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Why Indian Supreme Court ruling wont keep criminals out of politics
In an ideal world, no politician would have a criminal past or present. Crime and politics would be worlds apart, and courts would not be intervening to stop criminals from becoming politicians and vice versa. But lets get real. Politics in actual world is much more complex. It does not render itself easily to idealistic propositions. Courts may succeed in keeping criminals out of representative institutions, but they cannot keep them out of politics. At the ground level, where politics plays out rough and dirty, both worlds have a symbiotic existence. In an ideal world, politics would be synonymous with discipline. There would be perfect democracy within parties, well laid out succession plans, transparent funding process, intraparty grievance redressal mechanisms, an age of retirement for senior leaders and enough scope for the younger generation to make it to the top. There would be no dynasties, no puppeteer pulling the strings of parties, no grumpy veteran, no cut-throat competition within and no insecurity and machinations. An LK Advani would fade (Contd on page no 20)

Saudi princess arrested in Orange Prince Tuli & family, of Long Island booked for County on state human trafficking charge dowry harassment
Bollywood actress Yukta Mookhey on Thursday registered a complaint of dowry harassment and unnatural sex against her Nagpur-based husband Prince Tulli at Amboli police station. Mookhey, who was crowned Miss World at the age of 20 in 1999, has accused her husband of years of mental and physical harassment. The couple, who got married in November 2008, started growing apart a while ago. She had complained to the police before too, having filed a non-cognizable complaint (NC) against her husband alleging harassment and abuse in July 2012.The Amboli police have booked her hotelier husband for dowry harassment under section 498 and unnatural sex under section 377 of Indian Penal code. The actress's in-laws have also been named as accused in the dowry harassment case, based on her complaint.(Contd on page no. 20) ANTA ANA, Calif. A Saudi princess is being held on $5 million dollars bond following her arrest in Orange County early Wednesday on a state human trafficking charge for allegedly holding a Kenyan domestic worker against her will. Meshael Alayban, 42, is accused of one felony count of human trafficking and faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison if convicted. She is slated to be arraigned Thursday. In the meantime, the court set the multimillion dollar bail based upon concerns that Alayban, who is one of the wives of Saudi Prince Abdulrahman bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz al Saud, poses a serious flight risk. The case is being prosecuted by the Orange County District Attorney's Office. "The laws of our nation and California do not tolerate people who deprive or violate the liberty of another and obtain forced labor or services," said District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. "If any person is being enslaved, he or she should contact law enforcement. Any victim of human trafficking will receive the benefit and protection of the laws of the United States and California." The charge against Alayban stems from an ongoing probe by the Irvine Police

Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The human trafficking allegation came to light after the Kenyan woman, whom prosecutors are referring to as Jane Doe, escaped from the Irvine apartment Tuesday where Alayban's family was staying and flagged down a bus driver. Jane Doe was carrying a U.S. Department of State pamphlet, given to her at the embassy in Saudi Arabia when she was issued her travel visa, describing her rights and warning of human trafficking. "We are gratified to have been able to help this victim find her freedom," said Irvine Police Chief David L. Maggard Jr. (Contd on page no. 2)

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Indian CG welcomed by New York State & Nassau County Officials

Ashook Ramsaran, President of Several New York the Global Organization of legislators, judges and public People of Indian Origin; Kishore officials from across Nassau Kuncham, President of the India County joined who's who of the Association of Long Island; Indu Indian American community of Jaiswal, President of the Indian Long Island to accord a warm American Forum; Krishna Sri welcome to India's new Consul Gandham, President of the General in New York, Telugu Literary and Cultural Dnyaneshwar Mulay at a Association; Gobind Bathija, reception hosted by the AWB President of the Asamai Temple Food Bank, at the prestigious of Hicksville; Bakul Matalia, Nassau County Legislative President of the Gujarati Cultural Chamber in Mineola on June 28. Society, Jay Shah, President of The reception jointly the Senior Citizen Forum; Dr. organized by Varinder Bhalla, Urmilesh Arya, former President President AWB Food Bank, of the Association of Indians in Animesh Goenka, former America.In his remarks, the President of the Association of New York State Senators, Assemblymen, County and Town officials and Judges Consul General proposed Indians in America, Dr. Sunil with community leaders at the reception welcoming Dnyaneshwar Mulay as leading a delegation of the local Mehra, former President of the India's new Consul General in New York. and state officials to India and American Association of Physicians from India, Dr. Yash Pal Commissioner of India in Maldives. On officials with people of Indian origin said "that is how we strengthen relations between our two countires". Arya of Arya Foundation and Ratna behalf of the New York State around the world. Bhalla was attended by County legislature, Assemblyman Lavine Representatives of numerous Mulay also thanked the reception Executive Edward Mangano, Majority presented an honor Citation to the community organizations also attended committee for organizing "one of my Leader Norma Gonsalves, Senator Consul General. the reception for the Consul General; best evenings in the United States." Jack Martins, Senator Carl Marcellino, County Executive Mangano Senator Kemp Hannon, Assemblyman honored Dr. Banad Viswanath and Charles Lavine, Assemblyman Tom Sathya Viswanath in recognition of McKevitt, Supreme Court Justice their "pioneering work in South Asian Steven Bucaria, Judge Bill Gaylor, Television and four decades of North Hempstead Councilwoman Dina community service"; Viswanaths DeGiorgio and nearly 300 Indian started Vision of Asia, the first Indian Americans from Nassau, Suffolk and TV program in USA, 37 years ago, and Queens. The program was emceed by launched ITV in 1985, which reaches Vishal Bhalla of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa fame. millions across the US. County Executive Mangano and all Mangano also honored Sharda senators and assemblymen lauded Rajan, Bollywood singer for lifetime Mulay for his illustrious career commitment and achievements in the spanning over three decades promoting field of Indian music, and Riti Bhalla international relations, citing his as the youngest TV Host in South services in Japan, Russia and Syria, Asian Television for her pioneering work with his last assignment as the High in connecting the American public

Saudi princess arrested in Orange County on state human trafficking charge

(Contd from page 1) Jane Doe told investigators she needed to pay for her daughter's medical care, so she secured work in Saudi Arabia and signed a two-year contract with an employment agency guaranteeing her $1,600 a month for a 40-hour work week. The contract stated that she would be paid more after three months of employment and could return home after three months if she was dissatisfied with the work. Jane Doe alleges Alayban and her family brought her to Irvine in May where she was required to work tending to at least eight people in four apartments in the same complex. Alayban is accused of paying the victim only $220 a month, forcing her to work 16hour days, seven days a week. Alayban also allegedly refused to return the victim's passport or travel documents and did not permit her to leave the residence except for a family outing so the victim could carry the family's bags. "In this country, it is not only unacceptable to hold people against their will, it is criminal," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge for HSI Los Angeles. "This case should serve as an example to human trafficking victims that they can come to authorities without fear, so we can provide them with protection and bring those responsible to justice." HSI special agents and Irvine Police Department detectives served a search warrant late Tuesday at Irvine apartments where Alayban and her family were staying. During the search, investigators located four additional Filipino female workers whose passports may also have been seized by the defendant's family. The investigation regarding these potential victims and other potential defendants is ongoing. Anyone with additional information that may be relevant to this case is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Mike Munn at 714-347-8560 or Irvine Police Department Detective Victoria Hurtado at 949-724-7000. The public may also provide information by calling HSI's toll-free tip line at 1-866-DHS-2ICE (1-866-3472423) or submit information using HSI's online tip form at http://www.ice.gov/exec/forms/ hsi-tips/tips.asp

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Three Day Hindi Language Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses to be Held in New Jersey
Turnersville, New Jersey What is truth? Where can it be found? Some feel that there is no such thing as absolute truth or that truth is relative. Others have found truth to be liberating, even life-changing. Almost 2000 years ago, Jesus said in prayer to God, "Your word is truth." The 2013 "God's Word is Truth" district conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses will explain why the Bible is trustworthy and how reading it can benefit you. These conventions will take place all over the world starting in May 2013. H o w e v e r, t h e o n l y H i n d i convention in the United States will take place on Friday, July 19 - Sunday, July, 21, 2013. The program begins each day at 9:20 am. The location is the Assembly Hall, 300 Sovereign Way, Turnersville, NJ. This convention will show all who attend how they can live by principles of truth in their everyday life and by doing so improve their family lives and their own personal happiness. The highlights of the convention include two live action Bible based costume dramas.Jehovah's Witnesses invite people of all faiths to benefit from this free, uplifting program. There are no collections taken and no admission fee required. The program for the convention and a video about the convention can be viewed at www.jw.org. Other English convention dates and locations can also be found on the website

YRF in association with KBSH announces India's first Bollywood Fashion Label "Diva'ni"
Mumbai, : Yash Raj Films (YRF) joins hands with Karol Bagh Saree House (KBSH) to create India's first Bollywood inspired fashion label called Diva'ni- Where fashion romances Bollywood. India's leading Production House, YRF along with KBSH, aim to serenade the splendour of Indian cinema through aspirational fashion. The brand is a reflection of the rich legacy and heritage associated with both these esteemed names, which celebrates the glitz, glamour, and drama that reverberates from the age-old union of fashion and cinema. The objective behind the inception of Diva'ni is to create a brand that is infused with the spirit of Bollywood amalgamated with a glamour quotient that fashion adds to it. Taking ode from the rich Indian traditions and keeping them alive in the form of Diva'ni's exquisite ensembles, YRF & KBSH together present an experience-consume journey for the Indian and International audiences. The brand strives to make women feel like a diva, who traditionally have been the epitome of pure elegance, grace and beauty. Diva'ni reflects the way Mr. Yash Chopra envisioned his heroines and brought out the best in every woman he worked with. Inspired from Yash Chopra's vision and portrayal of the diva in every woman, the first collection to be launched will be a fitting tribute to the man, who in many ways helped define Bollywood fashion. Rohit Sobti, YRF's Vice President, Licensing & Merchandising said, "YRF has been looking to participate in a meaningful way in the apparel category, in order to bring the trends of Bollywood and YRF closer to the consumers. As an industry, we have been setting fashion trends for our fans worldwide over the last 100 years. Development of the brand Diva'ni is a most significant effort by any Film Studio in the world and KBSH is an ideal associate in helping us achieve our goal. With KBSH's long-standing expertise in creating high quality designs, and always at the forefront of changing fashions over the years, we are sure that they will bring the requisite skill sets for this venture to succeed." Commenting on the association, Ms Sanya Dhir, Brand Director, KBSH said, "Coming with a vast understanding of the ethnic fashion industry, and with an experience of over 50 years, we at KBSH understand what a woman wants in her ensemble. In a country like India where women of all age groups are so highly inspired by Indian cinema, we strive to give our audiences a brand that will bring them a step closer to living their Bollywood dream.

IALI food Drive 2013

( P r e s s R e l e a s e ) N e w Yo r k - T h e I n d i a Association of Long Island's 17 th annual Food Drive, a noble way of organizing the south Asian C o m m u n i t y, t o r i s e u p t o s u p p o r t t h e l e s s privileged sisters & brothers living on Long Island area, is in progress, according to it's Chair woman, Aruna Saxena. The Food drive kick off party was held in Mint Restaurant, on July 5th. Kindly see the attached photograph, we have from the left side Rob Kammerer, Sudha Sharma, Aruna Saxena (Chair, Food Drive), Jean Kelly (Executive Director, INN), Bina Sabapathy and Veena Lamba. All food & cash donations will be given to the Inter Faith Nutrition Network (INN) for use in their Soup kitchens in October around Diwali time. During the Food drive last year IALI collected and donated $36000 and food, this year we want to exceed that amount ,said Aruna Saxena .We appeal to the Indian Community to participate in this worth while cause .Some of the items that one can donate include,canned soup, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits & tomato sauce, peanut butter, packets of beans, rice and paper goods. Food items can be dropped at "Jewels Galleria" in Hicksville (516-719-0005).And checks made payable to The Interfaith Nutrition Network may be mailed to IALI, 366 N. Broadway, Suite#410 Jericho, NY 11753 or contact Aruna Saxena at (631-6834143).

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Reception in Honor of Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C.

(Press Release) Washington DC- A Reception in honor of Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. was organized by The American India Public Affairs Committee (AIPACom) on June 27th. Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Joe Crowley, Chair, India Caucus; Steve Chabot, Chairman, Subcommittee, South Asia; Gregory Meeks, Joe Wilson, Ami Bera, Grace Meng and several high-ranking officials f r o m St a t e D e p a r t m e n t , Senate and India Caucus participated. Joe Crowley and all the Congressmen expressed their wholehearted support of India. Addressing the august g a t h e r i n g , M r. J a g d i s h Sewhani, President of the AIPACom said that the issue of pulling out the United States and its allied forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and the rise of Taliban has created a sort of anxiety in the region. "There is a fear in the region that Taliban, supported by radicalized Pakistani army may make a forceful bid to take over Afghanistan and establish Sharia. This could trigger tension in the region," he said. Disappointed over Pakistan's sluggish pace of trial in a Mumbai terror attack, Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee demanded that the seven suspects, including LeT operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, be handed over to the International Criminal Court to bring them to justice. Royce said there are rouge elements in the ISI, who would use the opportunity of any instability in Afghanistan to go back to the Taliban era. "Ethnic cleansing is going out in Pakistan today against those who are speaking against it," he said, alleging that the population of Hindus in Pakistan has now dropped to 1.5 per cent, against 25 per cent at the time of independence. Tracing the history of India Caucus, Mr. Sewhani said that the India Caucus has been a source of strength. It has done a commendable job to further cement an Indo-American relationship. Reminding the audience, M r. S e w h a n i s a i d t h a t Pakistan is still the epicenter of terrorism. It is a wellknown fact that Pakistan is using terrorism as a tool to achieve its foreign policy objective. At the movement,

From left: Shiv Dass, Ed Royce, Ami Bera, Jagdish Sewhani, and Joe Crowley (Photo by : Jay Mandal) Pakistani society is the most radicalized society. Even though Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaj Sharif ostensibly wants to mend the relationship with India, Pakistan Intelligence Agency ISI is reported to have opened two new centers to train a large number of youngsters in terrorism on the other side of Jaisalmir. Trade between India and the USA has increased by 40% since the launch of IndoUS Strategic Dialogue by the Obama Administration 3 years ago and could cross $100 billion. The bilateral trade between India and the US could touch $500 billion mark over the next decade. Time has come for the oldest democracy in the world, the USA, to support the largest democracy in the world, the Republic of India and fourth economy in the world, in its bid to become the permanent member of the UN Security Council. Both, USA and India are natural allies. Because of our mutual understanding and regard for each other, a new era in Indo-American relationship has dawned. The time has come to take this relationship from a mere friendship to a strategically meaningful relationship, asserted Mr. Sewhani.

Who killed the American dream?

(Press Release) Whatever happened to the promise that anyone could build a better life by honest labor? That my life would be better than my parents, and that my kids lives would be better than mine? That America is gone, now seen only in old Frank Capra movies late at night. Today in America, the rich are pulling away from the rest of us, taking almost all of the gains for themselves, leaving the middle class scrambling just to stay where they are, and forcing the poor to survive on an increasingly frayed safety net. lot of attention has been given to the issue of the widening of inequality of opportunities and outcomes, in part because a chilling new book by New Yorker writer George Packer, The Unwinding, which tells the horrifying story of how the dream was lost. More recently, an academic debate in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Economic Perspective has brought inequality back in the news, thanks to a bluntly argued (and titled) paper Defending the One Percent by Harvard economist Greg Mankiw (who is a former adviser to George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney). In his paper, Mankiw explains why the top 1% are doing so well while the rest of us sprint hopelessly to catch up: The rich are simply better than us. They make more money because they contribute more to society than we do. They are smarter, have the skills that are in high demand, have better entrepreneurial instincts, and work harder. Whats more, their kids inherit these traits genetically. Not only are the rich better than us, the world is also increasingly becoming their kind of place. Technological changes over the past 30 years have made their advantages even more rewarding than before. The top 1% really do earn their money, and any effort to reduce inequality would make us all poorer, Mankiw says. Wed have to do without the innovations of people like Steve Jobs, J.K. Rowling and Greg Mankiw. Mankiw takes it as a given that compensation equals marginal product. The rich earn their money because someone pays it to them, and that someone must have a good reason to pay that much. The markets decide pay, thats just Econ 101, and on that topic. Plenty of pundits have responded to Mankiws thesis, but none more effectively than Josh Bivens and Larry Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, who also contributed a paper to the special issue of the JEP. It turns out that its not so much what you know, as Mankiw argues, but how much power you have, especially the power to extract economic rents. Bivens and Mishel show that the increase in the incomes of the top 1% over the past 30 years owes more to successful rent-seeking than it does to efficient and competitive markets rewarding education and skills. What do economists mean by rents? Simply put, its the income thats received over and above what would be required to induce the person to supply their labor or capital. For instance, Bevins and Mishel say, it seems likely that many top-level professional athletes would continue to supply essentially the same amount of labor to their sport, even if their salary was reduced by some substantial fraction, because even the reduced salary would be much higher than their next-best options.Do we need to pay superstars exorbitant amounts of money to get them to show up for work every day? Clearly not. LeBron James voluntarily cut his own pay to help the Miami Heat win championships. His primary motivation is to play with a great team and to build his legacy as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, not to earn a few million extra. For James and many other stars, its the relative level of their salary that matters most, not the absolute level. They just want to make more than their closest rivals.One of Mankiws own examples argues against his theory that innovators would refuse to work if we dared to raise their taxes.Author J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book without any expectation of getting it published, much less of earning a billion dollars from her imaginative stories. And Rowling very publicly remained in the U.K., even as her taxes were increased, because she said she owed her success to the British welfare state.

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First Lost, Then Murdered

Melissa moved to New York to cut hair. Then she became a prostitute. Then she was gone.
ended up there. Around the corner, on 47th between Sixth and Seventh avenues, is the break room: a tiny openair public plaza with a few metal tables and chairs and some slate decor. The girls call it the Batcave. One time Melissa braided Kritzias hair while they sat there talking, helping her tighten her extensions and curl them at the bottom with a curling iron. Melissa often boasted about her beauty-school training, like a physician boasting about medical school, and then shed laugh and threaten to cover Kritzias head with bald spots, chasing her around the Batcave with the curling iron. When she first saw Melissa in Times Square sometime in 2006, Kritzia didnt talk to her. This skinny white girl, always laughing at something. Whats so funny to you? Kritzia thought. But when Kritzia stared her down, Melissa gave as well as she got. That broke the spell, and they became close friends, sharing the same irreverence and attitude. Then Kritzia saw the risks Melissa tookshed go with anyone who would rent a roomand she thought that Melissa wasnt built to last, not even a year. Melissa proved her wrong. She was in New York for three years, until 2009. When Kritzia heard that Melissa had family in Buffalo, N.Y., ready and waiting to take her home, she wondered why she was here at all. Melissa would say only, Im here because I want to be here. In those moments, Kritzia thought maybe she and Melissa werent such kindred spirits.Melissa Barthelemy was brought up in Buffalos Kensington-Bailey neighborhooda neglected part of town that long ago housed a state university campus but crumbled after it closed, becoming a refuge for street gangs. Her family was one of a few white workingclass holdouts; her mother, Lynn, was 16 when Melissa was born. As a little girl, she was brash and outspoken and, despite her pixie looks, formidable quick to shout down someone twice her size just for looking at her the wrong way. Self-defense was a necessary life skill in Kensington-Bailey, and when Melissas assertive side first showed itself in elementary school, Lynns only rule for Melissa was not to hit first.Melissa spent a few years as a teenager in Texas with her father and stepmother but returned to Buffalo to finish high school. She wanted to be a hair stylist. Melissa talked about watching Lynn work so hard as a single mom and how that had affected her. She said she didnt plan on getting married or having kids until she was 35. I want to take care of you and give you things you never had, Melissa told her mother. I want to walk into a store and not worry about a price tag. If I like it, I want to buy it.

(Agencies) The following is an excerpt from Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker, out now from HarperCollins. The girls grab at the arms or shoulders first. Its best to start by touching these guys. Theyve spent all night at a strip club, where the women cant go too far. Hey, sweetie, whats your name? Where are you from?

They answer: Oh, Im just visiting This is my vacation I just came here on business. Theyre almost always from out of town. Really? Yeah? Would you like a nice massage? Hot towels? Lotion? Sometimes theyre interested. Sometimes theyre disgusted. Sometimes they smile. Some guys play along smugly: Oh, but why do I have to pay when I can give you the best night

of your life? Melissa and Kritzia would look at them and be like, Oh, please, fuck you. But some guys get excited. Thats when you say youll give them a blowjob. Then you touch them again. Then you make the deal. Melissa Barthelemy is shown in this Suffolk County Police Department handout photograph released to Reuters on April 6, 2011. Melissa Barthelemy Photo by Ho New/Reuters Kritzia Lugo was small and round, with lush lips and big eyes and a gift for gab. In Times Square, she was known as Mariah, a salute to her idol, Mariah Carey. Melissa Barthelemy was known as Chloe. Friday and Saturday nights were slow, too many families clogging up the sidewalks. But almost every other night, Melissa and Kritzia would hang outside Lace, the strip club on Seventh Avenue north of 48th StreetMelissa with a cigarette and Kritzia with some weed; their pimps, Blaze and Mel, standing a safe distance away, across the street or around the cornerwaiting for men to come out. In the new New Yorkafter Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg helped make over the porn palaces into a family-friendly tourist hubthe escorts and their pimps have to be discreet. The girls dress a little more modestly. Theyre a little quieter. They walk longer lengths up and down the block so that, technically, they cant be accused of loitering. The pimps are still there, but at a remove, able to watch the girls work and to bolt if need be. Times Square at 3 a.m. is a complicated place: volatile and dangerous but also, in its way, like any other workplace, with protocols and procedures and intrastaff dramas. The McDonalds on Broadway, south of 47th, is like the company commissary. Melissa knew that many of the drunkest guys stumbling out of the strip clubs

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SOUTH ASIA

A HIGH- POWERED judicial commission has asked the heads of Pakistan government, military and intelligence agencies to apologise to the nation for their incompetence in detecting the presence of alQaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the country. The suggestion made in a report of the judicial panel, formed to probe the death of Laden, is not just stern in its tone but also suggestive of the reluctance of the agencies and leadership to be a part of an international hunt for the worlds most- wanted terrorist. Power corridors, including the Prime Ministers house and the

general headquarters in Rawalpindi, are abuzz with the accusations that the m i l i t a r y, p o l i t i c i a n s a n d intelligence agencies of Pakistan failed to track down Osamas as well as CIAs operations on their soil. The principal intelligence agency of the US, under the nose of Pakistans military and the ISI, traced Laden to Abbottabad and passed on the information to White House, which sent a team of Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011 to get Laden. The presence of a CIA network inside Pakistan tasked to trace bin Laden without the Pakistani establishments knowledge was a case of nothing less than a collective and sustained dereliction of duty by the political, military and intelligence leadership of the country, the 336- page report states. Keeping mum Interestingly, neither the Pakistan government nor the heads of military and ISI have reacted to the accusations m a d e b y t h e A b b o t ta b a d Commission that consisted of Pakistani investigators. A wave of anger, however, has been felt across the nation after the report was made public by a foreign news channel, Al Jazeera , late on Monday. The report throws light on the private life of Laden in Pakistan soon after the 9/ 11 terror attack in the US and clearly states that the Pakistani intelligence agencies, the army and the political leadership did not know till May 2, 2011 that Laden was living freely in their c o u n t r y. A c c o r d i n g to

insiders, the revelations have jolted Pakistans powerful military that claims a major chunk of the annual budget in the name of defence of the countrys border. Sources told Media that the authorities have briefed new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the situation, who may offer an apology to the nation in the days to come. The A b b o t ta b a d Commission has questioned several dozen officials, including serving military officers, to compile a comprehensive report on Osamas death.

It shouldnt be business as usual with Pak

THE one thing that is clear from the Abbottabad Commission report is the fact that the worlds No. 1 terrorist enjoyed official hospitality in Pakistan for nine long years despite repeated denials by the countrys leadership.It also reinforces the theory that Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism, and that Osama bin Laden was no stray fugitive who had taken shelter in Pakistan. Laden made a conscious choice to stay in Pakistan as he was confident that the US and its allies will not be able to trace him there. Another important disclosure is the ISI chiefs admission before the commission that the agency was in touch with the Haqqani network.Despite the recent Pakistani overtures to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, India must ensure that its concerns on terrorism are addressed and must not forget that there cannot be business as usual till the perpetrators of 26/ 11 Mumbai attacks are punished. While it is alright to have the usual diplomatic interactions, it will be disastrous to jump and accept Pakistans invite to the Prime Minister for a trip to his native place, Gah.

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There was a knock at the door and then they shot my husband dead'

ARMY TO BEAR THE BRUNT

THE question that comes immediately to mind is, why has the report come out at this stage? Clearly, the only one who comes out unscathed is Nawaz Sharif and his PMLN, for the simple reason that they were not part of the government in 2011. At the moment, it would appear that, if you take this along with Musharrafs case of treason, there is a feeling in some sections of the PML- N and the political elite to put the army and the ISI further on the back foot. It raises very inconvenient questions for the army and the ISI, because even though it is critical of everyone, the real brunt will have to be borne by the army leadership. Thats one aspect that needs to be carefully studied, as to what its repercussions will be within Pakistan.

Osama bin Laden was killed by a shot through the forehead inside his second floor bedroom and his face was 'clear' and recognizable says a secret Pakistani report into the historic U.S. raid to kill or capture the al-Qaeda terror chief. Just seconds before his life was ended, bin Laden's third and youngest wife Sadah had thrown herself in front of a U.S. Navy SEAL soldier in a vain attempt to save her husbands - getting shot herself in the knee in the process. And as 'blood flowed backwards over his head', the 29year-old woman was asked to confirm the identity of the 9/ 11 mastermind before being told to stand in the corner of the room while the U.S. special forces prepared to evacuate his Abbottabad compound in the northwest of Pakistan. The wife of Ibrahim al-Kuwaiti, bin Laden's favorite courier also told the commission that her husband was shot dead through a window after answering a knock on the door. While all previous accounts of the May 1st, 2011 assault have come from U.S. Navy SEAL team members or leaked through CIA or Washington analysts, Pakistan's 'Abbottabad Commission' is the first to piece together testimony from bin Laden's family who were there. Telling the story of the tumultuous events of that evening through their eyes and those of the local and national officials who responded, the report into the unilateral attack was obtained by Arabic news network Al Jazeera. Going into never-before-told detail, the report outlines bin Laden was awake just after midnight on May 1st and was startled by what he and his wife, Sadah, believed to be the sound of an approaching storm outside.

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Ramadan - a month of devtion and compassion

Mohammed Shafeeq Ramadan, the ninth month of Islamic calendar that began on Thursday is the holy month during which Muslims observe 'roza' (fast), one of the five tenets of Islam. Muslims offering Ramadan prayers at the Chamrajpet Idgah in Bangalore. - A Veeramani It is a spring of good deeds, a month of fasting, devotion, compassion, generosity, forgiveness and repentance. And India's 140 million Muslims, who constitute the world's third-largest Muslim population, observe Ramadan with both devotion and fervour. Ramadan, the ninth month of Islamic calendar that began on Thursday is the holy month during which Muslims observe 'roza' not only about fasting and prayers. Parts of cities like Delhi or Hyderabad or Kolkata or Mumbai, with a large Muslim population, come alive, especially during evenings. The markets teem with people buying dates, fruits and the fried items for 'iftar' or breaking of fast. The occasion brings together the devouts in mosques and at community 'iftars' as the holy month provides unique opportunity to foster unity and brotherhood. Shopping continues till late in the night with the people tasting 'haleem', a special delicacy of Ramadan prepared by hundreds of hotels and roadside eateries. The worshippers throng the mosques for prayers till around midnight. The activity resumes in the wee hours of the day with people waking up for 'sahr' or pre-dawn meals followed by the morning prayers.In the national capital, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other top political leaders also host 'iftar' parties. There are an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. India has the world's third largest Muslim population after Indonesia and Pakistan, with 20 to 30 percent Muslim populations in some of the largest states of the country.

are many who go hungry because they don't have the means. Quran says the poor, handicapped and those who are deprived also have their share in your money," said a scholar, who declined to be named.But then, Ramadan is (fast), one of the five tenets of Islam. The fasting is obligatory for all adult Muslims except those who are ill and travelling. During the fast, observed every day from dawn to sunset, Muslims refrain from consuming any food or water or engaging in sexual relations. Muslims try to move closer to the Almighty Allah, seeking His forgiveness and mercy by daily offering 'namaz' five-times and also additional 'namaz' during night like 'Taraweeh' and 'Tahajjud' and reading of the holy Quran. "By fasting, we thank Allah for giving us the Quran, which was revealed during this holy month. This is a complete guidance not just for Muslims but for the entire humanity," Sultan Mohiuddin, head of Jamaat-eIslami's Nampally unit in Hyderabad, told IANS. Fasting teaches man self-control and patience. "By abstaining from things which are allowed in other days, we practice how to control ourselves in other days when there is something which we like but is harmful to the society and which our Creator has prohibited," Mohiuddin added.The man's patience is put to test when he fasts. When a man doesn't eat, it develops a sense of anger within and he is more likely to fight with others but 'roza' teaches a method to control oneself. While controlling hunger and thirst, he also has to ensure that he doesn't abuse, harm or fight with others. One of the significant features of Ramadan is that it creates empathy towards have-nots and encourages charity. "When a man fasts, he realizes there are many people who don't get two square meals and deprived of basic necessities. When I have money I eat and drink but there

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THESE are not wanton boys killing honeybees for their sport but expert beekeepers trying to court the winged creatures in Shaoyang, Chinas Hunan province, on Saturday. As beekeeper Wang Dalin, 42, competed against his rival Lu Kongjiang, the two were gradually transmogrified into virtual beehives. Wang and Lu competed by standing on a scale wearing only a pair of shorts and using queen bees they reared to attract other bees on to their bodies. Wang won the competition after attracting 26 kg ( 57 lbs) of bees on his body in 60 minutes, while Lu had 22.9 kg ( 50 lbs), the local media reported. It was nothing short of a spectacle to see the electronic display attached to the scales rising by notches during the course of the hour- long duel as thousands of bees swarmed the two men. One could spot an expression of both fear and amazement on the faces of the curious onlookers as well as the media persons as they watched Wang and Lu being blanketed by the bees.Throughout the competition, neither of them flinched as the stinging insects settled on their bodies.Lu was, in fact, all smiles and seen waving with his face halfcovered with bees. Wang, on the other hand, with his hands folded across his chest and his nose and ears plugged, stood more poised than his 20- year- old competitor.Wang had courted media attention in April last year as well when he had covered himself with a mantle of around 50,000 bees with the help of his wife at the Chenjiawan village of Zigui County in Yichang, Hubei province. make a better scrapbook for her school project than you. Another will lose more weight with a better diet. Your neighbour may make a six-dabba tiffin for her husband, you dont big deal. Do your best, but dont keep looking out for the report card, and definitely dont expect to top the class. There is no ideal woman in this world, and if you strive to become one, there will be only one thing you will achieve for certain stress. So breathe, chill, relax. Tell yourself you are beautiful, do your best and deserve a peaceful life. Anybody trying to take that away from you is making a mistake, not you. Your purpose of coming to this earth is not to please everyone. Your purpose is to offer what yo u h a v e t o the world, and have a good life in return. The next time this survey comes, i dont want to see Indian women on top of the list. I want them to be the happiest women in the world. Now smile, before your mother-in-law shouts at you for wasting your time reading the newspaper.

Dont Worry, Be Happy

(Contd from page 16) network figure out ways to be economically independent. So next time your husband tells you that you are not a good enough wife, mother or daughter-inlaw, you can tell him to take a hike. Four, do not ever feel stressed about having a dual responsibility of family and work. It is difficult, but not impossible. The trick is not to expect an A+ in every aspect of your life. You are not taking an exam, and you frankly cant score cent per cent (unless you are i n SRCC, o f course). It is okay if you dont make four dishes for lunch, one can fill their stomach with one. It is okay if you dont work until midnight and dont get a promotion. N o b o d y remembers their job designation on their dying day. Five, m o s t important, dont get competitive with other women. Someone will

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The woman who will never grow up

3ft tall Laxmi weighs just 3 stone and dresses in children's clothes but is actually 20 years old
She has watched her friends grow into young women but Laxmi Yadev has not changed since the age of five. She may be 20 years old but she is still only 3ft 3ins tall, weighs only three stone and wears clothes meant for sixyear-old children. A rare genetic disorder meant Laxmi stopped growing 15 years ago and she is resigned to living the rest of her life as a woman trapped in a child's body. Laxmi has endured years of bullying and stares but she says the hardest thing to come to terms with is the future she has been denied by her condition. She knows she will never have children and therefore she does not see the point in marrying. She admits she is also scared of trusting a man and fears being disowned in the marriage. Laxmi, from Gurgoan, outside of New Delhi, told The Sunday People: 'I sometimes think about

the normal life I could have had and it makes me sad. 'I'd have fun and independence and enjoy a life I see other girls having.' Years of taunts and fears about being kidnapped have left Laxmi too scared to go out alone but she says she is able to cope with her disorder through the support of her family. Her mother, Parvati, 52, buys her clothes to

save her the embarrassment of shopping in the children's section. Her brother Azad suffers from the same condition but her gone on to forge a career as a teacher and believes bullies have made him work even harder to achieve his goals. Her youngster sister Suman, 15, who is normal height, chaperones Laxmi outside and helps 'motivate' her.Laxmi said: 'I hate meeting new

people as it hurts getting stared at and bullied every time.' But she says by following the lead of Azad and with the support of her father Bahadur and her mother, she is facing her fears and starting a job in a shop. Laxmi said: 'I'm scared but I'm tough and I'll overcome my fears to do this.' The money will be crucial for her family, who rely on the 8,000 rupees (88) a month he earns as a security

guard. The family's small income has already had tragic consequences. They could not afford the money needed for human growth hormone for Laxmi and Azad. Their condition could have been improved had they received it before the age of 16 or 17.

Doctors say some treatments are still available but they are significantly more effective when given early. However, despite her difficulties, Laxmi has thrived in her studies. She graduated from high school with top marks and now wants to start a computer course at college.

Children as young as 10 are unhappy about their weight as research shows one in six teenagers skip breakfast
15-year-olds last year and found that nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of girls in Year 10 (aged 14 and 15) say they would like to lose weight, along with more than half (54 per cent) of those in Year 8 (aged 12 and 13). More than a third (37 per cent) of 10 and 11-year-old girls - those in the final year of primary school (Year 6) - say they would like to be slimmer, the survey found. The research suggested boys are less concerned about how much they weigh. Just under three in 10 (29 per cent) of those aged 14 and 15 said they wanted to drop a few pounds while 14 per cent saying they would like to put some weight on. The report also questioned pupils about their eating habits, asking them 'what did you have for breakfast this morning' and 'what did you do for lunch yesterday'. Around one in six (17 per cent) 14 and 15-year-old girls, and more than one in 10 (11 per cent) boys of the same age did not eat breakfast around double the numbers of Year 6 pupils who skipped this meal. Others only had a drink for breakfast. The report showed that a school meal was the most popular lunch option, followed by packed lunches. But nearly one in five (19 per cent) of Year 10 girls had no lunch, along with 14% per cent of Year 8 girls. Teenage boys were slightly more likely than girls to eat chips or roast potatoes most days of the week with nearly one in four Year 10 boys (23 per cent) tucking into the starchy foods regularly and 24 per cent of boys in Year 8. Boys and girls in Year 6 were equally likely to eat these foods (19 per cent each). And pupils tend to eat less fruit and veg as they get older 61 per cent of 10 and 11-yearold girls eat these items most days, but this falls to 36 per cent among 14 and 15-year-old girls, according to the findings. Laura Sharp, a nutritionist for the Children's Food Trust, said: 'These are very worrying findings - all pupils, whatever their age, need to start the day with breakfast if they're going to be able to focus in class, and research shows a clear link between eating breakfast and children's attainment at school. 'What's particularly worrying is that girls and boys are skipping meals at a time when their bodies are changing fast and they're particularly in need of good nourishment.

Children as young as 10 are unhappy with their weight and believe they need to shed some pounds, research suggests. The study indicates that young people become more concerned about their weight as they grow up and are increasingly likely to

skip breakfast or lunch as they get older. Nearly two-thirds of 14 and 15-year-old girls (those in Year 10) saying they would like to be slimmer, according to a report by the Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU). It questioned more than 68,000 10-to

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Extremists using networking sites to recruit

Internet Boosted Our Ranks By 10,000, Claims Group That Inspired Norway Mass Killer
once told our supporters its alright to go out and be violent. A Facebook page under Breiviks name was taken down shortly after the attacks last week. A Twitter account under his name had only one Tweet, on July 17, loosely citing English philosopher John Stuart Mill, One person with a belief is equal to the force of 100,000 who have only interests. Norwegian investigators have pored through data on Breiviks computer and say they now believe he was acting alone. They have also said they havent found any links of concern between Breivik and far right British groups such as the EDL. In addition to Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter, the internet hosts thousands of forums for far-left, far-right and other extremist groups. In Germany alone, far-right groups ran some 1,000 websites and 38 online radio stations as of late last year with many aimed at recruiting followers. Social networking sites, complete with politically charged music, are particularly drawing younger audiences who increasingly get their information outside of traditional media. Extremists still favor online chat platforms often with several hundred participants but they are increasingly turning to social media, said Germanys office for the protection of the Constitution, which called the danger of recruitment considerable. Intelligence and law enforcement officials have mixed feelings about the sites. On one hand, they recognize the potential for recruiting groups or individuals into violent movements. On the other, the sites allow officials to track and catch perpetrators.

London: When the English Defense League sprang to life two years ago, it had fewer than 50 members a roughand-tumble bunch of mostly white guys shouting from a street corner about what they viewed as uncontrolled Muslim immigration. Now, the far-right group mentioned by confessed Norway gunman Anders Behring Breivik as

an inspiration says its ranks have swollen to more than 10,000 people, a spectacular rise its leaders attribute to the immense global power of Facebook and other social networking sites. I knew that social networking sites were the way to go, said EDL leader Stephen Lennon. But to say that we inspired this lunatic to do what he did is wrong. Weve never

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At least a third of teenage girl TV characters are 'sexually exploited' on screen, study finds

Teenage female characters are sexual fodder for broadcast network TV series, especially comedies, according to an advocacy group's new study. An examination of 238 sitcoms and dramas airing during four weeks in 2011 and 2012 found a third of the episodes included content that 'rose to the level of sexual exploitation' of females, according to the Parents Television Council report released Tuesday. The likelihood that a scene would include exploitation increased when a teen girl was involved, the report found, as did the odds that a show would try for a laugh: Girls were more likely to be the target of sexually exploitive jokes than adult women, 43 percent as compared to 33 percent. The instances cited by the report varied widely, from an adolescent boy and girl playing strip poker in an episode of 'Glee' to jokes spun off the topics of sexual violence, harassment and trafficking, according to the group's researchers. 'At what point in time is it OK to laugh at sexual trafficking or rape?' council President Tim Winter said. The PTC said its study relied on a United Nations' definition of sexual exploitation as involving abuse of a position of vulnerability, power, or trust for sexual purposes including profiting financially, socially or politically. Although the report doesn't include an independent assessment of the social effect of such media images, Winter contended that it's a certainty: An industry that attracts billions of ad dollars meant to influence buying habits must acknowledge that it has an impact on viewers, especially youngsters, he said.Among the sitcom humor cited by the report: A May 2012 episode of 'Family Guy' in which teenager

Meg appears onstage and an announcer says, 'This girl is perfect if you want to buy a sex slave, but don't want to spend sex slave money.' 'Young people are having difficulty managing the distinction between appropriate and inappropriate sexual conduct,' and TV's confusing messages are one reason, said the Rev. Delman Coates, a PTC board member.

Horoscope
ARIES
This week, keep your mind as fresh as dew drops as you are likely to strike upon an idea that may change the course of your life. Partnerships undertaken with regard to business will prove to be beneficial. The health of your kids may be of concern this week, so take care of them. This week is good for romance. Your lucky day is Tuesday, lucky color is Orange and lucky numbers are 2 and 6.

TAURUS
This week you will meet some influential people of your industry which will be extremely good and beneficial for your career in the times to come. Religious inclination and involvement of your family will increase. You make buy a new house or vehicle too. You are especially advised to stay away from any kind of legal matters as it only waste your time and money. This week is excellent for romance.

GEMINI
This week while dealing with family and kind of unfriendly approach may lead unwanted consequences. Some important work / plans are likely to get near completion but will have to put in a lot of extra efforts in order to achieve success. During the mid of the week, you may find some new sources of income. This week you are advised to stay from any kind legal issues / matters as it will only add to your inconvenience.

CANCER
Your labor and sweat put into your business will now show colours. Those in job may get a promotion soon. You may get some wealth this week. But it is also very likely that there may be some serious fights within the family with regard to money, so you are advised keep your calm. Your lucky day is Tuesday, lucky color Yellow and lucky numbers are 2 and 8.

LEO
Stress levels at the workplace that may upset or dishearten you a little. But you need to be strong and fight it with undying self belief and confidence. It is likely, that associated with management / managerial work may see some change in place or job. For romance, this week is average. Do not take any big or important decision this week. Your lucky day is Monday, lucky color is Purple and lucky numbers are 5 and 9.

VIRGO
This week you need understand that it is better to gauge any business related mistakes earlier to save one from the losses. Do not enter the vicious circle of loans and debts this week. You are likely to make some profits with regard to some dealing with real estate or property. You health will improve and you will good about yourself. You are advised to take special care while driving. Your lucky day is Saturday,

LIBRA
New projects and plans will move forward in the right direction. Those making efforts to procure any kind of bank loans will taste success. This week beware of those friends who have the tendency to make castles in the air and do nothing about them. Any kind of issue / misunderstanding between you and your life partner will end. This week is good for romance. Your lucky day is Sunday, lucky color is Yellow and lucky numbers are 2 and 6.

SCORPIO
This week it is high time that you stop making castles in air. You are likely to meet new and influential people at the workplace which will prove to be beneficial in the long run. You are advised to stay away from any kind of new partnerships in business. The health of the children in the family is likely to improve which bring some peace of mind and joy in your life. You may make some travel plans with your family.

SAGITTARIUS
The hard work and toil that you had been putting in the last few days will now show some results. There are chances of you getting sudden wealth but you advised to invest in real estate only after you have weighed the pros and cons in detail. Some religious activity / event are likely to be organized in the family. Some misunderstanding with your beloved may be the reason for some stress this week.

CAPRICORN
New plans and projects will see light but will be accompanied with many roadblocks. Some religious event with family and friends will make you feel good and happy. You will meet new people in your workplace which will be beneficial for future prospects. You need to take care of your health, especially from seasonal illness. Do not give or take loan of any kind. Your lucky day is Thursday, lucky color is Blue and lucky numbers are 2 and 8.

AQUARIUS
Do not believe what others say without verifying the facts as it may not be in your interest. There will be new opportunities knocking at your door that will lead to new sources of income but you are also advised to stay away from taking any unnecessary risks in business. This week is good for romance. New long distance relationships are on the cards. Your lucky day is Wednesday, lucky color is Yellow and lucky numbers are 1 and 7.

PISCES
This week you will see the light of getting some relief and freedom from old pending issues which make you will calm and relaxed. Those associated with journalism and teaching may look out and switch jobs this week. Those in business should stay away from any kind of partnership. The health of some elderly may be of concern and may be the reason for some anxiety by the end of the week.

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Student killed in Asiana crash may have been fatally hit by first responders
Authorities have told the parents of the two Chinese schoolgirls killed in the Asiana Airlines crash which of their daughters was the one possibly struck and killed by a fire truck on the runway. The parents of 16-year-old Ye Mengyuan, a talented gymnast, were told by investigators on Tuesday that she was the victim potentially hit by the vehicle, the San Mateo County coroner said. Ye's parents flew to San Francisco International Airport late on Monday night along with the parents of 16-year-old Wang Lin Jia, a close friend of Ye's who was also killed in the crash. Authorities revealed earlier this week that, amid the chaos, it is possible that an emergency responder vehicle hit and killed one of teenagers. Her body was found by an escape slide.The medical examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine whether she was dead before she was struck, and the investigation has been handed over the to the police department's hitand-run unit. In the chaos of the crashlanding of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 on Saturday morning, dozens of police cars, fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene to help recuse the jetliner's passengers.The possibility that the girl was hit by a truck was first suggested by a firefighter to a superior on Saturday. The firefighter said that a passenger on the ground roughly 30 feet from the wreckage and near the escape slide may have been run over as fire crews were shifting from dousing the flames to taking victims to hospitals, officials said.Police, FBI agents, the coroner and other officials were notified after the firefighter reported his concerns and the drivers of the first five trucks were given drug and alcohol tests, which they passed. It is not clear why the firefighters thought someone had been run over and Fire Department officials said they did not want to provide details because of the ongoing investigation. Findings of what caused the 16-year-olds death - the plane crash, the fire truck, or both - might not come for several weeks. 'One of the deceased did have injuries consistent with those of having been run over by a vehicle,' fire department spokeswomen Mindy Talmadge said. 'Many agencies were on the field.' 'One of our fire apparatus may have come into contact with one of our two victims,' Fire Chief Joanne HayesWhite added during a press conference. 'I assure you, we are looking closely at this.' Airport video surveillance footage reviewed by federal accident investigators was unable to help with reaching a conclusion, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said.'It is a very serious issue and we want to understand it,' she said. 'We want to make sure

we have all the facts before we reach conclusions.' San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said on Monday that the two girls were identified through fingerprints and their bodies had been prepared to be collected by their parents. Asiana Airlines said Ye a n d Wa n g , b o t h f r o m Jiangshan in eastern China, were headed for a summer camp in the U.S. - part of a group of 70 Chinese students and teachers aboard the Boeing 777.

They were to visit Silicon Valley, Stanford University and University of California's campuses in Los Angeles and Berkeley as part of an English-language program, according to the Youth Times. Ye was a top student who excelled in literature and was talented with the piano and singing. She also loved gymnastics and had recently won a national gymnastics competition. She also routinely received honors at the school's annual speech contests.

Do new mums REALLY need a 99 test on the quality of their breast milk?
University offers to report levels of omega 3
Breastfeeding will not only provide your baby with all the nutrients it needs, but could also boost their social m o b i l i t y, as reported recently in the British Medical Journal. A study of over 30,000 people found that breastfed children are 24 per cent more likely to be climb the social ladder when they are adults, and 20 per cent less likely to slide downwards. The researchers said the benefits come from the unique nutritional benefits from the mother's milk, as well as the skin-to-skin contact and associated bonding that infant and mother enjoy during breastfeeding. S o f a r, s o g o o d f o r t h e message that says 'breast is best'. But academics at Stirling University are warning that some mothers' milk may hinder babies' chances of growing thriving brains, because the mothers' diets are nutritionally deficient. The experts say the breast milk may be low in omega 3 fatty acid (found in oily fish such as mackerel and salmon), which is crucial for babies' mental development. Women with healthy diets should normally have sufficient omega 3 both for themselves and their children, if they eat oily fish at least twice a week. But the Stirling Univer s i t y team claim that mothers' breast milk may also contain high levels of omega 6 fatty acids. These come from vegetable oils and are abundant in margarines, processed foods and ready meals. An excess of omega 6 may hinder children's brain development, says Professor Gordon Bell, a fish-oil expert who leads t h e St i r l i n g U n i v e r s i t y Institute of Aquaculture. This is because omega 6 and omega 3 compete with each other to be a b s o r b e d b y t h e b o d y, s o excessively high levels of omega 6 can effectively block omega 3 from entering your system.'There is good evidence to show that omega 3 benefits mental development, the immune system and general health,' says Professor Bell. 'It is important for young children to get the correct amounts. It can also protect against future problems with cardiovascular disease.'

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A Guide To Crooked Cricket

James Pycroft, in his 1851 book, The Cricket Field, noted how two rogues were brawling at Lords over matters pertaining to money and cricket. You had 20 to lose the Kent match, bowling long leg hops and missing catches, a player says, with the other responding, And you were paid to lose at Swaffham. The final word comes from the first chap: Why did that game with Surrey turn about three runs to get, and you didnt make them? So the next person who moans about how The Gentlemans Game has reached new levels of perfidy will receive one tight slap from me. Until the president of the Gujarat Cricket Association was elevated to the post of the head of the BJPs National Election Campaign Committee, the most eagerly followed running commentary for us slappers and clappers was the gush-feed of IPL news. On 16 May, three cricketers were hauled up for spot-fixing. This essentially was a confirmation that in exchange for money, certain actions in a skill-based sport were being orchestrated according to the less random forces of supply-demand economics. Reams have been written and hours aired about the noxious fumes of greed and terrible aesthetics wafting in from IPL affairs. How the root of all evil is dancing girls with pompoms and laughing rich people in the stands requires a proper sociological study. Never since 1517 when ninety-five theses against the corruption of the Catholic Church were nailed on to the door of a church in Wittenberg has there been such a wave of moral indignation against a religion made obscene. For a short while, outrage against crooked cricket ousted cricket as the nations favourite pastime. But how outraged is the laity, the vast sea of spectators for whom Wisden is the name of a residential high-rise in Gurgaon and Gentleman is what Raju ultimately became? IPL, the most lucrative brand of Twenty20 cricket on the planet, has Bollywood kitsch as its residing stylist. If matters such as conflict of interest involving not only the BCCI chief, but also of places, they also show a remarkable tendency to enjoy damaged versions of originals. So when MS Dhoni thwacked the second and third delivery of the last over in the IPL final against Mumbai Indians for two consecutive sixes, despite the game having already been lost, there was a parallel thrill of wondering whether the two final heaves were part of a mini-script. What IPL spectators can now relish is not only two teams battling it out for victory, but also the pleasure of the Hmm, I wonder factor that comes while watching each stroke, each delivery, each act of fielding and other tiny details within an evenings show. Crickets gone pointillistic. So if you think that the only intention for players in an IPL match is to win or perform ones best youre really mixing it up with the other entertaining sport: cricket. Dont worry. Such confusion doesnt merit a slap. Lets instead have a ginntonic and talk about that glorious Vinoo Mankad-Pankaj Roy 413 runs opening partnership against New Zealand in Madras in January 1956. INDRAJIT HAZRA

the beloved national cricket captain, not to mention the respected TV commentators are a matter of concern for professional mutterers of concern, does the laity really care? If IPL team owners bet either against or for their teams, does that dampen the Diwali-style festivities built around an almost two months-long glitzed-out version of gulli cricket? What news tumbling from IPL closets provide is

a parallel source of entertainment, quite like the cinema news about whos sleepingwith-whom in tinsel town. In certain circles, moral bearings and aesthetic tastes are now being measured and moulded by how much one abhors this tawdry spectacle. Purists which these days include one-day cricket enthusiasts cant fathom why the game needed more entertain-

ment in the first place. Isnt there enough Wordsworthian beauty to be marvelled at during a postlunch session on the third day of a Test match? If the rabble doesnt care for real cricket, why couldnt they stick to the pigsticking pleasures of Nach Baliye? But entertainmentseeking humans have a delightful capacity not only to consume entertainment in the unlikeliest

Classic suits to polka dots, fashions integral to Bollywood

Indian cinema is celebrating 100 years, made more vibrant by its quirky, often iconic style statements. Fashion designer and stylist Manish Malhotra spoke with Bharati Dubey about the history of changing fashions in Bollywood, some of Hindi cinemas most stylish stars and how fashions travel from reel to real life: Its often overlooked but how important is fashion to Bollywood films? Fashion has always been an integral part of our films, especially in the black and white era. If you watch a film like Andaz, youll see how classic and ethereal Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor look in their suits and Nargis in her velvet blouses. Then came the 1960s, my favourite era, with heroines in their pastel saris and men in lovely black bandhgalas those clean, precise lines gave way to the revolutionary polka dots and bell-sleeves of the 70s. And fashion went completely haywire in the 80s. I entered the scene in the 1990s and found it quite strange to see heroines wearing their hair short in a western outfit, then long when wearing an Indian outfit! Thats when i started the whole element of styling, introducing a onelook feature with Gumraah, Sridevi maintaining short hair throughout the film. With Rangeela, i gave the girl-nextdoor a glamorous look. I played with colours and it caught on in a big way. I also thought if a girl is supposed to be from London, why would she wear dresses stitched in Mumbai? So, i started travelling and picking up clothes. Was there resistance to such changes? There was resistance initially. But my strength was that i could sketch and paint, so it was easier to put forward my point it caught everyones fancy. But producers did get offended when i asked them for the script. Initially, id have days when cheques bounced. But i was very keen to make a mark in the film industry. As a child, my entire resources were Hindi films. I have not studied fashion. I can only passionately sketch, paint and love movies. So, i decided to put both these worlds together. Could you mention some of Bollywoods finest fashion icons or style moments? Id name Vyjayanthimalas stunning clothes in Amrapali as one. Mumtaz made orange famous! Another icon was Saira Banu whose style was inspired by her mother, Naseem Banu. There was also Meena Kumari in Pakeezah who designed her own clothes and brought in some very explicit, yet interesting styles. Hema Malini is known for carrying off a pretty, dream girl image while Zeenat Aman pushed the envelope, bringing boldness and modernity to Bollywood. Off-screen, many Indian princesses lived their life in style but the one who represents them all with her beauty and timeless chic is Gayatri Devi. Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhis style is also very organic and simple. These are all basically people who are confident of who they are they have a certain style that has eventually become iconic. Yet,thecoutureworldcomplains fashion in India is overwhelmed by Bollywood whats your view? Well, eventually, as a fashion designer or a stylist, what is important is connecting with an audience. What you put together has to look that character thats where creating a memorable look starts. Its not about Bollywood. Not every actor gets praised for what they wear. Ultimately, it is a good garment and its relevance to the audience that works.

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reduction in freight costs. Sixthly, port infrastructure needs a radical overhaul as the average turnaround time in India is 3.5 days as against a mere 10 hours in Hong Kong and 16.5 hours in Colombo. Such lack of worldclass physical infrastructure has led to the IMD World Competitiveness Survey rating India at a lowly 54th among 57 countries in infrastructure facilities. For large-scale manufacturing to take off, India must be transformed into an attractive investment, defined by easy availability of land, labour and capital. Starting and closing businesses and getting clearances must become less time-consuming, expensive and cumbersome. Enforcing contracts in India takes twice the time it takes in OECD countries and costs almost 40% of the contract signed. Indias archaic labour laws are the most rigid in the world. They protect workers not jobs and adversely impact economies of scales and investment. No wonder, in the World Banks Doing Business rankings, India was 164th out of 183 in starting a business and 134th in case of doing business. India needs to really focus on development of industrial clusters where it can create an ecosystem of supply-chain responsiveness, lower logistic costs, availability of labour and technology upgradation. These clusters will converge the advantages of higher innovation and employment generation for smaller firms with scale and cost advantage of larger organisations. Their advantages are already visible in auto and auto ancillary clusters in Tamil Nadu and pharma clusters in Andhra Pradesh. These clusters will provide cost and productivity gains and drive India up in the manufacturing chain. Lastly, we need to vigorously pursue FDI in manufacturing, in defence, telecom, transportation and power. Japanese companies invested heavily in China during the last three decades but now feel they are overexposed in China. India needs to ensure that it emerges as an alternative destination for these companies. In general, over the next two decades, there will be a huge shift of manufacturing capacity from the developed to the emerging economies. India needs to capture a disproportionate share of this shift to create jobs for its very young population.

For A Manufacturing Revolution

As wages rise in China, a huge opportunity beckons India if it can improve ease of doing business
The worlds largest contract electronics manufacturer, Foxconn, is holding trade union elections at its gigantic factories in China which employ 1.2 million workers. This is a radical change demanded by an increasingly restive workforce. The company had moved from Taiwan to Shenzhen at the end of the 1980s. They are beginning to reverse the process and are now opening factories in Brazil and Indonesia. As wages rise and China evolves into a high-cost economy, will India be able to fill the vacuum to become the global centre of manufacturing? The alarming news is that Indias GDP growth has hit a decade low of 5% with manufacturing PMI at a 50-month-low in May, demonstrating that Indias industrial recovery is moving sharply into reverse. While in China, Brazil and South Africa the manufacturing sector has grown at higher rates than t h e G D P, i n I n d i a t h e share of manufacturing in GDP has stagnated at 15% and accounts for a mere 12% of the w o r k f o r c e . H o w e v e r, manufacturing contributes almost 50% of Indias exports and every job created in manufacturing has a multiplier effect creating three jobs in the services sector. The new manufacturing policy envisages a rise of manufacturings share in Indias GDP to 25% by 2022 and the creation of an additional 100 million jobs in the manufacturing sector. Earlier, a study by BCG had highlighted the imperative need for creating 220 million jobs by 2025. Achieving this will require a single-minded commitment to growth, with emphasis on job creation rather than job protection strategies. India will have to radically transform its manufacturing sector by focussing on largescale labour-intensive factories producing exportable goods, reducing the share of employment in agriculture from the present 58% to 25% by 2030, with industry doubling its labour demand. What does India need to do to usher in a manufacturing revolution? First, if the sector has to grow in the region of 12-14% over the medium term, exports have to play a critical role and they must accelerate at a much faster pace and achieve growth rates of 20-25% in real terms. Secondly, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for 40% of Indias workforce and contribute to 45% of Indias manufacturing output. SMEs play a significant role in generating millions of jobs. India needs to enhance their scale of operations, ensure better adoption of technology, provide innovative financing and a mechanism for upgrading skills of workers. Thirdly, labour-intensive sectors like food processing, apparels & textiles, leather and footwear contribute to over 60% of SMEs employment. Greater focus on growth of labour-intensive sectors will enable absorption of growing surplus of unskilled labour particularly in UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. Fourthly, as energy costs have a major bearing on the manufacturing sector, India needs to get its power sector cracking by removing constraints on coal and gas. Fifthly, given that freight and logistics costs are enormously high and 70% of container transportation is through roads, a modal shift from road to rail is necessary. The Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors should lead to radical

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26-year-old Nikita Matondkar loves shopping like most girls her age. In the last one month, she's been in a tizzy, what with all the tempting sales showering at every store in the city. And after a weekend's hard work splurging away, she needs to let her hair down too with her gang of girls. Which is exactly why she keeps a track of offers doing the rounds at city nightclubs, bars and pubs. And right now, alluring offers are rocking the nightlife scene as well. While there's the usual happy hours, discounts and 'buy 1 get 1 free' offers, city clubs keep coming up with innovative ideas to lure the partying crowd. Take Manchester United Cafe Bar, Malad, for example. Those

who walk in with a group of seven can avail a 15 per cent food discount on a variety of dishes, apart from its 'buy 1 get 1' offer. T.G.I.F. has introduced Caribbean flavours in both drinks and main course menu with special prices. And apart from price discounts on drinks and food, a few pubs are hosting interesting festivals as well. While Hard Rock Cafe is hosting a James Bond Martini Festival, Fat Cat Cafe offers its guests a complimentary glass of wine in the ongoing Pizza and wine Fest. Woodside Inn hosts its fourth Annual Beer and Burger Festival, Masala Kraft has its unique Indian Cocktail Carnival on, and Malt & Pepper is luring the crowd with its Bubbly Fest. "Who wouldn't be tempted by the quite decent. So yes, discounts in the nightlife scene have definitely jumped. Happy hours and specials have increased by 25 per cent."Bishnu Das, vice president of T.G.I.F., points out that sale season was pushed ahead by about a couple of weeks this year. "From the retail point of view, it is important to clear up old stocks to make space for new launches," he says. "It's really the mindset. If there's a sale going on everywhere, people expect to get great deals while partying too. This is the time even the nightlife sector can also cash in on for good business, as people are ready to grab offers." So look before you head out tonight to make the best of the season's deals.

discounts and specials so many pubs are offering?" reasons Nikita. Vishal Anand, business head of Burrp, admits there's been an increase in offers in clubs and pubs. "If I compare this year's offers in the food and drinks category to last year's, there has been about 25 per cent increase, which is

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Supreme Court bans convict politicians from office, leaving almost 5,000 lawmakers facing 'serious criminal cases' in electoral limbo
supreme.The disqualification will, however, not come into effect for sitting MPs and MLAs convicted before the delivery of the verdict. An MP or an MLA will automatically incur disqualification under sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 8 if he is convicted henceforth. A stay on conviction by an appellate court will, however, protect their membership. This was seen as a grey area by many politicians. "What if a legislator is convicted by a lower court and is let off by a higher court at a later date. In the interregnum, he will have to forego the membership of the Lok Sabha or state Assembly, and a re-election held. How will his membership be restored if he is acquitted at a later stage?" asked a prominent lawyerturned-politician on condition of anonymity. He felt that the order was liable to be misused by the party in power. The apex court, however, was unrelenting.

(Agencies) It's the start of an overdue clean-up. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision in the election law that shields members of Parliament and state legislatures from being disqualified on account of conviction. A bench presided over by Justice A.K. Patnaik quashed as unconstitutional Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) that protects the membership of an MP or an MLA if he or she files an appeal within three months of conviction. The ruling sent shivers down the spine of politicians and their parties, even though all welcomed it for the record. Politicians who have been convicted but are out on bail after filing appeals now find their fate hanging in abeyance.And it's a long list. A simple head-count shows that 14 per cent of the nation's almost 5,000 sitting legislators have declared in their pre-election affidavits that they face serious criminal cases. Almost a third of the Lok Sabha's 543 members face criminal cases; 14 per cent say the cases are

of serious nature. "I just heard about it but it is premature for me to react. Of course, we always welcome and appreciate any check of balance which is going to work and set up barriers and clean the society," Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said. The BJP too was guarded in its reaction. "The party will go through the judgment in detail and will come out with a structured response," said the BJP's deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad. Though the RPA bars a convicted person from contesting elections, the exception carved out under Section 8(4) of the RPA had till now allowed a convicted law-maker to complete his five-year tenure unless his or her appeal is dis-

missed earlier. It was beyond the power of Parliament to defer the date from which the disqualification will come into effect in the case of sitting MPs and MLAs, the court said, making it clear that the ruling would hold

Boy, 11, abducted for Rs 1.5 crore ransom is returned to his family after 12-hour manhunt
ing the deal, the accused assumed that the family will be able to shell out such a huge amount of money, he devised a plan to kidnap their son, a police officer said. On Saturday, the police received a call at around 6.55pm about a minor boy being kidnapped from Rajender Nagar. On inquiring the details from the Harneet's family, they found out that the boy had gone to a nearby shop to buy a recharge coupon for his father but did not come back. Harneet's parents had immediately called the police after they received a call at 6.40 from the kidnappers demanding Rs 1.5 crore ransom from them. In his last call at 11pm, the caller said he will call up on Sunday morning to inform the place of meeting for collecting ransom amount, the police said. When the police questioned the locals they said they had seen some strangers taking Harneet in a white car but were too quick to be stopped.

Delhi Police on Sunday rescued an 11-year-old boy within twelve hours of him being kidnapped from the city's Rajender Nagar area on Saturday for a ransom of Rs 1.5 crore. Harneet's father was all praise for Delhi police's efforts after they reunited his son with the family in an unexpectedly short period of time. Harneet was kidnapped by a property dealer and his associate who came in touch with his family for a property deal of the same amount. "Harpal Singh Sodhi, who took the boy to Rewari, has been arrested while Harpreet, a Delhi-based property dealer who planned the kidnapping is still at

large. He came in touch with the boy's family through a property deal worth Rs 1.5 crore," said Alok Kumar Deputy Commissioner of Police. When while discuss-

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(Agencies) DECEMBER 16 changed Delhi, but unfortunately for the worse. With more than four rapes every 24 hours in the months after the brutalisation of a 23- year- old woman in a moving bus on December 16 last year, the citys rape capital tag is more apt than ever. There have been 806 cases of rape reported in the first six months of this year. All of 2012 saw 706 cases. That comparison alone yields the terrifying conclusion that Delhis rape epidemic has more than doubled in intensity. The promises made by the Delhi Police and the Ministry of Home Affairs on securing the citys streets for women have remained unfulfilled. The December 16 horror that stirred the soul of the nation did result in a dip in rape cases, but for just a fortnight. Only four rapes were reported from December 17 through January 2, although there were 64 rape calls in the same period. The numbers are not only back, but have rocketed in the January 1 to June 30 period. This despite Delhi Police promising

increased police presence on the streets, more police vans and intensified checking in cabs and buses in which women travel at night. The Delhi Police has delivered; there are more PCR vans and there is more khaki on the streets, but nothing seems to deter Delhis criminals. Nothing exemplifies this better than Tuesdays Sangam Vihar incident, where a Delhi Police woman cop was first subjected to lewd remarks, and when she objected, a thrashing by local goons. Going by police figures, East Delhi tops the chart with 120 cases of rape in the last six months, followed by Southeast Delhi and Southwest Delhi. Nothing much has changed in the areawise trend as East Delhi was the most vulnerable in terms of rape cases in 2012 as well. Govindpuri was the police station where the most rape cases were registered last year. Forty per cent of calls related to rape and molestation that are received on the Police Control Room are from underprivileged areas. Playing it down Most of those involved in the crime are less than 25 years of age. According to the latest data of Delhi Police, around 60 per cent of the accused are aged up to 18 years, and 35 per cent of the accused in rape cases are in the 18- 25 age group. Only five percent of rape accused are over 25.

Most of the victims are between 16 and 18 years of age, but those up to the age of 12 make up 15 per cent of the victims and those between 12 and 16 account for 25 per cent. Police officers say they cannot attribute the increase in numbers of rape cases to lack of womens safety in the capital. Senior police officers play down the charge that the rape cases have gone uncontrolled. In fact, they argue that the number has soared as cases are being registered more now. Special Commissioner of Police ( Law and Order) Deepak Mishra told Media : The number of rape cases has gone up because more women are coming ahead to register cases. We are registering all the cases that come to us irrespective of the jurisdiction of the incident. This has given confidence to the women as well and they come to us without any fear. Before the December 16 rape case, policemen were not so serious about rape complainants. Complainants often encountered embarrassing questions in trying to report a case. Complainants are dealt with much more sensi-

tivity now, said another police officer.Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women Barkha Singh told Media: The role of police definitely plays a great role in controlling crime. However, when it comes to rape cases, it is not only police that can help in preventing the crime. This is a social problem and nothing can be done as long as the society is unaware of the issue.Marriage Cases where women lodge a complaint against live- in partners or male friends who have cheated them on the pretext of marriage has also increased now, said Singh, adding this means that women are more confident in approaching the police, and this definitely adds to the number

of rape cases.

12 July- 18 July 2013 THE Congress has finally decided to bite the bullet on the much- debated Food Security Bill. After deferring decision on it once, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared an ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill, making way for at least 67 per cent of Indias population to receive highly subsidised foodgrain. The Bill will come into effect after President Pranab Mukherjee promulgates the ordinance, which is likely to be moved to him on Thursday. Following his approval, the basic rules for the Bills implementation will be framed. The UPA government, which is counting on the food security Bill to carry it to a third consecutive victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, hopes that by August states will start the process to roll it out, once the list of beneficiaries is prepared. Under the food security ordinance, beneficiaries will be given five kilogram of foodgrain every

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Why Indian Supreme Court ruling wont keep criminals out of politics
(Contd on page 1) away with grace and dignity and there would be no effort from a Narendra Modi to manufacture loud support; a Rahul Gandhi wouldnt keep his party waiting on whether he wants to lead it or not. And of course, we would not be talking of oxymorons such as polarising leaders. Unfortunately, in a country like India where a bewildering variety of interests, both genuine and illegal, express themselves through power politics, the gap between the ideal and the actual is massive. That is one reason it is easy to be sceptical of the efficacy of the Supreme Courts judgement on keeping convicted politicians out of the business of lawmaking. Political parties need criminals as much the criminals need the former. At the local level, assertion of political influence and power takes place through violence. Politics is truly violent and bloodthirsty in villages of our country. We know of the fights between the Left and the Congress cadre in Kerala stretching for generations, between the Left and the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, Congress and political rivals in some states and betwen Sangh Parivar elements and the Congress in others. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have made a name for themselves for never ending political violence. Theres no point singling out states or parties. The fact is such violence is intrinsic to our political culture. The crude nature of our politics at the basic level is the reason parties either outsource toughs and ensure protection for themselves while in power, or they promote them in-house. Now, if political violence is an actual crime, how many parties can claim to be free from criminals? Not many of these muscle-men are keen on being popular and getting elected. That being the case, does the Supreme Court verdict mean much? The association between criminals and politicians will continue in spite of it. The advantage for the parties is they can plead helplessness when goons seek party tickets. But they will need to compensate in other ways. Theres another way to look at the presence of criminals in the system. Many of them, particularly in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, have been winning elections without the support of any political party. Rogues they might be, but the electoral victories dont happen in a vacuum or just through the use of coercive tactics. They bridge the gap between the governments delivery mechanism and the popular requirements well enough to earn respect from people they represent. Intimidation tactics work well with the apathetic bureaucratic apparatus sometimes. If these leaders are disqualified from contesting elections, they would manage to get a family member or a proxy candidate elected and continue to enjoy power. This wouldnt be anything new in the country. The real challenge is to break the stranglehold of such people on their constituencies. It requires a political solution, and no Supreme Court verdict will change the situation.Most criminals join electoral politics to further their illegal businesses. Political power is a means to ensuring smooth operation of their businesses without hassles from the police machinery. But they would settle for giving up political power, if political parties promise protection to them in exchange for muscle power. This has been happening across the country. Politicians like Mukhtar Ansari, Raja Bhaiyya and Mohammad Shahabuddin could definitely survive without being directly in power.The current scenario in Indian politics is nowhere close to the ideal vision of politics that thinkers would like to imagine. The intervention of the courts and the Election Commission might bring cosmetic changes, but it wont bring lasting solutions. What would be of help to set things in order? Steps taken by political parties themselves, with a push from the civil society organisations.

month at a rate of ` 1- 3 per kilogram. With this legislation, India has become one of the few countries that provide a significant propor-

tion of its population with subsidised foodgrain. It is expected that the complete implementation will take at least six months, well in time Ordinance to yield results in the general elections. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen how the cash- strapped government plans to mobilise the requisite funds to finance the Bill, which, it is estimated, will add a subsidy burden of ` 20- 25,000

crore. Secondly, BJPruled states such as Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have already implemented similar programmes successfully. The ordinance, though, is a temporary solution and the Bills permanent implementation depends on passing muster in both the Houses of Parliament within six months, the deadline for a Bill implemented through an ordinance to get the legislatures go- ahead.

Delhi Metro Porn Scandal is Testimony to How Much We Can Trust Government With Data
Remember the Delhi Public School MMS sex scandal of 2004? Multiply it by 250 and add naked incompetence and potentially criminal government officials to the mix. Behold the 2013 Delhi Metro Scandal! What a shame! Video footage of couples making out on the Delhi Metro has hit major porn websites, according to a report. More than 250 clips of couples making out in near empty trains were uploaded onto these sites, The Hindustan Times reported.Unless a government official trusted with security of the metro and people travelling on it or someone with access has perversely done it, the tapes couldnt have magically appeared on porn websites. As usual, the government agencies have started playing the blame game. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is blaming the Central Reserve Police Force and the police is blaming the metro. This calls into question what action will be taken? Does this amount to gross violation of privacy? If not, shooting and distributing porn is illegal in India. Will the DMRC or the CRPF be taken to task? Will anyone be compensated at all?

Prince Tuli & family, of Long Island booked for dowry harassment
(Contd on page 1) "She has complained of being beaten up, forced to have unnatural sex and dowry harassment. She had earlier filed a case of harassment, but since this time her complaint includes unnatural sex and dowry harassment, we have registered her case," said police officer from Amboli police station. At the time Mookhey had filed an NC in July last year, the police had directed her to approach the court. "We have recorded Mookhey's statement and are in the process of arresting Tulli and his family," said Prabhakar Medhe, senior police inspector of Amboli police station.

12 July- 18 July 2013 3.5 crore in Andheri. Last year, the party drugs, ephedrine and methamphetamine, worth 26 crore were seized from Thane. The question is, whos buying it? Police say a few years ago the use of such drugs was restricted to those who were involved in cheating passengers in trains and buses by spiking their drinks, but now college students and young working people are using it to sexually exploit women. Says psychiatrist Dr Jitender Nagpal, The most common date rape drug used is Rohypnol, prescribed for sleep problems or as anesthesia. The other two drugs are Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid or GHB and Ketamine, used for veterinary purposes. Such drugs are usually not available under their genuine names in the open market, but are easily procured by their street names for a few extra bucks. The strange effects Date rape drugs are odourless, colourless and tasteless pills. These drugs commonly have sedative, hypnotic and amnesiac affects. Dr A K Das of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital explains, A glass of drink spiked makes a woman lose her ability to make appropriate decisions. They deaden her senses, making her

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unable to ward off sexual assault. Most date rapes go unreported because the victims remain unaware of the fact that they have been sexually assaulted. If they do remember something and report the matter to the police, the case falls flat in the court due to lack of evidence and the victims poor memory. Whose crime is it anyway? Experts feel that date rape is a consequence of todays hookup culture lots of partying and flirting, plenty of alcohol, and also, the idea that women can be just as bold and adventurous about sex as men are. Internet chatting and social networking sites are proving to be platforms for rapists to hunt their victims. Most of these cases are reported from suburbs, bars, pubs and other party joints. Says Pinky Anand, senior Supreme Court lawyer, Date rape is a form of sexoffence which often goes unnoticed, unmentioned and hence unpunished because it is difficult to show that the victim was not consenting. All the party divas, these are the things you need to be aware of its best not to accept or share drinks. Never leave your drink unattended, even if you are going to the washroom. Having a non-drinking friend with you at a party helps.

THOSE in the party circuit are aware of the lethal effect and consequence of predators, a common term for date rape drugs. Date rape drugs have been a social curse for all age groups. But whats alarming is their availability and usage amongst teenagers in the

affluent middle class, says an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Perils of the party pill The growing menace of party pills can be estimated by the number of seizures that have been made in the past few years in urban cities. Only recently, Mumbai police seized Ketamine worth

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Where do they get their shoes?

Man with the world's biggest feet at 1ft 3ins measures up to woman whose are just 3.7inches

(Agencies) The world's smallest woman has big shoes to fill sitting next to Brahim Takioullah. Jyoti Amge, who is just 2ft tall, is dwarfed by the 1ft 3in soles of Takioullah who has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as having the biggest feet out there. They are four times

larger than those of 19year-old Jyoti Amge, the world's smallest woman. Ms Amge, who is 2ft tall and from Nagpar in India, has feet measuring 3.72in long, which loo k t i n y c o m pared with those of the 31-year-old Moroccan who holds the title of the world's second-tallest man at 8ft 1in.

The pair have posed for a series of photos to highlight their difference in size as part of an attempt to get thousands of people's feet into the record books. The Amazing Feet challenge is one of the largest mass-participation world records ever attempted, with 50,000 pairs of feet needed to be photographed and uploaded on the officiallyamazing.tv/ feet website to set a world record for the largest online photo album of feet. Anyone wishing to get involved can submit a photo of their feet to the website. Amazing Feet is running all summer and is open to the public. Last year Ms Amge reached new political heights joining a campaign for M a h a r a s h t r a Navnirman Sena (MNS) win the civic elections in Mumbai. She has also previously spoken about h e r d reams to be a Bollywood actress. Ms Amge suffers from achondroplasia, a bone degeneration disorder that leads to dwarfism.

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Alright, this is not cool at all. A recent survey by Nielsen has revealed that Indian women are the most stressed out in the world: 87% of our women feel stressed out most of the time. This statistic alone has caused me to stress out. Even in workaholic America, only 53% women feel stressed. What are we doing to our women? Im biased, but Indian women are the most beautiful in the world. As mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, wives and girlfriends we love them. Can you imagine life without the ladies? It would be a universe full of messy, aggressive and egomaniacal males running the world, trying to outdo each other for no particular reason. There would be body odour, socks on the floor and nothing in the fridge to eat. The entertainment industry would die. Who wants to watch movies without actresses? Kids would be neglected and turn into drug addicts or psychopaths by age 10. Soon, all-male world leaders would lose their tempers at the slightest provocation, and bomb the guts out of each others countries. In short, without women and their sanity, the world would perish. Yet, look at how we Indians, a land of spiritual people, treat them. At an extreme, we abort girls before they are born, neglect them in their upbringing, torture them, molest them, sell them, rape them and honour-kill them. Of course, these criminal acts are performed by a tiny minority. However, a majority of us are involved in lesser crimes. We judge, expect too much, dont give space and suffocate our w o m e n s i n d i v i d u a l i t y. Imagine if you did this to men wont they be stressed out? At a broader level, this isnt just about our women. We Indians have a habit of exploiting

anyone without power. As a flip side, we a r e suckers f o r anyone w i t h power. We look up to corrupt politicians, k e e p voting t h e m back, and feel they have an entitlement to loot us silly, because they are in power. In fact, we love power so much that when power comes to a woman, we automatically begin to regard her well too. Goddesses, female politicians, senior mothers in a household with a firm grip on family power they all get our respect. Anyone else doesnt. This kind of society, which values power above equality and justice, doesnt achieve too much. These societies remain like backward tribes, because they do not allow people without power to come up, even though they may have many talents. When we dont allow our women to come up, or create stress for them if they do, we are not allowing half of India to come up. When we abuse our power, we kill the exploited

persons will to contribute to society. When we believe powerful people are always right, and the less powerful should be crushed, we resemble a jungle of animals. And animals dont progress, humans do. These regressive attitudes will take a while to change. For now, i want to give Indian women five suggestions to reduce their stress levels. One, dont ever think you are without power. Give it back to that mother-in-law. Be who you are, not someone she wished you would be . She doesnt like you? Thats her problem. Two, if you are doing a good job at work and your boss doesnt value you tell him that, or quit. Talented, hard-working people are much in demand. Three, educate yourself, learn skills, (Contd. on page 17)

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Human Evolution: No Easy Fix

Humans are undeniably complex, and proud of it. Our biological functions are regulated and resilient to external variations, owing to complicated webs of interactions. Unlike other species, we seem to be endowed with willpower and intellect, hence are capable of modifying the environment to buffer the effects of our decreasing fitness. We may also be doomed as a species precisely because of the way in which our complexity arose. To grasp the nature of the problem, we need to examine how humans are made at the molecular level, and contrast it with that of "rudimentary" species such as unicellular organisms. Thus we examine proteins our cellular building blocks and executors of biological functions across vastly different species. Proteins with common ancestry belonging to different species, "orthologs," offer solid ground for comparison. It has been recognised that the basic "fold," or shape, of a protein must be conserved across species, given the tight correspondence between structure and function. But the sequence of amino acids that make up the protein chains in these orthologs can vary; sometimes as low as 25-30%, and yet their folds remain similar. This conservation of the protein fold makes the origin of our complexity more puzzling, as the number of human genes is deceptively small. If the structure of the proteins is conserved across species, where is our complexity coming from? Researchers have recently discovered subtle structural variations occurring in orthologs from species that diverged from each other billions of years ago. The structure in some seems less well packed than in others with surface regions that enable surrounding water to penetrate and disrupt the structure by interacting favourably with the protein backbone. These structural vulnerabilities are known as dehydrons. In orthologs, the proteins become more degraded, or richer in dehydrons, in species with a lower effective population an indicator inversely related to the size and complexity of the organism and to the complexity of its reproductive pattern.

When your child is the bully

Recently, I had taken my kids along for a birthday party. When kids start managing themselves at parties, one usually tends to chat with other mums and catch up on kids in general. Most of the times, I have been able to connect with mums who face similar issues like their kids' eating habits, schooling, how getting them to do their homework is a pain, etc. So I was taken aback when I met a mum recently who was sitting with us but was busy concentrating on what her son was doing his dance moves were monitored, his cricket shots were being checked, and a loud shout of cheer went out from her whenever he played well. Yes, I agree I'd do that too, but what I wouldn't do is defend my child's every shot even if it was a wrong shot. She just wouldn't let the kids play their game without interfering in it all along. This particular mum was unstoppable; she got into scraps with the other 8-yearolds at the party, she would run to her child's defence if the umpire would so much as suggest that her son was out, and gradually, some mums were also at the receiving end of her ire if they tried to intervene to correct her. At first I found this behaviour very amusing, but as the party progressed, I realised that her child was the most boorish of the lot, with a very 'I can never do any wrong as my mum thinks so' attitude all over him. He got into fights with other kids, he told the birthday boy that he did not like his party and his 'return' gift as they were not what he thought he'd get; while all this was on, his mum was a mute spectator not stepping in to reprimand her son for his rude behaviour. I was absolutely appalled and taken aback with the mum. A few mums shared stories of how there are some mothers who refuse to tell off their children even though their kids bully the rest in the garden or at the park. Bullying to the extent of beating up other kids! What are we encouraging in our kids if we let them get away with being rude to people, encouraging them to cheat at games, telling them that winning is everything whether you do it through fair means or by unfair means? Most importantly, why are we even interfering on how they should handle a situation? Why can't the kids be encouraged to sort out small problems amongst themselves? What kind of citizens of tomorrow are we raising if we don't check them today? Some mums would argue that they would not want to embarrass their child by reprimanding them in front of other kids, and I agree to that. But maybe you can take your child aside and politely let him know that you do not encourage his behaviour, and if it continues it could lead to a punishment at home.

IF YOU toss and turn all night and find it hard to get a good nights sleep, heres some bad news for you. A new study conducted by Norwegian University of Science and Technology shows that people who struggle to sleep are at a 45 per cent greater risk of developing heart problems than those who sleep soundly. Reported in Circulation: Journal of American Heart Association , the study highlights the growing number of health issues linked to insomnia. It was conducted on 52,610 Norwegian adults who responded to a questionnaire about insomnia. Analysis showed that those who struggled to fall asleep almost daily in the last one month had a 45 per cent higher heart attack risk and those who had problems staying asleep in the last one month had a 30 per cent higher risk of heart attack. This is bad news for city dwellers as sleeplessness is on the rise amon sleeplessness is on the rise among urban teenagers and adults too. Many health problems have been linked to sleep disorders as the lack of sleep results in higher levels of stress hormones and a lowered immune response. Lifestyle diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and even obesity have been associated with cumulative sleeplessness.

Lack of sleep affects both the health status and work productivity as it affects the concentration levels. In fact, a study done in Texas had also shown that insomniacs often suffer from psychiatric disorders and are prone to substance abuse. Long- term insomnia can impair neurological functions such as memory, attention span, metabolic system and even immunity. Prolonged lack of sleep can cause premature ageing, according to health experts. The risk of breast cancer is also higher among insomniac women. According to a study published in the Washington Post , the body fails to produce melatonin, a body hormone which works against abnormal cell growth when there is lack of sleep. This leads to an

increased risk of breast cancer in women, the report has said. Odd working hours, excessive TV watching and mobile phone addictions have also triggered these sleep disorders. According to the Phillips Sleep survey by the Nielsen company in 2009, 93 per cent of the urban Indians were found to be sleep deprived and 62 per cent were found to have obstructive sleep apnea. Another study done by Assocham, an industry body had said 90 per cent of youngsters in the Delhi- NCR region kept their mobile phones next to them while sleeping and were partially awake through the night. Insomnia was found to be one of the most common health problems seen in these teens, said the study.

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Lose up to 7lb in FIVE days and get ready for the beach with the Dukan Holiday Diet
hile there is some section of the adience who think that dubstep is still an underground sound, Bollywood as always has already started experimenting with it. In recent times, Scottish Bhangra group, Tiger Style incorporated dubstep in a remixed version of Bedardi Raja, a track from Delhi Belly. The original soundtrack of Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap too is a dubstep track. This genre is believed to have evolved from the dub music following which dram and bass have been incorporated into the songs over the years, forming dubstep. Interestingly, it is only now that the Indian audiences have woken up to this genre, which was introduced a while back in the music scene. Delhibased DJ Aaron James says dubstep is definitely a genre catching up with party goers. "It is surely on the rise here in Delhi, it's an emerging genre still, but has developed quite a following in a short time." Bonobo in Mumbai plays host to dubstep music once every week. Their wobble nights are entirely dedicated to this genre and they run to packed houses too. A spokesperson from Bonobo says, "The youth are the ones interested in this genre. After hip-hop, trance and house, dubstep is one of the genres that will make it really big in the city. Wobble nights are popular and not just us, there are a lot of clubs that have days dedicated to dubstep music." Amul Loknathan, DJ and criticallyacclaimed Electronic Music Producer, is known for his signature style of mixing and is one of the rare DJs promoting alternative, eclectic genres of music like dubstep, break beat and drum-n-bass through his gigs. "Places like Bonobo play some heavy duty electronic music. Zing, which was earlier Zenzi, is now a commercial space and has started having dedicated nights to drum-n-bass and dubstep. While it cannot be ruled out that techno as a genre has been consistent for the past couple of years, new genres like dubsteps are also catching up and how," Amul concludes. London : Dreading the moment you hit the beach this summer? Does even packing your swimming costume fill you with terror? The new Dukan Holiday Diet, starting exclusively in todays Mail and continuing all next week, could be the answer to your prayers. Its the protein-packed weight-loss plan thats swept Britain and now its been adapted by Dr Pierre Dukan himself to get you ready for the beach. Of course, its only a few months since Carole Middleton used the Dukan Diet to get ready for a certain wedding. Kates mother revealed the secret of her quest to slim down for the big day in an interview. Ive been doing it for four days and Ive lost 4lb, the 56-year-old revealed. Speculation soon followed over whether her willowy daughters might have been adopting the principles of the diet plan, too. Certainly the Dukan diet has been the most high-profile and universally popular weight loss regime since the Mail announced its arrival in Britain in April 2010. Since then, this high-protein, lowfat eating plan has been credited with swift weight loss among those for whom dieting is a struggle and also the glitterati. Jennifer Lopez credits Dukan for the toning of her famous curves, actress Penelope Cruz say s Dukan snapped her back into red carpet shape after the birth of her d a u g h t e r , a n d We l s h s i n g e r Katherine Jenkins swears by its simple methods to keep her looking great for the cameras. The diet plan was devised by French doctor Pierre Dukan to provide his obese patients with a weight-loss solution t h a t d i dnt sacrifice the great Gallic love for food. After 20 years of research Dr Dukan published his findings in 2000 in his book I Dont Know H o w T o Get Slimmer, which became a bestseller. Central to the plan is that it acknowledges the pleasure to be had from eating and promises efficient weight loss while enjoying unlimited quantities of real food. It is these principles and this speedy weight loss that make Dukan such a perfect way to get in shape for your summer holiday, and why Dr Dukan himself has developed a special plan for the Mail to get you ready for the beach. Starting today, and continuing next week, the Mail will show you how to use this new Dukan Holiday Diet to lose weight fast and then keep it off during your holiday and stay trim when you return. Follow Dr Dukans plan from Monday, and by next weekend you could lose as much as 7lb! Over five days, we will show you how to adapt the diet to suit the amount of weight you want to lose, and how to eat when you go on holiday. And, dont worry, you can still have a great time enjoying delicious food and a glass of wine each day. To help you, on Monday and every day next week, the Mail is giving away a glossy Dukan recipe card to help you lose weight. You can pick up yours from Tesco or WHSmith. The cards will suggest what to have for dinner during the first five days of the Dukan Holiday Diet including dessert.

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a s essential to keep your feet clean in the rains, as it is to look stylish. Balancing the two can be quite a daunting task as you have to protect your feet as well as the expensive footwears. Be a monsoon warrior with a pair of Wellingtons. A must-have for the monsoons, they promise to keep your feet dry, protected, and in good shape while the roads are slick with mud and grime. Bright coulured floaters serve good for the season, suggests Ishaan Sachdeva, director of Alberto To r r e s i . " M a d e s p e c i a l l y f o r monsoon, they are a rage amongst the youth. You can flaunt them with jeans, skirts or even kurtas," he says. Although the price could be on the higher side for the waterproof floaters, "the investment is totally worth it as they will last for years." Flip flops are the best bet for the rains. Made of rubber, they dry easily and are available in peppy colours. But make sure you opt for ones with a good grip that don't slip. Plastic sandals may not be high on the style quotient but certainly promise comfort on the roads and allow your feet to breathe. "Sandals shouldn't have too much padding around the straps or else they will remain wet and will stink," says Ishaan. Give your canvas shoes a break this season as they tend to soak

up water and are very likely t o g e t s p o i l e d e a s i l y. Formal seudes or leather shoes should also be given a miss as the rains can damage these expensive footwears. It is also recommended that you do away with socks whenever you can. Says dermatologist S r i s h t i Thapa, "Wet socks

footwear. High heeled sandals have a poor grip on the surface and hence can make you trip. But even rains cannot make a fashionista do away with heels. "So just carry a pair of spare chappals that you can slip into when needed," says stylist Ruchi Grewal.

can give you skin rashes. And since the dirty water soaked in the socks has a prolonged contact with your skin, it could also develop into skin infection." Hence it is advisable that you keep a change of socks, or better still avoid wearing them at all. While our fetish for high heels is perfectly justified, they don't qualify as the ideal m o n s o o n

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(Agencies) The poignant Barfi! further fortified its golden run this award season with five wins at the dazzling stage of the International Indian Film Academy ( IIFA) awards on Saturday night. Ranbir Kapoor won best actor for his powerful portrayal of a deaf- and- mute man in the 1970s- based film, while Basu snagged the best director honour, sharing the best story trophy with wife Tani. The evening threw up few surprises with awards in most categories going to favourites, not the least of them Vidya Balan, who got the best actress nod for her trailblazing performance in Kahaani . Former VJ Ayushmann Khurrana added yet another trophy to his bursting kitty of best debut awards for last years sur-

prise superhit Vicky Donor , as co- star Yami Gautam won the honour in the female category. National Award- winning actor Annu Kapoor was adjudged the best supporting actor for the Shoojit Sircar- directed film. The best actress in a supporting role trophy, meanwhile, went to Anushka Sharma for Yash Chopras swansong Jab Tak Hai Jaan . The big attraction at this years ceremony was that it would be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, known for his tongue in cheek jibes at audience members, and Shahid Kapoor. Khan initially had plans to promote his upcoming film Chennai Express at the event, but they didnt quite work out. There is no time. I am co- hosting the event, and so had to take time out

to attend rehearsals every day. I will promote Chennai Express back home! Khan said as M AIL T ODAY caught up with him at the IIFA green carpet ahead of the ceremony. Bollywoods lovely ladies went all out to set the green carpet on fire as they turned up beaming in stylish and rich gowns. I am wearing Cavalli, gushed Jacqueline Fernandez, looking stunning in her mermaid avatar. Though Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu were missing, their absence was more than made up for by the gorgeous Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Anushka Sharma, Amrita Rao, Dia Mirza and Vidya Balan. As she signed endless autographs, Rao seemed to be at ease in her volu-

minous gown. I am wearing Monica and Karishma! I am very happy with what they have given me, she said. Anushka and Vidya rued how they could not explore Macau. I had no time because I landed only a few hours before the main award function, Vidya said. The feisty Anushka complained about the packed IIFA schedule. I dont know who said we can take time off. The schedules are way too hectic and I couldnt take any time off to step out! she said. Hollywood action hero Jean- Claude Van Damme was seen having a gala time with his fans on the green carpet. I love the music in Bollywood films, I remember watching Devdas , I really enjoyed that film! I love Bollywood, she said. But then again, dont we all?

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan denies knowing sons gender before birth
(Agencies) Indian film superstar Shah Rukh Khan has denied that he knew the gender of his new baby before the boys premature birth, according to reports.Prenatal gender testing is illegal in India to prevent sex-selective abortions in a culture where sons are preferred. Media reports quoted Khan saying that he had not commented on the rumours earlier because of emotional strife over the health of the baby, who is now home from hospital. He said there was no sex determination for our child and that the baby was born before the media speculation began, according to his statement. Reports say the boy born via a surrogate is named Abram Khan. Khans statement did not say how prematurely the child was born but thanked all the doctors and nurses who looked after the baby and who have made his life possible". Our son is a surrogate baby and the entire process is bound by strict confidentiality. We would appeal to all, to allow us to cherish this private moment as a family, his statement went on to say.

D'-factors
of Hema's life!
(Agencies) Actor-filmmaker Hema Malini is rather excited these days as she awaits the release of her directorial venture starring daughter Esha Deol. This is her second attempt in direction after Dil Aashna Hai, that also marked actor Shah Rukh Khan's debut in B-town. The 1992 release wasn't much of a commercial success and that explains the almost 19 years gap for her second outing as a director. In the meanwhile, the actor was concentrating on acting, her dance performances and she also turned producer of television shows. In a candid chat with After Hrs, the actor spills the beans about the 'D' factor daughter Esha, direction, dance and Dharmendra. "Firstly let me clear it's not Esha's comeback film! Also I didn't take up direction, because I didn't trust any other director," states Hema early on. "Esha had taken a break and told me she would do films that were meaningful. I also felt that her proficiency as an actor and for that matter even as dancer was used inadequately. It was around that time that I got the script of this film and incidentally my term in Rajya Sabha was over too. So, I thought may be it's not just incidental and perhaps I am to make this film for my daughter. And today I am glad I took that decision," explains Hema.

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Sonam Kapoor sat exclusively (Agencies) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is directed by BAFTA-nominated w i t h a n d a n s w e r e d q u e s t i o n s director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra asked: 1. The response for your (Rang De Basanti) and stars Farhan

Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor and British actor Art Malik. The film is presented by Mr Deepak Kuntawala from the international private equity and commodity trading company DVK, which is the Global Partner for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehras Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and ROMP Pictures. The film releases worldwide on 12th July 2013 through Reliance Entertainment.

latest film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has been great, how do you feel? I feel great actually, Im really proud to be a part of this film. I love working with Rakeysh Mehra, so to be a part of Milkha is amazing because its such an inspirational story, and the inspiration for Milkha i s m y c h a r a c t e r, s o I t h i n k i t s beautiful being a part of the story. 2. Why did you decide to do Bhaag Milkha Bhaag? Can you tell us a little bit about your role? For me the reason I did Bhaag

Milkha Bhaag was because it was an outstanding script, I wanted to work with Farhan Akhtar and I wanted to again work with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. My role is a pivotal role, and it was an honour to play the part. 3. You only charged RS.11 for your role in the film, what led you to make this decision? They had a budget and they told me they can't give money and that's why I said give Rs 11 and I will do the film. I love Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. For me he is somebody who gave me a lot of confidence and helped me open up. I went through a bad patch after Saawariya. When I went on the sets of Delhi 6 he made me feel beautiful and made me feel talented. I was a young kid and wasn't confident about who I am and he gave me the confidence and I will always be grateful for that. I did Bhaag Milkha Bhaag for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Even if he asked me to walk backwards in the frame I would do it. 4. It seems you appeared teary eyed at the promo of the film. How were you feeling at that moment? The promo shows the blood, sweat and toil of everyone who has worked on the film. This is why I started crying. You guys have seen the trailer and you must have understood the kind of work we have done in the film.

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