and
broke in the final game.
While Sharapova struggled
to hold, Zheng had trouble
with her serve, too,
landing one short of
the net. She was
broken in her final
five service games.
Sharapova feasted
in particular on
Zheng's weak second
serve and went 8 for 8
on break-point chances.
The Russian improved to 33-4
this year, including 14-1 on
clay, and owns a best winning
percentage on clay (.821) among
active players.
Over on court 1, the No. 17-
seeded Stephens won the last
three games against Erakovic,
who was penalized a point in the
third set for getting coached.
A year ago, Stephens
became the first U.S. teenager to
reach the fourth round at
Roland Garros since Serena
Williams in 2001. She followed
that up by reaching her first
Grand Slam semifinal at the
Australian Open this January,
beating Williams to get there.
"This is my favorite tourna-
ment," said Stephens, now 20,
"so I would really, really, really
love to win this tournament. But
that's a long shot."
The center court stands
were half-empty on a cloudy,
mild day for Azarenka's match.
Crowds will likely be bigger for
her next week, and so will the
stakes. "Center court is some-
thing that motivates me every
time I walk on court," she told
the crowd after her victory,
"and I can't wait to be back here."
She blew an easy overhead
to lose the first game of her final
set, then swept the last six games
thanks to relentless baseline
play that wore Cornet down.
"She's a machine, a jug-
gernaut," Cornet said.
Azarenka said she
altered her approach
in the second set and
became more
aggressive. "I really
took my chances
moving forward," she
said. "That's what was
bringing me the points and
the victory in the end."
Azarenka has won the
Australian Open each of the
past two years. Roland Garros
is the only major tournament
where she has yet to reach the
semifinal.
Cornet, seeded 31st, stum-
bled and fell at the start of the
second set and was slow to rise.
She was unhurt but lost her
composure as the match slipped
away, screaming at herself
between points and once spik-
ing two balls in anger.
Commission can'l unclion,
leam is nol lhere: Choula
New Delhi: Justice T Jayaram Chouta, who was
appointed as one of the members of inquiry
commission to investigate the IPL spot-fixing
scandal, today said it was not possible for the
committee to function unless all three members
are there.
"The team is not there, only two members
are there. Unless the commission is there, I don't
think we can function now," said Justice Chouta.
He insisted that it was left to the BCCI to
appoint some other person following Board sec-
retary Sanjay Jagdale's decision to step down
from his post and out of the probe panel.
"It is left to the BCCI to appoint some other
person. Last night, we came to know about the
resignation of Mr. Sanjay Jagdale," he said.
Justice Chouta, Justice R Balasubramanian,
former Judge of the Madras High
Court, and Jagdale were in the three-
member inquiry commission, which
was appointed by the BCCI to go into
the allegations against Gurunath
Meiyappan, son-in-law of N
Srinivasan, who has been arrested on charges of
betting in the recently-concluded Indian Premier
League matches.
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New Delhi: Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay Shirke on
Saturday welcomed IPL chairman Rajeev
Shukla's decision to step down from the post in
view of the recent controversies surrounding the
T20 league and said it's time the credibility of
Indian cricket was restored.
The resignation of Shukla, who is also a
Union Minister, comes as a severe setback to
President N Srinivasan who has already been iso-
lated by his team of officials, two of whom
secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay
Shirke have already quit.
"That is his decision. He is at the eye of
storm. Perhaps he must have realised the grav-
ity of the situation. It's never too late. But the
real issue is how Indian cricket moves ahead and
the credibility of BCCI is restored," Shirke said
when asked to comment on Shukla's resignation.
Jagdale said, "Whether to resign or not, it's
an individual decision and we have got to respect
that. I just hope something good comes out of
it for Indian cricket that will restore the confi-
dence of the cricket lovers."
One of Srinivasan's demands before stepping
down is that Jagdale and Shirke should not be
in the new panel as they had ditched him, but
former treasurer said he had no issues with that.
"I heard the conditions set by Srinivasan,
including the one that I and Sanjay Jagdale
should not be in the new panel. I have no issues
with that. He is legitimate to feel like that. I have
no grudge.
"But that is not the issue. The issue is restor-
ing the credibility of Indian cricket and the Board
is the important issue," Shirke said.
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Kochi: Kerala Cricket Association on Satruday
said BCCI supremo N Srinivasan should not
officiate as President till the spot fixing probe
was over. "He should not officiate as President
till the inquiry is over. Only then people will have
confidence in the inquiry and this will restore
the image of BCCI and IPL and also that of the
players, KCA Secretary T C Mathew said.
Asked if he would be attending Sunday's
meeting in Chennai, he replied in the negative.
Only Andhra Pradesh can represent from the
south, he said. "Only opportunity for us
is to air our views if a special general body
meeting is called", he said.
When pointed that KCA had taken
quite some time to take such a decision,
Mathew said "we never supported any
move. We cannot respond to media specula-
tion", he said.
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Kolkata: Terming the IPL spot-fixing scandal as
unfortunate, BCCI vice-president Chitrak Mitra
on Saturday said that too much of greed has crept
into cricket bringing disrepute to the game.
"What has happened in the IPL is very very
unfortunate. It has become clear that greed is
creeping into cricket," Mitra told reporters at his
residence before leaving for the Board emer-
gency meeting in Chennai on Sunday.
He, however, refused to comment on the
growing clamour for the resignation of the belea-
guered BCCI president N Srinivasan.
Mitra said secretary Sanjay Jagdale and trea-
surer Ajay Shirke's resignations from their respec-
tive posts have left the BCCI with no signatories.
"I cannot comment on Jagdale and Shirke's res-
ignations, that's their individual decision. But what
I can say is after the duo's resignation yesterday
night, the Board has no signatories. There's
nobody to even sign a cheque," he said.
Reiterating that he was not under any kind
of pressure to put in his papers, Mitra said he
has adopted a wait and watch policy and
would take a call only after tomorrow's meet-
ing. "I'll not resign just yet. I'm following a wait
and watch policy on what the others (the four
vice-presidents -- Arun Jaitley (North), Sudhir
Dabir (Central), Niranjan Shah (West) and
South's Shivlal Yadav) are doing. I'll decide
after the meeting," he said.
Mitra further said he held a decorative post.
"It does not matter if I resign or not. Vice-presi-
dent is a decorative post, there's no real power. It
makes no difference if I resign. Agencies
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T
he IPL bug is really catch-
ing on in Indian sports.
Hockey, wrestling, bad-
minton and kabaddi have
already started their own leagues
inspired by the highly popular
Twenty20 cricket tournament
and now tennis too is set to
jump on to the bandwagon.
By initial accounts at least,
the International Premier
Tennis League (IPTL), to be
floated by Globosport, a com-
pany owned by doubles legend
Mahesh Bhupathi, has the
potential to be a roaring success.
The event will be held
across at least 9-10 cities across
Asia, with Delhi, Kolkata,
Singapore, Tokyo, Mumbai,
Hong Kong, Manila, Seoul,
Dubai, Jakarta and Doha in con-
tention to buy six franchisees.
The IPTL has the backing
of a galaxy of top stars with the
likes of world number one
Novak Djokovic, reigning
French Open champion Rafael
Nadal, current Olympic cham-
pion Andy Murray, Serena
Williams, and legends Andre
Aggasi and Pete Sampras
promising to feature in the
league, which is expected to
begin in December 2014, prior
to the Australian Open.
The league will have a 30-
match schedule in its first year
with home-and-away matches
between each of the six fran-
chises. Each team can have six
to 10 players. There will be five
matches a night in one-set
mens singles, womens singles,
mens doubles, mixed doubles
and legends singles.
Bhupathi himself is quite
excited about the league and
feels that it will be a hit with tele-
vision audiences across the
continent. We wanted a model
which was TV friendly, specta-
tor friendly and of course play-
er friendly. The biggest com-
plaint in tennis has been that
you have no control over time
of a match. You dont know if
Grand Slam final will be a
two-hour match or a five-hour
match. Here we are guarantee-
ing TV that it will be over in
maximum of three hours, so all
are excited, Bhupathi was quot-
ed as saying by PTI.
Bhupathi said the cities in
contention to host the fran-
chises for the high profile ten-
nis league will have to fulfill a
host of criteria in order to
ensure that their bids are suc-
cessful. There is a couple of
important criteria, the first is
that they have to have an inter-
national airport, security, sta-
dium size, so we have a man-
date, Bhupathi said. At the end
of the day, we would like to
spread it, ideally in the first year,
I dont want to have two teams
in India, even if there is demand
because of the IPL success. As
we grow, we plan to start with
six and grow over time.
While such an endeavor is
indeed praiseworthy since it will
raise the profile of the game and
attract a sizeable television audi-
ence in India and across the
entire region, the real question
is how much of an impact it will
have on Indian tennis.
At first glance, the benefits
for the game in the country and
for young, upcoming Indian
players are immense. They will
get an invaluable opportunity to
play with and against some of
the biggest names in world
tennis. It should lead to an
improvement in their skill lev-
els and confidence to take on
top quality opposition.
With the increasing devel-
opment in the Indian economy,
we are witnessing a gradual
Americanisation of Indian
sports. More and more sports
are opting for the franchisee
based leagues popular in the
United States. With the gov-
ernment proving both unwill-
ing and unable to provide the
much needed boost to Indian
sports, perhaps the only hope
rests with the private sector and
leagues like the IPL which are
modeled on the NBA and
Major League Baseball.
A financially lucrative tour-
nament like this would also help
to nurture the future generation
of tennis stars if the IPTL can
manage to accommodate
upcoming young players in
their set-up.
Bhupathis doubles partner
Rohan Bopanna is excited
about the IPTL and cannot
wait for it to start. I think it
will have a huge effect on
Indian tennis especial ly
because all the young talent
and tennis lovers come togeth-
er with the best in the world to
compete in a city close to you.
Whether you watch it Live or
on TV, I am sure the league is
going to popularize the sport
and in the process, will also
attract corporate sponsors to
come out in support of Indian
tennis, Bopanna told The
Pioneer. Expectations are high
from the IPTL, especially since
we have a team with all the top
players and also the fact that its
going to be held Asia, where
we hardly have many tourna-
ments. A combination of all of
this makes the IPTL a much
anticipated event. Our sport
needs ideas like this to help in
the development of the game.
Talking about the effect of
the IPTL on young tennis play-
ers, Bopanna said, If they get
drafted it is definitely going to
help the players financially
which is a great support since
we generally get no sponsors to
help us out.
Although the tennis cal-
endar is already crowded and
critics have pointed out that
one more tournament will
only add to the burden of the
players, Bopanna brushed such
concerns aside. Yes the tennis
calendar is crowded for sure,
but as per ATP it is upto the
players to decide and choose
what tournaments they want
to play in , Since the players
themselves decide how to go
about things, I dont see the
crowded tennis calendar as a
problem at all, he said. Since
the ATP calendar has us trav-
elling all over the world, we
end up playing across various
continents all through the
year. So travelling around Asia
is hardly a concern. Also trav-
elling with a team is always fun
and good camaraderie.
Purav Raja, who made his
Davis Cup debut in February,
felt IPTL will have an effect on
tennis similar to that of T20s
on cricket.
I think it will be some-
thing like T20 cricket. We all
like T20, we all watch the IPL,
dont we? he said.
What prompted you to
take up this challenge?
When I went from Delhi
to Jamshedpur to meet
Bachendri (Pal) mam, I was
shocked to see that I was sit-
ting on a bogey meant for
handicaps. It was really tough
experiencing those moments.
Then, I decided to do some-
thing which will be an inspi-
ration for handicap people
and others.
When you decided to take
up mountaineering, what
were the initial difficulties
that you faced?
Walking on prosthetic legs
was not at all easy. I started
training on March 3 last year
at Uttarakashi. After per-
forming well in various prac-
tice sessions, though being
quite slow compared to nor-
mal people, I was selected to
scale Everest. Now the real
challenge was scaling 8,848
metre high summit. There
was danger on every move.
You need to have the techni-
cal knowledge as well. Making
best usage of oxygen is
extremely important. One
need to plan well for things like
how to move and when to halt.
It has four bases and before the
summit, fourth base falls. I
halted for some times at South
summit and thereafter 26
hours of
non-stop walking before
reaching the summit.
What was you feeling
when you reached the top of
Mt Everest?
My partner Nima Karsha
guided me throughout the 52-
day journey. We reached at the
morning and I was thrilled. I
wanted to scream to make
people know that I am on top
of the world. The scene from
the top was beautiful. With
cloud looming large at us
from a close range, the sun
peeking was a wonderful sight.
I stayed their for 15 minutes
and we returned.
What kind of problems
did you face during the
expedition?
The return has its own
destiny. What many people do
is - they put maximum effort
on going up. But while com-
ing down they flounder. I was
aware of that. However, some
problems did appear. My left
leg had taken a hit and due to
extreme sweating, the gel
inside the prosthetic cover
slipped out, resulting in bleed-
ing. At that point of time, I
rode on my spirit and deter-
mination. I felt it. But, I could
not dare to either remove my
gloves or bare my leg as it
could have led to severe frost
bites. I dragged myself to a
rocky shade and fixed it. I
faced many hurdles. But, the
obstacles never overpowered
me. My other partner, Susen
Mahtos of Jharkhand also
helped a lot.
What are your future
plans?
I want to start a sports
academy for handicapped and
poor children. I have bought
the land from the money I have
got from various sources. I will
be having a sports academy at
Unnao for handicap children
and poor boys and girls. If the
kids from my academy do
something special at the world
level and win medals, I feel that
my dreams of becoming a top
volleyball player, will be ful-
filled in other ways.
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f you want to learn how
Chelsea skipper John Terry
makes those tackles or take a
leaf out of goalkeeper Petr
Cechs diving saves or even
how Juan Mata rips through
the rival defence with his
breathtaking speed, you need
to be at the ongoing Chelsea
Adi das Cl i ni c at the
Ambedkar stadium.
After thrilling the kids in
Mumbai last year, the EPL club
is back, this time in the capital
in a stint which they call leav-
ing the Chelsea legacy and
spreading the beautiful game of
football all over the world.
Before selecting the 180
children, the five-member
coaching tem led by Julian Hart,
the head coach of Chelsea
College Academy and Elite train-
ing centre, scouted 400 kids in
various schools throughout the
NCR. But what surprised them
is the enthusiasm shown by the
teachers and the students despite
the fact that the clinic was being
held at the height of the scorch-
ing Delhi summer with tem-
peratures exceeding 45 degrees
Celsius. For a football fanatic,
temperature does not matter and
my team ensures that we create
the right kind of environment so
that the kids enjoy themselves,
Hart said. We also teach them
what diet and nutrition they
need in such weather.
Hart formed four groups of
kids and imparts them skills on
shooting, defence, tackling and
goalkeeping the Chelsea way.
Chelsea plays the game hard
and fair. We play the game with
emphasis on fast and attacking
soccer and always preserve the
winning mentality which is
extremely important, Hart
said, before clarifying that their
aim is not to identify talent.
Our aim is to spread the
spread football across the coun-
tries that we visit and leave a
legacy. We want the kids to
express their skills and more
importantly have fun. We are
not interested In selecting the
best of footballers, rather we
want the kids to have passion
for football. We open the space
for everyone without caring
about the quality. We want kids
to know how things are done in
Chelsea or to know about the
wining philosophy we at
Chelsea follow. But, ultimately
it is important that the kids
learn something and enjoy and
be happy, Hart explained.
Asked about the level of
talent among the kids, Hart
was diplomatic. Last year In
Mumbai, we saw some cre-
ative players. But, as you
know it is difficult to com-
pare different sets of players
in different conditions.
Harts team includes Dean
Steninger, Chelsea Girls
Cenre of Excellence coach,
Graham Abercrombie, the
International Development
coach, Max Fouracre, the
Academy coach and Oliver
Woodall, the International
Football Development Head
Coach and the team will have
a competitive match among
the kids on Sunday.
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T
he general perception here is that the
India-Israel relationship is primarily
about strategic, defence ties. Please
tell us about the areas in which the
two countries are working together.
As we are celebrating the 21st anniversary of
our diplomatic ties, I must say its a unique
relationship. It did not start as a normal one,
but I think both of us Indians and Israelis
are tremendously proud of what we have
achieved in the past 21 years. I believe this is due
to a lot of factors. The most important being the
chemistry between Indians and Israelis, and
believe me its a close one. The second thing that
I find quite impressive is the ability of the two
Governments even before they had smooth
diplomatic relations to, first, define and
understand the compatibility between needs and
solutions on both sides, and, second, to be able
to look beyond the immediate problems and
challenges and assess the strategic issues that we
have to and we should work together.
The two countries are today working
together in six-seven fields. First is defence,
followed by agriculture. Then comes the issue of
civilian trade. In 2011, we had for the first time
crossed $5 billion of trade which was fairly
balanced. The year 2012 saw a bit decline, but we
are in the right direction and we can take it in the
course of three to five years from $5 billion to
$10-15 billion. In the fourth position is internal
security. It needs to be understood that India has
its challenges and Israel has its own; Tel Aviv has
its expertise and knowledge, and Delhi has its
own. Whenever we have interactions with your
people and these are intensive interactions, there
are so many things we learn from Indians.
Then comes the issue of water conservation
and desalinisation. Israeli innovation in this field
comes from necessity. There are places in Israel
where we have 8 mm of annual rainfall and India
too has regions which often suffer from drought-
like conditions and get extremely low rainfall. Here
I would like to emphasise that we in Israel have,
through technology, been able to enlarge the pie,
the pie of water, whether it is through the cost-
effective desalinisation process or recycling of
drought water (75 per cent of our sewage water
goes back to agriculture which is the highest figure
in the world) or even water management. You can,
thus, enlarge your pie of water. Likewise, we can
work closely in the field of energy as well.
If you look at all these projects we are trying to
work together, I think at the core of each one of
them is the concept of innovation. Our economy
has moved from agriculture and small, medium-
sized industries to service economy, which is
primarily based on R&D and innovation. I, along
with my colleagues in the embassy, spend quite
some time with Indians who either do business or
do innovation or study in one of these fields, and I
must admit that I am quite impressed by the
qualifications of these argumentative Indians and
their hunger for improvement. So there is a whole
scope of collaboration here.
As for agriculture, I think both in Israel and
in India, it goes way beyond producing food. It is
something that has a cultural meaning. Never-
theless, providing food to 1.2 billion people is a
serious challenge. We have gone through
something similar, not because of size but
because of scarcity of resources. And we have
been able to reach high levels of productivity in
horticulture, dairy, poultry, fish, etc. And once
again our ability to do these things are based not
only on the proficiency and diligence of the
Israeli farmer, which is something that India also
has in abundance, but also on our ability to turn
agriculture into a technology-oriented profession.
Israel and India can work closely in this field. In
fact, we have a three-year working plan in 10
States, based on which we will establish 29
centres of excellence. And the idea behind these
centres is to introduce the Israeli agriculture
technology in India. We dont come here and say,
This is what we think you should do. You come
and tell us, We think this is what we should do.
Do you have the applicable technology for this?
So we listen to your demands and if we have the
technology, we bring it to India; and you Indians
Indian farmers, scientists, et al do the
adaptations. We do not do copy paste. Whatever
can be done in the Negev, in the southern part of
Israel, does not necessarily apply to Rajasthan,
and certainly not to Tamil Nadu.
So, as of today, we are working in Haryana,
Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. In
many cases, each one of these States has two to
five or even six centres and each centre is
dedicated to one crop.
Iran remains a challenge for Israel. How do you
plan to deal with the problem?
Iran is the number one strategic challenge that
Israel is facing today. Its multi-layered nature
makes it even more complicated. But if you look
closely, you will find that the Iranian nuclear
project indeed, military-oriented is not just
an Israeli problem; it is an international problem,
and its consequences would go way beyond Israel
and its neighbourhood to other parts of Asia,
Europe and even America. We, too, believe
diplomacy is the best way to deal with something
like this, but its not enough to stop there. One
must go beyond diplomatic solutions. The
Iranian nuclear project should be rolled back.
The IAEA must get full access to Irans nuclear
sites. In order to have diplomatic solutions, the
international community has to create a toolbox
designed to put pressure on Iran; these can be
economic sanctions and political isolation, and
frankly speaking, all options should be on the
table. You need to have a universe of options on
the table, including aggressive ones, because the
probability for a diplomatic solution is on the
decline. In this context, it is not enough to have
only carrot. Stick is equally a necessary part of
international diplomacy.
We dont have even the slightest doubt that
Iran has become the number one terrorist-
supporting country in the world. I think Indians
and Israelis have a deep understanding of what is
terrorism and what should be done to contain it.
Israelis and Indians were targeted together in
26/11 and I have some vivid memories of this
horrific incident. Israelis and Indians were also
targeted together on February 2, 2012, when
agents of the Iranian Government tried to
assassinate an Israeli diplomat in Delhi. Three
Indians were injured. We dont have the slightest
doubt that this was the act of an Iranian agent
fully paid by the Iranian Government, fully
planned by the Iranian Government, and fully
dispatched here to do this by the Iranian
Government. This is not about renegades, this is a
Governmental operation. We, therefore, believe
that an Iran that acquires nuclear weapons and is
actively involved in terrorism is a big threat for the
stability of West Asia, including the Gulf region.
Syria is another front which is causing a lot of
tension across the world. Whats Israeli stand
on the Syrian situation?
The second strategic challenge that we have to deal
with in West Asia is what people call the Arab
Spring. And I think in this framework the most
outstanding issue right now is Syria. Israel does not
have the slightest intention to intervene in what is
going on in Syria, which is a civil war, although I
think a foreign policy based on moral values
cannot ignore the fact that this war has seen the
death of more than 80,000 people, besides forcing a
million others to take shelter in refugee camps.
There are, however, issues that have direct
implications on Israeli security: First, Syria has one
of the biggest stockpiles of chemical weapons. In
the past two years, there has been a complete
chaos and there are signs of the regime hardening
its position against the rebels and its willingness to
do anything in its fight against them, including the
usage of chemical weapons. Its an Israeli concern,
but this is also an international concern and
obligation to do everything to contain the crisis.
Second, there is a whole range of weapons that the
Syrians have or might have in the near future that
we perceive as game-changers. And if these wea-
pons are delivered to other actors in the region, to
begin with Hezbollah, which is a terrorist outfit,
we will do whatever we can to prevent this from
happening. We are clear that we will not interfere
in Syrias civil war, but if someone out there thinks
that he can deliver those weapons, then we will do
anything to prevent this from happening.
Now, where is Syria heading? First of all, one
should be careful in trying to predict events in
West Asia. For good or bad, the region is
extremely volatile, fluid and unpredictable by
nature. Nevertheless, I think it would be
tremendously overoptimistic to say that things
are going to improve soon.
You have said that your intention is not to
interfere, but your Defence Minister says that if
the Russians supply the missiles then you will do
whatever you feel is necessary, and going by
Israels track record of walking the talk your
interference seems quite possible...
First of all, I am happy that you take us seriously
(laughs). But the statement of the Israeli Defence
Minister says exactly what I have just described
the minute we will know that game-changing
weapons are going to be delivered to Hezbollah,
we will do whatever it takes to prevent it. This is
not interference in the Syrian civil war; this is
Israelis attempt to secure its security interest. Its
a totally different thing.
Dont you think that the Syrian crisis and the
Shia-Sunni conflict have taken the attention
away from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Look, I have been dealing with the region and
specifically the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for
many years. If you look methodically at the graph
of attention, it has its ups and downs. And I dont
believe that the Israeli-Palestinian issue will go
away so easily; this is here to stay. It is important
that both sides cover some ground when it comes
to conflict resolution. But it starts with one
indispensable element, actually two: The
recognition on both sides that this is about two
states for two people; this recognition is well-
accepted among the Israelis, but I am not sure
whether the same is the case with the Palestinian
side. Second, Israelis and Palestinians have to speak
with each other directly. There are no external
solutions; this is not about internationalisation, this
is about the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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n May 19, 2013, Ruskin
Bond celebrated his 79th
birthday amid good wishes
from all and sundry. An
Indian novelist of British
descent, Bond has written more than
100 short-stories, six novels, three com-
pilation of doggerel and more than 30
books for children, along with two
autobiographies. The first, Scenes from
a Writers Life, records the first 21 years
of his life. The succeeding book, The
Lamp is Lit, recounts Bonds homecom-
ing to India after a couple of years of
sojourn in England.
Bond was born on May 19, 1934, at
Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. He is the
eldest son of late Aubrey Bond and
Edith Clerke. Since his father had a
transferrable job, Ruskin grew up in
many cities Jamnagar, Dehradoon
and Shimla. He had his primary educa-
tion in the boarding school of Mussorie
and Shimla. When Bond was eight, his
mother left him under the guardianship
of his father. He completed his school-
ing at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla,
from where he graduated in 1952.
While in school, he won several writing
competitions like the Irwin Divinity
Prize and the Hailey Literature Prize.
After graduating, he continued writing
and tried to realise the aspirations of
his father. In fact, his fathers
indomitable faith on his writing skills
inspired Bond to become an ingenious
writer in his later life.
Bond has been a voracious reader
of all kinds of books since his child-
hood, which may be ascertained by the
simple fact that he read around 15,000
books during his school days. Some of
his favourite authors include Charles
Dickens, Emily Bronte, TE Lawrence,
Rudyard Kipling and Rabindranath
Tagore.
Subsequently, to make a better
livelihood and develop his inventive
flair for writing, Bond made up his
mind to go to England. At St Hailer he
worked as a junior clerk and later
switched to two more jobs. He also
took the Jersey Civil Service examina-
tion and was ranked fourth in order of
merit. In Jersey, at the age of 17, he
wrote his first successful novel The
Room on the Roof. It got instant recog-
nition in the literary circle and Bond
was awarded the celebrated John
Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957.
It was the premier award for a young
writer in Britain during that time.
Nevertheless, the alien culture of Jersey
could not impress Bond, and he
became intolerably nostalgic for India.
He returned to the country of his birth
after spending almost four years in
England and instead of choosing any
glamorous city, he started living in
Dehradun. His immense fascination for
this beautiful hill station is depicted in
hundreds of his articles, chronicles,
drawings and verse.
His debut novel, Nine Months, writ-
ten in Shimla, was impounded by a
teacher and was never published. In the
short story My First Love, Bond
expresses his adoration for his maid
who was like a mother figure to him.
He writes mainly on serious themes but
they are never monotonous, as his sto-
ries are always composed in a well-knit
manner. Actually, his parents conjugal
discords and his fathers soreness and
solitude propelled him to select topics
related to the struggle of the poor mid-
dle class. Most of his stories are the
residue of his own thoughts and are
autobiographical in nature. In the short
story Once Upon a Monsoon Time, he
narrates his early experiences; and in
the novella The Room of Many Colours,
Bond describes his experiences of
Jamnagar. In his stories, the focal point
of interest is mostly ordinary people
and beggars residing in the hamlets, but
who live their life with dignity.
A great votary of nature and its
flora and fauna, Bond portrays a grand-
fathers care for the natural world and
animals in All Creatures Great and
Small. In Time Stops at Shamli, he
protests against animal hunting. Here
Bond is very much anxious with the
quick fading away of forests and the
creatures. Three anthologies of his
short stories, The Night Train at Deoli,
Time Stops at Shamli, and Our Trees
Still Grow in Dehra have been widely
appreciated for their vivid description
of the natural world. Some of his stories
have been made into films, too. In
1978, Junoon and in 2007 Blue Umbrella
were made into films. Recently, his
short story Susannahs Seven
Husbands was made into the movie
Saat Khoon Maaf, directed by Vishal
Bharadwaj, where Bond had a cameo
role as well.
Another favourite theme of Bond is
unreciprocated love. In most of his
romantic stories, the lovers are never
able to consummate their love. Their
mutual attraction for each other, unlike
other romantic novels, could never
guarantee their ultimate physical uni-
son. In fact, his wretchedness and pen-
chant for seclusion that almost shroud-
ed his entire life compelled him to lead
a life of celibacy. Hence, most of his
stories are related to unrequited love.
In 1963 Bond went to live in
Mussorie, where he still resides, with
his extended family members. This
proves the extent of his emotional
attachment to the Indian society. His
essays and articles, written on varied
themes and topics, continue to get pub-
lished in the leading newspapers and
magazines of the day. He has also edit-
ed two omnibuses, The Penguin Book of
Indian Ghost Stories and The Penguin
Book of Indian Railway Stories. Both the
anthologies have been widely appreciat-
ed by the readers.
Bond received the Sahitya Akademi
Award for English writing in India in
1993, the Padma Shri in 1999, and the
Delhi Governments Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2012. No doubt,
he is a living legend in the world of lit-
erature in general and childrens litera-
ture in particular.
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f late, economic crisis is
creating a lot of trouble for
Egypt, at a time when it is
going through a transition in the
political sphere. Israel had a good
relationship with Egypt before the
onset of the Arab Spring and the
coming to power of the Islamists. Do
you expect more trouble on this front?
Once again, I think it is quite dangerous
to predict things in West Asia. There is a
reason why in the Bible one of our sages
says that the ability to predict the future
was given to the fools. Its certainly
applies to our neighbourhood. The
Israel-Egypt relationship had been the
cornerstone of a whole range of positive
things that happened in West Asia in the
last couple of decades since 1977. Its the
cornerstone of peace and stability in the
region. Its, therefore, important for us to
have a stable, flourishing democratic
Egypt as a partner.
You have identified Iran as the
hotspot of international terrorism
and sooner or later I think you and
other countries may favour a
military solution. How do you expect
India to respond because it has deep-
rooted cultural and economic ties
with Iran? Also, for us, Pakistan is
the biggest threat.
For us its very simple: Terrorism is
terrorism, is terrorism. You raised issues
that relate to the Indian policies or the
American policies, but I must remind
you that I represent one Government. It
sits in Jerusalem. I dont think I have to
refer to Indian policies. Indian policies
are decided by the Indian Government
which is elected by Indian citizens the
same way Israeli policies are framed by
Israeli Government.
Do you think there is a need for a
much more concerted effort to crack
down on terror camps in Pakistan
and would Israel try to persuade
America and other countries to act in
the same manner the way you are
acting against Iran?
I dont have the slightest doubt that
terrorism is terrorism is terrorism, and I
think we have proven it through the
blood of our citizens. A terrorist-
supporting country, it does not matter if
it is Tehran or Islamabad, is a terrorist-
supporting country. But it is not for us
to come to India and tell Indians what
they should do. You are a great
civilisation, with more than 60 years of
flourishing democracy, and this is for
you to decide.
You have made a statement that Iran is
emerging as the fountainhead of
terror. I wonder how Iran being a Shia
country, with a long bitter and bloody
history of conflict with Sunnis and
Sunni countries, has emerged as the
fountainhead of terror and how have
the Sunni terrorist organisations
accepted the leadership of Iranians?
I think one should be very careful in
creating the linkage, a deterministic
linkage, between religion and terrorism.
Religion has a important role in human
lives; for example, I come from a culture
where religion plays an important role
even among the secular Israelis. I think
Iran has done something which is a very
extreme form of utilising religion in
order to turn religion into the creator
for vicious actions against other
religions and within this framework
they utilise their access to other terrorist
organisations in financing, training and
giving orders. Terrorism everywhere,
but certainly in West Asia, is not a
homogeneous phenomenon. Its a
mosaic of bad people, with different
capabilities, and you have to deal with
them constantly.
Isnt Israel making it difficult for the
Palestinians to come to the
negotiating table because the only
thing that seems to be coming in the
way is the issue of settlements? Why
wouldnt you halt the settlements for a
while, and start the dialogue process?
I think its one of the biggest
misperceptions of what is going on
between us and the Palestinians in the
past so many years. Settlements are not
the only issue. There is the issue of
Israeli security, and you cannot have a
peaceful settlement unless you deal with
Israels security needs because otherwise
its not going to be sustainable. Then,
there are other issues like water,
environment, economic cooperation,
Jerusalem, refugees, borders, etc.
We have said this several times in
the past and I am reiterating it again
that once we have a peace settlement,
we will evacuate people. We take Israelis
and uproot them from their homes, we
move synagogues, we move graveyards,
and we tell people to leave the older
lives. We have done this in Gaza Strip
where we asked people who were born
there to pack their bags and move; we
have done this in Sinai after the peace
agreement with Egypt. We have done
this in the Gaza Strip in recent times.
You have talked about a cost-effective
desalinisation mechanism. We would
be interested in knowing about this
because desalinisation has not been
seen as a viable option even for coastal
cities like Chennai. When
desalinisation becomes cost-effective,
I am sure a lot of the problems of
drinking water in southern India in
particular can be resolved.
Let me start by saying that I share your
sentiment on the issue. I think its one
of the most promising sectors for
cooperation between India and Israel
which is totally based on compatibility
of needs and solutions. We look at
water through a holistic perspective; it
starts with desalination, moves to re-
usage, goes to water management or
treatment of non-revenue waters, and
also touches upon water security... We
have technology that I believe is cost-
effective, but we still have to work on
it. If you drop the amount of non-
revenue water in India, obviously you
will have a larger quantity of water and
also a better quality of water. If you
adopt some of our technological
solutions when it comes to water-
recycling (as I have said that 75 per
cent of our agricultural water comes
from sewage), obviously it has
implications on your water pie.
Desalination is an excellent
example; the biggest desalination plant
in India is in Gujarat and is made by
an Israeli company and which, I
believe, is cost-effective. There are
other plants in the west coast,
including Tamil Nadu. There is a big
Israeli company that is working in
Rajasthan, Delhi (actually couple of
them have projects in the Capital), and
also in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
A lot of Indian companies are going to
Israel. How are they performing?
This is something I cherish a lot. This is
about partnership between
tremendously talented people on both
sides. It is the responsibility of the two
Governments to facilitate these talented
people to cooperate and develop good
things together. And I think it would be
a crime not to take advantage of the
Israeli innovation and the Indian
jugaad. We have to create a symphony
of platforms and some of them are
already working.
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rom a snail-eating snake that pre-
tends to be poisonous to a monkey
with a blue bottom and human-like
eyes, the new species provide a glimpse
of how much scientists have still to learn
about life on Earth. They estimate that
there are up to 10 million species still
left to be discovered on our planet and
are now calling for a major new push to
identify them over the next 50 years.
Last year, there were 18,000 new
species registered with the
International Institute for Species
Exploration, based at Arizona State
University. A committee of interna-
tional scientists has now selected a top
10 list of the most unusual and excep-
tional identified during 2012. Among
those they picked out is the Lesula
monkey, a shy monkey discovered in
the Lomami Basin of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. The monkey
has a loud call that can be heard at
dawn across the rain forests where it
lives and the scientists who discovered
it describe the animal as having eyes
that are human in appearance. Adult
males also have a distinctive patch of
brilliant blue skin on their buttocks.
The Lesula is an Old World mon-
key well known to locals but newly
known to science. This is only the
second species of monkey discov-
ered in Africa in the past 28 years.
More easily heard than seen, the
monkeys perform a booming dawn
chorus. Adult males have a large,
bare patch of skin on the buttocks,
testicles and perineum that is
coloured a brilliant blue. Although
the forests where the monkeys live are
remote, the species is hunted for bush
meat and its status is vulnerable.
Scientists also identified a
striped snake from the highland
rainforests of western Panama
that eats snails, slugs and
earthworms. Called Sibon
noalamina, it looks iden-
tical to the venomous
coral snake, which may
help protect it from predators. I dont
know whether to
be more astounded
by the species discov-
ered each year, or the
depths of our ignorance
about biodiversity of which we
are a part, said Professor
Quentin Wheeler, founding
director of the International
Institute for Species Exploration.
Among the other species high-
lighted by the scientists is the worlds
smallest vertebrate a tiny species
of frog discovered in Papua New
Guinea, called Paedophryne amanu-
ensis, that measures just seven mil-
limetres. A black stain fund growing
on the walls of a cave decorated with
prehistoric art has also been identi-
fied as a new species of fungus.
The fungus, called Ochroconis
anomala, was found to be spreading
over an area of Palaeolithic rock art in
the Lascaux Cave in the Dordogne area
of France. Some of the creatures on the
list were found decades ago but have
only recently been recognised as new
species, such as a large cockroach
that glows in the dark called
Lucihormetica luckae.
A specimen of this otherwise
dark brown insect was collected 70
years ago in the shadow of the
Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador,
but not recognised as a new
species. By looking at it in the
dark, however, scientist found
that it has two lamps in its
head that are luminescent
due to bacteria contained
within special sacks there. It is thought
to be mimicking a toxic species of
luminescent beetle.
Unfortunately the cockroach may
have already died out as the Tungurahua
volcano erupted in 2010, destroying
much of the insects habitat where it had
been found. The fate of the insect to
have become extinct before it was offi-
cially recognised as a new species is
helping to spur biologists into stepping
up their hunt for life on our planet.
Scientists have now discovered
approximately 1.2 million species but
say there are up to 10 million left to be
found, without including the countless
bacteria and other microbes. Many
species are under threat from pollution,
hunting and loss of their habitat.
They have proposed a new mission
to send 2,000 taxonomists around the
world to search for new species and are
calling for funding for 300 biodiversity
inventory projects. Wheeler added: For
decades, we have averaged 18,000
species discoveries per year which
seemed reasonable before the biodiversi-
ty crisis. Now, knowing that millions of
species may not survive the 21st century,
it is time to pick up the pace. Until we
know what species already exist, it is
folly to expect we will make the right
decisions to assure the best possible out-
come for the pending biodiversity crisis.
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ildlife sanctuaries in India owe a
great deal to individuals who gave
the places their all. Some became
known for their seminal contribu-
tions, but there were many who
toiled in relative obscurity, their thriving sanctuar-
ies their only reward. One such remarkable indi-
vidual is Surat Singh Poonia, the Assistant Conser-
vator of Forests at the Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanct-
uary, and what follows here is a story of his work.
A humble, self-effacing individual, Poonia is
quick to point out that Tal Chappars accomplish-
ments were the result of a team effort of 18 peo-
ple led by him. Be that as it may, the place today is
a testimony to what foresight, dedication, persever-
ance and sheer hard work can achieve.
For those unfamiliar with Tal Chappar, it is a
small sanctuary in Rajasthan, some 800 hectares
in size. Originally the private hunting reserve of
the Maharaja of Bikaner, it was taken over by the
Government and notified as a wildlife sanctuary
in 1966. The blackbucks were introduced in this
area by the king in the 1920s.
Poonia began his work some years ago when
he was asked to prepare a plan to resurrect Tal
Chappar, at that time a bare tract of land with
sparse grasses and covered with Prosopis juliflora
plants. The evolution of that barren land into the
Tal Chappar of today was the culmination of a
number of Poonias initiatives, and these were
directed at creating a habitat and protecting the
wildlife, securing their food and water, and pro-
moting ecotourism.
The most important purpose a wildlife sanctu-
ary serves is to create a habitat where the wildlife
not just feels protected but also multiplies. Doing
this in Tal Chappar had its challenges. The park is
surrounded by a village, and salt pans and
encroachment on the sanctuary land were ram-
pant. The absence of an effective fence around the
park meant that the sanctuary served as a thor-
oughfare for people living on its periphery, and vil-
lage dogs entering the sanctuary were a perpetual
menace. The human presence disturbed the
wildlife, and the dogs preyed on the birds and
other animals, killing them for food. The lack of a
fence also meant that in an area where water is
scarce, the sanctuary water holes and the grass
were a boon for cattle belonging to the villagers.
Poonia and his team marshalled their limited
resources to fence the entire perimeter of the sanc-
tuary and his staff today constantly patrols the park
to keep the wildlife safe. Notably, the team also
runs a rehabilitation centre for injured animals
here. Visitors will notice a particular blackbuck
coming right up to the vehicles in search of food, a
most unusual event considering that they generally
move away when vehicles approach. This black-
buck was looked after by the staff in the centre and
has today lost all fear of human presence.
The price of success has been bittersweet, how-
ever. The safe environment and the care provided
by the team meant that as the wildlife flourished
and grew in numbers, the sanctuary land require-
ment went up. At the time when Poonia started his
work at Tal Chappar, the sanctuary had a blackbuck
population of 800. That number has today climbed
to some 2,500-plus blackbucks and counting. Its a
stunning testament to Poonia and his team. The
fact of the matter is that Tal Chappar can support a
population of 1,200 blackbucks at best, and to keep
pace with this growing population, more land needs
to be acquired.
The transformation brought about by Poonia
within the sanctuary has been even more remark-
able. A number of wildlife sanctuaries in India,
including Bharatpur, grapple with the spread of the
Prosopis juliflora plants, and Tal Chappar is no
exception. There was a time not so long ago when
over 50 per cent of the Tal Chappar land was cov-
ered with the juliflora plant. A plant species native
to South America, it has an invasive presence wher-
ever it has grown, edging out native plants from
their natural habitat. Studies have shown deleterious
effects on animals which eat its fruits, and yet oth-
ers point out that the plant affects the water table.
The team ensured that not a single juliflora plant
remains today within the sanctuary, each uprooted
and the wood auctioned to generate rev-
enue, and it now maintains a contin-
uous vigil to dispose of any fresh
growth from seedlings blown into
the land. The tracts of land freed
from the juliflora plant are now
making way for grassy patches and
native species like acacia, salvadora
and zizyphus. The way the team
facilitates the growing of the grass is
another tale by itself. Instead of physically spreading
the grass seedlings by hand, the team lets nature do
its bit. Right next to the bare patches lay these large
mounds of earth into which the seedlings are
mixed. As the wind blows, it carries the seedlings
and spreads it over the patches, greening them in
the process, an idea Poonia attributes to his days in
farming. The spread of grasses has had the neces-
sary trickle-down effect. Today, fodder is plentiful,
the growing insect population feeds the food chain,
and the prey base is intact.
The availability of water is another big issue. Tal
Chappar only gets about 300 mm of rain in a year
and since the area has little or no sweet water, water
is brought in through pipelines from far. The forest
officials have connected the water holes with under-
ground pipelines and fill the water holes as per need
from a central repository. The water holes, as a
result, have water even through the hottest months
and there is no wastage of this scarce commodity.
Interestingly, a leaking waterline led to a most inter-
esting innovation as far as water distribution within
the sanctuary was concerned. Some of the staff
described how once one of the pipelines bringing
water into the sanctuary developed a leakage inside
the sanctuary and the water bubbled up to the sur-
face. The spot where it got collected soon became a
water source of sorts for the wildlife, and it is a
common sight even now to see the birds drinking
from there. Artificial leakages are now used in a
planned manner enabling the team to provide water
sources all across the sanctuary, without having to
deploy resources constructing the water holes or
laying pipelines to fill them.
Tourism in the wildlife sanctuaries has always
been a hotly debated topic. While excessive com-
mercialisation has been the bane of many sanctuar-
ies in India, Tal Chappar always had the opposite
problem. For a variety of reasons, including the
absence of a major draw like tigers and a general
lack of infrastructure, tourist footfall
in the region has been less com-
pared to other sanctuaries. One of the
difficulties of visiting Tal Chappar is
that there is a dearth of hotels in
the area, and the nearest ones are
far away and never a viable option
for various reasons. This need was
addressed by Sharad Sridhar
and his team by setting up a forest rest house there.
It has good facilities, is spotlessly clean at all times,
and is great value for money.
While it is possible to argue that protection and
regeneration of habitat and food and water security
initiatives would be common to every sanctuary,
Poonias work with the wildlife is truly unique.
When he took over, the area had a documented
species list of a little more than 100 species. That
count is up to 300-plus today, attributable to two
distinct reasons. First, Poonias attempts at provid-
ing food, water and habitat security is clearly work-
ing. Second, a documentation initiative started by
Poonia, a daily system of recording the species seen
in the area, is equally creditworthy. It enables the
team to tabulate the correct number of species
there. This simple practice led to the discovery of
rare birds like red phalarope, the Kashmir flycatcher
and the pale rock sparrow in the area,. The red
phalarope, for example, breeds in the Arctic, and
migrates southwards. Would anyone realistically
expect to see it in the hot climates of Tal Chappar?
The presence of these birds was noted only because
someone tried to document birds in the sanctuary.
For a visitor, seeing one of these birds is a once-in-
a-lifetime experience, and it becomes possible only
because of the teams efforts.
What about the future challenges and plans of
the man? Poonia talks of trying to instill in his
team what he calls Chapparism, and form a
motivated team with the commitment and a dedi-
cation of making Tal Chappar the best that it can
be. And if the past is any indication, Poonia will
see success here as well.
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A
week after the ghastly mas-
sacre by Maoists at Darbha
Ghati in Sukma district of
Chhattisgarh, there is little or noth-
ing to suggest that the Union Gov-
ernment has stirred itself into
action in combating what has been
described as the most serious
threat to Indias internal security
by the Prime Minister and a signif-
icant challenge by his Home Min-
ister. Instead, what we are witness-
ing is a despicable attempt by the
Congress to politicise a term the
party leading the UPA regime often
uses to berate and ridicule the
Opposition the hideous attack
by Red terrorists on May 25 in
which its top leaders of Chhattis-
garh died a gruesome death.
Mahendra Karma, who had
launched Salwa Judum, the tribal
counter-offensive to Maoist terror,
was shot and then stabbed 78 times
by female cadre of the banned
extreme Left organisation. Eyewit-
ness accounts tell us the Maoists
danced on his lifeless body. Chhat-
tisgarh Pradesh Congress Commit-
tee president Nandkumar Patel was
interrogated and then executed
along with his son. Among the
dead were eight security personnel
for whom no tears have been shed.
Former Union Minister Vidya Cha-
ran Shukla was grievously injured.
Rather than swear vengeance
and call upon the Government to
declare all-out war on Maoists, the
Congress has begun a smear cam-
paign, levelling outrageous allega-
tions against Chhattisgarhs Chief
Minister Raman Singh and the BJP
Government of the State. Conspira-
cy theories have been floated to
insinuate that the BJP is hand-in-
glove with the Maoists; that ade-
quate security cover was not pro-
vided to the Congress leaders who
had ventured forth into Maoist-
controlled territory for a political
rally; and, that it may well have
been a conspiracy to eliminate top
Congress leaders to ward off a seri-
ous challenge to the BJP in the State
Assembly election scheduled for
later this year.
Admittedly much of this sinis-
ter propaganda is the handiwork of
lesser mortals in the Congress but
the studied silence of the partys
senior leaders has served to fuel
the conspiracy-mongering. A day
after the massacre, Congress vice
president and heir apparent to
higher office Rahul Gandhi had
described the carnage as an attack
on the idea of India (also reported
as ideals of India). Clearly, such
highfalutin statements are lost on
his, and his mothers, minions.
They would rather use this as an
opportunity to heap calumny and
worse on the BJP; the nation and
the national interest are welcome
to wait. The Government, mean-
while, has roped in the NIA to
investigate the crime the agency
will no doubt do an excellent job
of botching up the investigation
and catching hold of the wrong
people to please its political mas-
ters. Thats what it has been doing
ever since it was set up after the
26/11 bloodbath.
What the Congress does not
realise is that given the UPAs
patchy record of fighting Red ter-
ror and the partys deplorable pan-
dering to those who wage war on
the Indian state (Digvijaya Singh
has described Maoists as mis-
guided ideologues; Sonia Gandhi
has rewarded Binayak Sen, guilty
of working as a courier for those
who dream of setting up a Pol Pot-
like regime and currently on bail
under pressure from EU busybod-
ies, with a post on the Planning
Commissions panel of health),
two can play the game of floating
conspiracy theories. Just because
Delhis puppet media, which
shamelessly describes itself as
national media, does not provide
space and airtime to the counter-
conspiracy theories does not mean
they do not exist. Here are 10
points that have been raised by
those appalled by the Congresss
crude politicisation of Maoist ter-
ror that confronts the nation and
threatens national security:
QAjit Jogi always travels in an
ambulance within Chhattisgarh.
But on the day of the political rally
that ended with the massacre he
travelled by helicopter to the venue
and returned ahead of other Con-
gress leaders who travelled by road
to and from the venue of the rally.
QAs soon as Jogi finished his
speech at the rally, his associate and
Congress MLA from Sukma,
Kawasi Lakma, went to him and
audibly whispered into his ears: Sir,
aap ko teen bajey tak chalna hai.
(Sir you have to leave by 3 pm.)
QJogi told TV channels later
that when his helicopter circled
above the venue of the next rally,
the pilot told him, Sir, yahan log
nahi dikh rahey hain. (Sir, I cant
see people here.) Jogi said the refer-
ence was to absence of security per-
sonnel there. But was the pilot refer-
ring to the absence of policemen or
the poor turnout for the rally?
QJogis controversial son Amit
Jogi was untraceable for a month
recently and resurfaced only after
the May 25 incident. All the while
his mobile phone was switched
off or unreachable. Where was
he? There are tales doing the
rounds that he was in the jungles of
Bastar during this period. If true,
what was he doing there? Was he
in contact with the Maoists? For
what purpose?
QWhy was Kawasi Lakma freed
by the Maoists and allowed to flee
although he is a sitting Congress
MLA and, therefore, an important
Congress leader of the region?
QWhy are there discrepancies
in the statements by Lakma and his
driver to various TV channels
although they went through the
same experience?
QLakma has said he was in the
same car as Nand Kumar Patel and
his son Dinesh. When the Maoists
started firing on the motorcade,
they slipped out of the car and hid
behind a boulder, but were discov-
ered soon. The Maoists asked
Lakma why was he there. This
would suggest that the Maoists
were surprised to find him travel-
ling in the convoy.
QAccording to the driver, the
Maoists then marched Patel, his
son, Lakma and him up the hill.
There Lakma asked the Maoist
cadre to go to their leaders and ask
if he was also to be killed. Some of
the Maoists went inside the jungle,
came back and asked Lakma and
his driver to leave. The duo came
back to the road to find a motor-
bike without any rider but with its
keys in place, as if waiting for them.
They promptly drove off from
there. Isnt it curious that Lakma
was not only allowed to go but his
escape was facilitated? Whose
motorbike was this?
QSahara TV has shown footage
in which Congress leader and for-
mer Union Minister of State
Charandas Mahant is seen scolding
Lakma at the Jagdalpur hospital,
Tu ne marwa diya sabko. (You got
all of them killed.)
QWho is the State Congress
leader to whom Lakwa is very
close? Everybody says it is Ajit Jogi.
I have merely quoted the
counter-theorists. But there is
merit in their assertion that the
NIA should consider these 10
points during its investigation. We
can be rest assured it wont do that.
Or else there would be a fair
inquiry into what happened, some-
thing which we should not expect
from the Congress-led Govern-
ment at the Centre.
Meanwhile, the Chief Ministers
of the nine States which have been
bearing the brunt of the Maoists
should take a call on whether
attending the next conference on
internal security, scheduled for June
5 and organised by the Union Gov-
ernment, is worth their time and
effort. Listening to the same hack-
neyed speeches by the Prime Min-
ister and his Home Minister will
not take them anywhere near a
solution to the menace. Not the
least because there is a fundamental
dishonesty about the Union
Government berating Maoists from
the pulpit of a security conference
while the Congress slyly sups with
the Devil.
Theres nothing new about this.
Way back in the 1970s when
Nakshals (that, and not the illiter-
ate anglicised Naxal, is the correct
term) unleashed their fury in West
Bengal, a term heard quite fre-
quently was Congshal. Maintain-
ing law and order is a State subject.
The Chief Ministers of the Maoist
terror-affected States should sim-
ply declare war on Red terror and
take it to its logical conclusion.
Aberrations by way of collateral
damage should not deter them,
nor should the excited and
excitable monkey chatter of jho-
lawallahs distract them.
As for the Supreme Court, it
would be wise for the honourable
judges to hold their counsel. This
war is not about upholding the
niceties of the Constitution of
India; it is a war to protect the
Constitution from those who are
determined to supplant it with their
twisted doctrine of blood-soaked
hate in their pursuit of setting up a
Peoples Republic of Maoistan.
(The writer is a senior journalist
based in Delhi)
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Reader response to
Swapan Dasguptas column,
Usual Suspects, published on
May 26:
Marketing blitz wont work:
It is clear that, given the dis-
mal economic situation
the result of continuing non-
governance and policy paral-
ysis the UPA regimes
advertisement blitzkrieg to
paint its nine-year rule in the
brightest of colours to
impress voters at home, has
failed, alongside Union
Minister for Finance
P Chidambarams own hard-
sell abroad. But even a top
spin-master must realise that
ultimately, it is quality prod-
uct and not a dud that sells,
despite propaganda.
It is sad that Indian busi-
ness now prefers to invest
overseas, and not just in the
West but also in Africa.
Promises of one-window
clearances still seem to be on
paper only while red-tape
continues to hinder invest-
ment. How long can we
delude entrepreneurs with
patriotic slogans?
M Ratan
Proven failure: The article
mistakenly assumes that the
Finance Minister (or any
other Minister) can deliver at
a time when the UPA
Government is on its way
out. Also, P Chidambaram
has been a poor performer
from the start. As Home
Minister, he could do noth-
ing against Pakistan over the
26/11 attacks. As Finance
Minister, he has been named
in mega-corruption scams.
To expect anything from him
is to try crossing the river on
a crocodiles back.
Omago
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Reader response to
Kanchan Guptas column,
Coffee Break, published on
May 26
Living in denial: Addiction
to gambling and illegal sabo-
tage are the two curses of
betting. But the Government
led by the Congress has done
nothing to solve these prob-
lems. The people are left
with no option, as the BJP
has also been marginalised.
Consequently, the state
remains in denial about the
level of corruption that exists
in society.
KT Rao
New laws dont always help:
The incumbent regime
seems to believe that bring-
ing new laws is the answer to
all social ills. If rapes are on
the increase, then lets bring
what is now popularly
known as the anti-rape law.
If there are too many hungry
people, lets put out the
National Food Security Bill.
But the point is that the
Government cannot legislate
its way to good governance.
In the case of allegations of
corruption in cricket, the
Centre must heed the writers
suggestion and legalise bet-
ting, while criminalising
match-fixing and spot-fixing.
Soumya
Legalise it: Betting, like
prostitution, is a long-stand-
ing social phenomenon. It
does not make any sense to
pretend that the two do not
exist. Once we realise their
presence, then we must find
ways to tackle them. As far
as betting in sports is con-
cerned, a good way to deal
with it is to legalise it.
Srikanth
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Reader response to
Rajesh Singhs column,
Plain Talk, published on
May 26:
Gentlemans game no more:
As the betting and spot-fixing
racket surrounding the Indian
Premier League unravels, it
reflects on more than just the
greed of the dirty trio,
S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and
Ankeet Chavan. The scandal
has revealed a nexus of crick-
eters and bookies, and call
girls even, which has dealt a
blow to the gentlemans game.
RL Pathak
Not inherently dirty: The
writer is a cricket purist
which explains his utter dis-
like for the shorter format of
the game. While that is fine,
portraying the IPL and the
T20 form as the crucible of
all vice, is unfair. Yes, this
form of cricket is all about
money and glamour and
entertainment, but so what? I
see nothing wrong with
cricketers partying late (its
none of my business anyway)
as long as they dont sell
themselves out on the field.
And when players do indulge
in match-fixing, it reflects on
their personal morality
rather than on T20 cricket
just like when Azharuddin
and Jadeja cheated, it had lit-
tle to do with the matches
they were playing.
Arpan
Who cares? For whatever
reason, the people are not
really outraged by the IPL
spot-fixing scandal. Or else,
they would have stopped
watching the tournament.
That hasnt happened. Media
can stop moralising now.
Achin
PLANTALK
RAJESh Sh0h
COFFEEBREAK
KAhChAh 0uFTA
'Congslals` ano Nalslals
ose equal tlreat
u
nion Tribal Aairs Minisler Kishore Chandra 0eo lold a lelevision chan
nel lhal calling lhe Maoisls 'lerrorisls', did nol really maller. whal was
imorlanl was lhal lhe aulhorilies musl eeclively lackle lhe menace.
he said lhis when lhe lelevision anchor asked him oinledly whelher he
agreed wilh his minislerial colleague Jairam Ramesh's remark, which came
in lhe wake o lhe killing o senior Congress leaders o Chhallisgarh by lhe
Red ullras, lhal lhe Maoisls were indeed lerrorisls.
Mr 0eo is wrong. The label is imorlanl because il delermines lhe
0overnmenl's (bolh al lhe Cenlre and in lhe Slales) course o aclion. The
aulhorilies will nol deal wilh a ickockel in lhe same manner lhal lhey
would wilh a dacoil. A drunkard wilh a record o crealing nuisance in his
colony will be handled dierenlly rom lhal o a raisl. A lerrorisl has lo be
lackled dierenlly rom lhal o an individual who in a il o rage icks lhe
gun and shools his lormenler. lhere has lo be a nalional olicy on com
baling lhe Maoisls - and lhere should be one al lhe earliesl - il will have
lo lake inlo accounl whal sorl o criminals lhese ullras are.
Bul Mr 0eo's reluclance lo call a sade a sade is nol surrising,
because il derives ils basis rom lhe romanlicised nolion lhal lhe Maoisl
killers are a resonse lo lhe reression o lhe lribals by lhe slale over
decades and lhal, i lhey are lerrorisls, so are lhe slale agencies which have
'lerrorised' and exloiled lhe marginalised seclions o sociely. while il is
lrue lhal 0overnmenl agencies have been ar rom resonsive lo lhe needs
o lhe lribal oulalion, and lhal on occasions lhe olice and lhe securily
agencies have indulged in indeensible excesses, lhe solulion cannol be lhe
subversion o democracy lhrough lhe gun. n any case, lhe Maoisls have
lravelled ar rom lheir earlier loly ideals o waging a war againsl wrongdo
ing, which began wilh lhe haxalbari movemenl in wesl Bengal in lhe lale
GOs. They are now al war wilh lhe counlry; in lhe rocess lhey have been
largeling innocenl cili/ens, securily ersonnel, olilicians and jusl aboul
every inslilulion lhal reresenls democralic ndia.
The romanlicised version o Maoisl violence has been a devious cre
alion o lhe aologisls o lhese brulal killers, and il has soughl lo be
embedded in lhe conscience o lhe unsusecling oulace lhrough lhe
media and seminar circuils requenled by socalled human righls aclivisls.
These aologisls have received boosler shols o and on rom mainslream
olilicians as well, many o whom reside wilhin lhe Congress. Bul aler lhe
Maoisls killed senior leaders o lhe arly, lhese aologisls have eilher gone
silenl or have abandoned lheir sol seech. Jairam Ramesh is an examle
o lhe laller and 0igvijaya Singh reresenls lhe ormer calegory. There have
been excelions, lhough, wilh
senior Cabinel Minisler
F Chidambaram having long main
lained lhal lhe Maoisls are lerror
isls and lhe single biggesl lhreal lo
lhe nalion's inlernal securily. Bul
each lime slridenl voices such as
his emerged on lhe need lo use lhe
iron isl againsl lhe Maoisls, lhe
arly's residenl doves rushed lo
dilule lhe imacl by slriking a
counler nole. As a resull o lhese
conlradiclions, lhe Maoisls lhrive.
l does nol maller lo lhese
aologisls (lhere is no beller word,
and lhus il needs requenl reeli
lion) lhal lhe Maoisls have been
increasingly engaging in lhe very
same exloilalive aclivilies which
lhey have been accusing lhe slale
agencies o. They lerrorise resi
denls o lhe lribal regions inlo giv
ing lhem logislical suorl and
sheller. They coerce youngslers lo
join lhe violenl movemenl. They
sexually abuse emale Maoisls.
They have no scrules in killing
innocenl eole, lel alone com
rades who decide in lheir wisdom
lo abandon lhe movemenl and lead
a less violenl lie. The Maoisls had
losl lhe moral high ground a long
lime ago - even assuming or
argumenl's sake lhal lhey had one
in lhe irsl lace. Yel, lheir deend
ers are as enlhusiaslic in lheir su
orl or lhese lerrorisls as beore.
The conslanl rerain among
lhe 'moderales' is lhal lhe
0overnmenl musl lalk lo lhe
Maoisl leadershi lo end lhe vio
lence. There are many roblems
wilh lhis suggeslion. The irsl is:
whom does lhe slale lalk lo? The
Maoisls are sread across several Slales and lhey have many leaders. A
acl wilh one aclional leader may nol hold valid wilh lhe olher. The second
roblem is: Talks can haen only when lhe Maoisls cease violence. The
Cenlre and Slale 0overnmenls have many limes in lhe asl exressed a
desire lo lalk lhe issue oul, bul lhe Maoisls have never commilled lo a
lruce. The lhird issue is: whal exaclly is lhere lo lalk? The Maoisls wanl lhe
democralic syslem lo be dismanlled, nolhing less. Thal cannol be lhe basis
o any meaningul discussion. They have nol exressed a willingness lo
work alongside lhe slale aulhorilies lo ensure lhal develomenl reaches lhe
doorsles o lhe eole.
So, lhe argumenl lhal lhe Maoisls are ighling lo secure a beller lie or
lhe lribals is balderdash. These Red ullras have syslemalically sabolaged
0overnmenl allemls lo imrove amenilies or lhe eole in lribal regions.
They lerrorise conlraclors who come lo build roads, blow u anchayal
buildings and block lhe conslruclion o heallhcare acililies and schools.
The Maoisls realise lhal, once develomenl sels in, lhey will no longer have
leverage wilh lhe local eole. The more lhe oulalion remains on lhe
margins, lhe beller il is or lhe ullras. l is oolish lo believe lhal lhe lribals
back lhe Maoisls on lheir own volilion. Many villagers have comlained lhal
lhey are caughl in lhe crossire belween lhe slale and lhe Maoisls, and lhal
lhey are viclims o reression rom bolh sides.
where do we lhen go rom here? Firsl, lhe olilical class musl close
ranks and slo sarring wilh one anolher on lhe issue. The Maoisls are a
lhreal lo lhe Congress, lo lhe BJF, lo lhe olher arlies, lo democracy and
lo lhe counlry. They musl be considered a common enemy. l is disgrace
ul lhal lhe Congress and lhe BJF should be involved in a blamegame
over lhe lalesl Chhallisgarh allack jusl when lhey should be huddled
logelher lo ind a way oul. All Chie Minislers and all olilical arlies musl
come logelher lo hel ormulale a nalional olicy on counlering lhe
Maoisls. Second, lhe 0overnmenl musl oicially designale lhe Maoisls as
'lerrorisls'. Third, lhe Congress musl calegorically direcl ils inhouse
aologisls or lhe Red ullras lo slo lheir nonsensical ullerances. Fourlh,
lhe Cenlre and lhe Slale 0overnmenls concerned musl use all lheir mighl
lo ensure lhal develomenl rojecls in lribal regions are nol aecled by
Maoisl lhreals. And ilh, i lhe Maoisls do nol see reason desile all lhe
allemls lo make lhem do so, lhe Cenlre and lhe Slale 0overnmenls
musl rulhlessly crush lhem.
The rice lo be aid or an alloul oensive may be big, bul lhe rice o
nol acling lough is ar bigger.
This war is not
about upholding
the niceties of
the Constitution
of ndia; it's a war
to protect the
Constitution from
those determined
to supplant it
with their twisted
doctrine of blood-
soaked hate in
their pursuit of
setting up a
People's Republic
of Maoistan
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F E E D B A C K
The war on Maoisls has lo be oughl by 0overnmenls o Slales which are bearing lhe brunl o Red lerror.
They musl nol gel dislracled by a dishonesl Cenlre and lhe monkey challer o j|c|awa||a|s
The argument that
the Maoists are
fighting to secure a
better life for the
tribals is
balderdash. These
Red ultras have
systematically
sabotaged
Government
attempts to
improve amenities
for the people. They
know that, once
development sets
in, they will
lose leverage
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BE 0SMAhTLE0, h0Thh0 LESS. ThEY hAvE h0T
EXFRESSE0 A wLLh0hESS T0 w0RK
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B
uilding a new home? Well the excitement
could be immense! A lot goes into planning
the house; hours are spent with the architect
to accommodate all that you want all in
the hope that the new house will not only
provide that extra space but also bring happiness,
prosperity and peace of mind. However, sometimes
that does not happen. You do get all the rooms that
you want, but the joy you had expected from those
rooms does not come through. Why?
Well, the answer to this question is simple:
Sometimes, unintentionally though, while making
your own home, you uproot the fundamental
universal elements (panch tattva) water, air, fire,
earth and space from their natural homes or
directions that they govern according to the Vastu
Shastra. No less than 16 vastu zones have been
identified in every building, and each zone is
dominated by any one of these five elements. These
elements possess all the powers that, if positively
channelised, can make your home a heaven; their
imbalance, on the other hand, can lead to struggles,
illnesses, restricted growth and even depression.
Lets consider an example. Water, the first of the
five elements, connotes conceptualisation of new
ideas, clarity of thought and heightened vision, and
creates new opportunities in ones life. This element
also possesses healing energy and provides immunity.
To ensure that all these positive connotations of water
have constructive effects on your life, this powerful
element should be positioned in the north zone of the
house, as this is where it remains in a balanced state.
However, if water is stored in the opposite zone
that is, if an underground water tank is built in the
south zone it will negate all its positive properties
and start causing anxiety, restlessness and disturbed
sleep. Likewise, if the fire element is placed in the
north zone, which is the zone of water, it will block
new opportunities and you might face a situation of
blocked payments, cancellation of important orders
or job offers, and disheartening results from the most
promising investments.
To get the best result, you need to follow the
guidelines of the Vastu Shastra right from the
planning stage of the house. You can do it easily
by following the four-step vastu application
method which is based on documented research
in Vastu Shastra. While going in to build a new
house, some most important points to keep in
mind are discussed here.
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The first thing you have to have is a powerful
entrance for the house and that can happen only if it
is in the right direction and is charged up with the
right elements. According to the Vastu Shastra, there
are 32 possible locations of entrance in a building and
each of these corresponds, or is related directly, with
adverse or beneficial situations being faced by the
inhabitants. For instance, entrance in south-west
brings in debt, poverty and relationship problems.
You do not get your payment on time due to entra-
nce in south-east. Apart from this, a wrong entrance
can also cause frequent accidents, mishaps and
miscarriages.
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Once the entry of the building is sorted out, the
second thing to check is whether all the rooms are
being planned as per the Vastu Shastra. It is
important as the location of rooms in different
directions decides the outcome of your efforts, health
and relationships. As far as bedroom is concerned, if
it is between east and south-east, which is the zone of
anxiety, you will not be able to relax and will have
frequent arguments with your spouse. When made
between south and south-west directions, the
bedroom will nullify your efforts and can even make
you feel as if your life is worthless.
Ideally, the bedroom should be located in south,
west and east. However, the most appropriate
direction of bedroom should be decided according to
your profession.
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North-east of the house is the worst place for locating
a toilet. New ideas, creativity, clarity of mind, vision,
growth and connectivity with self get influenced by
the energy that emanates from the north-east vastu
zone. Thus, if a toilet is built in this zone, these
aspects get drained out through it. A toilet here can
also lead to neurological disorders. Painters,
designers, musicians and others associated with
creative fields can see a major setback with a toilet in
the north-east vastu zone. Likewise, influential
politicians and high-profile businessmen can suffer a
loss with a toilet in the east zone.
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Kitchen represents the element of fire as this is the
place where you have your gas burner. If kitchen is
built in north, which is the vastu zone of water, it will
create a major imbalance that will hamper new
opportunities in career and cash inflow. According to
the Vastu Shastra, the best location for kitchen is in
south and south-east.
Understandably, our cramped spaces, restricted
building bylaws and whopping real estate costs make
it impossible to comply with all vastu norms and
guidelines, and one may have to compromise on one
or two aspects. However, you may not worry much as
there are solutions that negate the harmful effects of
any imbalance due to vastu faults.
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W
hen the Gita was first
preached, there was then
going on a great contro-
versy between two sects. One
party considered the Vedic yajnas
and animal sacrifices and such like
karmas to constitute the whole of
religion. The other preached that
the killing of numberless horses
and cattle cannot be called reli-
gion. The people belonging to the
latter party were mostly sannyasins
and followers of jnana. They
believed that the giving up of all
work and the gaining of the
knowledge of the self was the only
path to moksha. By the preaching
of His great doctrine of work with-
out motive, the author of the Gita
set at rest the disputes of these two
antagonistic sects.
Now, what is the meaning of
working without motive?
Nowadays, many understand it in
the sense that one is to work in
such a way that neither pleasure
nor pain touches his mind. If this
be its real meaning, then the ani-
mals might be said to work with-
out motive. Some animals devour
their own offspring, and they do
not feel any pangs at all in doing
so. Robbers ruin other people by
robbing them of their possessions;
but if they feel quite callous to
pleasure or pain, then they also
would be working without motive.
If the meaning of it be such, then
one who has a stony heart, the
worst of criminals, might be con-
sidered to be working without
motive. The walls have no feelings
of pleasure or pain, neither has a
stone, and it cannot be said that
they are working without motive.
In the above sense, the doctrine is
a potent instrument in the hands
of the wicked. They would go on
doing wicked deeds, and would
pronounce themselves as working
without a motive. If such be the
significance of working without a
motive, then a fearful doctrine has
been put forth by the preaching of
the Gita. Certainly this is not the
meaning. Furthermore, if we look
into the lives of those who were
connected with the preaching of
the Gita, we should find them liv-
ing quite a different life. Arjuna
killed Bhishma and Drona in bat-
tle, but withal, he sacrificed all his
self-interest and desires and his
lower self millions of times.
Gita teaches karma-yoga. We
should work through yoga (concen-
tration). In such concentration in
action (karma-yoga), there is no
consciousness of the lower ego pre-
sent. The consciousness that I am
doing this and that is never present
when one works through yoga. The
Western people do not understand
this. They say that if there be no
consciousness of ego, if this ego is
gone, how then can a man work?
But when one works with concen-
tration, losing all consciousness of
oneself, the work that is done will
be infinitely better, and this every-
one may have experienced in his
own life. We perform many works
subconsciously, many others con-
sciously, and others again by
becoming immersed in samadhi,
when there is no consciousness of
the smaller ego. If the painter, los-
ing the consciousness of his ego,
becomes completely immersed in
his painting, he will be able to pro-
duce masterpieces. The good cook
concentrates his whole self on the
food material he handles; he loses
all other consciousness for the time
being. But they are only able to do
perfectly a single work in this way,
to which they are habituated. The
Gita teaches that all works should
be done thus. He who is one with
the Lord through yoga performs all
his works by becoming immersed
in concentration, and does not seek
any personal benefit.
The result of every work is
mixed with good and evil. There is
no good work that has not a touch
of evil in it. Like smoke round the
fire, some evil always clings to
work. We should engage in such
works that bring the largest amount
of good and the smallest measure
of evil. Arjuna killed Bhishma and
Drona; if this had not been done,
Duryodhana could not have been
conquered, the force of evil would
have triumphed over the force of
good, and thus a great calamity
would have fallen on the country.
The government of the country
would have been usurped by a
body of proud unrighteous kings,
to the great misfortune of the peo-
ple. Similarly, Krishna killed
Kamsa, Jarasandha, and others who
were tyrants, but not a single one of
his deeds was done for himself.
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FRAYER S h0T ASKh0. T S A L0h0h0 0F ThE
S0uL. T S 0ALY A0MSS0h 0F 0hE'S wEAKhESS.
T'S BETTER h FRAYER T0 hAvE A hEART wTh0uT
w0R0S ThAh w0R0S wTh0uT A hEART.
- MAhATMA 0Ah0h
Now Dolhi, Juno 2, 2013
Water, the first of
the five elements,
connotes
conceptualisation
of new ideas and
heightened vision,
and creates new
opportunities in
one's life. This
element should be
positioned in the
north zone of the
house for better
results
G
iven the state of Indian polity, it is worth reiterat-
ing an old saying, When wealth is lost, nothing is
lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when
character is lost, everything is lost. Today, we are facing a
crisis of human character. Given the large number of
scams involving the political class, the revelation that
many of our Members of Parliament (MPs) have appoint-
ed relatives as personal staff may appear to be of little sig-
nificance. Yet, it reflects the nature of our polity and char-
acter of our politicians. It also tells us about the nature of
the Indians who still believe that they are the subjects and
not citizens, and thus have no right to question their
political representatives.
Lets take the news story first. According to media
reports, 146 MPs have appointed their near relatives as
personal staff who receive salary and allowances from the
public exchequer. Given the fact that the said allowances
may, on an average, cost some C50,000 to C60,000 a
month per member, the amount may be small but its
implications are rather big. It is these members of the per-
sonal staff who act as the conduit for many unscrupulous
deals that are eating away the resources of this country.
Nepotism has been a major weakness of the Indian
society. Here kingship invariable goes with kinship. So,
there are 104 Lok Sabha and 42 Rajya Sabha MPs who
have appointed around 190 relatives as their personal
staff. It is interesting to know that no political party has
come clean on this issue. This means that democracy
has slowly become a system of the families, for the fam-
ilies, by the families. True, there are no rules that debar
MPs from appointing their relatives, but rules are not
the sole criterion when it comes to determining probity
in public life. Caesars wife must be above suspicion.
Unfortunately, our politicians have become uncon-
cerned about popular perception. There was a time when
they used to be the epitome of values. The story of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, the then Home Minister of the country,
may help us understand this well. Some business houses
suggested his son Dahyabhai to start a newspaper which
they would finance. Dahyabhai wanted to take approval
of his father and, therefore, went to Sardar Patel and nar-
rated the whole story. This infuriated Patel who told
Dahyabhai that the business houses were not financing
his project but a venture launched by the Home Ministers
son. Patel curtly told his son not to show him his face
again. And he meant it. When the Sardar was on his
death bed Dahyabhai wanted to see his father. He
requested Maniben, Patels daughter who was nursing her
father in his last days, to communicate his wish to the
Sardar. The unrelenting Sardar asked Maniben in no
uncertain terms to tell Dahyabhai to leave forthwith; else,
he would not die in peace.
Contrast this with the character of our present-day
politicians. We need men of character to become rulers,
or else the countrys future is doomed. This explains why
Plato, the Greek philosopher, had once said, There will
be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself,
till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those
we now call kings and rulers really and truly become
philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus
come into the same hands.
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lhal, i osilively channelised, can make your home a heaven; lheir imbalances,
however, can cause a lol o slrie, illness and deression, says KhuSh0EEF BAhSAL
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sludy o more lhan 1,OOO
regnanl women ound
lhose who consumed lower
amounls o iodine, which is
absorbed rom ood and
ound in milk, dairy rod
ucls and ish, were more
likely lo have children wilh
lower 0s and reading abili
lies. odine is essenlial or
roducing hormones made
by lhe lhyroid gland, which
has a direcl eecl on lhe
develomenl o lhe oelal
brain. Frevious research has
shown lhal convenlional
milk is beller or regnanl
women lhan organic milk.
The sludy by researchers al
Brislol and Surrey universi
lies ound lwo lhirds o lhe
1,O4O regnanl women
lhey lesled were iodine
deicienl. These women
were more likely lo have
children wilh lower 0s.
M
ore lhan hal o col
dealhs haen when
babies are sleeing in lhe
same bed as lheir arenls
and u lo 12O child dealhs
could be avoided each year
i lhey slel in cols inslead,
researchers said.
0icial guidance rom
lhe halional nslilule or
heallh and Care Excellence
(hice) in lhe uK warns ar
enls againsl sleeing
alongside lheir baby only i
lhey smoke, or i lhey have
recenlly consumed alcohol
or drugs. A new sludy has
ound lhal babies who
share lheir arenls' bed
beore lhe age o lhree
monlhs are ive limes more
likely lo die during lhe
nighl, even i lheir molher
and alher do nol meel any
o lhese crileria.
The 0earlmenl o
heallh lold hice lo immedi
alely reassess ils recom
mendalions in lighl o lhe
sludy, which was conducl
ed by exerls rom lhe
London School o hygiene
and Troical Medicine.
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onsuming vilamins BG,
B12 and olic acid can
lower levels o homocys
leine, an amino acid linked
lo shrinkage o lhe brain in
condilions like Al/heimer's
disease. Frevious sludies
had shown lhal alienls
wilh mild cognilive imair
menl, a recursor lo
Al/heimer's, suered 5O
er cenl less brain shrink
age overall i lhey look vila
min B sulemenls. Bul lhe
new sludy o 15G alienls,
by researchers rom 0xord
universily, ound lhal lhe
shrinkage was in acl
reduced by OO er cenl in
arlicular areas o lhe brain
which are mosl vulnerable
in Al/heimer's alienls.
The indings, ublished
in lhe FrccccJins cf t|c
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5cicnccs journal, suggesl
lhal lhe vilamins could be
even more roleclive lhan
reviously realised.
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There was a lime when our leaders
used lo be lhe eilome o values.
Today lhey have become greedy,
maniulalive and selcenlred
with peace
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home
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home
with peace
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S
ometimes the kids can look like
theyre living in another world.
While the day whirls around them,
theyre lost in their mobile phones
photographing, Tweeting, tex-
ting, emailing. Living life doesnt seem be
enough; they have to record and share it,
too. It raises the questions: How wide-
spread is this phenomenon? And should
we be worried about it?
Film director Sofia Coppola says its
gone too far and were at risk of breeding a
generation of brats who imagine they are
movie stars. After the premiere of her latest
picture, The Bling Ring, Coppola said that
she conducted research by hanging out with
teenagers in Los Angeles. Her conclusion
was that young people live in a scary
world of constant self-surveillance.
Everyone was texting, taking pictures, and I
tried to put as much of that in the film as
possible. It was almost sci-fi, this idea that
living does not count unless you are docu-
menting it. In other words, the Me Me Me
Generation is ready for its close-up.
Given the subject matter of The Bling
Ring, its understandable why Coppola was
so disturbed. Its based on a true story
about a gang of Hollywood adolescents in
the Noughties who allegedly stole millions
of dollars from stars. They did it by trac-
ing the celebrities movements on stalker
websites and then burgling their houses
when they were out. The Bling Ring gang
robbed socialite Paris Hilton five times
and stole nearly $2 million in jewels
before she noticed anything was amiss.
They snorted coke off her furniture and
one of the boys pranced about in her high
heels as a kind of victory dance.
Paris Hilton is herself the product of
youthful reality TV culture. The heiress of a
hotel fortune, she made her name as a
model, party girl and star of a notorious
celebrity sex tape. Hilton was made famous
by the very introspective, social media
obsessed culture that horrified Sofia
Coppola and, arguably, motivated those
Hollywood burglars. The Bling Ring gang
did not steal for money but as a bizarre act of
homage to the celebrities that they adored.
They wanted to wear their clothes and take
their drugs: To go shopping in the wardrobes
of the rich and famous. One of the Bling
Ring, Alexis Neiers, had filmed a pilot for a
reality TV show when she was arrested for
breaking into Orlando Blooms house. After
serving one month of a six-month sentence,
she is back at large and planning to write a
memoir. It wont surprise you that she also
records her life on a blog and Tweets. And so
the finger of blame points to social media.
Its interesting to note that teens dont
Tweet nearly so much as they use Facebook
and text. Adolescent Tweeters are twice as
likely to be female as male, which confirms
the suspicion that most Tweeting teens are
simply online followers of Justin Bieber (he
has 37.9 million). Studies of American teens
show that 93 per cent of them enjoy access
to the Internet and roughly two-thirds go
online once a day. Over 70 per cent are on a
social network and 41 per cent of Facebook
users say that they check their account
obsessively. What are they looking at? Over
80 per cent are leaving comments on pho-
tos or updating their banal statuses (theyre
not debating macroeconomics or planning
a bank heist, theyre liking photos of cats).
In all, the evidence suggests that teens are
big users of the Internet but not really into
content creation they dont have a large
amount of original things to say or share.
Thats not surprising: They havent even
started living yet.
Is all of this unhealthy? For some, yes. In
2010, Dr Scott Frank, a physician and public
health expert in Ohio, caused a stir when he
released a study that showed excessive tex-
ting can lead to ill health. A teen who texts
more than 120 times a day is more likely to
drink, smoke or have sex the kind of
things the Bling Ring gang used to enjoy.
Texting so much might suggest that the indi-
vidual has become sucked into a social net-
work that is unhealthily obsessive and com-
pulsive. This can warp the personality.
According to a University of Winnipeg
study, people who text more than 100 times
a day are 30 per cent less likely to say that
being ethical is important to them than peo-
ple who text less than 50 times a day. The
conclusion: Absorption in social media can
turn youngsters into careless zombies. No
wonder the US National Institutes of Health
found that people in their 20s are three times
more likely to exhibit narcissistic personality
disorder than Americans over 65.
But theres a risk that in the rush to con-
demn our teens as an army of the living
dead, we miss much that is good about
social media interaction. For a start, they are
only doing what the technology that their
seniors invented allows them to do. And
long before mobile phones, people had just
as strong a passion for recording their lives
just not the materials with which to do it.
That age-old need to record events is shown
in Plinys account of the eruption of Vesuvius
or Pepyss notes on the Great Fire of London.
In the mid-20th century, mass telephone
ownership expanded our power to discuss
what was going on with each other and
cheap cameras turned millions of people
into journalists. My generation remembers,
with a shudder, being forced to watch hun-
dreds of slides of family holidays projected
onto a big screen in the living room, like a
home cinema. This is Uncle Alf standing
next to the Eiffel Tower. Here he is standing
in front of the Eiffel Tower. And this is him
standing behind the Eiffel Tower... There is
little difference between this and the posting
of photos of Justin on Facebook.
Modern social media allows the shar-
ing of events and, arguably, that has
enhanced them. Rather than just experi-
encing the Eiffel Tour, Twitter encourages
us to think about how we feel about it and
then formulate a pithy comment. Then,
thanks to the Internet, thousands of people
across the world can share that experience
and add their own perspective. Rather than
turning teens into zombies, its possible
that its expanding their ability to analyse
situations critically. Facebook lets them
curate photos of the trip; text lets them
articulate how exciting it is.
Social media empowers us as individu-
als. For the lonely and awkward, its an
opportunity to reach out and connect with-
out actually having to meet in person. We
read much about Internet forums being a
predators playground but not nearly enough
about how theyve helped children build
confidence and make friends.
Of course, its unhealthy to think of a
generation becoming lost in recording the
adventure of their own lives and incapable of
simply living it. When children are sitting in
cinemas watching Coppolas The Bling Ring
and texting the plot to their friends, we
rightly worry that some of the poetry of life
has been lost. But this is the price we pay for
technological change, and as technology
expands individual freedom so it will
increase vanity and self-absorption. Those
teens texting and giggling in the back row of
the Odeon are the future, whether we feel
smiley face about it or not.
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ou probably feel safe in
assuming that pirates didnt
have much in the way of medical
benefits, because the 16th and
17th centuries didnt have
much in the way of actual
medicine the most effec-
tive treatment for gangrene
was a woodcutters ax, a
bucket of hot tar, and a
bamboo reed to bite
down on. But you
would be wrong. In
reality, the crew of
renowned
pirate/liquor mascot
Captain Henry Morgan had
one of the first comprehen-
sive, all-inclusive health
insurance systems in
recorded history.
Before the assault on
Panama, Morgan drew up a charter
for his crew that guaranteed certain
benefits for any man who was
injured in battle. Any one of his
2,000-strong pirate crew was entitled
to 600 pieces of eight for the loss of a
hand or a foot, 1,800 pieces for the
loss of both legs, 200 pieces for one
eye, and 2,000 pieces for total
blindness thats about $153,000 in
modern currency. We assume peg
legs and eye patches were cov-
ered by a joint flex account.
Also, any member of the
crew could opt to receive his
de-limbing payout in slaves
rather than money (we said
they were progressive, we
didnt say they were paragons
of virtue). So, you can proba-
bly go into your boss office
right now and announce that
your health insurance policy
is worse than that of a 17th
century marauding sea crim-
inal. (Huffington Post)
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rying to rob a bank is
never a good idea, but
attempting a bank robbery using
underwear as a mask is even
worse. One French man learned
that the hard way when he strolled
into his local financial institution
in Mortain with underwear
on his head. Unfortunately
for Daniel Anfray, a bank
teller recognised the 56-
year-old and asked
him to put his pocket
knife away before
calling the police.
Earlier this year, a man in Australia
used a similar underwear mask to rob a
service station near Melbourne.
However, unlike Anfray, the masked
thief was successful in his misdeed.
(Huffington Post)
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delay in Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into
their official residence, the site of past
assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts
in the corridors, prompting the
Government to deny any knowledge of
hauntings. Abe has not moved into the
Prime Ministers official residence for five
months since he took power.
The residence, formerly the Prime
Ministers office, was built in 1929 and
was the site of military rebellions,
including in 1932 when then-Prime
Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai was
assassinated. Talk of ghosts
has long haunted the build-
ing, remodelled in the
early 2000s. It has served
as the official residence
for the Prime Minister
and the premiers family
since 2005. (Reuters)
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rom faking marriage certificates to get
honeymoon discounts in the Maldives
to letting children defecate on the floor of
a Taiwan airport, Chinese tourists have
recently found themselves at the centre of
controversy and anger. Thanks to
microblogging sites in China, accounts of
tourists behaving badly spread like wild-
fire across the country, provoking disgust,
ire and soul-searching.
While in the past such reports might
have been dismissed as attacks on the
good nature of Chinese travellers, people
in the worlds second-largest economy are
starting to ask why their countrymen and
women are so badly behaved. Objectively
speaking, our tourists have relatively low-
civilised characters, said Liu Simin,
researcher with the
Tourism Research Centre
of Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences.
Overseas travel is a new
luxury, Chinese who can
afford it compare with each
other and want to show off,
Liu said. Many Chinese
tourists are just going abroad,
and are often unfamiliar with
overseas rules and norms.
When a story broke
recently that a 15-year-old
Chinese boy had scratched
his name into a 3,500-
year-old temple in Egypts
Luxor, the furor was
such that questions
were even asked
about it at a
Foreign Ministry
news briefing.
Other incidents
have attracted similar anger,
including that of a mother who let
her children defecate on the floor of
Kaohsiung airport in Taiwan, just
metres from a toilet. She did put
newspaper down first. (Reuters)
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thnic minority people in Chinas
Xinjiang are far more fond of danc-
ing, singing and being good hosts than
making trouble, a top official said,
dismissing the idea that the far
western region is a hotbed of
unrest. Many Uighurs, a Turkic-
speaking Muslim people who live in
energy-rich Xinjiang, chafe at
Chinese restrictions on their cul-
ture, language and religion, and
the region is frequently the scene
of deadly ethnic violence.
Last month, 21 people were
killed in clashes in the heavily
ethnic Uighur part of Xinjiang
near the old Silk Road city of
Kashgar, the deadliest
unrest since July 2009,
when nearly 200 people
were killed in riots in the
Xinjiang capital of Urumqi.
China says it offers broad free-
doms in Xinjiang, though few Chinese
officials make the effort to learn the
Uighur language or understand much
about Islam in what is officially an atheist
country. (Reuters)
Studies of
American teens
show that 9S per
cent of them enjoy
access to the
nternet and two-
thirds go online
once a day. Over
70 per cent are on
a social network
and 41 per cent of
Facebook users
say that they
check their
account
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f it was already a gargantuan
task to get all sides conducting
and feeding the war in Syria
around a table in August, three
events in the last few days have
just made that task much more
difficult but no less urgent. The
first and by far the most impor-
tant was Hassan Nasrallahs recent
speech in which the leader of the
Hezbollah personally committed
his movement to the survival of
the Assad regime.
The second development
occurred in Brussels where
Britain and France pushed ahead
with their plan to arm the rebels
by forcing a decision to let the EU
arms embargo lapse. That was
rapidly followed by the third
development, Russias announce-
ment that it would go ahead with
deliveries of S-300 anti-aircraft
missiles to Syria although the
decision was more in response to
Israel than to the EU.
As things stand with a civil
war in Iraq that has claimed 300
lives in the last few weeks alone;
with rising sectarian tension in
Lebanon; with Hezbollahs overt
involvement; with the prospect of
more Israeli air strikes to come;
with the re-militarisation of the
Golan Heights it is no exagger-
ation to say that the Syrian con-
flict could spill over a region
extending from the Straits of Hor-
muz to the Mediterranean.
T
he ending of the EU arms
embargo on the Syrian rebels
is a foolish and ill-considered
move likely to lead to more dead
bodies rather than fewer. The
arguments put forward by British
Foreign Secretary William Hague
and his French counterpart show
a serious misunderstanding of the
situation on the ground and the
likely impact of more weapons
being made available to the insur-
gents. Hague believes that send-
ing more arms to the rebels will
tip the military balance so far
against President Bashar al-Assad
that he will negotiate the end of
his own regime. But Assads
forces still hold 15 out of 16 Syri-
an provincial capitals after two
years of war. Sending more
weapons is not going to break the
present military stalemate; it has,
however, already prompted Rus-
sia to say it will ship new anti-air-
craft missiles to Syria. All that the
muddled EU action will do is to
give the rebels the impression
that they might still ride to vic-
tory on the back of massive
Western military intervention,
as did the opposition in
Afghanistan and Iraq. So long as
this hope is there, the insurgents
have no incentive to negotiate.
The picture of the Syrian civil
war as given by British and
French leaders is either over-sim-
ple, imaginary or out of date.
A
watchdog group Tuesday
called on Myanmars Govern-
ment to immediately revoke a
population-control policy that
blocks members of the minority
Rohingya Muslim community
from having more than two chil-
dren, saying the newly revived
measure is discriminatory, vio-
lates human rights and endangers
womens health.
The Rohingya, who account
for about one million of Myan-
mars 60 million people, are
deeply unpopular among the
Buddhist majority, who do not
consider them citizens even
though many Rohingya families
have lived in the country for
generations.
Recently, spokesman Win
Myaing of the western state of
Rakhine said that the 2005 two-
child rule for Rohingya, along
with a mid-1990s rule requiring
Rohingya couples to obtain per-
mission before marrying, would
be enforced in Buthidaung and
Maungdaw townships along the
Bangladeshi border.
Neither Myanmar nor neigh-
bouring Bangladesh consider the
officially stateless Rohingya to be
citizens. Some Rakhine Buddhists
fear that their national identity
will be eroded by the Rohingya
populations rapid growth.
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ecurity forces struggled to
bring peace to a northern city
in Myanmar after Buddhist mobs
torched a mosque, a Muslim
school and shops, the latest out-
break of religious violence in
Myanmar and a sign that radical
strains of Buddhism may be
spreading to a wider area of the
country. The violence occurred in
Lashio, near the border with
China, which is hundreds of
miles from towns and villages
affected by religious violence ear-
lier this year. At least 44 people
have died since March, when
Buddhist mobs rampaged
through Meiktila, violence that
was sparked by a dispute in a gold
shop between a Muslim propri-
etors and Buddhist customers.
Muslims make up about five
per cent of the population but
their presence is visible in near-
ly every large town and city in
the country. The violence of
recent months has strained
Myanmars relations with Mus-
lim countries and has under-
lined questions about the ability
of the Myanmar Government,
which is overwhelmingly staffed
by Buddhists from the Burman
ethnic group, to maintain long-
term peace and stability among
the countrys many other ethnic
and religious groups.
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A
runa Chakravartis novel,
Jorasanko, sketches the lives
of the women of the illustri-
ous Tagore family their
joys, sorrows, trials and
tribulations in the face of the age-old
Indian traditions and customs. The
readers would applaud the extensive
research gone into writing this book.
Yet, this does not make the novel
pedantic. If anything, it becomes all the
more interesting because of the subtle
blend of fact with fiction.
Jorasanko is set against the back-
ground of the Bengal renaissance when
the region was pulsating with ideas
unheard of hitherto be they on reli-
gion, society and politics. The co-
founder of the Brahmo Samaj,
Debendranath Tagore later given the
title of Maharshi became a support-
er of education of women. However, as
Chakravarti points out, for all his
notions of the women uplift, he did not
oppose the tradition of abarodh the
womens quarters from where the
ladies of the family could never step out,
and if at all the need arose for them to
do so, they were carried in palanquins
with its curtains closely drawn up.
The Tagore women mostly
remained within the confines of abaro-
dh, but this does not mean that their
submission to the wishes and com-
mands of their husbands, and other
males of the family, was absolute. Even
as they did not go out of the way to
attack the patriarchal setup, they cer-
tainly werent weaklings, and some of
them resisted the authority of men in
their own way. There are many
instances in the novel when they resist-
ed their husbands if things were not to
their liking. For instance, the wife of the
family patriarch Dwarakanath Tagore,
who built up the Tagore mansion
Jorasanko, even as she did not stop look-
ing after the needs of her husband,
refused to touch him. She spent all her
time in prayer and led a life of immense
austerity. The matter of contention
between the husband and wife was the
formers adoption of the English ways
which made him indulge in extravagant
wining and dining. Similarly, her daugh-
ters-in-law Jogmaya and Tripura Sundari
did not yield to the wishes of their broth-
er-in-law, Debendranath Tagore, and
remained idol worshippers.
But as the novel reveals, it would be
wrong to portray men as absolute vic-
timisers who insisted on total submis-
sion. This is highlighted by one of the
most interesting characters in the novel,
Jnanadanandini Satyendranath
Tagores wife. Jnanadanandini, who
entered the Tagore household at the age
of seven, was encouraged by her civil ser-
vant husband to adopt the ways of the
women in the West. Her personality was
groomed before the watchful eyes of her
husband until she became absolutely fit
to socialise with the British. Jnanada-
nandini was headstrong and had a mind
of her own which made her resolve to
step out of abarodh, something unheard
of in those times. She also tried to influ-
ence other women of the family but met
with little success. But she found a friend
in Swarnakumari, Rabindranath Tagores
elder sister, who, too, wrote prolifically.
However, the biggest surprise was in
store for even Jnanadanandini when her
sister-in-law, the self-effacing Kadambari,
went a step ahead and decided to take up
riding while others looked askance.
The novel captures very well how,
with changing times the attitudes of the
residents of Joransanko, particularly
those who were aging, also changed,
whether they liked it or not. These
changes dawn on the readers subtly with
each successive chapter. The novel spans
the not-so-short period between 1859
and 1902; the narrative shows how the
mindset of each character in the novel
shows a gradual evolution. Perhaps the
most evocative of these changes was the
one experienced by the readers in
Debendranath Tagores unyielding wife
Sharada Sundari who apologised to her
daughter-in-law for weighing her down
with an insane husband. Another simi-
lar instance was the conversation
between dyed-in-the-wool
Debendranath Tagore and his grand-
daughter Sarala as he wished her luck
on her decision to go down south as a
teacher in a girls school; he who had
scoffed at the idea of remarrying the
widow of his grandson, Balendra.
After reading Jorasanko the readers
are forced to conclude that the Tagores
had two sets of rules, one for the
inmates of the family mansion, and the
others for the world outside. The most
palpable were the ones followed by the
open-minded Rabindranath Tagore. To
the posterity Tagore appears a liberal
but some of his decisions concerning
his daughters would disturb even his
most ardent admirers. One is exasper-
ated by the obsequiousness exhibited
by the poet of his stature, which made
him submit to the unreasonable
demands of his avaricious sons-in-law.
The readers are at a loss to understand
why unlike his brother Satyendranath,
he married off his daughters at such an
early age. Also, particularly disturbing
is his negligence towards his wife
whose unforeseen illness did not move
him enough to leave Calcutta and go to
her in her dying moments.
Before summing up, a mention must
be made about some of the most ebul-
lient parts of the novel. It is hugely enter-
taining to read how the elderly husbands
like Satyendranath and his brother
Rabindranath dealt with their little
brides. The incident of finding a mouse
hole for seven-year-old Jnanadanandinis
tooth, which led to an altercation with
her mother-in-law, much to the delight
of Satyendranath, was funny. A similar
exchange between Rabindranath who
patiently tried to reason out with his
young wife Mrinalini as to why she had
thrown away his papers brings a smile
on the readers face.
All those who read Jorasanko will
agree that this book is worthy of the
much overworked term gripping.
Chakravarti fictionalises the personal
lives of the Tagores with an unaccus-
tomed aplomb. The narrative of
Jorasanko is both effortless and elegant
and the author emerges triumphant in
the art of fiction writing.
T
his finely-crafted rags-
to-riches story comes
from neighbouring Sri
Lanka, via Toronto,
where immigrant Sri
Lankan writer Randy Boyagoda
stays. The protagonist Sam
Kandys odyssey, from wretched
beginnings in his forefathers vil-
lage, Sudugama, to his successful
foray into the shipping business,
and eventual return to the village
as its headman, encompasses an
entire age, 100 years to be precise.
Events of the 20th century, span-
ning continents, form the back-
drop for Sams saga, till its culmi-
nation in a glorious burst on the
cremation bier. Hurtling towards
his goals, he is a man in a hurry,
with little patience or respect for
the status quo. It is a world of
shifting identities, adopted names
and rapid social ascent, as old
assumptions and taboos crumble
and new ones take their place. It
is a time when youth can outgrow
the debilitating conditions of
birth, to find fulfillment by mov-
ing away from their feudal past.
Work as a shipping agent
requires Sam and his partner, an
American Jew-turned-Lord
Curzons mythical nephew,
Charles Curzon, to source and
supply labour and services for
ships going out. By the age of 30,
Sam has enough money to buy a
car and employ a blue-eyed
Burgher driver, projected as the
owner since British laws prohibit
natives from owning cars. This
becomes his stepping stone to
the house of the village head-
man, who, unaware of Sams
humble origins, is compelled by
his urbane demeanour into giv-
ing his daughters hand in mar-
riage to the young man from the
city. High born and well-bred,
she exemplifies privilege, denied
to Sam by birth. After consum-
mation, she is returned to the
village, where twins are born.
The father makes up for his
absence by sending back gifts for
his wife and the headmans fami-
ly. Visits are rare.
The celibate marriage to the
trophy wife ends through an out-
burst of rage. It is triggered by her
taunt about his real identity. His
elaborate subterfuge seems not to
have fooled her. He continues to
keep contact with his in-laws and
village after her death. His second
marriage is overly carnal, perhaps
intended to make up for the
abstinence of his younger days.
As a rich man of the world, he
can afford to keep his Burgher
wife in a classy hotel, and subse-
quently, a rented place. That mar-
riage, too, is short-lived, terminat-
ed by phobia and suspicion.
The best is reserved for the
last, when he reaches 60 years,
feeling old and tired, with little
money and no one by his side.
He plans to return to the village
as headman, his father-in-law
having passed away. His two
motor cars, en route to the vil-
lage, collide with a victory con-
voy, proceeding to receive a polit-
ical dissident of Portuguese
descent, back from exile. Sam
appears distinguished and hand-
some, even if his suit is old. He is
induced to join the celebration,
and eventually, the dissidents
unmarried daughter marries him.
He now has fresh purpose to live
for, growing old along with the
wife, half his age, resisting her
efforts to make him Christian,
and spawning a vast brood of
children. It is his time of rest as
his wife manages everything. The
village estate is turned into a pop-
ular tourist destination, replete
with peasants, headman, temple
and their custodians. This is suit-
ed to the new Sri Lanka, long free
of the colonial yoke, and zealous-
ly affirming its cultural identity.
Beggars Feast is a richly lay-
ered story about a person strug-
gling to outgrow his roots, and
after stumbling and fall, succeed-
ing unexpectedly. It is also a
graphic portrayal of a world
undergoing change: Of incessant
coming and going, as the dispos-
sessed of one land travel to anoth-
er for work and better prospects;
of White poor partnering with
Brown poor in business; and, of
the old giving way to the new.
Againsl lhe backdro o a
olilicallylurbulenl Assam,
a young girl named Millie is
delermined lo make her voice heard. She
sends her childhood in a rural selu wilh
seven sislers and lhree anxious malriarchs.
She slruggles wilh orlhodoxy and conven
lion, and goes on lo become a sludenl
leader, somelhing which only oreshadows
lhe bigger role she is deslined lo lay.
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15 years back in a Bangalore BSchool
camus, when Avni meels Sid. Sarks ly
and riendshi blooms. Fileen years laler,
Avanlika is a hiroile journalisl in 0ubai,
and lhen slory lakes a shar lurn.
THE TROUBLE
SHOOTER
Sanjay Shankar
Jufic Books, C195
A
runa Chakravartis work,
Jorasanko, deals with women
in the Tagore household and
how they could make space for
themselves, both within the family
and outside. Debendranath Tagore
believed in educating women but
also kept them in zenana, says the
author, who is inspired by the atti-
tude and achievements of three
women in particular.
Jnanadanandini was seven when
she got married. Despite being from
an ordinary family, before shifted to
the Tagore mansion, she developed
herself as the first modern woman of
India. Women prior to her used to
wear sarees without chemises or
blouses; they just made a knot, tucked
and gathered a ghumta. She was the
first person to introduce jacket. As a
wife of the first civil servant, Satyend-
ranath Tagore, son of Debendranath,
she was bold enough to go to
Governors party on her own. She also
travelled to England on her own at the
age of 26, reminds Chakravarti.
Then there was Kadambari, sis-
ter-in-law of Jnanadanandini. Kada-
mbari was Rabindranath Tagores
muse as well as critic. She goaded him
to perform better. Rabindranaths wife
Mrinalini has been sidelined, but one
cannot ignore her. She was not just an
ordinary wife and mother. She under-
stood that her husband needed space
to read and write, and thus became a
buffer. It was she who financed
Shantiniketan by selling off her jew-
ellery, says the author.
But to get all this in a narrative
was a task laced with challenges. So
much has been written about
Rabindranath Tagore, yet so much is
left unexplored about the women of
his household. Benaglis deify Tagore;
everything on him has been read... I
wanted to write on women. During
my research I found that loads of
books have been written on Tagore,
but not much on women.
Then, there was another prob-
lem. No matter what I read about
women of the Tagore household, it
had everything positive to say about
their lives. I was not convinced
about this dimension. Thats when I
started to read between the lines,
linked one thing with another and
then built the narrative that was not
so positive, says Chakravarti.
The book is a mix of fact and fic-
tion. But what remains true is that the
girls brought to the Tagore household
through marriages were very young,
some of them broke their milk tooth
at their in laws place. They would go
looking for holes to place the broken
tooth for the mouse to take away and
give them a new one. Thats one way
of bringing a daughter-in-law closer
to her husbands younger brothers.
They were friends and family both,
says she. Chakravarti, however,
wants to ward off speculations sur-
rounding Rabindranath and
Kadambari that they were lovers!
This cant be true because it was
Kadambari who chose the bride for
him. To say that she committed sui-
cide because of his marriage is unten-
able because she had attempted to
take her life in the past as well. What I
feel must have happened is that
Kadambari loved her husband but he
neglected her. He was a playwright, a
musician, an entrepreneur, a person
with a lot of activities and enthusiasm
in different directions. There was a
strain of melancholia in her nature.
Tagore was a friend. They both dis-
covered poetry together, and later he
dedicated his work to her. Maybe he
too got busy and gave little time to
her, she says, adding: Women and
men both suffer from melancholia
but traditionally women have led sup-
pressive lives so they didnt have
direction to vent it out. Men went to
whore house and let off steam,
women brood. So the tendency to go
off the edge is more in women.
Kadambari died at a young age of 23.
What impresses us the most
about the book is its simplicity. I
write in a spontaneous way, no con-
volution, and I avoid difficult words,
cant stand it. Even if I have a big
word to use, I ensure I replace it
with its simpler meaning, adds the
author of Jorasanko.
Aruna Clalravarti, in an interview
witl IRAM AGHA, talls alout ler
latest novel ano low it`s oifferent
from otler lools on tle sulject
The unknown Tagores
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emerges lriumhanl in lhe arl o iclion wriling, wriles S0hAL FRAKASh
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You lake a ew selbacks on
lhe chin, like lhe necessary
ains o inveslmenl, beore
you can rea lhe bumer
cro o hainess.
Exeriences aecl your
worldview; a childlike wonder
relurns as you anliciale
miracles, healing in
relalionshis and decisions
gone wrong. A business
inally lakes o deying
slalislics and naysayers; you
are back in lhe reckoning or
romolions. 0icialdom and
adminislralion ose a hurdle
everyday and much lime is
exended in resolving old
langled and uninished
business. 0ues ile u bul
solulions or aying lhem
back also emerge. A lri
lowards wesl has you
alleml damage conlrol as
eole slir u lroubled
walers. Exorlimorl lrade
is hil lemorarily. 0uard
againsl skin ailmenls and
sunslroke.
8urprise oI Ihe Week
Exlorlionisls lry and calch
you in a weak momenl
Tip oI Ihe Week Make a
diicull choice once and
or all
Iurky number 1
Iurky roIour Feach
8esI day Sunday
Iurky gem Fink coral
IdeaI Iood Ale juice
iII Io give halural abric
8esI Iime 1O am lo 2 m
MediIaIion aid Madonna
and child
8IF8
March 21-April 20
You oerale al searale
levels - a real lie and a
more secrelive exislence. u
ronl, all is well wilh your
world as you ursue goals
and ulil obligalions. Al a
deeer level, lhere is
yearning, ear, boredom and
ruslralion where you are
reared lo lake all kinds o
risks lo ind hainess.
Equally inlense are your
levels o exerience wilh
sirilual or occull raclices,
keeing you sellbound.
Secrel exenses, holidays
wilh a urose and a dual
lie beckon some as lhey
wade in dangerous
emolional walers. An
increase in income aords
addilion o malerial
comorls, luxuries or
jewellery. Recovery rom
ailmenls is quick.
8urprise oI Ihe Week You
alleml lo ill a vacuum
Tip oI Ihe Week 0ualily
ralher lhan quanlily is
imorlanl
Iurky number 1O
Iurky roIour Laburnum
yellow
8esI day Sunday and
Thursday
Iurky gem 0olden loa/
IdeaI Iood Lenlils and
saron rice
iII Io give Slale o lhe arl
gadgelry
8esI Iime 7 am lo noon
MediIaIion aid Tibelan
Manlra: Um a| |um vajra
uru paJma siJJ|i |um
Your ambilion is hard lo
quell and you ilch lo gel inlo
mainslream aclion. Your way
is ellered by eole wilh a
more aggressive or less
symalhelic slreak and
nicelies are lhe irsl casually
o rogress. You learn lhings
lhe hard way as old conlacls
lay mind games; dislance
grows belween an old
erormer and a new enlranl
in lhe work arena. Favours
are genlly reminded bul nol
always acknowledged by
olhers. Eslablishmenl and
work laces eel lhe winds o
change as sublle shils have
old loyalisls break lies or
associalion lhal seem lo be
going nowhere. Your desire
lo break wilh rolocol and
rules has you lake a ew
decisive sles. nerlilily
cures are likely; lrealmenl or
migraines, sorls injury and
eye surgeries all bring slow
bul syslemalic relie.
8urprise oI Ihe Week An
onesided relalionshi ends
as you call il quils
Tip oI Ihe Week Feel lhe
angsl o anolher beore
laking harsh calls or aclion
Iurky number 22
Iurky roIour 0ee browns
8esI day Monday
Iurky gem hessonile
IdeaI Iood Coee wilh a
unch
iII Io give wines
8esI Iime 4 lo 1O m
MediIaIion aid Jain
Fratikraman mantra
86III8I08
Nov 23-Dec 23
A ull laller and yel you
have all lhe lime lo do lhe
lhings lhal maller. From
eslablishing a oolrinl,
sharing bonhomie wilh
colleagues al work lo
ursuing hobbies,
hilanlhroy and social
aclivilies o a hay or
serious nalure - you enjoy
lie in all ils ramiicalions. A
connecl wilh amily lakes
lime lo reeslablish aler an
imasse and siblings may
lake lhe longesl lime lo
come around. The irsl sle
is, however, laken. Molives
ascribed lo you in lhe asl,
conlroversy, lainl or blame
are slowly bul syslemalically
erased and your reulalion
undergoes a greal deal o
healing. Cash lransaclions
are risky and deals can
involve raud. The needs o
olhers lakes cenlre slage in
your lie.
8urprise oI Ihe Week A
neighbour acls sellessly or
rovides assislance
Tip oI Ihe Week Acl wilhoul
ressure
Iurky number G
Iurky roIour while and o
while
8esI day Friday
Iurky gem Molher o earl,
oal
IdeaI Iood 0umlings,
momos
iII Io give Frel aarel
8esI Iime G lo 11 m
MediIaIion aid 5ri yantra
wilh corresonding manlra
0eressing verdicls o
eole aboul you is a lhing
o lhe asl and you gel back
selconidence and sel
conlrol. Close and inlimale
relalionshis are healed
deying lhe doomsday
undils, and negalivily and
billerness are shed. nlernal
hurdles sland belween you
and a career goal as you
linger a bil longer beore you
make lhe jum. Youngslers
dive inlo a new career,
comelilive exam or lraining
rogramme loo soon
wilhoul adequale reara
lion. 0ood communicalion is
eslablished once ego is
shed, and once you reare
lhe groundwork, olhers
ollow your lead. A new
admirer hels you develo
your ersonalily lo lhe
ullesl. weighlmanagemenl
and ad diels calch your
ancy.
8urprise oI Ihe Week False
leads, alse news and
misinormalion are designed
lo conuse you
Tip oI Ihe Week Kee a
dislance rom adversaries
Iurky number 1O
Iurky roIour Rose red
8esI day Sunday
Iurky gem Ruby
IdeaI Iood walermelon rose
sorbel
iII Io give Toys, lea or
coee makers
8esI Iime 8 am lo noon
MediIaIion aid 5urya
6ayatri mantra
You are reared lo ay a
rice or eace. Adversaries
arrive in owerul osilions
and while nol all o lhem
lurn vengeul, reconcilialion
isn'l lhe easy olion or you.
Reusal lo engage causes
delays, loss o money and
lime. You are ready lo ul a
blankel on old grievances,
close lhe door on lhe asl
and jusl kee moving
orward. A crilical week or
decisions; nol everylhing is
laced wilh venom bul
sileulness lurks in lhe
doorway. Fackage oers,
conlracls, comensalions,
arbilralions and divorce
selllemenls come in a lake il
or leave il manner wilh lillle
room or negolialion. 0ld
loves are like an emly bollle
o chamagne lhal you
discover you cannol reill.
Take care o your heallh.
8urprise oI Ihe Week A new
romance or lalonic love had
a grealer hold lhan anylhing
lybynighl
Tip oI Ihe Week You are besl
oul o a conlicl /one ralher
lhan showing bravado and
slicking lo il like a hero
Iurky number 18
Iurky roIour Maroon
8esI day Tuesday
Iurky gem 0arnel
IdeaI Iood Figs, beelrool,
u|a| jamun
iII Io give Furnilure
8esI Iime G lo O m
MediIaIion aid Songs o Sui
myslic Alhallaj
Your oen and lrusling siril
is back! 0one are lhe
misgivings and susicion,
deression and desondency
as you come oul o a shell,
oul o shadows in a
mainslream role al home
and oulside. Children are all
sel lo ly as a hase o
rearalion inlo adull lie is
comleled. 0ood news
arrives relaling lo inlerviews,
seleclions, lrade,
conneclions and marriage.
Fersonal ulillmenl comes in
all hues, moslly wilh lhe
amily coming logelher in a
shared rojecl, inally
reuniling or accomlishing a
common goal. hew
relalionshis are ormed,
resh conneclions lurn inlo
lasling riendshis and some
build bridges desile eole
crealing hurdles in love and
romance. herve ains and
muscular ulls ind relie.
8urprise oI Ihe Week Timely
moves or rolesl aclivales a
key change or reorm you
wanled lo see
Tip oI Ihe Week Slay on lhe
alh you've chosen even i il
seems uhill or lonely
Iurky number 24
Iurky roIour Lavender
8esI day Friday
Iurky gem Amelhysl
IdeaI Iood 0raes, runes,
lums
iII Io give Fusion ashion
8esI Iime G m lo midnighl
MediIaIion aid Khwaja
0harib hawa/ o Ajmer Shari
Lighl, harmony, beauly and
soululness are lhe ends you
chase in a heclic week.
Flans are miscarried wilh
eole nol laying by elhics,
honesly or lrulh and you eel
lhe hil comes rom lhose
closesl home. Addilional
resonsibililies dol your
inances as you bail oul
relalives, suorl arenls or
siblings as lhey gel back on
lheir eel. Allenlion and
lender loving care sleers
children oul o lhe morass o
allenlion deicil syndrome or
aggressive behaviour. A
erch you eyed is newly
vacaled al work giving you
an equal oorlunily lo
make a bid. Your eole
skills and qualily o home
lie lays a huge role in
assessmenls. nherilances,
gils and liligalion have
modesl resulls.
8urprise oI Ihe Week
harmony in home lie is
disruled by rumours
Tip oI Ihe Week work your
way u wilh smiles ralher
lhan lalking down lo eole
Iurky number 28
Iurky roIour Minl green
8esI day wednesday
Iurky gem Emerald
IdeaI Iood Thai 0reen curry
wilh rice
iII Io give Communicalion
aids
8esI Iime 5 lo 11 m
MediIaIion aid 5cmct|in
tc 0c|c|ratc by Rosemary
0awson
Anxiely aboul lans, amily
money, lawsuils, adverse
aclions, business risks or
risque behaviour kee you
u doing lhe malh and
making bluerinls or aclion.
And all o a sudden il dawns
- lhe alh emerges clear as
day, and relie arrives as you
discover solulions are
honesl and simle. You ace
lack rom work ressure
grous, obluse members o
amily and dysunclional
layers who misguide. The
week has you arl ways wilh
lhose who serve as no more
lhan shackles - emloyees
or associales in work and
arlners in romance. Loved
ones are elusive and some
slill carry a grudge. Blame
games are ramanl and you
lake careul sles nol lo
usel any equalions. Colds,
chesl ineclions and allergies
bolher some.
8urprise oI Ihe Week
0ierenl eole wanl
dierenl lhings rom you
and your own riends can
be al crossuroses wilh
your goals
Tip oI Ihe Week Acl
indeendenlly
Iurky number 11
Iurky roIour Frosly blue
8esI day Monday
Iurky gem Blue chalcedony,
grey earls
IdeaI Iood Fislachio ku|fi
iII Io give Cheese hamers
8esI Iime 2 lo 11 m
MediIaIion aid 5|iva Furana
uninished business
clamours in your hearl and
mind, craving allenlion. This
week you shed some biller
memories o your own and
hoe or recirocily. Al work,
you gel asl old issues and
dro misguided rage. Finally,
lhere is a resence lhal is
enlighlened and willing lo
show you lhe way - be il
menlors, bosses, leachers,
eole you admire or soul
males. You address
conlroversial silualions
bravely. Eslrangemenls end
in love and lhere is room or
dialogue. heallh o an ailing
relalive deleriorales and you
reare or care giving and
nurluring roles. Jaywalking
and reoccualion while
handling machinery or
driving cause injury.
8urprise oI Ihe Week You
work hard lo converl a
ormer enemy inlo a riend
and mend whal has been
broken
Tip oI Ihe Week unlock
reserves o emolion buried
dee and ind your slrenglh
and direclion rom lhere
Iurky number O
Iurky roIour Coery or
gold lones
8esI day Tuesday
Iurky gem Tiger's eye
IdeaI Iood 5ccji |a|wa
iII Io give Ferume
8esI Iime O am lo 8.8O m
MediIaIion aid Lcvc t|at
vcnturcJ cutsiJc by Rainer
Maria Rilke
You go lhrough a urle
alch. Friends and suorl
aren'l conined lo one
dearlmenl, a school o
lhoughl or a similar
background. 0orlunilies
and conlacls abound rom
laces leasl execled. Your
ollowing is loyal and
suorlive, lhus ending a
droughl o comanionshi or
shorlage o money. The only
hilch is eole close lo you
reuse lo lel go lheir
conlrolling slrings. 0uldaled
codes and lradilions creale
hurdles or singles lill lhey
choose lhe alh o deiance.
A loved one's secrel ballle
wilh addiclions, sexualily or
illheallh can be lhe lrigger
or change. nveslmenls in
home reurbishmenls,
eleclronics and luxuries denl
your budgel bul bring ure
leasure.
8urprise oI Ihe Week
Fedigree els wander o
when unchaeroned, never
lo relurn
Tip oI Ihe Week 0isense
inormalion on a needlo
know basis
Iurky number 4
Iurky roIour Coee hues
8esI day Monday
Iurky gem Carnelian
IdeaI Iood Brownies
iII Io give 0ark/ liqueur
chocolale
8esI Iime 4 lo 8 m
MediIaIion aid 0|rist, t|c
Mcsscncr by Swami
vivekananda
Travel and movemenl bring
comorl and comanionshi
in a week where lhings are
likely lo change ermanenlly.
From shakeus in lhe amily
lree lo changes al work,
reshules in mallers o
osilion and ower lo
rolalion o oice - a cycle
comes lo an end. hol lhal
you are berel o any
comorl. whal is dislincl is
lhe sirilual realily and
solilude lhal surrounds you
even in lhe midsl o lie's
comorls or nalure's
grandeur. 0ils, inherilances,
new sources o income,
granls and ermissions are
all ways lo dislracl you rom
lhe enormily o change as
you begin a new chaler.
You could be away rom
amily, embracing a new
land, cullure or lieslyle
among slrangers. You rid
yoursel o lumours,
growlhs, dead skin or lissue.
8urprise oI Ihe Week A
conneclion wilh a loved one
is allered or slilled
Tip oI Ihe Week Avoid
gelling drawn in ballles lhal
don'l erlain lo you
Iurky number 8
Iurky roIour havy blue
8esI day Salurday
Iurky gem Blue sahire
IdeaI Iood walnuls, rye
bread
iII Io give Anliques
8esI Iime 8 m lo midnighl
MediIaIion aid Teachings o
Sikh 0uru 0obind Singh Ji
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I0808
April 21-May 21
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May 22-June 21
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June 22-July 22
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Oct 24-Nov 22
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Dec 24-Jan 20
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YOURWEEKAHEAD
MEEhAKSh RAh
A
lmost three years now, it is
a rare occasion when one
or the other scandal would
not be occupying centre stage of
print and visual media. But so far
it involved high flying politicians,
bureaucrats and corporate hon-
chos. It is now the turn of our
leading sportsmen to have collab-
orated with the bookies and bet-
ting syndicates, which has earned
bad name to the game of cricket,
so dear to the Indians.
All these negativities have
brought tremendous worry to the
common masses the most, more
so because there is hardly a rea-
soned leader with a vision who
could salvage the nation out of
this murky situation. Some self-
acclaimed leaders did initiate a
fight, which even attracted spon-
taneous peoples support, but
could not hold it long. For, in the
first place, they did not get to the
root of the problem. Second, they
were looking for a quick-fix solu-
tion that could bring them imme-
diate political dividend.
What is most interesting in
all these is that those involved
had already enough of riches in
hand to enjoy the best in life. And
still they did not mind defying all
ethical norms to serve their
unquenched thirst for more and
more. The question now is: Why
greed does not spare even the
highly rich?
Remember: What comes out
in open actually originates before-
hand in mind, which is influ-
enced by what is stored in seed-
form there. The way mind is
framed is what drives ones
thought process, which gets
translated into action. So greed
exists in mind in seed-form
which, given a congenial atmos-
phere, passionately goes for the
kill at the very first opportunity
that comes its way. It is this very
greed element deeply ingrained in
the mind that has been driving
unabated corruption. The impact
of greed element stationed in
ones mind is so powerful that if
left unchecked, it does not spare
even an old man at the fag end of
his life. In one such case, a very
rich old man has been throwing
emotional tantrums to squeeze
his only son, because he is not
capable of targeting elsewhere.
Earlier, the mighty could serve
their greed element with impuni-
ty. The difference now is: A vigi-
lant media and awakened masses,
due to which the guilty are being
charged and prosecuted. But what
is most worrying is that before
the dust settles in one case,
another serious scandal breaks
out. It has almost become an
unending process. With this
trend in the offing, we are head-
ing for a disaster in the near
future.
What is the way out? The
simple answer is: Since the cause
lies in the mind, it has to be
checkmated there itself before
one takes on life. So far, we have
done enough to impart education
and build the necessary skills that
could enable a person to earn
enough. But what have we done
towards grooming good human
beings, imbibed with all the
virtues and noble skills. The fact
remains that we are yet not seri-
ously thinking about inducing
core value system amongst our
youngsters from the early school
days, and because of which we are
heading towards our doom.
Better late than never, let us wake
up to shape our future genera-
tions from the base level.
Had value system been
induced in one of the cricketers
arrested in the spot-fixing scan-
dal, he would have thought hun-
dred times before trying to serve
his inlaid greed. In his case,
money-signifying Venus conjunct
passionate Mars, and both cross-
ing swords with Uranus, Jupiter
and Moon need to be marked.
That speaks of the high level of
greed and penchant for all per-
verse desires that tempted him
into all unbecoming acts. And the
result is there for all to see.
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ASTROTURF
BhARAT BhuShAh FA0MA0E0
How do I fare in the immigration case
due next month?
Juhi
Time runs to your advantage when the
case opens up.
Do I get a suitable job when I enter
the market in November this year?
RC
Your desires are expected to be granted.
How can I restrain external tempting
influences?
Shailesh
Philosophic education and regular
reflection on the core value system dur-
ing meditation is the only answer.
I spend sleepless nights and during
the day I keep drowsing. What is the
remedy?
Gayatri
You need immediate psychiatric help.
Simultaneously, you need to learn the
mind-detoxification practice.
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trust which cant be destroyed.
Thats how the N Srinivasan-owned
India Cements described their prod-
uct in a recent ad campaign. The TV
advertisements featured the one and
only Pamban Bridge, connecting mainland India
with Rameswaram over the Bay of Bengal, as
proof of the power and strength of the cement
sold by Srinivasan who is known more in the
rest of India as president of the worlds strongest
cricketing body, the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI).
As events of the last month unfold, it has
become clear that Srinivasan will have to work
overtime to regain the lost trust and build a
super structure twice the size of Pamban Bridge
for him to cement his place in the game now.
But one look at the journey of India
Cements and you would know why the tongues
are wagging against Srinivasan. The story of
India Cements is enmeshed in shadow boxing,
controversies and ugly boardroom spats.
Behind every fortune, there is a great crime,
Balzac once said. It comes true in the case of
India Cements. The company was launched by
Tirunelveli-born friends SNN Sankaralinga Iyer
and TS Narayanaswamy in 1949 and it had a
modest growth till the early 90s.
That was when Narayanaswamys son
Srinivasan joined the company and turned it
into a never-before growth story. This happened
through a web of astute business sense and a
network of contacts which worked from all ends
political, economical and social.
Prime among Srinivasans contact was his
close friend Thyagaraja Sundaram, aka Murasoli
Maran, nephew of DMK patriarch Muthuvelar
Karunanidhi. Since Karunanidhis children by
his three wives, were not smart enough, Maran
became his eyes and ears.
It is an open secret that Maran, with his
sharp business acumen, managed all of
Karunanidhis wealth. And his friendship with
industrialist Srinivasan helped a lot. It was a
mutually beneficial arrangement. Maran helped
Srinivasan firm up ties with people in high
places, especially in New Delhi, and the
Karunanidhi clan flourished too with mind bog-
gling speed.
India Cements, which sold hardly three mil-
lion tonnes of cement a year in the 1990s, now
sells more than 15 million tonnes a year. The
company commands 30 per cent of the south
Indian market share. Since the DMK was in
power in New Delhi from 1996 to early 2013
(except for a brief period in 2008) as an ally of
both the BJP and the Congress, there was no
looking back for both groups.
While Maran was the political face of this
arrangement, Srinivasan was and continues
to be its financial face.
Down the years and through largely ques-
tionable means, the Srinivasan family ousted the
family of Sankaralinga Iyer from the India
Cements Board and took full control of the by
now C5,000-crore enterprise.
As a personality, Srinivasan is one with a lot
of flair. The BCCI boss is known for his passion
for golf, his zen for luxury cars and his penchant
to host the grandest and most stylish high-pro-
file parties at his farmhouses.
When other industrialists from Tamil Nadu,
like MA Chidambaram, MA Muthiah and the
like, rose in cricket echelons and became BCCI
bigwigs, Srinivasan saw an opportunity in the
game too. As he once said, he too felt the urge to
do something for the game of cricket.
Even his close friends admit that cricket was
never Srinivasans first love. There was never
anything special about Srinivasans passion for
the game. He realised that the BCCI and cricket
were exclusive superhighways that could con-
nect him to power. So, he took the plunge and
there he is now, a long-time friend of the BCCI
boss tells you. Of course, he doesnt want to be
named just as yet.
After all, Srinivasan is known to not forgive
in a hurry. For him, dissidence and opposition
are anathema. He is happy being the monarch
of all he surveys.
Another matter altogether that
he never hesitates in pampering
friends. His guest houses and farm-
houses at Kodaikanal, Coonoor,
Mahabalipuram and the exclusive East
Coast Road have hosted many political and
business leaders, in style which can put the
likes of Adnan Khashoggi and Vijay Mallya in
the shadows.
The sight of Srinivasan coming to meet
Karunandhi at the latters Gopalapuram resi-
dence has often sent chuckles down the media
fraternity. It is commonly known that it is at
Srinivasans farmhouses that Karunanidhi,
Maran and others would unwind and bring out
the best in body and soul. The DMK boss
penned many a story and poem while getting
refreshed and recharged at these properties.
While the previous BCCI bosses confined
themselves to traditional Test and One Day
matches, and some domestic Ranji Trophy and
Duleep Trophy circuits, Srinivasan saw the
Indian Premier League as a hub of commercial
opportunity. Though he was the BCCI presi-
dent, he did not think twice in becoming an
IPL franchisee with Chennai Super Kings
under the India Cements stable.
Those who know Srinivasan also know
that propriety holds a different meaning in his
lexicon. The battery of lawyers on his payroll
has studiously defended him for everything
he has done so far, including the elan with
which he has steadfastly brushed aside all
talk of clash of interest in being BCCI
boss and an IPL franchisee.
Srinivasan, a keen businessman, is
known to consider cricket as much a
commercial product as the cement he
sells. Gone are the good old days of clas-
sical cricket. How to make money on every
second of the game is what has become of
present-day cricket managers, R Mohan,
veteran cricket writer and Indian contributor
to global cricket almanac Wisdens Year Book
says.
Mohan, however, insists that even though
the IPL earned a bad reputation because of
spot-fixing, it has done a lot for the game. I
could see Sanju, a young player from a village
in Kerala, making it big with his performance
in IPL even as Sreesanth was being led to Tihar
Jail. Isnt that an encouraging development?
Not only Sanju, I see many youngsters knock-
ing at the doors of the Indian team, thanks to
the IPL, Mohan says, adding that the greed
of certain people should never be allowed
to take control of the game.
It is not clear whether Srinivasan
will be the BCCI boss by the time
this appears in print, but his hold
over the Tamil Nadu Cricket
Association is unwavered.
But fact also is that the
game seems to be ending for
the man who has had a passion
for all good things in life
flashy SUVs, sleek sports cars,
Savile Row and Armani suits
and, of course, his preferred
number 9001 (all cars he drives
have this registration number).
A recent raid by the Income Tax
department in Chennai resulted in the
seizure of 30 high-end imported cars. It is
said that 18 of these cars were from the India
Cements garage.
Had Srinivasan stayed put as BCCI presi-
dent and kept off CSK, none in the cricketing
world would have questioned him. Most of his
peers and business rivals are afraid of his street
smartness and arrogance. Chennai journalists
never ask questions which he deems uncom-
fortable.
To make the web more intricate or, shall
we say, dissent-proof India Cements has
most cricket greats and officials on its rolls.
Team India captain MS Dhoni, for example, is
a vice-president with the firm.
The India Cements corporate cricket team
enjoys a solid reputation, having bagged most
all-India tournaments. It boasts of a galaxy of
Team India players like M Vijay, S Badrinath
and R Ashwin in addition to MS Dhoni and
Rahul Dravid. Former Indian opener TE
Sreenivasan, all-rounder Lakshmanan
Sivaramakrishnan and V Chandrasekar, too,
don the pads for India Cements.
As for the business empire of Srinivasan,
India Cements of the 21st century is no more
the small-time cement manufacturer of the
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urunath Meiyappan hit headlines for the first time
when he married India Cements owner N
Srinivasans daughter Rupa. The highly respected
AVM family, from which Gurunath hails, has always stayed
away from media glare even though they are one of the
biggest dream merchants in Asia who have launched a
galaxy of superstars and mega hit films under their banner.
The AVM Studios was launched in 1946 by AV
Meiyappan Chettiyar, a Karaikudi-born businessman. The
Chettiyars of Karaikudi are known to do everything in style.
Meiyappan Chettiyar was no exception. All films produced
under his banner, whether in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or
Hindi, stand out for their opulence.
Chettiyars four sons by his second wife Rajeswari
Murugan, Kumaran, Saravanan and Balasubramanian
maintain low profiles though they have always made films
with superstars. The stars hogged all the limelight while the
AVM scions remained happy to be in the backdrop.
The AVM tagline stands for Avichi Meiyappan and is a
brand name commanding immense respect in the film and
television industry. Since its inception in 1945 by Avichi
Meiyappan Chettiyar, the production company has been a
towering name. All these years, the C3,000-crore company
has made only big films.
It has played a major role in launching the careers of five
top personalities CN Annadurai, Muthuvelar
Karunanidhi, M G Ramachandran, NT Rama Rao and J
Jayalalithaa. While Annadurai and Karunanidhi scripted for
AVM movies, stars like MGR, NTR, Sivaji Ganesan and
Jayalalithaa got their big breaks through AVM.
Parasakthi, penned by Karunanidhi, made Sivaji
Ganesan an overnight sensation in Tamil Nadu. Life was not
the same for MGR after starring in Anpe Vaa.Vaijanthimala,
Chennai-born actress, got her break through AVM films
both in Tamil and Hindi. Kamal Haasan was introduced to
films by AVM through Kulathur Kannamma in 1960.
Bhabhi, Chhaya and Hum Paanchi Ek Daal Ke are some of
the Hindi superhits from the AVM stable.
AV Meiyappan and his sons have kept away from con-
troversies. But Gurunath, the third generation Meiyappan,
broke this tradition. While his father Balasubramanian
declined to speak about the saga Gurunath is currently
caught in, family insiders tell you that all members of the
AVM Group are united in helping Gurunath to come out of
the imbroglio.
People in Kollywood speak of Balasubramanians son
Gurunath hanging around the sets of AVM Productions.
Gurunath was the first from the House of AVM to court the
media, initially because of his high-profile marriage to Rupa
and then due to his playboy image and late-night partying.
Rupa and Gurunath were schoolmates who made a
strange match! She an Iyer, hails from a family of industrial-
ists and is an MBA graduate from one of the leading busi-
ness schools in Chennai. Gurunath, a Chettiyar, dumped his
textbooks immediately after school.
What firmed up ties between Srinivasan and Gurunath
was their passion for golf. Both are avid golf players and it is
said that the plush Chennai Cosmopolitan Golf Course
played a major role in subduing whatever reservations the
two communities, and Srinivasan, had against the alliance.
Gurunath is also known to be a racing enthusiast and an
avid collector of SUVs. It was after his marriage to Rupa that
he increased his collection of BMWs, Audis, Land Cruisers
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hose who have spoken
out against the
Presidents expansion of
Government power have
been investigated and intim-
idated.
Barack Obama
announced an end to
Americas war on terror last
week. In future, he declared,
he would restrict the
unmanned drone attacks
that had been his own signa-
ture anti-terrorist initiative,
and he would really, really
make an effort to shut down
the prison camp at
Guantnamo Bay as he
had promised to do way
back when he was running
for president the first time.
Presumably, this pro-
nouncement was designed to
win back the favour of the
liberal media, which has
been energetically disowning
him ever since his adminis-
tration staggered into the
most spectacular series of
Washington scandals since
Watergate. This suspicion is
reinforced by the fact that
buried in that War on Terror
(End Of) speech was an
almost subliminal attempt to
address one of the most
damaging of the White
House embarrassments.
But we must begin at the
beginning, since the
Presidents tribulations
which are infamous by now
in the United States have
received little coverage in the
British press. The most seri-
ous of them was almost too
shocking to be credible, but
it had to be believed because
the officials in charge made
a point (indeed, contrived an
opportunity) to apologise for
it publicly.
It seemed that the
Internal Revenue Service
the US equivalent of the
UKs HM Revenue and
Customs - had been deliber-
ately discriminating against
organisations with the words
Tea Party or patriot in
their titles. In other words,
they had been singling out
for high pressure audits and
super-scrutiny, groups that
were thought to be critical of
the Obama administration.
Those who had spoken out
against the Presidents
expansion of Government
power, or in favour of tax-
cutting, or even those who
sought to educate public
opinion in what they
believed to be the meaning
of the Constitution, were
interrogated and intimidated
in a way that Lois Lerner, the
head of the tax division
responsible, admitted was
absolutely inappropriate.
Inappropriate? The only
word that would suffice here
would be outrageous, or
maybe illegal. The IRS is
one of the mightiest federal
Government agencies. It has
terrifying powers over ordi-
nary citizens that our own
dear HMRC would die for.
And, by its own admission, it
had been carrying out a
politically targeted vendetta
against organisations that
were simply exercising the
right, guaranteed to them by
the First Amendment to the
Constitution, to free speech
and assembly. (This would
be roughly the equivalent to
HMRC engaging in a con-
certed campaign of harass-
ment designed to put Ukip
out of business).
Scarcely anything could
be more antithetical to the
principles on which America
was founded than this abuse
of federal government power
to suppress dissident opin-
ion. With apparently uncon-
scious irony, Ms Lerner has
now invoked her Fifth
Amendment right to refuse
to testify about these matters
before a congressional com-
mittee. Pleading the Fifth,
as it is known, permits a wit-
ness to refuse to give evi-
dence under oath that may
incriminate him. (Back in
the day, it was regarded by
McCarthyites as the tradi-
tional recourse of the
Commie scoundrel unwill-
ing to answer questions
about his political affilia-
tions.)
But the IRS farrago
still happily bubbling away
was then overtaken by
some breathtaking revela-
tions about the administra-
tions infringements on the
freedom of the press. First
there was the matter of the
Associated Press agency,
whose phone records were
seized on an industrial scale
without any of the legally
required warrants or warn-
ings - on what turned out to
be a false allegation that it
was breaching national secu-
rity.
The charge was shown to
be completely baseless, and
the procurement of all the
phone records of APs
Washington bureau was
unlawful. But the incident
left a lasting effect: APs
reporters say that confiden-
tial sources are now reluc-
tant to talk to them for fear
that their phone details will
be captured by surveillance.
So their ability to carry out
investigative journalism has
been seriously damaged.
That was when the faith of
the mainstream media
which had been in Obamas
pocket from the earliest days
began to crumble.
But the best was yet to
come. The world was well
and truly turned upside
down when it was revealed
that James Rosen, a reporter
from Fox News the Right-
of-centre cable news channel
that causes the President and
his allies to rail and rend
their garments in fury
was investigated, under the
Espionage Act no less, for
soliciting information that
was labeled classified. (Note:
it is not illegal or even
particularly out of the ordi-
nary for a journalist to
make such a request.)
This investigation
involved commandeering
not only Mr Rosens phone
records and those of his par-
ents, but his private emails,
as well as his movements
into and out of government
buildings as recorded on his
press security pass. And that
it turned out was a
bridge too far.
The liberal media were
suddenly outdoing each
other in their Constitutional
outrage. The New York Times
(which has been the quasi-
official Obama fanzine) went
into overdrive. In an editori-
al board statement, it said,
with that traditional Times
air of ponderous self-impor-
tance: With the decision to
label a Fox News television
reporter a possible co-con-
spirator the administra-
tion has moved beyond pro-
tecting government secrets
to threatening fundamental
freedoms of the press to
gather news.
What is startling about
this is not just the papers
declamatory judgment on
the White House that it once
unreservedly adored, but its
remarkable willingness to
stand shoulder-to-shoulder
with Fox News, which it gen-
erally loathes. And that
brings us to Mr Obamas
throwaway line in the War
on Terror speech.
Seemingly a propos of noth-
ing, the President said:
Journalists should not be at
risk for doing their jobs. He
had, therefore, asked the
Attorney General, Eric
Holder, to investigate and
review the existing guide-
lines Governing investiga-
tions that involve reporters.
As it was Mr Holder who
signed off on the search war-
rant for James Rosens pri-
vate emails, this presumably
means that the Attorney
General will be investigating
himself.
But how much of this
can actually be nailed to the
White House door? Is there
a smoking gun Obama
email that says: go and get
those guys who are giving
me a hard time? Almost cer-
tainly not. But there was no
need for one: he and his offi-
cial spokesman had been
banging on openly about the
threat from Tea Party fanat-
ics and the obstacle that Fox
News presented to their vir-
tuous reforms, for as long as
they had been in power.
When you cast your
opponents as the personifi-
cation of evil when you
cease to see them as simply
fellow countrymen who have
different values and contrary
views to your own, then this
is where it ends. Who, they
implicitly demanded, would
rid them of these turbulent
enemies? Clearly, there were
plenty of eager officials
ready to try.
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he drones, which fly at an alti-
tude of 150 yards, will be used
at graffiti hotspots in big German
cities of Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne
and Hamburg, a spokesman for
Deutsche Bahn confirmed.
The use of drones against van-
dals is the latest indication of the
growing civilian market for
unmanned aerial reconnaissance.
Over 400 new drone systems are
being developed by firms based in
Europe, according to an EU report
published last September.
The drones used by Deutsche
Bahn cost 60,000 euros each and
are manufactured by German firm
Microdrones, which also markets
the machines for landscape pho-
tography, analysing traffic acci-
dents and monitoring crops.
The drones are a metre wide,
from the tip of one rotor arm to
another. They will be painted in
Deutsche Bahns red livery.
Jens-Oliver Voss, a spokesman
for Deutsche Bahn, said that
because of Germanys privacy laws
the drones would not be used near
stations, or other areas where
members of the public might be
caught on film. The drones will
not be used at stations, but at
places like depots. They can be
used to search large areas, which
are difficult to patrol on foot, Mr
Voss said.
They will be used in combina-
tion with security guards, identify-
ing graffiti-sprayers so they can be
apprehended by security forces,
who can hand them over to police.
Deutsche Bahn is refusing to say
how many of the drones it has pur-
chased.
Removing graffiti costs
Deutsche Bahn 7.6million euros a
year. The machines, which can fly
for up to 80 minutes at a speed of
33 mph, can operate autonomously
or be remotely controlled by a
human operator. The drones
motors emit little noise, making
them ideal for surveillance.
Three years ago, police in
Merseyside made their first arrest
using a drone, which tracked a sus-
pected car thief who attempted to
hide in undergrowth.
ThE EkI EkI
The New Deal for Europe
will free up EU resources to pay for
language courses and fund jobseek-
ers flights around the continent in
search of work.
Germany is increasingly con-
cerned about the need to rescue the
countrys image, and show greater
solidarity with southern Europeans
suffering a prolonged economic
crisis. Nearly one in four young
people in the eurozone is out of
work with that figure rising to
more than half in Greece and
Spain.
Germany, which has the lowest
youth joblessness rate in Europe,
has been criticised for imposing
tough austerity measures on the
south of the eurozone. Protesters in
Greece and Cyprus have heaped
abuse on Angela Merkel, the
German chancellor, waving carica-
tures of her with a Hitler mous-
tache and dressed as a storm troop-
er.
German TV commentators
have even speculated that the euro-
zones troubles are to blame for the
countrys dismal performance in
last weekends Eurovision song
contest, in which the German entry
came 21st out of 26.
Wolfgang Schaeuble, the
finance minister, and Ursula von
der Leyen, the labour minister, will
unveil the New Deal for Europe
alongside their French counterparts
in Paris on Tuesday. Carsten
Brzeski, senior economist at ING
Group in Brussels, said: Merkel
and Schaeuble know very well that
the future of the euro is not just
decided in Brussels or Berlin, but
on the streets of Madrid, Athens
and so on.
High youth unemployment
combined with hatred for Germany
can turn into populism and nation-
alism quite quickly and, in the
extreme case, lead to an end of the
currency union.
Under the plans, finance from
the European Investment Bank will
be made available to encourage job
creation at small and medium sized
businesses. The eurozone debt cri-
sis has left many small businesses
struggling to borrow money from
banks. Officials in Berlin gave the
example of Spains nanotechnology
industry as a highly competitive
sector which is struggling to
expand because of lack of credit.
Job seekers will be encouraged
to move around the continent in
search of opportunity. German
officials say the plans will include
funding for flights and language
courses.
Other countries will be urged
to emulate the successful German
apprenticeship model, while thou-
sands of young people from crisis-
hit countries are expected to take
up apprenticeship places in
Germany over the next few years.
Finance for the plans will come
from existing Government funds
including 6 billion euros (5.1 bil-
lion) earmarked to deal with youth
unemployment in the EUs latest
budget. German officials say the
initiative will be targeted first at
countries with the highest levels of
youth unemployment.
Merkel has invited employment
ministers from all 27 EU countries
to talks in Berlin in July, aimed at
laying out further practical steps.
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GUESTCOLUMN
JAhET 0ALEY
tIe pIoneer
We must stop thinking of the
individual and start thinking about
what is best for society
~ Hillary Clinton
sunday
magazino
l|it
!
Now Dolhi, Juno 2, 2013
GUESTCOLUMN
JEEvAh vASA0AR
T
he man who shot to fame for putting down his Big
Mac to help free three women held captive for
about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to
buy a hamburger in his hometown again.
More than two weeks after Charles Ramsey became
an instant folk hero after telling his story to television
reporters, Cleveland food blogger Michelle Venorsky
said last week, that 15 restaurants are offering him a
free hamburger, whenever he wants it.
Venorsky floated the idea to her followers after see-
ing Ramseys first interview on TV. He was so enter-
taining. I thought he should never have to pay for
another meal in Cleveland again, Venorsky said in a
phone interview. Since his first interview on local TV,
Ramsey, a dishwasher at a Cleveland restaurant, has
become an Internet sensation. The restaurant produced
a T-shirt with Ramseys face and the words Cleveland
Hero on the front, netting $21,000 for a fund set up for
the women, who were held captive for about a decade.
One restaurant owner, Sam McNulty, said the offer
of free burgers to Ramsey is a communal high-five
from the Cleveland restaurant industry.
The eurozone debt
crisis has left
many small
businesses
struggling to
borrow money
from banks.
Officials in Berlin
gave the example
of Spain's
nanotechnology
industry as a
highly competitive
sector which is
struggling to
expand because
of lack of credit
Droning out vandalism
AP
F
or this 41-year-old working
professional, getting up with a
low back ache on most morning
is nothing new. Numerous visits
to the orthopaedic doctors in the
Capital failed to bring her relief.
But then she is not alone. There
are thousands of Indians who
suffer from low back pain, neck
pain and sporting injuries that
arise from going to the
gym. Though many peo-
ple who go to the gym
get injured, doctors say
that to keep the bones
healthy one must exercise
regularly. If one is going
to the gym, make sure
that the trainer is good.
According to Dr
Vivek Logani,
Consultant, Centre for
Joint Reconstruction,
Fortis Hospital, who
treats around 40 per cent
gym-related injuries
between the age group of
15 and 25 years, low
back, shoulder and wrist
injuries are common
gym-related problems.
People resort to short-
cuts for a healthy body.
The result, injuries. Even
people who run or walk
on the treadmill get knee
problems. Very few know
that there is a technique
to walk on the hard sur-
face. Also, before one gets
on to the treadmill, one
must do warm-up exercises,
Logani advises.
Agrees Dr Harshavardhan
Hegde, senior consultant, oth-
opaedics and spine, Nova
Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital.
After osteoporosis, gym-related
problems are on the rise, he says.
The average lifespan is now
75 years. People are living longer
so age-related problems are on
the rise. Advancement in medical
science means that ailments can
now be identified. It is not as if
people earlier didnt
have ortho problems,
they did. They just
went undetected.
Stress and the kind of
lifestyles we are lead-
ing, lack of exercise
and not eating a bal-
anced diet are other
contributors, Dr
Hegde says.
He also tells you
that smoking and
drinking adds to bone
problems immensely.
Though there is no
direct relationship
between drinking and
bone ailments, the
fact that some people
dont eat a healthy
balance diet while
drinking may lead to
problems in the
future.
However, he is
quick to point out that
smoking has a direct
effect on the cartilage.
The idea to
remain thin and have
fair skin are also causes of worry.
The obsession to be fair means
that women avoid sunlight which
leads to Vitamin D-3 deficiency.
Eating a balanced diet will pro-
vide the necessary nutrients and
vitamins needed by the body. But
most Indians dont have a healthy
lifestyle. A walk for 40 minutes
(4 km) daily can help prevent
many bone-related problems. To
help convert calcium from pas-
sive to active 15 to 20 per cent of
our body needs to be exposed to
the sun for at least 15 minutes
each day.
Of course, this doesnt mean
that one has to sit out in the sun.
The same can be achieved by
walking in the sun as well, Dr
Hegde tells you.
Five in 10 adults are exposed to second hand smoking at
home; 29% in public places
43% children between 2 months and 11 years live in homes
with at least one smoker
V
ery few know that its not only active smokers who
are at risk of getting lung cancer, passive smoker are
equally vulnerable. Recently, I came across this 65-
year-old woman who was diagnosed with lung cancer. The
diagnosis came as a shocker, particularly when she was a
non-smoker and had been pursuing a fairly healthy
lifestyle. When investigations were done, it was discovered
that she had been exposed to second-hand smoking (SHS)
for 40 years because of her husband who smoked.
For no fault of hers, the woman is undergoing painful
chemo and radiation therapies, but at the end-stage of the
disease they do not seem to be effective. Out of immense
guilt, her husband has given up smoking, but the realisa-
tion has come too late. If timed better, the quitting could
have saved his wife from the dreaded disease. As we
observe the World No Tobacco Day (May 31, 2013), it is
not just important to discourage youngsters from falling to
the peril of smoking, it is important to do so emphatically.
Second-hand smoking takes place when the smoke
from a persons burning tobacco product or the smokers
exhalation is inhaled by another person who is a non-
smoker. It is found that 66 per cent of the smoke from a
cigarette is not inhaled by the smoker, but enters the air
around us making it as devastating as smoking itself.
Second hand smoke is
lethal because, it has at
least twice the amount of
nicotine and tar in com-
parison to the smoke
inhaled by the smoker. It
also has five times the
amount of carbon monox-
ide, contains higher levels
of ammonia and cadmi-
um, contains hydrogen
cyanide, a toxic poisonous
gas, contains nitrogen
dioxide which is very
harmful and a regular
exposure to second hand
smoke increases the risk of
lung disease by 25 per cent
and heart disease by 10
per cent.
For tobacco compa-
nies, the mantra has
always been to catch them young. The tobacco industry
typically design their activities, keeping in mind youth,
who once fall prey to addiction tend to carry it life long,
adding up to their revenue potentially. All over the world,
tobacco addiction has become one of the biggest threats to
public health. As per World Health Organization (WHO),
it kills nearly 6 million people every year, out of which
more than 5 million are from direct tobacco use and more
than 600,000 are non-smokers, exposed to SHS.
It is important to note that the effect of smoke varied
from person to person. Those who are more sensitive to
smoke might develop cancer within short period of expo-
sure of direct or second hand smoking, while those who are
a bit resistant might evade its perceptible consequences for
quite long. According to WHO, a comprehensive ban on all
tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship could
decrease tobacco consumption by an average of about
seven per cent, with some countries experiencing a decline
in consumption of up to 16 per cent.
As a matter of fact younger people smoke more com-
pared to old people, and the earlier they start, more harm-
ful the effects. This explains the sharp rise in cancer cases,
stroke and hypertension in youth. Therefore all type of ads,
endorsement and publicity should be strictly prohibited.
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halional Forum
on Tuberculosis
kills one
ndian every
lwo minules.
ndia bears
lhe highesl
burden o TB in
lhe world, which is 2 million
annually. This accounls or one
ilh o lhe global disease burden.
TB is lhe cause o exlensive
economic losses leading lo
individual, amily and communily
suering
Lychee conlains GG calories er 1OO gm and il
has no saluraled als or choleslerol, bul
comoses o good amounls o dielary iber,
vilamins, and anlioxidanls. Research suggesls
lhal oligonol, a low molecular weighl olyhenol,
is ound abundanlly in lychee. 0ligonol is lhoughl
lo have anlioxidanl and anliinluen/a virus
aclions. n addilion, il hels imrove blood low
in organs, reduces weighl, and rolecls lhe skin
rom harmul uv rays. Lychee, like cilrus ruils, is
an excellenl source o vilamin C; 1OO gm resh
ruil rovides 71.5 mg or 11O er cenl o daily
recommended value. Sludies suggesl lhal
consumlion o ruils rich in vilamin C hels lhe
human body develo resislance againsl ineclious
agenls and scavenge harmul, roinlammalory
ree radicals.
WONDERFOOD
Ealing
oods
rich in
vilamin
C, culs
down lhe
urge lo smoke. This is because
cigarelles derives you o vilamin
C suly, leaving you wilh a
deiciency which lhe nicoline ills.
Fragrance o dried ruil hels
lower cravings lo smoke
You can also ul some sall on
lhe li o lhe longue, which will
hel you lo kill your urge o
smoking
IT'SBACK!
A new sludy shows lhal
olaloes are one o lhe
besl nulrilional values in
lhe roduce aisle, roviding
one o lhe beller nulrilional
values er enny
Folaloes, in arlicular, rovide one o lhe lowesl
cosl olions or our key nulrienls including
olassium, iber, vilamin C and magnesium
Among lhe mosl requenlly consumed vegelables,
olaloes and beans were lhe loweslcosl sources o
olassium and ibernulrienls o concern, as
idenliied by lhe 2O1O uS0A 0ielary 0uidelines
0ne mediumsi/e skinon olalo conlains jusl 11O
calories er serving and boasls more olassium
(G2O gm) lhan a banana (45O gm)
STUDYCENTRE
tIe pIoneer The diseases of the present have
little in common with the diseases
of the past save that we die of them
~ Agnes Repplier
sunday
magazino
1lil
l
Now Dolhi, Juno 2, 2013
W
ith the change in season come
many problems. Dehydration,
cholera, diarrhoea and other water-
borne diseases are common. When
43-year-old Vivek Kumar landed in
an emergency ward of a private
hospital in the Capital with acute
diarrhoea little did he know that he
would end up in an ICU, that too
for 15 days. He was detected with a
strain of E Coli bacteria in the gas-
trointestinal tract which had
entered through the digestive tract.
Doctors tell you that E Coli
usually attacks the very young and
the elderly people whose immune
system is weak or those who are
undergoing chemotherapy. The
point of entry is either through the
digestive tract or the urinary tract.
While the digestive tract E Coli is
common and can affect men and
women equally, the urinary E Coli
is common among women.
The E Coli pathogen can cause
many problems. While there is no
need to panic if the body is able to
retain water input is equal to
output a visit to a physician is a
must if symptoms like high fever,
bloody diarrhoea, abdominal
cramping, nausea and vomiting
persist, Dr SK Thakur, senior con-
sultant, gastroenterology,
Moolchand Medcity, says.
He tells you that the most com-
mon reasons for E Coli are cross-
contamination (from different
meats and from meats to vegeta-
bles), drinking unsafe water and
eating cut fruit from hawkers. Even
eating out in restaurants where one
is not sure of hygiene should be
avoided.
People dont realise that eating
food being sold by hawkers can be
contaminated. One doesnt know
what kind of water has been used to
cook food, the hygiene standard of
the food-handler and for how long
the food has been left open. There
are so many people who eat from
places even when flies are sitting on
the food. All these are places from
where one can catch the infection,
Dr Thakur explains, adding that
people dont factor in the fact that
when there is no electricity for
hours, the food in the fridge can
also get spoilt, breeding the bacteria
that causes infection.
Seconds Dr Viabhav Gupta,
consultant gastroenterologist at
Rockland Hospital. E Coli-related
infections in the digestive tract are
common, especially in summers.
This is because most people dont
take care when it comes to food
habits and from where they are
drinking water. Even cooked food
kept in the fridge and reheated is a
source of infection. The fact that
water intake in summers increases
also leads to rise in the number of
people coming to us with E Coli
infections, Dr Gupta tells you. E
Coli infections can also be contract-
ed if a patient has undergone
surgery, he adds.
But it is not just the infection
that enters the body through the
digestive tract. E Coli infections can
also enter through the urinary tract
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
being the most common of
infections in women. This is
because, in women, the urethra is
much shorter and closer to the
anus. Sometimes UTI is also
caused due to infection in the blood
which travels to the kidney and ure-
thra, Dr Gupta says.
Other major reasons for UTI is
reduced intake of water, poor per-
sonal hygiene (which goes down in
summers due to scarcity of water)
and holding the urine for long
hours. Burning sensation, pain,
dark colour urine, high fever and
decrease in urine in comparison to
water intake are common
symptoms. The situation
takes a turn for the worse
for diabetics and the elder-
ly. In some cases, the per-
son may even need hospi-
talisation.
If the infection travels
upwards the bladder and
the kidney it can lead to
complications. Also it has been
seen that most people who come for
treatment of UTI stop taking the
antibiotics the minute there is an
improvement. People have to
understand that once the medica-
tion has started, the entire course
has to be taken. If stopped mid-way,
chances of the infection resurfacing
are high. And in such cases, it takes
a very long time to treat it, Dr
Gupta says. Therefore, taking the
full antibiotic course is a must.
Drinking plenty of portable
water (boiled for at least 15 min-
utes), eating freshly cooked food
and reducing eating out can help
prevent infections.
E Coli ineclions are
usually associaled
wilh lhe young and
lhe elderly. however,
lhere are cerlain
slrains lhal aecl
eole o all ages. So
much so lhal,
somelimes, lhey
sread lo various
organs necessilaling
hosilalisalion.
0oclors says lhal
crossconlaminalion,
drinking unsae waler
and ealing cul ruils
rom hawkers cause
lhe ineclion.
ShALh SAKSEhA
lells you more
TIPTOP
FACTFLE
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QShiga loxinroducing E coli
(STEC)-STEC may also be
reerred lo as verocyloloxin
roducing E coli (vTEC) or
enlerohemorrhagic E coli (EhEC).
This alholye is lhe one mosl
commonly heard aboul in lhe
news in associalion wilh
oodborne oulbreaks.
QEnleroloxigenic E coli (ETEC)
QEnleroalhogenic E coli (EFEC)
QEnleroaggregalive E coli (EAEC)
QEnleroinvasive E coli (EEC)
Q0iusely adherenl E coli (0AEC)
TYPES
QFregnanl women, newborns,
children & elderly are more
suscelible lo E Coli ineclion
Qwash your hands lhoroughly
aler using lhe balhroom or
changing diaers and beore
rearing or ealing ood. 0ne
musl clean lheir hands aler
conlacl wilh animals
QEnsure lhal your hands are
clean beore rearing bollles,
eeding inanlsand beore louching
an inanl's moulh
Q soa and waler isn'l available,
use an alcoholbased hand
saniliser
QCook meals lhoroughly
QAvoid consuming raw milk,
unasleurised dairy roducls and
unasleurised juices
QAvoid swallowing waler while
swimming
QFrevenl crossconlaminalion in
ood rearalion areas by
lhoroughly washing lhe counlers,
culling boards and ulensils aler
lhey louch raw meal
Jle I lug
The worst type of E
Coli, known as E Coli
O157:H7, causes
bloody diarrhoea and
can lead to fatal renal
failure. Another
severe complication
associated with E
Coli infection is
haemolytic uremic
syndrome {HUS].
The infection
produces toxic
substances that
destroy red blood
cells, causing
kidney injury. HUS
requires intensive
care, dialysis and
transfusions
0rlhoaedic roblems are on lhe rise among ndians. ShALh SAKSEhA
seaks wilh doclors who say lhal lack o exercise and nol ealing a
balanced diel are common causes or bonerelaled ailmenls
marr0W escae
Q15 lo 2O er cenl o lhe body
needs lo be exosed lo sun or 15
minules daily or vilamin 0 lo do ils
work
Q0ne musl walk daily. 0oclors say
a 4 km walk is a musl or a heallhy
body. one is walking on a hard
surace like road, one musl wear
roer walking shoes lo avoid injury
lo lhe eel and knees
QEgg yolk, mushrooms, ish and
milk are some good sources o
vilamin 0 and should be included in
lhe meal
QLosing weighl is one way o
revenling many orlhoedic
roblems
QEnsure lhal lhe lrainer al lhe gym
knows whal he is doing and is lhere
lo guide you al each sle
FIhT8 T FhE
WI h T8k66 kY (MkY 31)
t is quite a
passive killer
A
propos All crime, no punishment by
Deebashree Mohanty in Foray dated May
26, 2013. Spot fixing and match fixing is
here to stay. This is because the culprits the
bookies and the players who are involved go
scotfree. It is unfortunate that the game that is
referred to as the gentlemans game is no longer
so. The writer has is correct when she says that
there are no effective law to deal with such
cases. The fact that there are so many
departments and paperwork involved means
that the problem has continued and comes to
light time and again. It is high time that the
greed that has crept into the game is stopped at
the earliest.
RL Pathak
A
propos All crime, no punishment by
Deebashree Mohanty in Foray dated May
26, 2013. It is very sad that criminals in our
country are never punished for their crimes. Of
course, betting in games is only one such crime
where the people involved go scotfree. The
writer has rightly pointed out that most of the
players who were involved in match fixing
earlier players like Azharuddin and Jadeja today
are back in the saddle. The fact that
Azhar is now an MP and Jadeja is
seen on TV commentating has sent
the wrong signal to the young players
who think that it is okay for them to
take money to swing a cricket match.
D Singh
T
his refers to No strings attached by
Manjari Singh in Foray dated May
26, 2013. It is sad that our younger
generation is aping the west in every
aspect. In fact, it has been found that
GenX tends to follow all those things
that are bad, probably because to be bad
is easy. Friendship is such a beautiful
relationship. Man is a social animal, we
need friends. It is not good that some
people are abusing this relationship and
going for casual sex. We live in a
conservative society and while people may
have a physical relationship, the truth is
that it is not possible to be emotionally
detached in such cases. I am sure that such
people will have commitment problems in
the future as has been pointed out by
marriage and relationship counselors.
Ritu Aggarwal
T
his refers to Cong up for pre-poll alliance by
Hari Shankar Vyas in Foray dated May 26,
2013. The political scenario in the country has
changed since 2009. Corruption charges have hit
the image of the Congress-led UPA
Government. This has been substantiated by
some recent surveys of news channels that have
predicted heavy loss for the UPA-II in the 2014
Lok Sabha polls. Realising the ground situation,
many alliance partners of the UPA-II will want
to a double take before entering into a pre-poll
alliance with the Congress. Even the present
UPA allies like the RLD may go it alone in the
polls fearing a backlash against the Congress.
Andhra Pradesh is a major concern for the
Congress. In Kerala, the Muslim League will
demand a lions share in lieu of its pre-poll
alliance with the Congress. By contesting by-
polls from Maharajganj, the Congress has
angered even the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav
who is only political leader to join hands with
the Congress at any cost. No doubt the
Congress will have to pay heavy price for all
the scams it has been involved in during the
UPA-II rule.
Manoj Parashar
T
his refers to Cong up for pre-poll alliance by
Hari Shankar Vyas in Foray dated May 26,
2013. Rahul Gandhi must follow Indira Gandhi
rather than Sonia Gandhi as role model. Indira
Gandhi proved to be most powerful Prime
Minister of India. Rahul will indeed do better if
he follows in his grandmothers footsteps.
Mahesh Kapasi
T
his refers to Matter of class by Chandrabhan
Prasad in Foray dated May 26, 2013. How
will it be possible for the OBCs to create an
upper layer within its own community is
difficult to understand. But it is important that
the lower class breaks the shackles of the caste
order and becomes a part of the mainstream
society. In my opinion there should be no upper
layer or lower layer. We are all equal in the eyes
of the law and therefore, everybody should be
treated equally.
Sunil Sharma
T
he question doing the
rounds in political circles.
is: Will Samajwadi Party
chief Mulayam Singh Yadav
wait for a year to fulfill his
ambition of becoming Prime
Minister and let the Lok
Sabha elections be held on
time, or, will he withdraw
support from the UPA-II
Government and pitch for
early elections?
The Congress is not very
sure of Mulayams intentions.
They cant say with
conviction that he wants to
bring down the Government.
Sources say that he is looking
for a perfect opportunity. If
he withdraws support now,
there will no effect because
the Congress has BSP chief
Mayawatis support.
The UPA-II has 240 MPs.
Apart from this, Mulayam,
Mayawati, RJD president
Lalu Prasad Yadav and
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
president Shibu Soren are
supporting from outside,
taking the strength
to 288.
If Mulayam
withdraws
support, the
number will
fall to 265
which is eight
short of a
majority. Mulayam
knows that the
Congress will
not find it
difficult to
muster support
of eight MPs.
Sources
also say that if
Agriculture
Minister and
Nationalist
Congress
Party chief
Sharad Pawar
supports
Mulayams move,
then UPA-II
will be in
trouble. But
Pawar is not in a
hurry, thanks to the political
situation in Maharashtra.
Party insiders say that even if
the NCP withdraws the
support of its eight MPs, the
Congress will manage to
garner support of around 20
Janata Dal-United MPs.
khThY hEXT FM?
Is Defence Minister AK
Antony all set to become the
next Manmohan Singh for
the Congress? Will he
become Prime Minister if
UPA-III comes to power?
These are some of the
questions doing the rounds
within the Congress. The
reason for this speculation is
that Antony has been very
active with party work and
Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi has immense
faith in him. On two
occasions, Rahul has said
Antony is his guide.
Insiders say that Antonys
name has been in the air
since he was appointed
chairman of the committee
to finalise alliance partners
in various States. He has, in
fact, laid a lot of emphasis on
going for an alliance with the
Left Front that has been
given serious thought by the
High Command.
Recently, Antony went to
meet a CPM politburo
member. The Congress may
be able to get Left support
due to Antony who is also in
talks with Lalu. There are
also reports that it is only
because of Antony that
the Congress is still non-
committal in forming
the Government in
Jharkhand.
His biggest asset
is his honesty but
being a Christian
may stand in his
way to the top, a
fact he is well aware
of. That is why he
openly
supported
Kerala Pradesh
Congress
Committee
president Ramesh
Chennithala, a
Nair. By
supporting
Chennithala,
Antony hopes to
get support of all
Nairs if need be.
ThE IkIIT
The
Maoist
attack on
Congress leaders
has raised a question on
whether a larger State should
be divided into two. The
division of many States had
been put on hold with
leaders citing examples of
Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
The recent attack in
Chhattisgarh has put a full
stop on the creation of States,
at least, for now.
At present, the loudest
voice is for the formation of
Telangana from Andhra
Pradesh. The problem is that
Telangana is Left-dominated.
Since pre-Independence, Left
parties have had a stronghold
on the region and even today,
Maoist supporters participate
in movements and rallies for
the creation of Telangana.
Experts feel that if
Telangana is created, Maoists
in the region will become
just as powerful as they are
in Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand. A similar noise is
being made for creating
Vidarbha from Maharashtra.
The Gadchiroli district of
Vidarbha is dominated by
Maoists. If Vidarbha is
created, their activities in the
area will increase.
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Pakistan Muslim League
(Nawaz) leader Nawaz Sharif
is all set to take oath as
Prime Minister on June 5,
2013. But even before Sharif
has taken oath, Indias Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
sent former ambassador and
special envoy Satinder K
Lambah to meet Sharif.
What talks happened is not
known, giving rise to
rumours that Singh may visit
Pakistan soon.
But External Affairs
Minister Salman Khurshid
has said that it is too early to
talk about such a visit.
The talks that have
started with Sharif will
continue and only when
Sharif is in agreement with
what India has to say will
Singh go to Pakistan.
Yet rumour is that a
November visit is in the
pipeline. Sharif has said that
in Pakistan, it is the Prime
Minister who gives the
orders and not the Army.
This means that Sharif has
full control over the Army
and the ISI and an official
invitation to Singh will be
made soon.
6h'8 Eh8hkE ME
Though the Congress has
not started its election
campaign in Uttar Pradesh, it
will do so soon. Like last
years elections, the party is
eying the Muslim votebank
of the Samajwadi Party.
In the last election, it was
due to strategic voting by the
Muslims that the Congress
won 22 seats. This time also
the party is expecting a
similar outcome.
Speculation is rife that
the Congress will rake up the
issue of Mulayams promises
to the Muslim community.
The fact that the party has
raised questions over the
death of terror suspect
Khalid Mujahid is an
indication of things to come.
Minority Affairs Minister
K Rehman Khan has also
raised questions on the
working of the SP
Government and has said
that the Congress has
accepted Sachar Committees
60 recommendations out of
70. He also said that talks on
three more proposals are
under way and will be
accepted soon.
Khan has announced
that in the next session, the
Government will bring the
Waqf Bill so that action can
be taken against those who
usurp waqf property.
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In West Bengal, a
notification has been
issued for the first
phase of panchayat
elections. The
election, slated for
the first week of
July, will prove to
be a litmus
test for
Chief
Minister
Mamata
Banerjee.
That is the
reason why the
main Opposition
party, the Left Front,
has started its attack
on her Government.
The Left has
been claiming that
Mamata may go for
an alliance with the BJP. The
CPI-M leader and former
Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee has, at a public
function, said that the BJP
and the Trinamool Congress
have already talked of an
alliance.
Even Congress leaders
say that Mamata is all set to
return to her old ally. She has
been attacking the Centre on
several issues and this has
triggered speculation that the
TMC is going the BJP way.
But the TMC has denied
all this. This is because it has
28 per cent Muslim voters in
the State whom Mamata does
not want to alienate.
However, Congress and
Left leaders feel that all the
talk of a possibility of a tie-
up (between the TMC and
the BJP), will compel
minority voters to vote in
their favour.
Mkhk'8 ThI khIE
For the past several years
it has been a BJP-Shiv Sena
versus Congress-NCP fight
in Maharashtra. The
Congress-NCP alliance has
always won but this time,
due to Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS)
chief Raj Thackeray, there
may be a triangular fight.
The BJP and Shiv Sena,
in order to counter the
attack fromRaj, is thinking
of forming an alliance. But
there are reports that Raj is
not ready for a pre-poll
alliance. The MNS is all set
to fight the elections with an
alliance with smaller parties.
Republican Party of India
(RPI) president Ramdas
Athavale has joined the Shiv
Sena already.
Prakash Ambedkar,
grandson of Babasaheb
and president of RPI
Bahujan
Mahasangh, has
floated the
Maharashtra
Democratic
Front to bring
smaller
parties on one
platform. The BSP
also has some
influence in
small pockets in
the State. So it
will be right
there in the
race. The SP
also has a
presence in
the State. It
will leave no stone
unturned to leave a
mark in Maharashtra. Even
Arvind Kejariwals Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) has
announced that it will
contest all 48 seats in the
State.
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E
ven Hollywood movies can at times be edifying. Recall the
composition of the police force in any number of movies
or American tele-serials. Inevitably it will be a mix of differ-
ent races. More often than not, it will reflect the demographic
diversity of a particular region or place, registering the impor-
tance of adequate representation for ethnic minorities (or
even non-indigenous majorities!). In the popular crime tele-
series Dexter, the Miami Metropolitan Police is represented as
employing many Spanish speaking policepersons, including
the (female) boss. Miami, incidentally, is referred to as the
capital of Latin America. It is next only to El Paso in Texas in
hosting a Spanish-speaking majority, besides a huge Cuban
American community. In Toronto (Canada) there is an area
called Brampton that has a huge Indian origin populace.
Concomitantly, Indian origin people find wide representation
in government employment, including the police force
(sourced from personal narratives).
While we have ensured diversity through reservations for
historically disadvantaged castes, we have not done enough to
ensure regional diversity in State employment, especially in the
police forces. Take Gurgaon as an example. My rather infre-
quent, and invariably fruitless, visits to the police station near
my place of residence (Sector 23, Gurgaon) have revealed to me
the following: The police force and its ethos is single-commu-
nity dominated, the local interests and interlocking networks of
associations dominate policing priories (not a bad thing in
itself, but troubling when applied to a modern bustling metrop-
olis, which Gurgaon today has transformed into) and a com-
plete disregard for outsiders or the discourse of rational com-
munication. A little research has revealed the same is true of
most other police stations in Gurgaon. Not just police stations,
but most Government offices and utilities.
The argument here is not specific to Gurgaon or Haryana,
nor is it intended to target a particular region. When out of State
candidates for railway recruitment visit either Guwahati or
Mumbai to write entrance tests for clerical jobs, they are heckled
and asked to leave by local chauvinists. Even Delhi has more or
less a homogenous police force. It is not enough to say the
police will be more sensitive to the specific problems faced by
women for the Northeast of the country. Unless women officers
from the Northeast are recruited to the Delhi police at the sub
inspector level, and are posted in vulnerable police stations, the
special sensitivity demanded of the police simply will not hap-
pen. The beauty of diversity in state employment is that it helps
personalise the role of the state, which ultimately is fundamen-
tally important to the delivery of services. I for one do not feel
alienated from most things in Gurgaon my place of residence
has to offer, except when I have to get work done in a gov-
ernment office. There I could be from Timbuktu, for all they
care, little realising the fact that my right to access the service
they offer is no less than that of any other citizen of the country.
The sort of local political patronage that determines sarkari
employment by State Governments, or the closed networks with-
in quasi-Government organisations (including Delhi University,
where I teach), ensure community and inbred influence in
recruitment choices. In the college where I teach, of late there has
been some diversity in the teaching community, and this has
immensely improved the overall culture of the organisation. If
the same story could be repeated among the non-teaching staff, I
believe it would significantly impact the administrative culture of
the college. Unfortunately, however, unlike professionals who are
open to mobility, clerical and office staff grade workers are often
reluctant to move out of their secure territories (due primarily to
cultural and socio-economic imperatives). (The underclass of
course has no choice). This is changing slowly, but can indeed
change faster if State Government and autonomous State-funded
bodies make diversity in employment an affirmed position.
Gurgaon today comprises a multi-ethnic demography,
where pre-liberalisation residents coexist with migrant profes-
sionals on the one end and low wage workers on the other.
The city has been reinvented by commercial opportunities. It
needs therefore to reflect that changed identity. It should no
longer be controlled by sectarian and communitarian inter-
ests. Diversity in Government employment is the need of the
hour for Indias ever-growing cities. Gurgaon could be made
to set the ball rolling.
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I
was in Kohima a few months back and
spoke to a number of youth there. Most
of them want jobs in metro cities like
Delhi, Mumbai or Bangalore. Earlier in
the year, I was in Agra. Most of the hotel
staff where I was staying were young
women from the North-eastern States. A
visit to areas like Shanti Niketan or Sunder
Nagar in the Capital will give you an idea
where the youth from these areas is head-
ed after giving their Class XII exam. Most
head for the US or the UK for their gradu-
ation.
The history of the communities who
migrate has more to reveal. The Jews the
world over are considered most affluent
and successful in any field they work in.
As we all know, people from this commu-
nity are found all over the world. Parsis
came to India during 8th-10th centuries.
They came from Persia (present day Iran).
Parsis are one of the most affluent and
successful communities in India today.
From the Marwar region, the
Marwaris moved all over the country.
They are perhaps one of the greatest
achievers in our country. Indians who
crossed borders from the Pakistan (Sindh
and Punjab) are also one of the most suc-
cessful people in the country.
The Center for the Advanced Study of
India (CASI), University of Pennsylvania,
conducted a study on 20,000 Dalit house-
holds in Uttar Pradesh. The findings of the
study show the Dalit families that have at
least one family member working in the
city is much better off than those who
stayed back. Studies all over the world
show that migration is one of the greatest
paths to progress. Studies also show that
within the developed world, migration
within the country is higher than migra-
tion by people in developing nations.
Ask all those people, non-tribals, who
profess to be championing cause of the
tribals and the most common slogan that
one gets to hear is jal, jamin and jangal
(water, land and forest).
For the tribals, the forest produce,
minerals and land falling in the area where
they live belongs to them and therefore,
the State must pay royalty to them if the
Government wants natural resources. On
the face of it, the demand appears to be
reasonable. But if we continue with the
argument on the same lines, it is bound to
hurt the feelings of many. This is because
the argument explodes against the tribals
when it is suggested that they will have to
live in their homeland and with their own
system of governance. If the tribals were to
continue on this path, it will block their
progress. Moreso, when their culture
teaches them to block everything that is
modern.
People who have forgotten their own
culture and send their children to English
medium schools and to universities
abroad want the tribals to live in forests.
At the same time, any development in the
tribal area is considered anti-tribal.
But were not all the communities in
the world once tribals or lived as nomads?
Didnt all the communities live in forests
once upon a time? Didnt all the commu-
nity speak their own dialects once? Didnt
all the communities have their dress code
once upon a time? Didnt all the commu-
nities have their own musical instruments
once upon a time? Didnt all the commu-
nities survive by hunting once upon a
time?
If thats the trajectory of all the civili-
sations that are considered advanced
today, then why cant the trajectory of trib-
als in India be different? In many discus-
sions, among those who consider that
everything westerner is good, it is asked
why should the State decide what is good
for the tribals. They see all Governmental
intervention as interference from outside.
My question to the people who speak
on behalf of the tribals is what makes
them representatives of the tribals consid-
ering that they are non-tribals themselves?
What right do these people have to take
up the cause of the tribals when there is
not even a single tribal in their group.
India is passing through a very critical
phase. It has changed a lot. Social charac-
teristics of legislative bodies and bureau-
cracy have changed as well. Although
changes are taking place in tribal areas,
these are very slow. People who are fight-
ing for the betterment of the tribals need
to take up issues and work out strategies
that help and benefit the tribals the most.
One of the biggest reasons for the back-
wardness of the tribals in our country is
very slow or minimal level of migrations
to cities. Well-wishers must tell the tribals
that in order to progress and to earn good
money they should migrate to industrial
cities if they have to taste fruits of moder-
nity and development.
All those who have been working in
the tribal areas are their worst adversaries.
By painting a wrong picture of what
modernity is all about, the well-wishers
are scaring the tribals from walking the
path of progress. The cruelty to tribals
must end and State should start playing a
bigger role in their welfare.
Stand unitod to isolato
virus o slamism
W
hen the family of Drummer Lee Rigby spoke to the nation last
week, we watched in absolute agony. Never has there been such
pain and such loss so simply and movingly expressed. They told us of
his love of the Army, his pride in his job, his love of his family, and
their shock and disbelief at his murder. Those words wrung the hearts
of millions. We owe it to his family, and to his memory, to do every-
thing we can to bring his killers to justice and to make sure that no
more families suffer as they are suffering today.
It is hard to say much about the investigation now under way into
the two alleged killers. The law must take its course. What we can do,
however, is formulate a general response to that atrocity on the streets
of Woolwich. Here are some of the main points.
QWe must not give the killers the thing they crave above all the
prize of dividing us. They say they want a war, or, as others have put it, a
clash of civilisations. That idea is bunk, and we can show it.
QTo prevent any such temptation, we must be clear in our heads that
there is no sense in blaming Islam, a religion that gives consolation and
enrichment to the lives of hundreds of millions of peaceful people.
QSo we need to make a hard and sharp distinction between that
religion and the virus of Islamism. This is a sinister political agen-
da that promotes a sense of grievance and victimhood among a
minority of Muslims. The Islamists want universal Sharia law, and
other mumbo jumbo. Above all, they want power over others: And so
they prey on young men who feel in some way rejected by society, and
they fill those young men with a horrible and deluded sense of self-
importance. They tell these people that they are not alone in suffering
injustice; that they belong to a much wider group of victims the
Muslims and that the only way to avenge these injustices is jihad.
These Islamist evangelists have no allegiance to the Western society
they live in and whose benefits systems they abuse: Far from it their
avowed intent is to create a sexist and homophobic Muslim caliphate.
QYou cannot hope to solve the problem of Islamism by accepting
their invitation to enter into some debate or discussion about British
or American foreign policy, even if that were desirable. People who
suggest as much are, alas, playing the game of the Islamists. The only
realistic option is to try to help immunise the vast, innocent and law-
abiding majority of the Muslim population from the virus of extrem-
ism, and at the same time to try to stamp out that virus.
QIt is very important not to exaggerate the plague. It is hard to esti-
mate the number of people who have succumbed to the Islamist virus
in this country, and there are various degrees of infection. But the secu-
rity services would probably put the number in the very low thousands;
and when you consider that there are about a million Muslims in
London alone, you can see how the reputation of a whole community is
at risk of suffering from the actions of a tiny, tiny fraction.
QBut it is also vital not to be complacent, and to understand that the
security services do an extraordinary job of dealing with a problem that
has proved tough to eradicate. There remains a hardcore of activists and
agitators, many of whom were associated with the now-banned organisa-
tion al-Muhajiroun. They cause real difficulties for mosques in London,
some of which have had to resort to long and expensive legal actions to
keep them out. The vectors of the virus may not even make much physi-
cal contact with their targets: Since the arrival of the Internet, we have had
to deal with miserable young people self-radicalising simply by
watching sermons and other material on the web.
QWe need to recognise, loudly and publicly, the good work of the
vast majority of Muslim organisations in helping to crush the problem.
If they are going to show zero tolerance of Islamism, they need sup-
port and encouragement.
QWe need to keep on with the work of the prevent programme, an
initiative aimed at catching the most vulnerable young Muslims, and help-
ing them before they can contract the virus. Prevent has recently been
reviewed so as to focus its efforts on stopping the bad guys from recruit-
ing, rather than just giving cash, in a general way, to Muslim community
groups. But in some London boroughs there is clear and encouraging evi-
dence that these programmes are working saving young people from
the catastrophe of being brainwashed by the Islamists. We need to keep
immunising where we can, and we need to stamp out the virus.
QPeople like Abu Qatada should be put on a plane, and those that
preach hate and violence must be arrested. The universities need to be
much, much tougher in their monitoring of Islamic societies. It is utterly
wrong to have segregated meetings in a State-funded centre of learning. If
visiting speakers start some Islamist schtick and seek either to call for
or justify violence then the authorities need to summon the police.
QThe police need all the assistance they can get. The officers who
attended the crime last week showed exemplary coolness and courage,
and it is a fine irony that one of the firearms squad who helped to
immobilise the alleged killers was a WPC: A fitting rebuttal of the ghast-
ly sexism of the Islamist ideology. I have no idea whether the police
would have benefited, in the Woolwich case, from the powers they now
seek under the Communication of Data Act. But I have much sympathy
with their basic desire to keep up with criminals, and make use of tech-
nology that is now instrumental in solving thousands of crimes.
That is how we are going to prevail in this struggle: by keeping our
heads, by not falling for the tricks of those who want to provoke us,
and by coming down hard when necessary. We know we are going to
win, and they know it, too.
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I
f the BSP has started the race
to woo the Brahmins, its rivals
are not far behind. The tug-of-
war has intensified between the
Samajwadi Party and the
Congress with both
vying to win over
the minorities to
their side
ahead of the
2014 Lok
Sabha elec-
tions. It is
an interest-
ing turn of
events as
all political
parties are
locked in luring
caste votes.
The BJP,
which had hith-
erto claimed
monopoly of the
upper castes, finds
itself in a dilemma as
the BSP, SP and
Congress are potential oppo-
nents today. In the last few years,
there has been a marked change
in the pattern of voting, espe-
cially as far as the upper
castes and minorities are
concerned. The BSP, which
had always propagated the
cause of the downtrodden and a
Dalit party, has widened its mass
base and changed tack from
Bahujan Samaj to Sarva
Samaj.
The BSP chief Mayawati,
who rose to power on the plank
of being a Dalit ki beti, felt the
need to rope in the Brahmins in
order to romp home. She set up
Brahmin bhaichara committees
and distributed
tickets to a
large number
of Brahmins
in the last
Vidhan
Sabha
elec-
tions.
True to
her cal-
cula-
tions,
she won
these
elections
with a
thumping
majority since
all sections of
society, mainly
the upper caste, as
well as the minorities
voted for the BSP.
However in the last
Lok Sabha elections,
the BSP Sarva Samaj
formula failed to click
and the partys
Brahmin face, party
MP and national gen-
eral secretary Satish
Chandra Mishra, fell
from Behenjis grace
and all the bhaichara
committees were dis-
solved.
Now, once again, Mayawati is
back to roping in the Brahmins
and has, in her first list of candi-
dates for the 2014 Lok Sabha
elections, already distributed
tickets to several of them. The
party has revived its bhaichara
committees and is regularly hold-
ing meetings in several districts
in the State. The only difference
is that even other political parties
have followed in BSPs footsteps
and are holding rallies to win
over the Brahmins.
Recently, the SP and
Congress were engaged in a con-
test with each party claiming to
be the bigger saviour of minori-
ties. The Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) also joined the battle.
Meanwhile, the minority leaders
are waiting and watching as all
the political parties are trying to
outwit one another in their effort
to prove that they are better than
their opponents.
Apparently, the opposition
pitch of predicting a mid-term
poll seems to have died down to
a certain extent. Of course, it is
quite a different matter that the
BSP is persistently keeping up its
demand of dismissing the ruling
Samajwadi Party and imposing
Presidents rule in Uttar Pradesh.
No wonder, a political
observer remarked: Perhaps, the
BSP has earned the distinction of
demanding Presidents rule in UP
over a dozen times during SP
Governments 14-month rule in
the State. The blue brigade
marches to Raj Bhawan raising
its demand on any and every
issue, irrespective of the fact
whether it is constitutional or
not. But then, all is fair in poli-
tics.
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Several bureaucrats
are scheduled to
return to their
home State after
completing their
deputation at the
Centre. They are
sceptical about
how their home-
coming would be
viewed. Many
officers are trying
to find out the work
environment in the
State, to see
whether it has
changed
from the
previous
regime when
many senior
officers had made
serious efforts to
move out of the
Hindi heartland.
After making
enquires from different
quarters, some officers
feel that there
has been a
marked change in the political
atmosphere in comparison to the
BSP rule. They feel that there is
more independence as there are
less checks and balances.
Of course, some senior offi-
cers feel that despite the fact that
there is more openness, it is easi-
er to communicate with Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav than
with his Cabinet colleagues.
Anyway, these officers are keep-
ing their fingers crossed and
hoping that all would be
well in the new political
set-up.
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State Congress leaders
are engaged in reorganis-
ing the party in order to
make it more responsive
for the 2014 Lok Sabha
elections. This is because
many leaders sitting at the
Centre appear to be focused
on other matters.
Occasionally, the
Gandhi scions
Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi and
Priyanka Vadra pay
flying visits to the VVIP par-
liamentary constituencies of
Rae Bareli and Amethi.
But for now, Congress pres-
ident Sonia Gandhi and Rahul
are gearing up for the Assembly
elections to be held in a few
States by the end of this year.
So, while the
Congress State leaders
are making efforts to revitalise
their party ranks, leaders in New
Delhi are concentrating in con-
solidating gains in States going to
polls.
L
aws and regulations,
especially the new ones,
need strict supervision to
begin with. There are so
many cases that are coming
to light where the new laws
are being misused. The latest
being the laws protecting
women. Many women have
been using these laws, which
are supposed to protect
them, to file false cases.
Women need to realise that
these laws are there to safe-
guard them. Crying wolf
when there is no need will
only create problems and not
just for them, for other
women as well who genuine-
ly need redress.
My sympathises with
men who have been harassed
by women using the law to
their advantage. A friend
told me the other day how
upset she was with her
daughter who had wanted to
get married to the man of
her choice around eight
years back. A hue and cry
followed but the parents
finally relented and the
daughter was married off to
her dream man. Two years
later, she was back bag and
baggage. She said that her
in-laws were ill-treating her.
A family meeting was called
in and the matter sorted out.
Ten days back, the
daughter called her mother
and said she had left her
husband and her three-year-
old son to pursue a beauti-
cians course in another
town! The mother was
shocked and so were the in-
laws. The daughter told her
parents she had been advised
by an NGO to pursue her
interests. My question to this
NGO is did it look into
the minute details of
whether it could save a home
from breaking considering
that a little boy was
involved? A breakdown in a
marriage in our culture
means breaking many lives
and hearts. The mother of
the girl is very upset by the
turn of events.
Then there is a false
dowry harassment case. My
cousin goes to court every
other day as her daughter-
in-law has filed a dowry case
against them. She called the
cops who took away the
refrigerator, almirahs, TV
and other household items
which the daughter-in-law
said she had brought in as
dowry. The truth, however,
is entirely different it was
my cousin who had bought
all the items. My cousin may
not be very rich but has been
brought up with good moral
values. The daughter-in-law
who works with an NGO
filed a complaint with the
police who swung into
action.
When my husbands
friend got married at 50, lit-
tle did he know how many
troubles would follow.
Working with a private
MNC bank, the person in
question has had no peace
from day one. The woman, it
was learnt later, was only
interested in his money and
thought that the best way to
get it out was to get married
to him and then threaten
him with a dowry harass-
ment case.
With due respect to all
the NGOs working for the
betterment of women, I do
wish they would first probe
the matter and find out what
the truth is before taking up
a case.
As homemakers, women
must teach their children
values what is right and
what is wrong, how to
respect elders and the duty
that one has towards the
family. We are still not so
western in our thought that
we can walk away from a
marriage without hurting
others.
While the laws protect-
ing women are much need-
ed, they should not be mis-
used. Else the backlash will
build up and the truly tor-
tured women will not get
the succour they so badly
need.
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Now Dolhi, Juno 2, 2013
All those working in
tribal areas are their
worst adversaries. By
painting a wrong
picture of what
modernity is all about,
these so-called well-
wishers are scaring the
tribals from walking the
path of progress. The
cruelty to tribals must
end and the State
should start playing a
bigger role in their
welfare
A
re you a movie buff? If yes,
then its a must for you to
have a dekho of the latest 4K
movie experience that is being
offered by cinema halls in and
around the Capital. Its not just
about clarity but also impeccable
picture and sound quality that dri-
ves one towards such a theatre.
With Waves Cinema also going the
4K way, after PVR Cinemas, there
are options galore for film buffs.
Most cinemas today using digi-
tal projection technology use 2K
digital projectors that provide an
image with a resolution of
2048x1080 or 2.2 million pixels. 4K
digital projection doubles those
dimensions to 4096x2160. This
equals 8.8 million pixels, exactly
four times the count of 2K projec-
tion, explains Yogesh Raizada, cor-
porate head of Waves cinemas. He
tells you that studios around the
world are capable of sending prints
that can be used in such projec-
tions. Even Bollywood films can be
showcased by 4K projectors, he
tells you.
From an audience perspective,
4K offers improved quality:
Unprecedented levels of resolution,
contrast and, ultimately, a much
more dynamic, engaging and
immersive entertainment experi-
ence in a movie theatre.
The image is much sharper
and clearer than what you would
see on the normal screens we had
in cinema halls. Many a times, we
end up paying a huge amount for
shoddy picture quality. But with
this new 4k technology, thats never
going to happen, 26-year-old
Aman Thakur tells you. He had last
watched Fast and Furious 6 at one
of these 4K screens and the experi-
ence, he says, was out-of-the-world.
Barco 4K projectors use the
1.38-inch DLP cinema chip from
Texas instruments which can pro-
ject over 35 trillion academy accu-
rate colours and delivers a greater
than 2500:1 contrast ratio. The
Barco DP4K-23B is an ultra-bright
enhanced 4K cinema projector for
screens up to 23m (75ft) and a
brightness of 24,500 lumens.
The Barco DP4K-32B is an
ultra-bright enhanced 4K cinema
projector for screens up to 32m
(105ft) and a brightness of 33,000
lumens. These top-of-the-line pro-
jectors guarantee razor-sharp
images combined with consistent
uniformity, rich contrast and
vibrant, accurate colours thus mak-
ing movie watching an enriched
experience, Raizada says.
In this age of digital technology,
where reels have been rendered
redundant, how is the movie pro-
jected on the screen? Its not com-
plicated at all, or, so Raizada wants
us to believe.
The movie is delivered on a
hard drive. After it is loaded into
the digital cinema server, it cannot
be played until a KDM (key deliv-
ery message) is ingested.
This KDM is a digital key that
is mailed separately to exhibitors.
This system uses a very high-level
encryption method and a particular
KDM only allows a feature to be
exhibited on a particular cinema
server for a specified time period,
he explains.
Although the file size for a typi-
cal 2K/2D feature is approximately
150-200 GB and for a 3D movie
250-350 GB, distributors argue that
the actual file size depends on the
duration of the movie.
For a 4K feature, for example,
the figures will be approximately
double, explains Raizada.
Coupled with High Frame Rate,
this technology is going to take
movie watching to quite another
level. High frame rate (HFR) tech-
nology projects movies at a frame
rate that is twice or higher of whats
seen in todays cinemas. As a result,
viewers see less flicker, motion blur
and stuttered movement.
The improvements to 3D
movies are dramatic-creating ultra-
realistic movie going experiences.
Both 4K and HFR are made possi-
ble by the IMB (Integrated Media
block) installed in the projector.
With an IMB, the content
decryption now takes place inside
the projector, which makes piracy
tougher. The new link between
server and projector/IMB is
not only more secure and reliable,
but also faster, Raizada concludes.
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waterproof Sony Xperia
Z smartphone, Xperia Tablet
Z has been launched recently
in the Capital. This tablet is
dust and water resistant with
a durable glass front display.
It includes Qualcomm
1.5GHz quad-core APQ8064
processor, Android 4.1, an 8.1
MP rear snapper, 2GB of
RAM, 32GB of internal stor-
age followed by an external
card slot too. Sony has incor-
porated its proprietary
Mobile Bravia Engine 2 onto
the display.
It has LED-backlit LCD
display, capacitive touch
screen with 16M colors and
224 ppi (pixels per inch) pixel
density. The display provides
a multi-point touch up to 10
fingers. Its Clark Kent
6000mAh battery provides a
standby time up to 1,270
hours on a 3G network and
up to 10 hours of talk time.
Connectivity options
include GPRS, EDGE,
WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC,
Infrared port and microUSB
v2.0 (MHL). Our focus is on
high-end users who have
experienced Sony products in
the past. Its one touch func-
tions lets users transfer con-
tent seamlessly from HD
tablet to TV, tablet to speaker
or phone to tablet just by
touching them together
Mukesh Srivastava, product
manager, Xperia, tells you.
Sony brings to it an
exclusive access TV of SAB,
Sony Entertainment and
Max. You can also stream
music of international,
Bollywood and regional
songs from Sony music
library. Its X4 videos feature
allows users to play four
videos simultaneously.
Available from mid June
for C46,990.
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onys smartphones have been the ultimate media
consumption devices, and the Xperia Z upholds
that name. Its big, 5-inch full HD screen is bright and
rich in colours, and one can watch quite a few 1080p
movies on it. The 1.5GHz quad-core chip and the 2GB
RAM power the phone quite efficiently if one wants
he can watch full-HD movies and multitask with other
apps with zero lag or stalls.
Talking about the camera, the Z has tough compe-
tition in terms of HTC One and Nokia Lumia 920, in
the camera department. But the makers dont disap-
point. With a dual camera, thiss as good as it gets. Photo
developers may beg to differ vis-a-vis picture quality but
for a normal person, the camera isnt bad at all. The low
light shots had very minimal levels of noise. Even the
bright shots had the right amount of colours. The AF is
fast to respond, and the video quality too, is good.
The 16GB onboard memory might seem a little
less to corporates. Theres a
microSD expansion port
available, that supports up to
64 GB, but playing media
through a microSD some-
times slowed the Z down. The
battery was a little disappoint-
ing. While I could manage an
entire working day on just
WiFi, using audio, video, and
all the social network apps,
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just nine hours on combined usage of 3G and WiFi.
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previous ones. The present specs handle the Android
v4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS pretty well. We got a score of 7537
on Quadrant, which is the same as HTC One X plus
and LG Optimus G. Of course, its quite less than HTC
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QWhat are common mental health
problems in India?
Mental distress exists everywhere
and although there are some broad prob-
lems common across the world, such as
psychosis and dementia, it is clear that
not all mental health problems are the
same the world over.
Inevitably, when any of us decides
whats normal and whats not, we label
behaviour and experiences according to
our own cultures. In India, for example,
we speak to Professor Vikram Patel, a
Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine and the Sangath Centre in
Goa. He doesnt use the word depres-
sion. He talks to people using terms like
tension or losing energy.
QDid you meet Keshava (one of her
patients) in India? If yes, what are your
findings? Is there any hope for him?
We did not meet Keshava for the
programme. However, we did speak to
Bangalore mayor who told us his story
and to Professor Vikram Patel who com-
mented on it.
Last October, he was rescued from a
village near Bangalore. He had been
locked alone in a small room with no
windows or door for more than a
decade. For years, his family had tried to
get him help for his mental illness. As
his symptoms worsened, they found it
increasingly hard to cope and put him in
a back room when people visited and
eventually resorted to bricking him up
totally.
But there is hope now. He is in hos-
pital receiving treatment and his psy-
chosis has lessened, so he is recovering.
However, the suffering of all those years
in solitary confinement will make the
recovery take time. There is still no care
available in his village, so he will have to
go to a rehabilitation centre.
QTell us about your experience in
India?
There is still a big difference between
care available in cities and rural areas.
There is a huge shortage of psychiatrists
and students who wish to be trained.
But there are also people who are
trying to tackle this problem. For exam-
ple, Professor Patel is training communi-
ty health workers to understand mental
health, encouraging them to help people
get the right treatment.
QCan a universal methodology be
applied in treating patients all over?
In some programmes, there is an
argument that mental healthcare needs
to be scaled up in low and middle-
income countries. The debate goes thus:
In the developed world we have a situa-
tion where there is genuine concern of
overuse of drugs and over-medicalisa-
tion of life. In the developing world, its
the opposite. Half of those with psy-
chosis get no treatment and many indi-
viduals are chained or locked up. So,
while we must be cautious, we should go
at least some of the way, so theres better
access to evidence based
interventions for people
with mental disorders.
We also heard from
Pat Bracken, Psychiatrist
and Clinical Director of
the Mental Health Service
in Ireland, who is part of
the critical psychiatry
movement. Although, he
too says there are human
rights issues in some
places when it comes to
mental healthcare, he
fears the globalisation of
Western notions of mental
health. He favours local
solutions and wants to
build on the experiences
of every community to
take into account their
cultural explanation of
mental distress.
QWhat is the reason for so many peo-
ple having mental health problems?
All sorts of reasons contribute to
people developing mental health issues.
These are: Abuse, genetic predisposition,
or social factors. But, we may never
know why a specific individual develops
a mental problem.
QWhy is there such a huge treatment
gap?
More than 90 per cent mental health
resources are in high-income countries,
and around the world four out of five
people dont get the treatment they need.
Mental health is often treated as a
Cinderella service, which means that
resources are often prioritised to treat
physical rather than mental problems.
QDo you think that developing and
poor nations are more prone to mental
problems? Why?
No, there seems to be the same
prevalence of mental problems around
the world, therefore the bigger question
is around how much availability there is
to diagnose and treat them. In many
developing and poor nations, three quar-
ters of the population with mental prob-
lems have no access to services and even
in the developed countries, it is between
a third and a half.
Certain mental health problems are
more prevalent in other countries, for
example there is a much higher preva-
lence of anorexia in wealthier countries.
QWhat can one do to remain mentally
healthy?
There are lots of things you can do,
such as taking care of yourself, or getting
help early if you feel you cant cope. Just
doing simple things that you know
might improve your well-being such as
going for a walk or talking to others
about your problems and how youre
feeling might help. Even practising
mindfulness, which is popular in India,
or meditation can help. It is important to
find things that help you feel better
before things take hold.
However, you cant prevent all men-
tal health problems, which is why its
important to go for treatment early
when you first notice symptoms.
QWhy is it that countries like Japan
have a stigma attached to mental prob-
lems? Did you find similar stigma in
India?
Stigma towards mental problems
exists all over the world, its just that
they vary from country to country.
In the case of Japan, some people we
spoke to, suggested that because Japan
has a very collective society, if
someone behaves differently it
is more noticeable and people
find it difficult to cope with.
Stigma exists in India too,
which is what made it so hard
for Keshava.
QWhat should families do if
a member gets afflicted?
Try to get help for him/her
as early as they can, and make
sure it is from somewhere they
know is kind and wont be
abusive.
QWhat are the mental prob-
lems associated with solitary
confinement?
People whove been in soli-
tary confinement often feel
that it attacks their sense of
identity, because they have
nobody to interact with and
talk to. It is common for such people to
experience panic and fear, and, over
time, they gradually begin to lose their
identity and sense of who they are.
One man we met for the programme
had been locked up for several months
and he spoke of picking fights with
guards to remind himself who he was
and that he was still a person. Once,
these people out of solitary confinement,
they often spend a lot of time in small
room to recreate the experience they
have become used to.
QTell us what you learnt from your
interaction with psychologist Craig
Heaney, who has worked with many
people held in solitary confinement in
the US?
Heaney has worked with peo-
ple in solitary confinement in
supermax prisons in the US
and he has documented a
lot of the problems associ-
ated with this.
Not having a routine
can be very difficult, so
just doing things that
create a routine such as
press-ups at the same
time every morning,
keeping tidy and main-
taining personal cleanli-
ness are good coping
strategies. Doing things to
keep the mind really busy is
crucial. I interviewed a political
prisoner who spent his time writing
haiku, a short form of Japanese poetry,
to keep his mind active.
QWhat role do emotions play in men-
tal wellbeing?
Emotions are central to our well-
being and it is important to be aware
of yours and know how to deal with
them.
Trying to recognise and name
an emotion that youre feeling
can be very helpful and make it
much easier to cope in times of
difficulty. For example if youre
upset with someone, try to
think what you are feeling
are you hurt or angry or sad,
and that can make it easier to
deal with the problem.
QDo you think that most
problems can be solved by
the 'mind over matter' the-
ory?
No, psychological tech-
niques can help people
look at the positive side
and see their situation
from an outside
point of
view, such
as
refram-
ing.
However,
although
these strate-
gies can help,
they wont
solve all prob-
lems.
QHow have we
changed the
way we think
today?
There is a
growing under-
standing about
mental problems
and a recognition
that people can
recover from them.
The stigma is reduc-
ing and people are
taking mental health
more seriously. There
is a wider acknowl-
edgement that if men-
tal problems are recog-
nised and dealt with
then more people can
contribute socially and
economically, so it is
worth for countries
investing in treatment
and services.
50s vintage. It is an industrial con-
glomerate with business operations in
South East Asia and Europe.
Srinivasan has already bought over the
shares held by members of co-founder
Sankaralingam Iyer family as also
those held by his own brother N
Ramachandran, to become the sole
owner of a bullish conglomerate.
But what made Srinivasan launch
CSK? As it turns out now, probably it
was for a full-time engagement for
son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan who
never had any other work other than
golfing and partying.
Indeed, much as India Cements
may deny it, Meiyappan was the
nervecentre of Chennai Super Kings.
Top lawyers may find many alibis to
prove that Meiyyappan never had any
administrative or financial stakes in
CSK but they may have to sweat it out
to explain what Meyiappan was doing
on the CSK desk during the annual
auction of players.
Sooner or later, everyone con-
cerned will have to make Srinivasan
realise that this is just a power game of
a new guard wanting to replace the old
one. Srinivasan knows it, the politi-
cians concerned know it and both are
more or less making statements which
could mean virtually anything
including those by Nationalist
Congress Party boss Sharad Pawar and
his BCCI protgs Ajay Shirke and
Shashank Manohar.
There is more than what meets the
eye in this entire episode of betting
and spot fixing. In this vast but intri-
cate web, Gurunath Meiyappan could
well be just a puppet.
Interestingly, IPL team Hyderabad
Sunrisers is owned by Kalanidhi
Maran, elder son of the late Murasoli
Maran. The Maran family also owns
south Indias largest media house
which has interests ranging from
satellite TV channels, FM radio sta-
tions, newspapers and film produc-
tion.
Then there is the 2G scam, the
Aircel scam, the private international
telephone exchange scam, the
Kalaignar TV-owned by the
Karunanidhi family, the Apollo
Hospital in which a powerful Union
Minister has major financial stakes
and a Congress leader from Tamil
Nadu who has set his sights on 7, Race
Course Road. It is an unending mega
serial inter-linking all these individu-
als, institutions and, perhaps, the
recent incidents too.
A Supreme Court-monitered
probe could bring out startling revela-
tions which may make Srinivasan and
his family look like minions. Suffice it
to say then, there are many more
characters waiting in the wings of this
sordid IPL and BCCI mess, hoping
never to be exposed.
tIe pIoneer
Mental health is often missing from
public health debates even though
it's critical to wellbeing
~ Diane Abbott
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'Don't troat montal hoalth
as a Cindorolla sorvioo'
A sixarl series, The
Trulh Aboul Menlal
heallh, will be aired every
Friday on BBC world
Service Radio. The series,
resenled by leading
Brilish sychologisl
CLAu0A hAMM0h0,
looks al lhe dierenl
alliludes and deinilions
o melal wellbeing. She
seaks wilh
ShALh SAKSEhA aboul
lhe mylhs associaled wilh
menlal illnesses and how
eole in solilary
coninemenl can slay
sane and rolecl
lhemselves
MYTh8
There
is a wider
acknowledgement
that if mental health
problems are
recognised and dealt
with then more people
can contribute socially
and economically, so it
is well worth countries
investing in
treatment and
services
QThaI aII peopIe are
vioIenI - lhey're nol and
in acl lhey are more likely
lo be viclims lhan lo
erelrale violence.
QThaI you ran never
rerover Irom menIaI
heaIIh probIems - lhis
is also nol lrue, wilh lhe
righl lrealmenl recovery
can be ossible.
QThaI Ihey're rare
lhey're also nol,
according lo lhe world
heallh 0rganisalion,
worldwide, one in our
eole develo menlal or
behavioural disorders al
some slage in lie.
and Land Rovers. 0n Sundays, he was
olen seen selling ire lo lhe Easl Coasl
Road connecling Chennai and Fudussery,
wilh his lalesl addilion lo lhe garage. The
second lime 0urunalh's name aeared in
cily labloids aler his marriage lo Rua
was during lhe launch o lhe ndian
Fremier League in 2OO8. l was 0urunalh
who announced lhal soulh ndian mega
slars hayanlhara and vijay would be lhe
brand ambassadors or lhe Chennai Suer
Kings owned by ndia Cemenls.
The glamorous hayanlhara waxed
eloquenl on 0urunalh or hiring her as lhe
leam's brand ambassador. Bul wilhin
weeks, ndia Cemenls issued a oneline
Fress release slaling lhal CSK had
lerminaled lhe conlracl wilh hayanlhara.
Till dale, no oicial reason has been given
or lhis abrul arling o ways belween
lhe diva and lhe CSK. hayanlhara lold a
ilm maga/ine lhal she had gol lhe job al
lhe inslance o 0urunalh Meiyaan.
"Their decision o droing me has been
hasly and highly unelhical," she said.
There was no shorlage o reorls aboul
lhe enlire saga which lhe Srinivasan clan
would nol have liked.0urunalh has also
been a regular in lhe cocklail circuil o
Chennai. Scribes inleracling wilh him say
lhal lhere is nolhing secial or unique
aboul lhis man olher lhan his umbilical
cord lo lhe AvM amily and marriage inlo
lhe Srinivasan household.
"The marriage has done a lol o good
lo him. Feole queslion i he would have
been able lo add lhese many exensive
Suvs and sorls cars lo his leel wilhoul
a arlherinlaw like Srinivasan," a source
close lo lhe ndia Cemenls amily said.
wilh Srinivasan's only son Ashwin
being eslranged rom lhe amily,
0urunalh's slars rose. Though he may slill
nol be on lhe Board o ndia Cemenls, lhe
day is nol ar o when he will walk inlo
lhe boardroom as bolh Srinivasan and
Rua need a male member rom lhe
amily lo lake care o lheir vesled inleresls
in lhese days o hoslile lakeovers and
cororale wars," Srinivasan's close riend,
nol willing lo be named, said.
As or lhe charges o belling and
sol ixing againsl 0urunalh, Ashwin
himsel had come oul oenly againsl his
brolherinlaw. "Bul or lhis malch ixing
and belling, 0urunalh Meiyaan would
have remained merely one o lhe
layboys o Chennai's nighl lie," his
amily riend said.
The biggesl knol which Srinivasan
and 0urunalh have lo unlie in lhe days lo
come is lhe imroriely in lhem owning
Chennai Suer Kings, wilh lhe ormer
occuying lhe osl o lhe residenl o lhe
Board o Conlrol or Crickel in ndia.
Belling syndicales are run by eole
wilhoul idenlilies. Bul 0urunalh, who is
said lo have slaked millions or and
againsl his own leam, will have a lol o
exlaining lo do lo aulhorilies. And only
lhen will he be able lo relurn lo Cenolah
Road, an exclusive residenlial area in
Chennai, where lives nexl door lo MK
Slalin and in lhe comany o a leel o
Auslin Marlin, BMw, Audi, Land Crusier,
0iscovery and, o course, lhe good old
Benlley.
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I
t was the final of 2000-01 ICC
Knockout Cricket Tournament, now
known as Champions Trophy, and
India were on the brink of a historic vic-
tory. They had posted a good total on
board, thanks largely to captain Sourav
Gangulys 117-run knock, against New
Zealand. The men in blue were comfort-
ably cruising towards the title, having sent
back the cream of Black Caps batting
within the first half of the innings and
half the runs were still to be scored.
The remaining batsmen were two-bit-
cricketers and considering the rhythm of
Indian bowlers, it was just a matter of
time. But new man in, Chris Cairns, was-
nt known for throwing in the towel so
easily. Though now a seasoned man, his
rebelliousness then was hard to suppress.
And that proved deadly for India. The all-
rounder fought relentlessly, hung in there,
scored a century and won his team their
first major ICC ODI tournament.
Its been over a decade to that heart-
breaking loss and India has since then
participated in four more editions of the
Champions Trophy never, however,
coming so close to winning the title
(though in 2002-03, India-Sri Lanka
shared the title as the Final was aban-
doned due to rain).
Now that Team India is ready to par-
ticipate in the latest edition of the
Champions Trophy under the charismatic
leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, can
they tick this box? Does Dhoni have a
team to conquer the English conditions
that gave India deep scars in the 2011 Test
and ODI series?
Its a very balanced team. We have
two-three all-rounders and a good crop of
young cricketers, former India wicket-
keeper and chairman of national selectors
Kiran More told Foray Sport.
Its a very important tournament for
us. If we reach semi-final or final, its
going to be a big achievement for us, con-
sidering that its a young team. I think, the
selectors have picked this team keeping in
mind the next World Cup, he added.
Mores former teammate and one of
Indias finest left-arm spinners Maninder
Singh is happy with the team combination
without having high expectations from the
young side. The squad is in its 20s apart
from Dhoni and Amit Mishra.
These are the best boys available in
the country. The selectors have done a
good job bringing them into the team.
Though I am not sure how they are going
to perform in English conditions, I am
hoping they will do well, Singh said.
However, despite all the positivity
around this young side, fact is that it lacks
in experience, especially at the top of the
batting order. Shikhar Dhawan and Murali
Vijay, heroes of Indias historic triumph on
Australia recently, have a cumulative
experience of just 16 ODIs with unim-
pressive averages of 13.80 and 17.81,
respectively. Experience becomes crucial
in conditions where pitches help bowlers.
Former opener Chetan Chauhan
speaks of the value of experience in alien
conditions. I would have wanted Gautam
Gambhir in the side, he said, citing the
experience he would have brought to the
team. Gautam has done well for India in
the limited overs format. His presence in
the team would have made our top-order
formidable, he added.
Madan Lal seconded Chauhan on
Gambhir. H added one more name to the
missing list. They could have included
Gambhir because he is a proven match
winner at the international level. Another
one who should have been in the team is
Yuvraj Singh because these
two guys have done well in
all major tournaments, Lal,
former India medium pacer
and national selector, said.
But More felt that the
side has ample experience.
For me its quite an experi-
enced side. Most players have
played around 80 ODIs and most of them
have also played Test cricket, he said.
Shikhar is, of course, new but he has
played domestic cricket for a long time.
He has more than 5,000 runs in domestic
cricket. For me, Shikhar is a ready materi-
al for international cricket. He recently
played a 180-run knock in a Test match
and he looks like a very confident player.
A person who counts on the domestic
cricket, playing for seven to eight
years you can call him a
newcomer in the team but
he is experienced. After
failing in ODIs earlier, he
made a huge comeback in
international cricket. That
hunger is there and it will
make him prove he is a
quality player, he added.
In England, where the ball
moves both horizontally and vertically,
the biggest challenge would be to adjust to
the conditions since India have only been
playing at home since early 2012.
Adjustment, as Chauhan said, would be
the key to success.
They will have to adjust to the swing
and bounce. In England, its always about
a lot of movement. So, the players have to
make adjustments in their technique and
play side-on. Ones who cant adjust their
game will find it very difficult to play in
England, he said.
More, too, is worried
about batting. The only
thing I am worried
about is our batsmen.
We need to have some-
one like Rahul
Dravid, who can hang
around at No 3. Thats
why Virat Kohli is
going to be very crucial
for the teams chances. But in
swinging conditions, our
bowlers have done well, he
added.
India have a good mix of
young seam bowlers. If
Umesh Yadav has pace to
rattle any batsman.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar can
deceive with his ability to
swing both ways. Ishant
Sharma, with his 64
lanky frame, can extract
extra bounce
from the all
too friend-
ly pitches.
Irfan pro-
vides a good option
for medium-pace all-
rounder and Vinay
Kumar is good
enough to replace any
of them in case of need.
But again, the operative word is
adjustment. Since the conditions are
different from India, the line and length
for the bowlers would be completely dif-
ferent.
The success of medium pacers
depends on how they adjust to the line
and length and where they pitch the bowl.
In England, if you want wickets, you need
to pitch the ball up because short balls
dont move much in the air. They have
good bowlers in Bhuvneshwar, Umesh and
Ishant, Lal said, adding that he would
have liked Mohit Sharma, the Haryana
and Chennai Super Kings bowler, in the
team.
Most importantly, the challenge ahead
will work as a filter. It will separate the
best from the good. Its a good test for
Indian team heading into the future crick-
et calendar and there is World Cup also in
2015. We will know where we stand.
That will help us make changes.
And we need to give
international expo-
sure to young
players. If we
manage to
come out of
it well then
it will be a
good
thing for
Indian
cricket,
More
said.
tIe pIoneer
Some people tell me that we
professional players are soccer
slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give
me a life sentence
~ Robert 'Bobby' Charlton
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8hIkhk hkWkh is earless and aggressive. his 00 career didn'l
lake lhe lighl he would have liked il lo, bul his Tesl debul againsl
Auslralia, where he scored 187, look him lo lhe heighls no one had ever
seen. having regained his lace in 00s, he is execled lo score big
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lo clear lhe boundary makes him one o lhe besl lowerorder balsmen in
lhe limiled ormal in lhe world
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undoubledly lalenled, hIT 8hkMk has lel down his admirers so
ar. hoeully he can lranslale his newly ound conidence aler leading
Mumbai ndians lo FL lille inlo runs in England.
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l's quile unlikely lhal IhE8h kkThIk will gel a chance lo lay in England
bul i such a silualion arises, he is caable o handling lhe lwin
resonsibililies o wickelkeeing and balling. he can bal al any osilion
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6areer 11 1OG 88 17.81 G1.82 O O
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Two back lo back cenluries in Tesls againsl Auslralia have broughl
MkII VI1kY'8 inlernalional career back on lrack. Like his oening
arlner, he loo ailed lo click in his irsl slinl in blue jersey bul now he
has gol anolher chance lo jusliy ailh in his lalenl.
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VIkT khII is lhe backbone o ndian balling al lhe momenl. ndia
like lo have any chance o ulling u a good erormance in England,
lhey would wanl lo have him in good orm. he is lhe only one in currenl
squad wilh an 00 cenlury in England lo his name.
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I8hkhT 8hkMk is young bul having reresenled ndia in over 5O
Tesls and as many 00s, he has lhe exerience lo lead ndia's lalenled
young ace unil in England. his heighl gives him an advanlage in
bouncy condilions
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8hVhE8hWk kMk is lhe new blueeyed boy o lhe ndian leam.
he has lhe knack o exlracling a huge swing bolh ways and conlrol
couled wilh exlremely riendly condilions in England means he will be
lhe biggesl lroublemaker or olher leams
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kMIT MI8hk is among lhe besl legsinners in lhe world. he is one
gulsy sinner who never shies away rom lighling lhe ball. used
roerly, as was roved in lhe recenlly concluded FL, he can be very
eeclive in any ormal o lhe game
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n lhe asl lwo years, ME8h YkkV has emerged as lhe besl ndian
asl bowler. he is jusl nol an exress bowler who also bowls al over
14Okmh. he has lhe abilily lo swing lhe ball bolh ways and deliver
eeclive bouncers lo rallle balsmen
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VIhkY kMk relies on accuracy, oulswingers and legcullers lo
lrouble balsmen. his domeslic erormance makes il nearly imossible
lo ignore him. Though he is unlikely lo lay in England, his resence in
reserves gives ndia a reliable bowler lo all back on in emergency
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In EngIand 5 151 G 25.1G 5.8O 8/4O
kVI6hkhkh k8hWIh is lhe golo man or calain MS 0honi.
The osinner boasls o several lricks in his armoury lo deceive
balsmen. he has maslered lhe carrom ball. wilh his excellenl conlrol on
line and lenglh, he can bowl wilh new ball loo
kVIhk 1kE1k'8
lelarm sin and
yrolechniques wilh lhe
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ndian team heading
into the future cricket
calendar and there is
World Cup also in
2015. We will know
where we stand. That will
help us make changes. We
need to give international
exposure to young players.
f we manage to come out
of it, then it will be good
for ndian cricket
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The selectors have done
a good job in selecting
this team combination.
Though am not sure
how they are going to
perform in English
conditions, would like to
be positive and hope that
they will do well
MANNDER SNGH
The ucoming Chamions Trohy gives ndia a chance lo reare lheir deence o lhe
world lille in lwo years' lime. wilh only lwo layers above 8O in lhe squad, ndia have
done well lo choose a young side or lhe London evenl. AMT ChAu0hARY lalks lo
exerls aboul lheir execlalions rom lhis squad and ils longevily
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lense silualions. he is lhe molivalor when chis are down. he is lhe
leader o lhe young ndian side which is oo/ing wilh lalenl. And lo do
juslice lo all his roles is lhe biggesl challenge or him
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M uns h8 kvg 8 100 60
G5 1O28 78 8O.28 7O.44 O G
8aIIing 6areer
In EngIand
8 78 78 8O 8G.GG O 1
M uns WkIs kvg Eron 8esI
G5 28O2 7O 84.17 4.78 4/82
8oWIing 6areer
In EngIand
8 154 4 88.5O G.GO 2/42
IIkh FkThkh gives
lhe leam a balance,
esecially in ace
riendly condilions. his
allround abililies will be
helul in England
M h8 kvg 8 100 60
12O 1544 88 28.8O 7O.54 O 5
8aIIing 6areer
In EngIand
8 17 14 5.GG 51.51 O O
M WkIs kvg Eron 8esI
12O 5142 178 2O.72 5.2G 5/27
8oWIing 6areer
In EngIand
8 148 8 47.GG 4.O8 2/82
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