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R
ecent crimes like robbery in Pakuranga
liquor store and killing of dairy-owner
Arun Kumar in Henderson, are alarming not
only for victims but also the families of crime
committers. Where on one hand community
people are becoming victims of such serious
crimes continuously, involvement of young kiwis
or particularly teenagers is really unnerving.
A few weeks after the Henderson killing,
another group of teenagers have robbed a liquor
store last weekend and have been identifed
following a public appeal.
A graphic video released by police showed a
member of the group pick up some alcohol and
try to walk out of the Thirsty Liquor store on Ti
Rakau Drive in Pakuranga without paying.
An employee from the store was punched by
the boys as he tried to approach them. He was
being hit on the head with a bottle of spirits, so
hard the bottle shattered. One of the attackers
then continued to kick the employee several
times in the head.
The four teenagers then left the store, taking
with them some beer and a few bottles of spirits.
Counties Manukau Police released a statement
this morning saying the offenders had been
identifed, thanks to calls from the public and
were in the process of being located.
The suspects were aged 14-16 and would be
subject to Youth Court proceedings.
The employee told that he had no chance to
react at frst as he was hit very hard from behind.
After being kicked repeatedly in the head and
body, he was eventually knocked out.
After three minutes, I woke up. I felt so
dizzy I couldnt even remember the police phone
number.
I came back and luckily Google was opened
up on my [computer]. I typed in police and 111
came up and then I rang them.
Police spokesperson said that they can
reassure the public that their priority is to ensure
that the community is safe and feels safe.
We appreciate and understand that incidents
such as the aggravated robbery of the Ti Rakau
Drive Liquor Store are alarming to retailers,
however we hope that the swift Police response
that has resulted in the identifcation and location
of the offenders will go some way to alleviating
their concerns.
As with all incidents of this nature this event
was treated with the utmost priority. The swift
public reaction to the Police investigation shows
how our community will not stand for this kind
of behaviour, said Police.
As the retailer had appropriate security
measures in place Police were able to act
promptly in identifying the suspects in this
incident.
We encourage anyone who is feeling unsafe
to contact Police, we have Ethnic Liasion
Offcers who are regular contact with the
community and they are happy to discuss and
offer crime prevention and target hardening
advice, said Police.
Crime Alert: Young Kiwis in focus
Swati Sharma Rangmanch portrays untold story of
Father-Son love
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Labour government will undertake a major
overhaul of New Zealands immigration
system, says the main opposition party just two
months out of the general election.
Reacting to questions why new migrants were
not able to secure jobs in New Zealand despite
having appropriate qualifcations, the party said
changes were needed to the countrys immigration
system.
At a recent meet and greet for new Labour
candidate Priyanca Radhakrishnan, MPs Dr Rajen
Prasad and Phil Goff reiterated their partys push
towards a change in immigration policies.
Labours policy is to look at the policy which
is keeping many of our immigrants out of jobs,
Dr Prasad told the Indian Weekender this week.
Dr Prasad was referring to the issue of scores
of migrants, including those from India and Fiji,
unable to fnd jobs despite gaining permanent
residency on the basis of their qualifcations.
New Zealand needs to know who they want,
and then go out and get them, Dr Prasad said.
Labour aims to develop a world class system
for doing this. We will talk to New Zealanders in
order to be able to do this.
Dr Prasad said progress on this vital issue
needed to be tied into regional development of the
country.
There is a huge need to develop policies
and economic policies in the region to be able to
support the infux of migrants into the country.
At the moment we dont know what we are
recruiting for. There is no proper analysis of the
work needs of New Zealand, Dr Prasad said.
Mr Goff said the current immigration system
didnt target the job demand. The settlement
services need upgrading, and also the current
language systems needs overhauling.
There seems to be a total disconnect, Mr
Goff said.
On the issue of security for the migrant
community, Mr Goff said there was a need to teach
our young men how to manage relationships.
There is a lot of pressure, biologically and
socially, growing up and that has to be managed
carefully, Mr Goff said.
Dr Prasad said grassroots community
involvement was also a key element in turning
young men and women from a life of violent
crime and wrongdoing.
Ms Radhakrishnan, currently living in
Carterton, will be moving to Auckland shortly to
be able to fully participate in her role as a Labour
list candidate for the upcoming general election.
A policy analyst in the Ministry of Womens
Affairs, Ms Radhakrishnan is passionate about
issues which affect women in the community.
So much more needs to be dome for women
in this country, said Ms Radhakrishnan, whbo
was born in India, brought up in Singapore, and
has been living in New Zealand for the past 10
years.
One of the major factors is funding, and
also there needs to be a plan, as a country. And
there needs to be leadership for that plan, Mr
Radhakrishnan said.
She also highlighted the role community
leaders could play to support issues and at the
same time guide the younger generation into
becoming responsible members of the society.
Everyone has a role to play.
Dr Prasad, after a stellar career in New
Zealand, and as a Labour politician, will not be
contesting the September election.
Latest Labour Party recruit Priyanca
Radhakrishnan with outgoing MP Dr Rajen
Prasad in Mt Roskill this week.
Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Dr Rajen Prasad, Phil Goff, with staff and management of Mercury Printing.
On left is owner Illango Krishnamoorthi.
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It will be better under Labour: Cunliffe
New Zealand economy in indisputably
tidy shape : INZBC
H
on Bill Englishs message that the
government has managed to guide the
country through global nancial and major
local natural disasters in the last six years and
the economy is in tidy shape at the end of that
period needs to be applauded.
While the Family Budget
did not come as a surprise to
many, economic growth is
forecast to peak at a robust
4 percent in the year to June
2014, unemployment is
forecast to fall to 4.4 percent
by 2018 with very high rates
of labour force participation by international
standards, ination remains under control, and
government debt falls below 20 percent by the
end of the decade.
Comparing the budget with other developed
world economies, and particularly our
neighbours Australia, this budget shows the
New Zealand economy in indisputably tidy
shape. This may be one of the reasons why the
net immigration ow is very high by historic
standards where by
more Kiwis are staying
aground rather than
moving across the
ditch to not so greener
pastures now. This may
be the reason why the
government has focused
on the domestic growth.
The strong Kiwi dollar has certainly not
helped the exporters, it is also fair to say that
this is the reason for the export receipts which
are in negative in the budget forecast and a
minimal surplus has also not helped the cause.

INZBC Press Release
16 May 2014
For Immediate Release
New Zealand economy in indisputably tidy shape

Hon Bill English's message that the government has managed to guide
the country through global financial and major local natural disasters in
the last six years and the economy is in tidy shape at the end of that

While the Family Budget did not come as a surprise to many, economic
growth is forecast to peak at a robust 4 percent in the year to June 2014,
unemployment is forecast to fall to 4.4 percent by 2018 with very high
rates of labour force participation by international standards, inflation
remains under control, and government debt falls below 20 percent by the
end of the decade.

Comparing the budget with other developed world economies, and
particularly our neighbours Australia, this budget shows the New Zealand
economy in indisputably tidy shape. This may be one of the reasons why
the net immigration flow is very high by historic standards where by more
Kiwis are staying aground rather than moving across the ditch to not so
greener pastures now. This may be the reason why the government has
focused on the domestic growth.

The strong Kiwi dollar has certainly not helped the exporters, it is also
fair to say that this is the reason for the export receipts which are in
negative in the budget forecast and a minimal surplus has also not
helped the cause.

-ENDS-

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Kiwi has the opportunities
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- David Cunliffe
Three Kiwi Indians in NZ First Partys candidate list
I
n its 21st convention and annual meeting
New Zealand First party reviewed their
previous year and discussed the party agenda for
upcoming general elections. In the convention,
party also announced its candidates list, which
includes three Kiwi Indian candidates as well.
The selection of Kiwi Indian candidates
ensure the representation of Indian community
in the party. These three candidates are Mahesh
Bindra, Anne Degia-Pala and George Abraham.
Party announced a list of policies that it will
introduce if it comes in power this year. The
main policies included
A target of over 2 per cent of GDP for ICT
research and development.
Tax incentives for investment in research
and development of innovative technology
Removal of GST from all basic household
food items
Removal of GST from rates on residential
property
A cap on interest rates charged by loan
sharks
NZ Super only for New Zealanders and
those who qualify by length of stay
Stop penalising those who have pensions
from overseas.
Penalties of up to $2000, or up to three
months in prison, for those who are drunk
or seriously drug affected in public areas, or
while trespassing on private property.
New Zealand First is committed to putting
the interests of New Zealanders frst through
a democratic, logical and common-sense
approach to policy, says party leader Winston
Peters.
Kiwis appreciate the value of common
sense. Thats why we have full confdence in
the policies we announced over the weekend,
and they are being well received, says Mr
Peters.
New Zealand First is committed to
achieving a target of over 2 per cent of GDP
for investment in new information and
communications technology, and research and
development.
Our policy is to use targeted tax incentives
to spur investment in innovative technology
projects, research and development.
New Zealand First will remove GST from
household food items.
We will fund the $3 billion
cost per year by clamping
down on tax evasion, which
nets a loss of $7 billion a year,
and from future projected
surpluses.
We are also extending this
GST-free policy to rates on
residential property, as part of
our commitment to creating a
fairer system for all.
New Zealand First is
going to put a cap on exorbitant
interest rates charged by loan
sharks preying on those who are fnancially
vulnerable.
New Zealand Super should not be free for
all, it is only for New Zealanders and those who
qualify by length of stay.
We will protect the integrity of New
Zealand Super by supporting those who are
being unfairly penalised for receiving their
pensions from overseas. Many Kiwis are being
cheated out of their rightful income and New
Zealand First will set this right.
We have legislation that will provide
an accurate picture of the extent of foreign
ownership of New Zealand land and homes.
We will not burry our head in the sand like
National.
New Zealand First is proposing tougher
rules against those who are drunk or seriously
drug affected in public areas, or while trespassing
on private property. This is determined by the
degree to which their behaviour could cause
serious harm to themselves, or someone else.
This law would provide penalties of up to
$2000, or up to three months in prison.
New Zealand First will ensure that
local communities get to have a say on local
government amalgamations. We do not want a
repeat of the Auckland Super City fasco.
For New Zealand First it is all about
listening to what New Zealanders want and
protecting the things that we value and cherish
in this country.
Putting the interests of New Zealanders
frst is simple common sense. It only becomes
complicated when other interests take
precedence, says Mr Peters.
George Abraham, Anne Degia-Pala and Mahesh Bindra
Mahesh Bindra and Rt. Hon. Winston Peters
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It will be better under Labour: Cunliffe
New Zealand economy in indisputably
tidy shape : INZBC
H
on Bill Englishs message that the
government has managed to guide the
country through global nancial and major
local natural disasters in the last six years and
the economy is in tidy shape at the end of that
While the Family Budget
did not come as a surprise to
many, economic growth is
forecast to peak at a robust
4 percent in the year to June
2014, unemployment is
forecast to fall to 4.4 percent
by 2018 with very high rates
of labour force participation by international
standards, ination remains under control, and
government debt falls below 20 percent by the
end of the decade.
Comparing the budget with other developed
world economies, and particularly our
neighbours Australia, this budget shows the
New Zealand economy in indisputably tidy
shape. This may be one of the reasons why the
net immigration ow is very high by historic
standards where by
more Kiwis are staying
aground rather than
moving across the
ditch to not so greener
pastures now. This may
be the reason why the
government has focused
on the domestic growth.
The strong Kiwi dollar has certainly not
helped the exporters, it is also fair to say that
this is the reason for the export receipts which
are in negative in the budget forecast and a
minimal surplus has also not helped the cause.

INZBC Press Release
16 May 2014
For Immediate Release
New Zealand economy in indisputably tidy shape

Hon Bill English's message that the government has managed to guide
the country through global financial and major local natural disasters in
the last six years and the economy is in tidy shape at the end of that

While the Family Budget did not come as a surprise to many, economic
growth is forecast to peak at a robust 4 percent in the year to June 2014,
unemployment is forecast to fall to 4.4 percent by 2018 with very high
rates of labour force participation by international standards, inflation
remains under control, and government debt falls below 20 percent by the
end of the decade.

Comparing the budget with other developed world economies, and
particularly our neighbours Australia, this budget shows the New Zealand
economy in indisputably tidy shape. This may be one of the reasons why
the net immigration flow is very high by historic standards where by more
Kiwis are staying aground rather than moving across the ditch to not so
greener pastures now. This may be the reason why the government has
focused on the domestic growth.

The strong Kiwi dollar has certainly not helped the exporters, it is also
fair to say that this is the reason for the export receipts which are in
negative in the budget forecast and a minimal surplus has also not
helped the cause.

-ENDS-

About INZBC:
Since 1988, the India New Zealand Business Council (INZBC) has promoted and encouraged trade in
goods and services, investment, scientific, technical and economic cooperation between India and New
Zealand. INZBC is a member-based independent organisation, not-for-profit incorporated society, which
exists for three purposes:
To lobby and inform government on trade-related matters
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To facilitate business development on behalf of members through leveraging networks

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Kiwi has the opportunities
they need to do their best.
- David Cunliffe
Eminent author Mohan
Nadkarni passes away
M
ohan Nadkarni,
one of Indias most
well known Hindustani
musicologists and perhaps
the most published author
on the subject, passed away
on Tuesday [July 22] in
Auckland, New Zealand. He
was 91.
He was the music critic of
The Times of India for over
50 years, having reviewed
thousands of concerts between
1948 and 2000. He has authored over 4000
articles mostly on music, but also on Marathi
and Sanskrit theatre and other cultural topics in
leading publications all over India and abroad.
He has had the rare privilege of reviewing the
earliest concert performances of such legendary
musicians as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar
Khan, Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain,
besides several others, too numerous to mention
here.
In those years, he also consulted with recording
companies like HMV helping produce the early
LP records of many of these artistes in terms of
repertoire and promotional notes that appear on
the record covers.
In the process, he developed lifelong
friendships with musical luminaries of three
generations and had fond memories of his
discussions, arguments and the rare camaraderie
he shared with them at different times in their
successful careers.
He has touched upon many of those
experiences in the eight major books on music
that he authored, including the
best selling biography of Pandit
Bhimsen Joshi that continues to
be a fast seller on Amazon.com
and which has been translated
into several Indian languages.
Nadkarni has won several
awards including the Karnataka
State Governments Kalashree
award for lifetimes contribution
to music and the Shreshtha
Sangeet Sadhak Award from
the prestigious Bhatkhande
Institute, again, for lifetime achievement. He is
a permanent member of the Sangeet Research
Academy, Kolkata.
He has lectured and held workshops on
Hindustani music in several cities in India as well
as in Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United
Kingdom among other countries. He addressed
the World Music Forum in Rotterdam in the
Netherlands in 1995.
He moved to New Zealand eight years ago
to live with his son Dev Nadkarni, the founding
editor of Indian Weekender, and before migrating
donated his entire musical library comprising
thousands of articles and rare photographs, rare
LP and 78RPM records and thousands of cassettes
to the music department of the SNDT University
in Pune, where a musical library has been set up
in his name.
Nadkarni would have turned 92 on September
22. He is survived by his lifelong collaborator, his
wife Suniti, who assisted him with every piece of
his writing by typing the manuscripts while he
dictated, his son Dev and his family.
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U
ttara Ramkumar, a multi talented star can
be best described as beauty with brains.
Gliding her way through the glitzy world of
glamour into becoming a high achieving
corporate, this young lass is a bundle of talent.
Having developed an interest towards
dancing, Uttara took up Bharathantyam and
graduated in the dance form under the guidance
of her mother. Swaying with the passion for
dancing, Uttara was exposed to other classical
dance art like Kuchupudi and Kathak.
Adding feather to the cap was her title
Miss India New Zealand 2007, which brought
Uttara to limelight in the world of fashion.
This was something that I had not planned
for. I saw the promos for the contest when
I was in my last year at school. I had just
turned seventeen. Since this allowed me to
showcase my talent in the sphere of fashion
and modeling, which I was already exposed
to. I thought I should give it a go. And
surprise surprise I won the title, boasts
proudly this title holder while describing her
experience with the pageant.
It did not take too long for the flm
fraternity to discover Uttara and her talent.
Movie offers started showering when she
caught the eye of the producers. Talking
about her move to the flm industry Uttara
said, This happened more by default than by
design. A few years ago a flm production
house came to NZ to audition for a fresh new
female face to suit the role of an NRI girl
for a flm it was planning to shoot here. They
returned to India disappointed that they could
not fnd someone who could ft the role. Then
the producers happened to chance upon a
DVD of the Miss India New Zealand 2007
contest in Chennai and felt that I could ft the
role and approached us. Given the directors
experience and track record we felt it was
worth a try.
Uttara starred in movies like Aridhu
Aridhu, where she was the protagonist and
Ponnar Shanker where she essayed the role
of a princess. I enjoyed playing my part in
Aridhu Aridhu as a female protagonist. The
role itself lent to show case my acting and
dancing talents, added Uttara telling us about
her flms and the role she played.
When asked about her venture into the
corporate world Uttara said, My family
always had a strong link to the corporate
world and it had always fascinated me. The
moot point was which area of the business I
should be concentrating on. I set out working
in the area of business development, moved
to recruitment and zeroed in on Human
Resources Development which is what I am
passionate about.
Dancing and acting will always be an
integral part of my life. May be if the right
opportunity were to come up again I would
defnitely pursue it, Uttara adds talking
about her aspirations of getting back into the
glamour world.
Uttara Ramkumar: A star by birth
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others love is world known. But fathers love is something which is rarely expressed.
Rangmanch portrayed this love through a marvellous show of Saumya Joshis play Ye
Jo Hai Zindagi. With a short cast of three, the play created a real feel of a middle-class Indian
family. It got interesting reviews and overwhelming response from not only the audience but
also from the theatre fraternity.
The ease with which this play is staged belies the complexity of language, casting and
theatre art. This is an important play, a pioneering attempt at Gujarati theatre in Aotearoa Mihir
Mistry, Theatre pundit says.
Appreciating casts hard work, Susan Battye, managing director of Drama Magic Ltd. said,
You were able to fll the house for each performance. Not surprising given the quality of your
casts acting.
As the community gathered around the Herald theatre in a cold and wet night, the team
seemed to fulfl their commitment of providing 300% entertainment.
Ye Jo Hai Zindagi: Untold story of father-son Love
Thashika Thangamma
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T
he HOTA Forum which is a collaborative
forum of Hindu organisations, Temples
and Associations (HOTA) announces free
public workshops to learn and discover the
practicalwisdom of Hindu culture and its
application in daily life. These workshops will
be for an hour with plenty of opportunities to
interact with the subject matter expert.
We are living at a time of a profoundawakening
of consciousness that is changing the world.
Much of that awakening has beencredited to the
infuence of Indian spirituality and its practical
applications. There is an ever increasing need
to know the scientifc reasoning that is inherent
in the Hindu Dharma that appeals to todays
modern mindsThese workshops willenable this
transfer of knowledge and wisdom. A calendar
of workshops has been worked out, with details
below.
HOTA members can help this initiative
by hosting the event in their temple/
organisationspremises and promote this event
to their members. If you would like to support
the Hindu Wisdom workshops, please contact
Ram - the coordinator of these workshops at
0225800108. To fnd out more about HOTA
Forum contact MamtaBhikhaon forum@hota.
org.nz.
WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Workshop 1
SCIENCE BEHIND INDIAN COOKING
by Dr.ShirishKarnik - Ph.D. in Ayurveda
Date: Sunday 03 August14
Time: 10 to 11 AM
Venue: ShriShirdiSaibabaSansthaan, 12 - 18
Princes Street, Onehunga
Workshop 2
EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT KARMA
by Br. AdarshChaitanya (Acharya -Chinmaya
Mission New Zealand)
Date: Sunday 28 September14
Time: 1 PM to 2 PM
Venue: Mahatma Gandhi Centre, 145 New
North Road, Auckland.
Workshop 3
KNOW THE VEDAS
by Br. AdarshChaitanya (Acharya - Chinmaya
Mission New Zealand)
Date: Sunday 02 November14
Time: 10 to 11 AM
Venue: Chinmaya Mission New Zealand, 63
McKenzie Road, Mangere.
HOTA Forum announces
Hindu Wisdom workshops

SCIENCE BEHIND I IN ND DI IA AN N C CO OO OK KI IN NG G
by Dr. Shirish Karnik - Ph.D. in Ayurveda
Date: Sunday 03 August'14
Time: 10 to 11 AM
Venue: Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthaan, 12 - 18 Princes Street, Onehunga
KNOW THE V VE ED DA AS S
by Br. Adarsh Chaitanya (Acharya - Chinmaya Mission New Zealand)
Date: Sunday 02 November'14
Time: 10 to 11 AM
Venue: Chinmaya Mission New Zealand, 63 McKenzie Road, Mangere.
EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT K KA AR RM MA A
by Br. Adarsh Chaitanya (Acharya - Chinmaya Mission New Zealand)
Date: Sunday 28 September'14
Time: 1 PM to 2 PM
Venue: Mahatma Gandhi Centre, 145 New North Road, Auckland.
The Hindu Wisdom workshops are organised in the interest of the community by the HOTA Forum. HOTA
Forum is a collaborative forum of Hindu organisations, Temples and Associations (HOTA), Hindu priests, group
and individual volunteers of Hindu community who are willing to work in the larger interest of Hindu society in
New Zealand.

For more information on these Hindu Wisdom workshops or for organising such workshops, please email
forum@hota.org.nz or contact Ram @ 022 5800108
HOTA (Hindu organisations, Temples and Associations) Forum
presents
SCIENCE BEHIND
INDIAN COOKING

EVERYTHING YOU WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT KARMA

KNOW
THE VEDAS
HINDU WISDOM WORKSHOPS
Free 1 hour workshop in English. All are welcome.
Workshop details
Sunday 03 August14
10 11 AM
@ Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthaan
Sunday 28 September14
1 2 PM
@ Mahatma Gandhi Centre
Sunday 02 November14
10 11 AM
@ Chinmaya Mission New Zealand
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25 July 2014
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I
n our continuing discussions about pursuing
happiness one of our regular readers from
India wrote to us about the happiness in the
power to choose. We might talk more on the
courage it takes to make choices but for now
heres what she had to say
I have started my second Masters degree (in
Psychology this time) and have already decided
that my next would be in Philosophy. I feel
obliged to share this is a piece of information
with my readers because I need to share with
them the reactions I get when I tell this to
someone around me. Most people end up
telling me that I must stop it as if it were an
uncomfortable place they were being pushed
into. As though this it were an activity that
threatens them. Is it because I m a woman?
That if I study too much then Id become a
formidable force theyd be unable to contain?
Heres a sample of what I get: Whatll you
do with so many degrees? Whatll you get
after studying so much? Havent you got
enough? Over the years, Im not sure if its
more education and knowledge; or the fact that
a woman is procuring it that intimidates people.
Knowledge and its control and dispersal have
long been factors that lead to power. What
we know as a people, what is kept from us;
its the information or lack of it that keeps
people and systems in power and the subjects
ignorant. Knowledge therefore is power. Power
to be. Power to change. Power. We all need
it. Perhaps, women need it more than men in
most parts of the world. Women need power
of knowledge. Knowing that they matter.
Knowing that they have rights. Knowing that
they can get the system to give them what
they need and want. Knowledge of when its
enough. Knowing what matters. Knowing she
can get help. Knowing whom to get help from.
Knowing she is entitled. Entitled to knowing.
Entitled to equality, a voice and differences.
Entitled to challenge. Use language to show
emotions. To say, NO! or YES! as she
pleases. Taking up a hobby, going away from
it all for a while. Staying in. Not cleaning or
cooking. Reading. Writing. Gazing at the stars.
She should have the choices and knowledge
that these choices exist.
So to the people who worry about how
much more I need to study. I can just say, that
its really not about another degree. Its about
the social narrative it lets me be attached to.
The choices I have. I can receive from life.
Give back to the world. Give away. Look at
judgmental hypocrisy in the eye. Its about the
person I can be; being someone I deserve to be.
My best version. So that Im someone I love to
be with. Because, when the world has been shut
out, the voices in your head should bring you
calm and solace. Not add to your misery.
It is by choice and not by chances that we
change our circumstances.
In pursuit of happiness Its your choice
Nadia Sahari, Breakaway: How I
Survived Abuse
Go and get what you want. That new hair
cut. Another degree. Know that its meant for
you. Go get it girl! Be who you want to be.
Stay where you want. Move away from where
you dont. De-clutter. Reorganize everything in
your life-people, things and places. Stop being a
people pleaser. And if you want to please some
people, then let at least one person be you.
Ask for what you want. Help with dinner.
Time to think. To tidy up afterwards. Some
time off. Long drive. Deep sleep. Ask and you
might actually get it. Reach out. For what you
want, for what you are meant to receive. To
shield yourself, to protect your children. Your
mind and emotions. Be incredibly free. Stay
focused. Take the driving seat. Get enthusiastic
about life. Its yours. Yours by choice. Yours
for keeps. Please live it up. Before its too
late. Live before you die. Perish. Cease. Live.
Enthuse. Soar. Today . Now. Till you are.
Be miserable. Or motivate
yourself. Whatever has to
be done, its always your
choice.
- Wayne Dyer
Please continue to share your happiness
mantra with us. Write to us on iamwoman@
xtra.co.nz or join us on facebook at www.
facebook.com/womanunlimited.
From the desk of I am Woman
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A
ppllications are now invited for sports
scholarships available for Indian students
to study sport related programmes.
The scholarships form part of the New
Zealand Prime Ministers Education Initiative
between New Zealand and India, and was
also announced by Education Minister Steven
Joyce at the recent India New Zealand Business
Council meeting in
Auckland.
Scholarships will be
available to undertake
Bachelors degree,
Graduate Diploma,
Postgraduate Diploma
and Master programmes at
New Zealand universities,
Institutes of Technology
and Polytechnics.
The scholarships
include full tuition fees
and associated student levies and a $15,000
contribution to living costs for one year only.
The application deadline is October 3, 2014.
Scholarships are awarded to undertake
following programmes: Sport & Exercise
Science or Sport and Exercise Management,
Sport & Recreation. Scholarships are available
to study Bachelor degree, Graduate Diploma,
Postgraduate Diploma and Master programmes
at New Zealand universities, Institutes of
Technology and Polytechnics.
Applications are welcomed from candidates
who meet all of the following criteria:
* At least 18 years at the time of application;
* Indian citizen;
* Not a citizen or Permanent Resident of
New Zealand or Australia;
* Must have offer of place for direct entry
into an approved programme;
* Offer must be non-conditional, the only
exception being payment of fees;
* Must meet Immigration New Zealand
requirements for a New Zealand Student Visa
including health, character requirements and
evidence of fnancial support.
The scholarships cover one year of full
time study only. It includes full tuition fees
and associated student levies for one academic
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a $15,000 contribution to living costs pro-rata,
one year only.
Applicants are advised to submit the
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required documents via email to scholarship-
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Obtaining an offer of place at a New Zealand
university or an Institute of Technology and
Polytechnic (ITP) and applying for the NZISS
are two completely separate processes.
NZ offers sports scholarships
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M
ore than 400 people attended Friends of Fijis annual
fundraising dinner and dance in Auckland last Saturday.
Friends of Fiji is one of the biggest New Zealand based
charities which is attending involved in helping the poor and
sick in Fiji.
The organisation comprises medical professionals living and
working in New Zealand who carry out medical procedures on
patients in Fiji- Free of charge.
Secretary Daven Naidu said the fundraiser was a grand
success. The function was expecting to raise close to $25,000.
All proceeds will be used on the needy. Practising medical
professionals pay their own way.
As New Zealand First asked when it left for Singapore, will
it be fxed?
KiwiRail needs skilled operators at the helm. The Minister
must see to that.
He has been missing whenever the Aratere breaks down.
If he does not step up now we can only guess that the National
Government is setting KiwiRail up to fail, to fog it off to private
enterprise.
That will mean another strategic state asset gone, says Mr
Peters.
Fundraiser, a grand success
Eid Mubarak
- Arvind Kumar
Pics: Narendra Bedekar
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rerna Sinha, an Auckland based developer
with the reputed company GrabOne, DJ
and model, is doing everything right to earn the
Miss Universe New Zealand tiara on September
18, 2014.
Prerna is amongst the Top 20 Miss Universe
New Zealand 2014 fnalists. Reaching this stage
of the competition after going through several
rounds and personality tests which began with
over 200 applicants in the fray. All fnalists
participate in an Entrepreneurial Challenge,
where one of their tasks is to raise money
for a chosen charity, Variety*, the Childrens
Charity. In 2013, the event raised $45,000 in
the Entrepreneurial Challenge.
As Prerna looks to raise funds for Variety,
her eyes seem to be gleaming with the joy it
will bring to the lives of the children in this
country.
Variety helps disadvantaged Kiwi kids to
reach their full potential through sponsorship
programmes, scholarships and grants schemes.
Prerna is raising funds for Variety, as part of
the Miss Universe New Zealand competition.
She has set a goal, and is already past the
halfway mark, she feels proud as the results
mean so much to her. Prerna says, I wake up
happier nowadays, I have a goal, and my head
is always buzzing with creative ideas to make
it happen.
It has been challenging, no doubt, but the
cause is such a huge motivation.
I have been very lucky to receive huge
support from people who have donated
generously to my fundraiser. I am also planning
on organising offine campaigns, proceeds from
which will be donated to Variety*.
Link to Prerna Sinhas fundraiser
page: https://missuniverse2014.
everydayhero.com/nz/prerna-sinha
She carries truck loads of hope,
I have always believed in helping
people around me and spreading
smiles. Every effort counts, she
adds.
In her capacity, she has been a
donor to several New Zealand and
global charities and now wants to
work on leading charity projects
for the country, and being a Miss
Universe NZ will provide her with a
global platform to spread the message
to the masses.
I have been coming across the
statement and the question that many
immigrants walk in many worlds
- how do I balance my identity - To
which my answer has been that
New Zealand sets an example to
the world for being a multicultural
country where people from different
nations and cultural backgrounds live
together in harmony. And I think I
represent this multicultural face of
New Zealand. I think its time for
us to quit fghting over superfcial
borders and come together as one world,
practice humanity, appreciate similarities and
respect the differences.
As for beauty pageants, I can point out
Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri, Miss
Denmark 2013 Cecilia Iftikhar, they all boast
of a proud mixed ethnic background and
have all represented their countries. These are
examples from the present rolling year, and
the progressive world has no dearth of such
names.
New Zealand has a distinction in
promoting this world order where ethnicity is
no bar. I see Miss Universe New Zealand, as a
confdent, intelligent, talented, humble woman
who is a proud New Zealander and is inspiring
individuals around her.
From the time that one puts in their
registration, the contestants are judged. One
needs to pay attention to even their activity
on social media, making sure that it is in line
with the expectations of Miss Universe New
Zealand.
The Grand Final is on September 18. Grand
Final Week is packed with activities and events
that all our fnalists participate in, building
up to the televised Red Carpet Gala where
the 2014 Miss Universe New Zealand will be
selected, who will then represent our country
at the international Miss Universe competition.
The public voting counts towards 50% of a
contestants fnal scores. Options are available
for online voting where people can cast votes
in bundles and there will be text based voting
available also.
Link to cast your online vote to support
Prerna Sinha: http://www.iticket.co.nz/
events/2014/sep/prerna-sinha
This years Miss Universe New Zealand
competition is testing the contestants grit like
in the years past. Prerna believes her inherent
strength will stand the test. A great believer
in people to people bonds, she professes how
great things happen when good people come
together.
As a friend I thrive to make the strongest
bonds, as a professional I honour my
commitments and duties to the hilt, and as an
artist I am a zealot to stimulate those on the
dance foor. My rhythm is simple, I am a frm
believer of the saying, Keep putting out good.
It will come back to you tenfold in unexpected
ways.
Prerna Sinha : Programmer, DJ and now in the running for
Miss Universe NZ
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25 July 2014
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0800 RESENE (737 363) www.resene.co.nz
D
espite successive increases (approx.
3.25%) to the Offcial Cash Rate (OCR),
mortgage rates for a number of banks havent
changed signifcantly. However, with the OCR
tipped to rise even further, we wouldnt be
surprised to see rates that have resisted change
go up as well. So nows the time to look at
those fxed rates, many of which sit lower than
foating.
Over the past couple of years the residential
market has developed into three distinct tiers.
You have Auckland, with growing house prices,
led by strong population growth, due to both
internal and external immigration. Christchurch
has an active market, with both house prices
and rents increasing, due to the large rebuilding
programme. In the rest of the country, house
prices remain largely fat with little growth.
This trend, particularly in Auckland, is likely
to continue. Most countries around the globe
generally have one city, called a primate city,
that is several times bigger than the next largest.
This is happening with Auckland.
Homeowners now realise that obtaining
household insurance takes longer and is a
more complex process than what it was, just
a few years ago. When purchasing a new
house, insurance should be obtained early
on, in the process. It should not be left to the
day of settlement. Insurers now are asking for
electricians certifcates for older dwellings.
This may require a physical inspection. Full
replacement insurance has gone. You now
have to detail the exact insurance quantum you
require.
If you are obtaining a registered valuation
on your property, ask your valuer to include a
separate breakdown for insurance purposes.
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Mortgages rates for banks not to see major changes
N
ew Zealand has economical medicines
policies, but subsidises fewer medicines and
fewer new drugs, compared to Australia and other
countries.
This was highlighted in a recent editorial on
the differences in Australian and New Zealand
medicines funding policies, published in
Australian Prescriber.
Editorial lead author, Dr Zaheer-Ud-Din
Babar from the University of Aucklands School
of Pharmacy, says that Australia and New
Zealand are well known internationally for having
implemented national medicines policies that aim
for equitable access to cost-effective and safe
medicines.
Australia spent US$587 (around 22 percent
more than the Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD) average)
while New Zealand spent US$288 (around 40
percent less than the OECD average).
A 201112 analysis conducted by Australian
Researchers showed that, of the 73 individual
drug-dose combinations that are prescribed the
most often or account for the most expenditure
in Australia, Australian prices were, on average,
eight times higher than New Zealands.
The analysis stated that if Australia adopted
New Zealands prices for 62 identical drug-
dose combinations which are available in both
countries, their total Pharmaceutical Benefts
Scheme (PBS) expenditure would be reduced by
$Au1.1 billion a year.
New Zealand is able to achieve savings
because of a combination of programme
budgeting, tough price negotiations and different
procurement mechanisms, such as competitive
tendering, says Dr Babar.
In another study comparing the funding of
cancer drugs in 13 countries or regions, New
Zealand was the country that reimbursed the
fewest indications, he says. These differences are
partly due to PHARMAC operating on a capped
budget.
Australia has introduced new pricing policies
that involve price disclosure by manufacturers
to the government, including incentives and
discounts to pharmacies. Australian consumers
support accelerating these price cuts, but there are
concerns that they will affect the proftability of
pharmacies.
Most of the drugs funded in Australia and not
in New Zealand were additions to an existing
therapeutic class rather than new drugs providing
important therapeutic benefts.
New Zealand is also less likely to fund me
too products, he says. There is a dearth of
research on whether or not the lack of access to
some innovative medicines in New Zealand,
or switching patients to different brands of
medicines, adversely affects patient outcomes.
On the other hand, New Zealanders may
have access to some forms of treatment that are
not funded in Australia, says Dr Barbar.
There is a move to harmonise the regulation of
medicines in Australia and New Zealand with the
creation of an Australia New Zealand Therapeutic
Products Agency, but there are no current plans
for harmonising funding models.
Until now there has been limited public debate
on what the priorities are for Australia and New
Zealand, including which decision criteria should
be used to fund new drugs and at what price, says
Dr Babar
In New Zealand there are concerns about
access to high cost drugs, red tape in accessing
unlisted treatments for individual patients, and
equitable access for Maori and Pacifc Island
people, he says.
Public input and consumer engagement in
debates around medicines policies and priorities
are essential for ensuring the continuous
commitment of health authorities to community
values and maintaining public confdence in
government decision-making processes.
It is important that this debate is not driven
by the pharmaceutical industry, which is mostly
motivated by ensuring high profts for its new
drugs whatever their effectiveness.
Dr Babar says Australian and New Zealand
citizens need to be independently informed about
the delicate balance between equity and cost-
effectiveness and between individual and societal
needs when funding new drugs.
We need an open informed public debate
on the choices that have to be made to ensure
equitable and sustainable access to new drugs in
the future.
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T
V3s entertaining 10-part documentary series
returns in 2014 to present another dynamic
collection of surprising, funny and poignant
personal stories of young Kiwis with diverse
perspectives on what it means to be a New
Zealander.
Look around you. Spilling from the nations
universities and polytechnics, jamming our cafes
and bars, countless 18 to 30 year olds are at a
crossroads - wrestling with what it means to be a
21st century Kiwi with a foot in two worlds.
Both Worlds brings you their stories.
Turning a camera on themselves, ten engaging
subjects allow viewers to share in their innermost
thoughts as they embark on life-changing journeys,
sharing their deeply personal experiences as they
seek to fnd their place in the world.
Both Worlds brings to life rich, emotional
stories of individuals from migrant and refugee
communities, offering a window into other
cultures. For the communities featured, this
provides a unique opportunity to see their own
people on screen and have their stories, struggles
and victories brought to life.
This series offers creative, documentary-
style stories set in real life for a fresh and
highly entertaining insight into new worlds and
the unique challenges faced by minority New
Zealand groups.
TV series Both Worlds returns
A
uckland Council is seeking proposals
from designers to assist with the future
redevelopment of Quay Street.
Quay Street has been earmarked for change
under the City Centre Master Plan a blueprint
for the future use of the central city.
The council is issuing a request for expressions
of interest from design consultants.
Concept designs for development of Quay
Street will be considered by the Auckland
Development Committee, and Aucklanders will
have an opportunity to have their say before
designs are fnalised. We have a once in a
lifetime opportunity to create a great waterfront
and city centre, and we need the best designers
working with us as we develop our proposals to
transform this area, Deputy Mayor and Auckland
Development Committee Chair Penny Hulse said.
City Centre integration general manager Rick
Walden, said the project was at a very early stage.
As options are developed we will be seeking
input from the wider community.
The council aims to complete the appointment
of a design team in November.
/Background/
A draft Site and Context Analysis report
was prepared in September 2012 with the purpose
of developing a baseline understanding of Quay
Street to inform the design process
A Design Framework was then completed
for the Quay Street Project in June 2013
This work included a draft concept design for
Quay Streets streetscape upgrade and aspirational
conceptual proposals for the Ferry Basin,
Admiralty Basin and Ferry Building promenade
waters edge areas
The project has since progressed through a
period of co-ordination and integration with other
related Downtown projects and developments
The request for expressions of interest
document will be available on Tenderlink www.
lgtenders.co.nz and GETS http://www.gets.govt.
nz/
Auckland Council seeks designers
for redevelopment of Quay Street
First Housing Accord plan variation
to create up to 3000 new homes
A
group of landowners in Hobsonville have
become the frst to lodge a plan variation
application in an Auckland Special Housing Area
(SHA), bringing plans to create up to 3000 new
homes a step closer. If accepted, the proposal will
vary 155Ha of the Scott Point SHA for mixed
residential and associated uses. This will allow for
the development of standalone houses, terraced
houses and possibly apartments, and allows for
open space, neighbourhood centre and protected
ecological zones. The area is currently zoned
as Future Urban within the Proposed Auckland
Unitary Plan.
The Scott Point SHA was among one of the
frst announced following the signing of the
Auckland Housing Accord, which provides for
the creation of SHAs by Auckland Council with
the approval of Government.
This enables qualifying developments in the
SHAs to be streamlined and fast-tracked. Three
tranches of SHAs have so far been announced,
with 63 established in total to date. These areas
will help boost Aucklands land and housing
supply including the provision of quality
affordable homes over the next three years.
After working with Councils Housing Project
Offce (HPO), six of the areas 38 landowners
have teamed up to apply for the variation, which
could lead to the development of up to 3000 new
dwellings over time.
David Clelland, Growth and Infrastructure
Manager at the HPO said: This is a large-scale
project that is challenging because of the many
different land owners involved.
This plan variation application, one of many
we expect to come into the HPO in the coming
months, is a signifcant development because it is
the frst to be submitted in an SHA, he said.
Have your say on draft community grants policy
A
uckland Council is seeking community
views on a draft policy which aims to
simplify the process for those applying for
community grants.
The policy will guide the allocation of local
and regional grants to groups and organisations
involved in the delivery of projects, activities and
services that beneft Aucklanders.
At the moment there are still a number of
different grants policies, schemes and processes
in place based on what was offered by the
previous councils, and this is confusing and time-
consuming for applicants, says the councils
Regional Strategy and Policy Committee chair,
Cr George Wood.
The new policy aims to make the process
simpler, fairer and more accessible.
The draft policy proposes introducing a new
community grants programme with two main
components:
A local grants programme including the
ability for local boards to work together to allocate
grants for activities that cross several local board
areas A regional grants programme with funding
programmes for arts and culture, community
development, environment and natural heritage,
historic heritage, events and sports and recreation.
Cr Wood says the new policy will make it
easier for local boards to support community
initiatives that align with their local priorities,
while the proposed regional grants programmes
will help to deliver the Auckland Plan.
Feedback on the Draft Community Grants
Policy is now open and will close at 5pm on
Monday 11 August. To read the policy, make a
submission or fnd out about a series of workshops
being held on the policy, go to shapeauckland.
co.nz. Copies are also available at council
libraries, customer service centres, local board
offces and community centres
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14
POWER COLUMN
R
egional New Zealand has led our country
out of the global fnancial crisis with almost
every region showing strong growth, and most
with a lower unemployment rate than Auckland.
Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, and Hawkes
Bay in the North Island; and Nelson-Tasman,
Canterbury, Otago, and Southland in the South
experienced growth above the national average in
the fve years from 2008. The unemployment rate
in the South Island is just 3.9 per cent.
For New Zealand to build a more productive
and competitive economy, we need all our regions
to achieve to their potential. Thats precisely what
the Governments Business Growth Agenda is all
about. It focuses on the six key drivers businesses
need to thrive capital markets, infrastructure,
skills, export markets, innovation, and natural
resources.
And thats why were working across the
country doing things like building the Roads of
National Signifcance and accelerating regional
roading projects, putting in ultra-fast and rural
broadband, and encouraging water storage and
new irrigation projects. National cycle trails
around the country are helping boost our tourism
industry.
Were working alongside business to invest in
primary growth partnership projects to get a better
return from what we sell to the world, and were
encouraging oil and gas exploration.
A skilled workforce is a key to future
prosperity so were supporting the development
of skills with the likes of the youth guarantee,
apprenticeships, and encouraging the study of
science and technology subjects.
Callaghan Innovation, our high-tech HQ, is
helping businesses turn ideas into internationally-
marketable products and services more quickly
and successfully. New Zealand Trade and
Enterprise (NZTE) has just established a new
regional investment attraction programme to
encourage more international frms to invest in
New Zealands regional economies and create
more jobs.
Fourteen regional investment profles,
launched this week (8 July), will be used by the
Government, NZTE, and regional Economic
Development Agencies to identify investment
opportunities where there is a regional advantage,
to help guide investors more quickly and
effectively to those regions where opportunities
are strongest.
This follows the announcement of another
$212 million investment to accelerate 14
important regional state highway projects across
the country.
These latest roading programmes are a
continuation of our strong programme to build a
brighter future across regional New Zealand.
Authorised by Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi MP,
1/131 Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland at
the end before printing/publishing the column.
Regions supporting a growing economy
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
T
he Indian market is an extremely important
one to New Zealand and its striking to see
the increase in the number of Indians choosing
New Zealand as their favoured destination. The
Indian community in New Zealand is one of the
fve largest ethnic communities here, contributing
to the increasing ethnic diversity throughout the
country.
In the 2012-13 fnancial year more than
20-thousand work visas were issued to people
from India thats more than any other country.
More than fve thousand Indians became New
Zealand residents, nearly 10-thousand Indians
were issued student visas and more than
35-thousand Indians visited New Zealand.
I am very focused on ensuring that visa
applications are processed as quickly and
effciently as possible while ensuring that any
risks are managed. Processing times have
improved greatly and customer satisfaction with
the service in India is the highest in the South Asia
region. Im expecting that situation will improve
even more when applicants can apply for visas
online from later this year.
Im acutely aware that migrant exploitation is
an issue of deep concern to members of the Indian
community. The fundamental and overriding
principle is that migrant workers have the same
employment rights as all other workers in New
Zealand. Weve already changed our approach
so that if migrants work with Immigration New
Zealand and the Labour Inspectorate to investigate
serious cases of exploitation, they may be eligible
to remain in New Zealand while their complaint
is looked at and resolved. The Government also
plans to crack down on employers who exploit
migrant workers working here lawfully on
temporary visas. Exploitation of migrants is an
abhorrent practice and I am determined to stamp
it out. I would urge you to use all your networks
to reinforce this message and encourage people to
come forward and report any incidents.
You will be aware that some Indian nationals
applying for visas have been targeted by scammers
claiming to be from INZ. The scammers have
been telling people that incorrect information was
provided on their visa or arrival cards, and that
they must pay a fne into a Western Union account
or face serious consequences, such as deportation.
I take this issue very seriously indeed and want
to reiterate that these callers are not from INZ,
clients should not pay any money and should
contact New Zealand Police immediately.
I have had some very useful discussions
with members of the Indian community and
in particular the New Zealand Indian Central
Association. Im very keen on exploring
opportunities to discuss how we can work
together on issues of mutual concern and make
the most of the special relationship between India
and New Zealand.
Michael Woodhouse
Indian Migration to New Zealand
Low wages all part of the plan
T
he food gates are open and unskilled
workers are pouring into New Zealand
while tens of thousands of Kiwis are stuck on
the dole.
Behind our shop counters, in restaurants and
hotels are workers from all parts of the world.
The government has allowed this to happen
because it wants to keep wages down and
undermine working conditions.
The numbers have got so big the OECD
warned this week that New Zealand has the
biggest fow of temporary immigrants among
its 34 member countries. It calls the fow of
temporary workers unmanaged.
It says there is potential for a very bad effect
on native workers chances of getting jobs.
The OECD warns that lower-educated
Kiwi workers already have a high rate of
unemployment and this is rising. They could be
seriously affected by so many workers coming
in.
The government continues to be dismissive.
The number of working holiday visas has
jumped from 10,000 in the 1990s to 50,000 a
year now.
Nearly 80,000 international students study
in New Zealand each year, and most now have
the right to work.
Worrying trends are:
Two thirds of the international students
are in Auckland, where there are thousands of
young Kiwis who are out of work.
30 per cent of international students stay
after their studies
Many do not enrol in courses for skills that
New Zealand needs
The value of Export Education is being
compromised and seriously diluted as Kiwi
wages and the New Zealand economy now pays
for overseas students course fees and living
costs.
There is mounting evidence that many
international students only enrol in courses to
get a visa, fnd a job and gain residency.
New Zealand First wants to use immigration
sensibly, to boost the skills New Zealand needs.
Winston Peters
I
ts that special time of the year again: were
approaching Eid al Fitr. I offer all of you in our
Muslim population my best wishes for this holy
month. I hope Ramadan has been a meaningful
time of prayer and refection for all of you in the
New Zealand Muslim community.
This year, we must also think about the
people in Gaza and Syria. Theyre enduring a
bombardment and great losses during Ramadan.
I lived and worked in the Middle East for
many years, and developed a strong personal
appreciation for the faith and stoicism of the
Muslim communities where I lived.
When I came home to New Zealand and
became MP for Mt Albert, it made me feel right at
home to fnd a thriving Muslim community and a
major mosque nearby. I send special greetings to
my local Muslim community here. Thank you for
your support and encouragement over the years.
In recent months, I have had the privilege of
attending a number of Muslim events, and have
really appreciated the efforts of Islamic leaders
to demystify the faith for non-Muslim New
Zealanders. Because of your efforts, people of
other faiths and cultures are beginning to discover
and enjoy Eid festivals.
I hope to join with you once again to celebrate
Eid, so Im sure I will meet many of you then.
Once again, I wish you all a wonderful end
to Ramadan and Im really looking forward to
celebrating Eid alongside you. Eid Mubarak!
David Shearer
Eid Mubarak to the Muslim community
D
oes Elder Abuse occur in Indian homes in
New Zealand? The answer unfortunately
is YES! It is not wide-spread or rampant but we
will be fooling ourselves if we thought it doesnt
exist. I have come across several cases while
volunteering at Bhartiya Samaj. In my view, even
one case of elder abuse in our community is one
too many. We are known to look after our elderly
and publicly acclaim them as Living Gods so
even those sporadic cases are not acceptable.
Why New Zealand First?
New Zealand First is committed to empowering
senior citizens to remain independent for as long
as they wish. Our seniors must be treated with
respect and not as a burden on society.
New Zealand First repealed the surtax on
Superannuation, legislated for New Zealand
Superannuation to be 66 per cent of the net
average wage and introduced the SuperGold Card,
with benefts and discounts for senior citizens. We
want to broaden the benefts that are available.
New Zealand First will:
Keep the age of eligibility for Superannuation
at 65, non-contributory entitlement with no
means-testing.
Ensure that SuperGold Card holders receive
three free doctors visits a year.
Promote a ten per cent discount on power bills
for SuperGold Card holders during the winter
months. Plan for the future of the eldercare sector
and ensure that New Zealand is prepared to care
for the older generation.
Enforce national standards for rest homes and
home care. Ensure that adequate funding and
direction is put into Alzheimers, dementia, and
osteoporosis research.
Authorised by :
Mahesh Bindra. 355-A, Hillsborough Road,
Hillsborough, Auckland-1042.
Mahesh Bindra
Elder Abuse: even one case is too many
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NZ POLITICS
F
ormer Chinese Member of Parliament
Kenneth Wang is ranked No.2 on ACT
Party list which was announced at ACT press
conference on 13th July, 2014.
K e n n e t h
Wang was
appointed as
ACT Deputy
Leader in April
2014. It was
the frst time
that a Chinese
immigrant held
a high ranking
party position as Deputy Leader in New
Zealands parliamentary history.
The Asian communities in New Zealand
are becoming more infuential in todays New
Zealand social and political life. Kenneth
Wangs position refects ACT partys recognition
of Asian New Zealanders contribution and
support.
New Zealanders are facing a critical
moment. Asian immigrants shall and can play
a bigger role in this election for a better country
we live in said Kenneth Wang.
Kenneth Wang thanks the trusts and
supports from
members of
ACT party and
Asian society.
I will walk the
talk and make
great efforts
in parliament
to serve New
Z e a l a n d e r s ,
especially the Asian communities, said by
Kenneth Wang.
Kenneth Wang has been advocating ACT
ideas of Low Flat Tax, Tough on Crime,
and One Country, One Law, since 2002.
Kenneth Wang calls for every Asian living
in New Zealand to get involved in this years
election, excising their rights to get their voices
heard.
Kenneth Wang ranked number 2 on
ACT Party list
H
ow do you feel about being selected
as Labour Party Candidate? Which
constituency are you competing from?
It has been a great privilege and honour to
be a Labour Party candidate. This election I am
standing as the Labour candidate for List Member
of Parliament. My total commitment to the
Labour Party resulted in my selection as Labour
candidate for Pakuranga electorate in the 2011
elections. I developed an effective campaign team
to contest this safe National seat and together we
campaigned energetically and effectively for the
Party vote. Despite a 6.9% swing against Labour
nationally in 2011 I held this to 2.9% in this
electorate.
How long have you been with the Labour party?
My association with the Labour Party started
during the 2008 elections after a period of
association with Prime Minister Helen Clark both
in my professional role and community events in
the Indian and ethnic communities. Over the years
that I have been a member of the Labour Party I
have been involved in all the national campaigns
since 2008 such as No Asset Sales, the Living
Wage, as well as critical Auckland issues, like
the rights of Auckland Port workers, and human
rights conditions for Taxi drivers at the airport.
I have regularly represented Labour with or
without Labour MPs most weekends since 2009
in various campaigns and especially at ethnic
functions and events.
I am also a regular contributor every weekend
to Indian Radio representing Labour reaching out
to communities in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua
and the Bay of Plenty.
Tell us something about your family and your
profession. Where are you from, who are there
in your family, what made you step into the
politics?
Besides 11 years of diverse community service
experience, I am a business professional with
23 years of international business background in
Tourism, International Trade and Wine Industry.
I am multi-lingual (fuent in English, Hindi,
Punjabi, Urdu and so on), married, family person
with two boys and carry a strong community and
family values. My wife and I have developed a
family based on strong cultural, spiritual and
collective values.
Together we are energetic and effective: Sunny Kaushal

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with Indian Weekenders Swati Sharma he tells us more about his political social and family life.
I am a mainland Indian, Punjabi, connects very positively with Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Christian and
other communities. I was born and brought up in a well cultured family in India (based in the states
of Punjab, Himachal and Haryana). After earning my Hons. in Chemistry from Pune University, I
completed Post Graduate qualifcations in Business Administration both in frst division before entering
into professional life in India.
My parents, brothers, sister and other family members live in India, I am in regular touch with my
proud roots, motherland, cultural heritage, nears and dears. Coming from a strong Indian background,
having lived and worked in the Pacifc region, and a proud Aucklander has equipped me to represent the
knowledge, values and experience of three worlds.
If won in elections, what would be your main focus? What do you expect to do for the Indian
Community in New Zealand?
I have a strong connection and good understanding of the Indian community; various languages, faiths
and the cultural requirements.
Proudly the history of Indians in New Zealand dates back to the late 1800s. From an estimated 46
persons in 1896, today there is nearly 160,000 strong Indian population living in New Zealand and
contributing to nations economy tremendously, but the Indian community has not been effectively
represented in the decision making process in New Zealand. In addition to providing a strong voice
in parliament, I will be working with our community leaders and grassroots along with concerned
authorities in addressing the wide ranging issues affecting our fast growing community including Safety,
Law and order, Fairness and equal opportunities, Immigration, Jobs and training, Housing, Culturally
appropriate care and settlement for Elders, recognition to Overseas Qualifcations, getting appropriate
status for Hindi and Punjabi languages, advocating for Small to Medium Businesses and International
students to name a few. I would also be in a strong position to contribute my business acumen and
skills to the caucus in Labour led Government ranging from Tourism, Trade and Economic development
besides the Ethnic affairs.
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SPORTS
NEW ZEALAND POLITICS
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Immigration changes
now a must
N
OT too long ago, I gave a ride to an attendant at the local petrol station in Royal Oak,
Auckland, after his car broke down as he ended his shift and was preparing to go home.
Along the way, we got talking and he told me that he held a Masters in Chemistry from a well-
known university in India, and it was through that particular qualifcation that he had managed to
gain a permanent residency to New Zealand.
So what was he doing flling petrol at the local gas station?
Ive applied for all sorts of jobs all over the place but no one is showing any interest.
Sound familiar?
Yes, the Indian Weekender regularly receives calls from distressed migrants who have not
been able to land the jobs they dreamt off when they obtained their permanent residency. An
endless waiting game that leads only to frustration and anger. Ask the majority of taxi drivers in
Auckland what they did for a living in the country they left behind for a better life here.
Those that do manage to secure limited hours in paid employment, they have to either work
two to three shifts in different work places to be able to make ends meet for their family.
Labour MPs Dr Rajen Prasad and Phil Goff, in an article in this issue of the Indian Weekender,
are not wrong in claiming that there is still a lot of prejudice out there as far as the migrant
community is concerned.
We kid ourselves that discrimination does not occur with the migrant community.
Labours policy is to look at the policy which is keeping many of our immigrants out of
jobs, Dr Prasad told the Indian Weekender this week, referring to the issue of scores of migrants,
including those from India and Fiji, unable to fnd jobs despite gaining permanent residency on
the basis of their qualifcations.
New Zealand needs to know who they want, and then go out and get them.
Labour aims to develop a world class system for doing this. We will talk to New Zealanders
in order to be able to do this.
It appears New Zealand Immigration does not know what it is recruiting for.
The Indian market, for example, is an important one to New Zealand and a striking number of
Indians choose New Zealand as their favoured destination.
After Australia, migrants from India make up the largest group of new entrants, according to
the latest fgures from Statistics New Zealand.
The Indian community in New Zealand is one of the fve largest ethnic communities here,
contributing to the increasing ethnic diversity throughout the country.
In the 2012-13 fnancial year, more than 20,000 work visas were issued to people from India
thats more than any other country. More than 5000 Indians became New Zealand residents, nearly
10,000 Indians were issued student visas and more than 35,000 Indians visited New Zealand.
Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says the government is focused on ensuring that
visa applications are processed as quickly and effciently as possible while ensuring that any risks
are managed. Processing times have improved greatly and customer satisfaction with the service
in India is the highest in the South Asia region.
All that is fne, but the migrant frst needs to get into the job that his qualifcation warrants. The
same qualifcation that enabled him to obtain a permanent residency to this country.
Migrant workers have the same employment rights as all other workers in New Zealand.
Vikranth should not have to change his name to Victor, Sunil to Sunny, Gaurav to Gary, Dev to
Dave or Shalen to Sam in order to be able to gain respectable employment in this country.
-Arvind Kumar
Nemani Delaibatiki
F
ijiFirst will win the September 17 general
election, the latest Razor Research/Fiji Sun
poll reveals.
Eighty per cent of those asked in the 20th
weekly poll predict a positive result for FijiFirst.
The outcome is identical to other results in
the latest poll and is consistent with the polling
trend so far.
FijiFirst has taken a big leap from 59 per
cent in the previous poll to 78 in the Preferred
Party standing. In a parallel result, its leader
and Prime Minister Rear Admiral (Retired)
Voreqe Bainimarama, has gained six per cent to
be on 79 in the Preferred Prime Minister stakes.
If these results were translated to seats in
Parliament, they would mean FijiFirst would
secure 40 out of 50.
As the campaigns by the political parties roll
into top gear, expect some movements in the
ratings. But the opening salvos of the campaign
by the pack of four have failed to cause any
dent in the FijiFirst machine.
SODELPA (Social Democratic Liberal
Party), which had broken away from the pack
to hit double digits some weeks ago, has fallen
back below 10. For two weeks now, it sits on
eight per cent. Its leader, Ro Teimumu Kepa,
has gained one to be on eight per cent.
In third place are National Federation
Party and its leader Dr Biman Prasad. Fourth
are the Peoples Democratic Party and leader
Felix Anthony. Fiji Labour Party and leader
Mahendra Chaudhry hold the wooden spoon.
The Razor Research/Fiji Sun Poll is
conducted weekly. Six hundred eligible voters
are polled each week, 300 from the Central
Division, 200 from the Western Division and
100 from the Northern Division.
WEEK 20
Q1: Have you registered for the upcoming
election.
Yes 72%
No 28%
Unsure 0%
Q2: Preferred Prime Minister in the
upcoming election.
Voreqe Bainimarama 79%
Ro Teimumu Kepa 8%
Someone else 5%
Biman Prasad 5%
Felix Anthony 2%
Mahendra Chaudhry 1%
Q3: Preferred Political Party in the
upcoming election.
FijiFirst Party 78%
Sodelpa 8%
National Federation Party 5%
Dont Know 5%
Peoples Democratic Party 3%
Fiji Labour Party 1%
Q4. Do you think FijiFirst will win the
election?
Yes 80%
No 20%
Bainimaramas party on track to
victory, says latest poll
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COMMENT
T
he past few days have been particularly
historic when talking about the impact
they can have on Indias trajectory of growth
and economic development. It is because
the maiden budget from India s new fnance
minister was announced on the July 10. It was
a test of economic management on the part of
the Narendra Modi government. There were
a lot of expectations from the budget from all
sections of society, be it business, agriculture
or even the common man.
This was the budget document that
appeared to have provided for a strong
economic vision. In a much anticipated move,
the FDI limits in defence manufacturing and
insurance were moved up to 49 percent from
the 26 percent cap, which shows a frm intent
on the part of the government to reform the
economy.
Populism and the Economy
Over the past few years, the country has
experienced growth in expenditure which has
not been able to keep pace with the growth
in revenue, leading to a fscal defcit which
is above the 3 percent limit prescribed by
the FRBM act of 2003. It had led the fnance
minister to indicate in a speech to chartered
accountants just days before the budget
where he mentioned about the priority for
fscal constraint over mindless populism.
It was because, according to him, mindless
populism did not help the UPA win the
general elections. Generally speaking, there
is an either/or between populism and the
economy. However, the fnance minister, in
his budget according to us has tried to marry
the two.
The budget has not substantially cut down
on the previous schemes but has recalibrated
them in a manner, which could beneft the
country. Some schemes on infrastructure -
especially investment of Rs. 37,880 crore
in the NHAI and state roads will have a
multiplier effect on the economy. Also,
several new schemes have been introduced,
notably among them being 100 smart cities,
National Level Skill Programme (Skill
India) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
Yojana which will help address urbanization,
employment and agriculture.
The focus for the budget was clearly on the
economic aspects rather that pure populism,
though continuing the previous government
s schemes goes to show the maturity of the
present government in dealing with the issues
that matter to the people. In our view, there
was clearly a distinct rightward shift as is seen
from the likes of scheme on entrepreneurship
for which the fnance minister has set aside
Rs.10,000 crore as well as the step to increase
the FDI limits.
Investment and Savings
Investments in India have taken a hit due to a
decline in the overall business environment.
The fnance minister has done his bit by
the asking the PSUs to invest Rs.247,941
to create a virtuous cycle of investment. It
is in addition to lifting the cap on FDI as
well as as providing relief (in tax terms) to
Real Estate Investment trusts (REITs) which
shows some defnite steps taken to fuel
investment. Apart from this, increasing the
PPF (Public Provident Fund) limit, as well
as the investment limit under Income Tax
Act to Rs.1.5 lakh from Rs.1 lakh, will do
their bit to encourage domestic savings and
investment.
Common Man and the Business
Community
One of the biggest achievements of the
budget has been in its ability to provide relief
and direction to both ordinary people and
businesses. Be it increasing the tax exemption
limit very minutely from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.2.5
lakhs in the case of individual taxpayers
or addressing the issue of retrospective
taxation (to be undertaken in fresh cases
only by constitution of a committee by
CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) in
case any action is initiated in such matters).
Also, there is a focus on entrepreneurship
and focusing on a stable tax policy as well as
easing the conditions for doing business both
for big corporations and small and medium
sector enterprises.
What will separate this budget is not the
content or form of it, but the way in which
it gets implemented. We feel the revenue
targets will be a diffcult to meet. But all in
all it is a visionary budget. In our, opinion the
fnance minister has been criticized for the
29 schemes that were of Rs.100 crore each,
it is the best way really to put in the money.
If massive allocations are done upfront the
impact of failure is catastrophic. To gauge the
depth of the river with one foot is indeed wise
economic policy. Apart from that, it shows
meticulous micro-planning. The budget
seems to have taken the frst corrective
steps to reform the economic woes that
the economic survey had pointed out in its
chapter Issues and priorities. What remains
to be seen is how these issues and priorities
are resolved at the ground level. This will
point to the general direction in which India
is headed in the years to come.
(The article is co-authored with Sankalp
Sharma, Senior Researcher at Institute
for Competitiveness, India. Amit Kapoor
is Chair, Institute for Competitiveness &
Editor of Thinkers. The views expressed are
personal. He can reached at amit.kapoor@
competitiveness.in and tweets @kautiliya)
The budget and Indias future
W
hen L.K. Advani was dragged kicking
and screaming from the post of
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president in 2005
under orders from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS), a diplomatic cable from the US
embassy in Delhi to Washington stated that the
event demonstrated the power of the RSS ...
and will likely increase the partys (the BJPs)
political decline.
According to Wikileaks, the cable also
noted that Advani was shocked by the
failure of the second tier of the BJP
leadership comprising, among others Murli
Manohar Joshi and Sushma Swaraj, to come
to his aid. While leaving the presidents post,
Advani called for changing the impression
that has gained ground that no political or
organizational decision can be taken (by
the BJP) without the consent of the RSS
functionaries.
Nearly a decade later, Narendra Modi can
be said to have changed the impression by
making the party choose its own man, Amit
Shah, for the presidents post without the
concurrence of the RSS.
The latest turn of events, which appears to
have ended the continued dominance of the
RSS over the BJP (to quote Wikileaks again),
cannot but cause a futter among the Nagpur
patriarchs who had become used to selecting
the BJP president in recent years.
After choosing Rajnath Singh to replace
Advani, they asked Nitin Gadkari to take
Rajnath Singhs place in 2009. But four years
later, the RSS had to appoint Rajnath Singh
again as president in view of the allegations of
sleaze against Gadkari. Now, it is clear that the
RSS had little or no say in Shahs appointment.
To stretch a point, it can also be said that
neither did the BJP, notwithstanding the partys
formal association with the selection, since it
has been clear ever since Shah was credited
with partys excellent showing in Uttar
Pradesh in the
par l i ament ar y
elections that he
will be anointed
for the post
with Modis
blessings.
As Shah is
known to be the
prime ministers
Man Friday
because of the
long association
between the
two through the thick and thin of Gujarats
turbulent politics, the belief had gained ground
that Modi would trust no one but him in the
key position of party chief.
It isnt only the political and organizational
closeness of the two which is behind Shahs
elevation. It is also undeniable that Modis
insular nature makes him work in close concert
with only a few of his hand-picked men.
At a time when a generational shift is taking
place in the BJP, and Modi has emerged on top
despite the reservations of several senior party
members, it is obvious that Modi will be wary
of having someone with whom he is not totally
familiar to hold a key organizational position.
While this much is in line with Modis
penchant for running a one-man show, whether
in Gujarat earlier and now at the national level,
what is of interest is how the RSS will react
to its marginalization by a former pracharak
(preacher), who has now risen beyond all
expectations not
only to be the
lord and master
of the BJP, but
is probably on
his way to be
the predominant
fgure in the Sangh
Parivar, as the
Hindu nationalists
groups are known,
as well.
Since such a
possibility entails
the relegation of the RSS to a secondary
position, it will obviously have to take a
fresh look at the changing equations. But
it has to tread carefully in view of Modis
wide acceptability not only in the party and
the saffron brotherhood, but also among
the general public which sees in him a new
hope after the dismal years of the Congress
dysfunctional governance.
This across-the-board popularity is Modis
great asset unlike Atal Bihari Vajpayee
and Advani, who also chafed at the control
exercised by the RSS; but since they did not
enjoy Modis general popularity, they had to
abide by its dictates most of the time.
The result was that the RSS openly called
for their removal as in 2005 when the then
RSS chief, K.S. Sudarshan, said that both
Vajpayee and Advani should make way for
new leaders. The RSSs grouse against them
was mainly about their moderate outlook,
especially Vajpayees, which had become
evident during the BJPs stint in power at the
centre between 1998 and 2004.
In calling for their replacement, the RSS
evidently wanted that the new leaders would
adopt its own hawkish postures. But this isnt
what has happened where Modi is concerned.
The RSS, therefore, will be doubly worried.
Not only has Modi curtailed its infuence
over the BJP as Shahs selection shows, he is
also not the hardliner which the RSS thought
he will be at the time of the Gujarat riots. It
is this belief which makes Ashok Singhal of
the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) say that
only Modi can stop the total Islamisation
of the country. Views of this nature are also
expressed by the Hindutva netizens.
But Modi is seemingly following his own
line, which is guided by his economic vision,
which promises improved conditions for all
Indians, Hindus and Muslims alike. The RSS
cannot be too pleased.
(Amulya Ganguli is a political analyst.
The views expressed are personal. He can be
reached at amulyaganguli@gmail.com)
Amit Shah as BJP chief: Modi sidestepping RSS?
- Amulya Ganguli
- Amit Kapoor
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S
piritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has
urged the likes of Syed Imam Bukhari and
Zakir Naik to go to Iraq and preach peace to
ISIS. Sri Sri is not only prodding them to take
the responsibility of mitigating the sufferings
in Iraq but also underlining that their brand of
Islam runs the risk of encouraging ISIS-type of
fanaticism in India.
Whats happening in Iraq and Syria is not
a conventional Shia-Sunni confict. It is a case
of motivated groups of wrongly indoctrinated
fghters going out of control and playing
havoc. They are killing Sunnis, Sufs, Shias
and Christians. Their call for Caliphate is just
a camoufage to spread Wahhabism in areas
traditionally dominated by spiritually-oriented
liberal Muslim sects.
Tragically, rogue groups patronized by the
Wahhabis rule thousands of square miles in
this area today. And thats scary. Following an
orthodox form of Islam that insists on a literal
interpretation of the Quran, the Wahhabis
believe that all those who dont subscribe to their
brand of Islam are to be hated, persecuted, even
executed. And from Algeria to Afghanistan to
Iraq, they have done that religiously.
Osama bin Laden to Mullah Omar to now
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, all are propagators of
this school of thought. The root of hatred is
systematically nurtured in the madrassas of
Saudi Arabia and exported all over the globe.
The religious curriculum in Saudi Arabia
teaches children as young as 13 that in Allahs
eyes, people are of just two types. Wahhabis, the
blessed ones, and the rest. The rest include all
non-Wahhabi Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus
and others.
What Islam needs today is not a movement
towards orthodoxy, but a dynamic interpretation
of its tenets. There can be no debate or
compromise about its core creed. But its
interpretation and application should change
from time to time. When its frozen at a certain
period, it becomes outdated and loses its charm
and appeal. And that is the biggest tragedy of
the ummah today. The deviant behaviors are so
rampant to make radical groups believe that a
revivalist agenda and strict policing are the only
way.
This distorted rigidity is what has kept
the Arab world backward and is also making
Muslims in India vulnerable. The rising
infuence of the Tablighi Jamaat, effectively
the fag bearers of Wahhabism in the Indian
subcontinent, is a worrying factor.
A recent news item talked about an
Intelligence Bureau report which says some
25,000 Wahhabi preachers visited India last
year, addressing over 1.2 million people in
events organized mostly by Tablighi Jamaats.
This is dangerous. It is a known fact that groups
like Indian Mujahideen draw their inspiration
from this ideology. Add to it the millions of
petro-dollar fowing into Indian madrassas from
Wahhabi groups in Saudi Arabia. Along with the
investment comes a heavy dose of ideological
and cultural preaching.
I was shocked when I recently visited an
Islamic seminary in Bangalore. Barring the
location sans the date palms and desert sands, it
looked like a mini Saudi Arabia. It had nothing
Indian. That way, the Wahhabis have already
succeeded in insulating the Indian Muslims from
the mainstream and sowing a rigid ideology.
This ideological arrangement could also be
behind Deobands stated apprehensions against
Prime Minister Narendra Modis proposed plan
for Madrassa reforms.
This trend can destroy Indian social fabrics.
Not only it will create a chasm between an
increasingly fanatical Muslim population and
the rest but also has the risk of all hell breaking
loose among different sects of Indian Muslims.
This ideological invasion needs to be checked
immediately. ISIS may not dream of taking over
Delhi but they will be keen to unleash their
infuence on radical Muslim groups in Kashmir
and elsewhere in India. And they will sneak in not
in combat uniforms but most likely as religious
preachers. India needs to be alert to this.
Liberal Indian Muslims must stand up to join
this national jehad of saving the nation from
the clutches of orthodoxy! Condemning Osama
bin Laden is not enough. We need to fght the
mindset that gave birth to bin Laden. Lets take
it upon ourselves the task of ensuring that this
radical ideology is not taught and preached in
any form in India.
(The author is social worker and currently
works as a volunteer of the Art of Living
foundation. He can be reached on rajaque@
gmail.com. The views expressed in the article
are personal.)
Indian Muslims must stand up to radical ideologies
- Rajaque Rahman
T
he spicy aroma of kebabs and curries, bright,
colourful shops and stalls and crowds of
happy people - many of whom indulge in
shopping and feasting all night - bring the walled
city in the Indian capital to life every night during
the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
As the sun sets, the faithful break their day-
long fast and set out with families and friends to
the nearby markets of Jama Masjid in search of
food as well as clothes, footwear, jewellery and
accessories to be worn on the Eid (July 29) that
marks the end of the month- long fasting.
According to shopkeepers, thanks to a wide
variety of skullcaps available this year, they are
selling like hot cakes.
Different designs and vivid colours are
driving the sales of the skullcaps, which are the
most popular product this season, Zahid Ahmad
of ZS Cap House opposite Gate No. 1 of Jama
Masjid, told IANS.
Though the shops in the market sell skullcaps
all year round, the stock during Ramadan is
always different and exclusive.
During the festival, extra efforts are made
to provide something different to the customer;
like this year, caps made of velvet and imported
from Bangladesh - called *turki topis - are quite
popular and are available for Rs.50 (85 cents) a
piece, he said.
Also in demand is the Asian cap which is
made in Mumbai and sells for anything between
Rs.25 and Rs. 50.
In addition to the skull caps, shopkeepers
selling ittar, which is a natural perfume made
by blending herbs and fowers, are also doing
brisk business.
Fragrances like sandalwood, jasmine, rose,
rajnigandha and gulab are selling quite well,
said Mukul Gandhi, owner of an ittar shop in
Chandni Chowks Dariba Kalan.
However, the highlight of the festival remains
food and not just the locals but Delhiites from all
over the city throng the area to get a taste of the
elaborate platter on offer - leaving them spoilt
for choice.
Shops and stalls with huge woks and
tandoors dish out mouth-watering items like
mutton nahari, korma, keema naans, biryani,
kebabs and the like that make you drool for more
while desserts like rabri-faluda, paneer jalebi and
meetha samosa further encourage the glutton
inside you.
Though, Nahari - a stew of slow cooked meat
with light spices -- is perhaps the favourite dish
during the season, especially eaten by those
fasting, as the days frst meal before dawn.
It provides enough protein to help us go on
all day till evening when we have our second
meal and break the fast, said Mansoor Alam, a
shopkeeper in Meena Bazar, adding that the dish
is eaten with round bread called khameeri roti.
Among other favourites are khajla (pancakes)
and pheni (vermicelli), which are to be eaten
with milk and are especially prepared during the
Ramadan month.
Khajla is soaked in milk for a few hours
before consumption while pheni is shallow fried
and milk and sugar are added, said Dilawar, a
worker at the popular Kallan Sweets.
Pheni and khajla are Ramzan ka tohfa (gift
of Ramadan) and are liked by all, said Ifzur
Rehman, a 65-year-old pheni kiosk owner
Apart from cooked meals, dry fruits like
dates, pistachios and nuts are also eaten during
the month.
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n this auspicious occasion of the festival
of Eid Ul Fitr, I have the greatest pleasure
in conveying to all muslim brothers, sisters
and childrens my heartiest felicitations and
greetings. Literally translated EID means
happiness, bliss and grace. These noble
sentiments are great when felt, experienced, and
celebrated individually.
This happiness multiplies manifold when
shared and enjoyed by multitudes, cutting across
religions, cultural and social barriers.
We are indeed fortunate to have on us
the blessings of such noble festivals in our
individual cultures. These occasions give the
right meaning and directions to our day to day
activities, making material and technological
advancement relevant.
Almighty Allah Paak made it a day of
happiness for the people who have fasted and
completed their good deeds in form of paying
Zakaat, performing Traveeh prayers in the
nights and helping poor people as much as they
can.
The faces of these people are beaming,
laughing and rejoicing. On this day Muslims
meet with their friends with loving hearts and
embrace each other with smiling faces and
handshakes such as all these brothers have
been victorious together against the battle with
Shaitan as commonly seen when a soccer team
won the match against a tough opponent.
The holy month of Ramadan had brought
with it the opportunity of instilling within
us the virtues of sound morals based on the
guidelines provided by Islam and the need of
greater tolerance, understanding, sacrifce and
charity . In every walk of life and in almost
every locality, there are tremendous distractions,
conficts and anxieties. Despite growing trends
towards individualistic and materialistic way
of life, everywhere around us, there is an
increasing realisation of the need for spiritual
reawakening. There is a genuine desire to
appreciate, adopt, and practice the principles of
love, service and truth. Man is a social animal
and derives thrill and fulflment through his joy
with others.
This reaching out, giving of oneself for the
happiness and welfare of others becomes self-
dedication and when practiced at ethical and
spiritual planes. By sharing with others, ones
fund of knowledge wisdom, goodness, personal
wealth, in general, can ensure an increase in
ones capacity and expansion. These great
and noble festivals bring us together as fellow
human beings. This is the universal spirit to
be inculcated and fostered, ever so tenderly
and patiently by all of us, individually and
collectively. In the words of noble laureate
Ravindra Nath Tagore, The worldwide position
today is not how to unite by wiping out all
the differences but how to unite with all the
differences intact, when natural differences fnd
their harmony. then is the true harmony.
As EID is an occasion when community of
Muslims at large congregate as one people for
prayers of thanksgiving and then disperse for
the celebrations of the day with expressions of
happiness, I wish to impress upon you the need
to maintain cohesion and unity. The concept of
UMMAH must be foremost in our minds and
in our words and actions. Often, the cause of
division is pettiness based on our ignorance of
Islam and its value system. It takes ages, lot of
wealth and hard work to build a castle but only
one matchstick is enough to destroy it. May we
therefore use this auspicious occasion of EID
UL FITR this year to remind ourselves of our
duty as Muslims towards our religion to the
concept of UMMAH.
I pray that you will use your knowledge of
Islamic values and the pleasant
experiences that you have had in
Ramadan towards making life
more meaningful for yourself and
for those around you. It is our duty
to ensure that the spirit of EID UL
FITR permeates throughout while
you are celebrating. Remember
that your friends and neighbours
should also have an opportunity to
join you and experience the joy of
the occasion.
I and my family wish all
brothers, sisters and children
a very happy and memorable
celebration of EID UL FITR. EID
MUBARAK TO YOU ALL
EID Ul Fitr - The festival of joy EID UL FITR - THE FESTIVAL OF JOY

BY : NAFIS AKHTAR JP
PRESIDENT
URDU HINDI CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND

On this auspicious occasion of the festival of Eid Ul Fitr, I have
the greatest pleasure in conveying to all muslim brothers, sisters
and childrens my heartiest felicitations and greetings. Literally
translated EID means happiness, bliss and grace. These noble
sentiments are great when felt, experienced, and celebrated individually.
This happiness multiplies manifold when shared and enjoyed by
multitudes, cutting across religions, cultural and social barriers.
We are indeed fortunate to have on us the blessings of such noble
festivals in our individual cultures. These occasions give the right meaning
and directions to our day to day activities, making material and
technological advancement relevant.
NAFIS AKHTAR JP PRESIDENT
URDU HINDI CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
OF NEW ZEALAND
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rowing up as New Zealand Muslim is
very interesting, especially in Ramadan.
During Ramadan, we fast from dawn till
dusk and it is a time for spiritual refection
and improvement of worship. Our friends
understand why we fast and are very considerate
towards us, and our teachers are also conscious
of this. Ramadan is easy for us because we
fnish Sahr (meal at sunrise that begins the
fast), at six oclock so it is like eating breakfast
before school. However this year, two weeks
of fasting fall in the school holidays, which is
great because we can sleep in after eating at
sunrise. The early sunset also means we can
breakour fast early, only a couple of hours after
school. In the weekend,our small group of
Muslim families gather together to break fast
at each others houses and we make delicious
food and desserts to share.Traditional foods
include rice congee, as well as samosas and
ice coffee. We also eat a lot of non-traditional
foods that we enjoy in New Zealand, so we
often break fast with things such as nachos or
burgers. Its hard to play sport in Ramadan, but
we make sure we go to trainings after breaking
fast in the evening as we made an important
commitment to the team.The fast this year is
also very short because it is winter, and is less
than twelve hours so it is a breeze compared
to the fast overseas. Fasting in New Zealand
is great, because in what other country could
you have a great big pavlova on the table to
break your fast?
Sister Shez Mihlar
ME S S AGE S
A
t a certain day when dawn hits the
clock, millions of homes across the
globe light up, flled with accelerating
excitement and joy. Its the day Muslims wait
in hungry anticipation for during the month
of Ramadaan. This busy, sparkly, adrenaline
flled day is called Eid.
We wake up and rush around the house
tense and excited. The frst thing everyone
does at home is rush to the gifts, and there
we rip open the pristine gift wrapping paper,
revealing the gem inside. The atmosphere
is always exuberant with a polluted air of
happy screams, hugs and laughs. We tell the
kids its for the fasts they kept in Ramadaan.
We pray Eid prayer in the morning and
praise God and declare His unique oneness
while getting there. The feeling of being pure
is so empowering it even feels as though the
air is pure and crisp. The rush back home
from prayer is fun we are usually the frst
house hit with guests to feed. We bring out
the sweets, desserts, pastries, different types
of beverages, food, fried appetizers, and
enjoy serving the crowd, watching everyone
faunt their new attire like models on a
culture runway.
Sister Umm Daanyaal from the
Sahib Family
Islam is a word which denotes not a particular

religion but a state of mind, the state of total
surrender to the Will of God. Islam means
Dedication, Surrender, Peace and Tranquillity.
Islam denotes the social community whose
members have achieved supreme peace through
surrender to the All-Merciful, All-Powerful God
and who have vowed to live in peace with their
fellowmen. Islam taught something higher, it
directed attention to the One in the Many, the
Unity in Diversity and led people to the Reality
named God.
Ramadan or Ramazan is the month when
the Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet
Muhammad in the form of the Voice of the
Angel Gabriel, saying, Cry out the Sacred
Name of Thy Lord. It was the Divine
Communications reaching him through waves of
Divine Vibrations. Since the Quran originated
from God, it cannot be changed or modifed, to
suit changed conditions. They are all eternal
verities. It contains expositions of the fve vital
principles of human life: Mercy, Truth, Sacrifce,
Love and Tolerance. These principles, really
basic to the good life are emphasised in all
religious texts of humanity. If one assimilates
the truths declared in the Quran, they can live in
full concord with all others. No religion praises
violence or falsehood.
Fasting/Upavas (Upa-near, Vas-`living)
means Living near God. It was laid down
during the Ramadan, in order to make people
experience the benefts of sense control and in
order to cleanse the spirit and the passions of
man, so that he may be rendered ft to approach
God. This fast is intended to enable Muslims
to set aside all sensory desires and to spend an
entire month in the Holy Presence of God. As
man gets the cool heartening breeze when he
approaches the air conditioner, or fan, so too
when man approaches God, his sorrows will
vanish and he will have his good aspects fourish
by His Grace. Cultivate during this Month of
God all the Godly qualities, charity, unity, love,
service, detachment, tolerance. And, see that you
practise them, not only at home, but, spread the
joy outside your household also.
Fasting entails not merely abstaining from
food and drink from sun rise to sun set, but,
the mastery of the more diffcult discipline of
giving up violence, falsehood, anger, envy,
and the maligning of others. One may have to
face ridicule and persecution, obstructions and
troubles when he decides to lead the good, holy
life. Prophet Muhammad was persecuted thus
and he had to leave Mecca for Medina, similarly
other great persons have suffered voluntarily,
for the sake of their benefcent beliefs. In spite
of hurdles and handicaps, Prophet Muhammad
did not give up his conviction; He declared that
there was only One God and that His Name was
Allah. He commanded his disciples to serve
mankind, and treat all others as fellow beings,
children of the same God. Study the Gift of God
to man, namely the Quran and holds its teachings
as valid for all time, because they are universal
and basic.
Since Islam means surrender to God, all
who in a spirit of surrender and dedication,
live in peace and harmony in society, do really
speaking, and belong to Islam.
It is the feeling of Total Surrender, and Not
the belongingness to a particular religion, that is
important. Examine how Quran explicates this,
Those, who have faith in God and the day of
fnal reckoning and perform good deeds, receive
return from their saviour, no matter whether they
are believers, Jews, Christians or Sabeans. They
never have sorrow or fear.
The Unity of God is most fundamental
and the heart of Gods revelations to Prophet
Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) in the Quran.
This is expressed in the primary Kalimah of
Islam as God Alone is (La Ilaha Illa Allah).
- Ravinder Grover
Inner view
of Ramadan
Be like the star which never wavers from the crescent, but is fxed in steady faith.
EID SPECIAL
R
amadaan is a time of sharing and
celebration with family, friends,
neighbours and the community. Such occasions
bring happiness and joy to all who eagerly
anticipate its arrival. It is a time when people
get together daily on many different levels.
Muslim families get up together early
to prepare and eat a meal before the dawn
prayers. Most people will then continue
with their routines and get on with daily life
activities whether this is working, running
the business or studying while they fast.
Prayers are performed throughout the day and
wherever possible, people will make time to
pray in congregation at the masjid.
Extra time is also devoted to reading the
Quraan, giving more charity especially
the compulsory zakaat charity which is a fxed
percentage of accumulated wealth distributed
to the needy. This is another way that people
connect and come together through caring and
sharing.
Fasting ends at dusk with another meal
prepared and fast broken together with the
family. Often, relatives and friends are invited
to be part of this and gatherings can sometimes
become quite large and held at the masjids or
hired venues. Often additional dishes of sweets
and savouries are prepared for all to enjoy.
The day ends with lengthy voluntary night
prayers which are held in many masjids and
Islamic centres. People pray these in large
congregations and often this is the time when
many friends, relatives and acquaintance
connect with each other after another year.
Ramadaan is also a celebration for many
people on a personal level. It is a celebration
of being a Muslim. A celebration of the joy of
being given another month of Ramadaan in
their life. It is a time when Muslims become
more aware of their blessings from Allaah for
their health, family and wealth.
Ishrar Mohammed on behalf of Masjid
at-Taqwa, Auckland
W
e begin in the name of Allah, Most
Gracious , Most Merciful
We thank Allah SWT for giving us the
opportunity to perform another month of
Ramadhan in our lives,we must also remember
our beloved ones who have departed since the
last Ramadhan
Ramadhan a month where unity prevailed
we prayed together ,we ate together ,we
stayed in itekaaf together ,all due to our iman
being strong in Ramadhan, but let us put into
practice what we learnt in the pious month of
Ramadhan lets carry this over for the next 11
months following
As imam of the masjid I would like to thank
the musalees,my supporting imams in leading
prayers with me ,plus the brothers who helped
in the aftari department each evening feeding
300 people while also fasting
To the trustees of the masjid jazakallah for
your efforts in the last 18 years to mantain a
peaceful environment for all of the users of the
masjid
May the reward of this blessed month be
with you all
The days Ramadhan are fast disappearing
for another year and soon we will celebrate the
day of Eid ul Fitra I wish you all a joy happy
day of Eid
Molana Mohammed Patel -Imam-Masjid
e Umar
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amadan is the 9th month of the
Islamic lunar year and is a month of
fasting. Fasting is a duty upon all adult
and healthy Muslims. One of the main
benefts of Ramadan is an increased
awareness of God in a Muslims spiritual
life. Thankfulness for the abundance of
human needs that one has is a major
aspect of this awareness.
Ramadan is an opportunity
for self-purifcation and
refection and a renewed
focus on spirituality; and
for compassion for those
in need of the necessities
of life. Muslims also enjoy
the feeling of togetherness
shared by family and
friends throughout the
month often lost in modern
life. Perhaps the greatest practical
beneft is the yearly lesson in self-
restraint and discipline that can carry
forward to other aspects of a Muslims
life such as work and education. This
is intended to be a yearly renewal that
continues throughout the year.
The Islamic lunar cycle has twenty
nine or thirty days only each month,
so Ramadan begins about eleven days
earlier each year. This year Ramadan
started on Sunday 29 June 2014 lasting
for 29 or 30 days. The start and end of
Ramadan is dependent on the sighting
of the new moon, this year the starting
coinciding with the Mataraki cluster of
stars.
Fasting is abstaining from eating or
drinking (or smoking, or having sexual
relations) from dawn until sunset.
Muslims may also pray more during
the night and spend more of their day
praying or meditating or reading the
Holy Quran. Muslims who may practice
their faith intermittently may increase
the practice of their faith during this
month. The physical
restraint is complimented
by a mental and emotional
reset: a detox of the mind,
body and soul.
Overall, Ramadan
represents a time of
commitment, compassion
and togetherness for all.
My message to
community has been
Together with our
families and friends, let us seize this
golden opportunity from the blessed
month of Ramadan to improve
ourselves spiritually and socially
and work towards creating a united,
compassionate and just society and
interact with our fellow New Zealanders
to share the beauty of this blessed month
and Islam.
May Allah almighty accept our fasts
and all the good deeds. May He bless
New Zealand with peace and prosperity
and make it a model society living
in harmony with each other and the
nature.
Dr Anwar Ghani, President of
Federation of Islamic Associations of
New Zealand (FIANZ).
RAMADAN: A month of
togetherness and commitment
R
amadan is a very special month for the Muslims,
as in it Muslims around the world perform
various types of worship, the most important of them
being fasting. This fasting of Ramadan is one of the
fve pillars of Islam, mandatory upon all adolescents
and adults who have the ability. Ramadan is also the
month in which the frst revelation came to the Prophet
Muhammad, and thus is called the Month of the
Quran.
AN EARLY MEAL
Although not obligatory, Muslims families
throughout Ramadan rise early in the morning before
the frst traces of light and partake in a light meal in
implementation of this Prophet teaching. Usually, the
day of a Muslim starts with the dawn prayer performed
when the frst traces of light appear in the sky, but since
it is the time when one starts the fast by withholding
from food or drink, the Prophet, may the mercy and
blessings of God be upon him, encouraged Muslims to
arise before that time and partake in a meal. From this
it is clear that the point of fasting is not that one feels
hunger throughout the day, but rather that one changes
their lifestyle in order for it to be more conducive to the
worship of Allah, a fact which will become quite clear.
THE MONTH OF THE QURAN
After attending the dawn prayer, many Muslims
choose to sit in the mosque for a while and recite Quran
at this time. Recitation of the Quran is recommended
at all times, and due to it ones faith increases in Islam.
Being the month in which the Quran was revealed,
Muslims are even more passionate to recite its entirety,
as this was also done by the Prophet. Quite often in
Ramadan in the Muslim world, you will hardly fnd a
mosque empty during any part of the day. Muslims try
to set aside time this month in order to complete the
Quran and ponder its meanings.
FASTING OF THE DAY
During daylight hours until the sun sets below the
horizon. Muslim abstain all types of food and drink.
This creates a sense within the Muslim throughout
the day that they are obeying the commands of God,
as they leave things which are perfectly permissible
at other times. Thus one fnds in Muslim societies
that a spirit of peace dwells in the hearts of Muslims
throughout Ramadan, due to the extra worship and
avoidance of all evilness and ill manners.
IFTAR, DINNER
As the day ends, Muslims gather in their homes or in
the mosque in wait for sunset. Mothers and daughters
are usually busy at this time preparing dinner, while
men usually return from their work and either taking
time to recite the Quran or help out in the preparation
of food.
Once the call to prayer is heard, Muslims hurry to
break their fast with dates.
Muslims fnd themselves either invited or inviting
others, whether they are members of the extended
family, friends, or the poor. The majority of mosques
also offer free food in order ease the sufferings for the
poor. Many mosques hold iftar in order to strengthen
community ties.
After attending the dusk prayer, some Muslims eat
dinner, while others delay eating until the night prayer
is fnished, an event which is one of the main features
of the night of Ramadan, another spiritual dimension of
this blessed month of mercy and blessings
A muslim familys daily life
- Ibrar Sheikh
EID SPECIAL
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INDIA
P
rime Minister Narendra Modis frst
multilateral engagement, India along with
other four Brics countries have signed a deal to
create a new $100bn (Rs 10000 Cr) development
bank and emergency reserve fund. Other four
countries in the Brics group are Brazil, Russia,
China and South Africa. The capital for the bank
will be split equally among the fve participating
countries.
The bank will have a headquarters in
Shanghai, China and the frst president for the
bank will come from India.
Brazils President, Dilma Rousseff,
announced the creation of the bank at a Brics
summit meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil on July
15. She expressed confdence that the expected
creation of a BRICS development bank and a
reserve fund would beneft developing countries.
It will give security and a kind of protection
to the BRICS countries and others, she added.
Terming the agreement towards setting up
BRICS New Development Bank a signifcant
step, Narendra Modi said an open international
trading regime is critical for global economic
growth.
In his statement on the agenda Sustainable
Development and Inclusive Growth at the sixth
BRICS summit, he said the global economic
environment remains uncertain and recovery
was still fragile despite improved prospects.
Modi said that in an environment of political
confict and persisting weakness in major
economies, countries have to be watchful for
signs of a new bout of fnancial turmoil.
Developments in Iraq and the wider region
could affect this. I am also concerned that tight
monetary policies in some countries could
undercut investment and growth in ours, he
said, adding an open, rule-based, international
trading regime is critical for global economic
growth and must address the aspirations of the
developing world.
It must also accommodate the special needs
of the most vulnerable sections of our societies,
especially in areas such as food security. This is
our broad expectation from the negotiations in
the Doha Round of WTO, he said.
I am happy, the initiative announced at
the BRICS Summit in New Delhi in 2012, has
become a reality, said Modi, who is taking part
in his frst international conference as prime
minister, on the agreement for setting up the
BRICS bank.
The agreement on the BRICS Contingent
Reserve arrangement was another major
achievement, he said, noting these initiatives
rooted in our own experience as developing
countries show our capacity to set up global
institutions.
We must encourage engagement between
our states, cities and other local bodies, he said,
calling for BRICS to be driven by people-to-
people contact and the youth should lead this.
Other initiatives he suggested were an
affordable BRICS healthcare platform,
mechanism to further cooperation between
small and medium enterprises and a common
framework for promoting tourism.
$100bn BRICS Bank, A counterweight to World Bank
I
ndia is keen to deepen its strategic partnership
with Russia in defence, nuclear energy, trade
and investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
told Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brazil
and invited him to visit the Kudankulam nuclear
plant during his visit to India later this year.
Modi, who met Putin on the sidelines of
the BRICS Summit at Fortaleza, expressed
appreciation for Russias friendship and
unstinting bilateral and international support
for Indias economic development and security
since the early days of Indias Independence,
said a statement from the Prime Ministers
Offce (PMO).
During the meeting, which lasted about 40
minutes, Modi reaffrmed that relations with
Russia will continue to enjoy the priority that
they always had in Indias foreign policy.
Modi said he looks forward to working
with Putin to further deepen and broad-base
the strategic partnership, including in the areas
of defence, nuclear energy, space, energy, trade
and investment, people-to-people contacts and
addressing regional and global challenges.
Modi later tweeted that India values its
friendship with Russia.
Talked about strengthening Russia-India
ties in my meeting with President Putin. We
value our friendship with Russia, Modi said in
a tweet.
The PMO statement said Modi conveyed
his sincere appreciation for Putins decisive
leadership in deepening and expanding the
India-Russia special and privileged strategic
partnership.
Putin congratulated Modi on his victory in
Indias general elections.
The two leaders said they looked forward to
their annual summit in New Delhi in December
2014 as an opportunity to outline a bold vision
and roadmap for their relationship in the years
ahead, the statement added.
Modi said he looked forward to visiting
Russia in 2015.
The prime minister suggested that Putin
should travel outside Delhi when he comes
for the annual summit in December and visit
a nuclear power plant, a reference to the
Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu which has
been set up in technical cooperation with Russia.
Modi seeks stronger defence ties,
invites Putin to Kudankulam
Modi calls for urgent reform of
UN security council, IMF
I
ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
called for urgent reform of institutions
such as the UN Security Council and
International Monetary Fund while stressing
the international community should have zero
tolerance towards terrorism.
In his statement in the BRICS summit on the
agenda Political Coordination: International
Governance and Regional Crises, he noted it
was taking place at a time when the world was
facing a high level of turmoil and uncertainty
and remaining mute spectators to countries
in peril could have grave consequences.
Modi, who addressed his frst international
meeting as prime minister, said collective
pressure should be exerted on states to deny
sanctuaries and support to terrorists even as
he noted that terrorism had not been combated
effectively due to different yardsticks.
Modi said that India looked forward to
work with its BRICS partners on security and
economic development of Afghanistan and
said the grouping should explore how they can
help end the confict in Iraq.
He stressed BRICS must translate its
political resolve into concrete and coordinated
plan of action, and move towards advancing
global peace and stability.
Restoring the climate of peace and stability
was an urgent need for global progress and
the world must unite to decisively confront
challenges, he said.
Corrective action must begin with the
reform of institutions of global governance.
This has been on the BRICS agenda since its
inception. Institutions like the UN Security
Council and IMF need urgent reform. They
must become more representative and refect
ground realities, he said.
Modi noted the region stretching from
Afghanistan to Africa was experiencing
turbulence and confict, and causing grave
instability that is fast seeping across borders.
This impacts us all. Remaining mute
spectators to countries being torn up in this
manner can have grave consequences, he
said.
Noting Afghanistan was facing an
uncertain future and its people have suffered
for decades, Modi said the world must unite to
help them build a peaceful, stable, democratic
and prosperous country.
We must help Afghanistan fght the forces
of terrorism. This is important for it to preserve
the progress it has made in the last decade, he
said, adding India will continue to assist it in
capacity-building, governance, security and
economic development.
On the situation in west Asia, he said it
poses a grave threat to regional and global
peace and security.
He said the developments in Syria continue
to cause serious concern and India has
consistently called upon all sides to give up
violence, while it was also concerned at the
recent outbreak of violence between Israel and
Palestine.
For a comprehensive solution, there is no
alternative to an inclusive political dialogue. A
military, or externally imposed solution, will
not work. India stands fully prepared to play a
part in any peace process, Modi said.
He said India also supports efforts to
stabilize the situation in many African
countries facing challenges of security and
development.
Modi termed terrorism a a threat that has
assumed war-like proportions and was in fact
a proxy war aimed at innocent civilians.
I frmly believe that terrorism, in any
shape or form, is against humanity. There
should be zero tolerance towards terrorism.
Humanity must unite, and isolate terrorist
forces, especially states that fout basic norms.
Selective targeting of terrorism will not work,
he said, calling for an early adoption by the
UN of the draft Comprehensive Convention
on International Terrorism.
Noting cyberspace was a source of great
opportunity but cyber security has become a
major concern, he called on BRICS countries
to take the lead in preserving cyberspace as a
global common good.
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T
he Delhi High Court has issued notice to the
central and Delhi governments and the city
police commissioner on a plea seeking separate
police lock-ups for accused women in order to
protect them from sexual abuse, harassment and
torture.
A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini
and Justice R.S. Endlaw sought responses from
the two governments and the police by Sep 10.
The public interest litigation (PIL) fled by
advocate Avadh Kaushik said there was an urgent
need to bring down the sexual abuse, harassment,
ill-treatment and torture committed upon detained
and arrested women accused in police lock-ups.
He said that in clear violation of the law, there
were incidents where police arrest women at night
without accompanying women police personnel.
The advocate pointed out two cases registered
in Rohini, where two women were arrested by
police at night without proper permission from
the concerned magistrate courts.
They were arrested by male police personnel,
they were not produced before the concerned
magistrate courts immediately but were produced
the next day. And most importantly, in both
cases, the women accused alleged that they
were sexually abused, harassed, humiliated, and
tortured at the hands of male police personnel in
the police lock-up, the advocate said.
The plea sought direction for random, surprise
and regular visits and inspection of police lock-
ups at night by judicial offcers not below the rank
of an additional sessions judge and preferably by
a woman judge. The petition sought direction for
the police commissioner to deal with complaints
of violation of human and women rights by police
offcers in lock-ups.
The petition also asked for suitable
sensitization programmes to make metropolitan
magistrates more trained, sensitive and judicial
with respect to granting permission to police to
arrest a woman at night.
Notice to government, police on
separate lock-ups for women
F
ormer US president Bill Clinton last week
visited a kitchen in Jaipur run by an NGO to
oversee a lunch programme that feeds over one
million school children daily across India under
the mid-day meal scheme.
The kitchen here is northern Indias largest run
by Akshaya Patra Foundation. It feeds almost 1.5
lakh people in Jaipur, including 1.25 lakh school
children studying in 1,100 government schools in
Jaipur district daily under the scheme.
Clinton, dressed in yellow half-sleeve shirt
and khakhi colour trousers, was accorded a
welcome by students of various schools holding
fags of India and the US.
This was Clintons third visit to Jaipur.
Clinton visited the areas where rotis and
curry were being cooked and the places where
pulses were cleaned and stored. He also saw the
rice cleaning machine and was really impressed
by it, said Madhu Pandit Dasa, chairman of the
Akshaya Patra Foundation.
He said Clinton was impressed by the roti-
making machines and was surprised that how
food reaches on time in all the schools where mid-
day meals are served.
Later, Clinton visited Government Secondary
Sanskrit School in Pratap Nagar area of the city.
He interacted with school children and lauded the
mid-day meal scheme which he said has helped in
curbing dropout rates in schools.
Clinton said he was happy to observe the
effcient and effective manner in which the food
was prepared and distributed by the foundation.
Some of the school children welcomed Clinton
by singing Rajasthans folk song Padharo
Mhare Des (Welcome to my state). The former
president was seen smiling and shaking his head
to the tune of the song. Some of the children also
demonstrated Vedic mathematics to Clinton.
The former US president along with other
delegates, about 15, served food prepared at the
foundations kitchen to the school children.
Subash Saini, a student, was happy to see the
former US president at his school. Oh, it was
really great. He visited our school and also served
us food..it was amazing, Saini said.
Clinton serves food to school
children in Jaipur
I
ndia and Brazil last week signed an agreement
in Brasilia on cooperation in augmentation
of a Brazilian earth station for receiving and
processing data from Indian Remote Sensing
satellites (IRS), the Prime Ministers Offce said.
The PMO said in a statement that the
agreement provides for the reception of data from
AWiFS and LISS-III payloads of IRS satellites,
including but not limited to the Resourcesat-2 at
Cuiaba earth station in Brazil on a government-to-
government cooperation basis.
The agreement designates the National
Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Brazilian
executive agency for earth observation data
reception, processing, archiving, and distribution,
to take responsibility and to work together with
the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
and its executive agency , the National Remote
Sensing Centre, in order to accomplish the
actions in the agreement.
The agreement obliges ISRO to make available
to INPE remotely sensed data of areas within
the acquisition radius of INPEs earth station in
Cuiaba acquired by AWiFS and LISS-III payloads
of IRS satellites, as agreed by the two countries.
The fnancial arrangement stipulated that
INPE will, with its own regular budgetary
resources, bear the cost for augmentation of the
existing Resourcesat-1 hardware infrastructure at
Cuiaba ground station for the purpose of receiving
Resourcesat-2 data and for other IRS satellite data.
Brazilian earth station to get data from Indian satellites
T
he Ghaziabad Development Authority
(GDA) plans to make this National Capital
Region (NCR) town a world class city with
ultra-modern facilities with an investment of
Rs.20 crore, an offcial told media.
Making a presentation to media persons,
GDA vice chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav
said the towns commercial hub - Raj Nagar
District Centre (RDC) - would be made the most
comfortable shopping complex in the NCR.
It would contain a parking lot, along with
kiosks of international brands and over two dozen
nationalized banks.
A gate would be constructed at the entry point
from national highway-24, and ornamental poles
would be erected alongside roads, he said.
The roads are being designed to accommodate
car parking in the middle. They would have a
three-metre-wide footpath and a green strip with
benches and covered dustbins. All major drains
would be covered with slabs so that they could be
used as footpaths.
Old electric transformers would be replaced
by compressed oil transformers which consume
less space and have more capacity.
A multi-level parking has also been designed
in which 750 cars could be accommodated in
two basements, plus a ground foor where 90
additional cars could be parked.
The selection, presentation of project report,
sanction of estimate, invitation of tenders for
technical and fnancial bid would be completed
before Oct 15, Yadav said.
Work would start immediately after fnalising
the bids.
Ghaziabad to be made world class city
M
icrosoft India chairman Bhaskar
Pramanik met Telangana Chief Minister
K. Chandrasekhar Rao here and discussed the
expansion plans.
Pramanik briefed Rao of the activities of
Microsoft in India and also discussed the tax
policy being followed in the country. A statement
from the chief ministers
offce said Pramanik
announced that Microsoft
will further expand its
operations in Telangana.
Telanganas Information Technology Minister
K.T. Rama Rao was also present at the meeting.
The global software major has its India
development centre here. Set up in 1998, it is
the largest R&D centre of Microsoft outside its
Redmond (US) facility.
The meeting assumed signifcance as it came
a day after reports that Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella will be visiting Hyderabad next month.
This will be the frst visit of the 47-year-old
Nadella to India after he took over as the CEO
early this year. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, he
studied at Hyderabad Public School here. Son
of retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
offcer N. Yugandhar, he succeeded Steve Balmer
as the CEO.
Nadella will meet both Chandrasekhar
Rao and his Andhra
Pradesh counterpart N.
Chandrababu Naidu.
Both the Telugu states
are going all out to woo
Microsoft CEO to propel IT growth. Naidu had
invited him to his swearing-in ceremony last
month.
Naidu, who claims to have convinced
Microsoft as then chief minister of united Andhra
Pradesh to set up operations in Hyderabad, is
making all efforts to invite the software giant to
have its presence in the new Andhra Pradesh. He
hopes this will kick-start the development of IT
sector as his state is beginning from a scratch.
Microsoft plans to expand
operations in Telangana
E
very higher educational institution running
technical courses must get NBA accreditation
either after six years or after its two batches of
students pass out, HRD minister said .
Human Resource Development Minister
Smriti Irani said the National Assessment and
Accreditation Council (NAAC) only gives
institutional accreditation while the National
Board of Accreditation (NBA) gives accreditation
to technical programmes.
AICTE (All India Council for Technical
Education) has notifed regulations in January
2014 on the lines of the University Grants
Commission (UGC) regulations 2012, every
higher educational institution, which has
completed six years of existence or two batches
having passed out, whichever is earlier, is to apply
within six months from the date of coming into
force the accreditation from the agency, Irani
said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
The NBA is already conducting
accreditation of technical programmes being
run by institutions.
The UGC and AICTE Regulation recognise
NBA as an assessment and accreditation
agency for the purpose of undertaking
accreditation, added Irani.
According to the minister, the process of
accreditation has been laid down for achieving
advancing academic quality, enabling students
and other stakeholders to make informed
choices with regard to institutions.
The accreditation would also facilitate
institutions to augment quality, by bench-
marking uniform reference points pertaining
to academic standards, to acquire international
recognition, cross-border and trans-national
collaborations, she said.
NBA accreditation must for institutions
running technical courses
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P
ressing for a debate on the issue of juveniles
who commit rape, National Commission
for Women (NCW) chairperson Mamta Sharma
called for amending the Juvenile Justice Act.
Forty-fve percent of rapes are committed
by juveniles, and by sending them to
correctional homes, we are just encouraging
them... Until juveniles are brought under the
purview of law, I do not think there will be a
change in the situation, Sharma said during an
interaction at the Indian Womens Press Corps
(IWPC) in New Delhi.
There is a need for an amendment in the
Juvenile Justice Act now... This is because
times have changed over the past 20 years, she
added.
Sharma, however, added that the issue
is debatable and said there be proper
consultation. To think that four people sit
together and talk about amendment is not
correct. It is a technical issue and needs to be
looked at in a social context, she added.
Quoting the Dec 16, 2012 Delhi gang
rape case, Sharma said despite the victim
herself stating that the juvenile was the most
brutal, he was spared based on a mere school
certifcate.
I believe that if there were proper
investigation and tests, it may have been proved
that the boy is not a juvenile. And even if he
was, I believe that in such cases there should be
an amendment in the act and the accused should
be punished, she said.
Sharma added that the minors who commit
such crimes should be sent to reform houses
and schools where they live a hardened life
and are given proper counselling.
Stating the importance of sex education,
she said children aged 16 these days are fully
grown up and need to be made aware.
... Initially when families used to live in
a joint set-up, children were made aware by
grandparents. But now, in a nuclear set-up,
parents dont have time... so in such a scenario,
I feel that sex education is a must and will only
prove to be helpful, she said.
Amendment in Juvenile Act: Required or Not?
T
he Supreme Court has issued notice to all
states seeking their views on a poser whether
a terminally ill person can execute a living will
that his or her life support system be withdrawn if
he or she reaches a vegetative state with no hope
of revival.
The constitution bench of Chief Justice R.M.
Lodha, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice
J. Chelameswar, Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice
Rohinton Fali Nariman issued the notice on a plea
before it, saying the question of euthanasia (mercy
killing) needs a comprehensive examination as
there was no authoritative judicial pronouncement
on the issue.
The court also said passive euthanasia was
permitted with safeguards. The notice is returnable
in eight weeks. The court appointed senior counsel
T.R. Andhyarujina as amicus curiae.
The constitution benchs remark came in
the course of a hearing of a Feb 25 reference
by the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam
(since retired), Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice
Shiva Kirti Singh seeking a clear enunciation of
the law on voluntary passive euthanasia in the
light of social, legal, medical and constitutional
perspective for the beneft of humanity as a whole.
The Feb 25 apex court reference had come on
a plea by NGO Common Cause seeking the right
of terminally ill patient to execute amy living will
and attorney authorization for the withdrawal of
all life support system in case he or she enters a
vegetative state with the journey to natural death
having already commenced.
Given the complexity of the issue, the hearing
saw the court weighing various options, including
which was a better forum for the determination
of the issue - the court or the legislature before
fnally deciding to hear the matter.
The court said: Legislature is the only forum
where many views will be deliberated and fltered.
The court cant visualise all the situation. How to
make it fool proof. It is a matter of life and death.
Justice Chelameswar said: Prima facie, I am
of the view that not only parliament but even the
state legislatures can deliberate on the issue.
Opposing the plea by NGO Common Cause,
Rohatgi said passive euthanasia was a form of
suicide and how could it be harmonised with
penal provisions on abetment of suicide and
attempt to suicide.
Rohatgi said there was no clear distinction
between active and passive euthanasia.
Addressing the ground realities, Rohatgi told
the court that sometimes relatives of a terminally
ill patient on the course of natural death want to
end his or her life but doctors want to wait for 10
days and each day costs Rs.25,000 and the family
may not have the amount.
Appearing for NGO Common Cause, counsel
Prashant Bhushan said the 1996 apex court
constitution bench in the Gyan Kaur case had said
that the right to live with dignity included the right
to die with dignity.
He said the right to die with dignity and the
right of the patient to refuse medical treatment
could be extended to voluntary passive euthanasia
in the case of a terminally ill patient suffering
from pain and with no hope of recovery.
Pressing the plea that a terminally ill patient
with deteriorating health and no hope of recovery
should be allowed to execute his or her living
will and attorney authorization, Bhushan said
it could be allowed with suffcient safeguards
as such a right fows from the common law and
patients right to refuse treatment.
SC seeks response from states on passive euthanasia
Numbers of juveniles committing serious crimes have seen a significant growth
in India in past few years. There has been a long going debate over whether
Juvenile Justice Act should be amended and juvenile age should be decreased
or not. Where some are strongly supporting the amendment, others are looking
for the different solutions to stop crimes by Juveniles. Recently, two different
views on the long-going debate show the kind of environment in India over the
issue.
Amend Juvenile Justice Act: NCW chairperson
T
here is a need to reconsider the decision to
allow treatment of juvenile offenders as
adults and instead look for solutions within the
existing juvenile justice system, experts said.
Speaking at a panel discussion on
governments efforts towards juvenile crime
prevention and changes required in the law, the
experts said,Juveniles involvement in the acts
of adult crime such as murder and rape does
not imply maturity. On the contrary, it is direct
evidence of vulnerability of juveniles to reckless
behaviour.
It is important for the government to
understand that by decreasing the adult age
group, it cannot decrease the number of criminal
cases in the country. Once the juveniles are dealt
under the criminal justice system, the children
will turn more worse psychologically and are
likely to commit crime again, said Ved Kumari,
an eminent expert on juvenile justice law and ex-
chairperson of Delhi Judicial Academy.
According to a recent ministry of women
and child development proposal, there should
be provisions in the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000
to allow the Juvenile Justice Board to transfer
juveniles between 16 and 18 years alleged to
have committed murder, rape, acid attacks and
other serious crimes, to the adult criminal justice
system.
It is a misconception that juvenile crime rate
is very high and more than 50 percent of sexual
offences are being committed by juveniles in the
age group of 16 to 18 years, said Athiya Bose, an
activist for the welfare of juveniles.
She said once a juvenile faces the adult
justice system, there are less chances of their not
committing crime in the near future because of
the harsh way they will be dealt with.
Studies from the western nations have
already suggested that such initiatives are a failure
and it becomes diffcult for children to come back
from the trauma that they suffer under the adult
justice system, Bose said.
Eminent lawyer Vrinda Grover said: The
juvenile justice law already is a perfect way to
improve the mind set of the juveniles committing
crime. In many cases, it has improved the mind
set of juveniles and converted them into better
men.
However, if the adult age group is decreased
to 16, there are less chances the juveniles
committing crime can be corrected, she said.
Reconsider decreasing age of juvenile: Experts
T
he denial of entry to a sitting judge of the
Madras High Court and two senior advocates
by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA)
Club for wearing a dhoti was raised in the state
assembly last week.
Members across party lines condemned the
incident and urged the government to take legal
action against the club.
Speaking on the issue, DMKs M.K.Stalin said
such a practice is followed by many clubs like the
Gymkhana Club, MCC Club and the Boat Club.
He said that to encourage the youth to wear the
traditional Tamil dress, a dhoti day is organised by
the state run Co-Optex.
Stalin said signifcant contributions have been
made by dhoti-clad people for the country.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said
an appropriate law would be enacted to prevent
clubs from acting against Tamil culture, days after
a club here denied entry to a dhoti-clad judge.
She told the state assembly that the law would
be passed during this session itself and the licence
to those clubs acting against Tamil culture would
be revoked.
The chief minister strongly condemned TNCA
Club over the incident and said the act of TNCA
Club in denying entry to those wearing dhoti was
demeaning the Tamil culture and civilisation. It
is a sartorial despotism, she said.
Jayalalithaa also took a dig at the erstwhile
DMK government for not taking action when
similar complaints were made and raised in the
assembly earlier.
She said a notice would be issued to the TNCA
Club on the issue.
The TNCA Club recently denied entry to
Justice D. Hariparanthaman and two senior
advocates for being clad in a dhoti. They went to
the club at an invitation to attend a book release
function.
The book Legal Fraternity Embraced Me
was authored by former acting chief justice of
Madras High Court Justice T.S. Arunachalam.
DMDK member V.C. Chandhirakumar said
wearing dhoti is part of Tamil culture and urged
the government to take action against the club.
Similarly, A.Soundararajan of the CPI-M
condemned the incident as shameful.
Responding to the views of the members,
Minister for School Education K. Veeramani said
the government will consult the legal department
on the matter and take appropriate action.
He said the clubs are registered under Societies
Act and have their own by-laws.
Uproar in Tamil Nadu house over club barring judge
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INDIA ABROAD
I
ndian-origin British MP Priti Patel has been
appointed exchequer secretary to the Treasury
department dealing with tax policy in a major
cabinet reshuffe announced by British Prime
Minister David Cameron last week.
The Prime Ministers Offce said Priti Patel, 42,
the Conservative Party MP for Witham in Essex,
will now take charge as exchequer secretary under
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
Patel replaces Hertfordshire South West MP
David Gauke in her new role.
The Indian-origin leader has called for stronger
trade links between Essex, an administrative
county in Britain, and India.
Patel had previously worked in the
communications industry, prior to the general
election in Britain in 2010.
She was director of corporate communications
at Weber Shandwick, a public relations frm.
The Witham MP studied economics at Keele
University and did her postgraduation from the
University of Essex. She also chairs the All Party
Parliamentary Small Shops Group and is an active
member of the Free Enterprise Group.
British Indian MP appointed exchequer secretary
T
his is no rags to riches story, but one of
hard work, dedication and commitment that
propelled 66-year-old M.T. Mathews from a
small, pretty village near here to the board of a
leading Bahraini conglomerate and earned him
the rare citizenship of the Gulf country.
Last week, on Sunday night, the setting was
perfect at his home village, Pullad, located about
15 km from here where he grew up, when around
200 people, comprising his relatives and others
honoured him for carrying the tag of being a
Malayalee Bahraini citizen.
The function was a solemn one sans the
otherwise fashy ingredients that are quite popular
when a person is honoured and, more so, if its
someone from the Kerala diaspora. On the stage
were two priests from the Mar Thoma Church to
which Mathews belongs and there were no long
speeches, generally meant to make the man of
the moment happy.
Modest in his achievements, Mathews made
a very brief speech and he thanked almighty god
for all his success and gave a micro account of
how he climbed to his level.
He said that soon after his matriculation in the
mid-1960s, his uncle called him to Bombay (now
Mumbai) and he was recruited into the Indian
Air Force. After his brief training, during which
he learnt that discipline is a must for success, he
suffered a huge setback when he was discharged
after being declared medically unft.
A shattered Mathews made a hasty return to his
home village but his uncle asked him to go away.
He trained as an air-conditioning mechanic and
he got an opportunity in Bahrain.
In September 1969 after almost a week-long
journey on a tossing ship, I reached Bahrain. I
got a small job and after a few years, I got
married. My wife also secured a job and since
she was employed, I got an opportunity to go
to the United States for further studies, said
Mathews.
Returning with a US qualifcation, Mathews
hard work saw him rise and become a vital
cog in the Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons group of
companies and today is the only non-Bahraini
on the 11-member board of the company that
employs more than 5,500 people.
The group operates in the area of
automobiles, heavy equipment, consumer
electronics and home appliances, furnishing and
interior design, industrial and building systems,
building materials, construction, contracting,
air conditioning, facility management, ready-
mix concrete, FMCG, high-end luxury goods,
fashion, perfumes and cosmetics, photography
and business equipment, among others.
Watching the entire proceedings at close
quarters was his 92-year-old mother, who felt
elated that it was she who taught him that if
one is hardworking and committed, nothing
succeeds like success.
A Malayalee Bahraini: Kerala
village honours its proud son
A
n eight-year-old Indian boy was adjudged
the Preacher of the Nation in an Arabic
religious sermon contest in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), a media report said.
Ibrahim Shabandri, from Bhatkal in the south
Indian state of Karnataka, surprised the largely
Arabic-speaking audience and judges with his
oratory skills and surpassed 70 contestants to
clinch the coveted title, Khaleej Times reported.
The contest was held as part of the 13th annual
Ramadan Forum in Dubai World Trade Centre
last week.
The forum was hosted by Dubais Department
of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM),
under the patronage of Sheikh Ahmed bin
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, chairman
of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Foundation. Shabandris father, Faheem Ahmed,
said the award provides children with greater
motivation to learn the Arabic language.
This is a very happy moment for our
family. His success is the result of a lot of hard
work and commitment and we are proud of his
achievement, the report quoted Ahmed as saying.
Ibrahim, a student of Quran memorisation,
emerged on top among the fnal 12 students who
were selected in the areas of religious sermon and
classical poetry recitation.
The competition aimed to attract promising
talents in the feld of religious sermon and poetry
recitation among boys within the ages of six and
11 years.
Indian boy chosen Preacher of
the Nation in UAE
A
n Osmania University, Hyderabad,
graduate Viji Murali, has been named
chief information offcer and vice provost of
Information and Educational Technology at the
University of California, Davis.
Murali, an IT veteran in higher education,
is coming to Davis from Washington State
University, where she has served as vice president
for Information Services and CIO for the WSU
system since 2007.
UC Davis is incredibly fortunate to recruit
someone with Vijis experience and expertise,
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi said in announcing
Muralis appointment.
She is a leader in her feld, and her efforts will
be essential in realizing our Vision of Excellence.
She succeeds Pete Siegel, who left UC Davis a
year ago. Professor Prasant Mohapatra has served
as interim vice provost and CIO in the meantime.
Murali is set to start her new job on Aug 18.
I am excited to be joining a university with such
a wonderful reputation, to lead the IT enterprise
that contributes to the universitys excellence, in
everything from student success to research.
I intend to develop a shared vision with the
faculty, staff and students, and we will move the
institution to even greater heights, she said.
She received a bachelors degree in biology
and chemistry from the Womens College at
Osmania University, India (1975), and a masters
in organic chemistry from Osmanias College of
Science (1977).
She then joined the Regional Research
Laboratory, affliated with Osmania, and worked
there toward a doctoral degree in organic
chemistry until 1981.
Then, as a newlywed, she moved to the US
to join her husband, Subra Muralidharan, who
was a postdoctoral researcher at Notre Dame and
subsequently at Iowa State University.
As Murali considered whether to continue her
Ph.D. studies - she would have had to start over -
she talked with her father in India.
Hes a rocket scientist, literally, she said.
He told me, You are in the land of opportunity.
Twenty years from now, technology will be the
key.
And so she began studying computer science,
doing two years of undergraduate work at Iowa
State and then, when her husband moved to the
University of Arizona, completing a masters
programme there in 1987.
Her chemistry and science background has
been very useful in her IT work. I see technology
as a catalyst for innovation, she said.
She worked for the University of Arizona
for 11 years, frst in the College of Education as
a systems administrator; and then in the Centre
for Computing and Information Technology
as a programmer, a principal and project lead,
computing manager and as director of systems
management.
From there she went to Western Michigan
University, as vice president for Information
Technology and CIO, 1999 to 2007, before
joining WSU.
Osmania graduate Viji Murali
named CIO of US varsity
A
young Indian mathematician, Nikhil
Srivastava, has been named a joint winner
of the prestigious George Polya Prize for fnding
proof of a riddle that had eluded mathematicians
for more than half a century.
Srivastava of Microsoft Research India and
Adam W. Marcus and Daniel A. Spielman from
Yale University will be presented
the 2014 George Plya Prize at
the July 7-11annual meeting of
the Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (SIAM),
in Chicago.
The trio had announced the
proof of what is known as the
Kadison-Singer conjecture, frst
proposed by Richard Kadison
and Isadore Singer in 1959,
pertaining to the mathematical
foundations of quantum
mechanics about a year ago.
The Plya Prize named after a Hungarian
mathematician credited with fundamental
advances in combinatorics, numerical analysis,
number theory, and probability theory, is presented
by SIAM every two years.
Citing an email received by Srivastava,
Inside Microsoft Research blog said the selection
committee wanted to recognize him and his
colleagues for the solution to the Kadison-Singer
problem.
Not only have Marcus, Spielman, and
Srivastava proved an important conjecture, which
has consequences in various areas of mathematics,
but their elegant methods promise to be applicable
to a broad range of other problems, as well, the
citation continued.
In a post written by Srivastava on the Windows
on Theory blog shortly after the conjecture was
proved, he emphasised the discrepancy-theoretic
nature of the new result and
explained its application
for partitioning graphs into
expanders.
It is defnitely inspiring
and motivating to be put
on a list with so many great
mathematicians, Srivastava
was quoted as saying.
Winning awards is
rewarding, but for Srivastava,
the true reward for his
research is in extending its
relevance,
My focus is mainly to better understand the
techniques that went into this proof, he said. I
suspect it is an instance of much more general
phenomena, rather than a one-off.
The Kadison-Singer problem asks, at its core,
if unique information can be extrapolated from a
scenario in which not all features can be observed
or measured, according to Yale News.
The idea is particularly relevant to abstract
felds, including quantum physics, operator theory,
complex analysis, graph theory, signal processing,
and fnite-dimensional geometry, it said.
Indian mathematician wins Polya
Prize for solving knotty riddle
- Sanu George
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25 July 2014
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FIJI
- Salaseini
T
EN- YEAR- OLD
Joshua Jenkin of
New Zealand could not
believe his luck when he
caught a whopping 80kg
marlin in Sea Mount Bay
off Kubulau in Bua last
week.
An excited Joshua,
who is holidaying with
his parents and extended
family at Savasi Island
Resort in Savusavu,
was still reeling from
his fshing experience
saying, the activity was
one that would go down
in his history books.
Joshua went out to sea last Wednesday with a
few others for his frst fshing experience.
He said he struggled for more than an hour
before he could get hold of the enormous fsh.
Prior to the catch, the Kiwi tourist said he kept
praying for the line not to snap.
Joshua said it was a tough challenge battling
with the fsh but labelled it the most exciting
experience of his life because he eventually
managed to land it.
The memorable experience, he said, had
developed in him a sense of love for Fiji,
especially Savusavu.
Joshua said he would love to return to
Savusavu in the future because it was an awesome
place to spend the holiday.
Kiwi lad, 10, hooks the big one
I
t wasnt a day for long written speeches; it was
a day for truth and speaking from the heart
when the leader of the FijiFirst party, Voreqe
Bainimarama, kicked off his West campaign for
the September elections this week.
More than 2300 people turned up at the four
locations around Lautoka, in western Fiji, to
hear Mr Bainimarama and his team. What was
noteworthy at all four locations were the mix of
people from different ethnic backgrounds, young
and old cheering for FijiFirst.
With known face Nemani Bainivalu translating
every word spoken by Mr Bainimarama and party
general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, no one
attending the meetings felt left out.
At Lomolomo, the question session evolved
into people proclaiming their support for the party.
A major reason given in this area was the turn
around the Bainimarama Governments reforms
had brought about in the cane farming community.
Prior to starting the partys campaign, Mr
Bainimarama was invited for morning tea at a
farmers house. There the farmer told him he was
able to send his children to school because of his
bold decisions.
At Ami Chandra Memorial School, Mr
Bainimaramas good humour had the crowd
laughing within minutes of his arrival. Major
issues raised here involved a need to monitor
people working in judicial departments in the
Western Division.
More than 1000 welcomed team FijiFirst with
cheers and chorus of FijiFirst at the Saru Dragon
Rugby League Ground in Tavakubu.
A hit with children, after the meeting, Mr
Bainimarama was quickly swamped by eager
young ones wanting to shake his hands in a repeat
of the scene from last Friday at the Lautoka
Market. The campaign trail ended on a high note
for the night after 10pm at Vellapan Chandras
shop in Teidamu. Throughout the campaign trail,
there was a consistent message of equality, unity,
and compassion by Mr Bainimarama.
The party leader urged hundreds of parents
to think about the future of their children when
voting on September 17.
Rousing welcome for FijiFirst in west
- Jyoti Pratibha
R
esidents on the south end of Taveuni have
started using the daily bus service to transport
water for their families and homes, often spending
between $94 and $100 a week.
Pacifc Transport Limited manager Prakash
Sami said his bus drivers have quarrelled with
residents transporting water containers and gallons
in the bus as it affected the other passengers.
Something needs to be done about the water
supply in the South because people are suffering
miserably for a long time now, Mr Sami said.
Navakawau villager Suluka Tunaka said they
had no other option but to use the bus because
water was so scarce.
Mr Tunaka said the 20 gallons of water the
Water Authority of Fiji carted daily for each
family was simply not enough.
Navakawau area has about 600 houses and
imagine that within these houses live six people
for whom 20 gallons of water is nothing, Mr
Tunaka said.
Our people are using water wisely while our
clothes and eating utensils are being washed in the
sea but still we need more water for our everyday
use. Bus fare from Navakawau Village where
the road ends on the south side is $4.70 one way
compared to hiring a vehicle at $100 return which
we cannot afford.
Mr Tunaka said he had been spending around
$94 for the past week making two trips to and
from Naqara to cart water.
Imagine those hiring vehicles and I know of
people out there who are doing that out of their
need.
Vuna villager Inoke Taqa said they too had no
other option but to use the bus to get water home
adding they had to plead with bus drivers because
they needed the water.
In response, a WAF statement last Wednesday
revealed a short-term plan involving the
installation of a desalination plant at Qarawalu
this year.
The statement also reported that while the
authority is awaiting the arrival of this plant at the
end of the month, water carting to affected areas
will continue.
Water woes on Taveuni escalate
- Luke Rawalai
P
ROFESSIONALS and business persons
make up the most number of clients for sex
workers in Fiji.
This was revealed in the Integrated Biological
Behavioural Surveillance Survey (IBBS) and Size
Estimation of Sex Workers in Fiji: HIV Prevention
Project report.
A total of 298 sex workers from seven centres
around Fiji participated in the IBBS survey,
the frst large scale quantitative research on sex
workers in Fiji.
Participants were asked about the professional
background and ethnicity of their last clients of
which was revealed that professional and business
persons made up 29 per cent of the total clients.
Tourists made up 25 per cent while taxidrivers
made up 9 per cent and policemen 6 per cent.
Police chief operations offcer ACP Rusiate
Tudravu said they did not condone members of
disciplined forces accessing the services of sex
workers.
I am not privy to comment on the involvement
of police offcers as clients since we do not have
the report but can only state that being a member
of the disciplined force, such relationships are not
condoned, Mr Tudravu said.
Sportsmen and military personnel also made
up the number of clients (5 per cent each),
expatriates and government offcials (2 per cent
each) and church ministers (0.2 per cent).
The participants were also asked about the
ethnicities of their last clients in which was
revealed that Fijians of Indian descent made up
41 per cent and iTaukei 30 per cent.
Other races made up 12 per cent of the
client list, which included 23 Europeans, six
Australians, two Papua New Guineans and
Rotumans and one each for Filipino, mixed race
and Samoan.
Chinese clients accounted for 7 per cent.
Fijians of Indian descent were signifcantly
more likely to be clients of transgender sex
workers (52 per cent), and of Fijians of Indian
descent sex workers (67 per cent), the report
stated.
Similarly, the iTaukei Fijians were
signifcantly more likely to be clients of iTaukei
Fijian sex workers (34 per cent). Those of
foreign nationality were more likely to be
clients of sex workers working in Nadi (26 per
cent).
Participants also revealed that a weekly
sex-related income ranged from $20 through to
$600 although the study reveals there was some
suspicion that some participants were reporting
the fee per client rather than the total weekly
earnings.
Professionals paying for sex
- Torika Chandra
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25 July 2014
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FEATURE
H
ard pressed for time in todays fast-paced
world, keeping track of religion and its
day-to-day rituals is not an easy task. Cutting
across religious lines, this seems to be a niggling
problem for the Genxt devout, in particular. As the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan gets under way,
things are going to be easy this time around for the
rozedaars (those who keep the fast).
Finding the right time for beginning and
breaking the fast are among many things they
will now get help with. Thanks to a bevy of
applications available for their mobile phones
- Window, Android, iPhone - they are not only
kept abreast with sehari and aftaar timings on a
day-to-day basis but are also kept updated on the
timings of the coming days.
These applications, mostly available on
Google Apps store, also have alarm functions and
aid you in reading out a dua (prayer).
One of these apps is Ramadan 2014 and
prayer time, said Saleem Haider, a travel agent
who said it has almost minimized his chances
of missing out on aftaar and sehari, as well as
prayers.
Another application on Good Playstore is a
compendium of duas tailormade for the pious
month. Once downloaded, they can be read
anywhere and at any time. These prayers are
also substitutes of the long and arduous Taraabi
(special prayers) that many professionals do not
get time for.
A Muslim government offcial, while pointing
to the immense utility of such applications, said
he can listen to them while poring over fles and
even while driving as his job does not allow him
the luxury of attending long prayers at mosques.
Eminent cleric Maulana Irfan Miyan Farangi
Mahali said using such apps was not anti-Islam
but cautioned users to ensure that the prayers
they contain are correct and in sync with the holy
Quran. It not only saves time but is also handy,
he said, while citing the busy schedules of young
Muslim professionals.
Among other apps available are easy to learn
prayers for children in which the invocations are
simplifed and explained. There are also apps that
offer guidance for zakaat (giving of alms) and
also cooking for the aftaari during the holy month.
While the use of the internet is strictly
banned for entertainment purposes, nobody stops
us from seeking out knowledge, specially about
our religion, said Saanya, a housewife who is a
frequent user of such apps on her iPhone gifted by
her husband.
Technology wedded to religion, hence, is only
helping the community, especially when time is
a scarce commodity, an elder pointed out.
Phone apps aid Genxt Muslims in
India during Ramadan
F
irst, there were prosthetic limbs that helped
only to a certain extent. Now, in a quantum
lead forward, there are robotic prosthetic limbs
that look absolutely normal, have the same skin
tone and work through bio-sensors that detect
signals from the nervous system or the muscular
system to perform the required tasks.
Unlike the prosthetic body parts that hardly
helped people in making their lives easier, newer
materials like advanced plastics, carbon-fbre
composites and electronic technology make
todays advanced prosthetics more controllable
and even capable of automatically adapting their
functions to certain tasks, Amit Bhanti, Global
CEO, Comprehensive Prosthetics and Orthotics
(CPO), a global premium provider of prosthetics
and orthotics, told.
Take the case of 20-year-old Fredrick
Verghese, a double hand amputee. He was
miserable even after prosthetic hands were fxed
to his elbow joints after he lost both his arms in a
train mishap. Every time he felt thirsty or wanted
to do any chores, a family member or a friend had
to be around to provide him the help he needed.
Not just that. Fredrick had to be assisted during
meals, for wearing clothes and many other tasks.
A family member had to assist him even in the
washroom.
His disappointed parents consulted another
surgeon who advised them to get the prosthetic
hands replaced with robotic advanced prosthetic
hands. With a fervent prayer that the new
technology would help make their sons life
easier, Fredricks parents got the needful done.
It seems I have been blessed with a second
life. The robotic prosthetic arms made me become
independent. The previous prosthetic arms hardly
made any difference, says Fredrick.
Rajeev Sharma, orthopaedician and joints
replacement surgeon at the Indraprastha Apollo
Hospital, said that robotic prosthetic replacements
have not just made the life of the affected people
easier but also given them the courage to come
out into the open.
We are trying to bring this awareness and
comfort in the lives of our patients, so that the
rehabilitation process returns them their mobility
and the quality of their life, Sharma told us.
Vivek Lohania, chief of joints replacement at
Paras Hospital, said that while robotic prosthetic
body parts beneft patients as compared to
the previous ones, users need to keep special
measures in mind while using them.
The prosthetics are made of different types
of material. And just like any material if it is bent
or abused, it will have the tendency to break,
Lohania said.
There are no general guidelines because each
patient will have a unique set of instructions for
the prosthetic device. Each individual device has
its own care and usage guidelines to be adhered
to, he added.
Robotic prosthetic limbs make life
easier for amputees
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FEATURE
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ith beautiful beaches, lush tropical
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off the plane and are greeted by the warm balmy
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mopeds and chickens on it than cars. With long
stretches of white sandy coastline, beach walks
at sunset are designed for two and cooling off in
turquoise lagoons is pure bliss in the heat of the day.
Dining choices are numerous on Rarotonga, with
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and often with a local band playing melodic
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The Edgewater Resort & Spa: A romantic getaway
TRAVEL
HEALTH
Y
oga is a form of holistic exercise that not
only helps a person gratify mental health
but helps the person in their physically well
being. Neelu Singh is a yoga teacher who has
endorsed the art of Yoga to help people enrich
their life mentally and physically.
Neelu Singh has been practicing yoga
for more than 25 years and is teaching yoga
since 2006. She is highly qualifed and has
attended reorientation programme on yoga
prescribed by Department of AYUSH ministry
of health Govt. of India and has been a part
of International yoga teacher refresher course
conducted by India Yoga Federation. She has
represented yoga at national and international
level through various competitions. Apart from
that Neelu Singh has broadened her knowledge
of yoga by attending many formal and informal
training courses, seminars and workshops of
national and international level on yoga and
has also been exposed to naturopathy and
nature care. Neelu is best known for her unique
ability to help people embody their spiritual
practice. Her work focuses on the refnement of
natural and universal movement principles that
underlie all yoga practice. This concentration
on fundamental principles allows student of
all levels and tradition to experience and build
their own authentic yoga practice.
Neelus practice focuses on healing, which
makes her style gentle and innovative. As
an appreciation of her contribution towards
spreading the awareness on womens health,
sanitation, yoga and nature cure among the
rural masses, she has remained associated with
the Confederation of ngos of rural India for
many years. She has enhanced many methods
and formats of teaching yoga to people of all
ages and abilities. Her expertise in Yoga has
allowed her to author a book which envisions
in creating awareness among the people about
Yoga and also contributes in the improvement
of mental and physical health in the society at
large.
In Auckland she is currently working in gym
as a yoga instructor. Her belief of teaching yoga
is a blessed service has allowed her to associate
with Kotahitanga Charitable Trust to make
this holistic exercise accessible and useful to
people of all community for free by organizing
workshops, free classes, free online advice and
helping people in every way possible.
Teaching yoga is a blessed service: Neelu Singh
Teaching yoga is a blessed service
which has allowed her to associate
with Kotahitanga Charitable Trust
to make this holistic exercise
accessible and useful to people of
all community for free
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FOOD
FEATURE
S
outhern Institute of Technology Bachelor of
Applied Media Arts student Felicia Goffn
was given an exciting opportunity to make a
presentation to the Rotary Club of Invercargill
last Tuesday 15 July. Goffn spoke about her
experience at the Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards, for which she was nominated and
sponsored by the Rotary Club of Invercargill.
The awards were held in Berwick, near Dunedin
during Easter earlier this year. Goffn explained
to the club members that throughout the event
there were different daily focuses of teamwork,
self-work, family, and community. Participants
were pushed outside of their comfort zone both
mentally and physically through a number of
challenges and activities.
SIT Bachelor of Applied Media Arts
Programme Manager Kathryn Mitchell was
thrilled that Felicia was given the opportunity
from the Rotary Club of Invercargill. The
Bachelor of Applied Media Arts encourages
students to think outside the confnes of the
status quo in order to discover and innovate.
The problem solving and resilience necessary
to accept and move pass failures while moving
into completely new areas and ways of thinking
has been supported by Felicias experience at the
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp giving her
the confdence and determination to step out into
the uncharted territory where the kind of learning
that is directly applicable to the challenges in the
real world are found.
Guest speakers at the awards included Rally
Car driver Rhys Gardner, Paula Hellyer from a
PR and Marketing frm in Dunedin and Lucinda
Vincent an employment lawyer. The participants
were also taken to meet senior managers at major
frms such as Bob King from Fisher and Paykel
in Dunedinand Colin Brown creator of TracMap
in Mosgiel toget perspectives about how their
companies are led and how they work together as a
team. Goffn also added that the participants were
given training from Alistair Dickie, a member of
the Dunedin Police Emergency Response Team
about social media safety and how to look after
your team.
Goffn concluded her presentation saying
that I am really grateful to The Rotary Club of
Invercargill for giving me the opportunity to take
part in the event.
SIT student Felicia Goffn speaks about the
Rotary Youth Leadership Award experience
S
outhern Institute of Technology frst year
Bachelor of Digital Media (BDM) flm
students are launching an annual scheme to
create free web-commercials for non-proft
organisations in Southland.
The BDM flm students are seeking any
interested non-proft organisations within the
Southland community that would beneft from
a free commercial and are happy to take part in
the scheme as clients. The commercials will
be shot in SITs flm studio and also on location
as appropriate. SIT Film Tutor Patrick Gillies
says, This is a great opportunity for local non-
proft organisations or charities to commission
a commercial that they otherwise may not have
had the funds to make, and it also gives our flm
students valuable experience in dealing with real-
world clients.He says that any interested non-
proft organisations will need to provide a brief
of what their organisation is about and what it
does for the Southland community, a statement on
what their promotional needs are and what they
would do with the commercial.
Applicantsshould contact patrick.gillies@sit.
ac.nz to put in their registration of interest to
participate in the scheme.
SIT to launch
annual schemes
to help non-proft
organisations
P
eople who think they know Indian cuisine
may be in for a surprise with the opening of
Cassia in Aucklands Fort Lane.
Inspired by his deep affnity and love for
the food of his native India, Sid Sahrawats
contemporary Indian restaurant opens its doors
today. It draws on the renowned chefs cultural
heritage growing up in Chandigarh, India
combined with his passion for New Zealand
produce.
Located in the heart of Aucklands CBD,
the sleek, contemporary design combined with
detailed service complement a menu of quality
fresh New Zealand produce prepared using sub-
continental favours.
Cassias philosophy is based on the marriage
of seasonal New Zealand ingredients with the
favours and cooking techniques of India creating
refned Indian dishes that challenge traditional
notions of Indian cuisine.
Cassias menu changes according to the
seasons and also refects the regional diversity of
both India and New Zealand.
The kitchen features a clay oven where all
meats are cooked in the traditional tandoor style
fnished with charcoal.
Dishes include a fennel and caramelised
chicken brioche which is inspired by traditional
Indian breads eaten predominantly in the north of
the country.
New Zealand seafood features in the form of
scallop with foie gras, curry emulsion, apple and
mooli and dessert comes in the form of chocolate
kulf with date, banana and curry.
Other dishes include pickled fsh with garam
masala, chickpeas, tamarind, fried bread and
mint dressing. And in support of its New Zealand
heritage, lamb chops are matched with fenugreek,
onion rings and coconut chutney.
Its about taking the best of New Zealand
produce and giving it an Indian slant, Sid says.
People think they know what Indian cuisine is
because theyve had a chicken tikka masala - but
thats not the Indian cooking I grew up with.
Having travelled extensively around India
as a child, I have been infuenced by dishes from
throughout the entire country.
The restaurant dining room merges smart
design elements with the increasing popularity
of social eating with two communal tables and a
menu of sharing plates.
A 16-seater private dining room is designed
to accommodate intimate celebrations, whether
corporate or personal, and is available for
exclusive hire for larger functions.
Sid has assembled a talented team who share
his vision. They include Fijian Indian sous
chef Lesley Chandra who joins from Baduzzi;
restaurant manager Matthew Aitchison, formerly
of MASU and The French Caf; and Barney Toy,
formerly of Fukuko and winner of best bartender
at the Lewisham Awards 2014.
The restaurant drinks list has been created
to enhance and complement the menu with
Kingfsher Indian beer on tap as well as a hand-
crafted selection of local beers.
Barney has used his knowledge and
experience to create an eclectic cocktail list
inspired by favours from our menu, Sid says.
Likewise, the international wine list has been
created to suit the style of the dishes.
THE TASTE MASTER : Sid Sahrawat brings modern Indian dining to
Auckland CBD
EDUCATION
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ENTERTAINMENT
H
aving immortalised strong women-
oriented roles on TV screens across the
border, young and multi-faceted Sanam Saeed,
known to Indian audiences as Kashaf Murtaza
of Zindagi Gulzar Hai, says that while India
makes the most of its flmmaking capacity to
tell stories, the medium in Pakistan is TV.
The 29-year-old is ecstatic and grateful
that Zindagi Gulzar Hai, one of the most
popular ongoing shows in India, has turned
out to be the frst drama to have broken the
ice across the borders in current times, Sanam
told us in her distinct baritone over the phone
from Karachi.
India uses Bollywood, rather cinema, to tell
its stories. It is one of the largest flmmaking
nations in the world and so your talents get
to tell stories about politics, love and drama
through flms. In Pakistan, our medium is the
small screen.
We dont make many flms, and hardly
have theatres. A majority of people seek
entertainment while sitting at home and TV
gives it to them, so we excel on that part,
Sanam said, stressing that since their command
over language and gift of the gab are strong,
they have some prolifc writers.
Shows from Pakistan are high on content
and quality and Indian audiences are gradually
coming face to face with them courtesy new
channel Zindagi - Jodey Dilon Ko, a frst-of-
its-kind initiative, beaming entertainment and
content from that side of the border here.
The line-up on Zindagi channel bears
testimony to Sanams contention.
Her own show Zindagi Gulzar Hai, based
on prolifc writer Umera Ahmads novel of the
same name, is a romantic drama focussing on
women, portraying equality of the girl child and
importance of a career for women.
Another show Aunn Zara, now over
thanks to the fnite nature of most Pakistani
shows, was based on Faiza Iftikhars novel
Hisaar-e-Muhabbat and caught the viewers
eyes as it dwelt on family ties and strong female
characters.
Theres also Kaash Main Teri Beti
Na Hoti highlighting the struggles of the
underprivileged and Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain,
a gripping line-up of tele-flms focussing on
women from various walks of life.
As an artiste, Sanam, who was born in
Britain and shifted to Karachi with her family
when she was six, prefers to pick parts which
depict a womans struggle.
Ive seen the effect some of my shows have
had, and so I like characters that can be role
models for young girls, roles that can help to
change peoples perspective.
By people, you mean?
The masses. The middle-class masses. The
upper middle class here still has options for
entertainment. We have internet, Hollywood
and books. But for the majority and the masses,
there is only TV, said Sanam.
A lot of them sit at home and watch TV as
they cant afford other forms of entertainment.
So, we try to do shows which have inspirational
value, added the actress, who has played a
troubled wife in Mera Naseeb, a Pakistani
British woman in Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu and a
Syrian Christian single mother in Talkhiyan.
Sanam started out by being a model,
following which she became a video jockey,
did theatre, tried her hand at stand up comedy
and is also a singer, apart from being an actress
in TV shows and flms.
She says three of her past shows will be
beamed on Zindagi channel soon.
In a recent interview, veteran Pakistani
actress Samina Peerzada, who plays Sanams
mother in Zindagi Gulzar Hai told IANS
that she is glad that through these shows, India
is getting to see a side of their country so far
eclipsed by negative news coverage.
Sanam has another view.
I dont understand why we are considered
different. We were one nation. We are not
different. In fact, there is so much similarity
between us culturally, in terms of food, clothes,
family, bonds and language. So, I have never
been under the impression that we (India and
Pakistan) are different. Nevertheless, Im glad
that the shows are having a positive impact on
people in India - its the same effect that they
had on people here (in Pakistan), she said.
India uses cinema to tell its stories, we use TV:
Pakistani actress
- Radhika Bhirani
- Nivedita
A
n Indian-American boy will play Mowglis
character in Disney productions The
Jungle Book adaptation.
Neel Sethi, 10, a New York boy, will star
in the flm as the young boy who is raised by
jungle animals, according to the The Hollywood
Reporter.
Sethi will be the only actor to appear onscreen
in the project, which is a combination of live
action and animation. Disney has slated it for
release in 3D Oct 9, 2015.
Jon Favreau is the director of the flm and the
script was written by Justin Marks.
According to the report, Idris Elba already
has been cast as the voice of the tiger Sher Khan,
and Ben Kingsley will voice the black panther
Bagheera. Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyongo
were also in talks for Disneys take on Rudyard
Kiplings classic tale.
Casting is the most important element of any
flm, and fnding the right kid to play Mowgli was
imperative, Favreau was quoted as saying.
Neel has tremendous talent and charisma.
There is a lot riding on his little shoulders and Im
confdent he can handle it, Favreau added.
Indian-American
boy to play Mowgli
in Disney flm
T
he grandeur in Manish Malhotras
bespoke ensembles is often as
larger than life as some of the Hindi
flms that he designs for. Thats
because movies have infuenced him
since childhood, says the acclaimed
designer, who has styled a range of
Bollywoods screen divas over the
years.
From Kajol, Karisma Kapoor,
Rani Mukerji to Aishwarya Rai,
Preity Zinta and Kareena Kapoor -
Malhotras Midas Touch has worked
its magic on several names in tinsel
town. He continues to design for
flms and his design philosophy
itself is driven by the creativity of the
cinematic world.
Movies have been an infuencer
since childhood. I continue to be in
awe of movies. The perfection of the
1960s and 1970s colours is what I
grew up with and that refects a lot in my design
philosophy, Malhotra told IANS in an interview
here.
His romance with Bollywood started when he
frst served as a costume designer for actress Juhi
Chawla in the 1989-released flm Swarg. Later,
his work for Urmila Matondkars look in the 1995
flm Rangeela won him his frst Filmfare award.
The designer says he looked at costume
designing like no other designers looked at that
time and thats how he got introduced to people
who became his closest friends.
I have a more than 24-year-long relationship
with Bollywood and movies. I live and breathe
flms. My closest friends belong to this industry
and are always around to support my work, said
Malhotra, who is known to attract the creme de la
creme of Bollywood at his shows.
From designing for some of the style
goddesses in the past to dressing up the current
crop of Hindi flmdoms leading ladies including
Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor and Alia
Bhatt - he is a hit all the way. Now hes also up for
designing for a period flm.
People associate me with modern India due
to the kind of work I have done in the past. If I
ever get a chance to do a periodic flm, I would
love to explore that world, said
the designer, who is now ready
to showcase his new collection
at the grand fnale show of
Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers India
Couture Week 2014, starting
here July 15.
Sharing his thoughts about
his show, Malhotra said: Finale
is about celebrating fashion,
grandeur and craftsmanship.
Its not just about creating a
collection but also about creating
an experience like never before.
Its about creating an everlasting
impact.
But glamour is not all that
Manish Malhotra is about.
He does his bit to promote
the crafts and traditions of the
country by creating collections
using Kashmiri, Phulkari and
Chikankari embroidery.
He says Kashmiri thread work, zari and tila
work have now become a vital element of my
signature work.
As a label and a designer, I take keen interest
in workmanship and hence my clients get
exclusive work crafted by artisans from all around
India in my designs. With my couture collection
2014-15, I am trying to bridge the gap between
old world and the new world by preserving my
signature craftsmanship with a timeless touch and
dash of modernity, said the designer, who has
collaborated with real estate group Logix for his
show.
I continue to be in awe of movies: Designer
Manish Malhotra
- Nivedita
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ENTERTAINMENT
Fusion
5 Great Musicians One Great Concert
Musical Experience of a Life Time
A Kimaya Creations Presentation Event Managed by
Mark Pinto Ben Fernandes
Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Silver Road, Epsom, Auckland
For Tickets Contact - Greg Booth on 021-02294720 or Ram Iyer - 09-2133868
Saturday 9 August 2014, 7.00 PM
Ustad Dilshad Khan Ustad Fazal Qureshi
Ticket
$25
only
Jim Langabeer
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imaya Creations are the proud and
privileged presenter of this unique
Fusion Concert where for the frst time in
New Zealand, two major fgures in Indian
classical music will perform with select
members of Aucklands jazz and rock
community. UstadDilshad Khan,sarangi, and
UstadFazalQureshi, the table maestro, will
take the stage alongside renowned jazz reed-
man Jim Langabeer (on fute and sax), jazz and
classical keyboardist Ben Fernandes, and rock
drummer Mark Pinto de Menezes.
The group will present a diverse concert
that shows off the creative excitement of
global fusion music. The event will feature
fusion compositions byvarious members of
the band, including Langabeer and Qureshi,
both of whom have extensive experience as
composers in their different fusion styles.
The audience will have the chance to enjoy
the improvisational skills of these talented
musicians in many different instrumental
combinations. In the spontaneous style for
which these music traditions are famous, the
group will meet and rehearse in the week
leading up to the event, so that audiences will
beneft from the freshness of the new creation
tempered with a bit of organization and pre-
planning.
The group will perform one show only at
Raye Freedman Arts Centre (Epsom Girls
Grammar School), Silver Road, Epsom on
Saturday August 9 at 7pm.
Khan and Qureshi represent two of Indias
respected musical lineages. Khan is the nephew
of the late Ustad Sultan Khan, the most famous
sarangi musician of the latter 20th Century; he
is the ninth generation of musicians belonging
to Rajasthans Sikhargharana.
FazalQureshi is the son of late
UstadAllaRakha, arguably Indias most
famous and widely performed tabla player.
Qureshi represents the Panjabgharana of
tabla performance. Both men are sought after
throughout the world for their classical and
fusion performances and their teaching.
Jim Langabeer is one of New Zealands
outstanding jazz performers and teachers.
He has performed as a soloist in modern and
traditional jazz bands and is a regular soloist
in touring jazz and pop bands as well. He has
a wealth of improvising experience that he has
used in jazz and fusion contexts.
Ben Fernandes was a highly sought
after keyboardist from Mumbai, where he
performed with rock and jazz bands as well as
in classical groups.
Mark Pinto de Menezeschanged the sound
of Indian popular music when he became a
founding member of Indias most famous
rock band, Rock Machine/Indus Creed. He
performed with many of Indias famous pop
and rock musicians before coming to New
Zealand where he performs in a number of
rock and pop bands. Marks innovative powers
have recently led to the creation of Nasha, a
rock/pop/Bollywood band that is expanding
audiences understanding of Indias great
popular music.
The event is being managed by Ram Iyer of
CFI Events who are celebrating a decade of
event management in Auckland. For tickets,
and group booking contact Greg Booth on
021-02294720 or Ram Iyer on 09-2133868
A Musical Fusion
B
ollywood star Akshay Kumar has added
another feather to his illustrious cap
by being named among the 50 Smartest
Celebrities on Twitter by TIME Magazine.
The star of such box offce smash hits as
Holiday and OMG: Oh My God is ranked in
25th position, and is the only Bollywood star
to be featured on the prestigious list.
Joining Akshay Kumar on the Time list
is Indian composer, A.R Rahman, Oprah
Winfrey, Lord Sugar, Ricky Martin and
Willow Smith.Topping the list is Hollywood
actor Leonardo DiCaprio, followed by Justin
Biebers mother.
TIME explained that they came up with
the list using a reading comprehension test
known as Simple Measure of Gobbledygook
(SMOG). The SMOG test measures the
number of three syllable words used in a text
to calculate the years of education required
to understand it. An environmental activist,
DiCaprio often tweets about conservation
and global warming, which may have helped
him earn the top spot, TIME said in an article
published on Wednesday. The instrument,
according to TIME, is intended to process
English words only.
This is not the frst time that Akshay Kumar
has received global recognition, as he has
topped many style, fashion and celebrity icon
lists,and has also been lauded by The Observer
newspaper (UK) as being more famous than
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
Akshay Kumar is preparing for the release
of his upcoming flm, Entertainment, which
releases on the 8th of August 2014.
Bollywood Star Akshay Kumar
Named Among TIME Magazines
50 smartest celebrities on Twitter
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ENTERTAINMENT
Hrithiks Bang Bang to
release in three languages
A
ctor Hrithik Roshans much-awaited flm
Bang Bang will release Oct 2 in three
languages - Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Bang Bang is a true-blue entertainer and
we are going to have the widest possible release
for the flm. We are releasing the flm in Hindi,
Tamil and Telugu, Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox
Star Studios, said in a statement.
The buzz on the flm is tremendous and we
are going out to market and distribute the flm
day and date worldwide, he added.
Directed by Siddharth Anand, Bang Bang
features Katrina Kaif with Hrithik.
Mary Kom to have world
premiere at TIFF
P
riyanka Chopra-starrer Mary Kom, based
on boxer M.C Mary Kom, will have its
world premiere here at Toronto International
Film Festival (TIFF), the organizers announced
The 39th Toronto International Film Festival
will take place between Sep 4 and 14.
Glamorous
Indian star Priyanka
Chopra completely
transforms herself
to play Mary Kom,
world champion in
womens boxing.
From traditional
village life in
remote Manipur
state to high-stakes
bouts in India and
around the world,
this is a remarkable
story of triumph. The flm will have its world
premiere at TIFF, said a statement from the
organizers.
Directed by Omung Kumar, Mary Kom
was made with the support of the fve-time
World Champion boxer herself. Priyanka
spent a lot of time with Mary to understand the
nuances, stance and style of a boxer like her.
The flms frst look was unveiled via two
posters earlier recently and they were received
warmly on social networking sites.
The movie is slated for theatrical release Oct 2.
Salman Khan to star in
Karan Johars Shhuddhi
A
fter Dabangg star Salman Khan has let
the cat out of the bag that he has given the
nod to Shhuddhi. Filmmaker Karan Johar
too has announced their collaboration for the
project, which will release during Diwali 2016.
Salman was speaking to reporters about his
future projects when the news slipped out.
He said: I am doing the No Entry sequel.
I am doing a flm with Mahesh Manjrekar, I
am doing a flm with Karan Johar, I am doing a
Bollywood Diary
flm with Aditya Chopra. I am doing Shuddhi.
I am doing a flm with Karan and that I guess is
Shuddhi only.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Karan took to
Twitter to confrm the news offcially.
SHHUDDHI will star SALMAN
KHAN and will release Diwali 2016.....@
shhuddhimovie, Karan tweeted.
Intially, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena
Kapoor were fnalised as the lead pair of the
flm, to be directed by Karan Malhotra. But
later Hrithik announced that he had pulled out
of the project. The rest of the cast of the flm is
yet to be fnalised.
A
kshay Kumar, a
successful actor
and flmmaker, is also
a protective father. To
ensure that his children
have a normal life, he
doesnt expose them to
the media.
Currently riding high
on the success of Holiday - A Soldier Is Never
Off Duty, Akshay is raising two children with
wife and actress Twinkle Khanna.
When asked if he deliberately keeps his
children away from the limelight, he promptly
said: Yes. I think it is better to keep
children away from being seen
everywhere - in newspapers and
all. I want to give them a normal
childhood, Akshay told IANS.
What are the joys of watching
your kids growing up?
Its absolutely a delight, its
the biggest joy for any father.
Earlier, when I used to fnish my
shoot, I wasnt really interested in going home.
But after my kids were born, I wait to fnish
work so that I can rush home and spend time
with them. I want to hear them calling me
daddy, dad, dada. The happiness is something
that I can never measure, he said.
Akshay wants to keep children away from limelight
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es its a delight! Not only for Punjabs
acclaimed singer-poet and Suf artist
Satinder Sartaaj, but also for the whole Punjabi
flm fraternity. This cinema is already known
worldwide. But now, it is going to be truly
international with The Black Prince, a tragic
yet fascinating story about the last king of the
state of Punjab, Maharaja Duleep Singh. The
flm, based on real life, marks the acting debut
of Satinder Sartaaj
who is already
one of the most
loved fgures of
Punjab. Brillstein
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Partners executive
Jai Khanna will
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which has been
written and to be
directed by Los
Angeles (USA)
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Raz.
A multi-gifted
artist, songwriter,
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and poet, today Dr.
Satinder Sartaaj
possesses an
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of achievements
and remains in
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his craft, a true
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leads and embraces his fans with insights into
lifes meaning and deepest feelings. Born in
the village of Bajrawar, Distt Hoshiarpur
(Punjab eastern), as a child Sartaaj was
hooked to the melody emanating from the
fute and sarangi of the wandering artists.
He graduated in Music with Honours from
Government College, Hoshiarpur. After his
Masters and M.Phil, he completed his PhD
with specialization in Suf poetry. He then
taught in the Music Department in Punjab
University for 6 years.
On being asked about his debut, Sartaaj
smiles and says, I think this question is not
right! Who would not like to have such a debut
in his life. It is an unknown dream come true.
Unknown, because in the wave of my learning
of music, I could not really felt my inclination
towards cinema. And of course music is an
integral part of flms, so this makes a good
way for me. During
the past few years, I
have been reading
a lot of screenplays
but I found a deep
and profound
connection with
this story. Its an
emotional journey
of identity, dignity
and legacy.
The bilingual
E n g l i s h - Hi n d i
project is budgeted
at about $5 million
and is out to
potential producing
partners in India.
Set in India and
the UK, the flms
team is eyeing a
late September
start date. Brillstein
will help shepherd
the various
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
cast, crew and
production logistics, as well as begin to secure
international sales.
The flm follows the story of the last Sikh
Maharaja (the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit
Singh), who was placed on the throne at the
age of 5, after the death of his father. In 1849,
Punjab was annexed to British India and the
young prince was removed from the throne and
eventually sent off to England. His attempts to
return to India and reclaim his kingdom were
thwarted by the British. He ended up a pauper,
dying alone in a Paris hotel in 1893.
Satinder Sartaaj moves from
stage to screen, Hollywood style!
Punjabs one of the most loved musical figures Satinder
Sartaaj is all geared up for his acting debut in Brillstein
Entertainment Partners production The Black Prince
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Auckland Eid day
July 28 - July 29
Jul 28 at 7:00am to Jul 29 at 4:00pm
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to celebrate the great events on our Islamic
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Home Ideas Centre Expo
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Saturday 26 July 2014, 10:00am
Sunday 27 July 2014, 4:00pm
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Tuesday 5 August 2014, 6:00pm
Thursday 14 August 2014, 7:15pm
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Pick & Mix - Musical
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Lower NZI Room, Aotea Centre, 50
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Saturday 2 August 2014, 10:30am
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Hindu Wisdom
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Date: Sunday 03 August14
Time: 10 to 11 AM
Venue: Shri Shirdi Saibaba
Sansthaan, 12 - 18 Princes Street,
Onehunga
Workshop 1: Science behind indian
cooking by Dr. Shirish Karnik - Ph.D. in
Ayurveda
The HOTA Forum which is a collaborative
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its application in daily life. If you would like
to support the Hindu Wisdom workshops,
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68th India Independence
day
Date: Sunday, August 10th
Time: 10.30am to 2.30pm
Venue: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre,
50 Mayoral Drive Auckland.
Bhartiya Samaj, The South Trust,
Auckland Indian Association, NZ Indian
Central Association, Waitakere Indian
Association, Roopa Aur Aap Charitable
Trust; Radio Humm FM and with many
organisations from many states of
India and organisations from neighbour
countries will be commemorating the 68th
India Independence Day celebration .The
fag hoisting ceremony will take place at
10.30am at the Aotea Centre followed by
the cultural program in ASB Theatre.
Dress to Impress:
When: August 23
Time: 6 pm onwards
Where: Western Springs Garden
Community Hall (main hall), 956
Great North Road, Western Springs
Entry: Free for members, $ 10 for
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Chance to walk on-stage
Invite your inner star for an evening out
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themes: International or Indian regional.
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