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Biz and tech czars lining up

to meet PM Modi in USA
By SATimes Team
New York: A galaxy of business
honchos, techpreneurs, investors
with global giants like Google,
Microsoft, and Adobe have lined
up to meet Prime Minister
Narendra Modi when he visits
Silicon Valley Sept 2627.
More, some 35 CEOs of manufac
turing companies and financial
institutions have a date with him
during a Make in India event in
New York after he touches down
here Sept 23. Diplomatic sources
have confirmed that Satya Nadella,
CEO of $93billion Microsoft, John
T Chambers, executive chairman of
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US to admit 10,000
Syrian refugees
as exodus to
Europe worsens
EU to take a few hundred thousand
asylum seekers, but millions are
fleeing wartorn Syria & Iraq.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting business chiefs

during his visit to America last year.
Harendra Singh pleads not guilty

to federal charges
Hicksville, NY: Prominent Long Island
thinks he is a linchpin to political cor
based Indian American restaurateur
ruption in Nassau County. But I have
Harendra Singh, indicted on charges
told them numerous times that he does
mainly of bribing a Town of Oyster Bay
n't have the information that they
official, underreporting his income and
want." The former TOBay deputy attor
underpaying taxes, and inflating insur
ney Frederick Mei, to whom Singh
ance claim for his damaged restaurant,
allegedly paid kickbacks for securing
has pleaded not guilty.
loan and the town guarantees, has
Arraigned on Wednesday in federal
resigned. "A bad apple", Town
court in Central Islip, NY, he was
Supervisor John Venditto called him. It
released on a conditional bail the same
was also stated that H. Singhs company,
Prominent Restaurateur
evening.
Singh Hospitality, is current with their
Harendra Singh
Despite the hype created by a leading
financial obligations to the Town and
local daily newspaper for over a month featuring Mortgage Bankers.
Singh on the front page many times over Singhs
Incidentally, despite the alleged financial misrepre
dealings with local politicians, no elected official of sentations, doubts and suspicions created by the
Town of Oyster Bay (TOBay) or Nassau County has media reports about Singh, neither the Town nor the
been implicated. Harendra Singh is accused of brib mortgage banker has incurred any loss to date.
ing a deputy attorney at the TOBay, in exchange of There is no risk to the citizens of TOBay, said the
favors received, besides charges on understating rev attorney of Harendra Singh.
enue, laborwages dispute, and recipient of excessive
The case against Singh has been brought out by
reimbursements in a claim from FEMA for the losses the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
at Water's Edge restaurant in Long Island City dur and investigated by the FBI and IRS criminal unit.
ing Hurricane Sandy. Will Singh sing? asked the
Sing h Hospitality restaurants include H.R.
daily in an editorial Thursday.
Singleton's in Bethpage, the Woodlands in Woodbury
Joseph Conway, the attorney for Harendra Singh, on the Town of Oyster Bay golf course, concessions
said Wednesday in the court room, "The government on Town beaches, besides Water's Edge.
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SELF HELP 27
A Syrian refugee runs after entering Hungary from Serbia through a

barbed wire fence, on the border near Roszke. (AP Photo)
Washington: President Barack
Obama has ordered at least
10,000 Syrian re fugees to be
admitted in the country next year,
the White House said Thursday,
amid criticism that the US has not
done enough.
Spokesman Josh Earnest said
Obama had asked staf f to "scale
up" the number of refugee admis
sions from around 1,500 in this
fiscal year, to 10,000 in the next,
beginning October 1. With global
public opinion shocked by images
of drowning refugees, the United
States is under political pressure
to act quickly. The United States
currently accepts around 70,000
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refugees from conflicts and perse

cution each year, but has been
slow to accept Syrians.
An est imated four million
Syrians have fled during four years
of war.
Meanwhile in Europe, thousands
of weary refugees have continued
to desperately make their way
across the EU borders, as EU lead
ers ramp up the debate about how
many people each member state
should accept.
Germany seems to be the most
welcoming and most sought after.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has
called for quotas to be set for each
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Democracy and secularism will always prevail in India

Prof. P.J. Kurien, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, addressed an INOC event in NYC.
New York: Democracy and secu
larism are bedrocks for a stable
India and it will always prevail,
said Prof. P.J. Kurien, Deputy
Chairman of Rajya Sabha, in a
meet ing Sept 3 org anized by
Indian National Overseas Congress,
USA at Worlds Fair Marina in New
York. He was on a visit to attend
the World Conference of Speakers
of Parliament at the UN.
Federalism, democracy and sec
ularism complement each other
and one cannot exist without the
other. If one is destroyed, India as
we know it will cease to exist. We
find strength in diversity and if
anyone feels that we can do better
without recognizing that funda
mental reality, it is like swimming
Prof. P.J. Kurien was felicitated by INOC leaders.

in an unknown ocean. I do not
want to blame anybody for the cur
rent stalemate in Parliament, but I
am certain things will be sorted
out in the near future. I am hopeful
that GST (goods and services tax)
Jhumpa Lahiri receives

National Humanities Medal
from President Obama
Washington: President Barack
Obama honoured IndianAmerican
Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa
Lahiri with the prestigious 2014
National Medal of Arts and the
Humanities in recognition of her
enlarging the human story.
First Lady Michelle Obama was
also present at the awards ceremo
ny at White House Thursday after
noon even as other recipients of
the arts and humanities medals
included master of horror author
Stephen King, and actress Sally
Field.
In her works of fiction, Dr Lahiri
has illuminated the Indian
American experience in beautifully
wrought narratives of estrange
ment and belonging, the White
House said.
Lahiris debut short story collec
t ion Interpreter of Maladies
(1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction, and her first
novel, The Namesake (2003), was
adapted into the popular film of
the same name. She was born
Nilanjana Sudeshna but goes by
her nickname (or in Bengali, her
"Daak naam") Jhumpa. Her book
The Lowland, published in 2013,
was a nominee for the Man Booker
Prize and the National Book Award
Celebrated author
Jhumpa Lahiri
for Fiction. She is currently a pro
fessor of creat ive writ ing at
Princeton University.
The National Medal of Arts is
considered the US governments
highest award given to artists and
arts patrons. T he Nat ional
Humanities Medal honors individ
uals or groups whose work have
deepened the nations understand
ing of the humanities.
bill will be passed soon. It was the

Congress Party which brought the
bill first to the Parliament and now
that the Government has with
drawn the amendments to the
Land Acquisition Act, I am expect
ing more productive sessions in

the future, Kurien, a Congress
leader, cont inued. India has
always been a beacon for spiritual
and philosophical thought and it is
the duty of every Indian to pre
serve and protect that great legacy.
Since Independence, we have made
enormous prog ress. Cong ress
party has given a strong institu
tional foundation for India and
made it easier for anyone else to
build upon it. When Dr. Manmohan
Singh was the Prime Minister,
India was in the 10th place eco
nomically and today we are at the
3rd place and undoubtedly the
policies enunciated by the
Congress Party have apparently a
lot to do with it, he continued.
Prof. Kurien was praised by INOC

leaders for his unanimous election
as Deputy Chairman of Rajya
Sabha. George Abraham, INOC
Chairman, reminded the audience
how Dr. Manmohan Singh said
Prof. Kurien will conduct the pro
ceedings of the Upper House with
aplomb.
He is known for his nononsense
approach and uprightness in con
ducting the legislative af fairs of
the nation, Abraham added. Juned
Qazi, INOC President, implored
Kurien for a more vibrant dialogue
between Congress party and the
diaspora. He also paid a tribute to
George Abraham for his decade
long service under the banner of
INOC.
Founder of TeleBrands to be
honored with Lifetime
Achievement Award
Fairfield, NJ: T he Electronic

Retailing Association (ERA) has
announced that A.J. Khubani,
Indian American founder and
CEO of TeleBrands Corporation,
will be honored with the 2015
ERA Lifetime Achievement Award
during a special presentation at
the Moxie Awards Gala next
month in Las Vegas.
T he signature event of the
association's annual ERA D2C
convention is set for Oct. 68 and
is the industry's largest annual
gathering for the global directto
consumer category.
The Moxie Awards honors the
year's best direct response televi
sion campaigns covering cate
gories spanning every aspect of
the industry including television,
radio, online and multichannel.
The ERA Lifetime Achievement
Award goes to a member whose
career achievements have had a
profound impact on the industry.
Khubani founded TeleBrands
Corporation in 1983. The compa
ny features wellknown products,
such as the PedEgg, Hurricane
Spin Mop and the Pocket Hose,
and has a 32year history of such
hits as Ambervision sunglasses,
A.J. Khubani, founder and CEO

of New Jersey based
TeleBrands Corp.
Smart Mop, Safety Can, Static
Duster, Audubon Bird Clo ck,
Abflex and Windshield Wonder,
to name a few.
TeleBrands has successfully
launched over 200 hit products
over the years, the most in the
history of the DRTV industry,
according to J.W. Greensheets, a
leading industry monitoring serv

ice.
Khubani is credited w ith
designing the wellknown, red
"As Seen on TV" logo that was
used for the first time on his
Ambervision retail package, the
product that started it all for
TeleBrands.
Khubani appears regularly on
major national media and his
extensive on camera experience
led to his being cast as a featured
guest star on the Discovery
Channel hit show Pitchmen.
Khubani travels across the coun
try for Te leBrands Inventors
Days, meeting athome inventors
via consumer product pitcha
thons.
Khubani is also a member of
the Foundat ion for Free
Enterprise's Hall of Fame, and the
New Jersey Advertising Hall of
Fame.
In his spare time, he raises
money for Children's Hope India;
serves on the boards of ARC, the
UIA, and the Business Advisory
Board at Montclair State
University; and has chaired the
Entrepreneurial Engineering pro
gram at Princeton University.
US to admit 10,000 Syrian...

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EU country to take a share of displaced peo
ple, including from Syria. Germany expects
the overall asylum requests to soar above
the current U.N. count of 98,700 from
Syrians alone. There could be 800,000 appli
cations for asylum in Germany this year, and
the country could take 500,000 refugees
annually for several years, Vice Chancellor
Sigmar Gabriel has said. But on Hungary's
border with Serbia, fear and fatigue have
overcome many of the refugees, as Budapest
prepared to deploy its military to bolster its
border and stop people from crossing. The
landlocked central European state is also
building a fence to keep the refugees out,
but it did not stop hundreds of refugees from
scaling the fences and making their way into
the country on Wednesday. Turkey already
has almost 2 million refugees and Lebanon
over one million
Biz and tech czars lining up to...
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$47billion CISCO Technology, Paul Jacobs
of $27billion Qualcomm, $66billion
Googles top honchos Eric Schmidt and
Sundar Pichai, exGoogle billionaire Ram
Shriram, and Shantanu Narayen, CEO of $5
billion Adobe Systems, will meet Modi on the
West Coast. The PMs delegation will be led
by Naren Gupta, cofounder of Nexus
Venture Partners.
Only the second Indian Prime Minister to
visit Bay Area after Jawaharlal Nehru, Modi
will be greeted at a rapturous reception Sept
27. Over 45,000 people have registered for
an MSGlike reception at the 18,000 people
capacity SAP center in San Jose an indoor
arena in the heart of Silicon Valley forcing
the organizers to resort to lottery system to
give free tickets.
Modi is also said to visit the campuses of
electric car manufacturer Tesla and search
engine giant Google. At Tesla, he will meet
Deepak Ahuja, the companys CFO. Jai
Vijayan, Teslas CIO, is also scheduled to be
in attendance, but not Elon Musk, Tesla CEO,
who will be away.
In San Jose, Modi will attend two key
events Sept 26 at the Fairmont hotel. In the
afternoon he will address a group of commu
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nity leaders at a luncheon hosted by the

Consulate. That evening, he will attend a
Digital India, Digital Economy presentation,
also hosted by the Consulate. Indian
American business leaders, as well as the
nonIndian business community, are expect
ed to attend the evening event.
The Prime Ministers visit is considered
significant, especially with regard to his
Digital India initiative that aims to use tech
nology in connecting people and transform
ing governance in India.
While Modis impending visit has the val
ley buzzing with excitement, it has also
erupted an ideological spat among American
academics, mostly of India/South Asian ori
gin.
His visit elicited a cautionary statement
with more than 100 signatures from faculty
who teach and research on South Asian
affairs. Their letter expressed concern with
Modis Digital India strategy. One element of
Digital India plans for the collection of bio
metric data from all citizens, overseen by the
Unique Identification Authority of India. The
academics who signed the post stated that
Digital India ... seems to ignore key ques
tions raised in India by critics concerned
about the collection of personal information
and the near certainty that such digital sys
tems will be used to enhance surveillance
and repress the constitutionallyprotected
rights of citizens.
They urged Silicon Valley leaders to be
mindful of their corporate responsibility and
ensure that Mr. Modi's Digital India project
promotes transparency, protection of human
rights and civil liberties and intellectual free
dom.
The petition received some harsh com
ments. In a debate that has since taken social
media by storm, some activists noted that
the academicians opposing the Digital India
campaign are hurting Indias cause by their
ceaseless campaign against Modi despite the
broad acceptance he had in the U.S and
across the world.
In New York on Sept 23, Modi will spend
two days attending the UN General Assembly
and the launch of Sustainable Millennium
Goals. He will also meet President Barack
Obama their third meeting in a year in
New York before leaving for home.
Hillarys swoon, Bernies

surge: Dems seek options
Socialist Sanders is not a good option, so Democrats may

look to Biden, Kerry, or Al Gore.
Washington, DC: Democrats have started
worrying. T heir front runner Hillary
Clintons lead for party nomination in the
2016 presidential race has fallen to just
10 points, and, worse, her advantage
against the top Republican contenders
has vanished, according to a new poll.
The new CNN/ORC poll found Clinton
with 37 % support among Democratic and
Democraticleaning voters, down 10
points since August, followed by selfpro
claimed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders
at 27 percent. Vice President Joe Biden,
who is still mulling a presidential bid,
stood at 20 percent, up 6 points in the
last month. In the general e lection
matchups, Clinton runs about evenly with
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump
with 48 percent backing each while for
mer neurosurgeon Ben Carson leads
Clinton 51 percent to 46 percent, and Jeb
Bush narrowly leads her 49 to 47 percent.
Biden also leads Clinton in hypothetical
matchups, topping Bush and Trump while
falling just slightly behind Carson.
Now about the Dems worry. If Hillary
Clintons apology over to quell email serv
er controversy fails to reassure jittery
supporters, it could amplify the chatter
among some Democrats who have been
casting about for a potential white knight
to rescue the party from a beleaguered
Clinton candidacy. Vice President Joseph
R. Biden Jr., Secretary of State John Kerry,
Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice
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President Al Gore: Each has been dis

cussed among party of ficials in recent
weeks as an alternative to Clinton if she
does not regain her oncedominant stand
ing in the 2016 presidential field, New
York Times has reported and instead
remains mired in the longrunning email
controversy, with its attendant investiga
tions.
It is not just Mrs. Clintons weakness in
the polls that has generated talk of other
alternatives, but also the strength of Sen.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Democratic
officials believe that Sanders, a socialist,
is so liberal that his presence at the top of
the partys ticket in 2016 would be disas
trous. But Biden is still biding his time,
and is noncommittal about running.
Some Democrats were intrigued by word
that Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee,
had met recently w ith David M.
Rubenstein, a billionaire cofounder of the
Carlyle Group and the sort of
Washington wise man Kerry might con
sult if he were mulling another run.
(Friends say he isnt.) If party leaders see
a scenario next winter where Bernie
Sanders has a real chance at the
Democratic nomination, I think theres no
question that leaders will reach out to
Vice President Biden or Secretary of State
Kerry or even Gore about entering the pri
maries, said Garnet F. Coleman, a Texas
state lawmaker and Democratic national
committeeman.
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ClassPass cofounder Payal in Arts for India NY event to

support Indian artists
Fortune's list of powerful women
New York: An Indianorigin entrepreneur has

been named among the most promising busi
nesswomen of 2015 by Fortune magazine in its
annual recognition of 10 women innovators,
groundbreakers and game changers.
Payal Kadakia is the CEO and cofounder of
ClassPass, a twoyearold startup that gives
customers access to thousands of boutique fit
ness classes in their area.
"ClassPass is only twoyearold, but it has
already booked more than 7 million fitness
class reservations at gyms and studios across
the US, plus Canada and the UK," Fortune said
in a statement.
Kadakia says she started the company after
trying and failing to find a ballet class in New
York City that she could attend.
"In that moment, I realized the pain point that
most people must experience in staying con
nected to their hobbies and passions," the mag
azine quoted her as saying.
Fortune said Kadakia's idea tapped into a fit
ness craze. Each year, Fortune crowns 10 inno
vators, groundbreakers and game changers as
'Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs'.
T his year's 10 Most Promising Women
Entrepreneurs will be honored at a Fortune
summit in Washington. "From drones to metal
alloys to snack foodsthat covers the range of
Payal Kadakia
innovation coming from Fortune's newly
anointed
Most
Promising
Women
Entrepreneurs," Fortune said.
The other honorees this year are Brit Morin,
founder and CEO, Brit + Co, Jody Miller, co
founder and CEO of Business Talent Group and
Christina Lomasney, president and CEO of
Modumetal.
Created in 2009, the prog ram honors
extraordinary female founders.
Washington, DC: Arts for India, a charity

established to support artists to get edu
cated in the field of art and design, is
holding 'INDIXIA' from Sep 17 to 23 in
New York City.
Celebrating art, fashion and cinema,
INDIXIA will feature a cinema forum on
Sep 21 at the Core Club and an art and
fashion exhibit ion on Sep 23 at
Bonhams, a media release said.
Calling it an exciting initiative to sup
port a vital cultural and social impact
program, the release said, "Unique in its
focus, INDIXIA rests on an alliance
between international supporters from
the fields of fine art, design, fashion, cin
ema, and philanthropy."
Educational partnerships and support
include: the Princes Drawing School in
London, HRH Prince of Wales, London
School of Arts, and the Zurich University
of the Arts.
The art and fashion exhibition will
feature special works donated by inter
nat ional art ists, including Oriano
Galloni, Ron Ferri, George Lewis, Todd
James, Angelo Bellobono, Hector Bitar,
Alessia Reggiani, George Spencer, and
Cherry Fischer. It will also have interna
tional designer and IIFA student collab

orations, to create one of a kind pieces
for auction.
Brands include Uniqlo, Edmundo
Castillo, Stubbs and Wootton, Azada,
Jef frey Rudes, Mialika, Fiorentini &
Baker, and Royal Stag for auction host
ed by Bonhams on Sep 23.
The cinema forum will feature an
international film panel including Ashok
Amritraj, CEO of Hyde Park
Entertainment hosted by the Core Club.
Expanding on the success of London
Indian Art Week, now in its second year,
the New York launch furthers the sup
port of the Arts For India scholarship
program. It enables student artist to
attend a 4year degree program at the
International Institute of Fine Arts (IIFA)
in Delhi.
"This program is vital, because it pro
vides underprivileged students with
access to education, and an opportunity
to break the cycle of poverty," the
release said.
"For many young women this of fers
an escape from issues of gender
inequality and arranged marriage," it
said.
Edison Firefighters join HSS to celebrate Raksha Bandhan

New Jersey: Officers/Fire Fighters
from the Edison Fire Department
joined enthusiastic volunteers of
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)
Edison, NJ chapter who came out
in good numbers to celebrate the
Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan
(Universal Brotherhood Day) and
took a vow to protect each other
and serve the society on Sept 6 at
Nrithya Madhavi Dance Studio,
South Plainfield.
The program started with a cer
emonial flag hoisting of the sacred
Hindu flag (Bhagwa Dhwaj).
Volunteers did some yoga, medi
tation and played few games that
were enjoyed by everyone. The
firefighters from Edison Fire
Department were represented by
Tim Eosso (Acting Captain) and
Doug McMahon, who were the
chief guests for the program.
T here was a presentat ion on
Raksha Bandhan festival that
explained everyone importance of
this Hindu festival which is being
celebrated since thousands of
The officers said that the vow everyone took during this occasion is
similar to the vow fire fighters take to protect their fellow fighters
when they join the duty.
years and the relevance of it in the
current society.
Children from HSS tied Rakhi
(sacred thread or bandofbrother
hood/protection) to the fire fight
ers and to each other by taking a
vow; that they will protect each
other in time of need and also pro
tect the society and dharma (the

good). Speaking on the occasion
Gaurav Singhal (Joint Secretary,
HSS, NJ) elaborated the historical
relevance of the festival and how
this tradition has been passed on
since
t ime
immemorial.
Traditionally this festival was
about a sister tying a Rakhi to

brother and seek his protection,
but as time passed this got extend
ed to everyone in the society. He
asked everyone present there,
especially children to become
strong both physically and intel
lectually to be in a position to help
each other and the society. With
9/11 (Patriot Day) just a week
away, we all should remember
how hundreds of fire fighters,
policemen who have died trying to
protect their fellow human beings.
They went ahead on their mission
to save others in spite of being
aware of the danger as they have
taken an oath to protect fellow
human beings. The festival of
Rakhi tries to inculcate the same
spirit of service to society among
children and adults and thus
reminding everyone of the societal
obligation that Hindu religion
always emphasized, he said.
Speaking on this occasion fire
fig hters Tim Eosso and Doug
McMahon mentioned that the vow
everyone took during this occa

sion is similar to the vow fire
fighters take to protect their fel
low fighters when they join the
duty.
They said that it is very good to
know that Hindu religion teaches
this societal obligation of protect
ing and standing up for each other
through its festivals. They went
over some fire safety tips with the
kids and adults and everyone
enjoyed the session with even
asked several questions related to
fire safety. Closing their speech,
both Tim and Doug thanked HSS
for inviting them for the Raksha
Bandhan program and stressed
the need for such interaction in
the community as it provides a
platform for good things to pene
trate the community especially
among young kids. They said the
message of Raksha Bandhan that
Hindu religion teaches is very rel
evant today as it reminds every
one of their duty towards the com
munity they live in.
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First Indian American Penn State students mom

sues Amazon, varsity
woman postmaster in
California in 166 years
California: An Indian American woman has
become the rst female to be appointed as
the postmaster in Sacramento city in
California in last 166 years, a media report
said.
Jagdeep Grewal will oversee 1,004
employees who process and deliver mail
on 537 city routes and 94 rural routes
and ll nearly 20,000 post ofce boxes,
American Bazaar news portal reported on
Wednesday.
Grewal who earned her bachelor's and
master's degree from Punjab University,
started her career in postal services in
1988 as a window clerk.
She was promoted to the post of manag
er after ve years of service.
Referring to the steep decline in the
usage of postal services due to internet
and courier services, Grewal said that she
looked forward to working w ith
Sacramento's Postal Service employees
during a challenging time. "It is only
through joint effort and collaboration that
we can truly meet our mission of providing
extraordinary service while keeping costs
down," Grewal was quoted as saying.
Jagdeep Grewal
She has also worked as a postmaster in
PacicaDaly City, California.
The US Postal Service is facing cash
crunch and recently reported a net loss of
$586 million earlier this year.
Washington, DC: Online giant

employees' conduct toward
Amazon and the University of
her was unsympathetic, hos
Pennsylvania have been sued
tile, and at times vindictive,"
in the US over the death of an
said the suit led by the stu
Indianorigin nursing student
dent's family in July in
who killed herself two years
Common Pleas Court, US.
ago by consuming cyanide,
One school ofcial allegedly
media reports said.
wrote in an email that she
Arya Sing h, 20, died in
had "no sympathy" for Singh,
February 2013 after ingest
saying the student "deserves
ing cyanide crystals she
anything you dish out to her."
ordered on Amazon.
According to the suit, the
T he suit said the Indian
Indianorigin student pur
was struggling to cope with
chased the cyanide crystals
Arya Singh bought
downward spiral in her aca
from Amazon, which listed
cyanide through
demic career after the school
the product under category
online retailer
ignored her claims of a sexu
"kitchen." The supplier was a
al assault, the New York Daily News vendor from Thailand and the online shop
reported on Friday.
ping giant processed and kept a portion of
Singh reported an alleged sexual assault the payment Singh made using a debit
by a male student in 2011. But no charges card.
were brought against the student and he
The cyanide was delivered in December
remained on campus, according to the 2012 to the package room of the Rodin
Philadelphia Inquirer daily.
College House, where Singh lived.
It is believed that Singh started to show
Singh took her life on February 8, 2013,
troubling behavior after the incident, the day she was to face an academic mis
which included missing classes and getting conduct invest ig at ion by the school
arrested for alcohol intoxication. She was authorities.
subject to multiple academic and miscon
Representat ives of Amazon and
duct investigations at her nursing school.
University of Pennsylvania said they do
"Despite Arya's problems, university not comment on pending litigation.
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effects of the bliss of Janmashtmi that was
showered on the second Janmashtmi block
party hosted by Radha Govind Dham NY. At
least three thousand people from all over
the United States came in large numbers to
witness this event which marks the Hindu
festival of appearance of Lord Krishna.
Everyone was amazed by how grand and
how organized this program was.
Radha Govind Dham NY volunteers had
been preparing for this event for months in
advance, which began at 3.00pm on Sep
5th with an electrifying performance by
Suresh on the guitar singing beautiful
Krishna bhajans. This was followed by a
lecture by Swami Nikhilanand ji, who is a
Sanyasi preacher from Radha Madhav
Dham in Austin TX, on the signicance of
Janmashtmi with some more kirtans. Then
came the electrifying dance and Leela per
formances by the students of Shiksha, a cul
tural educat ional prog ram by Rad ha
Govind Dham. They had the whole crowd
swooning with joy. To encourage the little
children to know more about Lord Krishna,
Rad ha Govind Dham hosted the Best
Dressed Krishna Contest, which had about
seventy kids from as young as newborns to
sixteen years of age take part dressed
adorably as Lord Krishna. The outdoor pro
gram ended with an outdoor Garba dance
in which all the participants took part. So
overwhelming was the response that the
organizers ran out of Garba sticks.
About 1600 people enjoyed the delicious
free dinner especially prepared for the
Swami Nikhilanandji and Rohit Sharma of

Radhe Govind Dham of New York
accepting a citation from Dilip Chauhan,
who is a Director of SouthEast/AsianAffairs
for Nassau County Comptroller
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event. This was followed by Maha Arti and
then the program continued inside the tem
ple until midnight and culminated with
Abhisheikh of Baby Krishna and Maha Arti.
Another highlight of the program was the
Highest Community Service award present
ed to Radha Govind Dham NY for its exem
plary services rendered to the society. It
was presented by Dilip Chauhan who is a
Director of SouthEast/AsianAf fairs for
Nassau County Comptroller George
Maragos. T he award was accepted by
Swami Nikhilanandji and Rohit Sharma of
Radha Govind Dham New York.
TRISTATE COMMUNITY
Elderly Sikh assaulted

in Chicago
Washington, DC: Just days before the
US commemorates the September 11
terrorist attacks, an e lderly Sikh
American has been hospitalized after
an assailant attacked him in Chicago,
dubbing him a "terrorist."
T he raciallymot ivated attack
occurred when Inderjit Singh Mukker
was on his way to a grocery store on
Tuesday night, The Washington Post
quoted Sikh Coalition as saying on
Thursday.
A man in a car passing by his vehicle
allegedly started abusing Mukker by
calling him "Terrorist!" and "Bin
Laden!" and yelled "Go back to your
country!".
After continuous tailgating, Mukker
decided to pull over the car. T he
assailant also stopped his vehicle,
charged towards Mukker and threw
several punches at him.
Fiftythreeyearold Mukker was left
unconscious and was later taken to a
hospital. He was treated for a fractured
cheekbone, bruising and blood loss. He
got six stitches for the lacerations on
his face. Police said the alleged
Inderjit Singh Mukker was called

terrorist and Bin Laden in a
raciallymotivated attack
assailant has been arrested.
"No American should be afraid to
practice their faith in our country,"
Mukker said in a statement on
Wednesday.
"I am thankful for the swift response
of authorities to apprehend the individ
ual, but without this being fully investi
gated as a hate crime, we risk ignoring
the horric pattern of intolerance,
abuse and violence that Sikhs and
other minority communities in this
country continue to face," he added.
individual learn English. Patel is a

permanent resident.
She said the call about a suspi
cious person and Patel's behavior
could be interpreted as indicative of
a burglar. The judge said the prose
cution argument uses the language
barrier to disregard that he walked
away. "You can't disregard that," she
said. Plus, she said it's not necessar
ily true he committed no crime.
"Can an ofcer not stop an indi
vidual who said 'no English,' who
was eeing from them, because it is
a crime to be in the country illegal
ly?" she asked.
Posey said Patel was never "ee
ing" and that police had no right "to
shake him down for immigration
papers." But the judge argued police
were required to investigate due to
the neighbour's call.
Posey suggested a jury might nd
Patel was neither resisting nor
pulling away, which would make the
takedown unreasonable.
Posey called it a manoeuvre
Mahesh Ramanujam named

CEO of US Green Building
Washington, DC: Indianori
choice to lead the organiza
g in professional Mahesh
tion into the future," he added.
Ramanujam has been named
"As a founder, I could not be
the new CEO of the presti
happier, and as a CEO, I could
g ious US Green Building
not be more satised that I'll
Council (USGBC), a nonprof
be able to leave USGBC in the
it org anizat ion that pro
best hands possible," said
motes sustainability in how
Fedrizzi.
buildings are designed, built,
Ramanujam said he was
and operated.
deeply honored that the
Ramanujam, who hails
Board have placed their trust
from Chennai, would replace
in him.
Rick Fedrizzi, the cofounder
Ramanujam joined USGBC in
of USGBC and current CEO
2009 as Senior Vice
after he steps down at the
President, Technology, before
end of 2016.
being named COO in
"Mahesh has a hig hly
September, 2011.
Mahesh Ramanujam
impressive track record of
In December, 2012, he was
success in both his role as
also named President of the
USGBC's COO and as President of Green Green Building Certication Institute (GBCI)
Business Certication Inc," said USGBC board where he broadened offerings to better serve a
chair Marge Anderson.
wider client base, leading the organization to
"He is a proven leader who has exhaustive change its name to Green Business Certication
knowledge of the organization, respect from its Inc earlier this year.
volunteer leadership and strong support from
Prior to joining USGBC, Ramanujam was COO
its team. He has extensive global experience for Emergys, a business transformation consult
and broad business acumen. He is the perfect ing rm in North Carolina.
'Cop slamming Indian grandfather

acted without reason'
Washington, DC: An Alabama police
ofcer accused of using excessive
force against a "noEnglish" speak
ing Indian grandfather walking in
his son's neighborhood had no rea
son to think he may have commit
ted a crime, a US court was told.
"The question should have been:
Is there a language barrier?" said
Assistant US Attorney Robert Posey
on the third day of the trial of for
mer police ofcer Eric Parker, 26, in
a Huntsville, Alabama federal court.
"They had no reason to try to
think of a crime he may have com
mitted," said Posey as reported by
local news site Al.com.
He was responding Judge
Madeline Hughes Haikala regarding
how Parker tackled Sureshbhai
Patel, 58, who had arrived from
India six days earlier, on Feb 6
when he came on the scene in
response a suspicious person
report.
The judge asked if it was not a
requirement for citizenship that an
"guaranteed to cause some injury.

Some injury. I'm not saying he
meant to break his back." The jury
Friday also heard from Johnny Lee
Smith, a blackbelt who helped cre
ate the martial arts training pro
gram now used by police academies
in Alabama, as well as in several
other Southern states. Quizzed by
federal prosecutors Smith said
when ofcers arrived they believed
"crime may be afoot" and that Patel
can be seen on the recording to
take two, then four, then nine steps
away.
But the video shows small shuf
ing steps. "You wouldn't describe it
as escape attempt," asked prosecu
tor Saaed Mody. "No, sir," said
Smith. Mody argued that Parker
knew four things by the moment of
the takedown: Patel was an older
looking man; on a public sidewalk;
the man did not speak English; and
Pate l had no weapons, as the
trainee had completed the pat down
a moment before the takedown.
Preethika Kumar wins

outstanding teacher award
Washington , DC: An Indian
American associate professor has
been named for the 2015 C. Holmes
MacDonald Outstanding Teacher
Award for demonstrating special
dedication and creativity in her
teaching.
Preethika Kumar, who teaches
electrical engineering at Wichita
State University will receive the
national honor on November 19 in
New Brunswick, New Jersey, the
ofcial news and media relations
website of the Kansasbased univer
sity said on Thursday.
"The award means a lot to me
because, to begin with, it was com
pletely initiated by the students,"
Kumar was quoted as saying.
The award is presented by the
honor society of New Yorkbased
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers.
She has been teaching at Wichita
State since 2007. "Over the years, I
have learned that to be a good
teacher, in addition to being able to
Preethika Kumar
communicate the subject matter
effectively, one needs to be able to
build and sustain a relationship
with one's students based on trust,
mutual respect and care," Kumar
said. She also makes sure to apply
her lessons to the real world the
students will soon be entering when
they look for a job.
"This has helped me be a better
teacher and helped me fashion my
students to be better engineers,"
Kumar said.
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Cyberbullying expert gets

$188,776 Facebook grant
Sameer Hinduja
Washington: Sameer Hinduja, a prominent
Indian American and cyberbullying expert
from Florida Atlant ic University, has
received a $188,776 grant from social net
working site Facebook to study cyberbully
ing and dating violence among teenagers.
The overarching goal of the study is to
illuminate the nationwide prevalence, fre
quency and scope of cyberbullying and
electronic dating violence among a popula

tion of youth in the US.
Cyberbullying is a unique form of digital
abuse that involves a range of tormenting,
humiliating, threatening, embarrassing and
harassing behaviors and has gained a lot of
attent ion in recent years," explained
Hinduja in a university statement on
Thursday.
Many teenagers across the United States
also experience dating violence that typical
ly consists of various forms of mistreatment
from insults and rumor spreads to threats
and physical assaults, added Hinduja, co
director of the Cyberbullying Research
Centre and professor of criminology and
criminal justice. Hinduja and his collabora

tor Just in Patchin, codirector of the
Cyberbullying Research Centre, will rigor
ously construct a nationallyrepresentative
panel of teens ages 12 to 17 years old
who will be surveyed with parental consent.
Apart from descriptive findings by age,
gender, grade, and other important demo
graphics, they also will collect data on con
tributing factors to perpetration and victim
ization, as well as the negative outcomes
that stem from cyberbullying participation
as an aggressor or a target.
T here are a number of similarit ies
between cyberbullying and electronic dat
ing violence.
Both naturally employ technology and

lead to specific emotional, psychological,
physical, and behavioral consequences.
Cyberbullying tends to occur between
individuals who do not like and do not want
to be around each other.
Electronic dating violence transpires
between two people who are attracted to
each other, at least on some level.
Results of this study will be disseminated
through blogs and fact sheets posted on the
Cyberbullying Research Centre's website.
Hinduja received the Global AntiBullying
Hero Award for 2015 from Auburn
University for his efforts and contributions
on the subject.
US business magazine honors Worlds largest childrens

museum displays
IndianAmerican woman
Washington, DC: An Indian
American woman has made it to the
list of the top 30 female business
leaders in Austin Business Journal's
"2015 Profiles in Power & Women
of Influence," a media report said.
Rina Patel, area president for
Wells Fargo in Austin, was recog
nized as a "female powerhouse on
the Austin business scene" during
the 21st annual Profiles in Power
awards last month, according to the

business magazine.
"Rina Patel has shown tremen
dous flexibility in her career, as
illustrated by her career path. She
has been willing to take on new
roles and to relocate to new com
munities to develop her leadership
skills and knowledge and it's paid
of f," the Austin Business Journal
reported on Friday.
On her career progression, it said

that Patel has grown over the past
11 years by jumping from teller, to
banker, to service manager, to store
manager in various stores, to dis
trict manager overseeing 15 stores,
to her current role as an area presi
dent. At Wells Fargo, she manages
more than 375 team members.
Patel also serves on the boards of
the Girl Scouts of Central Texas.
Lord Ganesh idol
Patels charity to raise funds

for sickle cell research
Washington, DC: A charity organi
zation run by an Indianorigin
couple will start a fundraising
campaign on Saturday to benefit
sickle cell disease research in the
US, a media report said on
Thursday. "There are 250 million
people in the world that carry the
sickle cell gene," the Bakersfield
Californian quoted Sanjay Patel as
saying on the radio and live video
streaming program "First Look
with Scott Cox" on Thursday. His
wife Bhavana Patel also featured
on the show. Patels are the board
members
of
Hina
Pate l
Foundation, a charity that helps

individuals suf fering with sickle
cell disease and their families by
raising awareness, providing sup
port group, and raising funds for
research.
"It is a very cruel disease, you
just never know what is going to
happen," Sanjay Patel said.
The fundraising event has been
planned at Bakersfield's Riverwalk
Park and the proceeds will go to
benefit Sickle Cell research at
organizations like University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Medical Centre. Bhavana and
Sanjay founded their charity in

2010 after watching sickle cell
anaemia ravaging their daughter
Hina's fragile body. Sickle cell
anaemia is a lifelong genetic dis
order that originated as a preven
tion mechanism from Malaria,
according to Sanjay Patel. As a
reaction, the gene becomes defec
tive and causes the normal blood
cells to die too quickly. As the
damaged sickle ce lls trave l
throug h the bo dy they then
become stuck, cutting off the oxy
gen from other parts of the body
and causing them to die, he said.
The display at The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis

New York: The Childrens Museum
of Indianapolis (CMI), said to be
world's largest children's museum,
in partnership w ith Nat ional
Geographic, is displaying a statue
of Hindu Lord Ganesh in its cur
rent Sacred Journeys exhibition.
This large Lord Ganesh statue
was custom made for the Museum
and shipped from India recently.
Other areas of the National
Geographic Sacred Journeys exhi
bition that focus on Hinduism,
include Ganges River where they
talk about Kumbh Mela, which

includes a Ganga Jumna Lota pot
and shows some contemporary
items that people who go to the
Kumbh Me la mig ht purchase;
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival; and
Diwali Festival, which contains
many Diwali hanging lanterns and
diyas.
This 7,000squarefoot exhibi
tion will continue till February 21
and is funded through a $1.25 mil
lion grant from Lilly Endowment
Inc.
US AFFAIRS
Trump, Ted Cruz headline

Capitol rally against
Iran nuclear deal
Washington: Business mogul Donald Trump
and Sen. Ted Cruz (RTexas) warned of cata
strophic consequences should the Iranian
nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama admin
istration pass Congress, including death and
the possibility of nuclear conflict.
Appearing during an hourslong rally on the
Capitol lawn where speaker after speaker
railed against the deal, Republican leadership
and President Obama, Cruz warned that the
Obama administration would become "the
leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism"
if he deal goes through.
Its worth remembering that if this deal
goes through we know to an absolute certainty
that people will die, Cruz said.
Trump, who took the stage to REM's "It's the
End of the World as We Know It," said that he
has "been doing deals for a long time" but has

never seen one like the Iran accord so incom
petently negotiated.
Trump and Cruz, who despite being rivals
for the Republican presidential nomination
enjoy a relatively cozy relationship, were
joined by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin
(R), conservative radio hosts Glenn Beck and
Mark Levin, members of Congress and others
on the West Lawn of the Capitol. Cruz helped
organize the event, along with the Tea Party
Patriots and the Zionist Organization of
America. Cruz said he hoped that Senate
Democrats would change their mind on the
deal that they would "fall to their knees and
pray" and decide to change their vote but if
they support the deal they will bear responsi
bility if people die because of it.
PALIN SAYS JEB BUSH, & IMMIGRANTS,

SHOULD 'SPEAK AMERICAN'
National Harbor, Md: Just days after
State of the Union. And that's a
GOP presidential candidate Donald
great relationship that he and
Trump criticized rival Jeb Bush for
connection that he has with them
frequently speaking Spanish, former
through his wife and through his
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin picked up on
family connections.
the real estate moguls theme by
On the other hand, you know, I
saying that people should speak
think we can send a message and
American if they live in the United
say, You want to be in America?
States.
A, you'd better be here legally or
In a CNN interview on Sunday, Sarah Palin, former you're out of here. B, when you're
vice presidential
Palin said she agreed with Trumps
here, let's speak American, Palin
candidate
criticism of Bushs frequent Spanish
said. I mean that's what's let's
speaking on the campaign trail, and the bil speak English and that's a kind of a unifying
lionaires declaration that Bush should set an aspect of the nation is the language that is
example for immigrants in the United States understood by all.
by speaking English.
Last week, Trump told Breitbart News that
I think that it's a benefit of Jeb Bush to be Bush should "set the example" by speaking
able to be so fluent in Spanish, because we English on the campaign trail.
have a large and wonderful Hispanic popula
Bush dismissed Trumps criticism, telling
tion that, you know, is helping to build ABC's "Good Morning America": "I laughed. I
America. And that's good, Palin said on CNN's mean this is a joke."
Hillary Clinton says

'I'm sorry' at last
Washington: Just a day after
"what I did was allowed."
declining to apologize for using
Clinton defended her prac
a private email server as secre
tices again on ABC, saying
tary of state, Hillary Clinton
that everyone she emailed in
abruptly shifted her tone to say
the White House and Obama
sorry as her poll numbers sank
administration knew she used
to a new low.
a private account.
"T hat was a mistake," the
She also disputed that she
Democratic presidential fron
ever traded information over
trunner said in an interview
email that was marked classi
with ABC News Tuesday hoping
fied at the time.
to put an end to the controver
David Axelrod, a former top
sy that has dogged her cam
campaign adviser to President
paign and pulled down her
Obama, told Tuesday that
favorability among Democrats
Clinton's evolving answers on
by ten points in a month.
the subject have been costly.
"I'm sorry about that. I take
"Her answers have evolved
responsibility," Clinton said
over time and have prolonged
acknowledging that she should
this story," said Axelrod
have used separate accounts
The change in Clinton's tone
for work and personal busi
on the email controversy
ness. "I take responsibility and I
came as she hit a new low in
Hillary Clinton:
am trying to be as transparent
the polls not due to her self
Democrat frontrunner
as I possibly can."
proclaimed socialist rival
for 2016
Clinton later issued a slightly
senator Bernie Sanders,
different apology saying she was "sorry that but Biden.
it has raised all these questions."
While, Sanders is giving Clinton a run for
The abrupt shift in Clinton's tone came her money in Iowa and New Hampshire, the
just a day after she told AP on Monday in first two nominating states, a new national
Iowa that she doesn't need to apologize for Monmouth University Poll shows Biden's
her nagging email controversy because support rising among Democrats.
Jeb Bushs new tax plan could

cost $3.4 trillion over a decade
Columbia, SC: Just three tax brackets.
Given the high price tag and some
No more taxes on death or marriage.
of the details, Bush's tax plan is
Tax cuts for major corporations and
fraught with political peril. His broth
small businesses and about 42 million
er, former president George W. Bush,
families.
focused much of his 2000 presiden
Republican presidential candidate
tial campaign on plans to slash taxes
Jeb Bush on Wednesday unveiled a
and jumpstart economic growth.
longawaited tax reform plan that
Those tax cuts contributed to the
Republican record deficit spending that even Jeb
would add trillions of dollars to the
presidential Bush criticized Tuesday night on
deficit, filling in details that he says
candidate
would help fulfill his promise to restore
Stephen Colbert's new latenight talk
Jeb Bush
4 percent annual economic growth.
show. In 2012, Mitt Romney had sim
With a North Carolina factory as his backdrop, ilar ideas on tax reform that were widely dis
Bush married traditional conservative thinking missed by voters, who believed he was pushing
on taxes with some politically viable proposals policies that would mostly help wealthy peo
that already enjoy support on Capitol Hill.
ple. So Bush is also embracing an idea also
The plan would add $1.2 trillion to the backed by GOP frontrunner Trump and
deficit, even when using a system favored by Democrats, including President Obama and
Republicans that takes into account any poten Hillary Clinton.
tial growth the tax changes could encourage,
He would end a lucrative tax loophole for
according to Republican economists who hedge fund and private equity managers that
reviewed the plan on Bush's behalf. The plan lets them avoid billions of dollars in taxes by
would lose closer to $3.4 trillion using tradi treating their income as capital gains instead
tional methods.
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INDIA
Bihar to hold 5phased

assembly poll from Oct 12
New Delhi/Patna: The Election

Commission on Wednesday
announced fivephased polling to
the 243member Bihar assembly
between October 12 and
November 5 with political parties
welcoming the announcement and
asserting that they are geared up
for the highstake electoral battle.
Announcing the dates for the
crucial election, Chief Election
Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said
the model code of conduct has
come into force with immediate
effect.
"The Election Commission has
made arrangements for free and
fair polls. We have received more
than adequate forces. Each polling
booth will be manned by central
police forces," Zaidi told reporters
in New Delhi.
The election, which is expected
to witness a keen contest between
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi, flanked by Election

Commissioners A.K. Jyoti (left) and O.P. Rawat in new Delhi.
the BJPled National Democratic
Alliance and the combine of Janata
DalUnited, Rashtriya Janata Dal
and Cong ress is seen to have
national ramifications.
The voting will take place across
62,779 polling stations in the
state with the election process

spread over three months appar
ently due to festivals that include
EidulZuha, Navratras and
Dussehra. Over 6.68 crore voters
are eligible to take part in the
election.
Sheena murder probe
MARIA WON'T QUIT

Mumbai: Former Mumbai police
commissioner Rakesh Maria,
who was abruptly promoted as
director general of police (Home
Guards), on Wednesday categor
ically assured that he will not
quit, as uncertainty hit the
investigation into the highpro
file Sheena Bora murder case.
Late on Tuesday evening, the
Maharashtra government decid
ed that Maria, who handled the
case since the beginning, would
continue to supervise and moni
tor the probe.
However, t ill Wednesday
evening, no written order to this
ef fect was received by Maria's
office and the probe suddenly
seemed pushed to the backburn
er.
Rakesh Maria has been removed from his post
According to of ficial sources,
as the Commissioner of Mumbai Police.
the investigations have reached
a critical stage with the forensic match tion in the Sheena murder case, it was
ing of the DNA samples of the victim still unclear in what capacity he would
with her mother and prime accused be doing it, especially since the two
Indrani Mukerjea, brother Mikhail Bora departments DGP Home Guards and
DGP Mumbai Police Commissionerate
and biological father Siddhartha Das.
Besides, the probe has widened to were vested with dif ferent powers and
investigating the money and property jurisdiction, he added.
Indrani, her exhusband Sanjeev
transactions with the possibility of some
big names tumbling out when the police Khanna and her former driver Shyamvar
force was jolted by the shakeup on Rai have been arrested in connection
with the murder of her daughter Sheena
Tuesday.
An of ficer explained that new police on April 24, 2012, and for dumping her
commissioner Ahmad Javed has already body near a forested area in Gagode vil
taken office and as per norms, all offi lage in Raigad district.
The trio has been sent to judicial cus
cers and men must report to him.
With Maria supervising the investiga tody till September 21.
The counting will take place on

November 8, only a few days
before Diwali and Chhath the lat
ter a major festival in Bihar. The
term of the present Bihar assem
bly ends on November 29.
The first phase of polling for 49
seats will be held on October 12,
the second phase for 32 seats on
October 16, the third phase for 50
seats on October 28, the fourth
phase for 55 seats on November 1
and the fifth and final phase for
57 seats on November 5.
Zaidi also announced that
Electronic Vot ing Machines
(EVMs) will have photographs of
the candidates. Bihar polls are the
first assembly election after the
Bharatiya Janata Party's defeat in
Delhi and comes ahead of a string
of elections next year including in
Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West
Bengal and Puducherry.
The BJP, which had declared a

chief ministerial candidate in
Delhi, has not named a CM nomi
nee in Bihar and is seen to be rely
ing largely on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for success of its
election effort.
The election is crucial for the
BJP to regain momentum of its
electoral success. The party then
gained power in Haryana on its
own
and
in
Jharkhand,
Maharashtra and Jammu and
Kashmir in an alliance since its tri
umph in the Lok Sabha elections
last year.
The polls are also crucial for the
Congress in its efforts at electoral
revival.
Bihar Chie f Minister Nit ish
Kumar was an ally of the BJP in
the previous election and a lot is
at stake for him as also for RJD
chief Lalu Prasad.
Allegations of rape yet

unproven: Saudi embassy
Gurgaon/New Delhi: As Gurgaon police said
that allegations of rape against a Saudi diplo
mat were not yet proven, the Saudi Arabian
embassy strongly denied the allegations and
protested the "unwarranted media briefing
before investigations are complete".
The diplomat is covered under the Vienna
Convention that provides diplomatic immunity,
and police said they will probe the case as per
the Convention.
On Wednesday evening, Saudi Ambassador
Saud Mohammed Alsati met senior officials of
the external af fairs ministry and protested
against the police action at the residence of
one of its diplomats charged with the rape of
two Nepalese women.
According to a police complaint filed on
Tuesday in Gurgaon, two Nepalese women
alleged that they were raped and gangraped
and subjected to unnatural sex by a Saudi
diplomat over four months, and also by his
friends and guests. They also alleged that his
wife and daughter also harassed them and beat
them. Gurgaon police chief Navdeep Singh
Virk, however, told the media on Wednesday:

"An FIR doesn't mean that the allegation has
been proven, but (it means the) start of investi
gation."
Virk said Haryana Police was sharing details
with the external af fairs ministry on the
alleged rape. On Tuesday, police registered
cases against the diplomat, said to be a First
Secretary, and "unknown people" said to be the
diplomat's friends, at the DLF2 police station
under sections of gang rape, rape, unnatural
sex and other sections of the Indian Penal
Code, including wrongful confinement, volun
tarily causing hurt, and criminal conspiracy.
The Saudi embassy, in a statement said it has
brought to the notice of the MEA "the unwar
ranted media briefing before investigations are
complete" and also "the police intrusion into a
diplomat's house against all diplomatic conven
tions". The embassy said it would, however,
wait for clarification from the MEA about the
matter and for the outcome of the investiga
tions into the allegations. No one has been
arrested so far.
Caitriona Towers in Gurgaon, where the women were allegedly held hostage.
INDIA
Modi hits out at

Congress, terms it
'hawalabaaz'
PM Modi said Congress has not been able to digest defeat

in the Lok Sabha elections
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday hit
out at the Congress for not allow
ing parliament to function during
the monsoon session, terming it
'hawalabaaz' (corrupt) and accus
ing it of creating roadblocks for
the government.
"Decisions were taken one after
another in parliament. T he
'hawalabaaz' were worried at the
tough decisions by the govern
ment against black money. They
could sense trouble ahead. That's
why they are putting roadblocks
on all major decisions," Modi said
while addressing BJP workers in
Bhopal before inaugurating the

10th Vishwa Hindi Sammelan.
Modi's attack on the Congress
came after its president, Sonia
Gandhi, on Tuesday launched a
frontal attack on Modi, terming
his e lectoral promises as
nothing
more
than
"hawabaazi"(hot air).
"We had hoped that the
Congress will work with us, help
parliament in enforcing (fiscal)
reforms but 'ek hai jo manta
nahi' (there is one who does not
agree). The Congress has not
been able to digest defeat (in Lok
Sabha elections)," Modi said.
11
India, Pakistan hold border

force talks after NSA standoff
New Delhi: Amid a growing war of
words and firing from across the
border, the hig hleve l talks
between India's Border Security
Force (BSF) and the Pakistani
Rangers began in New Delhi on
T hursday and will go on until
Saturday. T he 15member
Pakistani delegation, led by Major
General Umar Farooq Burki,
crossed over to India via Attari,
where it was welcomed by the BSF
on Wednesday.
From the Indian side, a 23mem
ber delegation led by BSF Director
General D.K. Pathak will take part
in the talks. The Indian delegation
includes of ficials from the Home
Ministry, the Narcotics Control
Bureau and the Survey of India.
The talks, one of the measures
agreed upon during a meeting
between Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and his Pakistani counter
part Nawaz Sharif, gain special sig
nificance after the Nat ional
Security Adviserlevel talks could
not take place due to Pakistan's
insistence on discussing Kashmir.
Even as ceasefire violation was
likely to be the focus of the talks,
at least two BSF personnel were
wounded in firing on Wednesday
in Nowgam sector of Jammu and
Kashmir. The Pakistan Army also
fired at Indian posit ions on
The last round of talks between the IndoPak border forces

were held in Dec 2013 in Lahore.
Wednesday along the Line of
Control (LoC) in Poonch district.
"During the conference, discus
sions will be held on important
issues like crossborder firing, infil
tration and smuggling etc. The
talks will also endeavour to focus
on positive issues like dif ferent
levels of communication, more
simultaneous
coordinated
patrolling and other confidence
building measures," a BSF official
said.
BSF's former additional director
general PK Mishra, however, said
Pakistan may try to divert the
agenda from the talks, as reports
suggest the country may seek

international monitoring of the
ceasefire violations.
With some 100 ceasefire viola
tions along the IndiaPakistan bor
der since the Ufa talks, the issue is
likely to dominate the agenda from
the Indian side, sources said. Till
June this year, there have been
199 cease fire violat ions by
Pakistan.
Of ficial figures reveal that
around 430 ceasefire violations
occurred on the international bor
der while 153 violations were
reported on the LoC in 2014. In
2013, it was 347.
We do not want to disturb India has fissile material for 2,000

Gujarat's peace: Hardik Patel warheads, assesses Pakistan
Ahmedabad:
Pat idar
Ananmat Andolan Samiti con
vener Hardik Patel, who has
been demanding quota for
the Pate l community, on
Tuesday said that he does not
want to disturb the peace of
Gujarat but wants his
demand to be fulfilled.
We do not want to disturb
the people of Gujarat and we
do not want to disturb the
peace of Gujarat, but we just
want our demands to be ful
filled, Patel said.
I have come to discuss with
the leaders of the Patel com
munity in Rajkot and had dis
cussed with them about the
future prog ram and also
regarding the Dandi march in
Gujarat, he added.
A day ago, Patel unveiled
his nat ional plans by
announcing the launch of a
Hardik Patel has been demanding OBC status and

reservation benefits for Patidars or Patels.
new outfit which will bring
Patels as well as other affili
ated communities under one
umbrella to press for their
inclusion in OBC list.
'Pate l Navnirman Sena
(PNS)' w ill work towards
bringing Patels (Patidars) and
af filiated communities such
as Kurmis and Gujjars under
one platform to press for
their demand for reservation
in Government jobs and edu

cation under OBC category,
said the ag itat ion leader
Hardik Patel.
Announcing plans to hold a
series of rallies in coming
months to take forward their
campaign, Hardik said PNS'
units have been formed in 16
States and he was to day
unanimously elected as its
National President.
Islamabad: Pakis tan has assessed that

India has enough fissile material for more
than 2,000 warheads, a media report said
on Thursday.
The National Command Authority (NCA)
on Wednes day concluded that Indias
growing nuclear program and absence of
a conflict resolution mechanism were
upsetting strategic stability in the region
and the situation was forcing Pakistan to
maintain fullspectrum deterrence capa
bility, reported Dawn.
InterServices Public Relations (ISPR)
said that the apex policymaking body for
the countrys strategic program reviewed
in its meeting the regional security envi
ronment and was briefed on fastpaced
strategic and conventional capability
developments taking place in the neigh
bourhood.
The media report said that contrary to
international estimates, Pakistani assess
ment is that India has enough fissile mate
rial, both reactor and weapongrade plu
tonium, for more than 2,000 warheads.
International Institute of Strategic
Studies noted in a paper: New Delhis plu
tonium stocks also continue to pile up;
according to one Pakistani assessment, by
the end of 2013 India had produced
enough weapons and reactorgrade plu
tonium (0.81tn and 15tn respectively) for
2,000 warheads.
T he meeting was presided over by
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and attended
by De fence Minister Khawaja Asif,
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior
Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Adviser on
National Security and Foreign Af fairs
Sartaj Aziz, Joint Chie fs of Staf f
Committee Chairman General Rashad
Mehmood, the three services chiefs and
the director general of the strategic plans
division.
Dawn cited US think tanks Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace and
the St imson Centre as say ing that
Pakistan had the fastest growing nuclear
program and could have the third largest
nuclear stockpile within five to 10 years.
The NCA meeting comes amid shelling
at the border with India and a day ahead
of talks between Pakistani Rangers and
India's Border Security Force (BSF) chiefs
in New Delhi.
Saying that there are no estimates avail
able on Indian missile inventories, the
media report said that concerns expressed
by the NCA pertained to Indias growing
strategic capabilities in the form of new
weapon systems, including submarine
launchable intercontinental and medium
range ballistic missiles and improvements
in its ballistic missile defense.
12
OP-ED
Bihar elections the real test for Modi

By Amitava Mukherjee
oughly 32,000 new voters

enrolled in each constituen
cy for this year's assembly
election in Bihar may play a deci
sive role in determining the ulti
mate poll result. The presence of
these new voters becomes impor
tant in the light of the fact that
during the last two assembly
elections in the state, the victory
margins of many of the winning
candidates ranged between
12,000 and 13,000 votes.
But there are plenty of ifs and
buts before the state goes to the
polls. The electoral behavior of
the Hindispeaking states in the
IndoGangetic plain is always
influenced by caste factors and
here, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
and Lalu Prasad Yadav, a former
chief minister and one of the
principal players of castebased
politics in India, have stolen a
march by stitching up an alliance
and announcing their respective
share of seats. There is reason for
the Bharatiya Janatta Party (BJP)
to feel a bit rattled as it cannot
field an equally powerful count
ercombination of castes and,
therefore, has fallen back on its
On the whole, the Bihar election result is likely to be a cliffhanger

and the real test for Narendra Modi.
slogan of "development" as can
be understoo d from Prime
Minister Narendra Mo di's
announcement of a g rant of
Rs.1.25 lakh crore for Bihar.
But this slogan of "develop
ment", together with a sense of
"nat ional perspect ive", as
described by the BJP, had enabled
the constituents of the National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) it
leads to capture 31 seats out of
40 in Bihar during the 2014 par
liamentary elections. The NDA's
combined voteshare was 38.8

percent while the BJP's individual
share in this stood at 29.86 per
cent. However, the vote share of
the opposition parties consisting
of the Janata DalUnited (JDU),
the Congress and the Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD) combined was
much more than that of the NDA.
This is the source of worry for
the BJP.
The BJP's traditional votebase
consists of the Brahmins and the
Baniyas of Indian society. Party
veteran L.K. Advani first tried to

broadbase it by his concept of a
broader Hindutva. The BJP could
successfully romp home in the
last Lok Sabha elections in spite
of its divorce from Nitish Kumar,
who represented the other back
ward class (OBC) interests. This
was because a significant number
of OBC votes and even a slight
amount of Muslim votes had
swung towards the BJP. But this
is unlikely to happen now.
This time, the BJP can safely
count on 14 percent uppercaste
votes, six percent Vaishya votes,
around six percent votes that are
likely to go to the Lok Janshakti
Party of Ram Vilas Paswan and
four percent votes of the
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party of
Upendra Kushwaha.
Former chief minister Jitan
Ram Manjhi, hailing from the
Musahar caste and representing
the interests of the 'mahadalits',
can bring in another five to six
percent votes. But this may not
be enough for the BJP to secure a
convincing victory.
This will certainly give the JD
URJDCongress combine extra
advantage. In the 2014 parlia
mentary polls these part ies
together had received 45.6 per

cent votes. But for tilting the
scales in their favour, both the
combines are expected to rely
heavily on the extremely back
ward castes (EBCs) who consti
tute nearly 24 percent of the
Bihar populace. In 2014, 53 per
cent of this group had voted for
the BJP. How they would cast
their votes this time has become
an important question.
In all probability, the JDU will
be able to retain its 16.4 percent
vote base. The Congress is also
expected to maintain its 8.56 per
cent share. About the RJD, howev
er, there are some reasonable
doubts. In 2014 it had received
20.46 percent votes. But this
time there are two spoilsports
the Garib Janata Dal (Secular) of
Sad hu Yadav and the Jana
Adhikar Mancha of Pappu Yadav.
Both are likely to cut into the RJD
voteshare in some pockets. At
the same time they have, till now,
declared their support for Jitan
Ram Manjhi which may harm
the JDU a bit.
On the whole, the Bihar election
result is likely to be a cliffhanger
and the real test for Narendra
Modi.
Dawood focus no surprise, but a

covert op should remain covert
By Rajdeep Sardesai
hat Dawood Ibrahim has

lived a luxurious life in
Pakistan for over two
decades has always been that
countrys worstkept secret.
For years now, North Block has
prepared several dossiers on
Dawood but made little headway
in capturing him. T he central
question is this: Is it the perfidy of
a hostile neighbor or quite simply
a lack of will on our part that has
prevented us from gett ing
Dawood? The truth is, its a bit of
both. The Pakistani State has no
intention of giving up its prized
asset despite all the evidence that
India might provide of his involve
ment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Over the years, Dawood has built
a strong network across various
businesses: From real estate to
hawala and fake currency rackets
to betting. That one of the great
est Pakistani cricketers, Javed
Miandad, chose to allow his son to
marry Dawoods daughter only
confirms how even Pakistani civil
so ciety has readily accepted
Any covert operation to take out Dawood must remain that;

it cannot become an occasion for public grandstanding.
Dawood as one of its own.
What is less wellproven is how
a powerful section of the Indian
establishment has also perhaps
developed a vested interest in
keeping Dawood out of the coun
try. Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani
has claimed that Dawood was
ready to strike a deal to surren
der in the mid90s but the
Maharashtra government, then
led by Sharad Pawar, chose not to

bite the bait. More recently, for
mer Union home secretary RK
Singh has claimed that a covert
operation to take out Dawood by
using rival gangster Chota Rajans
gang was deliberately botched
up by the Mumbai Police.
That Dawood has had links with
the police and political leadership
in this country has been often
whispered in power corridors. The

only time it truly resonated in
public discourse was during the
1995 Maharashtra election cam
paign when the BJPShiv Sena
alliance used it to corner the state
Congress leadership. But once in
power, the alliance government
did little to investigate and expose
the patronclient links.
Now, the Narendra Modi gov
ernment has sent out a firm signal
that it wants Pakistan to hand
over Dawood, and have his assets
frozen globally. The desire to not
allow Pakistan to obfuscate on
Dawoods whereabouts is to be
welcomed: too often, Islamabad
has been allowed to avoid the D
question in their obsession with
the K factor.
Nor should the renewed focus
on Dawood come as a surprise. It
was, after all, national security
adviser Ajit Doval who, as
Intelligence Bureau chief in 2005,
had planned the aborted covert
operation to eliminate Dawood in
Dubai during the highprofile
wedding with Miandads son. Now,
Mr Doval has once again placed
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
Dawood at the centre of his agen

da to keep the heat on Islamabad.
However, the fact is, Mr Doval is
no longer a spymaster who can
operate in the shadowy world of
spooks but is the public face of
the countrys security apparatus.
Muscular diplomacy that aims to
put pressure on Pakistan by
releasing Dawood dossiers in the
media has its limits as the col
lapsed IndiaPak NSA talks have
confirmed. Statecraft requires less
noise, more concrete action; it
cant end up as a propaganda bat
tle designed to satiate domestic
public opinion by talking tough.
Israel, for example, doesnt fight
its battle with Hamas terrorists in
the media, it simply walks the talk.
Any covert operation to take out
Dawood must remain that; it can
not become an occasion for public
grandstanding. Else the suspicion
w ill remain that bring back
Dawood is a mission that sells
just in television studios.
(Rajdeep Sardesai is a senior
journalist and author. The write
up appeared in the Hindustan
Times)
OP-ED
13
IGNORE THE BEARS:

IT'S A GREAT TIME TO 'BUY IN INDIA'
By Vatsal Srivastava
t 9,120 nobody could have
called the top on the Nifty
after a surprise rate cut by the
RBI. Upside momentum was too
strong and global equities were also
trading near or at record highs.
Similarly, after breaching and
trading well below the crucial psy
chological and technical level of
7,800, it is dif ficult to ignore fur
ther downside, especially consider
ing the global volatility in the finan
cial markets arising out of China
and the potential US Fed rate hike.
The Indian retail investor has
largely been on the sidelines after
the nightmare of the 200809
crash. At each new high the market
made, it was largely the institutional
money enjoying the party.
The question the retail investor
should ask is: Is this a good time to
accumulate stocks? Further, should
he or she be buying on every major
price decline from now as valua
tions become more reasonable and
tend towards the cheaper side? The
The S&P BSE SENSEX (Stock

Exchange Sensitive Index) has
been turbulent lately.
answer is a compe lling and a
screaming yes!
It is such panic times that retail
investors should be looking to build
a long term portfolio. It is a prudent
strategy to start and keep accumu
lating quality stocks given the cur
rent downtrend. Many bluechips
are now trading at attractive long
term valuations.
I have for long called for further
reduction in policy rates. Indian
earnings have remained stuck in
single digit growth territory for the
3 years. Weak revenues are ostensi
bly to blame, though a closer look
indicates topdown issues led by
high real interest rates and a nega
tive WPI culminating in lackluster

IIP growth are the real culprits
according to Barclays.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
has been singing his own lonely
hawkish song for many months
now, but surely rate cuts are com
ing soon. Real rates are at a two
decade high. India is under a seri
ous threat from disinflation and the
investment cycle will only turn with
a substantial fall in the cost of capi
tal. Time is running out. Expect 75
100 basis points of easing in the
next 12 months. Stalled projects
were at Rs 2,586 billion at the end
of the December 2013 quarter. By
June 2015, the value of stalled proj
ects was down 70 percent to Rs 793
billion. Government capex has taken
off. The new investment projects for
the past four quarters have totaled
Rs 10,566 billion, almost double the
number at the end of March 2014.
Listening beyond the perma bears
and Modi bashers, optimism is still
sky high.
The current leadership has been
quite successful in boosting the out
look for the future which is also a

critical ingredient to growth. It is
visible in FDI flows as well as in
stock market multiples which even
after this steep fall are right in the
middle of historical ranges. Gross
FDI inflows rose to $46.6 billion in
the 12 months ended May 2015.
Regarding government spending,
National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI) road awards for the
first three months of FY16 are
exhibiting strong momentum and
overall government capex for the
fiscal year to date is the highest in
the past five years, as per Barclays.
Barclays estimates suggest the
cumulative consumer spend (both
retail and corporate) will decline by
Rs 666 bn (0.5 percent of GDP) in
FY16 (assuming petrol and diesel
demand growth at 9% percent and
6% respectively), if crude averages
$60/bbl this fiscal year. These driv
ers are likely to spur consumption
demand growth.
Elsewhere, the European Central
Bank has revised its inflation fore
casts downwards and many are
expecting another round of quanti

tative easing in Europe. This will
surely support equities in Europe. A
US Fed hike certainly seems unlike
ly this month even after a solid jobs
data release last Friday. But even if
the rate hike comes, the US markets
will not witness the kind of capitula
tion they did a couple of weeks ago.
China is still a big risk but the
past few weeks have given markets
enough time to factor in the impli
cations of the Yuan devaluation.
Further volatility in China may not
be as painful going ahead.
It is true that India's macro funda
mentals are relatively solid as com
pared to much of the developed and
emerging
markets.However,
remember that while economies
like India can decouple and sail
through troubled waters as the
global economy faces headwinds,
global markets cannot do so easily.
Stay optimistic and believe in the
India story. Keep faith and patience
in the 15 month old NDA govern
ment.
Its time to Buy in India.
14
OP-ED
Why India needs to call Pakistan's

nuclear bluff once and for all
The uncomfortable truth Pak military and civil leaders must face is that their nuclear threat is mere bluster.
By Minhaz Merchant
n a statement issued last week, Pakistan's National
Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz said India shouldn't take his
country for granted. Pakistan, he added grimly, has
nuclear weapons. Other members of the Pakistani establish
ment have made similar statements in the recent past. But as
Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif knows perfectly
well, Islamabad cannot use its nuclear stockpile not even
the small tactical battlefield nuclear weapons Pakistan is
developing.
The reason is simple: A retaliatory nuclear strike by India
would cripple Pakistan. The Americans know this. So do the
Russians and the British. And of course, so does Pakistan.
Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of Jammu and
Kashmir, had this to say about Sartaj Aziz's nuclear threat in
an interview with Sagarika Ghose in The Times of India:
"When a senior diplomat, a former foreign minister, talks
about nuclear weapons, it's crazy. May I remind Sartaj Aziz
about Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Does he want to bomb J&K?
India also has a bomb. When I went to Pokhran after the
tests were conducted, I remember Vajpayee's words: 'He said
we aren't the ones to use this first, we have this as a deter
rence, only to tell people don't take us for granted. We can
defend ourselves.' I want to tell Aziz don't think of the bomb
because innocents will die. Sartaj Aziz saab you too will die if
the bomb falls." So is Pakistan's nuclear threat mere bluster?
The short answer: yes.
In a recent article in the Indian Express, journalist Praveen
Swami wrote why a Pakistani nuclear reprisal to a conven
tional Indian military attack would result in its annihilation:
"Ever since Modi took power last year, Pakistan has demand
ed negotiations, seeing them as a cushion against possible
Indian strikes in the face of a major terrorist attack. Large
swathes of its troops tied down in counterinsurgency duties,
the Pakistan army would be hard pressed to resist even a
limited Indian push in areas like Kashmir's Neelam Valley.
Though Pakistan often threatens nuclear reprisal, it knows it
would be hard pressed to deliver on this threat in all but the
most catastrophic scenarios, for the simple reason that anni
hilation would follow in short order. The truth is nuclear
armed adversaries have engaged in small conventional wars:
China and Russia clashed on the Ussuri river in the 1950s,
and India and Pakistan themselves in 1999."
And yet, Pakistan continues to develop nuclear warheads
at a rapid pace. Recent reports suggest it will have over 300
nuclear weapons within ten years more than France or
Britain. In a country beset by homeproduced terrorism,
there is always the danger that some of the small tactical
nuclear weapons will fall into terrorists' hands and be used
against Pakistan itself. Rawalpindi has a secure nuclear com
mand and control centre. But breaching these safeguards by
disgruntled elements with terrorist links can't be ruled out.
A recently declassified CIA document reveals that former
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi mulled, before abandoning, an
air strike on Pakistan's nascent nuclear weapons program in
1983. According to one report, Israel of fered, "as late as
1984", to bomb Pakistan's principal nuclear facility in
Kahuta if India allowed "its jets refueling assurance, but India
demurred."
Terrorism war by other means

Pakistan created the Taliban in the early1990s.
Breakaway fractions of this terrorist group like the Tehreek
eTaliban are relentlessly targeting Pakistan's armed forces.
December will mark the first anniversary of the brutal
Peshawar massacre. The Tehreek murdered over 130
Pakistani school children, mostly those from families in
Pakistan's armed forces. After years of battling these terror
Yes, Pakistan continues to develop nuclear

warheads at a rapid pace. But in a country beset
by home-produced terrorism, there is always
the danger that some of the small tactical nuclear
weapons will fall into terrorists' hands
and be used against Pakistan itself.
ists terrorists the Pakistani army has created and nurtured
they remain a serious threat. Over a third of the Pakistani
army is tied down fighting them and other militant groups
across the country. Since the Modi government took office
15 months ago, Pakistan has tested its will with ceasefire vio
lations across the LoC and the International Border (IB). In
October and November 2014, the BSF retaliated strongly to
unprovoked Pakistani firing which caused several Indian
casualties. The retaliation resulted in a large number of
Pakistani fatalities as well.
The Pakistani army and the ISI have helped launch a series
of terrorist attacks on Indian soil. The same pattern has been
repeated over the past few days. The increased infiltration by
militants trained in terror camps on Pakistani territory has
caused the deaths of Indian civilians, including women and
children. Two captured terrorists, Naveed and Sajjad, have
confessed under interrogation to being trained by the
LashkareTaiba, the terrorist group the Pakistani army nur
tures with funding, training and logistical support. Pakistan,
which has never won a war against India in 68 years, uses
such proxy terror groups to wage a lowintensity conflict
without committing the Pakistani army to a war it cannot
win. Terrorism and veiled nuclear threats are used by
Pakistan in an attempt to balance the asymmetry between
the two countries' armed forces.
Now to the myths
There are four myths in the IndiaPakistan relationship
that the army, ISI and civilian leadership of Pakistan careful
ly nurse. They need to be dispelled.
Myth 1: Pakistan, like India, is also a victim of terrorism.
Not true. Pakistan is the victim of its own terrorism; India
in sharp contrast is the victim of Pakistani terrorism. India
doesn't send terrorists across the border to kill Pakistani
civilians. Pakistan does. To equate the two is a standard man
ufactured response of the Pakistani establishment for
instance, citing Indian involvement in Balochistan without
providing a shred of evidence.
The Pakistani army meanwhile continues to commit geno
cide in Balochistan. It does not need India to spark an insur
gency among the Baloch they have been fighting Pakistan's
occupation of their country which Rawalpindi forcibly
annexed nearly a year after Independence. Remember:
Balochistan comprises 44 per cent of Pakistan's total land
area.
Peter Tatche ll, the human rights activist, writes:

"Balochistan was never part of the British Indian Empire.
From 1876, it was a selfgoverning British protectorate, with
Britain pledging to guarantee its security against external
aggression. In August 1947, Britain granted Balochistan
independence separately from India and Pakistan as it did
with Nepal. This independence was shortlived. On April 1,
1948, Pakistan sent troops to conquer the Baloch people.
They have remained there ever since, blanketing the country
with hundreds of military garrison posts to suppress the peo
ple."
Myth 2: Jammu and Kashmir is disputed territory.
It is, but not in the way Pakistan thinks. All United Nations
resolutions require Pakistan, as a first step, to vacate
Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (PoK). Once Pakistan does, all
issues related to Jammu & Kashmir can be discussed. In
short, PoK constitutes the core dispute in relation to Jammu
and Kashmir. All else flows from it. Thus when engagement
in the form of a composite dialogue resumes between India
and Pakistan, as External Af fairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
noted and once Islamabad adheres to the red lines drawn
by New Delhi Kashmir will be on the agenda, beginning
with PoK.
The soft, porous border proposal discussed between
General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh nearly a decade ago is a nonstarter. If implemented, it
will give terrorists a free pass to Jammu and Kashmir. Over
time Pakistan will occupy the entire state using a "creeping"
strategy. It is fortunate Musharraf was removed from office
before he could pull further wool over Dr Singh's eyes.
Myth 3: Reciprocity.
India granted Most Favored Nation (MFN) status to
Pakistan in 1996. Pakistan promised reciprocal status sever
al years ago. That promise remains unfulfilled. If Islamabad
continues to be in breach of that commitment, India could
consider withdrawal of MFN status to Pakistan. India is
already moving ahead in the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) without Pakistan in crucial
economic and diplomatic areas.
This ostracism could apply to other fields. Cricketing ties,
for example, will remain suspended. Can India really play
cricket with a country that sends terrorists to kill and maim
Indian women and children? Pakistan joined world cricket's
boycott of South Africa's apartheid regime throughout the
1970s and 1980s. The pressure including a global boycott
of South Africa's allwhite rugby team and other sanctions
led eventually to the abolition of apartheid. Politics and sport
should, ideally, not be mixed except in the case of extreme
injustice, such as apartheid, or statesponsored terrorism.
Myth 4: We are the same people.
We are not. Pakistan has over 190 million people: 90 mil
lion Punjabis, 45 million Sindhis, 30 million Pashtuns, 14
million Baloch, and 11 million others. Punjabis dominate the
army, civil service and business.
Indians are far more diverse in language, culture and reli
gion. As the 2011 census reveals, India has nearly as many
Muslims (172 million) as Pakistan which is several times
the number of Muslims India had in 1947. Pakistan too had
a significant minority (of Hindus) in 1947. Today Hindus
make up less than 1.6 per cent of Pakistan's population. In
Pakistan, the Baloch are butchered, Shias murdered, Ahmadis
outcast.
No, we are not the same people.
Foundereditor of Gentleman and

Business Barons magazines, Minhaz
Merchant is an Indian journalist and
writer. This column first appeared in the
news site daily O
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PUNARVI CLOTHING LINE WOWS

FASHION INDUSTRY AT LAUNCH
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ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
Sonam draws flak for '3rd

world nation' post on Twitter
Sonam Kapoor.
nown for being vocal about

her opinions on social media,
actress Sonam Kapoor drew
Twitterati's ire when she called
India a "3rd world nation" because
of "the intolerant misogynistic
close minded few".
T he "Khoobsurat" actress
shared her disappointment
w ith the meat ban as
imposed
by
the
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC).
After
the
BMC
imposed the fourday
meat ban here, which is
during the upcoming
'Paryushan' Jain holy fes
hen Kangana Ranaut looks back

at her career, she smiles with
pride. The "Queen" star says
that while she has grown strength
by strength from Bgrade cinema
to being the "number one actress
of the country", she considers
that her contemporaries "have
had no growth".
The 28yearold's post "Queen"
phase has seen Kangana featur
ing in and bagging plum projects
including "Tanu Weds Manu
Returns", "Katti Batti", "Rangoon",
"Rani Lakshmibai" and "Simran".
"This is just the beginning," Kangana
said, and added that for the "longest time I
was struggling and nothing was falling into place, and I
didnt have offers".
"I started from 'B grade films' and today Im the number one
actress of this country... whereas other actresses, whom you
might call my contemporaries, they have had no growth in what
ever platform they were launched... they are still there and have
not risen to another platform," she added.Without naming any
one, the twotime National Award winner said: "The other
actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a
megastar. They were superstars overnight, and are the same
even today."
Kangana herself earlier harboured dreams of being launched
opposite an Alister. But now she does not feel the need to share
screen space with them as she considers herself a "profitable
actress".
"Initially, I wanted to do films with Alist actors when I was
struggling. I was hoping that I could also get that platform where
I'm launched with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan or Aamir
Khan... and with them my career could also start, but it didn't
happen. And then came 'Queen'," Kangana said, referring to the
lifechanging effect that the Vikas Bahl directorial brought for
her. Following that, "Tanu Weds Manu Returns", did well.
tival, Sonam tweeted: Our country

is going to remain a 3rd world
nation because of the intolerant
misogynistic close minded few.
However, her tweet didn't go
down well with the Twitterati, who
took a dig at the actress for her
post.
The meat ban is misogynistic?
Sounds like a very bad innuendo,"
said one user.
While another user asked the
actress to carry a "$2 Thesaurus"
in her bag.
It is t ime to carry a $2
Thesaurus in that $20,000 Hermes
bag of yours. By the way Thesaurus
means Dictionary," the tweet said.
Today we've to
be better than
our juniors:
Salman
Salman Khan.
I'm number
one, others
have no growth:
Kangana
Kangana Ranaut.
'Rajkumar Hirani not

replacing Chauhan at FTII'
ajkumar Hirani will not replace Film and

Television Institute of India's (FTII) chairman
Gajendra Chauhan, the spokesperson of the
Bollywood filmmaker said. "He is not replacing Gajendra
Chauhan, who is heading the governing council of FTII.
He has been asked to head
the academic council, but will
not be able to take it up as his
film work keeps him occupied
and he would not have the
bandwidth to handle FTII
work,"
the
director's
spokesperson said in a state
ment."However, he will con
Gajendra Chauhan
tinue helping from the out
side to end this deadlock between the ministry and the
students," the spokesperson added, in reference to the
students who have been on strike to oppose the appoint
ment of actor and BJP member Chauhan as the institute's
chairman. The statement on behalf of Hirani was issued
following rumors that the maker of superhits such as the
"Munnabhai" series, "3 Idiots" and "PK", may replace
Chauhan as the chairperson of FTII, the country's premier
institution for film studies.
alman Khan is at the top of the Bollywood

game with backtoback hits to his credit,
but he says an actor's life comes with "dif
ferent challenges". With a brigade of young
actors proving their mettle in the film industry
every Friday, the superstar says he is now faced
with the challenge of being "better than the jun
iors".
"The challenges (of our profession) changes
with time. So at every given point it's going to
change," Salman, one of the top paid actors of
Bollywood, said during a teteatete in Gurgaon.
"Initially, our journey was to be better than
the seniors. Today, our journey is to be better
than the juniors! We thought that was difficult,
but today at our age, to be as fit and to be as
agile as the juniors, is ten times more difficult,"
added Salman, who is now also backing new tal
ent.
He is introducing actors Aditya Pancholi's son
Sooraj and Suniel Shetty's daughter Athiya to
Bollywood via his production "Hero", a remake
of Subhash Ghai's 1983 film. And he was in the
capital suburb to promote the film, which is
releasing on September 11.
Salman, who will also be seen hosting reality
TV show "Bigg Boss 9" later this year, shares a
close relationship with Sooraj and Athiya.
"They call me Salman sir, but it doesn't mean
that I'm a teacher. I'm their elder brother, who
is only getting younger," quipped the actor,
whose own journey in filmdom began with
"Biwi Ho To Aisi" in 1988, and who came into
spotlight following his act as Prem in the
endearing love saga "Maine Pyar Kiya" in 1989.
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
Asha Bhosle turns 82,

geared to perform in NY
New York : On her 82nd birthday, legendary
singer Asha Bhosle reached the Big Apple,
where she was excited to perform later this
week.
Asha, whose musical prowess has been
proven by songs like "Dil cheez kya hai", "Dum
maro dum" and "Piya tu ab toh aaja", took to
Twitter to share that she is out on a tour in the
US. "Just arrived in NYC. Thank you once again
for your love and kind wishes. Looking for
ward to performing in New Jersey on 13
September, the Padma Vibhushan awardee
tweeted.
With over six decades of singing in multiple
languages, Asha is one of the most regarded
music artistes across the world. A master of a
variety of genres, she has performed several
times on foreign shores and even once collabo
rated with cricketer Brett Lee for a song.
Asha was even wished on Twitter by her
elder sister and India's nightingale Lata
Mangeshkar, who shared some of their child
hood memories via photographs with their
fans. Thanking her "didi", Asha tweeted: "Didi's
ashirvad is always with me but this time it's
special since I'm far away on tour in USA and
her support and guidance is invaluable."
Composer Aadesh Shrivastava

dies, BTown gathers at funeral
Asha Bhosle.
ollywood music composer

and
singer
Aadesh
Shrivastava, who was bat
tling cancer for the last five years,
passed away here on Saturday, a
day after he turned 49. He is sur
vived by his wife Vijayata Pandit
and two sons Anivesh and
Avitesh.
"Aadesh passed away at 12.30
a.m.," his brotherinlaw and
music composer Lalit Pandit, from
the JatinLalit duo, said.
Shrivastava's cremation took
place
at
the
Oshiwara
Crematorium here on Saturday
afternoon. Bollywood celebrities
including Amitabh Bachchan, Anil
Kapoor, Sonu Nigam and Alka
Yagnik, Pandit Jasraj, Udit
Narayan, Javed Ali, Kunal
Ganjawala, Ismail Darbar, Shekhar
Kapur and Anees Bazmee were
present at the funeral.

Amitabh, who was known to be
a close friend of Shrivastava, said
that he has lost his music with the
death of the music composer.
The actor posted on his official
blog: Aadesh Shrivastava passed
away...I lived my music w ith
him...I live without him now... and
perhaps my music too".
Amitabh, who has featured in
films
like
"Baabul"
and
"Baag hban"
for
which
Shrivastava composed music was
seen consoling Vijayata Pandit at
the funeral.
Known for his compositions for
films like Chalte Chalte, Kabhie
Khushi Kabhie Gham and
Raajneeti, he was also popular
for singing songs such as Sona
sona, Shava shava and Mora
piya.
17
Modi congratulates
Ricky Kej for Grammy win
rime Minister Narendra
Modi has invited interna
tionally acclaimed musician
Ricky Kej to personally congratu
late him on his win at the 57th
Grammy Awards earlier this
year. Kej had won the prestigious
award for his 2014 album
"Winds of Samsara", which
bagged the Best New Age Album
trophy at Los Ange les in
February.
"PM Narendra Modi's of fice
had invited me for a meet and
greet. I came in today morning.
He was extremely gracious and
generous with his time. We had a
45minutelong, private meeting
with the PM, my wife and me. He
said it is not just an award for
me, but also for the whole coun
try. We talked music, philosophy
and it was a really great time,"
Kej told IANS about his meeting
with the prime minister in a tele
phonic interview.
Kej, who also composed a spe
cial version of the nat ional
anthem for the PM, said he felt
great to receive recognition for
his work from the country and
from the head of government.
"(It's wonderful) to get recogni
tion from your own country and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

with musician Ricky Kej.
from the head of the govern
ment, so what more can an artist
ask for? It was a very emotional
moment for me," he added.
Although "Winds of Samara"
blends in the creative influences
of the cultures to generate a
sound of calmness and positivity,
Kej said his music is "primarily
Indian".
"My music is primarily Indian. I
am grateful to the PM for giving
me his time. It is amazing that he
liked my music and the philoso
phies behind it. He was so well
informed, he knows everything,
that's the end of it," he added.
'Welcome Back': Replete

with entertainment
D
The body of Aadesh Shrivastava being taken for funeral in Mumbai.
on't look for rationality or

log ic and you shall get
oodles of entertainment.
Treated as a comedy, "Welcome
Back", is an actionpacked, buddy
film laced with family obligations,
love and sacrifice. This is a sequel
to the 2007 released "Welcome". It
takes off from where it last left.
While there are several refer
ences to the prequel, you don't
miss these connections as this film
stands firm on its own terrain,
albeit following the same formula
ic pattern, in premise and plot, as
its predecessor.
T he ageing mobsters Uday
Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu
(Anil Kapoor) are now reformed
businessmen leading a respectable
life in Dubai. Being single, they
decide it is time to get domesticat
ed. It so happens that both fall
hook, line and sinker for Babita
(Ankita Srivastava) a congirl, who
introduces herself to the duo as
Rajkumari Chandini.
Meanwhile, Uday's father turns
up at their doorstep informing
them that he has one more daugh
ter Ranjhana (Shruti Haasan) from
his third marriage. And that Uday
should take care of her.
Bogged with this newfound
responsibility, the two friends stall
REVIEW
A scene from the film 'Welcome Back.'

their own wedding plans to find a
groom for their little sister. They
decide to get her married before
they can settle down. This forms
the crux of the tale.
T he script, written by Anees
Bazmee, Rajiv Kaul and Raaj
Shaandilyaa, though treading on
tested grounds which make the
saga familiar, has freshness in
terms of its gags. They are fresh
and range from the traditional
punchline jokes to many other
forms of comedy such as deadpan,
observation, satire, surrealism,
slapstick and improvisation. Nana
Patekar with his rising blood pres

sure and constant selfassuring
lines, "Control, Bhai Control" or
"Bhagwan ka diya hua sab kuch
haia" is a treat to watch. He is ably
supported by Anil Kapoor as his
"bhai, dost and business partner".
They make a formidable pair.
John Abraham as Shruti's love
interest and Dr. Gunghroo's son,
plays the brawny Ajay aka Ajjubhai
with elan. He makes a sincere
effort to emote and does have his
shining moments.
Overall, watching this film makes
for a great pastime.
18
FEATURES
Chadha's film on the last Viceroy

starts shooting in Jodhpur
By Prakash Bhandari
Jaipur: After a good monsoon, the month
of September has seen Bollywood stars
descend on the Sun City Jodhpur along
with the British stars. The British cinema
does not have a name. The behemoth
American movie industry was named after
the city where it took root. Movie making
in the UK does not have that kind of physi
cal concentration in one area. And to
prove this point, Gurinder Chadha, the
we llknown maker of Bend It Like
Beckham and Bride & Prejudice, is mak
ing yet another English film based on
Indian characters.
Titled The Viceroy House, the film
chronicles the last months of Lord
Mountbatten and his wife Edwina's in
India before British rule ended. The film is
currently shooting in Jodhpur.
Another film
from Hollywoo d,
Unforgettable, with an ensemble cast of
veterans like Franco Nero, Joan Collins,
Marisa Berenson, and Tippi Hedren along
with Indian actress Mahabanoo Mody
Lord Mountbatten, the

last Viceroy in India,
wife Edwina and
Jawaharlal Nehru.
(Inset) Fimmaker
Gurinder Chadha
Kotwal, will be shot in Jodhpur in January

next year . The films producer Karen G.
Cadle says the movie will have an old
world vibe with an Indian overtone. Cadle
was lured by Indias mysterious, exotic and
economical attributes. Her film will have
a heritage hotel as a location.
Gurinder Chadha had bought the rights
of two books, Larry Collins & Dominique
Lapierres Freedom At Midnight and
Narinder Singh Sarlas The Shadow Of The
Great Game for scripting the film.
The very talented British actor Hugh
Bonneville, who has endeared himself to
critics and audiences playing a gallery of
reallife characters including John Bayley
and Sir Christopher Wren, is playing Lord
Mountbatten, while Gillian Anderson of X
Files plays Edwina.
Interest ing ly the film pairs Huma
Qureshi with Manish Dayal in a romantic
space. Manish was the critics' delight last
year as the Indian chef in France in Lasse
Hailstrom's The 100 Foot Journey. Manish,
who rose to instant stardom, would be
happy to have his screendad Om Puri
from The 100 Foot Journey back as a co

star in Chadha's film. Sara Jane Dias is also
a part of The Viceroy's House.
About the rest of the cast, grapevine
ment ions Colin Firth (for Lord
Mountbatten?), Naseeruddin Shah (for
Jinnah) and Saif Ali Khan (for Jawaharlal
Nehru), but Chadha has not confirmed.
The Viceroy House will be shot in an
extensive outdoor schedule in Jodhpurs
Ummed Bhawan Palace, Balsamand,
Mehrangarh Fort and in nearby Osian.
The historical film produced by Pathe,
BBC Films and Reliance has been scripted
by Chadha along with her husband Paul
Berges, and Moira Buffini.
The film will see Lord Mountbatten
assuming the post of last Viceroy, charged
with handing India back to its people, liv
ing upstairs at Viceroy House (now
Rashtrapati Bhavan), while 500 Hindu,
Muslim and Sikh servants live downstairs.
Against this turbulent backdrop, the per
sonal and polit ical become deeply
entwined and a decision was taken that
continues to reverberate till today.
Carrying on royal love for polo

By Prakash Bhandari
Jaipur: He is the youngest Maharaja at 16
and he is privileged as he rules he majestic
City Palace and other royal properties of the
erstwhile Jaipur state. But the young
Maharaja has no airs about it and is groom
ing himself by studying in a school in UK and
playing polo.
In the City Palace, the retinue of staff call
him Darbar or His Highness. Maharaja
Padmanabh Singhs title is not recognized by
law, after Mrs Indira Gandhi stripped the
princes of their privileges in the 1970s. But
in Jaipur and in former principalities like
Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Alwar and
Bharatpur, the head of the royal family is
still regarded as the Maharaja by many
people. The former rulers or their scions still
inspire respect in Rajasthan where old tradi
tions endure.
How Padmanabh Singh became the Jaipur
maharaja at age 12 is quite a story. In 2002,
the late Jaipur ruler, Brigadier Sawai
Bhawani Singh, not blessed with a son,
adopted his daughter Diya Kumaris eldest
son, Padmanabh, as his heir apparent. After
Bhawani Singh passed away, Padmanabh
Singh, then a school student of Mayo College
of Ajmer, was coronated as the new
Maharaja.
Like his great grandfather and grandfa
ther, Padmanabh has great love for polo and
for this reason, he chose to enroll himself at
Millfield School in Somerset, UK, which has a
good polo facilities.
Padmanabh Singh explains, My grand
father went to Harrow for his schooling and
he wanted me to study there. But I opted for
Millfield School because apart from good
academic it has great sports facilities and I
was allowed to play polo outside the school

campus also. I play polo in two school
grounds and also at Vaux Park Polom Club
and the Guards Polo Club, which is patron
ized by the British royals. Playing with top
notch British players has helped me improve
my game. And I am recognized as a one goal
handicap player. I have bought five polo
horses in all.
Millfield School is a remarkable place.
From its foundation in 1935, with six
princes brought from India, Millfield is today
one of the leading UK independent schools
for boys and girls, aged 218 years. Its a co
ed boarding school and a number of UAE and
Arab royals children and also the children of
Mumbais elite study there. The best known
Indian alumnus is Arun Nayar, business
tycoon. I am proud to be in Millfield that
provide an exceptional, allround education
that enables each child to try everything on
offer, to find out what they really enjoy and
are good at. The school is grounded in the
strength of re lationships that are the
bedrock of all great communities. Millfield
is tremendously diverse in terms of the aca
demic, cultural and sporting backgrounds of
its pupils, and we celebrate this diversity,
said Padmanabh Singh.
Padmanabh Singh is known as Pocho at
Millfield, This nickname was given to him
when he was studying at Mayo. He is in the
12th standard with politics, history and busi
ness studies as subjects.
Not many people know about my royal
background here and am grooming myself
as a commoner. Here my world is confined to
studies and polo. I have chosen politics as a
subject and also business studies because
after my schooling I would love to go to
Oxford or Cambridge to study the same sub
Jaipur maharaja Padmanabh Singh has

been made the brand ambassador of
La Martina, the producers of polo
equipment. (Photos by Raj Kumar Singh)
jects at the university level, he added.

Padmanabh Singhs mother, Diya Kumari is
MLA in Rajasthan and he is also keen to join
politics when he returns to India after his
studies. Politics is power. My ancestors
were rulers and they were the rulers on the
strength of their might and military power.
But time has changed you can be in politics
only if the people recognize you as an indi
vidual and they elect you to be their repre
sentative with the hope that you would do
something for them. I also want to be in
business, because I want to make an honest
living. I have plans to develop our heritage
properties and be in hospitality and in
tourism business. There is enough to do in
this sector, explained Padmanabh.
The schoolboy maharaja inherits a mixed
blessing with priceless properties in and
around the city still controlled by the crown
but embroiled in decades of family feuds and

estrangements. There is no authentic report
on the familys worth but the family has
priceless jewelry, the worth of which alone
as per one British valuer is Pound sterling
400 million. When in Jaipur Padmanabh
Singh stays with his parents and his two
other siblings a brother and a sister as well
as Rajmata Padmini Devi. His brother
Lakshyaraj Singh is not interested in polo
and loves soccer and cricket.
I think there is no better city in the world
than Jaipur. Its here that I get the love of
both my biological mother and also the
Queens mother (Padmini Devi). I get the love
of my biological father Narendra Singh, who
also loves polo, said the young royal.
Padmanabh has been made the brand
ambassador of La Martina, the producers of
polo equipment. La Martina normally
appoints star polo players as brand ambassa
dors, but Padmanabh has got the honor
because he is a royal and belongs to a family
known for its love for polo.
20
DIASPORA
Nine year old Anirudh Kathirvel sweeps

Australian spelling bee contest
Melbourne: Anirudh Kathirvel, a nine
yearold Indianorigin boy is Australia's
new spelling champion after he won 'The
Great Australian Spelling Bee' competition.
Kathirve l, born in Me lbourne to a
Tamilian couple, won $50,000 education
scholarship along with an impressive
$10,000 worth goods for his school.
Anirudh said he could not believe his
luck after winning the scholarship and
asked his fellow spellers to "pinch" him.
"I need to rub my eyes and see if this is
a dream," he said adding, "Nope. Nope.

Nope. Real. I can't describe it. It's like the
best day of my life."Anirudh said his
favorite word to spell was 'euouae' as he
liked the structure of the word as it
was the longest word with consecutive
vowels.
"Some of the other words I like to spell
are feuilleton, cephalalg ia, ombro
phobous," he said adding that he loves
watching Indian movies.
Anirudh, whose parents Prithiviraj and
INDIANBORN
POLICEMAN APPOINTED
SUPERINTENDENT
IN CANADA
Toronto: An Indianorigin police
officer has been promoted to the
rank of superintendent of
Community Services, Surrey
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) has announced.
Inspector Sharnjit (Shawn) Gill,
the second Indiandescent RCMP
Superintendent in Brit ish
Columbia, is currently working
as the Operations Officer for the
Integ rated
Homicide
Investigation Team (IHIT).
He will now oversee Surrey
Detachment's community servic
es that include community polic
ing, youth, bikes, property crime,
criminal intelligence, drugs, gang
enforcement, and traf fic, Voice
online reported on Wednesday.
"I feel privileged to be coming
back to Surrey and look forward
to working closely with the com
munity to enhance public safety
in our city," Gill was quoted as
saying.
"I am fortunate to have this
career in the RCMP and I
acknowledge my parents for the
significant role they have played.
Had it not been for their courage
and sacrifice in immigrating to
Canada in 1969, I would not
have been in the position that I
am," Gill added.
Born in Rajiana village in
Moga, Punjab, Gill began his
career in Surrey General Duty 26
Supt. Sharnjit (Shawn) Gill

years ago. He moved to
Investigative Services later and
worked in the Burg lary and
Serious Crime Units for next 15
years.
Gill has won many accolades
while in services. In 1997, he
was awarded of ficer in charge
certificate of recognition for his
role in the arrest and conviction
of two serial sex offenders.
In 2009 he was conferred
Long Service Medal for complet
ing 20 years of service with good
conduct.
In 2012, he won Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
Medal for his role as the Team
Commander in charge of the
pipeline bombings investigation
in Columbia.
Sujatha also migrated to Australia from

Tamil Nadu 16 years ago, said, "I started
reading from the age of two and slowly
my reading passion evolved into my love
for words. My parents encouraged and
helped me to build up on my spelling."
"My first spelling competition was
when I was in grade 1. But my first
year in the spelling competition was
challenging.
"Gradually my confidence increased and
I was pushing my spelling abilities to its
Anirudh Kathirvel
limits. That's how my spelling journey
has begun," he added.
FIVE INDIANCANADIAN KIDS BAG

SCHULICH LEADER SCHOLARSHIPS
Toronto: Five IndianCanadian
high school students have received
this year's prestigious Schulich
Leader Scholarships.
Nimra Dar, Manpreet Deol,
Aditya Mohan, Aishwarya Roshan
and Simranjeet Singh were among
50 high school graduates who
were awarded the scholarship to
enroll in science, technology, engi
neering or mathematics (Stem)
undergraduate programs at partic
ipating universities in Canada and
Israel, reports schulichleaders.com.
The scholarship is awarded to
the "most promising students" in
Canada and Israel to encourage

them to become pioneers in global
scientific research and innovation,
the undergraduate award pro
gram's website said in a statement.
Of the 50 scholarships awarded
each year, 25 scholarships worth
$80,000 each are designated for
students pursuing an engineering
degree, while the rest valued at
$60,000 each are designated for
students studying science, technol
ogy or maths.
According to the website, Dar
and Deol will utilize their scholar
ships to pursue engineering pro
grams, while the other three stu

dents will use it to study science
courses.
Schulich
Leader
Scholarship, set up by Canadian
businessman and philanthropist
Seymour Schulich in 2012, is fund
ed by the Schulich Foundation and
coadministered by UJA Federation
of Greater Toronto.
Nominations for the scholarships
are invited each year subject to the
nominees meeting two of the three
criteria academic excellence, out
standing community, business or
entrepreneurial leadership and
financial need.
New Zealand hoteliers face jail term

for underpaying workers
Wellington: Two Indianorigin man
agers of New Zealand's popular
Indian restaurant chain, Masala are
facing up to seven years in jail or a
$100,000 fine after pleading guilty
to underpaying their workers, a
media report said.
Jyoti Jain and Rajwinder Singh
Grewal jointly pleaded guilty to a
total of 20 immigration and
exploitation charges at the Auckland
district court on Tuesday, the New
Zealand Herald reported.
Jain was the main target of a min
istry of business innovation and
employment sting, which until
Tuesday did not reveal her identity
and full facts of offences committed
by her.
Court documents revealed that
Jain significantly underpaid four
employees between 2009 and 2014
as she promised to help them obtain

a visa. According to the New
Zealand daily, Jain of fered illegal
immigrant Gagandeep Singh the
position of assistant manager with
the promise of paying him $15 an
hour for his 3040 hours of work.
Instead, he worked up to 11 hours
a day, sometimes seven days a week,
and was paid $250 after a week of
unpaid "training."
Singh eventually quit the job after
having effectively been paid $2.64
an hour during his tenure.
Grewal, who managed the
Bucklands Beach Masala, contacted
Fijian national Bimal Roy Prasad in
September 2014 in relation to a job
opening for a chef.
He took him to meet Jain and was
instead asked to help in the kitchen.
Prasad ended up receiving only $40
as his pay after working for more

than nine weeks for the company. In
more than one case, workers were
told to submit timesheets indicating
they were working about 30 hours a
week, when in reality it was usually
more than double that, the daily
said. According to New Zealand's
Employment Relations, the current
adult minimum wage rates (before
tax) that apply to employees aged
16 or over is $14.75 an hour. The
minimum rates that apply to start
ingout workers and employees on
training is $11.80 an hour.
"Employees have to be paid at
least the minimum hourly wage rate
for any extra time worked over eight
hours a day or over 40 hours a week
or 80 hours per fortnight," it said.
Grewal and Jain will be sentenced
next month.
SUBCONTINENT
21
Pak has lost global support on Kashmir: Exdiplomat

Washington: Pakistan no longer enjoys
international support on Kashmir, a former
Pakistani envoy to the US has said.
"Kashmir is an emotive issue in Pakistan
because of the failure of its leaders to
inform their people that Pakistan no longer
enjoys international support on the matter,"
said Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani
Ambassador to the US.
Mr Haqqani, who is currently director of
South and Central Asia at the Hudson
Institute, said for years Pakistan has sought
international support for its position that
Kashmir's future must be resolved through
dialogue with India
India does not even want to discuss the
dispute without the end of Pakistanspon
sored terror, he added.
"Instead of accepting that it might be bet
ter for India and Pakistan to normalize rela
tions by expanding trade and crossborder
travel, Pakistani hardliners have stuck to a
'Kashmir first' mantra, which they know is
unrealistic," said Mr Haqqani, who was at
the loggerheads with the powerful Pakistani
Army when in office.
Posturing on Kashmir gets Pakistan
nowhere but its leaders feel they need to do
it any way to maintain support from
Islamists and the military at home, he said.
'Talks with India only if

Kashmir discussed
Former Pakistani Ambassador to the US

Husain Haqqani.
According to Mr Haqqani, hardliners in an
increasingly selfconfident India play on
Indians' frustration with Pakistani state sup
port for jihadis, such as those responsible
for terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008.
"There is empty talk of 'teaching Pakistan
a lesson' without acknowledging that teach
ing military lessons to nations armed with
nuclear weapons is never easy. Indians
could learn from the United States' frustra
tions with North Korea," he said.
Islamabad:
Nat ional
Security Force chief in New
Security Advisor (NSA)
De lhi on Wednesday. He
Sartaj Aziz said Pakistan
said the meeting is being
will hold talks with India
held in accordance with the
only if the Kashmir issue is
Ufa declaration and will help
also on the agenda, the
reduce tensions along the
media reported.
Line of Control and Pakistan
He said the earlier NSA
will definitely raise the issue
level talks with India were
of 'unprovoked' Indian fir
cancelled due to the inflexi
ing.
Sartaj Aziz
bility shown by India, as no
He said Kashmir will be
dialogue with India can be successful with part and parcel of any agenda of talks with
out the Kashmir issue as part of the agenda, India and that the international community
Dawn online reported.
has accepted Pakistans point of view in this
"(Indian Prime Minister) Narendra Modi regard.
contested elections on antiPakistan plat
Aziz said that no one could dare to launch
form and now wants to dictate terms for the any attack inside Pakistan and if anyone did
dialogue with Pakistan but we will never so, he would get a befitting response.
accept this and we have already conveyed it
He said that Pakistan would not be
to New Delhi," Aziz said.
pressured by Indian threats of an attack at
The announcement came on the eve of a any time, adding that if India even thought
dialogue between the DirectorGeneral of attacking, Pakistan would provide a
Pakistan Rangers and the Indian Border befitting response.
POISONING OF SCHOOLGIRLS Sri Lankan PM to visit

CONTINUES IN AFGHANISTAN India on September 14
Kabul: Poisoning of schoolgirls is
continuing in Afghanistan's Herat
province as 25 more children were
rushed to hospitals after complain
ing of breathing problems, the
media reported on Tuesday.
Officials said the girls were fine
until arriving at school. But soon
after entering the premises, they
started to fall sick, Khaama Press
reported.
Amrullah Amani, head of
Guzaras civil hospital, confirmed
receiving poisoned girls from
Khatamun Nabiyeen school.
The wave of poisoning of school
girls began in Herat province
about 10 days ago.
Around 700 girls from different
The wave of poisoning of schoolgirls began in Herat province (file photo)

schools have been poisoned in the
province during this perio d.
Security agencies are still investi
gating the incidents.
These incidents had previously

taken place in Kabul, Bamyan,
Maidan Wardak, Jawzjan and
Badakhshan provinces.
American beaten to death in Nepal

Washington: An Austin woman has
reportedly been beaten to death in
Nepal after she went on a back
packing trip to help in the after
math of the country's deadly earth
quake in April, according to media
reports.
Dahlia Yehia, 25, arrived in Nepal
on July 20, where she was killed
by another teacher named
Narayan Paudel. She went missing
last month; concerned about her
whereabouts, her friends and fami
ly contacted the US Embassy in
Nepal. After an invest igat ion,
police said Paudel confessed to

beating Yehia to death, putting her
body in a sack and dumping it in
the river. Yehia's body has not
been recovered.
She met Paude l through the
Couchsurfing website, which con
nects travelers with local hosts for
accommodations. Hundreds of
thousands were left homeless in
that April earthquake, and more
than 8,000 people were killed.
Friends and family said Yehia was
hoping to make a difference when
she tragically lost her life.
Dahlia Yehia arrived in Nepal

on July 20
New Delhi: India is

ization.
likely to push for an
India, government
early finalization of
sources said, w ill
the Comprehensive
now be looking to tie
E c o n o m i c
up the details with
Partnership
Wickremesinghes
Agreement with Sri
national unity gov
Lanka during the
ernment and work
September 1416
towards finalizing
PM Wickremesinghe had
visit of Prime
ag reement.
expressed his support the
Minister
Ranil
Wickremesinghe has
for a Comprehensive
Wickremesinghe to
Economic Partnership also spoken in favor
New Delhi, accord
Agreement with India of a land bridge
ing
to
media
b e t w e e n
reports. It will be the newly elect Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and
ed Sri Lankan PMs first visit to T halaimannar on Sri Lankas
New Delhi, as well as his first western coast.
of ficial visit abroad after
More than the Sethusamudram
January, when he was first project, which has now been
appointed to the post.
almost given up, the idea of a
Former president Chandrika land bridge has supporters in the
Kumaratunga, who is working Mo di government. T he Sri
closely with the new government Lankan PM is likely to have a
and is currently on a visit to lunch meeting with his counter
India,
confirmed part Narendra Mo di on
Wickremesinghes visit during an September 15, aside from meet
interaction with journalists here.
ings with others in Indias politi
Wickremesing he
had cal leadership the same day.
expressed his support for a India will be looking for indica
Comprehensive
Economic tions too from Wickremesinghe
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that the Sri Lankan government
with India only two months ago will not allow the controversial
at a business forum in Colombo, $1.5 bn Port City project, award
asking Sri Lankan businessmen ed to the Chinese by former pres
not to fear it but see it as an ident Mahinda Rajapaksa, to go
opportunity. The two countries ahead.
have been talking about a CEPA
The project is at the moment
for several years, but Sri Lankan suspended, pending an environ
opposition to it stalled its final mental impact assessment.
22 September 12-18, 2015
INTERNATIONAL
Migrant crisis: Europe

to outline quota plan
he European Union's leaders
will unveil plans Wednesday
to cope with the region's
snowballing migrant crisis as fears
mount that authorities are in dan
ger of losing control of the prob
lem.
In a "State of the Union" speech
Wednesday morning, European
Commission President JeanClaude
Juncker will cover the biggest chal
lenge currently facing the conti
nent the inux of thousands of
people arriving in Europe as they
ee the wartorn Middle East,
mainly from Syria, and Africa.
Speaking to the European
Parliament in Strasbourg, Juncker
began his address by telling of
cials that Europe was "not in a
good place" and said that the
region had to have a humanitarian
response and take concerted
action to deal with the migrant sit
uation.
"We can build walls, we can build
fences but if it were you with your
child in your arms with the world
you knew torn apart around
you,there is no price wouldn't pay,
no wall you wouldn't climb and no
border you wouldn't cross (to nd
A young migrant, who drowned in a failed attempt to sail to the

Greek island of Kos, lies on the shore in Bodrum, Turkey.
refuge)We have to accept these
people on European territory," he
urged.
Juncker said Europe had adopt
ed improved measures to mitigate
the migrant crisis, such as an
increased maritime presence to
rescue migrants making the dan
gerous crossing over the
Mediterranean in unseaworthy
boats, but that more efforts need
ed to be made to dismantle human
trafcking networks. Juncker
announced an "enhanced propos
al" to he lp Greece, Italy and

Hungary the countries where
migrants have been arriving in
their thousands, many en route to
Germany to cope with what it
calls "the unprecedented emer
gency situation."
The plans could prove controver
sial in several countries that say
they have not got the resources to
cope with more migrants and sev
eral governments are already fac
ing a tide of antiimmigration sen
timent among the public.
Saudiled attacks kill 20

Indian nationals in Yemen
The site of an air strike by Saudi planes

in south Yemen (file photo).
Sanaa: A Saudiled alliance killed at least 20
Indian nationals in airstrikes on fuel smug
glers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, sher
men said, and more foreign troops were
reported to be arriving to intensify the cam
paign against Houthi forces.
The Houthirun state news agency Saba
also said that 15 citizens were killed in
airstrikes on Sanaa, and medical sources
said at least 15 civilians were killed in simi
lar attacks on Monday. It was not immedi
ately possible to independently verify the
gures.
The alliance, made up mainly of Gulf Arab
countries, has increased air strikes on Sanaa
and other parts of the country since Friday,
when a Houthi missile attack killed at least
60 Saudi, Bahraini and United Arab Emirates

soldiers at a military camp east of Sanaa.
They were part of a force preparing to
assault the capital, which the Iranianallied
Houthis seized last September. Friday's
attack was the deadliest yet for Gulf soldiers
in the war and may herald a turning point as
Saudiallied countries appear to be commit
ting to a ground war they had so far avoid
ed. In western Yemen, local residents and
shermen said planes from the Saudiled
alliance struck two boats at alKhokha, a
small port near Hodeidah used by Indians to
smuggle badly needed fuel supplies into the
country, killing 20 of them.
Ofcials were not immediately available to
comment on the report.
Obama may not need veto

to save Iran nuclear deal
Washington:
President Barack
Obama
ag ain
warned
the
Republican con
trolled Cong ress
that he would veto
any move to derail
the landmark Iran
nuclear deal, but
with several more
senators backing it, President Obama has secured key 42 Senate
he may not have to
votes for Iran deal.
wield his pen.
The deal between Iran and six said. Even as Obama stood on the
world powers led by the US has brink of a legacy dening foreign
now gained the support of 42 policy victory, opponents kept up
senators enough to bottle up a their tirade against the deal with
resolution of disapproval in the former Vice President Dick
100 member senate with a li Cheney denouncing it as "mad
buster and spare Obama the need ness" and "shameful".
Calling it a "capitulation" by
to overturn it.
White House, press secretary world powers, he said it
Josh Earnest said the administra "strengthens our adversaries,
tion felt "gratied" by the grow threatens our allies and puts our
ing support for the Iran nuclear own security at risk."
In selling the deal to the law
deal He suggested that the White
makers,
the Obama administra
House expects Democratic sup
porters to libuster the vote to tion has time and again invoked
the support of India saying coun
disapprove the accord.
Supporters "should take the tries which have paid a hefty eco
necessary steps in Congress to nomic price would not back the
prevent Congress from under sanctions again if the deal was
mining the agreement," Earnest killed by the Congress.
Myanmar election
campaign begins
Yangon: Campaigning
has
begun
in
Myanmar, two months
ahead of its rst open
lycontested general
election in 25 years.
Aung San Suu Kyi's
National League for
Democracy is expected
to win the most seats,
while losses are pre
dicted for the ruling
militarybacked party.
Ms Suu Kyi is stand
ing for parliament but
is const itut ionally
barred from becoming
president.
NLDs Suu Kyi is standing for parliament but is constitutionally
Over 90 parties will
barred from becoming president.
stand in the rst
national polls since a nominally civilian gov is almost more important than a free and
fair election."
ernment took power in 2011.
The constitution of Myanmar, also known
In a video message released on her party's
Facebook page, Nobel Peace Prizewinner as Burma, grants the military at least 25% of
Aung San Suu Kyi called for a free and fair parliamentary seats, so the NLD and any
allies will need to win at least twothirds of
election.
"For the rst time in decades our people the remaining seats in order to choose the
will have a real chance of bringing about next president.
Even if the NLD does win a parliamentary
real change," she said. "This is a chance that
majority, the military is still guaranteed a
we cannot afford to let slip."
Highlighting concern the military might veto over any constitutional change and its
not respect a result that went against them, commanderinchief will still control key
she added: "A smooth and tranquil transition ministerial appointments.
BUSINESS
23
India unveils two gold schemes for

deposits, sovereign bonds
New Delhi: In a bid to tap the vast
amount of idle gold with people
and put it to productive use, two
schemes were unveiled by the
Indian government one on phys
ical deposit of the metal against
its rupee value on paper and the
other for issuing sovereign bonds.
Both schemes seek to address
the people's afnity towards gold
and encourage them to either
park their idle gold assets at des
ignated agencies or buy govern
mentguaranteed gold bonds. Both
these also entail an interest com
ponent. The deposit scheme will
also have a loan scheme for
jewelers.
"The longterm objective which
is sought through this arrange
ment (gold deposit scheme) is to
reduce the country's reliance on
the import of gold to meet domes
tic demand," Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley told reporters after a
meeting here of the union cabinet
The Gold monetization scheme will benefit the Indian gems and
jewelery sector which is a major contributor to India's exports.
under Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
"T he (sovereign gold bond)
scheme will help in reducing the
demand for physical gold by shift
ing a part of the estimated 300
tonnes of physical bars and coins
purchased every year for invest

ment into gold bonds," Jaitley
added.
Under the bond scheme, up to
500 grams worth of bonds per
annum can be bought by an indi
vidual with lockin of vetoseven
years, bearing appropriate inter

est to protect from volatility. The
other scheme calls for people to
deposit their gold with authorized
agencies for an interest.
According to the World Gold
Council, an estimated 22,000
23,000 tonnes of gold is lying idle
with households and institutions
in India. T he annual imports
amount to around 8501,000
tonnes valued at $35$45 billion.
"The Gold monetization scheme
will benet the Indian gems and
jewelery sector which is a major
contributor to India's exports. In
201415, gems and jewelery con
stituted 12 percent of India's total
exports and value of gold items
alone was more than $13 billion,"
an ofcial note said.
How w ill the gold deposit
scheme work? A person with mini
mum of 30 grams can go to any of
the 331 designated centres to test
his gold and deposit it against
which a certicate will be issued.

The gold can be in any form, bul
lion or jewellery, and a savings
account will be opened.
With the certicate, an account
akin to a xed deposit scheme can
be opened, bearing an interest.
Redemption of shortterm deposit
can be done in cash or gold but
not in the jewellery form in which
it was originally deposited and
for medium and longterm
options, it can only be in cash.
T he sovereign gold bond
scheme will be denominated in
grams of gold and payable in
rupees. A cap on bonds has been
xed at 500 grams per person per
annum. The bonds will be in a
dematerialised or paper form in
quant it ies of 5, 10, 50, 100
grams. Redemption will be made
in rupee alone.
These bonds will be sold by post
ofces, banks, nonbanking rms,
upon commission.
India approves spectrum trading

US finds no visa
norms for telecom firms
violations by Infosys, TCS
Bengaluru: Indian software majors
Infosys Ltd and Tata Consultancy
Services Ltd (TCS) said that the US
labor department did not nd any
violation of visa rules by them.
"The US department of labor con
cluded its investigation, with no vio
lations of compliance found in the
applications led in the Southern
California Edison project," the $8.7
billion Infosys rm said in a state
ment here.
Similarly, TCS said audits by the
US labor department from time to
time found it had always been com
pliant.
"We attach highest importance to
a strict compliance programme and
abides by all regulatory require
ments and visa laws," a TCS
spokesperson said from Mumbai. In
all, the department reviewed 145
les and found no violations by
Infosys or TCS.
"We are a responsible participant
in the H1B programme and do not
practice or condone unfair and

unethical visa practices, as our pri
ority is to operate fairly, ethically
and with integrity," nfosys' Americas
head Sandeep Dadlani said in the
statement.
T he citybased IT outsourcing
major also said that it was recruiting
and hiring in the US, which was fac
ing shortage of technology skills.
Of fering to cooperate with any
future government agency inquiries
to demonstrate its commitment to
compliance, company's chief compli
ance ofcer David Kennedy said its
immig rat ion compliance pro
gramme was robust, as evident from
positive verication from the state
department.
T he labor department in June
opened the investigation against
TCS and Infosys for possible viola
tions of visa rules for foreign tech
nology workers under contracts
they he ld w ith e lectric ut ility
Southern California Edison.
New Delhi: India has approved

the muchawaited spectrum trad
ing norms for telecom companies
so that this scarce resource can
be put to optimal use.
"We have approved the spec
trum trading norms today (on
Wednesday). Now the telecom
companies can trade spectrum
among themselves. For this, they
need not take any government
permission," Communications
and IT Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad said in a brieng after a
union cabinet meet where the
proposal was approved.
"The telecom companies only
need to inform the government
45 days in advance before trad
ing and they have to give an
undertaking," he said, adding
that trading would also resolve
the problem of fragmented spec
trum holding in India.
He mentioned that if it is found
during sample checking that the
Spectrum
trading allows
parties to
transfer their
spectrum
rights and
obligations to
another party.
companies are not complying to

all the rules in the undertaking,
then the government will take
strong action and the "licensee
shall not be allowed to trade."
Spectrum trading allows par
ties to transfer their spectrum
rights and obligations to another
party a move that will allows
better spectrum usage as the idle
spectrum from the hands of one
service provider gets transferred

to another facing a spectrum
crunch. T his also he lps to
improve customer satisfaction
and services of the service
provider acquiring spectrum.
According to the norms, spec
trum trading will not alter the
original validity period of spec
trum assignment as applicable to
the traded block of spectrum.
24
SPORTS
Paes, Sania enter US Open finals, Bopanna out

New York: Indian tennis aces Leander Paes
and Sania Mirza lived up to their billing by
entering the finals of their respective cate
gories at the year's last Major, the US Open,
here. However, it was the end of the road for
Rohan Bopanna as he lost both his men's
and mixed doubles matches at the Flushing
Meadows this week.
Women's doubles top seeds Sania and
Swiss Martina Hingis had an easy outing in
their semifinal as they eased past Italian
11th seeds Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta
64, 61 on Court 17.
In a topsyturvy first set, the top seeds
were broken twice. But they came back to
break their opponents thrice which got
them the lead they wanted.
The second set was a much easier affair
for Sania and Martina. Though they were
again broken once, they broke Sara and
Flavia twice more to seal the set in 28 min
utes and the match in an hour and 17 min
utes. Though on winners and unforced
errors Sania and Martina were at par with
the Italians, they won 72 of the 125 points
played.
This is Sania's first final in the category
here though she won the mixed doubles title
last year with Brazilian Bruno Soares.
The reigning Wimbledon champions will
take on the winners of the match between
AustralianKazakh fourth seeds Casey
Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova and
GermanAmerican pair of AnnaLena
Groenefeld and Coco Vandeweghe.
Indian tennis aces Leander Paes and Sania Mirza.

Later on the same court, Martina returned
to partner Paes in the mixed doubles semifi
nals after taking a short break. The pair
took just over an hour to beat IndoChinese
Taipei pair of Bopanna and YungJan Chan
62, 75.
The fourth seeded Paes and Martina had
an easy first set, winning it in only 21 min
utes. They broke the second seeds twice
which was enough for them to take the lead
in the match. Bopanna and Chan came back
strongly to break the IndoSwiss combine
once but the experienced pair of Paes and
Former Bagan footballers recall date

with Brazilian legend Pele
Kolkata: With the legendary Pele set to revisit
the football crazy city next month, former
Mohun Bagan footballers who turned out
against him on a slushy September afternoon
here 38 years back, are overcome by nostal
gia, relieving the sweet memories of their
confrontation with the Samba magician.
It was a raindrenched September 24, 1977,
when Pele and his New York Cosmos club set
foot on the hallowed cricket venue Eden
Gardens then also used as a football stadi
um for vital matches with over 80,000 rau
cous fans cheering every move of the then
36yearold Brazilian.
The match, however, produced a surprising
result. After conceding a goal, Mohun Bagan
rallied brilliantly to lead 21 for a substantial
part of the game. But Cosmos finally managed
an equaliser and the match finished 22.
Bidesh Bose, a fleet footed left out during
his playing days, said playing against Pele
was a dreamcometrue.
"It was like a dream. I had just got into the
Mohun Bagan team and was a junior in the
side. Before the game the thought of playing
against Pele didn't let me sleep," a nostalgic
Bose told IANS.
He recalled that Pele played the exhibition
match overruling objections from his man
agement which was unhappy with the slushy
conditions. "I was awestruck. I thought for a
moment how do I play against someone like
him. Pele here was standing right in front of
me. But unfortunately he could not give off
his best due to the ground conditions. But we
Legendary Pele set to revisit Kolkata

next month.
did see flashes of his brilliance," Bose said.
It was in the 17th minute of the match that
Cosmos broke the deadlock as Pele split open
the Bagan defence with a crisp pass, and
Carlos Alberto tucked the ball in. "He dragged
us towards him and then shifted his position,
he broke open the defence with a brilliant
pass. Before that he was shouting something
to Alberto, maybe suggesting he move for
ward," said Pradip Choudhury who along with
midfielder Gautam Sarkar was given the task
to mark the Brazilian legend.
There were chants of 'Pele', 'Pele' in the
stands but the maestro found it dif ficult to
showcase his skills on the ground. At halftime
Bagan led 21. "We were able to bottle him
up, but the conditions were unplayable too.
But we did see sights that left us mesmerized,
the way he was receiving balls, his runs, his
shifting. He showed us glimpses of his class,"
said Choudhury, who played as a central
defender.
Martina broke back twice to clinch the sec

ond set and proceed to the finals of the tour
nament. Paes won the mixed doubles title
here in 2008 and also has three men's dou
bles titles which he won in 2006, 2009,
2013. The pair will face unseeded American
combine of Bethanie MattekSands and Sam
Querrey in the summit clash.
It wasn't a good day for Bopanna as in the
first match on the same court much earlier
in the day, he lost the men's doubles quar
terfinal, partnering Romanian Florin
Mergea. The sixth seeds went down to
BritishSwede pair Dominic Inglot and

Robert Lindstedt 67(2), 36 in an hour and
20 minutes. There were no breakpoint
opportunities in the first set which led to the
tiebreak where Inglot and Lindstedt proved
a tad bit better to win it 72.
They broke the sixth seeds only once in
the second set which was enough to take
home the victory, ending Bopanna's journey
at this year's last Major. Also, in the third
round of girls singles, India's Karman Kaur
T handi lost to Hungarian second seed
Dalma Galfi 46, 67(3).
Serena Williams overcomes

sis on way to calendar
grand slam bid
Flushing Meadows, NY: Topseed
ed Serena Williams got all she
could handle from 23rdseeded
older sister Venus before moving
into the semifinals of US Open
with a 62, 16, 63 victory
Tuesday. Now she stands two
wins away from the calendar
grand slam, having won
Wimbledon, French Open and
Australian Open this year.
In the semifinal, she will meet
Roberta Vinci Thursday. But ten
nis commentators project that the
one player who can stop Serena is
the No 2 seed Simona Halep, who
is set to meet Flavia Pennetta in
the other semifinal also on
T hursday night. Halep beat
Victoria Azarenka in the quarter
final.
Serena, 33, is seeking tennis
first true Grand Slam in 27 years
after Steffi Grafs feat. If she can
win this her fourth US Open in a
row, and seventh overall, she
would equal Graf with 22 major
championships, the most in the
professional era and secondmost
ever behind Margaret Courts 24.
Serena Williams after defeating Venus Williams 63,

16, 63 in the US Open quarterfinals
LIFESTYLE
Jessica Alba among richest

selfmade women in US
Los Angeles: Actress Jessica Alba is among a

list of richest selfmade women in the US, as
featured Forbes magazine.
Alba has even posed for the front cover
page of the mag azine, reports
femalefirst.co.uk.
The 34yearold actress, whose ecofriend
ly brand The Honest Company, was valued
at $1 billion, also shared that it's just as
prestigious an honor as being featured on
the monthly fashion bible Vogue.
"I've never been on the cover of Vogue, but
I've been on the cover of Forbes," Allure
magazine quoted Alba as saying.
The "Barely Lethal" actress is also prepar
ing to launch a new cosmetics line, Honest
Beauty.
Jessica Alba
Sleep at exact time daily to

remain healthy
New York: The timing of your sleep is just as
important as how much sleep you finally
get, researchers from Washington State
University have found. Ilia Karatsoreos,
assistant professor in the department of
integrative physiology and neuroscience,
shifted mice from their usual cycle of sleep
ing and waking and saw that while they got
enough sleep it was of poorer quality.
The animals also had a disrupted immune
response, leaving them more open to illness.
"This represents a very clear dysregula
tion of the sleep system. Over time, this
could have serious consequences for an
organism's health," Karatsoreos said.
Most sleep research focuses on the effects
of sleep deprivation or the overall amount
of sleep an animal needs.
The work by Karatsoreos and his col
leagues, published in the journal Brain,
Behavior and Immunity, is a rare look into

the circadian process, a braindriven clock
that controls the rhythms of various biologi
cal processes.
The cycle is found in organisms that live
more than 24 hours, including plants and
singlecelled organisms.
The disrupted animals, researchers found,
had blunted immune responses in some
cases or an overactive response in others,
suggesting the altered circadian cycle made
them potentially less able to fight illness
and more likely to get sick.
Research into the system has significant
implications for modern living.
"The disruption of the circadian clock is
nearly ubiquitous in our modern society due
to nighttime lighting, shift work, jet lag and
even the bluetinged light emitted by cell
phones and tablets," the researchers noted.
Forgiving others cuts

depression risk in women
New York: While forgiving others protects
women from depression, men do not derive
the same benefit from being compassionate,
suggests new research.
The researchers found that older women
who forgave others were less likely to
report depressive symptoms regardless of
whether they felt unforgiven by others.
Older men, however, reported the highest
levels of depression when they both forgave
others and felt unforgiven by others.
The researchers said their results may
help counsellors of older adults develop
genderappropriate interventions since men
and women process forgiveness differently.
Forg iving others "appears to he lp
decrease levels of depression, particularly
for women", said study coauthor Christine
Proulx, associate professor at University of
Missouri in Columbia, US.
The researchers analyzed data from the
Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, a survey
of more than 1,000 adults aged 67 and
older. Survey participants answered ques
tions about their religion, health and psy
chological wellbeing.
T he researchers found that men and
women who feel unforgiven by others are

somewhat protected against depression
when they are able to forgive themselves.
Yet, the researchers said they were
surprised to find that forgiving oneself did
not more significantly reduce levels of
depression.
"Selfforgiveness did not act as the protec
tor against depression," Proulx said.
"It is really about whether individuals can
forgive other people and their willingness to
forgive others," Proulx said.
The study appeared in the journal Ageing
& Mental Health.
25
Cat naps at office can

lower blood pressure
London: Midday naps at of fice not only
boost productivity but also reduce blood
pressure significantly, a study has suggested.
Midday sleep is a habit that nowadays is a
privilege, owing to long and demanding
working culture and intense daily routine.
"But according to our study, midday naps
seem to lower blood pressure levels and may
probably also decrease the number of
required antihypertensive medications,"
said Manolis Kallistratos, cardiologist at
Asklepieion Voula General Hospital in
Athens, Greece.
T he study included 386 middleaged
patients with arterial hypertension.
Along with other measures, the researchers
looked at midday sleep time (an average of
17 minutes), office blood pressure levels and
lifestyle habits.
After adjusting for other factors such as
age, gender, exercise and Body Mass Index
(BMI), the researchers found that midday
sleepers had five percent lower average 24
hour BP, compared to patients who did not
sleep at all midday.
"Although the mean BP decrease seems
low, it has to be mentioned that reductions as
small as two mmHg (a measure of pressure)
in systolic blood pressure can reduce the risk
of cardiovascular events by up to 10 per
cent," Kallistratos added.
The researchers also found that among
midday sleepers, pulse wave velocity levels

were 11 percent lower and left atrium diame
tre was five percent smaller.
"The findings suggest that midday sleepers
have less damage from high blood pressure
in their arteries and heart," Kallistratos
added.
Midday sleepers also had greater dips in
blood pressure while sleeping at night which
is associated with better health outcomes.
"We also found that hypertensive patients
who slept at noon were under fewer anti
hypertensive medications compared to those
who didn't sleep midday," the author noted.
"The longer the midday sleep, the lower
the systolic BP levels and probably fewer
drugs needed to lower BP," Kallistratos con
cluded.
The findings were presented at the ESC
Congress a" the annual congress of the
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) " in
London on August 29.
26
SCI & TECH
Apple releases major

updates on iPad
and iPhone
pple unveiled an array of

major improvements to its
iPhones, iPads and other
leading products Wednesday,
including a voiceactivated tele
vision box that the company
said would form a new founda
tion for TV.
T he updated Apple TV
includes some hardware
improvements, such as a remote
control that allows users to easi
ly navigate through entertain
Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new iPad during
ment options simply by speak
the Apple event in San Francisco Sept. 9.
ing to Siri, Apples voice assis
tant. But perhaps the devices more signifi how doctors and patients interact. At one
cant feature is its ability to function as a point, the audience of several thousand
game console, which could set up the com reporters and Apple employees at the Bill
pany to enter a new arena in living room Graham Civic Auditorium was shown how a
pregnant woman could record her new
entertainment.
Our vision for TV is simple and perhaps borns heartbeat and send the sound in a
a little provocative, said Apple chief execu live stream to her doctor.
Apple also updated its most important
tive Tim Cook. We believe the future of tel
product,
the iPhone, which accounts for 56
evision is apps. That was one of several
percent
of
the companys sales. The new
story lines during Apples presentation in
San Francisco. The electronics giant also iPhone 6S and its larger cousin, the 6S Plus,
introduced a new tablet a $799 iPad Pro have 12meg apixe l cameras, sharper
aimed at business clients, as well as new screens and a feature called 3D Touch,
software on its watch and other mobile which brings up different menus depending
devices that Apple said would revolutionize on how hard a user presses the screen.
'Superhenge' found
buried near Stonehenge
A
row of huge stones stood

some 4,000 years ago just
two miles from Stonehenge,
dwarfing the iconic stone circle.
Dubbed "Superhenge," the site is
five times bigger than the iconic
stone circle and lies buried three
feet beneath a thick, grassy bank
at a StoneAge enclosure known
as Durrington Walls.
These stone monoliths, some
measuring 15ft (4.5m) in length, An artists impression of the
could have been part of the monolithic stones site. The
largest Neolithic monument built find has been dubbed a "Superhenge" because the site is
in Britain, archaeologists believe. five times the area of Stonehenge (inset).
T he monument was on "an
extraordinary scale" and unique, researchers blocks found locally.
Sarsen stones are sandstone blocks found
said. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes
team has been creating an underground map mainly on Salisbury Plain and the
Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire.
of the area in a fiveyear project.
Lead researcher Vince Gaf fney, of the
Remote sensing and geophysical imaging
technology has been used to reveal evidence University of Bradford, said: "We don't think
of nearly 100 stones without the need for there's anything quite like this anywhere else
in the world.
excavation.
"This is completely new and the scale is
The monument is just under two miles
(3km) from Stonehenge, Wiltshire, and is extraordinary."
"We're looking at one of the largest stone
thought to have been a Neolithic ritual site.
Experts think it may have surrounded traces monuments in Europe and it has been under
of springs and a dry valley leading into the our noses for something like 4,000 years,"
Gaffney said.
River Avon.
Gaffney announced the finding at the open
Although no stones have been excavated
they are believed to be fashioned from sarsen ing of the ongoing British Science Festival.
Blood Moon not the end

of the world, says NASA
ome Christian groups reckon
September 28' s moon will
bring an apocalyptic meteor
strike. On that day there will be a
"blood moon", a simultaneous full
moon and lunar eclipse, with the
moon turning reddish due to a
scattering of sunlight through the
Earth's atmosphere.
The same ef fect causes sunsets
to tinge the sky pink. This is the
fourth lunar eclipse since April last
year and some re ligious sects
On Sept 28, there will be a "blood moon",
believe this "tetrad" is a sign from
a simultaneous full moon and lunar eclipse, with the
God that the end of the world is
moon turning reddish due to a scattering of sunlight
nigh based on interpretations of
through the Earth's atmosphere.
various phrases in the Bible.
US space agency NASA has issued a state the 2014/15 tetrad is that all of them are visi
ment denying any link between the blood ble for all or parts of the US."
The total lunar eclipse will also be seen in
moon and Armageddon.
NASA said: "The most unique thing about South Africa on September 28.
NASA's mini satellites set to transform space exploration

ove over large satellites. NASA is working on miniaturized satellites, known as
nanosatellites or CubeSats, that can fit in the palm of your hand and are providing
new opportunities for space science. "CubeSats are part of a growing technology
thats transforming space exploration, said David Pierce, senior program executive for subor
bital research at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, in a statement.
CubeSats are small platforms that enable the next generation of scientists and engineers to
complete all phases of a complete space mission during their school career.
"While CubeSats have historically been used as teaching tools and technology demonstra
tions, todays CubeSats have the potential to conduct important space science investigations
as well, Pierce added. CubeSats are built to standard specifications of 1 unit (U) which is
equal to 10x10x10 centimeters.
SELF HELP
27
THE LEGACY OF WAYNE DYER

The motivational leader and author put, in part, the Human Potential Movement on the map in the 1970s and 80s.
This movement holds one basic tenet: that within each of us is a budding giant of self-knowledge and wisdom,
waiting to emerge. A tribute by the bestselling author of The Celestine Prophecy.
By James Redfield
r Wayne W. Dyer was my hero and
friend, and his passing has saddened
me. I remember we met at one of his
lectures in Atlanta, and I gave him The
Celestine Prophecy in manuscript form. He
told me not to listen to anyone who said I
couldnt get the book out to just go do it.
That was Wayne.
Widely known in recent years as a popular
TV personality and lecturer, he penned
dozens of selfhelp books that sold millions of
copies around the world. He became a fixture
on PBS for decades.
But his legacy is so much larger.
As most know, he was part of the early
Human Potential Movement. Few realize that,
in part, he put that movement on the map.
The Human Potential Movement holds
one basic tenet: that within each of us is a
budding giant of selfknowledge and wisdom,
waiting to emerge.
In other words, all of us grow up a mere
shadow of what we can become. Much of the
The author with Wayne Dyer (left)

understanding of how to actualize this poten
tial was worked out in the 1970s and 80s
based on the work of such pioneers as Carl
Jung, Aldous Huxley, George Leonard, and
Abraham Maslow. The gestation of the move
ment occurred mostly in small enclaves in

university psychology departments, or little
thinktanks and centers around the world.
Most notable of these centers was Esalen
Institute, which was cofounded by Michael
Murphy also an important figure to host
workshops by many of these early thinkers.
Still, at the time, few in the general public
knew about the HPM.
Then something big happened Wayne
Dyer appeared on the Johnny Carson show.
Months earlier he had released his book,
Your Erroneous Zones, and at first, it lan
guished. Then he proved his own theories by
traveling the US diligently, visiting every
bookstore and every TV station that would let
him talk. Why did he labor so furiously?
Because he knew he had something to say:
Everyone could breakthrough to their
authentic self.
Not only was Wayne on the Johnny Carson
show. He was on this iconic TV show a
reported 36 times and was interviewed by
every other major pundit around the world
for years. His charm and quick wit won over
Great design tips to match

your homes architectural style
dding the right design elements to
your home can complete what its
architecture hopes to accomplish.
But knowing just what to incorporate to
complement rather than detract from
the style of your home can present a chal
lenge. For example, those whove
embraced the recent resurgence of bunga
lows, Arts and Crafts, Mission and
Prairiestyle homes will want to ensure
that they maintain the simplicity and
warmth of their buildings construction
when making upgrades. Luckily, many
manufacturers of fer home products to
match a wide variety of styles. Here are
some ideas to think about:
Materials : Maintain the rustic feel of your
home without sacrificing modern per
formance by seeking out manmade prod
ucts that mimic nature. Energyef ficient
fiberglass entry doors have the look of
real oak, while polymer shake roofing
which looks like real wood but is made of
highperformance materials will resist
deterioration, fire spread and fading from
the sun. Get the look of wooden trim, shut
ters, louvers and balustrade systems with
easycare polyurethane products that
require minimal upkeep, while resisting
insects, decay and moisture. Brands like
Fypon of fer exterior accents, as well as
textured millwork for the interior, such as
easilystained crown mouldings and base
boards.
Style : Give a nod to your lowpitched roof
and open eaves with perfect exterior
accompaniments. After all, these are some
of the first elements that visitors see.
Consider fiberglass entry doors from

ThermaTru Corp, which have embraced
dif ferent architectural trends in its cur
rent offerings.
Designer glass accents in doorlites and
sidelites provide contrast and warmth,
enhancing the entryways of Craftsman,
Prairie, Bungalow and Arts and Crafts
style homes.
Likewise, consider adding silkscreened
Mission and Prairie style windows, such as
those from the HyLite Home Designer
Collection. They have the right architec
tural look and feel, yet still allow for light
to filter through. Created from tempered
privacy glass, they can match your homes
architectural style while offering privacy.
Color : Relaxed and refined, Craftsman
style homes offer a variety of opportuni
ties to welcome color. While simplicity is
the hallmark of this design style, that
doesnt mean the colors have to be simple.
Consider bright colors with contrasting
white trim to add personality.
The roof offers a welcoming palette for
starting top down color selections for
the home. "Arts and Crafts style homes, as
well as Bungalows, look great with the
texture and color of a shake roof," says
Kate Smith, chie f color maven w ith
Sensational Color.
Smith recommends a color palette that
mimics nature, such as cedar, autumn or
weathered g ray hues from DaVinci
Roofscapes, a brand that of fers durable
polymer roof products with the natural
appearance of wood shake.
(StatePoint)
every naysayer, Yes, we can reach our poten

tial. No, Im not reducing tough psychological
work to superficial ideas. Yes, growth really is
more simple than anyone knows. His
favorite theme was use your power of
focused intention and visualization.
Later he moved with the rest of us toward a
more spiritual explanation, just as simple:
Listen to the dreams of your soul, then hold
that image of who you want to become until
the Synchronicity begins to guide you there.
In the course of a lifetime, Wayne lived that
truth, and more than anyone caused it to seep
deeply into Human Culture.
For instance, just think back to the recent
PGA major golf championship, viewed world
wide. Golfer Jason Day was on his way to win
ning, and commentators began noting
approvingly that before every shot, he paused
consciously to half close his eyes and visual
ize the ball going toward the hole. The idea of
SelfActualization and visualization has
reached all the way to golf and beyond.
That was the legacy of Wayne Dyer who
died last month at age 75.
Why is it so hard to
accept compliments?
ry a little experiment. Think of someone
you love or respect, and offer her a com
pliment. Chances are high that shell
deflect your kind words, if not outright tell
you youre just plain wrong, suggests a new
study, which finds that nearly 40 percent of
women have trouble accepting compliments.
Why is it so hard to accept a compliment?
Experts say it can often be associated with
societal expectations that women appear hum
ble or demur; and other times its because of
ones own negative selfimage.
In an effort to encourage women and girls to
lean in and listen to the compliments they
receive,
Nutrisystem
created
the
#NowBelieveIt campaign. To learn more,
watch their video on Nutrisystems YouTube
channel at www.youtube.com/Nutrisystem.
The next time you get a compliment, consid
er stopping for a minute to hear the message
youre a good friend, a great mom, you work
hard, youre smart, youre pretty and take it
to heart. Then, pay it forward and tell some
one else what you love or admire about them
by using these simple tips.
Be Honest : Would you want to hear a compli
ment that isnt true? Then why give that to
someone else. Be honest and dont use compli
ments as conversation fillers.
Stay in the Present : Sometimes compliments
at work come with a caveat a reminder that
despite good work, theres more to be done,
such as, That was great, and dont forget
tomorrows deadline. Instead of focusing on
what needs to be done in the future, simply
give the compliment then come back later to
Nearly 40 percent of women find it difficult

to accept a compliment.
talk about that other project.
Tell Them Why : When giving a compliment,
be sure to tell the other person why. Simply
saying, You did a great job today may fall
flat. Try to elaborate with something like, You
did a great job today and your enthusiasm
made our whole team shine.
Shift Your Focus : Compliments that include
putdowns often leave the receiver feeling less
than flattered. Try to stay away from saying
things like You look so good for your age or
Youre an awesome parent considering how
busy you are all the time. Shift your focus to
the compliment itself its more meaningful
on its own.
Dig Deeper : According to a recent poll, indi
viduals want to hear compliments that dig
deeper into who they truly are, such as ones
about their personality, about being a good
friend, about what they do, about their intel
lect and about being a good parent.
Focus on these traits when giving compli
ments and the receiver will be much more
receptive to hearing them and believing them.
All it takes is a little practice.
28
HUMOR
Humor with Melvin Durai
LAST WORD OF THE

DEARLY DEPARTED
Y
ears ago, obituaries in newspapers con

tained just the usual runofthemill
details: name and age of the deceased;
occupation, accomplishments and hobbies; a
long list of survivors; and funeral arrange
ments. Now and then, youd spot something
interesting in an obituary, such as the fact
that a man loved his favorite baseball player,
Barry Bonds, so much that his dying wish was
to not only be cremated while wearing a
Bonds jersey, but to have his ashes kept in a
replica of a syringe. These days, with paid
obituaries becoming the norm in many news
papers, obits are limitless in their potential
for creative expression and entertainment.
Whatever last word a person wants to have,
newspapers rarely stand in the way, even if
the last word is something utterly ridicu
lous, such as T he world is flat, New
Zealanders eat with their toes, or Donald
Trump would make a great president.
A recent example comes from New Jersey,
where the last line of Elaine Fydrychs obitu
ary states: Elaine requests, In lieu of flowers,
please do not vote for Hillary Clinton.'
The 63yearold woman, a Democrat, wasnt
happy with the presidential candidates per
formance as Secretary of State, in particular
her handling of the 2012 Benghazi attack.
Fydrych wanted to go out with a punch,
and I think she did that, her husband, Joe,
told the Associated Press. Indeed, she landed
a punch right into Clintons gut.
Its not the first punch Clinton has taken
from the dearly departed. Last April, the obit
uary of a North Carolina man, a lifelong
Republican named Larry Upright, stated that
Laughter is the Best Medicine
by Mahendra Shah
Mahendra Shah is an architect by education, entrepreneur by profession, artist and humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby.
He has been recording the plight of the immigrant Indians for the past many years in his cartoons.
Hailing from Gujarat, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Last line of an obituary: Elaine requests,

In lieu of flowers, please do not
vote for Hillary Clinton.
his family respectfully asks that you do not
vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
More recently, a Miami woman named
Nancy Dearr used her obituary to show sup
port for one of Clintons rivals, stating that in
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.
Dead folks showing their opposition to
Hillary Clinton may not seem like a big deal,
but it must be a major concern for Clintons
campaign staf f, who cant be pleased that
their candidate is lagging behind in dead
voter polls. No political candidate should take
dead voters for granted. Just ask former pres
idential candidate Ross Perot, who spent sev
eral days in 1992 campaigning at Arlington
National Cemetery.
Turnout at a number of e lections in
America would be abysmal if not for dead vot
ers. (The politically correct term for such vot
ers is PC pulsechallenged). In New York
State alone, about 26,000 PC voters are offi
cially registered to vote, and hundreds of
them have actually cast ballots. This means,
of course, that Larry Upright wont need to be
upright to vote against Clinton in 2016.
While some people share their political
affiliations in their obituaries, others express
their allegiance to sports teams. The 2013
obituary of Scott E. Entsminger, a lifelong
Cleveland Browns fan, includes this line: He
respectfully requests six Cleveland Browns
pall bearers so the Browns can let him down
one last time.
One of the most entertaining obituaries in
recent years was that of a Pennsylvania man
named Kevin McGroarty who died Tuesday,
July 22, 2014, after battling a long fight with
mediocracy.
McGroarty, according to the obit, was pre
ceded in death by brother, Airborne Ranger
Lt. Michael F. McGroarty, and many beloved
pets: Chainsaw, an English Mastiff in Spring
2009; Baron, an Irish Setter in August 1982;
Peter Max, a turtle, Summer 1968; along with
numerous house flies and bees, but they were
only acquaintances.
The obit also stated that McGroarty leaves
behind no children (that he knows of ) and
that, after studying various religions and
Greek philosophy, he wanted to leave behind
some wisdom for everyone to ponder: It
costs nothing to be nice and Never stick a
steak knife in an electrical outlet.
Please dont stick a knife in Hillary Clintons
presidential aspirations either.
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By Dr Prem Kumar Sharma
SEPTEMBER 1218, 2015

ARIES: Your hard work is likely to
be recognised and get you back into
the rat race. Students will be able to
crack the exams they had been preparing
for. Someone in the family can become
your guide and mentor. A financially
sound investment is likely to come your
way. Joining a summer camp cannot be
ruled out for some. You feel younger and
fitter. This week, romance takes prece
dence over other things!
TAURUS: You can while away your
time aimlessly this week. A planned
event may have to be postponed
due to some unforeseen circumstances.
Visiting an ailing relation will be more out
of courtesy than concern. You can become
money conscious and come into the sav
ing mode. A cold shoulder may be needed
for someone trying to catch your eye. You
will need to choose healthy alternatives to
remain fit.
GEMINI: You can find it difficult to
motivate subordinates to do some
thing you want. Peace prevails on
the domestic front, but it will be an uneasy
one! Cupids arrow is likely to find its
mark and push you into a relationship.
Those planning a vacation must ensure
everything to make the going smooth. A
change of air will be good for health. You
will manage to get a disputed property
under your name.
CANCER: It seems that you have

got down from the wrong side of
the bed this week! Someone can let
you down badly at work and make you cut
a sorry figure in front of a superior. You
can lose a substantial amount in specula
tion or a dubious investment. Differences
with spouse can vitiate domestic environ
ment. You can argue with a neighbour
over some unresolved matter. Overdoing
the workout bit can harm you.
LEO: Those in legal and medical
professions are likely to find the
week positive. Helping out a friend
or relative will add to your prestige. A
monetary gift from someone close is likely
for some. Your suggestions on the domes
tic front will be welcomed by spouse. You
will find time to spend with lover despite a
hectic schedule. Improving dietary habits
w ill have posit ive fallout on health.
Travelling will be fun.
VIRGO: You can find yourself a bit
restless this week. A job not com
pleted in time by a subordinate is
likely to make you see red. Spending a
quiet evening with lover or spouse seems
difficult this week. Outside interference on
the home front can be resented by home
makers. Students may have to put in extra
hours for completing a pending project.
Seek guidance from a health conscious
friend to achieve total fitness.
LIBRA: It will be in your interest

not to succumb to workplace pres
sure. You are likely to overcome
your shortcomings at work. A change of res
idence is foreseen for some. Government
employees may plan to buy a luxury item.
Proximity to an opposite number can blos
som into romance. New avenues of earning
will help secure the financial front. This is a
good time for those planning a visit to rela
tives or friends.
SCORPIO: Previous investments
will help you tide over the financial
downturn. Some of you may be bal
ancing two different jobs at the same time.
Bringing work home may not be appreciat
ed by family. Your plans for a quiet evening
can be dashed as guests arrive unan
nounced. Chances of hitting a bad patch in
relationship cannot be ruled out for some
young couples. Those driving should avoid
heavy traffic. Health remains excellent.
SAGITTARIUS: You love the com
pany of people, especially of your
own age group. A gettogether is
likely to help you meet your own. Happy
time is foreseen at work as you tackle your
job efficiently. Listen to partner this week,
as he or she will be able to guide you cor
rectly. At this juncture, you cannot afford
to be selfish in love. You will need to set
the record straig ht reg arding an
ownership.
CAPRICORN: All w ill not be

hunkydory on the professional
front. You can be upstaged at work
by a close rival. Someone may try to drive
a wedge between you and partner on the
domestic front. A superstitious mumbo
jumbo can get the better of you. You can
resent the presence of a family elder. A
long journey will help you unwind. Take
up meditation or yoga for achieving a fit
body and mind.
AQUARIUS : You are likely to feel
more confident about yourself by
emerging out of the shadows.
Physical appearance will be important in
regaining your selfesteem, so do some
thing about it. Forgive and forget someone
who has wronged you to bring happiness
back in life. Love may knock at the door
for some. A shift in parents or partners
attitude will be most welcome. You will
manage to get back in shape.
PISCES: Increased workload can
keep you busy on the professional
front. Your ideas on the home front
may not cut ice with spouse. Some of you
are likely to be on the lookout for a help
ing hand.
A child may need guidance, so spare
some time for him or her. You will be able
to plan your schedule in a way that caters
to romantic breaks! Property may be
acquired by some
ANNUAL PREDICTIONS: FOR THOSE BORN IN THIS WEEK

12th September, 2015
Ruled planet: Jupiter Ruled by no: 3
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Jupiter makes
you audacious, courteous, ambitious, dignified,
and devoted towards your work. You love music
very much and you want to be a musician always.
Your personal traits display that you are an inde
pendence loving individual and you like to take
your own decisions without anyones interference.
Health this year: You may have to visit distant pil
grimages to attain mental peace. You will enjoy a
sound health but one of your aged family mem
bers health may degrade and put you in immense
stress.
Finance this year: You are not advised to get
involved in any financial deals or partnerships
this year as it may end up in your loss. You may
invest in real estate business this year as you will
be benefited in future from these investments.
Career this year: Your commitment and enthusi
asm towards your work win admiration from your
colleagues and seniors. Your stubbornness may
create problems for you in future. You will be able
to face your challenges bravely this year and
expectedly, you will solve them all to perfection. If
you are a sportsperson or artist, you will receive
awards, rewards, and appreciations from all
around the world.
Lucky month: October, November and May
Ruled planet: Uranus Ruled by no: 4
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Uranus allows
you to showcase your vibrant nature and win
many hearts with you enthusiasm and simplicity.
By nature you are smart, dynamic, realistic, dar
ing and religious. You never lose your composure
on tough times and solve every problem with
equal efficiency. You are well aware of the rules
of life and consider each and everything in a real
istic view. However, you nature of behaving rest
less may hamper your personality and impres
sion.
Health this year: You should go for regular med
ical checkups this year as there are chances of
degradation of your health conditions.
Finance this year: You will settle your property
related legal matters to your satisfaction and the
settlement will bring you mental peace.
Career this year: You will be hugely benefited in
your professional career this year. You will devel
op a very good relationship with your colleagues.
This may help you grow in your profession.
However, you will find your seniors to be too

tough to appease.
Romance this year: Your love life will be strength
ened by the trust and love of your partner. You
may receive lots of gifts from your partner, which
will make your love stronger than ever. You
should give enough time and take care of the eld
ers and children in the family.
Lucky month: January, March, June and August
Ruled planet: Mercury Ruled by no: 5
Traits in you: As you have the ruling planet
Mercury, you are born smart, sentimental, sharp,
practical, dignified, and unique. You have a charis
matic personality, which attracts people towards
you. You can make friends easily as you are trust
worthy. You need to work on your characteristics
of being impatient and possessive at times.
Health this year: Your health will remain good
provided you take a good care of your health. You
may consult doctor to take preventive vaccines
and medicines to remain healthy.
Finance this year: You may go for selling your
property this year. You may let your house for
rent and this will bring you monetary gains. Your
dividends and interests may pay off this year. You
should invest on ornaments or antique items as
this seems to be very profitable for you.
Career this year: This year may prove to be very
rewarding for you. You will be hugely benefited in
your profession as a result of your improved per
sonality and confidence. You will be appreciated
and admired by your colleagues and employer as
you will be able to showcase your talent and
skills.
Romance this year: Your romantic life would be
extra ordinary this year. You will not find your
spouse to be supportive enough. You may suffer a
lot in your personal life as well.
Lucky month: November, December, April, June
Ruled planet: Venus Ruled by no: 6
Traits in you: You being guided by Venus are
dynamic, creative, honest, joyful, and charming.
Your carefree nature can influence people to lead
their lives the way you do. This may help them
heal them emotionally. You need to control your
mood swings. However, your laziness may make
you lag behind others though you are more
deserving than they are.
Health this year: You should start practicing Yoga
and meditation to keep yourself mentally and

physically fit.
Finance this year: Your management skills will
enhance, which will help you invest your money
in a right way. If you are into business, you should
enter into some computer related business as this
will be a highly rewarding business this year
Career this year: You are expected to gain fame
and good luck throughout this year. To get new
heights in your profession, you need to be more
knowledgeable and you should create new con
tacts.
Romance this year: You will be deeply involved in
the romantic relationship you are currently in.
You may decide to get married this year.
Lucky month: October, January and March
Ruled planet: Neptune Ruled by no: 7
Traits in you: Your dominating planet Neptune
makes you realistic, optimistic, reliable, creative,
and a simple individual. Though you take a lot of
time to trust someone, it last forever once you
start trusting someone. You believe in being a
methodical person. However, you have to work on
your nature of behaving arrogant and dominating
at times.
Health this year: You need to take more care of
your health by going through regular medical
checkups.
Finance this year: Business trips may keep you
travelling frequently throughout this year. You
will be able to get success by cracking overseas
business, which will bring you foreign currency.
Career this year: Your pending works may gain
momentum and get completed by the end of this
year. Though you will be ahead of others regard
ing to efficiency, you would not be able to earn
much.
Romance this year: Your romantic life may get
disturbed due to your frequent business outings.
You need to spend extra time with your partner to
make up the loss of time you are expected to
spend together. Keep yourself away from any
nasty arguments with your partner as it may
make your relationship weak.
Lucky month: February, April and July
Ruled planet: Saturn Ruled by no: 8
Traits in you: Saturn being your ruling planet
makes you ambitious, dynamic, creative, sober
and practical. You are the owner of a dynamic and
charismatic personality, which differentiates you

from others. Your stubbornness and selfishness
might stop you being a better individual. So you
need to work on your nature to make it better.
Health this year: Some young family member may
fall sick and you may feel stresses and concerned
for the same.
Finance this year: You may consider investing in
shares and real estates as it might give you the
highest returns for a long term. You may have to
travel to a distant place for business purpose
towards the end of the year.
Career this year: You may be benefited in your pro
fessional life by working on the current projects.
Romance this year: Your romantic life will flourish
this year with lots of love, care, and concern from
your partner. You will gain immense confidence
from the trust of your partner and you will suc
ceed in your new ventures.
Lucky month: December, May, June and August
Ruled planet: Mars Ruled by no: 9
Traits in you: Being ruled by planet Mars, you are
blessed with personal traits such as courage, ener
gy, determination, enthusiasm, and so on. You are
innovative enough to bring in new ideas and work
on them. You have to stop behaving quarrelsome,
impolite, rude, and selfish.
Health this year: If you have some chronic disor
ders, you need to get your medical checkup done
on a regular basis. You may try meditation and
yoga for better results.
Finance this year: You are expected to be among
financial gains this year by earning a lot of money
from various sources. However, you may end up
spending a lot of money in buying comfort and
luxury for yourself and your family. If you are a
businessperson, you should create lot of new con
tacts as this would help you in enhancing your
business later. Clubbing and attending social
events may help you in finding new contacts.
Career this year: As you are a vivid learner, you
believe in enhancing your knowledge every now
and then and you are very much interested in
technology. You may go for new and innovative
work culture and methodologies to improve your
professional efficiency and performance.
Romance this year: Your romantic life would be
very easygoing this year. You will find enough
support from your spouse and children but in
return you need to spend a lot of time with them.
Lucky month: January, April and June
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SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
HEALING THE BODY THROUGH MEDITATION
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
octors and scientists have
been studying the body
mind connect ion and its
relationship to physical health.
Medical researchers have linked
certain illnesses to our state of
mind and to our emotional condi
tion. They have found that when
we undergo mental stress or emo
tional pain or depression, our
physical resistance to disease
drops. We become more suscepti
ble to contract ing a disease
because our ability to keep our
immune system in top working
order decreases.
Science has pinpointed certain
diseases such as digestive prob
lems, breathing problems, heart
disease, and migraine headaches,
to name a few, that are sometimes
stressrelated. Meditation can help
us in several ways. First, it can
lessen our stress, and in turn,
reduce our chances of developing
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
a stressrelated illness. In this hec

tic world, our mind is often agitat
ed by stress and pressures. Life
has become so complicated that
people seem to have too much to
do and not enough time to do it.
Some people hold jobs that require
long hours and too much responsi
bility. Other people work two jobs
and raise a family. Too much pres
sure often causes people to seem
to snapthey become irritable,
of fbalance, and stressedout.
They begin to act in ways that are
not themselves. Sometimes they
take out their frustrations on their
loved ones and hurt those they
should love the most.
Meditation is a way to eliminate
the lack of balance caused by the
mental stresses of life. By spending
time in meditation, we create a
calm haven in which we restore
equilibrium and peace to our men
tal functioning. Researchers have
recorded that the brain activity in
people who meditate reflects a
state of deep relaxation. Their
mind becomes calmer. Meditation
also calms the body. If we could
spend some time each day in medi
tation, we would find our stress
levels would be reduced and our
health would reach a more opti
mum level.
Besides reducing stress during
meditation, there is a carryover
ef fect. We can maintain more
peace of mind as we continue our
activities throughout the day. As
we perfect our meditations, we can
Recent medical studies are drawing a correlation

between patients who pray and meditate before
and after surgery and those who do not. Early
studies find that patients heal and recover more
quickly from surgery when they pray or meditate
before surgery or after surgery.
maintain that calm state of mind
even in the midst of turmoil and
strife. We would be more in con
trol of our reactions and would
maintain an even keel in the face
of other people's conflicts.
Reducing our stress throughout
the day can reduce the risk of
becoming victim to stressrelated
ailments.
Second, meditation can lift our
attention to a higher level of con
sciousness so that we do not feel
the pinching effects of any illness
we do develop. Through medita
tion, we come in contact with a
stream of bliss and joy within that

takes our attention away from the
pains of the world. Through mas
tery of meditation, we have a
refuge of bliss and peace within,
safe from the ravages of physical
pain.
Although at times we may get
sick because we break natural
laws, meditation can help us rise
above the discomfort and find sol
ace and peace above the con
sciousness of bodily pain. We have
only to look at neardeath experi
ences to see how people who
undergo excruciatingly painful
accidents were lifted above their

pain when they temporarily left
their body. They could see their
body with injuries and trauma
lying below them, but they no
longer experienced any physical
pain until they returned to the
body. This is one analogous situa
tion to give us an idea of the power
of protection from pain afforded to
us when we perfect our medita
tions.
Recent medical studies are draw
ing a correlation between patients
who pray and meditate before and
after surgery and those who do
not. Early studies find that patients
heal and recover more quickly
from surgery when they pray or
meditate before surgery or after
surgery.
Spending regular, accurate time
in meditation has been shown to
reduce stress. Many medical cen
ters and hospitals offer classes in
meditation as a way to reduce
stress and eliminate certain illness
es. Many people have requested to
learn our introductory meditation,
called Jyoti meditation, taught at
our Science of Spirituality centers
throughout the world as a way to
reduce stress.
As you continue to meditate, you
will experience the inner peace
and bliss. As you do this, you will
experience a reduction in stress.
Meditation is an effective means to
help us reduce stress and increase
a sense of calm and peace, which
can help us heal our physical body.
FINDING A TRUE FRIEND
rue friends are those who stand by you

always. They will sacrifice themselves
for you, and are people on whom you
can always rely. True friends listen to your
problems and share your burdens. Truly, if
we have even one real friend in life, we are
lucky. If we think about our childhood
friends, how many are still with us now?
Have we parted ways already? Perhaps they
have moved away, or we have lost contact
with them. Let us consider our close friends
today. Can we imagine that they, too, will one
day be parted from us just as those friends
from our childhood are gone? Even if we
have one close friend, or even a few, they can
only be with us up to our last breath, or their
last breath. They can only remain with us in
this life and cannot help us in the moment of
our greatest needthe time of death.
In this connection, there is an interesting
story from the Hindu scriptures. There was a
learned pundit who was the personal minis
ter of King Prikshat. Each day the minister
would read out the scriptures to the king.
The particular scripture said that whoever
hears the scriptures will receive spiritual lib
eration and enlightenment. Month after
month, the king listened to the scriptures
read by the minister. However, he did not
attain liberation.
One day, the king sat down and thought,
Here I amlistening to these scriptures
every day, and I am not yet spiritually liber

ated. The scriptures say that whoever listens
to these holy writings will receive salvation
once and for all, but I have not.
Therefore, the king called the minister and
said, Look here. I have heard these scrip
tures so many times and have not attained
liberation. I will give you one more chance to
read these scriptures to me from end to end.
If I am not liberated after that, you will be
put to death. Trembling in his shoes, the
minister began the task of rereading the
scriptures to the king. By the sixth day he
was nearing the end of the scriptures, and
the king was not satisfied. Fearing that on
the seventh day he would be put to death,
the minister sat down in his home and start
ed to cry. Why are you so sad? asked his
daughter when she saw him.
The ministered explained the situation to
her, The scriptures say that whoever reads
them will be liberated. However, I know that
the king is not liberated, nor am I liberated.
Therefore, tomorrow, I will be put to death.
The daughter was wise and had an idea.
Do not worry, she said. Tomorrow I will
speak to the king. On the following day, the
ministers daughter asked for an audience
with the king.
Why have you come? he questioned her.
She told him, I have come to reply to the
question that you have asked of my father.
But to do this, you and I must go together to

the wilderness. The king was perplexed, but
agreed to go along with her plan. The girl
then sent for her father. She brought along
two ropes and when they reached the wilder
ness she tied the king to one tree and her
father to another tree. Both were then bound,
hand and foot. The king was wondering what
all this meant when the girl asked, Father,
can you kindly unbind the king over there?
The minister replied, I am already bound!
How can I free him?
The girl asked, Your Majesty, will you
kindly unbind my father?
The king replied, Foolish girl, dont you
see that I am bound? How can a bound man
unbind another?
That is all she wanted to hear and said,
Then how can you expect my father, who is
not free himself, to liberate you spiritually?
The king himself had answered the dilemma
in which he had placed the minister. With
that understanding, the king spared the life
of the minister.
At the time of death, we all depart by our
selves. No friends of this world can help us.
They can sit by our bedside and hold our
hand, but they can neither protect us from
death nor accompany us. Knowing this, we
still put our reliance on people of this world.
Looking back at the friendships we have
had in our lives, how many of them led us
closer to God, and how many of them have

taken us away from God? What kind of
friend should we look for then? To be truly
awakened spiritually, we should seek the
friendship of the Lord.
We have only a set number of breaths to
reunite our soul with God. Let us do every
thing possible to attain that goal. The best
way to reach the Lord is through meditation,
sweet remembrance, and selfless service.
These activities safeguard us from being
pulled away by distractions of the world. If
we do these things, then we will be ready at
the time of our death. Having mastered the
art of rising above bodyconsciousness (by
meditating daily on the inner Light and
Sound of God) , we will know what awaits us
in the Beyond.
Befriending God makes our spirit soar.
Waves of divine love make our soul rise to
the eyefocus where we see tremendous
Light. Is there any love or friendship of the
world that can bring us to the eyefocus and
make us rise above physical bodyconscious
ness? Only the love of the Lord can make us
wide awakenot only in this world, but wide
awake into the Beyond.
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bill will be passed soon. It was the

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Prof. Kurien was praised by INOC

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New York: An Indianorigin entrepreneur has

Washington, DC: Arts for India, a charity

tional designer and IIFA student collab

Edison Firefighters join HSS to celebrate Raksha Bandhan

tect the society and dharma (the

about a sister tying a Rakhi to

everyone took during this occa

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First Indian American Penn State students mom

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Sri Sri Guru Sudershan Ji

New York: New york is still feeling the

Swami Nikhilanandji and Rohit Sharma of

Elderly Sikh assaulted

Inderjit Singh Mukker was called

individual learn English. Patel is a

Mahesh Ramanujam named

'Cop slamming Indian grandfather

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"guaranteed to cause some injury.

Preethika Kumar wins

September 12-18, 2015

Cyberbullying expert gets

electronic dating violence among a popula

criminal justice. Hinduja and his collabora

Both naturally employ technology and

US business magazine honors Worlds largest childrens

awards last month, according to the

On her career progression, it said